Belton

English

Etymology

From an unexplained first element + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Belton (countable and uncountable, plural Beltons)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A community in Thames Centre, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.
   2. A place in England:
      1. A small village and civil parish of North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SK4420).
      2. A village in Belton and Manthorpe parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK9338).
      3. A village in North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SE7806).
      4. A village in Belton with Browston civil parish, Great Yarmouth borough, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG4802).
   3. A place in the United States:
      1. An unincorporated community in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
      2. A city in Cass County, Missouri.
      3. The former name of an unincorporated community and census-designated place in eastern Flathead County, Montana, now known as West Glacier.
      4. A city in Anderson County, South Carolina.
      5. A city, the county seat of Bell County, Texas, named after Peter Hansborough Bell.
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Belton is the 3939^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 9041 individuals. Belton is most common among Black/African American (62.06%) and White (30.49%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Belton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 134.

Anagrams

• Bolten