Horton may refer to:
Places
Antarctica
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Horton Glacier
Horton Glacier () is a glacier at the east side of Mount Barre and Mount Gaudry, flowing southeast from Adelaide Island into Ryder Bay, Antarctica. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1977 for Colin P. Horton, a British Anta ...
, Adelaide Island, Antarctica
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Horton Ledge Horton Ledge () is a flat rock ledge that caps the southwestern extremity of Pecora Escarpment, at the southwest end of the Pensacola Mountains in Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photo ...
, Queen Elizabeth Land, Antarctica
Australia
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Horton, Queensland
Horton is a rural town and locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Horton had a population of 158 people.
Geography
The Bruce Highway forms the southern boundary of the locality.
History
The town w ...
, a town and locality in the Bundaberg Region
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Horton River (Australia)
The Horton River, a perennial stream of the Barwon catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Northern Tablelands and North West Slopes districts of New South Wales, Australia.
Course and features
The river rises on the n ...
, in northern New South Wales
Canada
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Horton, Ontario
Horton is a township in eastern Ontario, Canada, at the confluence of the Bonnechere River and the Ottawa River in Renfrew County. The Town of Renfrew was originally part of Horton Township.
Communities
The township comprises the communities ...
, a township
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Horton River (Canada)
The Horton River is a river in Inuvik and Sahtu Regions, Northwest Territories and Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is a tributary of the Beaufort Sea and hence part of the Arctic Ocean drainage basin. Only the first few kilometres from its ...
, a tributary of the Beaufort Sea
* Horton Township, Nova Scotia, an 18th-century township - see
Wolfville
Wolfville is a Canadian town in the Annapolis Valley, Kings County, Nova Scotia, located about northwest of the provincial capital, Halifax. The town is home to Acadia University and Landmark East School.
The town is a tourist destination du ...
United Kingdom
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Horton Beach
Horton Beach is located in Port Eynon Bay on the south coast of the Gower Peninsula in Wales.
It is reached from the nearby village of Horton Horton may refer to:
Places Antarctica
* Horton Glacier, Adelaide Island, Antarctica
* Horton Led ...
, Port Eynon Bay, Wales
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Horton, Berkshire
Horton is a village and civil parish in Berkshire, England. It is between Windsor and Staines-upon-Thames.
History and etymology
The village name is a common one in England. It is Old English in origin and derives from the two words ''horu'' ...
, a village and civil parish
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Horton, Buckinghamshire
Horton is a hamlet in the parish of Ivinghoe, in Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Slapton.
The name '' Horton'' is a common one in England. It derives from Old English ''horu'' 'dirt' and ''tūn'' 'settlement, farm, es ...
, a hamlet of Ivinghoe
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Horton, Cheshire
Horton-by-Malpas is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Shocklach Oviatt and District, in the Borough of Cheshire West and Chester and ceremonial county of Cheshire in England. In 2001 it had a population of 62. The parish included the h ...
, a village and former civil parish
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Horton, Dorset
Horton is a village in East Dorset, England, situated on the boundary between the chalk downland of Cranborne Chase and the Dorset Heaths, and ten miles north of Poole. The village has a population of 515 (2001).
Overview
The name ''Horton'' ...
, a village and civil parish
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Horton, Gloucestershire
Horton is a village on the Cotswold Edge, in Gloucestershire, England. It is about north of Chipping Sodbury. The nearest settlement is Little Sodbury, about away; Hawkesbury Upton and Dunkirk are both miles away. It is a linear settlement b ...
, a village
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Horton, Lancashire
Horton, historically known as Horton-in-Craven, is a village and a civil parish in the Ribble Valley district of the English county of Lancashire (historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire). Population details are now included in the civil p ...
, a village and civil parish
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Horton, Northamptonshire
Horton is a village in Northamptonshire, England. The village manor, Horton Hall, now demolished, was home to the first governor of the Bank of England and William Parr, 1st Baron Parr of Horton. An outline of its former nucleus can be seen in n ...
, a village
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Horton, Blyth
Horton is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Blyth, in Northumberland, England, about west of Blyth, and south of the River Blyth. Historically a chapelry of Woodhorn, it became part of Blyth Urban District in 1912, and in 1920 it w ...
, Northumberland, a village
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Horton, Chatton
Horton is a pair of small settlements, West Horton and East Horton, divided by a stream - the Horton Burn - in Northumberland, England north east of Wooler and west of Belford.
It is first attested as ''Horton' (Turbervill)'' ('Horton held ...
, a pair of small settlements: West Horton and East Horton, Northumberland
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Horton, Hadley, 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 ...
in Shropshire
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Horton, Wem, 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 ...
in Shropshire
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Horton, Somerset
Horton is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated north of Chard in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 812.
History
It is first attested as ''Horton'' in 1242. The place-name '' Horton'' is a commo ...
, a village and civil parish
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Horton, Staffordshire
Horton is a village and civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of Parish (administrative division), administrative parish used for Local government in England, local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowes ...
, a village and civil parish
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Horton, 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 ''Llanm ...
, a village
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Horton, Wiltshire
Bishops Cannings is a village and civil parish in the Vale of Pewsey in Wiltshire, England, north-east of Devizes. The parish includes the village of Coate (not to be confused with Coate, Swindon) and the hamlets of Bourton, Horton and Little H ...
, a hamlet/locality in Bishops Cannings
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Horton, Surrey
Horton is a semi-rural area with a village centre in the west of the borough of Epsom and Ewell, in the English county of Surrey. It is situated between the settlements of Epsom, West Ewell, Chessington and Malden Rushett. It's principal road ...
, a semi-rural area in the west of Epsom, Surrey
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Horton Country Park
Horton Country Park is a Local Nature Reserve north-west of Epsom in Surrey. It is owned and managed by Epsom and Ewell Borough Council.
The park is a wooded recreation and amenities area occupying the east of a narrow upland watershed betwe ...
, a local nature reserve
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Horton in Ribblesdale
Horton in Ribblesdale is a small village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated in Ribblesdale on the Settle–Carlisle Railway to the west of Pen-y-ghent.
Its population in the 2001 census ...
, North Yorkshire
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Horton Park, Bradford
Horton Park is a public park in Bradford, England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea ...
, West Yorkshire, a public park
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Horton-cum-Studley
Horton-cum-Studley is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire about northeast of the centre of Oxford and bordering Otmoor, and is one of the "Seven Towns" of Otmoor. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 455. A majority of r ...
, Oxfordshire, near Oakley, Buckinghamshire
United States
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Horton, Alabama
Horton is an unincorporated community in Marshall County, Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
, anthem = "Alabama (state song), Alabama"
, image_map = Alabama in United States.svg
, seat = Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery
, LargestCity = ...
, an unincorporated town
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Horton, Iowa
Horton is an unincorporated community in Polk Township in Bremer County, Iowa, United States.
Geography
Horton lies at the junction of Iowa Highway 188 and County Road V14. It is three miles east of Plainfield.
History
Horton was plat
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, an unincorporated community
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Horton, Kansas
Horton is a city in Brown County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 1,523.
History
Horton was founded in 1886. It was named for Albert H. Horton, chief justice of the Kansas Supreme Court.
On Januar ...
, a city
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Horton, Minnesota
Horton is an unincorporated community in Hubbard County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.
History
The community was named for Edward H. Horton, a lumberman.
References
Unincorporated communities in Hubbard County, Minnesota
Unincorpo ...
, an unincorporated community
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Horton, Oregon
Horton is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States. It is about three miles northeast of Blachly, in the Lake Creek valley of the Central Oregon Coast Range .
In 1903, three brothers—E. J. Horton, Sam M. Horton, and J ...
, an unincorporated community
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Horton, Howell County, Missouri
Horton is an unincorporated community in northwest Howell County, in the Ozarks of southern Missouri, United States. The community is located within the Mark Twain National Forest, west of Missouri Route AP and approximately one-half mile east ...
, an unincorporated community
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Horton, Vernon County, Missouri
Horton is an unincorporated community in northern Vernon County, Missouri, United States. It is located on U.S. 71, approximately eight miles north of Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, Western region ...
, an unincorporated community
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Horton, West Virginia
Horton is an unincorporated community in Randolph County, West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geograph ...
, an unincorporated community
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Horton Creek (Arizona)
Horton Creek is located in the Mogollon Rim area of the state of Arizona. The closest town Payson is away. The facilities are maintained by Tonto National Forest division of the USDA Forest Service.
Fish species
* Rainbow trout
* Brown ...
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Horton Park (Saint Paul, Minnesota)
Horton Park is a small arboretum in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. Known primarily for its variety of trees, Horton Park has become a symbol of the Saint Paul Midway community.
Horton Park
Founded in 1895 by James R. Horton, Horton Par ...
, a small arboretum
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Horton Peak
Horton Peak at above sea level is a peak in the White Cloud Mountains of Idaho. The peak is located in Sawtooth National Recreation Area in Custer County. Horton Peak rises above the southeastern end of the Sawtooth Valley west of the Sawtooth ...
, White Cloud Mountains, Idaho
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Horton Town, Missouri
Horton Town is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Missouri, Washington County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
The community has the name of the Horton family, original owners of the site.
References
Unincorporated comm ...
, an unincorporated community in Washington County
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Horton Township (disambiguation) Horton Township may refer to:
In Canada
* Horton Township, Nova Scotia
In the United States
* Horton Township, Osceola County, Iowa
Horton Township is a Township (United States), township in
Osceola County, Iowa, Osceola County, Iowa, United ...
Elsewhere
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21527 Horton
Fifteen or 15 may refer to:
*15 (number), the natural number following 14 and preceding 16
*one of the years 15 BC, AD 15, 1915, 2015
Music
*Fifteen (band), a punk rock band
Albums
* ''15'' (Buckcherry album), 2005
* ''15'' (Ani Lorak album) ...
, an asteroid
* Horton Plains, Sri Lanka, see
Horton Plains National Park
Horton Plains National Park ( si, හෝර්ටන් තැන්න ජාතික උද්යානය, Hortan Thanna Jathika Udyanaya) is a national park in the central highlands of Sri Lanka that was designated in 1988. It is locate ...
People and fictional characters
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Horton (given name) Horton is a masculine given name. People or fictional characters named Horton include:
* Horton Foote (1916–2009), American playwright and screenwriter
* Horton D. Haight (1832–1900), Mormon pioneer
* Horton H. Hobbs, Jr. (1914–1994), America ...
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Horton (surname)
Horton is an Anglo-Saxon surname, deriving from the common English place-name '' Horton''. It derives from Old English ''horu'' 'dirt' and ''tūn'' 'settlement, farm, estate', presumably meaning 'farm on muddy soil'.
List of people surnamed Ho ...
Historic structures
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Horton Gristmill
Horton Gristmill is a historic grist mill located at Malone in Franklin County, New York. It was built in 1853 and is a -story rectangular building with a gable roof. It is built of Potsdam sandstone. From 1917 into the 1950s, it was operated by ...
, Malone, New York, on the National Register of Historic Places
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Horton House
Horton House (also known as Horton-duBignon House, Brewery Ruins, duBignon Cemetery) is a historic site on Riverview Drive in Jekyll Island, Georgia.
The tabby house was originally constructed in 1743 by Major William Horton, a top military ...
, Jekyll Island, Georgia, on the US National Register of Historic Places
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Horton Priory
Horton Priory was a priory at Horton in Dorset, England.
It was founded as a Benedictine abbey around 970 by Ordgar, Earl of Devon, or his son, Ordulph, and dedicated to Saint Olfrida, Wilfrida or Wulfthryth, the mother of Saint Edith of Wil ...
, Horton, Dorset, England
Hospitals
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Horton General Hospital
The Horton General Hospital is a National Health Service hospital located on the Oxford Road, in the Calthorpe ward of Banbury. It is managed by Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
History Pre-1948
The earliest part of the hospita ...
, a National Health Service-run hospital, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England
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Horton Hospital
Horton Hospital formerly called Horton Asylum was a large psychiatric hospital in the Horton area of Epsom, Surrey.
History Origins
The hospital was designed for the London County Council by George Thomas Hine, consultant architect to the C ...
, a large psychiatric hospital in Epsom, Surrey, England, which closed in 1997
Other uses
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Horton baronets, an extinct title in the Baronetage of Great Britain
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Horton Fieldhouse
The Illinois State Redbirds are the athletic teams that represent Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. Teams play at the NCAA Division I level ( FCS in football). The football team competes in the Missouri Valley Football Conference w ...
, an indoor athletics facility on the campus of Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois
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Horton Light Railway
The Horton Light Railway had its origins in a contractor's line (the Ewell & Long Grove Railway) built in 1905 to transport building materials, coal and other supplies for London County Council's Epsom Cluster of psychiatric hospitals in the Hort ...
, Surrey, England
See also
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Great Horton
Great Horton is a ward of the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, with a population of 17,683 at the 2011 Census.
Great Horton is west of Bradford and east of the village of Clayton and also includes Scholemore, Paradise Green, Lidge ...
, Bradford, West Yorkshire
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Little Horton
Little Horton (population 17,368 - 2001 UK census) is a ward in the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council in the county of West Yorkshire, England, named after the de Horton family, who were once Lords of the Manor. The population ...
, Bradford, West Yorkshire
* Horton's syndrome, also known as
cluster headache
Cluster headache (CH) is a neurological disorder characterized by recurrent severe headaches on one side of the head, typically around the eye(s). There is often accompanying eye watering, nasal congestion, or swelling around the eye on the a ...
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Horten (disambiguation) Horten is a municipality in Norway. Horten may also refer to:
__NOTOC__ Places
*Horten (town), a town within Horten Municipality
*Horten Church, a church in Horten Municipality
*Horten Peak, a small rock peak in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica
People
* ...
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Hortonia (disambiguation) Hortonia may refer to:
Places United States
*Hortonia, Vermont
* Hortonia, Wisconsin
Plants
* ''Hortonia'', a genus including the following species:
**'' H. angustifolia''
**'' H. floribunda''
**'' H. ovalifolia''
See also
* Horton (disambiguatio ...
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Hortonville (disambiguation) Hortonville may refer to:
*Hortonville, Nova Scotia
*Hortonville, Indiana
*Hortonville, Massachusetts
*Hortonville Historic District, Massachusetts
*Hortonville, New Mexico
* Hortonville, New York
*Hortonville, Vermont
* Hortonville, Wisconsin
*Hort ...
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