Paterson may refer to:

People

Paterson (surname) Paterson is a Scottish and Irish surname meaning "Fathers' son" or "son of '' Patrick''". In Connacht, and Ulster, the name is considered to be an Anglicised form of the Irish language surname ''Ó Casáin''. ''Paterson'' is rarely used as a giv ...

Paterson (given name) Paterson is a Scottish given name meaning ''"son of Patrick"''. It is more commonly used as a surname. People with the given name Paterson include: * Paterson Ewen (1925 - 2002), Canadian painter * Paterson Joseph (born 1964), British actor * T ...

Places

Australia

Paterson, New South Wales Paterson is a small township in the lower Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. Located within Dungog Shire, it is situated on the Paterson River. It is in the middle of what was once dairy, timber and citrus country and is now more signi ...

Paterson River Paterson River, a perennial river that is part of the Hunter River catchment, is located in the Hunter and Mid North Coast regions of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Paterson River rises in the Barrington Tops National Park, we ...

, New South Wales *

Division of Paterson The Division of Paterson is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. It is located just north of Newcastle, on the coast of the Tasman Sea. The division is named after federation-era poet and author Banjo Paterson an ...

, an electoral district in New South Wales * Paterson, Queensland, a locality in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland * Electoral division of Paterson, an electoral district in Tasmania

United States

* Paterson, New Jersey * Paterson, Washington

Elsewhere

* Mount Paterson (Antarctica) *

Mount Paterson Mount Paterson is a mountain, 2,195 m, standing 2 miles (3.2 km) north-northwest of Mount Carse in the Salvesen Range of South Georgia South Georgia ( es, Isla San Pedro) is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean that is part of the ...

, South Georgia *

Paterson, Eastern Cape Paterson is a settlement in Sarah Baartman District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The town is located some north-west of Alexandria and north of Nanaga on the N10 National Route. Paterson village The village was l ...

, South Africa *

Paterson Inlet Paterson Inlet / Whaka a Te Wera is a large natural harbour in the eastern coast of Stewart Island/Rakiura, New Zealand, much of which is unspoilt forest. History This region was first inhabited by the Māori, who settled at a locale known a ...

, New Zealand *Paterson Island, a sandspit off of

Morrich More Morrich More is an extensive area of dune grassland with wetland communities, on the southern shore of the Dornoch Firth, Scotland. Morrich More lies east of Tain, on the southern shore of the Dornoch Firth, Scotland. Offshore lie extensive areas ...

, Scotland *

Paterson Street Paterson Street () is a street in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It starts north at Victoria Park Road, crosses Kingston Street and Great George Street and ends at Yee Wo Street or Canadian Street to the south. The street was nam ...

, Hong Kong

Other uses

* Paterson (automobile), a car built by the W. A. Paterson Company from 1909-23 * ''Paterson'' (film), a 2016 drama starring Adam Driver * ''Paterson'' (poem), by American poet William Carlos Williams *

Colt Paterson The Colt Paterson revolver was the first commercial repeating firearm employing a revolving cylinder with multiple chambers aligned with a single, stationary barrel. Its design was patented by Samuel Colt on February 25, 1836, in the Unit ...