Definition of "Dalton"

A habitational surname from Old English.  examples

John Dalton, English chemist.  examples

A male given name transferred from the surname.  examples

Any of several places in the north of England and in Scotland

1. A hamlet in Burton-in-Kendal parish, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD5476).  examples

2. A hamlet and civil parish in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England, north of Skelmersdale (OS grid ref SD4908).  examples

3. A hamlet south of Hexham, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY9158).  examples

4. A hamlet west of Ponteland, Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ1172)  examples

5. A village and civil parish in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4376).  examples

6. A village and civil parish in Richmondshire district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref NZ1108).  examples

7. A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4594).  examples

8. An eastern suburb of Huddersfield, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1617).  examples

9. A hamlet in Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NY1174).  examples

10. A hamlet near Flemington, South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6658).  examples

A number of places in the United States:

1. A city, the county seat of Whitfield County, Georgia.  examples

2. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Wayne County, Indiana.  examples

3. An unincorporated community in Sumner County, Kansas.  examples

4. A town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts.  examples

5. A township in Muskegon County, Michigan.  examples

6. A minor city in Otter Tail County, Minnesota.  examples

7. A small village in Chariton County, Missouri.  examples

8. A village in Cheyenne County, Nebraska.  examples

9. A town in Coos County, New Hampshire  examples

10. A hamlet and census-designated place in Nunda and Portage, Livingston County, New York.  examples

11. An unincorporated community in Stokes County, North Carolina.  examples

12. A village in Wayne County, Ohio.  examples

13. A borough in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.  examples

14. A census-designated place in Kingston, Green Lake County, Wisconsin.  examples

An abandoned village in Unorganized North Algoma District, Ontario, Canada; some buildings are used as summer cottages.  examples

A township within Kawartha Lakes, Ontario.  examples

A village in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.  examples

A small town in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia.  examples

A settlement (moshav) in northern Israel.  examples

Short for Dalton Highway.  examples

(chemistry) a former unit of atomic mass equivalent to 1/16 the mass of an oxygen atom; now replaced by the atomic mass unit (or dalton)  examples