Horton facts for kids
Horton is a name that can mean many different things! It's used for places like towns, rivers, and parks, and also for people's names. Sometimes, it even refers to buildings or special events.
Places Called Horton
The name "Horton" is quite common for places around the world. It often means "farm by the mud" or "farm on dirty ground" in Old English, which tells us a bit about how these places might have looked long ago!
Horton in Canada
In Canada, you can find places like Horton, Ontario, which is a township. A township is a type of local government area. There's also the Horton River (Canada), which flows into the Beaufort Sea.
Horton in the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has many villages and towns named Horton. For example, there's Horton, Berkshire, a village and civil parish. A civil parish is a small local area with its own council. You can also find Horton, Dorset, which has the ruins of an old church building called Horton Priory. In Surrey, there's Horton Country Park, a lovely place to visit.
Horton in the United States
The United States also has several places called Horton. In Kansas, there's a city simply named Horton, Kansas. You might also find Horton Park (Saint Paul, Minnesota), which is a small park with many different kinds of trees and plants, like a mini-forest! There's even a Horton Peak in Idaho, which is a mountain.
Other Places Called Horton
Beyond North America and the UK, the name Horton appears elsewhere. In Antarctica, there's a Horton Glacier and Horton Ledge. A glacier is a huge, slow-moving river of ice. In Australia, there's a Horton River (Australia). You can also find the famous Horton Plains National Park in Sri Lanka, known for its beautiful grasslands and cloud forests.
People and Characters Named Horton
Horton can also be a surname (a family name) or a given name (a first name).
- If you want to learn more about people with this family name, you can look up Horton (surname).
- For those who have Horton as a first name, you can check out Horton (given name).
Other Uses of Horton
The name Horton is used for many other things too!
- Hospitals: There are hospitals like Horton General Hospital in England, which helps many people. There was also a Horton Hospital that was a large psychiatric hospital, but it closed in 1997.
- Buildings and Fields: You might find historic places like Horton House in Georgia, USA, which is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places because it's an important old building. There's also Horton Fieldhouse at Illinois State University, which is a place where athletes train and compete indoors.
- Railways: The Horton Light Railway was a special railway line in Surrey, England.
- Asteroid: Did you know there's even an asteroid named 21527 Horton? Asteroids are small rocky objects that orbit the Sun.
See Also
- All pages beginning with Horton
- Horton's syndrome, also known as cluster headache, is a type of very strong headache.
- Horton-cum-Studley, a village in Oxfordshire, England.
- Horton in Ribblesdale, a village in North Yorkshire, England.
- Little Horton and Great Horton, two areas in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.
- HORTON (software), a computer program used in science.
