Stanton

English

Proper noun

Stanton

1. Any of several placenames in England from Saxon words meaning stone and enclosure.
   1. A small village in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, west of Swadlincote (OS grid ref SK2620).
   2. A village and civil parish in Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SP0634).
   3. A hamlet in Netherwitton parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ1389).
   4. A small village and civil parish in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK1246).
   5. A village and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, previously in St Edmundsbury district (OS grid ref TL9673).
2. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A city in Orange County, California.
   2. An unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware.
   3. A minor city in Montgomery County, Iowa.
   4. An unincorporated community in Miami County, Kansas.
   5. A home rule city, the county seat of Powell County, Kentucky.
   6. A small city, the county seat of Montcalm County, Michigan.
   7. An unincorporated community in Adams County, Mississippi.
   8. A small city, the county seat of Stanton County, Nebraska.
   9. An unincorporated community in Readington Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
   10. A small city, the county seat of Mercer County, North Dakota.
   11. A town in Haywood County, Tennessee.
   12. A city, the county seat of Martin County, Texas.
   13. A town in Dunn County, Wisconsin.
   14. A town and unincorporated community therein, in St. Croix County, Wisconsin.
   15. A number of townships, listed under Stanton Township.
3. A habitational surname from either of these places
4. (rare) A male given name transferred from the surname.

Derived terms

• Longstanton
• Stanton by Dale
• Stanton County
• Stantonesque
• Stanton Gate
• Stantonian
• Stanton Long
• Stanton-on-the-Wolds

Anagrams

• Tantons