Place:Carlton, Orleans, New York, United States

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NameCarlton
TypeTown
Coordinates43.317°N 78.183°W
Located inOrleans, New York, United States
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Carlton is a town in Orleans County, New York, United States. The population was 2,994 at the 2010 census. The name is derived from Carleton, a shipbuilding district near Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

The Town of Carlton lies in the north part of the county, on the shore of Lake Ontario.

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History

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The Town of Carlton was formed from the towns of Gaines and Ridgeway in 1822 and was then known as the "Town of Oak Orchard". It was renamed as "Carlton" in 1825.

The population was 2,297 in 1892.

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Notable events

On July 27, 1883 Illinois politician Thomas Hoyne died in a railroad accident which took place outside of the hamlet of Carlton Station. He was subsequently buried in Carlton Station.

On September 1, 2010, five teenagers were charged with disrupting religious services at the World Sufi Foundation mosque located in Carlton. The teenagers were accused of discharging a firearm, yelling obscenities, and hitting a mosque attendee with a car.

Point Breeze, a hamlet in Carlton located at the meeting point of Lake Ontario and the Oak Orchard River, was selected in 2013 by the World Fishing Network as the United States' "Ultimate Fishing Town" following an online competition that highlighted the town's sport fishing assets.

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