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Appleton

/ˈæp.əl.tən/ · name

Meaning

  1. Place names in England, named for an apple enclosure.
  2. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Pope County, Arkansas.
  3. A village in Appleton-with-Eaton parish, Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire; originally in Berkshire (OS grid ref SP4401).
  4. A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
  5. A northern suburb of Widnes, Halton borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5186).
  6. A southern suburb and civil parish in Warrington borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ6284).
  7. A number of places in the United States:
  8. A community in Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

Etymology / origin

From Old English æppel and -tun; alternatively, apple + -ton. The town in Newfoundland is named for sawmill owner Appleton Cleaves.

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