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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 County is an historical county in southeastern Quebec, Canada, on the western flanks of the Appalachian Mountains on the Canada–United States border. It is in the Estrie (Eastern Townships) region of the province and was named in 1793 af ...

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 Compton and Shawford is a civil parish in the City of Winchester district, immediately southwest of the city, in Hampshire, England. Its main settlements are the villages of Compton and Shawford. Description The word ''compton'' means ''vill ...

, a civil parish in Hampshire *

Compton Beauchamp Compton Beauchamp is a hamlet and civil parish southeast of Shrivenham in the Vale of White Horse, England. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. The 2001 Census recorded the parish's populat ...

, Oxfordshire *

Compton Bishop Compton Bishop is a small village and civil parish, at the western end of the Mendip Hills in the English county of Somerset. It is located close to the historic town of Axbridge. Along with the village of Cross and the hamlets of Rackley and ...

, Somerset *

Compton Chamberlayne Compton Chamberlayne is a small village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the River Nadder, Nadder Valley in south Wiltshire, England, about west of Salisbury. The Nadder forms the northern boundary of the parish; to the south are ...

, Wiltshire *

Compton Dando Compton Dando is a small village and civil parish on the River Chew in the affluent Chew Valley in England. It is in the Bath and North East Somerset council area and ceremonial county of Somerset, and lies from Bristol, from Bath, and ...

, Somerset *

Compton Pauncefoot Compton Pauncefoot is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated beside the A303 road, south west of Wincanton in the South Somerset district. The parish had a population of 139 in 2011. The civil parish also includes the villag ...

, Somerset *

Fenny Compton Fenny Compton is a village and parish in Warwickshire, England, eight miles north of Banbury. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 808. Its name comes from the Anglo-Saxon ''Fennig Cumbtūn'' meaning "marshy farmstead in a valley". In 14 ...

, Warwickshire *

Little Compton, Warwickshire Little Compton is a village and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district, in south Warwickshire, England, and is located about three miles east of Moreton-in-Marsh. Historically it was an exclave of Gloucestershire. The centre of the villa ...

United States

* Compton, Arkansas, an unincorporated community *

Compton, California Compton is a city located in the Gateway Cities region of southern Los Angeles County, California, United States, situated south of downtown Los Angeles. Compton is one of the oldest cities in the county, and on May 11, 1888, was the eighth ci ...

, a city south-southeast of downtown Los Angeles * Compton, Illinois, a village *

Compton, Maryland Compton is an unincorporated area, unincorporated community near Leonardtown in St. Mary's County, Maryland, United States. The St. Francis Xavier Church and Newtown Manor House Historic District were listed on the National Register of Historic Pl ...

, an unincorporated community * Compton, Virginia, an unincorporated community *

Compton Township, Otter Tail County, Minnesota Compton Township is a township in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 799 at the 2000 census. Compton Township was organized in 1875, and named for James Compton, an early settler. Geography According to the United S ...

Little Compton, Missouri Little Compton is an unincorporated community in Carroll County, in the U.S. state of Missouri Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of th ...

Little Compton, Rhode Island Little Compton is a coastal town in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States, bounded on the south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by the Sakonnet River, on the north by the town of Tiverton, Rhode Island, Tiverton, and on the east by the t ...

Music

* ''Compton'' (album), a 2015 album by Dr. Dre * "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 ''Doctor's Advocate'' is the second studio album by American hip hop recording artist the Game, released on November 14, 2006, through Geffen Records. The album is his second major-label release, following 2005's ''The Documentary'', which was ...

Science and technology

Compton (crater) Compton is a prominent Lunar craters, lunar impact crater that is located in the northern hemisphere on the Far side (Moon), far side of the Moon. It lies to the east of the Mare Humboldtianum, and southwest of the walled plain Schwarzschild (cr ...

, a lunar crater * Compton (software), an X composite manager; third-degree fork of Xcompmgr *

Compton Gamma Ray Observatory The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) was a space observatory detecting photons with photon energy, energies from 20 kElectronvolt#Properties, eV to 30 GeV, in Earth orbit from 1991 to 2000. The observatory featured four main tel ...

, a space observatory operational in Earth orbit from 1991 to 2000 * Compton Limestone, a geologic unit in Missouri *

Compton scattering Compton scattering (or the Compton effect) is the quantum theory of high frequency photons scattering following an interaction with a charged particle, usually an electron. Specifically, when the photon hits electrons, it releases loosely bound e ...

, an effect observed when photons interact with electrons *

Compton wavelength The Compton wavelength is a quantum mechanical property of a particle, defined as the wavelength of a photon whose energy is the same as the rest energy of that particle (see mass–energy equivalence). It was introduced by Arthur Compton in 1 ...

, 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

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