New York Railroad Archive

Lawtons, NY

Lawtons is a village in southern Erie County to the east of Newtown, NY and was a station on the Buffalo and Jamestown Railroad. In 1877 the Buffalo and Jamestown became the Buffalo and Southwestern Railroad, which, in turn, became the Buffalo and Southwestern Branch of the Erie Railroad.

Detail of a 1905 topographic map showing the location of the Lawtons station near Newtown, NY. Author’s illustration.

Cover: An undated photo of the Erie Railroad station in Lawtons, NY. eBay.com.