Croton may refer to:

Biology

Crotoneae Crotoneae is a tribe (biology), tribe of the subfamily Crotonoideae, under the family (biology), family Euphorbiaceae. It comprises five genus, genera. See also * Taxonomy of the Euphorbiaceae References

Crotoneae, Euphorbiaceae tribe ...

, a tribe of the flowering plant subfamily Crotonoideae * ''Croton'' (plant), a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae **''

Croton capitatus ''Croton capitatus'', known as the hogwort, woolly croton, or goatweed, is an annual plant with erect, branched stems, densely covered with light brown, wooly hairs that give it a whitish appearance. It grows in dry, open areas, especially san ...

'', also known as the woolly croton **'' Croton hancei'', a species of ''Croton'' endemic to Hong Kong *'' Caperonia'', a genus of plants of the family Euphorbiaceae commonly known as "false croton" *''

Codiaeum variegatum ''Codiaeum variegatum'' (fire croton, garden croton, or variegated croton, or simply 'croton'; syn. ''Croton variegatum'' L.) is a species of '' Codiaeum'', a genus of flowering plants, in the Euphorbiaceae (the spurge family). Initially describ ...

'', an ornamental plant in the genus Codiaeum, formerly classified in the genus ''Croton'', and commonly called "croton" *

German cockroach The German cockroach (''Blattella germanica''), colloquially known as the croton bug, is a species of small cockroach, typically about long. In color it varies from tan to almost black, and it has two dark, roughly parallel, streaks on the pro ...

(''Blattella germanica''), known as the Croton bug

Places

In Italy

* Croton or Kroton, ancient

Crotone Crotone (; ; or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Calabria, Italy. Founded as the Achaean colony of Kroton ( or ; ), it became a great Greek city, home of the renowned mathematician-philosopher Pythagoras amongst other famous citizens, and one ...

, a city in Calabria * Crotone Airport, an airport serving the above city *

Province of Crotone The province of Crotone () is a province in the Calabria region of Italy. It was formed in 1992 out of a section of the province of Catanzaro. The provincial capital is the city of Crotone. It borders the provinces of Cosenza, Catanzaro, and als ...

, a province in Calabria

In the United States

In New York

Croton-on-Hudson, New York Croton-on-Hudson ( ) is a administrative divisions of New York#Village, village in Westchester County, New York, Westchester County, New York (state), New York, United States. The population was 8,327 at the 2020 United States census over 8,070 at ...

, a village in Westchester County ** Croton–Harmon (Metro-North station) ** Croton North Railroad Station **

Croton Point Croton Point Park is a Westchester County park in the village of Croton-on-Hudson. The park has several public attractions including a miniature aircraft airport, boat launch, tent and RV camping, cabin rental, cross-country skiing, fishing, gr ...

, a peninsula in the Hudson River *Croton Falls, a hamlet in

North Salem, New York North Salem is a Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town in the northeastern section of Westchester County, New York, Westchester County, New York (state), New York, United States. The town, incorporated in 1788, is a suburb of New York ...

Croton Falls (Metro-North station) Croton Falls station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Line, located in North Salem, New York. Putnam County runs a shuttle to the station for commuters closer to its location than those of Brewster and Southeast ...

New Croton reservoir The New Croton Reservoir is a reservoir in Westchester County, New York, part of the New York City water supply system lying approximately north of New York City. It is the collecting point for water from all reservoirs in the Croton Watershed ...

, in Westchester County **

New Croton Dam The New Croton Dam is a masonry gravity dam forming the New Croton Reservoir, both parts of the New York City water supply system. It stretches across the Croton River near Croton-on-Hudson, New York, about north of New York City. Construction ...

, the dam creating the above reservoir ***

New Croton aqueduct The New Croton Aqueduct is an aqueduct in the New York City water supply system, carrying the waters of the Croton Watershed from the New Croton Dam in Westchester County, New York, to the Jerome Park Reservoir in the Bronx. Built roughly ...

, a water distribution system constructed for New York City ****Old

Croton Aqueduct The Croton Aqueduct or Old Croton Aqueduct was a large and complex water supply network, water distribution system constructed for New York City between 1837 and 1842. The great aqueduct (water supply), aqueducts, which were among the first in t ...

, a water distribution system constructed for New York City which was replaced by the above aqueduct *****

Old Croton Trail The Croton Aqueduct or Old Croton Aqueduct was a large and complex water distribution system constructed for New York City between 1837 and 1842. The great aqueducts, which were among the first in the United States, carried water by gravity fro ...

, following the path of the Old Croton Aqueduct ***

Old Croton Dam The Old Croton Dam is a historic dam located in Yorktown, New York, Yorktown, Westchester County, New York, now lying submerged beneath the waters of the New Croton Reservoir. The dam was built on the Croton River between 1837 and 1842, and was t ...

, a historic dam that the above dam has replaced *

Croton Gorge Park Croton Gorge Park is a park in Cortlandt, New York owned and operated by Westchester County. It consists of at the base of New Croton Dam, which is one of the largest hand-hewn structures in the world (after the Great Pyramids and the Great Wal ...

, in Westchester County *

Croton River The Croton River ( ) is a river in southern New York with a watershed area of , and three principal tributaries: the West Branch, Middle Branch, and East Branch. Their waters, all part of the New York City water supply system, join downstr ...

, a tributary of the Hudson River *

Croton Falls Reservoir The Croton Falls Reservoir is a reservoir in the New York City water supply system in the Putnam County, New York townships of Carmel, and Southeast, roughly north of New York City. Part of the system's Croton Watershed, it was formed by imp ...

, in Putnam County *

Croton Expressway U.S. Route 9 (US 9) is a part of the United States Numbered Highway System that runs from Laurel, Delaware, to Champlain, New York. In New York, US 9 extends from the George Washington Bridge in Manhattan to an interchange with ...

, a freeway in Westchester County

Elsewhere

Croton Dam (Michigan) Croton Dam (or Croton Hydroelectric Plant) is an earth-filled embankment dam and power station, powerplant complex on the Muskegon River in Croton Township, Michigan, Croton Township, Newaygo County, Michigan, Newaygo County, Michigan. It was bu ...

, on the Muskegon River *

Croton Township, Michigan Croton Township is a civil township of Newaygo County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,368 at the 2020 census. Communities *Croton is an unincorporated community located within the township at . The community was first set ...

, in Newaygo County *

Croton, New Jersey Delaware Township is a township in Hunterdon County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Part of the township is on the Hunterdon Plateau, while the southern portions are in the Amwell Valley. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's p ...

Hartford, Ohio Hartford (also called Croton) is a village in the township of the same name in Licking County, Ohio, United States. The population was 404 at the 2020 census. History Hartford was laid out in 1824, and named after Hartford, Connecticut, the na ...

, a village whose post office is named Croton, Ohio *

Croton Creek Croton Creek is an intermittent stream that flows through the Croton Breaks of Dickens, Kent and Stonewall counties in the U.S. state of Texas. It is a tributary of the Salt Fork Brazos River, which eventually merges with the Double Mountain Fork ...

, in Texas

Other uses

Croton oil Croton oil (''Crotonis oleum'') is an oil prepared from the seeds of '' Croton tiglium'', a tree belonging to the order Euphorbiales and family Euphorbiaceae, and native or cultivated in India and the Malay Archipelago. Small doses taken interna ...

(Crotonis Oleum), an oil prepared from the seeds of ''Croton tiglium'' *

Crotonaldehyde Crotonaldehyde is a chemical compound with the formula CH3CH=CHCHO. The compound is usually sold as a mixture of the ''E''- and ''Z''-isomers, which differ with respect to the relative position of the methyl and formyl groups. The ''E''-isomer i ...

, or 2-butenal, an unsaturated aldehyde *

Crotonic acid Crotonic acid ((2''E'')-but-2-enoic acid) is a short-chain unsaturated carboxylic acid described by the formula CH3CH=CHCO2H. The name crotonic acid was given because it was erroneously thought to be a saponification product of croton oil. It cr ...

, trans-2-butenoic acid, *

Battle of Crotona The Battles of Kroton in 204 and 203 BC were, as well as the raid in Cisalpine Gaul, the last larger scale engagements between the Romans and the Carthaginians in Italy during the Second Punic War. After Hannibal’s retreat to Bruttium due to ...

, 204 BC * F.C. Crotone, a football club based in Crotone, Italy