Horton

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UK/ˈhɔː.tən/US/ˈhɔɹ.tən/US[ˈɡɔɹɾn̩]US[ˈɡɔɹʔn̩]

proper noun

A town and locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia.

OriginOld English horh →
Less commonScrabble 9
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Meanings

proper nounHorton (countable and uncountable, plural Hortons)

plural Hortons

  1. countableuncountableA town and locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia.
  2. countableuncountableA township in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.
  3. A number of places in England:
    1. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire (OS grid ref TQ0175).
    2. countableuncountableA hamlet in Ivinghoe civil parish, Aylesbury Vale district, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP9219).
    3. countableuncountableA 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.
    4. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Dorset, previously in East Dorset district (OS grid ref SU0307).
    5. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST7584).
    6. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD8550).
    7. countableuncountableA village in Hackleton parish, West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP8254).
    8. countableuncountableA rural locality and former civil parish, now in Blyth parish, Northumberland, formerly in Blyth Valley borough (OS grid ref NZ2779).
    9. countableuncountableTwo settlements, East Horton and West Horton, in Chatton parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NU0230).
    10. countableuncountableA hamlet and manor in Wem Rural civil parish, Shropshire.
    11. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Somerset, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST3214).
    12. countableuncountableA small village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9457).
    13. countableuncountableA hamlet in Bishops Cannings civil parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU0463).
  4. countableuncountableA small village in Penrice community, southern Gower peninsula, Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SS4785).
  5. A number of places in the United States:
    1. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Marshall County, Alabama.
    2. countableuncountableA ghost town in Inyo County, California.
    3. countableuncountableA small city in Brown County, Kansas.
    4. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Hubbard County, Minnesota.
    5. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Howell County, Missouri.
    6. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Vernon County, Missouri.
    7. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon.
    8. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Randolph County, West Virginia.
  6. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishheorot“stag, hart”
  2. Old Englishhorh“mud, slime”
  3. EnglishHorton

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”)

More words from Old English

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Horton

MortonLawtonshortenOrtongortonquartanSnorton
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Anagrams

Rhotonthoron
Cite this entry
APA

Horton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Horton

MLA

“Horton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Horton. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Horton,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Horton.

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