Dwight may refer to:
People and fictional characters
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Dwight (given name) Dwight is a masculine first name that comes from an English surname which was in turn derived from the medieval feminine name Diot, a diminutive of Dionysia, the feminine form of Dionysios. The name is mainly given in the United States and Caribbean ...
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Dwight (surname) Dwight is the surname of:
* Dwight family, a New England family of American educators, military and political leaders, and authors
* Ed Dwight (born 1933), African-American test pilot and sculptor
* Henry Otis Dwight (1843–1917), American missi ...
, a list of people
Places
Canada
* Dwight, Ontario, village in the township of
Lake of Bays, Ontario
Lake of Bays is a township municipality within the District Municipality of Muskoka, Ontario, Canada. The township, situated north of Toronto, is named after the Lake of Bays. During the 2016 census, the township had a population of 3,167 an ...
United States
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Dwight (neighborhood)
The Dwight Street Historic District is an irregularly shaped historic district in New Haven, Connecticut. The district is located immediately west of the center of Downtown New Haven and is generally bounded by Elm Street on the north, Park S ...
, part of an historic district in New Haven, Connecticut
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Dwight, Illinois
Dwight is a village (Illinois), village located mainly in Livingston County, Illinois, with a small portion in Grundy County, Illinois, Grundy County. The population was 4,032 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Dwight contains an orig ...
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Dwight, Kansas
Dwight is a city in Morris County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 217.
History
Dwight had its start in the year 1887 by the building of the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway through that ter ...
, a city
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Dwight, Massachusetts
Dwight is an unincorporated, historical village in North Belchertown, Massachusetts, United States, named for the family. It was a railroad destination and farming community in the 19th century with lumber mills, grist mills, schools, a chapel ...
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Dwight, Michigan, an unincorporated community
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Dwight, Nebraska
Dwight is a village in Butler County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 204 at the 2010 census.
History
Dwight was started in 1887 when the Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad was extended to that point. The fact that a larg ...
, a village
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Dwight, North Dakota
Dwight is a city in Richland County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 80 at the 2020 census. Dwight was founded in 1881. It is part of the Wahpeton, ND– MN Micropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Dwight was named for Jeremia ...
, a city
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Dwight Township, Livingston County, Illinois
Dwight Township is located in Livingston County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 4,494 and it contained 1,961 housing units.
History
Dwight Township was named for Henry A. Dwight, Jr., of New York, as was the village of Dw ...
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Dwight Township, Michigan
Dwight Township is a civil township of Huron County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 708 at the 2020 census.
Communities
*The village of Kinde is located on the boundary between Dwight Township and Lincoln Township, with abo ...
Other uses
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Dwight Airport
Dwight Airport is a public-use airport located three miles north of Dwight, Illinois. The airport is privately owned by the Dwight Aero Service.
The largest airports close to Dwight are the Greater Kankakee Airport and Chicago's Midway Interna ...
, a public-use airport north of Dwight, Illinois
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Dwight Correctional Center
Dwight Correctional Center (DCC), also known as Oakdale Reformatory for Women, and Illinois Penitentiary for Women at Dwight, was a women's prison in Livingston County, Illinois, United States, outside the village of Dwight, Illinois. It operat ...
, a maximum security prison for adult females in Illinois
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Dwight School
Dwight School is a private independent for-profit college preparatory school located on Manhattan's Upper West Side in New York City. Dwight offers the International Baccalaureate curriculum to students ages two through grade twelve.
History
Fou ...
, New York City
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