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People

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

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 and City of Maitland, it is situated on the Paterson River. It is in the middle of what was once dairy, timber and citrus country ...

* Paterson River, New South Wales *

Division of Paterson The Division of Paterson is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. It is located just north of Newcastle, New South Wales, Newcastle, on the coast of the Tasman Se ...

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

Electoral division of Paterson The electoral division of Paterson was one of the 15 electorates or 'seats' in the Tasmanian Legislative Council (upper house) from 1999 to 2008 when a redistribution saw it reverted to its original name of Launceston. The electorate itself ...

, an electoral district in Tasmania

United States

Paterson, New Jersey Paterson ( ) is the largest City (New Jersey), city in and the county seat of Passaic County, New Jersey, Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.Paterson, Washington Paterson is an unincorporated community in Benton County, Washington, United States, located on the northern banks of the Columbia River at the junction of Washington State Route 14 and Washington State Route 221. It was named for early settle ...

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. Surveyed by the South Georgia Survey The South Georgia Survey was a series of expeditions to survey ...

, 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, Eastern Cape, Alexandria and north of Nanaga on the N10 (South Africa), N10 Nation ...

, South Africa *

Paterson Inlet Paterson Inlet (officially Paterson Inlet / Whaka a Te Wera) is a large natural harbour—specifically a ria—in the eastern coast of Stewart Island, New Zealand. Much of the land surrounding Paterson Inlet is unspoilt forest, and runoff into ...

, 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 to the south. The street was named after William Pat ...

, Hong Kong

Other uses

Paterson (automobile) The Paterson was a Brass Era/Vintage car built in Flint, Michigan from 1909 until 1923. History Canadian-born William A. Paterson set up the W. A. Paterson Company in Flint in 1869 to make carriages, and by 1900 he was producing some 30,000 ...

, 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 United ...