Compton may refer to:

Places

Canada

* Compton (electoral district), a former Quebec federal electoral district * Compton (provincial electoral district), a former Quebec provincial electoral district now part of Mégantic-Compton *

Compton, Quebec Compton is a municipality in Coaticook Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. Demographics Population Population trend:Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census (+) adjusted figures due to boundary changes ...

* Compton County, Quebec *

Compton Creek Compton Creek is a major tributary of the Los Angeles River in and surrounding Compton in Los Angeles County, California. The stream drains a watershed of . and is the last major tributary to enter the Los Angeles River before it reaches the P ...

, a tributary of the Adam River on Vancouver Island, British Columbia * Compton Island, in the Queen Charlotte Strait region of British Columbia *

Compton Névé The Compton Névé is a névé in the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, located southeast of the Homathko Icefield and Mount Gilbert (British Columbia), Mount Gilbert and to the south of the Bishop River ...

, a névé (icefield) in the Pacific Ranges, British Columbia **

Compton Glacier Compton Glacier is a glacier, long, flowing northeast from the lower slopes of the Big Ben massif to the northeast side of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean. Its terminus is located at Compton Lagoon, between Gilchrist Beach and Fairchi ...

, a glacier in the Compton Névé, Pacific Ranges, British Columbia **

Compton Mountain Compton may refer to: Places Canada * Compton (electoral district), a former Quebec federal electoral district * Compton (provincial electoral district), a former Quebec provincial electoral district now part of Mégantic-Compton * Compton, Que ...

, a mountain in the Compton Névé, Pacific Ranges, British Columbia

England

* Compton, Berkshire * Compton, Derbyshire, a location *

Compton, Plymouth Compton or Compton Gifford is a suburb of Plymouth in England. Once a small village, it was developed in the 1930s and now lies between the suburbs of Peverell Mannamead and Efford. There are two parts, Higher and Lower Compton named after ...

, Devon * Compton, South Hams, a location * Compton, Test Valley, a location * Compton, Hampshire, in Winchester district * Compton, Staffordshire, a location * Compton, Guildford, Surrey * Compton, Waverley, Surrey (near Farnham) * Compton, West Sussex * Compton, West Yorkshire, a former village * Compton, Wiltshire * Compton, Wolverhampton, West Midlands

United States

* Compton, Arkansas, an unincorporated community *

Compton, California Compton is a city in southern Los Angeles County, California, United States, situated south of downtown Los Angeles. Compton is one of the oldest cities in the county and, on May 11, 1888, was the eighth city in Los Angeles County to incorporat ...

, a city south-southeast of downtown Los Angeles * Compton, Illinois, a village * Compton, Maryland, an unincorporated community * Compton, Virginia, an unincorporated community * Compton Township, Otter Tail County, Minnesota

Music

* ''Compton'' (album), a 2015 album by Dr. Dre * "Compton", a song by Kendrick Lamar from '' Good Kid, M.A.A.D City'' * "Compton", a song by The Game from '' Doctor's Advocate''

Science and technology

Compton (crater) Compton is a prominent lunar impact crater that is located in the northern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. It lies to the east of the Mare Humboldtianum, and southwest of the walled plain Schwarzschild. To the southeast of Compton is th ...

, a lunar crater *

Compton (software) Picom is a lightweight standalone compositor created for the X Window System. It is a fork of compton, created because compton wasn't being actively maintained; compton is, in turn, a fork of xcompmgr-dana, forked from xcompmgr. Configuration P ...

, an X composite manager; third-degree fork of Xcompmgr * Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, a space observatory operational in Earth orbit from 1991 to 2000 *

Compton Limestone The Compton Limestone is a Formation (geology), geologic formation in southwest Missouri. It preserves brachiopod and echinoderm fossils of the Mississippian (geology), Mississippian Period (geology), subperiod.The Stratigraphic Succession in Mis ...

, a geologic unit in Missouri * Compton scattering, an effect observed when photons interact with electrons * Compton wavelength, a quantum mechanical property of a particle

Other uses

Compton (surname) Compton is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Allen T. Compton (1938–2008), justice of the Alaska Supreme Court * Ann Compton (born 1947), American journalist * Arthur Compton (1892–1962), American physicist and Nobe ...

, a surname (including a list of people with the name) * Compton (Trappe, Maryland), a home *

Compton Petroleum Compton Petroleum Corporation is a Canadian petroleum company based in Calgary, Alberta. It is a public company actively engaged in the exploration, development and production of natural gas, natural gas liquids and crude oil in the Western Can ...

, a petroleum exploration company based in Canada