Barton - Definition and Overview

Barton may refer to several places or people:

Places

• Australia:
  • Barton, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
• England:
  • Barton, Cambridgeshire
  • Barton, Cheshire
  • Barton, Gloucestershire
  • Barton, Ormskirk, Lancashire
  • Barton, Preston, Lancashire
  • Barton, North Yorkshire
  • Barton, Oxfordshire
  • Barton, Torbay
  • Barton, Warwickshire
  • Barton, Salford, Greater Manchester
  • Barton Hartshorn, Buckinghamshire,
  • Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire
• United States:
  • Barton, Maryland
  • Barton, New York
  • Barton, Vermont
  • Barton, Wisconsin
  • Barton County, Missouri
  • Barton Springs in Austin, Texas

People

Barton is also a common family name, most commonly derived directly from a location:

• Barton, central figure of Bartonism, an Ultima Online based philosophy.
• Clara Barton, pioneer nurse and founder of the American Red Cross
• Edmund Barton, Australian politician, first Prime Minister of Australia, and founding justice of the High Court of Australia.
• Joe Barton, American politician and Republican congressman from the sixth congressional district of Texas; member of the U.S. House of Representatives
• Mark O. Barton, spree killer from Stockbridge, Georgia