Crofton may refer to:

People

Crofton (surname) Crofton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Anne Crofton, 1st Baroness Crofton (1751–1817), Irish peeress in her own right * C. S. F. Crofton (1873–1909), British philatelist and a member of the Indian Civil Service * Eilee ...

* Baron Crofton, a title in the Peerage of Ireland *

Crofton baronets There have been four baronetcies created for persons with the surname Crofton, two in the Baronetage of Ireland and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. As of 2023, three creations are extant; one is held with a barony. * Crofton Baronet ...

, a title in the Baronetage on the United Kingdom * Crofton family, Noble family

Places

Canada

Crofton, British Columbia Crofton is a small west coast town within the District of North Cowichan of southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, east of BC Highway 1 about north of Victoria. Early settlers In the mid-1800s, several families obtained preemptions ...

, a town in the province of British Columbia, Canada *

Crofton House School Crofton House School, in the neighbourhood of Kerrisdale in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, is a private university-preparatory school for girls that is tied for first place in the Fraser Institute's rankings of schools in British Columbia. ...

New Zealand

Crofton Downs Crofton Downs is an inner suburb of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. It is situated between Ngaio to the northeast, Wilton to the south-west, and Wadestown to the south. Its border runs on the Korimako Stream that flows south i ...

United Kingdom

Crofton, Cumbria Crofton is an area of Thursby, Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. It is west-southwest of Carlisle. In 1870-72 the township had a population of 105. Historically a part of Cumberland, Crofton was one of three small townships in the cen ...

, in Thursby Parish *

Crofton, London Crofton is a suburb of Orpington in southeast London, England, located in the London Borough of Bromley in Greater London. Prior to 1965 it was within the historic county of Kent. It is about 13.6 miles (21.9 km) southeast of Charing Cros ...

, a neighbourhood in Orpington * Crofton, Hampshire, an area of Stubbington *

Crofton, West Yorkshire Crofton is a village in West Yorkshire, England, about south-east of Wakefield, some to the west of the town of Pontefract, and from the town of Featherstone. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 5,781. History Crofton ...

a village near Wakefield ** Crofton TMD, a traction maintenance depot at Crofton, West Yorkshire * Crofton Pumping Station in the county of Wiltshire * Crofton Locks in the county of Wiltshire *

Crofton Park Crofton Park is a mainly residential suburb and wards of the United Kingdom, electoral ward in the London Borough of Lewisham. It is the original site of the former agricultural hamlet of Brockley. It is located south east of Charing Cross, ...

, south east London

United States

Crofton, Kentucky Crofton is a home rule-class city in Christian County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 653 as of the 2020 census, down from 749 at the 2010 census. Crofton is part of the Clarksville, TN–KY Metropolitan Statistica ...

Crofton, Maryland Crofton is a census-designated place and planned community in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States, located west of the state capital Annapolis, south of Baltimore, and east-northeast of Washington, D.C. The community was established ...

Crofton, Nebraska Crofton is a city in Knox County, Nebraska, Knox County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 726 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. History Crofton was platted in 1892. The city was named after Crofton Court, England, the for ...

Other uses

Crofton formula In mathematics, the Crofton formula, named after Morgan Crofton (1826–1915), (also Cauchy-Crofton formula) is a classic result of integral geometry relating the length of a curve to the expected number of times a "random" line intersects i ...

* Crofton weed (''

Ageratina adenophora ''Ageratina adenophora'' (Synonym (taxonomy), synonym ''Eupatorium adenophorum''), Common name, commonly known as Crofton weed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae native to Mexico. Originally grown as an ornamental plant, it ...

''), a noxious weed, native to Mexico