# Horton
## English
### Etymology

The majority of the English toponyms derive from Old English horh (“mud, slime”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”). The village in Gloucestershire derives from Old English heorot (“stag, hart”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”)

### Proper noun

Horton (countable and uncountable, plural Hortons)
* A town and locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia.
* A township in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.
* A number of places in England:
** A village and civil parish in Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire (OS grid ref TQ0175).
** A hamlet in Ivinghoe civil parish, Aylesbury Vale district, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP9219).
** A former civil parish, in full, Horton by Malpas, now in Shocklach Oviatt and District civil parish, Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ4549); the local hamlet is Horton Green.
** A village and civil parish in East Dorset district, Dorset (OS grid ref SU0307).
** A village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST7584).
** A village and civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD8550).
** A village in Hackleton parish, South Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire (OS grid ref SP8254).
** A village and former civil parish in the former borough of Blyth Valley borough, Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ285815).
** Two settlements, East Horton and West Horton, in Chatton parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NU0230).
** A hamlet and manor in Wem Rural civil parish, Shropshire.
** A village and civil parish in South Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST3214).
** A small village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9457).
** A hamlet in Bishops Cannings civil parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU0463).
* A small village in Penrice community, southern Gower peninsula, Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SS4785).
* A number of places in the United States:
** An unincorporated community in Marshall County, Alabama.
** A ghost town in Inyo County, California.
** A small city in Brown County, Kansas.
** An unincorporated community in Hubbard County, Minnesota.
** An unincorporated community in Howell County, Missouri.
** An unincorporated community in Vernon County, Missouri.
** An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon.
** An unincorporated community in Randolph County, West Virginia.
* A habitational surname from Old English.

#### Derived terms

* Great Horton
* Horton Green
* Horton in Ribblesdale
* Horton Kirby
* Horton's syndrome
* Hortonville
* Monks Horton
* Tim Hortons

#### Statistics

* According to the 2010 United States Census, Horton is the 367th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 85195 individuals. Horton is most common among White (69.99%) and Black/African American (24.3%) individuals.

### References

* Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Horton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 203.
* ↑ Parish map (Berkshire)
* ↑ Parish map (Dorset)
* ↑ Parish map after merger with Little Sodbury, Gloucestershire
* ↑ Parish map (Lancashire)
* ↑ Parish map (Somerset)
* ↑ Parish map (Staffordshire)

### Anagrams

* Rhoton, thoron