Linton

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English

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Etymology

From either Old English līn (“flax”) or lind (“lime tree”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Linton (countable and uncountable, plural Lintons)

  1. (uncountable) A placename:
    1. A number of places in England:
      1. A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL5646). [1]
      2. A village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2716). [2]
      3. A village and civil parish near Bromyard, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO6753).
      4. A village and civil parish near Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO6525). [3]
      5. A village and civil parish in Maidstone borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ7550). [4]
      6. A village in Ellington and Linton parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ2691).
      7. A village and civil parish in Craven district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SD9962). [5]
      8. A village in Collingham parish, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3847).
    2. A hamlet north of Morebattle, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT7726).
    3. A town in Golden Plains Shire, Victoria, Australia.
    4. A rural locality and military camp south of Palmerston North, New Zealand. [6]
    5. A number of places in the United States:
      1. An unincorporated community in Hancock County, Georgia.
      2. A city in Greene County, Indiana.
      3. An unincorporated community in Trigg County, Kentucky.
      4. A small city, the county seat of Emmons County, North Dakota.
      5. An unincorporated community in Walworth County, Wisconsin.
    6. A place in Canada:
      1. A hamlet in King township, Regional Municipality of York, Ontario.
      2. A hamlet in Portneuf Regional County Municipality, Capitale-Nationale region, Quebec.
  2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Linton is the 2524th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 14354 individuals. Linton is most common among White (69.16%) and Black/African American (23.6%) individuals.

References

  1. ^ Parish map (Cambridgeshire)
  2. ^ Parish map (Derbyshire)
  3. ^ Parish map (Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire)
  4. ^ Parish map (Kent)
  5. ^ Parish map (North Yorkshire)
  6. ^ NZ Topo Map

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