Brandon (surname) Brandon is a surname. Notable persons with that surname include:
* Alexander Brandon (born 1974), American musician and composer
* Alfred de Bathe Brandon (all of Wellington, New Zealand):
** Alfred Brandon (politician) (1809–86), politician
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, a surname with several different origins
Places
Australia
*Brandon, a farm and 19th century homestead in
Seaham, New South Wales
Seaham is a suburb of the Port Stephens local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the Williams River which flows into the Hunter River downstream from Seaham village at Raymond Terrace.
It is ...
Brandon, Manitoba
Brandon () is the second-largest city in the province of Manitoba, Canada. It is located in the southwestern corner of the province on the banks of the Assiniboine River, approximately west of the provincial capital, Winnipeg, and east of the ...
England
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Brandon, County Durham
Brandon is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated a short distance to the southwest of Durham. Brandon was originally one of the seven townships within the ancient parish of Brancepeth. It grew from a sparsely populated agricultural a ...
Brandon, Northumberland
Brandon is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Ingram, in Northumberland, in England. It is about north-west of Alnwick and south of Wooler in the Breamish Valley, just off the A697 north of Powburn. In 1951 the pa ...
Brandon Hill, Bristol
Brandon Hill, also known as St Brandon's Hill, is a hill close to Bristol city centre, between the districts of Clifton, Bristol, Clifton and Hotwells, in south west England.
At the summit is the Cabot Tower (Bristol), Cabot Tower, opened in 1 ...
France
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Brandon, Saône-et-Loire
Brandon () is a former commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Navour-sur-Grosne.Brandon, County Kerry
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Mount Brandon
Mount Brandon or Brandon (), at , is one of the ten highest peaks in Ireland, being the 8th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin list, and the 9th–highest on the Vandeleur-Lynam list. Brandon is the highest Irish mountain outside the Ma ...
, a mountain overlooking the village
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Brandon Bay
Cé Bhréannain or Bréanainn (anglicized as Brandon) is a Gaeltacht village on the northern coast of the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland. It lies directly north of Dingle, at the foot of Mount Brandon and on the shores of Brandon Bay ...
, the bay overlooked by the village
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Brandon Creek
:''Brandon Creek is also a hamlet near Littleport, Cambridgeshire''
Brandon Creek () is a small village located on the Dingle Peninsula, Ireland.
According to the 9th century document "Voyage of St Brendan the Navigator", Saint Branden set sail ...
, County Kerry
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Brandon Hill
Brandon Hill () is the highest mountain in County Kilkenny, Ireland, with an elevation of and prominence at . The South Leinster Way, a long-distance trail, meandering through the Barrow Valley and traverses Brandon Hill. The village of ...
, a hill between Graiguenamana and Inistoige, Co. Kilkenny.
Brandon, Iowa
Brandon is a city in Buchanan County, Iowa, United States. The population was 341 at the 2020 census.
Geography
Brandon is located at (42.314216, -92.004126).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all lan ...
Brandon, Wisconsin
Brandon is a village in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 879 at the 2010 census.
History
Brandon was originally dubbed "Bungtown" in the town's creation in 1856.
The Rens Hemp Company of Brandon, Wisconsin, close ...
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Brandon Lake
Brandon Lake is a lake in Douglas County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.
Brandon Lake was named for John Brandon, a farmer who settled there.
See also
*List of lakes in Minnesota
This is a list of lakes of Minnesota. Although promoted as th ...
, a lake in Minnesota
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Lower Brandon Plantation
Lower Brandon Plantation (or simply Brandon or Brandon Plantation and initially known as Martin's Brandon) is located on the south shore of the James River in present-day Prince George County, Virginia.
The plantation is an active farm and was ...
(Prince George County, Virginia)
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Upper Brandon Plantation
Upper Brandon Plantation is an historic plantation in Prince George County, Virginia on the James River.
History
Upper Brandon plantation was part of a 1616 original land patent of 5,000 acres granted to Captain John Martin, one of the founders ...
(Prince George County, Virginia)
* Brandon Plantation (Halifax County, Virginia)
Other
* Brandon, the name of the dog in the American television series '' Punky Brewster''
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Ulmus americana 'Brandon'
The American elm cultivar ''Ulmus americana'' 'Brandon' was raised by Lacombe Nurseries Lacombe Nurseries, (1969). ''Lacombe Nurseries, Spring 1969 Catalog.'' p.6. Lacombe, Alberta. Lacombe, Alberta, Canada, before 1969; it may be synonymo ...
, an elm cultivar
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Brandon Railroad The Brandon Railroad is a switching and terminal railroad that operates 17.3 miles of former South Omaha Terminal Railway track outside of Omaha, Nebraska, United States. This railroad started out as the Union Stock Yards Company of Omaha in 1897. ...
, Nebraska, United States
* , several warships
* Brandon, a male doll in the Groovy Girls doll line
See also
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Brendon (disambiguation) Brendon is a village in Devon, England. It may also refer to:
People
* Brendon (singer), a former British pop/glam rock singer born Brendon Dunning
* Brendon Ayanbadejo, an American football linebacker
* Brendon Hartley, a New Zealand racecar dri ...
* Brandin, a given name and surname
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