Winthrop is a

hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...

and

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(CDP) in the town of

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

St. Lawrence County, New York St. Lawrence County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 108,505. The county seat is Canton. The county is named for the Saint Lawrence River, which in turn was named for the Christian saint La ...

, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 510. The community is in northeastern St. Lawrence County, in the northeastern part of the town of Stockholm. It is bordered to the northeast by the community of Brasher Falls in the town of Brasher. The St. Regis River, a tributary of the St. Lawrence River, forms the southeastern border.

New York State Route 11C New York State Route 11C (NY 11C) is a short state highway located in St. Lawrence County in the northern part of New York in the United States. NY 11C is a northern alternate route of U.S. Route 11 (US 11) between the t ...

passes through Winthrop, leading southwest to

U.S. Route 11 {{Infobox road , country=USA , type=US , route=11 , map={{maplink, frame=yes, plain=yes, frame-align=center, frame-width=290, frame-height=330, type=line, from=U.S. Route 11.map , map_custom=yes , map_notes=US 11 in red, US 11E in blue, US 11W in ...

at Stockholm Center, and looping northeast, east, and south to rejoin Route 11 at Cotey Corners in the town of

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. The village of

Potsdam Potsdam () is the capital and, with around 183,000 inhabitants, largest city of the German state of Brandenburg. It is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. Potsdam sits on the River Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, downstream of B ...

is southwest of Winthrop. State Route 420 crosses NY 11C in the center of Winthrop; it leads north-northwest to Massena and south to US-11.

Demographics

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Census-designated places in St. Lawrence County, New York Census-designated places in New York (state) {{StLawrenceCountyNY-geo-stub