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Layton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Sandyston Township in Sussex County, New Jersey.

Layton was first settled around 1800 by John Layton and was originally known as Centreville, because it sits roughly in the middle of Sandyston Township.

In 1835, Squire Layton established a store in the settlement, and by 1860 the hamlet had grown to include a Methodist church, two stores, a post office, a tannery, a blacksmith shop, a cooperage shop, a sawmill, a gristmill, a hotel, and more than fifteen dwellings.

In 1861, John B. Layton petitioned for mail delivery under the name Centerville, but because another New Jersey community already used that name, the post office was established as Layton instead.

A 1906 State Industrial Directory described Layton as a village of about one hundred people with a gristmill and a creamery owned by Siler & Company, and its population had declined to about sixty by 1915.

Layton was first listed as a census-designated place in the 2020 U.S. census, which counted a population of 692.

The community is served by U.S. Postal Service ZIP Code 07851 and sits at an elevation of about 574 feet above sea level.

Layton lies within Sandyston Township, a rural township of 1,977 residents in 2020 that is surrounded by and partly made up of state and national parkland near the Pennsylvania border.

Elementary students in the area attend the Sandyston-Walpack Consolidated Elementary School.

George B. Harper, who served in the New Jersey Senate from 1954 to 1964, was a notable figure associated with Layton.