Wolcott is a village in Wayne County, New York, United States.

Part of the southward spread of the village is in the Town of Butler.

The land where the village is now located was purchased in 1805 by Jonathan Melvin.

A statue of "Venus arising from the sea" was purchased for $875 in 1913 to mark a public drinking fountain at a natural spring.

Wolcott Creek flows northward through the village and empties into Port Bay, an arm of Lake Ontario.

As of the census[7] of 2010, there were 1,701 people, 702 households, and 410 families residing in the village.

35.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.