Milton may refer to:
Names
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Milton (surname) Milton is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Aaron Milton, Canadian football player
* Anne Milton, United Kingdom Member of Parliament
*Arthur Milton, English cricketer and footballer
* Berth Milton Sr., Swedish pornogr ...
, a surname (and list of people with that surname)
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John Milton (1608–1674), English poet
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Milton (given name)
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Milton Friedman
Milton Friedman (; July 31, 1912 – November 16, 2006) was an American economist and statistician who received the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his research on consumption analysis, monetary history and theory and the ...
(1912–2006),
Nobel laureate in Economics, author of ''
Free to Choose''
Places
Australia
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Milton, New South Wales
Milton is a village in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, within the City of Shoalhaven. It was founded in 1860, named after the property of post master George Knight and became an important regional centre during the 19th Ce ...
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Milton, Queensland
Milton is a riverside inner suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , the population of Milton was 2,274 people.
Geography
Milton is approximately west of the central business district. The suburb is a mixture of light ...
, a suburb of Brisbane
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Milton Courts, a tennis centre
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Milton House, Milton
Milton House is a heritage-listed villa at 50 McDougall Street, Milton, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built from . It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
History
Milton House was erected in 18 ...
, a heritage-listed house
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Milton railway station, Brisbane
Milton railway station is located on the Main line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the Brisbane suburb of Milton. The station includes a walkbridge to Lang Park and is also immediately adjacent the Castlemaine Perkins brewery.
History
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Milton Reach
The Brisbane River is the longest river in South East Queensland, Australia, and flows through the city of Brisbane, before emptying into Moreton Bay on the Coral Sea. John Oxley, the first European to explore the river, named it after the ...
, a reach of the Brisbane River
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Milton Road
Milton Road is an arterial road in Brisbane, Australia. It is currently signed as State Route 32 for its entire length. Milton Road is a major corridor for traffic between the Brisbane central business district and the western suburbs. It ca ...
, an arterial road in Brisbane
Canada
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Milton, Newfoundland and Labrador
Milton is a designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador that is a neighbourhood within the Town of George's Brook-Milton. Originally named King's Cove, it changed its name to Milton (it is believed after the poet John ...
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Milton, Nova Scotia
Milton is a village located immediately north of Liverpool, Nova Scotia in the Region of Queens Nova Scotia. The village is most well known for being the birthplace of the international best selling author Margaret Marshall Saunders. Her most ...
in the Region of Queens Municipality
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Milton, Ontario
Milton ( 2016 census population 110,128) is a town in Southern Ontario, Canada, and part of the Halton Region in the Greater Toronto Area. Between 2001 and 2011, Milton was the fastest growing municipality in Canada, with a 71.4% increase in popu ...
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Milton line, a commuter train line
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Milton GO Station
Milton may refer to:
Names
* Milton (surname), a surname (and list of people with that surname)
** John Milton (1608–1674), English poet
* Milton (given name)
** Milton Friedman (1912–2006), Nobel laureate in Economics, author of '' Fre ...
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Milton (electoral district)
Milton is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that consists of the town of Milton and part of Burlington which has a population growing much faster than the Ontario average. It was created by the 2012 federal redistribution and ...
, Ontario
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Milton (provincial electoral district)
Milton is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario (OLA, french: Assemblée législative de l'Ontario) is the legislative chamber of ...
, Ontario
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Beaverton, Ontario
Beaverton is a community in Brock Township in the Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada.
History
Beaverton was first settled in 1822. The settlement is located on Lake Simcoe at the mouth of the Beaver River. It was called Calder's M ...
a community in Durham Region and renamed as Beaverton in 1835
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Rural Municipality of Milton No. 292, Saskatchewan
New Zealand
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Milton, New Zealand
Milton, formerly known as Tokomairiro or Tokomairaro, is a town of over 2,000 people, located on State Highway 1, 50 kilometres to the south of Dunedin in Otago, New Zealand. It lies on the floodplain of the Tokomairaro River, one branch of w ...
United Kingdom
England
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Milton, Cambridgeshire
Milton is a village just north of Cambridge, England, with a population of 4,679 at the 2011 census.
History
Milton grew from a small population of 31 peasants in 1086, growing slowly up to 170 people making up 40 families in 1728. The Ordnance ...
, a village north of Cambridge
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Milton, Brampton, Cumbria
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Milton, Milnthorpe, Cumbria
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Milton, Derbyshire, a village in south Derbyshire
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Milton, Dorset
The former town of Milton (or Middleton) in Dorset, England was cleared by the local landowner, Joseph Damer, Lord Milton, in the 1770s. This was a result of a fashion amongst English landowners to improve the amenity of their homes by convertin ...
, a former town
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Milton on Stour
Milton on Stour is a small village in North Dorset, England. It lies on the River Stour, a mile north of the town of Gillingham.
The Church of St Simon and St Jude, built in 1868, is a Grade II listed building.
References
External link ...
, Dorset
* Milton, a former hamlet in
Westcliff-on-Sea
Westcliff-on-Sea (often abbreviated to Westcliff) is an inner city area of the city of Southend-on-Sea, in the City of Southend-on-Sea, in the ceremonial county of Essex, England. It is on the north shore of the lower Thames Estuary, about 34 ...
, Essex
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Milton, Nottinghamshire
Milton is a hamlet in Nottinghamshire. It is part of West Markham civil parish, a short distance northwest of West Markham and southwest of Sibthorpe.
Mausoleum
The mausoleum at Milton was designed by Robert Smirke and built in 1831–2. I ...
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Milton, Cherwell, Oxfordshire
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Milton, Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire
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Milton Park
Milton Park is a mixed use business and technology park in Oxfordshire, England, operated by MEPC plc.
It is just south of the village of Milton, about west of Didcot. It is on the site of a former Ministry of Defence depot between the A ...
, a business park
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Milton-under-Wychwood
Milton-under-Wychwood is an English village and civil parish about north of Burford, Oxfordshire, just off the A361 road between Burford and Chipping Norton. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 1,648.
History
The village is o ...
, Oxfordshire
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Milton, Portsmouth
Milton is a residential area of the English city of Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, on the south eastern side of Portsea Island. Milton is bordered on the eastern coast of Portsea Island by Langstone Harbour, with Eastney to the south-east, So ...
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Milton, Somerset, hamlet in Ash parish, South Somerset
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Milton, North Somerset, an area of
Weston-super-Mare
Weston-super-Mare, also known simply as Weston, is a seaside town in North Somerset, England. It lies by the Bristol Channel south-west of Bristol between Worlebury Hill and Bleadon Hill. It includes the suburbs of Mead Vale, Milton, Oldmix ...
, Somerset
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Milton, Staffordshire
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Milton, Wiltshire, a hamlet near East Knoyle
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Milton-next-Gravesend, an ecclesiastical parish in the north-west of Kent, England
Scotland
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Milton (South Uist), in the Outer Hebrides
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Milton of Strathbogie, former name of Huntly, Aberdeenshire
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Milton of Finavon, Angus
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Milton of Ogilvie, Angus
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Milton of Campsie
Milton may refer to:
Names
* Milton (surname), a surname (and list of people with that surname)
** John Milton (1608–1674), English poet
* Milton (given name)
** Milton Friedman (1912–2006), Nobel laureate in Economics, author of '' Free t ...
, East Dunbartonshire
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Milton, Easter Ross
Milton ( gd, Baile Mhuilinn Anndra), known as Milntown of Tarbat until the early 1970s, is a small Easter Ross community between Kildary and Barbaraville on Scotland's North East coast.
History The Scottish clans
It was a centre for oatmeal ...
, a village near Kildary, Easter Ross, Highland
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Milton of Balgonie
Milton of Balgonie () is a small village in central Fife, Scotland. It is situated east of Glenrothes between the nearby villages of Markinch and Coaltown of Balgonie to the west and Windygates to the east. Nearby attractions include Balgonie C ...
, Fife
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Milton, Glasgow
Milton is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow, situated north of the River Clyde. The housing scheme is about north of Glasgow City Centre and forms part of the northern edge of the city's urban area.
Location and history
The constructi ...
, a district of the city
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Milton, Glenurquhart, a village near Drumnadrochit, Highland
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Milton, Stirling
Milton is a hamlet in Stirling, Scotland near Aberfoyle Aberfoyle may refer to:
*Aberfoyle, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
*Aberfoyle, Stirling, Scotland
* Aberfoyle, Ontario, Canada
*Aberfoyle, Texas
Aberfoyle is an Unincorporated area, ...
, a hamlet near Aberfoyle
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Milton of Buchanan
Milton of Buchanan is a small village in Stirling, Scotland, within the parish of Buchanan. Historically, the village was in the Registration County of Stirlingshire. It was the main village of the parish of Buchanan. However, the village is n ...
, Stirling
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Milton, West Dunbartonshire
Milton (historically Milton of Colquhoun) is a village in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It lies about east of Dumbarton, on the A82 Glasgow-Loch Lomond road and below the Overtoun Bridge.
It previously had a primary school, closed in 2004. ...
, a village near Dumbarton
United States
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Milton, California
Milton is an unincorporated community in Calaveras County, California. It lies at an elevation of 394 feet (120 m) and is located at . The community is in ZIP code 95684 and area code 209.
Completion of the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1871 m ...
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Milton, Delaware
Milton is a town in Sussex County, Delaware, United States, on the Delmarva Peninsula. It is located on the Broadkill River, which empties into Delaware Bay. The population was 2,576 at the 2010 census, an increase of 55.5% over the previous dec ...
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Milton, Florida
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Milton, Georgia
Milton is a city in Fulton County, Georgia, United States. Located about 30 miles due north of Atlanta, Milton is known for its rural and equestrian heritage. The City was incorporated on December 1, 2006, out of the unincorporated northernmost p ...
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Milton County, Georgia
Milton County was a county of the U.S. state of Georgia from to . It was created on December 18, 1857, from parts of northeastern Cobb, southeastern Cherokee, and southwestern Forsyth counties. The county was named for John Milton, Secretary ...
, a former county
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Milton, Illinois
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Milton, Indiana
Milton is a town in Washington Township, Wayne County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 490 at the 2010 census.
History
Milton was laid out and platted in 1824. The community was named for the presence of several watermills in t ...
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Milton, Ohio County, Indiana
Milton is an unincorporated community in Union Township, Ohio County, in the U.S. state of Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. ...
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Milton, Iowa
Milton is a city in Van Buren County, Iowa, United States. The population was 380 at the time of the 2020 census.
History
Milton was laid out in 1851. In 1872, Milton experienced growth when the Burlington and Southwestern Railway was built thr ...
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Milton, Kansas
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Milton, Kentucky
Milton is a home rule-class city along the south bank of the Ohio River in Trimble County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 597 at the time of the 2020 Census, making it the largest city in Trimble County. The Milton-Madison Bridge ...
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Milton, Louisiana
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Milton, Maine
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Milton, Massachusetts
Milton is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States and an affluent suburb of Boston. The population was 28,630 at the 2020 census. Milton is the birthplace of former U.S. President George H. W. Bush, and architect Buckminster Fuller. ...
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Milton Academy
Milton Academy (also known as Milton) is a highly selective, coeducational, independent preparatory, boarding and day school in Milton, Massachusetts consisting of a grade 9–12 Upper School and a grade K–8 Lower School. Boarding is offered ...
, a preparatory school in Milton, Massachusetts
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Milton Township, Antrim County, Michigan
Milton Township is a civil township of Antrim County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,204 at the 2010 census.
Communities
*Elgin was the name of a post office in this township from 1875 until 1881.
*Grand Traverse Band of O ...
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Milton Township, Cass County, Michigan
Milton Township is a civil township of Cass County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,878 at the 2010 census, up from 2,646 at the 2000 census.
Communities
There are no incorporated municipalities in the township.
* Dover ...
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Milton Township, Dodge County, Minnesota
Milton Township is a township in Dodge County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 692 at the 2000 census.
Milton Township was organized in 1858.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 3 ...
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Milton, Atchison County, Missouri
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Milton, Kansas City Milton is a neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri, United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country Continental United States, primarily located in North A ...
, Missouri
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Milton, Randolph County, Missouri
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Milton, New Hampshire
Milton is a town in Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 4,482 at the 2020 census. A manufacturing, resort and residential town, Milton includes the village of Milton Mills. The primary village in town, where 593 peop ...
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Milton (CDP), New Hampshire
Milton is a census-designated place (CDP) and the primary village in the town of Milton, Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States. The population of the CDP was 593 at the 2020 census, out of 4,482 in the entire town.
Geography
The CDP is ...
, a census-designated place within the town
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Milton (town), New York
Milton is a town in Saratoga County, New York, United States. The population was 17,103 at the 2000 census. Some believe that the town was named after the poet, John Milton, while other sources state that it is a shortening of "Mill-town" for ...
, in Saratoga County
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Milton (CDP), Saratoga County, New York
Milton is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Milton in Saratoga County, New York, United States. The population was 2,692 at the 2000 census.
Geography
Milton is located at (43.03473, -73.848405).
According to the United States Cen ...
, a census-designated place within the town
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Milton, Ulster County, New York, a census-designated place and hamlet in Ulster County
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Milton, North Carolina
Milton is a town in Caswell County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 166 at the 2010 census. It is adjacent to the Virginia International Raceway, just across the state line in Virginia.
The town's name was derived from its beginn ...
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Milton, North Dakota
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Milton Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Milton Township is one of the fifteen townships of Ashland County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 2,383.
Geography
Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:
* Clear Creek Townsh ...
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Milton Township, Wood County, Ohio
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Milton, Pennsylvania
Milton is a borough in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States, on the West Branch Susquehanna River, north of Harrisburg, located in Central Pennsylvania's Susquehanna River Valley. It is approximately 10 miles upriver from the mouth ...
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Milton, Tennessee
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Milton, Texas
Milton is an unincorporated community in Lamar County, Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 mil ...
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Milton, Vermont
Milton is a town in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,723. According to local legend, the town was named for the English poet John Milton, but the name most likely originated from William Fi ...
, a town
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Milton (CDP), Vermont, a census-designated place within the town
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Milton, Washington
Milton is a city in King and Pierce counties in the U.S. state of Washington. The population was 8,697 at the time of the 2020 census. Milton borders the larger but newer town of Edgewood.
Geography
Milton is located in northern Pierce County ...
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Milton, West Virginia
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Milton, Buffalo County, Wisconsin, a town
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Milton, Wisconsin
Milton is a city in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 5,716 at the 2020 census.
History
The city was formed as a result of the 1967 merger of the villages of Milton and Milton Junction. In November of that year, ballot ...
, a city in Rock County
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Milton College
Milton College was a private college located in Milton, Wisconsin. Founded in 1844 as the Milton Academy, it closed in 1982. Its campus is now part of the Milton Historic District.
History
The college was founded as the Milton Academy (high scho ...
, a former private college in Milton, Wisconsin
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Milton, Rock County, Wisconsin, a town surrounding the city
Other uses
*''
Milton: A Poem in Two Books'', an epic poem by William Blake
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''Milton'' (album), a 1976 album by Milton Nascimento
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''Milton ''(cartoon), a series of cartoons for ''Saturday Night Live'' and the film ''Office Space''
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Milton (crater)
Milton is a crater on Mercury (planet), Mercury. It has a diameter of 186 kilometers. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1976. Milton is named for the English poet John Milton, who lived from 1608 to 1674.
MESSENGER ...
, a crater on Mercury
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Milton (game), an electronic game made in 1980 by Milton Bradley
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Milton (horse), a show jumping horse ridden by John Whitaker
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''Milton'' (opera), by Gaspare Spontini
*Milton Abbey School, Dorset, England
*Milton Corporation, Australian investment company
*Milton rail crash
*Milton sterilizing fluid, a brand name of sterilising compound for purposes including baby bottles
*Milton the Toaster, an advertising mascot for Pop-Tarts
*Milton United F.C., a football club in Milton, Oxfordshire, England
See also
* Great Milton, Oxfordshire
* Little Milton, Oxfordshire
* Milltown (disambiguation)
* Milton Abbas, Dorset
* Milton Bryan, Bedfordshire
* Milton Center, Ohio
* Milton Clevedon, Somerset
* Milton Combe, Devon
* Milton Damerel, Devon
* Milton Ernest, Bedfordshire
* Milton-Freewater, Oregon
* Milton Green, Cheshire, a hamlet near Handley, Cheshire
* Milton Hall, an estate near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
* Milton High School (disambiguation), various high schools
* Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
* Milton Lilbourne, Wiltshire
* Milton Malsor, Northamptonshire
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Milton-next-Gravesend, Kent
* Milton railway station (disambiguation)
* Milton Regis, Kent
* Milton Street, a hamlet in Long Man parish, East Sussex
* New Milton, Hampshire
* New Milton, West Virginia
* West Milton, Ohio
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