Lawton.
A placename:
Meaning & usage
A placename: A hamlet in Kingsland parish, west of Leominster, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO4459).
A placename: A hamlet in Diddlebury parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO5183).
A placename: A community in the County of Barrhead No. 11, Alberta, Canada.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Tippecanoe Township, Pulaski County, Indiana.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Woodbury County, Iowa.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Kansas.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A village in Van Buren County, Michigan.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Ramsey County, North Dakota.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Comanche County, Oklahoma.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in the towns of Ellsworth and Martell, Pierce County, Wisconsin.
A surname.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English [Term?], from Old English [Term?], from hlāw (“hill, ound”) + tūn (“homestead”) (-ton).
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