Gifford or Giffords may refer to:

People

Gifford (given name) Gifford is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Gifford Beal, 1879 – 1956, American artist * Gifford Dalley, 18th century American civil servant * Gifford Fox, 1903 – 1959, British politician * Gifford Miller, born ...

Gifford (surname) Gifford is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adam Gifford, Lord Gifford (1820–1887), Scottish advocate; benefactor of the Gifford Lectures endowment * Alden I. Gifford (1910–1995), American international busine ...

Gabby Giffords Gabrielle Dee Giffords (born June 8, 1970) is an American retired politician and gun control advocate who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives representing from January 2007 until January 2012, when she resigned ...

(b. 1970), a former United States politician

Places

Canada

* Gifford Peninsula, on the South Coast of British Columbia *

Gifford, British Columbia Abbotsford is a city located in British Columbia, adjacent to the Canada–United States border, Greater Vancouver and the Fraser River. With an estimated population of 153,524 people it is the largest municipality in the province outside met ...

, a locality in the Matsqui Prairie area of the City of Abbotsford, British Columbia * Gifford Slough, a slough in the Matsqui Prairie area of the City of Abbotsford, British Columbia * Gifford Creek, a creek in the Cariboo region of the British Columbia Interior

England

Aveton Gifford Aveton Gifford is a small rural village in the south of the English county of Devon. It lies at the head of the estuary of the River Avon or Aune, at the point where it is crossed by the A379 road. It receives its name from this river and also ...

, Devon *

Bowers Gifford Bowers Gifford is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Bowers Gifford and North Benfleet, in southern Essex, England. It is located east of Basildon, between Pitsea and Thundersley. Pillboxes in the surrounding fields tes ...

, Essex *

Broughton Gifford Broughton Gifford is a village and civil parish about west of Melksham in Wiltshire, England. The parish includes the hamlets of Norrington Common and The Common. History Formerly much of Broughton Gifford and the surrounding area was covered ...

, Wiltshire * Crowmarsh Gifford, Oxfordshire *

Fonthill Gifford Fonthill Gifford is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, to the north of the Nadder valley, west of Salisbury. History The name of the village and parish derives from the Giffard family, landowners, beginning with Berenger Giff ...

, Wiltshire *

Stoke Gifford Stoke Gifford is a village and parish in South Gloucestershire, England, in the northern suburbs of Bristol. It had around 11,000 residents at the 2001 census, increasing to 15,494 at the 2011 census. It is home to Bristol Parkway station an ...

, Gloucestershire

Scotland

Gifford, East Lothian } Gifford is a village in the parish of Yester in East Lothian, Scotland. It lies approximately south of Haddington and east of Edinburgh. It groups around the Colstoun Water (locally called Gifford Water) at the junction of the B6369 and B6 ...

Giffordland Giffordland is in North Ayrshire, Parish of Dalry (Cunninghame) in the former Region of Strathclyde, Scotland. Background Giffordland was a small barony, but the families associated with it played an active part in the history of feudal Sc ...

, North Ayrshire

United States

* Gifford Park, a neighborhood of Omaha, Nebraska *

Gifford, Florida Gifford () is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Indian River County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Sebastian–Vero Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 5,511 at the 2020 census ...

Gifford, Idaho Gifford is an unincorporated community in Nez Perce County, Idaho, United States. Gifford is northeast of Culdesac. The community was platted in 1901 by Seth Gifford, a homesteader who moved to the area six years earlier. Gifford had a post of ...

Gifford, Illinois Gifford is a village in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. The population was 911 at the 2020 Census. History Gifford was laid out in 1876 and named for Benjamin F. Gifford. Along with nearby Penfield, the town had a station on the now- ...

* Gifford, Indiana * Gifford, Iowa *

Gifford, New York Gifford is a hamlet in Schenectady County, in the U.S. state of New York. A variant name was "Gifford's Corners". History A post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting lette ...

Gifford Creek (New York) Gifford Creek is a river in Otsego County, New York Otsego County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 58,524. The county seat is Cooperstown. The name ''Otsego'' is from a Mohawk or Oneida ...

, a creek *

Gifford, Pennsylvania Gifford is an unincorporated community in McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States. The ZIP code is 16732. Notable person * Jim Owens, former Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and ...

Gifford, South Carolina Gifford is a town in Hampton County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 288 at the 2010 census, down from 370 at the 2000 census. Geography Gifford is located in northwestern Hampton County at (32.860831, -81.238958). U.S. Rout ...

Gifford, Washington Gifford is an unincorporated community in Stevens County, Washington, United States. Gifford is located across the Columbia River from Inchelium. The community is served by Washington State Route 25 and the Gifford–Inchelium ferry. Gifford ha ...

South Gifford, Missouri South Gifford is a village in Macon County, Missouri, United States. The population was 22 at the 2020 census. History South Gifford had its start in the early 1900s when the railroad was extended to that point. A post office called South Giffo ...

Enterprises

Baillie Gifford Baillie Gifford is an investment management firm which is wholly owned by partners, all of whom work within the firm. It was founded in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1908 and still has its headquarters in the city. It has corporate offices in New York ...

, a UK investment management firm *

Gifford (company) Gifford is part of the Ramboll Group, providing engineering consultancy, design, planning, project management and consulting services for buildings, infrastructure and the environment. History The firm was founded by Dr. Edwin Gifford, a pioneer ...

, a UK consulting engineering firm *

Gifford's Circus Giffords Circus is a traditional English circus that tours the Cotswolds every summer. it is also performing at Chiswick House. Established in 2000, Giffords Circus is a small circus company, founded by Nell and Toti Gifford, that tours marke ...

, a British circus * Gifford's Ice Cream & Candy Co., a brand of ice cream, Washington DC, United States

Other uses

* 4819 Gifford, a minor planet in the Solar System * ''A. T. Gifford'' (ship), the last whaling schooner to cruise Hudson Bay *

Ashton Gifford House Ashton Gifford House is a Grade II listed country house in the hamlet of Ashton Gifford, part of the civil parish of Codford in the English county of Wiltshire. The house was built during the early 19th century, following the precepts of Georgian ...

, Codford, Wiltshire, England *

Gifford Lectures The Gifford Lectures () are an annual series of lectures which were established in 1887 by the will of Adam Gifford, Lord Gifford. Their purpose is to "promote and diffuse the study of natural theology in the widest sense of the term – in o ...

, endowed by Scottish jurist Adam Gifford * Gifford Observatory, Wellington, New Zealand *

Gifford Pinchot National Forest Gifford Pinchot National Forest is a National Forest located in southern Washington, managed by the United States Forest Service. With an area of 1.32 million acres (5300 km2), it extends 116 km along the western slopes of Cascade Ran ...

, Washington, United States *

Gifford Pinchot State Park Gifford Pinchot State Park is a Pennsylvania state park in northern York County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It was named in honor of noted conservationist and former Pennsylvania Governor Gifford Pinchot. The fourth chief of the Unite ...

, Pennsylvania, United States * Gifford School, a special education school in Weston, Massachusetts, United States * Gifford State Forest (Ohio) *

USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS-10) USS ''Gabrielle Giffords'' (LCS-10) is an of the United States Navy. The ship is named after former United States Representative Gabby Giffords, who was shot along with eighteen other people during a 2011 shooting in Tucson, Arizona. The ship ...

, a ship in the United States Navy *