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A town of 1,395 people in St. Lawrence County, New York
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Town in New York, United States
1,530Population
255 sq miArea
1,496 ftElevation

Colton is a town in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States. The population was 1,451 at the 2010 census. The town, originally named "Matildaville", is named after early settler Jesse Colton Higley. Colton is in the southeastern part of the county, south of Potsdam.

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