Colden may refer to:

People

Alexander Colden Alexander Colden (August 13, 1716 – December 12, 1784) was an American merchant and public official in Colonial New York who was the son of Cadwallader Colden. Early life Colden was born on August 13, 1716 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in what ...

, first recorded

Postmaster of New York City A post office may have operated in New York City as early as 1687. The United States Postal Service has no information on New York's postmasters prior to the year 1775. The New York City Post Office is first mentioned in Hugh Finlay's journal dat ...

Cadwallader Colden Cadwallader Colden (7 February 1688 – 28 September 1776) was a physician, natural scientist, a lieutenant governor and acting Governor for the Province of New York. Early life Colden was born on 7 February 1688 in Ireland, of Scottish pare ...

(1688–1776), physician, farmer, surveyor, botanist, and lieutenant governor of the Province of New York *

Cadwallader D. Colden Cadwallader David Colden (April 4, 1769 – February 7, 1834) was an American politician who served as the 54th Mayor of New York City and a U.S. Representative from New York. Early life Colden was born at Turtle Playground (Queens), Spring Hil ...

(1769–1834), Colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812, member of New York State Assembly, mayor of New York City, U.S. Representative, and member of New York State Senate *

Cadwallader Colden Washburn Cadwallader Colden Washburn (April 22, 1818May 14, 1882) was an American businessman, politician, and soldier who founded a mill that later became General Mills. A member of the Washburn family of Maine, he was a U.S. Congressman and governor of ...

(1818–1882), a founder of General Mills and a representative from Wisconsin to the United States Congress * Charles J. Colden (1870–1938), a representative from California to the Seventy-third United States Congress *

Charles S. Colden Charles Senff Colden (June 3, 1885 – September 14, 1960) was an American lawyer and judge from New York. Life Colden was born on June 3, 1885, in Whitestone, New York, the son of David Colden and Harriet Brian. His father was a farmer who own ...

(1885–1960), American lawyer and politician *

Jane Colden Jane Colden (March 27, 1724 – March 10, 1766) was an American botanist,Makers of American Botany, Harry Baker Humphrey, Ronald Press Company, Library of Congress Card Number 61-18435 described as the "first botanist of her sex in her country" by ...

(1724–1766), U.S. botanist *

Trevor Colden Trevor Colden (born March 14, 1994) is a professional skateboarder. He grew up in Virginia Beach, Virginia and later moved to Los Angeles, California when he was sixteen. He has won high ranking contest "Tampa Am" in 2011 and was one of three sk ...

(b. 1994), a U.S. skateboarder * Colden Earles (b. 2003)

Places

England

Colden, West Yorkshire Colden is a hamlet in the civil parish of Heptonstall in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the hamlet consists of scattered houses and farms on high ground west of Heptonstall, above the val ...

, a village in Calderdale *

Colden Common Colden Common is a civil parish in the Winchester District of Hampshire, England, approximately 5 miles south of the city of Winchester, covering an area of with a resident population of approximately 4,000 people. It includes the village of Cold ...

, a village and civil parish in Hampshire

Isle of Man

*Colden, a peak on the Isle of Man

United States

Colden, New York Colden is a town in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was 3,265 at the 2010 census. The town derives its name from Cadwallader D. Colden, a state senator. Colden is an interior town in the southeastern part of the county. It is ...

, a town in Erie County *

Mount Colden Mount Colden is the eleventh-highest peak in the Adirondack High Peaks, High Peaks of the Adirondack Mountains, New York (state), New York, United States. The peak was named after David S. Colden, an investor in the McIntyre Iron Works, in 1836. ...

, Adirondack Mountains, New York *

Lake Colden Lake Colden is a lake located in the Adirondack High Peaks in New York, United States. Lake Colden sits at 2764 feet (842 meters) at the western base of 4,714-foot (1,437 m) Mount Colden. To the northwest lie the MacIntyre Mountains— 5,115- ...

a lake in the Adirondack High Peaks, New York {{disambig, surname, geo