Danforth may refer to:
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Danforth (surname) Danforth is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Asa Danforth (1746–1818), American highway engineer of the Revolutionary War era
* Asa Danforth Jr. (1768–1821), Upper Canada highway engineer
* Charles Haskell Danforth (1833†...
Places
Canada
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Danforth Avenue
Danforth Avenue (informally also known as the Danforth) and Danforth Road are two historically-related arterial streets in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Danforth ''Avenue'' is an east-west street that begins in Old Toronto at the Prince Edward ...
, a thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario
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Toronto—Danforth
Toronto—Danforth (formerly Broadview—Greenwood) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979. It lies to the east of Downtown Toronto. Its best-known MP was ...
, an electoral district
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Toronto—Danforth (provincial electoral district)
Toronto—Danforth (formerly Broadview—Greenwood) is a provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999. It lies to the east of Downtow ...
, a provincial electoral district in Ontario
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Danforth (electoral district), an abolished electoral district in Ontario
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Greektown, Toronto
Greektown, also known as The Danforth, is a commercial-residential neighbourhood and ethnic enclave in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located on Danforth Avenue, between Chester Avenue and Dewhurst Boulevard, in east Toronto. Named after Asa Dan ...
, or The Danforth, a Toronto neighbourhood
United States
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Danforth, Illinois, a village
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Danforth, Maine
Danforth is a town in Washington County, Maine, United States. The town was named for proprietor Thomas Danforth. The population was 587 at the 2020 census. The town contains the villages of Danforth and Eaton. East Grand High School is loca ...
, a town
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Danforth (CDP), Maine, the main village in the town
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Danforth, Missouri
Danforth is an unincorporated community in Adair County, in the U.S. state of Missouri
Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with ...
, an unincorporated community
Other uses
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Danforth (anchor)
An anchor is a device, normally made of metal , used to secure a vessel to the bed of a body of water to prevent the craft from drifting due to wind or current. The word derives from Latin ''ancora'', which itself comes from the Greek ἄγ ...
, a fluke-style anchor
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Danforth Avenue (HBLR station)
Danforth Avenue is a station on the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) in Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey. The station is located at the intersection of Danforth Avenue and Princeton Avenue in Greenville.
History CNJ station
Danforth Av ...
, a light rail station in Hudson County, New Jersey
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Danforth Collegiate and Technical Institute
Danforth Collegiate and Technical Institute (known as Danforth CTI, DCTI, or Danforth), formerly Danforth Technical School and Riverdale Branch Technical School is a secondary school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located to the east of the ci ...
, a technical school in Toronto, Canada
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Danforth Museum Danforth Art Museum at Framingham State University (formerly Danforth Museum of Art) is a museum and school in Framingham, Massachusetts. It is part of Framingham State University.
History
The Danforth Museum Corporation was established on Augus ...
, an art museum and school in Framingham, Massachusetts
* Danforth, a
fictional character in the Cthulhu Mythos
See also
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2018 Toronto shooting, also known as the Danforth Shooting
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Bloor–Danforth line, a subway line in Toronto
* Danforth's Road,
Asa Danforth Jr.'s early colonial road from eastern Toronto to the Trent River
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Danforth GO Station
Danforth GO Station is a railway station on GO Transit's Lakeshore East line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The station is situated in the east end of Old Toronto, south west of the intersection of Main Street and Danforth Avenue. The station is a ...
, a Toronto station on the GO Transit commuter rail system
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Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center is an independent, not-for-profit research institute dedicated to plant science located in the Creve Coeur community of Saint Louis County, Missouri, United States. It was founded in 1998 by William Henry ...
, a not-for-profit research institute based in St. Louis, Missouri
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Toronto—Danforth
Toronto—Danforth (formerly Broadview—Greenwood) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979. It lies to the east of Downtown Toronto. Its best-known MP was ...
, a federal and provincial electoral district
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