Layton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP)[5] located within Sandyston Township in Sussex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

[4] The Dingman's Ferry Bridge, crosses the Delaware River at Layton, connecting County Route 560 in New Jersey to PA 739 in Pennsylvania.

Simeon Fisher, a blacksmith, is noted to be the first to open a business at this site, followed by Abraham Bell, who had a carpenter's shop and a tavern.

[9] In 1906, the State Industrial Directory reported the settlement to include a gristmill, a creamery owned by Siler & Company, several residences, and population to be about one hundred.

Fish abound in all the waters about the village, and every other feature of healthful, picturesque country life, on which people who leave the cities during the summer months set a high value, are found here.