Clayton

Meanings

1. A placename:
2. A large number of places in the United States:
3. A town, the county seat of Barbour County, Alabama; named for Georgia jurist and congressman Augustin Smith Clayton.
4. A city in Contra Costa County, California; named for founder Joel Henry Clayton.
5. A town in Kent County and New Castle County, Delaware; named for John M. Clayton.
6. A city, the county seat of Rabun County, Georgia; named for Augustin Smith Clayton.
7. A minor city in Custer County, Idaho; the smallest city in the United States, named for early settler Clayton Smith.
8. A village and township in Adams County, Illinois; named for Henry Clay.
9. A town in Liberty Township, Hendricks County, Indiana; named for Kentucky statesman Henry Clay.
10. A minor city in Clayton County, Iowa.
11. A minor city in Decatur County and Norton County, Kansas; named for the clay in the area.
12. A town in Concordia Parish, Louisiana.

Etymology

From Middle English Claytone, Cleyton, from Old English clǣġ (“clay”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure, settlement; town”). Analyzable as clay + -ton.