Overton may refer to:

Places

Canada

Overton, Nova Scotia Yarmouth, officially named the Municipality of the District of Yarmouth, is a district municipality in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Statistics Canada classifies the district municipality as a municipal district. The district municipality ...

United Kingdom

* Overton, Aberdeen, a location * Overton, Frodsham, a location in Cheshire *

Overton, Malpas Overton is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Malpas, in the Cheshire West and Chester district and ceremonial county of Cheshire in England. In 2001 it had a population of 68. The civil parish was abolished in 2015 and merged into Ma ...

, Cheshire * Overton, Gloucestershire, a hamlet in the parish of Arlingham *

Overton, Greenock Overton is an area in the suburbs of Greenock, Inverclyde. Overton offers excellent views across the River Clyde and suburban Greenock Greenock (; sco, Greenock; gd, Grianaig, ) is a town and administrative centre in the Inverclyde council ...

, Inverclyde * Overton, Hampshire *

Overton, Lancashire Overton is a village and civil parish in Lancashire, England, south west of Lancaster and south of Morecambe between Heysham and the estuary of the River Lune. Neighbouring villages include Middleton and Sunderland Point; Glasson is on the ...

Overton, North Yorkshire Overton is a small village and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England, about north-west of York. The population of civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was less than 100. Details are included in the civil parish o ...

Overton, Shropshire Overton is a small village in south Shropshire, England. Overton lies west of the River Teme, south of the town of Ludlow and close to the border with Herefordshire. The B4361 (until 1979 the A49) road runs through. It is in the civil parish ...

* Overton, Staffordshire, a location *

Overton, Swansea The Gower Peninsula ( cy, Gŵyr) in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It contains over twenty villages and communities. Villages Bishopston Bishopston (, or historically ''Llanme ...

Overton, West Yorkshire Overton is a village between Wakefield and Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, England. The village is situated approximately south-west of Wakefield, south of Ossett, west of Netherton and 4 miles south-west of Horbury. Overton is conjoined at ...

* Overton, a settlement in

Cunninghamhead, Perceton and Annick Lodge Cunninghamhead is a hamlet in North Ayrshire, Scotland. It was the centre of the lands of Cunninghamhead, Perceton and Annick Lodge in Cunninghame. This mainly rural area is noted for its milk and cheese production and the Ayrshire, Cunninghame or ...

, Ayrshire * Overton, an area of

Halfway, South Lanarkshire Halfway is a largely suburban area in the town of Cambuslang, Scotland, located within the local authority area of South Lanarkshire. It borders the smaller areas of Lightburn, Cairns, Flemington, Drumsagard and Hallside. Halfway is the largest ...

Overton Down Overton Down Experimental Earthwork (often referred to simply as Overton Down) is a long-term project in experimental archaeology in Wiltshire, England. In 1960 an earthwork was built to simulate such ancient structures. Various objects were pl ...

, an experimental archaeology site * Overton or Overton-on-Dee, Wrexham * Cold Overton, Leicestershire *

Market Overton Market Overton is a village on the northern edge of the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. The population of the civil parish (including Teigh) was 494 at the 2001 census, increasing to 584 at the 2011 census. History The village' ...

, Rutland * West Overton, Wiltshire

United States

* Overton, Missouri *

Overton, Nebraska Overton is a village in Dawson County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Lexington, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 594 at the 2010 census. History Overton got its start following construction of the Union ...

* Overton, Nevada *

Overton, Ohio Overton is an unincorporated community in Wayne County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. History Overton was plat In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. United Stat ...

Overton, Texas Overton is a city in Rusk and Smith counties in the U.S. state of Texas. Overton lies in two counties as well as two metropolitan areas. The Rusk County portion of the city is part of the Longview Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Smi ...

Overton, Virginia Overton is an unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Ap ...

* Overton County, Tennessee *

Overton Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania Overton Township is a township in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The population was 247 at the 2010 census. Geography Overton Township is located in southern Bradford County and is bordered b ...

* West Overton, Pennsylvania

Other

Overton (name) Notable people with the name Overton include: Surname * Al Overton, Jr., American sound engineer * Anthony Overton (1865–1946), American banker and manufacturer * Ben Overton (1926–2012), Chief Justice for the Florida Supreme Court * Bo Overt ...

, including a list of people with the name *

Overton Formation The Overton Formation is a geologic formation in England. It preserves fossils dating back to the Silurian period. See also * List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in England See also *Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in ...

, England *

Overton Islands (Nevada) The Overton Islands are a small chain of islands in Lake Mead, Nevada, in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area Lake Mead National Recreation Area is a U.S. national recreation area in southeastern Nevada and northwestern Arizona. Operated b ...

, United States * Overton Period in British archaeology *

Overton Prize The ISCB Overton Prize is a Awards in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, computational biology prize awarded annually for outstanding accomplishment by a scientist in the early to mid stage of his or her career. Laureates have made significan ...

in computational biology *

Overton window The Overton window is the range of policies politically acceptable to the mainstream population at a given time. It is also known as the window of discourse. Background The term is named after American policy analyst Joseph Overton, who stat ...

, a concept in political theory * USS Overton (DD-239), a World War II US Navy destroyer