Antwerp, New York

Antwerp, New York
Antwerp is located in New York
Antwerp
Antwerp
Antwerp is located in the United States
Antwerp
Antwerp
Coordinates: 44°12′07″N 75°36′57″W / 44.20194°N 75.61583°W / 44.20194; -75.61583
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountyJefferson
Settled1803
Named forAntwerp, Belgium
Government
 • TypeTown council
 • Town supervisorJohn R. Shaw (R)
 • Council members
List
Area
 • Total108.56 sq mi (281.16 km2)
 • Land106.18 sq mi (275.01 km2)
 • Water2.38 sq mi (6.16 km2)
Population
 • Total1,683
 • Density15.85/sq mi (6.12/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP
13608, 13671[3]
FIPS code3604502297

Antwerp is a town in Jefferson County, New York, United States. The population was 1,683 at the 2020 census.[2] The town is named after Antwerp, Belgium, the home of the early investors in the town, who had organized under the name of the Antwerp Company.[4]

The town of Antwerp contains a village also called Antwerp. The town is at the eastern corner of the county and is northeast of Watertown.

  1. ^ "2020 US Gazetteer Files". US Census Bureau. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2020 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Antwerp town, Jefferson County, New York". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
  3. ^ USPS - ZIP lookup (accessed 24 August 2019)
  4. ^ Hough, Franklin B. (1854). A History of Jefferson County in the State of New York, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time. Albany and Watertown, N.Y.: Joel Munsell and Sterling & Riddell. p. 56.