Stanton

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  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈstæntən/
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Stanton

  1. Any of several placenames in Britain from Saxon words meaning stone and enclosure.
    1. A small village in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, west of Swadlincote (OS grid ref SK2620).
    2. A village and civil parish in Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SP0634). [1]
    3. A hamlet in Netherwitton parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ1389).
    4. A small village and civil parish in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK1246). [2]
    5. A village and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, previously in St Edmundsbury district (OS grid ref TL9673). [3]
    6. A hamlet in Crucorney community, Monmouthshire, Wales (OS grid ref SO3121). [4]
  2. A number of places in the United States:
    1. A city in Orange County, California.
    2. An unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware.
    3. A minor city in Montgomery County, Iowa.
    4. An unincorporated community in Miami County, Kansas.
    5. A home rule city, the county seat of Powell County, Kentucky.
    6. A small city, the county seat of Montcalm County, Michigan.
    7. An unincorporated community in Adams County, Mississippi.
    8. A small city, the county seat of Stanton County, Nebraska.
    9. An unincorporated community in Readington Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
    10. A small city, the county seat of Mercer County, North Dakota.
    11. A town in Haywood County, Tennessee.
    12. A city, the county seat of Martin County, Texas.
    13. A town in Dunn County, Wisconsin.
    14. A town and unincorporated community therein, in St. Croix County, Wisconsin.
    15. A number of townships, listed under Stanton Township.
  3. A habitational surname from either of these places
  4. (rare) A male given name transferred from the surname.

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