Compton

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Compton may refer to:

Contents 1 Places 1.1 Canada 1.2 England 1.3 United States 2 People with the surname Compton 3 Others

[edit] Places

[edit] Canada

• Compton County, Quebec
• Compton (provincial electoral district), a former Quebec provincial electoral district now part of Mégantic-Compton
• Compton (electoral district), a former Quebec federal electoral district

[edit] England

Compton is a common place name in chalk and limestone areas particularly in southern England, probably derived from Combe (valley).

• Cassey Compton, Gloucestershire
• Compton, West Riding of Yorkshire
• Compton, Derbyshire
• Compton, South Staffordshire
• Compton, Wolverhampton, West Midlands
• Compton, Wiltshire
• Compton, Test Valley, Hampshire
• Compton, Winchester, Hampshire
  • Compton End, Hampshire
• Compton, Berkshire
• Compton, West Sussex
• Compton, Guildford, Surrey
• Compton, Plymouth, Devon
• Compton, South Hams, Devon
• Compton Abbas, Dorset
• Compton Abdale, Gloucestershire
• Compton Bassett, Wiltshire
• Compton Beauchamp, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire)
• Compton Bishop, Somerset
• Compton Chamberlain, Wiltshire
• Compton Common, Somerset
• Compton Dando, Somerset
• Compton Dundon, Somerset
• Compton Durville, Somerset
• Compton Green, Gloucestershire
• Compton Greenfield, Gloucestershire
• Compton Martin, Somerset
• Compton Pauncefoot, Somerset
• Compton Valence, Dorset
• Nether Compton, Dorset
• Over Compton, Dorset
• West Compton, Dorset

[edit] United States

• Compton, California
• West Compton, California
• Compton, Illinois
• Little Compton, Rhode Island

[edit] People with the surname Compton

Main article: Compton (surname)

[edit] Others

• Compton (crater), a crater on the Moon
• Compton scattering, an effect observed when photons interact with electrons
• Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory, an orbital observatory
• Compton's Encyclopedia
• Compton Effect, an album from Rapper Greydon Square
• Steven Compton, an OG rockballer.