Paterson may refer to:

People

Paterson (surname) Paterson is a Scottish and Irish surname meaning "Father's son" or "son of ''Patrick (given name), Patrick''". In Connacht, and Ulster, the name is considered to be an Anglicised form of the Irish language surname ''Ó Casáin''. ''Paterson'' is ...

* Paterson (given name)

Places

Australia

* Paterson, New South Wales * Paterson River, New South Wales *

Division of Paterson The Division of Paterson is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. It is located just north of Newcastle, New South Wales, Newcastle, on the coast of the Tasman Se ...

, an electoral district in New South Wales * Paterson, Queensland, a locality in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland *

Electoral division of Paterson The electoral division of Paterson was one of the 15 electorates or 'seats' in the Tasmanian Legislative Council (upper house) from 1999 to 2008 when a redistribution saw it reverted to its original name of Launceston. The electorate itself ...

, an electoral district in Tasmania

United States

Paterson, New Jersey Paterson ( ) is the largest City (New Jersey), city in and the county seat of Passaic County, New Jersey, Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.Paterson, Washington Paterson is an unincorporated community in Benton County, Washington, United States, located on the northern banks of the Columbia River at the junction of Washington State Route 14 and Washington State Route 221. It was named for early settle ...

Elsewhere

* Mount Paterson (Antarctica) * Mount Paterson, South Georgia *

Paterson, Eastern Cape Paterson is a settlement in Sarah Baartman District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The town is located some north-west of Alexandria, Eastern Cape, Alexandria and north of Nanaga on the N10 (South Africa), N10 Nation ...

, South Africa * Paterson Inlet, New Zealand *Paterson Island, a sandspit off of Morrich More, Scotland * Paterson Street, Hong Kong

Other uses

* Paterson (automobile), a car built by the W. A. Paterson Company from 1909-23 * ''Paterson'' (film), a 2016 drama starring Adam Driver * ''Paterson'' (poem), by American poet William Carlos Williams *

Colt Paterson The Colt Paterson revolver was the first commercial repeating firearm employing a revolving cylinder with multiple chambers aligned with a single, stationary barrel. Its design was patented by Samuel Colt on February 25, 1836, in the United ...