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Stockton

Syllables: Stock·tonUK/ˈstɒktən/US/ˈstɑktən/

Stockton proper noun: an unincorporated community in Baldwin County, Alabama. Also the clipping of Stockton-on-Tees.

Proper noun

Stockton (countable and uncountable, plural Stocktons)

  1. An unincorporated community in Baldwin County, Alabama.
  2. A city, the county seat of San Joaquin County, California, named after Robert F. Stockton.
    • The San Joaquin Valley, where Stockton is located, had the highest violent crime rate in the state in 2023, according to data from the Public Policy Institute of California.2025 December 1, “Cake cutting interrupted by gunfire leaves 4 dead at toddler’s weekend birthday party”, in CNN, sourced from Associated Press, archived from the original on 09 Dec 2025
  3. A neighbourhood of San Diego, California.
  4. A census-designated place in Lanier County, Georgia.
  5. A township and village therein, in Jo Daviess County, Illinois.
  6. A township in Greene County, Indiana.
  7. An unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Owen County, Indiana.
  8. A minor city in Muscatine County, Iowa.
  9. A city, the county seat of Rooks County, Kansas.
  10. A census-designated place in Worcester County, Maryland.
  11. A city, the county seat of Cedar County, Missouri.
  12. A neighbourhood of Camden, Camden County, New Jersey.
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  1. A borough in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
  2. A town and hamlet therein, in Chautauqua County, New York, named after Richard Stockton.
  3. A town in Tooele County, Utah.
  4. A town and unincorporated community therein, in Portage County, Wisconsin.
  5. A small village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TM3894).
  6. A small village and civil parish in south-east Shropshire (OS grid ref SO7299).
  7. A hamlet in Chirbury with Brompton parish, west Shropshire, on the border with Wales (OS grid ref SJ2601).
  8. A hamlet in Chetwynd Aston and Woodcote parish, Telford and Wrekin district, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ7716).
  9. A village and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP4363).
  10. A village and civil parish south-east of Warminster, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST9838).
  11. A northern suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
  12. A rural locality in Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.
  13. A locality in the West Coast region, New Zealand.
  14. A habitational surname from Old English.
  15. A male given name from Old English.

Also used as

Stockton is also the clipping of Stockton-on-Tees.

Forms of Stockton

pluralStocktons

Origin of Stockton

From Old English stocc (“log; stump, tree trunk”) or stoc (“house, dwelling”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). By surface analysis, stock + -ton. Doublet of Stoughton.

Words formed from Stockton

Questions about Stockton

What does Stockton mean?
Stockton means an unincorporated community in Baldwin County, Alabama.
What part of speech is Stockton?
Stockton is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Stockton?
Stockton is pronounced /ˈstɒktən/ (UK).

Words near Stockton in the dictionary

  1. stocktaker
  2. stocktakers
  3. stocktakes
  4. stocktaking
  5. stocktakings
  6. Stockton
  7. Stockton Brook
  8. Stockton Heath
  9. Stockton on the Forest
  10. Stockton Springs
  11. Stockton-on-Tees

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