Danforth may refer to:
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Danforth (surname) Danforth is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Asa Danforth (1746–1818), American highway engineer of the Revolutionary War era
* Asa Danforth Jr. (1768–1821), Upper Canada highway engineer
* Charles Haskell Danforth (1833 ...
Places
Canada
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Danforth Avenue
Danforth Avenue (informally also known as the Danforth) and Danforth Road are two historically-related arterial streets in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Danforth ''Avenue'' is an east-west street that begins in Old Toronto at the Prince Edward Vi ...
, a thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario
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Toronto—Danforth, an electoral district
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Toronto—Danforth (provincial electoral district), a provincial electoral district in Ontario
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Danforth (electoral district)
Danforth was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1968. It was located in the provinces and territories of Canada, province of Ontario.
This riding was created in ...
, an abolished electoral district in Ontario
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Greektown, Toronto
Greektown, also known as The Danforth, is a commercial-residential neighbourhood and ethnic enclave in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located on Danforth Avenue, between Chester Avenue and Dewhurst Boulevard, in east Toronto. Named after Asa Danf ...
, or The Danforth, a Toronto neighbourhood
United States
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Danforth, Illinois
Danforth is a village in Danforth Township, Iroquois County, Illinois, United States. The population was 594 at the 2020 census.
History
Danforth was laid out in 1872 when the railroad was extended to that point. It mainly started out with mos ...
, a village
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Danforth, Maine, a town
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Danforth (CDP), Maine, the main village in the town
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Danforth, Missouri
Danforth is an unincorporated community in Adair County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
The community is on Missouri Route O 1.5 miles northwest of Novinger. Spring Creek
A spring creek is a type of free flowing river whose name derives from ...
, an unincorporated community
Other uses
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Danforth (anchor), a fluke-style anchor
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Danforth Avenue (HBLR station)
Danforth Avenue station is a station on the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) in Jersey City, New Jersey. The station is located at the intersection of Danforth Avenue and Princeton Avenue in Greenville.
History CNJ station
Danforth Aven ...
, a light rail station in Hudson County, New Jersey
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Danforth Collegiate and Technical Institute, a technical school in Toronto, Canada
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Danforth Museum
Danforth Art Museum at Framingham State University (formerly Danforth Museum of Art) is a museum and school in Framingham, Massachusetts. It is part of Framingham State University.
History
The Danforth Museum Corporation was established on Au ...
, an art museum and school in Framingham, Massachusetts
* Danforth, a
fictional character in the Cthulhu Mythos
See also
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2018 Toronto shooting
A mass shooting occurred on Danforth Avenue in the Greektown, Toronto, Greektown neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada on the night of July 22, 2018. Faisal Hussain killed two people and wounded thirteen using a Smith & Wesson M&P .40 S&W, .4 ...
, also known as the Danforth Shooting
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Bloor–Danforth line, a subway line in Toronto
* Danforth's Road,
Asa Danforth Jr.'s early colonial road from eastern Toronto to the Trent River
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Danforth GO Station
Danforth GO Station is a railway station on GO Transit's Lakeshore East line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The station is situated in the east end of Old Toronto, south west of the intersection of Main Street and Danforth Avenue. The station is ...
, a Toronto station on the GO Transit commuter rail system
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Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center is an independent, not-for-profit research institute dedicated to plant science located in the Creve Coeur community of Saint Louis County, Missouri, United States. It was founded in 1998 by William Henry ...
, a not-for-profit research institute based in St. Louis, Missouri
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Toronto—Danforth, a federal and provincial electoral district
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