Eaton

plural Eatons · alternative Aton

1. A placename:
   1. countableuncountableA village and civil parish north of Congleton, Cheshire East district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ8765).
   2. countableuncountableA former civil parish containing Eaton Hall in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, now part of Eaton and Eccleston civil parish (OS grid ref SJ4160).
   3. countableuncountableA village in Rushton parish, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5763).
   4. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Melton borough, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SK7929).
   5. countableuncountableA suburb in south-west Norwich, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2006).
   6. countableuncountableA village and civil parish (served by Gamston with West Drayton and Eaton Parish Council) in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7178).
   7. countableuncountableA hamlet in Appleton-with-Eaton parish, Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4403).
   8. countableuncountableA small village in Eaton-under-Heywood parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO4990).
   9. countableuncountableA suburb of Darwin, Northern Territory; named for Charles Eaton, a RAAF officer.
   10. countableuncountableA rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland.
   11. countableuncountableA suburb of Bunbury in the Shire of Dardanup, Western Australia.
   12. countableuncountableA locality in Canada
   13. countableuncountableFormer name of Eatonia: a town in Chesterfield, Saskatchewan; named in honour of Timothy Eaton, founder of the Eaton's department store chain and mail-order catalogue service.
   14. countableuncountableA town in Weld County, Colorado.
   15. countableuncountableA town in Union Township, Delaware County, Indiana.
   16. countableuncountableA township in Eaton County, Michigan.
   17. countableuncountableA township in Kearney County, Nebraska.
   18. countableuncountableA town in Carroll County, New Hampshire; named for Theophilus Eaton, the first governor of New Haven Colony.
   19. countableuncountableA town in Madison County, New York; named for William Eaton.
   20. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Preble County, Ohio; named for William Eaton, a commander in the First Barbary War.
   21. countableuncountableA township in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.
   22. countableuncountableA ghost town in Wood County, West Virginia.
   23. countableuncountableA town in Brown County, Wisconsin.
   24. countableuncountableA town in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
   25. countableuncountableA town in Clark County, Wisconsin.
2. countableAn English habitational surname from Old English.