Compton may refer to:

Places

Canada

Compton (federal electoral district) Compton (also known as Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1949, and again from 1968 to 1997. History Compton was created by ...

, a former Quebec federal electoral district *

Compton (provincial electoral district) Compton was a former provincial electoral district in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. It elected members to the National Assembly of Quebec (earlier known as the Legislative Assembly of Quebec). It was created for the 1867 election (and a d ...

, a former Quebec provincial electoral district now part of Mégantic-Compton *

Compton, Quebec Compton is a municipality in Coaticook Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. Demographics Population Population trend: (+) adjusted figures due to boundary changes Notable people * Louis Saint-Laurent (1882� ...

* Compton County, Quebec *

Compton Creek Compton Creek is a major tributary of the Los Angeles River in and surrounding Compton in Los Angeles County, California. The stream drains a watershed of . and is the last major tributary to enter the Los Angeles River before it reaches the ...

, a tributary of the Adam River on Vancouver Island, British Columbia * Compton Island, in the Queen Charlotte Strait region of British Columbia * Compton Névé, a névé (icefield) in the Pacific Ranges, British Columbia ** Compton Glacier, a glacier in the Compton Névé, Pacific Ranges, British Columbia ** Compton Mountain, a mountain in the Compton Névé,

Pacific Ranges The Pacific Ranges are the southernmost subdivision of the Coast Mountains portion of the Pacific Cordillera. Located entirely within British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada, they run northwest from the lower stretches of the Fraser River to B ...

, British Columbia

England

Compton, Berkshire Compton is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the River Pang valley in the Berkshire Downs about south of Didcot. Geography Compton is buffered from neighbouring settlements by cultivated fields to all sides. The village i ...

* Compton, Derbyshire, a

location In geography, location or place is used to denote a region (point, line, or area) on Earth's surface. The term ''location'' generally implies a higher degree of certainty than ''place'', the latter often indicating an entity with an ambiguous bou ...

in Ashbourne parish * Compton, Plymouth, Devon * Compton, South Hams, a

* Compton, Test Valley, a

* Compton, Hampshire, in Winchester district * Compton, Staffordshire, a

Compton, Guildford Compton is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Guildford (borough), Guildford district of Surrey, England. It is between Godalming and Guildford. It has a medieval church and a close connection to fine art and pottery, ...

, Surrey *

Compton, Waverley Compton is a former village and today a semi-rural suburb centred ESE of Farnham in the Waverley district of Surrey, England and connected to Farnham by two direct urban single carriageways and green space footpaths along the Wey (North Bra ...

, Surrey (near Farnham) *

Compton, West Sussex Compton is a village and civil parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex. The village lies on the B2146 road, southeast of Petersfield, Hampshire and northwest of Chichester. The parish also includes the villages of West Marden and ...

Compton, West Yorkshire Collingham is a village and civil parish south-west of Wetherby in West Yorkshire, England. It is in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 2,991. It sits in the Harewood ward of L ...

, a former village * Compton, Wiltshire *

Compton, Wolverhampton Compton is a suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. It is located to the west of Wolverhampton city centre on the A454, within the Tettenhall Wightwick ward. Etymology Its place name reflects its position - first recorded in the Do ...

, West Midlands *

Clifton and Compton Clifton and Compton is a civil parish within the Derbyshire Dales district, in the county of Derbyshire, England. The parish, despite the name, only includes the villages of Clifton, Derbyshire, Clifton and Hangingbridge; there is a place named ...

, a civil parish in Derbyshire * Compton and Shawford, a civil parish in Hampshire * Compton Beauchamp, Oxfordshire * Compton Bishop, Somerset * Compton Chamberlayne, Wiltshire * Compton Dando, Somerset * Compton Pauncefoot, Somerset * Fenny Compton, Warwickshire * Little Compton, Warwickshire

United States

* Compton, Arkansas, an unincorporated community * Compton, California, a city south-southeast of downtown Los Angeles * Compton, Illinois, a village * Compton, Maryland, an unincorporated community *Compton, Virginia, an unincorporated community * Compton Township, Otter Tail County, Minnesota * Little Compton, Missouri * Little Compton, Rhode Island

Music

* Compton (album), ''Compton'' (album), a 2015 album by Dr. Dre * Compton (song), "Compton" (song), a song by Kendrick Lamar from ''Good Kid, M.A.A.D City'' * "Compton", a song by The Game from ''Doctor's Advocate''

Science and technology

* Compton (crater), a lunar crater * Compton (software), an X composite manager; third-degree fork of Xcompmgr * Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, a space observatory operational in Earth orbit from 1991 to 2000 * Compton Limestone, a geologic unit in Missouri * Compton scattering, an effect observed when photons interact with electrons * Compton wavelength, a quantum mechanical property of a particle

Other uses

* Compton (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) * Compton (Trappe, Maryland), a home * Compton Petroleum, a petroleum exploration company based in Canada