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Stockton
Stockton may refer to: Places Australia * Stockton, New South Wales * Stockton, Queensland, a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region New Zealand * Stockton, New Zealand United Kingdom * Stockton, Cheshire * Stockton, Norfolk * Stockton, Chirbury with Brompton, Shropshire * Stockton, Telford and Wrekin, a location in Shropshire; see List of United Kingdom locations * Stockton, Worfield, Shropshire * Stockton, Warwickshire * Stockton, Wiltshire * Stockton Heath, a suburb of Warrington, Cheshire *Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, the largest town in the UK with this name * Stockton on Teme, Worcestershire * Stockton-on-the-Forest, North Yorkshire United States * Stockton, Alabama *Stockton, California, the largest US city named Stockton *Fort Stockton (San Diego, California) historical Fort * Stockton, Camden, a neighborhood in Camden, New Jersey * Stockton, Georgia *Stockton, Illinois *Stockton, Indiana *Stockton, Iowa *Stockton, Kansas *Stockton, Maryland *Stockton, Minnes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockton, California
Stockton is a city in and the county seat of San Joaquin County, California, San Joaquin County in the Central Valley (California), Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. It is the most populous city in the county, the List of municipalities in California, 11th-most populous city in California and the List of United States cities by population, 60th-most populous city in the United States. Stockton's population in 2020 was 320,804. It was named an All-America City Award, All-America City in 1999, 2004, 2015, and again in 2017 and 2018. The city is located on the San Joaquin River in the northern San Joaquin Valley. It lies at the southeastern corner of a Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, large inland river delta that isolates it from other nearby cities such as Sacramento and those of the San Francisco Bay Area. Stockton was founded by Charles Maria Weber in 1849 after he acquired Rancho Campo de los Franceses. The city is named after Robert F. Stockton, and it was t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockton, Norfolk
Stockton is a small village in Norfolk, England near the A146, just over 2 miles from Beccles in neighbouring Suffolk. It covers an area of and had a population of 59 in 25 households at the 2001 census. Its church, St Michael, is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk. Mediaeval History "The little village of Stockton was once the centre of an important lordship," writes Elisabeth Crowfoot (1914-2005) in a note published in the local parish magazine. In Anglo-Saxon times, she notes, it was part of the manor of Earsham, belonging to Stigand, the Archbishop of Canterbury (1052-1070): "When the Saxon Archbishop Stigand quarrelled with William the Conqueror, his lands, including Stockton, were confiscated by the Crown". In 1140 King Stephen granted Stockton, including the manors of Ellingham, Geldeston, Gillingham, Kirby Cane, Winston and Wyndale (Windle), with the right to hold court and set up a gallows, to Hugh Bigod, the newly created Earl of Norfolk. In 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockton, Maryland
Stockton is a census-designated place (CDP) in Worcester County, Maryland, United States. The population was 92 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Stockton, originally called Sandy Hill, grew up at the crossing of the post road from Snow Hill south to Virginia (whose track is generally followed by modern Maryland Route 12) with the road from Mattapony Landing on the Pocomoke River to the Chincoteague Bay (the eastern part of which is now Maryland Route 366), where small ocean-going vessels could drop anchor. The landing on Chincoteague Bay came to be known as George Island Landing. Settlement in the area began in the 1660s, when the area was still part of Somerset County. Worcester County was separated from Somerset in 1742, and by 1774 Sandy Hill had grown large enough to merit a chapel of ease within All Hallows' Parish, today called Holy Cross Chapel. Sandy Hill, unlike neighboring Girdletree, was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockton, Iowa
Stockton is a city in Muscatine County, Iowa, United States. The population was 176 at the time of the 2020 census. It is part of the Muscatine Micropolitan Statistical Area. History Stockton was laid out at the time the railroad was built through it. Stockton was a depot on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2020 census As of the census of 2020, there were 176 people, 71 households, and 51 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,619.7 inhabitants per square mile (625.4/km2). There were 76 housing units at an average density of 699.4 per square mile (270.0/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 96.6% White, 0.0% Black or African American, 0.6% Native American, 0.0% Asian, 0.0% Pacific Islander, 0.0% from other races and 2.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino persons of any race comprised 0.0% of the population. Of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockton-on-Tees
Stockton-on-Tees is a market town in County Durham, England, with a population of 84,815 at the 2021 UK census. It gives its name to and is the largest settlement in the wider Borough of Stockton-on-Tees. It is part of Teesside and the Tees Valley, on the northern bank of the River Tees. The River Tees was straightened in the early 19th century, so that larger ships could access the town. The ports have since relocated closer to the North Sea, and ships are no longer able to sail from the sea to the town. This is due to the building of the Tees Barrage, which was installed to manage tidal flooding. The Stockton and Darlington Railway served the port during the early part of the Industrial Revolution. The railway was also the world's first permanent steam-powered passenger railway. History Etymology ''Stockton'' is an Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon place name with the common ending ''ton'', meaning ''farm'', or ''homestead''. ''Stock'' is possibly derived from the Anglo-Saxon ''S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockton, Kansas
Stockton is a city in and the county seat of Rooks County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 1,480. History 19th century Stockton was founded in 1872. A large share of the first settlers were cattle dealers, or stockmen, and they named their new home Stocktown, or as it soon became known, Stockton. Stockton was incorporated as a city in 1879. Stockton is located on the natural trail up the valley of the South Solomon River and where the military supply trail from Fort Kearney, Nebraska, to Fort Hays, Kansas, crossed the South Solomon River. Stockton survived and grew during the thirteen years from founding until the arrival of the railroad in 1885. Stockton was once a sundown town, where African Americans living in Nicodemus were not welcome after dark. 20th century Stockton was featured in British author Tony Parker's 1989 book ''Bird, Kansas'' for which he transcribed tape recorded interviews with local residents. Geograp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockton, Wiltshire
Stockton is a small village and civil parish in the Wylye Valley in Wiltshire, England, about southeast of Warminster. The parish includes the hamlet of Bapton. Location and extent The village lies south of the A36 Warminster-Salisbury road and the River Wylye, on the minor road which follows the right bank of the river. The larger village of Codford is about one mile to the northwest. When the civil parish of Fisherton Delamere was extinguished in 1934, the portion south of the Wylye (1,174 acres) was transferred to Stockton. This transfer included Bapton and Fisherton Mill, in the village of Fisherton Delamere. Stockton also has two cottages some three miles from the main village street at a remote spot called Great Bottom. History Evidence of Neolithic presence includes a long barrow on Stockton Down. From the late Iron Age there was a settlement on a ridge in Stockton Wood, in the south of the present parish, which continued to be occupied in the Romano-British p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockton, Minnesota
Stockton is a city in Winona County, Minnesota, Winona County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 809 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. History Stockton was platted in 1856. The city was named after J. B. Stockton, an early landowner. A post office was established at Stockton in 1855, and remained in operation until 1959. The city has one property listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the 1859 Trinity Episcopal Church (Stockton, Minnesota), Trinity Episcopal Church. The Winona and St. Peter Railroad was founded in 1861 in Winona, Minnesota. The first 11 miles from Winona to Stockton were completed by the end of 1862, making it the second operational railroad in Minnesota, after the St Paul and Pacific Line from St. Paul to St. Anthony Falls.Daniel R. Pratt, Andrew J. Schmidt, Andrea C. Vermeer, and Betsy H. Bradley Railroads in Minnesota, 1862-1956 MPS.United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Aug 2002, St. Paul, MSecti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockton, Missouri
Stockton is a city and the county seat of Cedar County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,683 at the 2020 census. History Stockton was platted in 1846. It was originally named Lancaster, but was renamed Fremont in 1847 in honor of John C. Frémont. In 1857 it was renamed again, in honor of Robert F. Stockton. The Stockton Community Building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. The town lies just west of the Stockton Lake dam, approximately northwest of Springfield. Climate Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 1,819 people, 774 households, and 470 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 949 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 97.0% White, 0.1% African American, 0.8% Native American, 0.4% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 0.1% from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockton, New Jersey
Stockton is a Borough (New Jersey), borough in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, Hunterdon County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The borough sits on the Delaware River at the western end of Amwell Valley. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 495, a decrease of 43 (−8.0%) from the 2010 United States census, 2010 census count of 538, which in turn reflected a decline of 22 (−3.9%) from the 560 counted in the 2000 United States census, 2000 census. Stockton was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 14, 1898, from portions of Delaware Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, Delaware Township. History Stockton is located along the Delaware River north of Lambertville, New Jersey, Lambertville. The community was first known as Reading Ferry and later as Howell's Ferry. The name was changed to Centre Bridge Station to match the name of the post office and hamlet on the Pennsylvania side of the river. The name became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockton, Camden
Stockton is a neighborhood and former municipality in Camden, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It has a population of 6,479. Stockton was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 23, 1859, from portions of Delaware Township (now Cherry Hill). Portions of the township were taken to form Merchantville on March 3, 1874, and Pennsauken Township on February 18, 1892. Based on the results of a referendum that passed on March 22, 1894, Stockton was reincorporated as a town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ... as of May 1, 1894. On March 24, 1899, Stockton was annexed by the City of Camden.Snyder, John P''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968'' Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 232. Acces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockton, New York
Stockton is a town in Chautauqua County, New York, United States. The population was 2,036 at the 2020 census. The town is named after Richard Stockton, who signed the Declaration of Independence. History The area was first settled ''circa'' 1810. The town of Stockton was formed in 1821 from territory taken from the town of Chautauqua. Predation by wolves was a more severe problem in this town than neighboring communities. In 1850, the town was increased in size by adding territory from the town of Ellery. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, Stockton has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.03%, is water. New York State Route 60 is a major north–south highway in the eastern part of the town. Notable people * Forrest Crissey, writer * Ralph "Bucky" Phillips, notable ex-fugitive Adjacent towns and areas * Portland; Pomfret * Charlotte; Gerry * Ellery' *Chautauqua Demographics At the 2000 census there were 2,331 people, 859 households, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
