Oxbow, New York

Oxbow is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Antwerp, Jefferson County, New York, United States.

[2] It was founded in 1817 by Abraham Cooper, an ancestor of Ambassador Charles W. Yost.

Located at Oxbow is the Dr. Abner Benton House (1819), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

It sits at the south end of a sharp bend in the Oswegatchie River at an altitude of 351 feet (107 m).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 0.20 square miles (0.52 km2), all land.

A map of Ox Bow (Oxbow), made in 1864. At this time Oxbow's population was much higher than today, likely around 300 residents.