Compton may refer to:

Places

Canada

Compton (electoral district) Compton (also known as Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1949, and again from 1968 to 1997. History Compton was created by ...

, a former Quebec federal electoral district *

Compton (provincial electoral district) Compton was a former provincial electoral district in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. It elected members to the National Assembly of Quebec (earlier known as the Legislative Assembly of Quebec). It was created for the 1867 election (and a d ...

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

Compton County, Quebec Compton County is an historical county in southeastern Quebec, Canada on the western flanks of the Appalachian Mountains on the Canada–United States border. It is in the Estrie (Eastern Townships) region of the province and was named in 1793 aft ...

* Compton Creek, a tributary of the Adam River on Vancouver Island, British Columbia *

Compton Island Compton Island is an island in the Queen Charlotte Strait-Johnstone Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada, located in Blackfish Sound to the east of Port McNeill All of Compton Island and three small islands offshore comp ...

, in the Queen Charlotte Strait region of British Columbia * Compton Névé, a névé (icefield) in the Pacific Ranges, British Columbia ** Compton Glacier, a glacier in the Compton Névé, Pacific Ranges, British Columbia ** Compton Mountain, a mountain in the Compton Névé,

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, British Columbia

England

Compton, Berkshire Compton is a village and civil parish in the River Pang valley in the Berkshire Downs about south of Didcot which is buffered from neighbouring settlements by cultivated fields to all sides. The village is in a gently-sloped dry valley and t ...

* Compton, Derbyshire, a

location In geography, location or place are used to denote a region (point, line, or area) on Earth's surface or elsewhere. The term ''location'' generally implies a higher degree of certainty than ''place'', the latter often indicating an entity with an ...

* Compton, Plymouth, Devon * Compton, South Hams, a

* Compton, Test Valley, a

* Compton, Hampshire, in Winchester district * Compton, Staffordshire, a

Compton, Guildford Compton is a village and civil parish in the Guildford district of Surrey, England. It is between Godalming and Guildford. It has a medieval church and a close connection to fine art and pottery, being the later life home of artist George Fred ...

, Surrey *

Compton, Waverley Compton is a former village and today a semi-rural suburb centred ESE of Farnham in the Waverley district of Surrey, England and connected to Farnham by two direct urban single carriageways and green space footpaths along the Wey (North Branc ...

, Surrey (near Farnham) *

Compton, West Sussex Compton is a village and civil parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex. The village lies on the B2146 road, southeast of Petersfield, Hampshire and northwest of Chichester. The parish also includes the villages of West Marden and Up ...

Compton, West Yorkshire Collingham is a village and civil parish south-west of Wetherby in West Yorkshire, England. It is in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 2,991. It sits in the Harewood ward of ...

, a former village * Compton, Wiltshire *

Compton, Wolverhampton Compton is a suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. It is located to the west of Wolverhampton city centre on the A454, within the Tettenhall Wightwick ward. History Compton sits nestled below the ridge that stretches south west ...

, West Midlands

United States

Compton, Arkansas Compton is an unincorporated community in Newton County, Arkansas, United States. Compton is located on Arkansas Highway 43, southwest of Harrison. Osage Creek flows past the west side of the community.''Arkansas Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 2n ...

, an unincorporated community * Compton, California, a city south-southeast of downtown Los Angeles *

Compton, Illinois Compton is a village in Brooklyn Township, Lee County, Illinois, United States. The population was 303 at the 2010 census, down from 347 in 2000. History A post office at the site of Compton opened on May 18, 1841; it was named Melugin Grove af ...

, a village *

Compton, Maryland Compton is an unincorporated community near Leonardtown in St. Mary's County, Maryland, United States. The St. Francis Xavier Church and Newtown Manor House Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The Nation ...

, an unincorporated community *

Compton, Virginia Compton is an unincorporated community in Page County, in the U.S. state of Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic ...

, an unincorporated community *

Compton Township, Otter Tail County, Minnesota Compton Township is a township in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 799 at the 2000 census. Compton Township was organized in 1875, and named for James Compton, an early settler. Geography According to the United S ...

Music

* ''Compton'' (album), a 2015 album by Dr. Dre * "Compton", a song by Kendrick Lamar from ''

Good Kid, M.A.A.D City ''Good Kid, M.A.A.D City'' (stylized as ''good kid, m.A.A.d city'') is the second studio album by American rapper Kendrick Lamar. It was released on October 22, 2012, through Top Dawg Entertainment, Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Record ...

'' * "Compton", a song by The Game from ''

Doctor's Advocate ''Doctor's Advocate'' is the third studio album by American hip hop recording artist the Game, released on November 14, 2006, through Geffen Records. The album is his second major-label release, following 2005's ''The Documentary'', which was r ...

Science and technology

* Compton (crater), a lunar crater * Compton (software), an X composite manager; third-degree fork of Xcompmgr *

Compton Gamma Ray Observatory The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) was a space observatory detecting photons with photon energy, energies from 20 kElectronvolt#Properties, eV to 30 GeV, in Earth orbit from 1991 to 2000. The observatory featured four main tele ...

, a space observatory operational in Earth orbit from 1991 to 2000 * Compton Limestone, a geologic unit in Missouri *

Compton scattering Compton scattering, discovered by Arthur Holly Compton, is the scattering of a high frequency photon after an interaction with a charged particle, usually an electron. If it results in a decrease in energy (increase in wavelength) of the photon ...

, an effect observed when photons interact with electrons *

Compton wavelength The Compton wavelength is a quantum mechanical property of a particle. The Compton wavelength of a particle is equal to the wavelength of a photon whose energy is the same as the rest energy of that particle (see mass–energy equivalence). It was ...

, a quantum mechanical property of a particle

Other uses

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

Compton (Trappe, Maryland) Compton is a historic home in Trappe, Talbot County, Maryland. It is a two-part Flemish bond brick dwelling, which is the result of two major building periods and subsequent minor alterations. The main part is five bays long with a three-brick ...

, a home * Compton Petroleum, a petroleum exploration company based in Canada