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stockton

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What does stockton mean?

proper noun

  1. An unincorporated community in Baldwin County, Alabama.
  2. A city, the county seat of San Joaquin County, California, named after Robert F. Stockton.
  3. A neighbourhood of San Diego, California.
More meanings (25)

proper noun

  1. A census-designated place in Lanier County, Georgia.
  2. A township and village therein, in Jo Daviess County, Illinois.
  3. A township in Greene County, Indiana.
  4. An unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Owen County, Indiana.
  5. A minor city in Muscatine County, Iowa.
  6. A city, the county seat of Rooks County, Kansas.
  7. A census-designated place in Worcester County, Maryland.
  8. A city, the county seat of Cedar County, Missouri.
  9. A neighbourhood of Camden, Camden County, New Jersey.
  10. A borough in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
  11. A town and hamlet therein, in Chautauqua County, New York, named after Richard Stockton.
  12. A town in Tooele County, Utah.
  13. A town and unincorporated community therein, in Portage County, Wisconsin.
  14. A small village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TM3894).
  15. A small village and civil parish in south-east Shropshire (OS grid ref SO7299).
  16. A hamlet in Chirbury with Brompton parish, west Shropshire, on the border with Wales (OS grid ref SJ2601).
  17. A hamlet in Chetwynd Aston and Woodcote parish, Telford and Wrekin district, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ7716).
  18. A village and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP4363).
  19. A village and civil parish south-east of Warminster, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST9838).
  20. Clipping of Stockton-on-Tees.
  21. A northern suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
  22. A rural locality in Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.
  23. A locality in the West Coast region, New Zealand.
  24. A habitational surname from Old English.
  25. A male given name from Old English.

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He married before his term had expired; after which, trade being slack at Stockton, he found it necessary to look for work elsewhere.
Samuel SmilesIndustrial Biography: Iron Workers and Tool MakersProject Gutenberg ebook #404
It was immensely to his credit that he should have so successfully completed his engines for the Stockton and Darlington, and afterwards for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.
James NasmythJames Nasmyth, Engineer: An AutobiographyProject Gutenberg ebook #476
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For Philadelphia, Dr. Stockton Hough, ‘Social Science Assoc.’
Charles DarwinThe Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to SexProject Gutenberg ebook #2300
What is the yield per acre of potatoes on the best land around Stockton, Cal., where work is done properly; also what is the yield for potatoes along the coast?
Edward J. (Edward James) WicksonOne Thousand Questions in California Agriculture AnsweredProject Gutenberg ebook #5152
They first lived at a village called Morton, and then removed to Marton, another village in the North-riding of Yorkshire, situated in the high road from Gisborough, in Cleveland, to Stockton upon Tees, in the county of Durham, at the distance of six miles from each of these towns.
Andrew KippisNarrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook With an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening PeriodsProject Gutenberg ebook #7777