Definition of "Clayton"

A placename

1. A large number of places in the United States:

   1. A town, the county seat of Barbour County, Alabama; named for Georgia jurist and congressman Augustin Smith Clayton.  examples

   2. A city in Contra Costa County, California; named for founder Joel Henry Clayton.  examples

   3. A town in Delaware; named for John M. Clayton.  examples

   4. A city, the county seat of Rabun County, Georgia; named for Augustin Smith Clayton.  examples

   5. A city in Idaho; named for early settler Clayton Smith.  examples

   6. A town in Indiana; named for Kentucky statesman Henry Clay.  examples

   7. A village in Illinois; named for Henry Clay.  examples

   8. A city in Iowa.  examples

   9. A city in Kansas; named for the clay in the area.  examples

   10. A town in Louisiana.  examples

   11. A village in Michigan.  examples

   12. A city, the county seat of St. Louis County, Missouri; named for landowner Ralph Clayton.  examples

   13. A borough of New Jersey.  examples

   14. A town, the county seat of Union County, New Mexico; named for Clayton Dorsey, son of Arkansas statesman Stephen Wallace Dorsey.  examples

   15. A town and village in New York; named for lawyer and politician John M. Clayton.  examples

   16. A town in North Carolina.  examples

   17. A city in Ohio; named for John Clayton, a War of 1812 veteran.  examples

   18. A town in Oklahoma; named for the city in Missouri.  examples

   19. A town in Crawford County, Wisconsin.  examples

   20. A town and village in Polk County, Wisconsin; named for Clayton Rogers, the foreman of the town's sawmill.  examples

   21. A town in Winnebago County, Wisconsin.  examples

   22. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Clayton Township.  examples

   23. Ellipsis of Clayton County.  examples

2. A few places in England, United Kingdom:

   1. A suburb of the city of Manchester, Greater Manchester; named for the Clayton family which owned land nearby (OS grid ref SJ8898).  examples

   2. A village in Clayton with Frickley parish, Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE4507).  examples

   3. A suburb of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire.  examples

   4. A village in Hassocks parish, Mid Sussex district, West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ2914).  examples

   5. A suburban village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1231).  examples

3. A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; named for proprietor John Hughes Clark.  examples

A habitational surname from Old English.  examples

A male given name transferred from the surname.  examples