Belton

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English

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Belton

Etymology

From an unexplained first element + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Belton (countable and uncountable, plural Beltons)

(uncountable) A placename:
1. A community in Thames Centre, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.
2. A place in England:
  1. A small village and civil parish in North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SK4420). ^[1]
  2. A village in Belton and Manthorpe parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK9338).
  3. A village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SE7806). ^[2]
  4. A village in Belton with Browston civil parish, Great Yarmouth borough, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG4802).
3. A place in the United States:
  1. An unincorporated community in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
  2. A city in Cass County, Missouri.
  3. The former name of an unincorporated community and census-designated place in eastern Flathead County, Montana, now known as West Glacier.
  4. A city in Anderson County, South Carolina.
  5. A city, the county seat of Bell County, Texas, named after Peter Hansborough Bell.
(countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Belton is the 3939^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 9041 individuals. Belton is most common among Black/African American (62.06%) and White (30.49%) individuals.

References

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Belton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 134.

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