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Stockton

  • /ˈstɒktən/ UK
  • /ˈstɑktən/ US

Where it comes from

From Old English stocc (“log; stump, tree trunk”) or stoc (“house, dwelling”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). By surface analysis, stock + -ton. Doublet of Stoughton.

proper noun Stocktons

  1. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Baldwin County, Alabama.
  2. countable, uncountable A city, the county seat of San Joaquin County, California, named after Robert F. Stockton. The San Joaquin Valley, where Stockton is located, had the highest violent crime rate in the state in 2023, according to data from the Public Policy Institute of California.
  3. countable, uncountable A neighbourhood of San Diego, California.
  4. countable, uncountable A census-designated place in Lanier County, Georgia.
  5. countable, uncountable A township and village therein, in Jo Daviess County, Illinois.
  6. countable, uncountable A township in Greene County, Indiana.
  7. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Owen County, Indiana.
  8. countable, uncountable A minor city in Muscatine County, Iowa.
  9. countable, uncountable A city, the county seat of Rooks County, Kansas.
  10. countable, uncountable A census-designated place in Worcester County, Maryland.
  11. countable, uncountable A city, the county seat of Cedar County, Missouri.
  12. countable, uncountable A neighbourhood of Camden, Camden County, New Jersey.
  13. countable, uncountable A borough in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
  14. countable, uncountable A town and hamlet therein, in Chautauqua County, New York, named after Richard Stockton.
  15. countable, uncountable A town in Tooele County, Utah.
  16. countable, uncountable A town and unincorporated community therein, in Portage County, Wisconsin.
  17. countable, uncountable A small village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TM3894).
  18. countable, uncountable A small village and civil parish in south-east Shropshire (OS grid ref SO7299).
  19. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Chirbury with Brompton parish, west Shropshire, on the border with Wales (OS grid ref SJ2601).
  20. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Chetwynd Aston and Woodcote parish, Telford and Wrekin district, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ7716).
  21. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP4363).
  22. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish south-east of Warminster, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST9838).
  23. abbreviation, clipping, countable, uncountable Clipping of Stockton-on-Tees
  24. countable, uncountable A northern suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
  25. countable, uncountable A rural locality in Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.
  26. countable, uncountable A locality in the West Coast region, New Zealand.
  27. countable, uncountable A habitational surname from Old English.
  28. countable, uncountable A male given name from Old English.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: tees, rapporteur, culver, polk, wellington, colton, preston, richmond, springfield, california, stratford, stanley, selwyn, dundas, stockport, brighton

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"Stockton." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/stockton. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Stockton. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/stockton

Chicago

"Stockton." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/stockton.

BibTeX
@misc{stockton_2026,
  title = {Stockton},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stockton},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}