Acton
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English āc (“oak”) + tūn (“farm, town, homestead”); compare the doublet Aughton.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Acton (countable and uncountable, plural Actons)
- (uncountable) Any of a few places in England:
- A village and civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ6353).
- A hamlet in Langton Matravers parish, Purbeck district, Dorset (OS grid ref SY9878).
- A town and suburb in the borough of Ealing, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2080).
- A hamlet in Northumberland (OS grid ref NY8351).
- A village in Lydbury North parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO3184).
- A hamlet in Whitmore parish, Newcastle-under-Lyme borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8241).
- A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TL8944).
- A place in Canada:
- A community of the town of Halton Hills, Regional Municipality of Halton, Ontario.
- A regional county municipality in the Montérégie region, Quebec.
- (uncountable) Any of a few places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Shelby County, Alabama.
- A census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California.
- A ghost town in Polk County, Florida.
- An unincorporated community in Harris County, Georgia, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Taylor County, Kentucky, United States.
- A town in York County, Maine.
- A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
- An unincorporated community in Meeker County, Minnesota, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Yellowstone County, Montana, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Salem County, New Jersey, United States.
- An unincorporated community in McNairy County, Tennessee, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Hood County, Texas, United States.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Acton is the 6874th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4892 individuals. Acton is most common among White (91.86%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Acton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 8.
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[edit]Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
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