Clayton

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English Claytone, Cleyton, from Old English clǣġ (“clay”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure, settlement; town”). Analyzable as clay +‎ -ton. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkleɪtən/ Rhymes: -eɪtən === Proper noun === Clayton (countable and uncountable, plural Claytons) A placename: A large number of places in the United States: A town, the county seat of Barbour County, Alabama; named for Georgia jurist and congressman Augustin Smith Clayton. A city in Contra Costa County, California; named for founder Joel Henry Clayton. Synonyms: Clayton's, Claytonville A town in Kent County and New Castle County, Delaware; named for John M. Clayton. A city, the county seat of Rabun County, Georgia; named for Augustin Smith Clayton. A minor city in Custer County, Idaho; the smallest city in the United States, named for early settler Clayton Smith. A village and township in Adams County, Illinois; named for Henry Clay. A town in Liberty Township, Hendricks County, Indiana; named for Kentucky statesman Henry Clay. A minor city in Clayton County, Iowa. A minor city in Decatur County and Norton County, Kansas; named for the clay in the area. A town in Concordia Parish, Louisiana. An unincorporated community in Harford County, Maryland. A community in the town of New Marlborough, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. A village in Hudson Township and Dover Township, Lenawee County, Michigan. An unincorporated community in Tunica County, Mississippi. A city, the county seat of St. Louis County, Missouri; named for landowner Ralph Clayton. A borough in Gloucester County, New Jersey. A town, the county seat of Union County, New Mexico; named for Clayton Dorsey, son of Arkansas statesman Stephen Wallace Dorsey. A town and village in Jefferson County, New York; named for lawyer and politician John M. Clayton. A town in Johnston County, North Carolina. A city in Montgomery County, Ohio; named for John Clayton, a War of 1812 veteran. A town in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma; named for the city in Missouri. An unincorporated community in Hereford Township and Washington Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. An unincorporated community in Panola County, Texas. A census-designated place in Stevens County, Washington. An unincorporated community in Summers County, West Virginia. A town in Crawford County, Wisconsin. A town and village in Polk County, Wisconsin; named for Clayton Rogers, the foreman of the town's sawmill. A town in Winnebago County, Wisconsin. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Clayton Township. Ellipsis of Clayton County. A place in Canada: A community in the town of Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario. A rural municipality (the Rural Municipality of Clayton No. 333) in east Saskatchewan. A few places in England: A suburb of the city of Manchester, Greater Manchester; named for the Clayton family which owned land nearby (OS grid ref SJ8898). A village in Clayton with Frickley parish, Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE4507). A suburb of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8544). A village in Hassocks parish, Mid Sussex district, West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ2914). A suburban village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1231). A village south-west of Guardbridge, north-east Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO4318) A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; named for proprietor John Hughes Clayton. A habitational surname from Old English. A male given name transferred from the surname. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ⇒ Translingual: Claytonia === References ===