Croton may refer to:

Biology

Crotoneae Crotoneae is a tribe of the subfamily Crotonoideae, under the family Euphorbiaceae. It comprises five genera. See also * Taxonomy of the Euphorbiaceae Here is a full taxonomy of the family Euphorbiaceae, according to the most recent molecular r ...

, 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 or 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 ''Croton hancei'' Benth., the Hong Kong croton, is a shrub or small tree, a species of '' Croton'' which is endemic to Tsing Yi Island, Hong Kong. In Hong Kong, it is listed in the book ''Rare and precious Plants of Hong Kong''.Hu, Qi-ming, Nian ...

'', a species of ''Croton'' endemic to Hong Kong *''

Caperonia ''Caperonia'' (false croton) is a genus of plants of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1825. The genus is native to tropical and subtropical America and Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most ...

'', a genus of plants of the family Euphorbiaceae commonly known as "false croton" *'' Codiaeum variegatum'', an ornamental plant 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 prono ...

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

Places

In Italy

Crotone Crotone (, ; nap, label= Crotonese, Cutrone or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Calabria, Italy. Founded as the Achaean colony of Kroton ( grc, Κρότων or ; la, Crotona) in Magna Graecia, it was known as Cotrone from the Middle Ages until ...

, ancient Kroton, a city in Calabria *

Crotone Airport Crotone-Sant'Anna Airport (Italian: ''Aeroporto di Crotone-Sant'Anna'') is a minor Italian domestic airport serving Crotone in Calabria. Facilities The small airport features one two-storey passenger terminal building and a single runway. The ...

, an airport serving the above city * Province of Crotone, a province in Calabria

In the United States

In New York

* Croton-on-Hudson, New York, 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, gro ...

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

North Salem, New York North Salem is a town in the northeastern section of Westchester County, New York, United States. It is a suburb of New York City, located approximately 50 miles north of Midtown Manhattan. The population of North Salem was 5,104 at the 2010 cens ...

** Croton Falls (Metro-North station) * New Croton reservoir, in Westchester County ** New Croton Dam, the dam creating the above reservoir *** New Croton aqueduct, a water distribution system constructed for New York City ****Old Croton Aqueduct, 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 from ...

, following the path of the Old Croton Aqueduct *** Old Croton Dam, 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 Wall ...

, in Westchester County *

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

, 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 impou ...

, in Putnam County *

Croton Expressway U.S. Route 9 (US 9) is a part of the U.S. 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 Interstate 87 ...

, a freeway in Westchester County

Elsewhere

* Croton Dam (Michigan), 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 3,042 at the 2000 census. Known as the "Party Capital" of Mid-Michigan, Croton lies on the banks of the majestic Muskegon River. Nestled betw ...

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

Croton Creek Croton Creek is a river in Texas. See also *List of rivers of Texas The list of rivers of Texas is a list of all named waterways, including rivers and streams that partially pass through or are entirely located within the U.S. state of Texas. A ...

, in Texas

Other uses

* Croton oil (Crotonis Oleum), an oil prepared from the seeds of ''Croton tiglium'' * Crotonaldehyde, or 2-butenal, an unsaturated aldehyde * Crotonic acid, trans-2-butenoic acid, *

Battle of Crotona The battle or, more precisely, the battles of Croton 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� ...

, 204 BC *

F.C. Crotone Football Club Crotone S.r.l., commonly referred to as Crotone, is an Italian football club based in Crotone, Calabria. They play in the third division of Italian football, the Serie C. Founded in 20 settembre 1910, it holds its home games at Stadi ...

, a football club based in Crotone, Italy