Meanings
plural Stocktons
- A placename:
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Baldwin County, Alabama.
- countableuncountableA city, the county seat of San Joaquin County, California, named after Robert F. Stockton.
The San Joaquin Valley, where Stockton is located, had the highest violent crime rate in the state in 2023, according to data from the Public Policy Institute of California.
2025 December 1, “Cake cutting interrupted by gunfire leaves 4 dead at toddler’s weekend birthday party”, in CNN, sourced from Associated Press, archived from the original on 09 Dec 2025 - countableuncountableA neighbourhood of San Diego, California.
- countableuncountableA census-designated place in Lanier County, Georgia.
- countableuncountableA township and village therein, in Jo Daviess County, Illinois.
- countableuncountableA township in Greene County, Indiana.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Owen County, Indiana.
- countableuncountableA minor city in Muscatine County, Iowa.
- countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Rooks County, Kansas.
- countableuncountableA census-designated place in Worcester County, Maryland.
- countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Cedar County, Missouri.
- countableuncountableA neighbourhood of Camden, Camden County, New Jersey.
- countableuncountableA borough in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
- countableuncountableA town and hamlet therein, in Chautauqua County, New York, named after Richard Stockton.
- countableuncountableA town in Tooele County, Utah.
- countableuncountableA town and unincorporated community therein, in Portage County, Wisconsin.
- countableuncountableA small village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TM3894).
- countableuncountableA small village and civil parish in south-east Shropshire (OS grid ref SO7299).
- countableuncountableA hamlet in Chirbury with Brompton parish, west Shropshire, on the border with Wales (OS grid ref SJ2601).
- countableuncountableA hamlet in Chetwynd Aston and Woodcote parish, Telford and Wrekin district, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ7716).
- countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP4363).
- countableuncountableA village and civil parish south-east of Warminster, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST9838).
- abbreviationclippingcountableuncountableClipping of Stockton-on-Tees.
- countableuncountableA northern suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
- countableuncountableA rural locality in Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.
- countableuncountableA locality in the West Coast region, New Zealand.
- countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.
- countableuncountableA male given name from Old English.
Origin
- Old Englishstocc“log; stump, tree trunk”
- EnglishStockton
From Old English stocc (“log; stump, tree trunk”) or stoc (“house, dwelling”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). By surface analysis, stock + -ton. Doublet of Stoughton.
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Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
Stockton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stockton
“Stockton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stockton. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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