Colton is the primary

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(CDP) in the town of Colton in St. Lawrence County,

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, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 345, out of 1,451 in the entire town of Colton. The community is in central St. Lawrence County, in the northwest corner of the town of Colton. It is bordered to the west by the town of Pierrepont and to the north by the town of Parishville. It sits on both sides of the

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, which drops in elevation through the hamlet, on its way north to join the

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near the

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border. New York State Route 56 runs through Colton, leading north to

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and southeast to

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in the

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leads west from Colton to Canton.

Demographics

Education

The school district is Parishville-Hopkinton Central School District.
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