Clayton
/ˈkleɪtən/ · name
Meaning
- A town, the county seat of Barbour County, Alabama; named for Georgia jurist and congressman Augustin Smith Clayton.
- A village and township in Adams County, Illinois; named for Henry Clay.
- A city in Contra Costa County, California; named for founder Joel Henry Clayton.
- A city, the county seat of Rabun County, Georgia; named for Augustin Smith Clayton.
- A large number of places in the United States:
- A town in Kent County and New Castle County, Delaware; named for John M. Clayton.
- A placename:
- A minor city in Custer County, Idaho; the smallest city in the United States, named for early settler Clayton Smith.
Etymology / origin
From Middle English Claytone, Cleyton, from Old English clǣġ (“clay”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure, settlement; town”). Analyzable as clay + -ton.
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