Croton may refer to:

Biology

* Crotoneae, 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 (''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 North station is a disused train station on Senasqua Road in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, United States. It was built by the New York Central Railroad in the late 19th century. In 1987 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Place ...

** Croton Point, 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, in Westchester County * Croton River, 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 impound ...

, 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&nbs ...

, 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 b ...

, in Newaygo County * Croton, New Jersey * Hartford, Ohio, a village whose post office is named Croton, Ohio * Croton Creek, 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, a football club based in Crotone, Italy