Compton
Encyclopedia
Canada
- Compton, QuebecCompton, QuebecCompton is a municipality in the regional county municipality of Coaticook and the administrative region of Estrie. And Home Of the world famous Sanders Farm and Vallons Maraichers farm, organic vegetable growers in the Deep Root Organic Cooperative of Vermont....
- Compton County, QuebecCompton County, QuebecCompton County is an historical county in southeastern Quebec, Canada on the western flanks of the Appalachian Mountains on the US-Canadian border. It is in the Estrie region of the province and was named in 1793 after a town in Surrey, England by British officers who were convinced of the...
- Compton (provincial electoral district)Compton (provincial electoral district)Compton was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Quebec. Located in the Estrie region, the riding existed from 1867 to 1972 before it was merged with Mégantic to form the Mégantic-Compton riding.-Members of Legislative Assembly:...
, a former Quebec provincial electoral district now part of Mégantic-Compton - Compton (electoral district)Compton (electoral district)Compton was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1949, and again from 1968 to 1997.-History:...
, a former Quebec federal electoral district
England
- Compton, WolverhamptonCompton, WolverhamptonCompton is a suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. It is located to the west of Wolverhampton city centre on the A454, within the Tettenhall Wightwick ward.- History :...
, West Midlands
- Compton, Isle of Wight
- Compton, BerkshireCompton, BerkshireCompton is a village and civil parish in the River Pang valley in the Berkshire Downs about south of Didcot. It has a population of 1,521. The Pang flows through the village as a winter bourne, a stream that only flows after periods of unusually high rainfall.-Parish church:The bell tower of the...
- Compton, West SussexCompton, West SussexCompton is a village and civil parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex. The village lies on the B2146 road, six miles southeast of Petersfield, Hampshire and eight miles northwest of Chichester...
- Compton, Guildford, Surrey
- Compton, Waverley, Surrey
- Compton, PlymouthCompton, PlymouthCompton is a suburb of Plymouth in the English county of Devon.Once a small village, it was developed in the 1930s and now lies between the suburbs of Mannamead and Efford...
, Devon
United States
- Compton, ArkansasCompton, ArkansasCompton is an unincorporated community in Newton County, Arkansas, United States. Compton is located on Arkansas Highway 43 southwest of Harrison. Compton has a post office with ZIP code 72624....
- Compton, CaliforniaCompton, CaliforniaCompton is a city in southern Los Angeles County, California, United States, southeast of downtown Los Angeles. The city of Compton is one of the oldest cities in the county and on May 11, 1888, was the eighth city to incorporate. The city is considered part of the South side by residents of Los...
, a city south-southeast of downtown Los Angeles - Compton, IllinoisCompton, IllinoisCompton is a village in Lee County, Illinois, United States. The population was 303 at the 2010 census, down from 347 at the 2000 census.-History:...
- Compton, MarylandCompton, MarylandCompton is an unincorporated community near Leonardtown in St. Mary's County, Maryland, United States. The St. Francis Xavier Church and Newtown Manor House Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.-References:...
- Compton (Trappe, Maryland)Compton (Trappe, Maryland)Compton is a historic home in Trappe, Talbot County, Maryland. It is a two-part Flemish bond brick dwelling, which is the result of two major building periods and subsequent minor alterations. The main part is five bays long with a three-brick belt course between floors. The second part is a...
, a home on the National Register of Historic Places
Other uses
- Compton (surname)Compton (surname)Compton is a surname of English origin, and may refer to:* Ann Compton, journalist* Arthur Compton, physicist and Nobel Prize winner, of the Compton effect, brother of Karl Taylor Compton and Wilson Martindale Compton, below...
- Compton (crater)Compton (crater)Compton is a prominent lunar crater that is located in the northern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. It lies to the east of the Mare Humboldtianum, and southwest of the walled plain Schwarzschild. To the southeast of Compton is the heavily eroded crater Swann.This formation is roughly...
, a lunar crater - Compton PetroleumCompton PetroleumCompton Petroleum Corporation is a Canadian petroleum company based in Calgary, Alberta. It is a public company actively engaged in the exploration, development and production of natural gas, natural gas liquids and crude oil in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.The company has faced...
, a petroleum exploration company based in Calgary, Alberta - Compton's EncyclopediaCompton's EncyclopediaCompton's Encyclopedia and Fact-Index is a home and school encyclopedia first published in 1922 as "Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia". The word "Pictured" was removed from the title with the 1968 edition. The encyclopedia is now advertised as Compton's by Britannica.Compton's Multimedia Encyclopedia...
See also
- Compton and ShawfordCompton and ShawfordCompton and Shawford is a civil parish in the City of Winchester, Hampshire, England. The word compton means village in a combe and aptly describes the settlement as it primarily consists of a long street on the side of a chalk valley....
, Hampshire - Compton AbbasCompton AbbasCompton Abbas is a village in north Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale next to Cranborne Chase, on the A350 road three miles south of Shaftesbury. The village has a population of 200 . The village gives its name to a nearby airfield on the downs...
, Dorset - Compton AbdaleCompton AbdaleCompton Abdale is a small settlement in Gloucestershire, England. It is near the A40 road, located on the old 'salt way' which ran across the Cotswolds...
, Gloucestershire - Compton BassettCompton BassettCompton Bassett is a village in Wiltshire between Calne and Cherhill with a population of approximately 250. It is a largely rural village with several farms, a church, a pub and a shop.-Midge Mather Incident:...
, Wiltshire - Compton BeauchampCompton BeauchampCompton Beauchamp is a hamlet and civil parish southeast of Shrivenham in the Vale of White Horse. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire.-Location:...
, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) - Compton BishopCompton BishopCompton Bishop is a small village and civil parish, at the western end of the Mendip Hills in the English county of Somerset. It is located close to the historic town of Axbridge...
, Somerset
- Compton DandoCompton DandoCompton Dando is a small village and civil parish on the River Chew in the Chew Valley in England. It is in the District of Bath and North East Somerset and ceremonial county of Somerset, and lies from Bristol, from Bath, and from Keynsham...
, Somerset - Compton DundonCompton DundonCompton Dundon is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated beside King's Sedge Moor and the Polden Hills, south of Glastonbury and north of Somerton in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 710...
, Somerset
- Compton GreenfieldCompton GreenfieldCompton Greenfield is a small hamlet of farms and spread out houses to the south east of Easter Compton, in South Gloucestershire. Its main feature is the parish church of All Saints which has a Norman arch in its porch. The name derives not from its rural location but from being at one time part...
, Gloucestershire - Compton MartinCompton MartinCompton Martin is a small village and civil parish within the Chew Valley in Somerset and civil parish in the Bath and North East Somerset unitary authority in England. The parish has a population of 508...
, Somerset - Compton PauncefootCompton PauncefootCompton Pauncefoot is a village in Somerset, England, situated beside the A303 road, south west of Wincanton in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 130. The civil parish of Blackford and Compton Pauncefoot joins the village with Blackford and therefore population is...
, Somerset - Compton ValenceCompton ValenceCompton Valence is a hamlet in west Dorset, England, six miles west of Dorchester. The village has a population of 63 .- External links :*...
, Dorset - Nether ComptonNether ComptonNether Compton is a small village in north west Dorset, England, situated 3 miles west of Sherborne and 3 miles east of Yeovil.The village has an estimated population of 300 .-History: Nether Compton was burnt in 1066 by William, Duke of Normandy....
, Dorset - Over ComptonOver ComptonOver Compton is a village in north west Dorset, England, situated in the Yeo valley 2 miles east of Yeovil. The village has a population of 158 ....
, Dorset - West Compton, DorsetWest Compton, DorsetWest Compton is a hamlet in the county of Dorset, England. It lies in the West Dorset administrative district of the county, about 7 miles to the east of the town of Bridport. The county town of Dorchester lies about 9 miles eastsoutheast...
- West Compton, CaliforniaWest Compton, CaliforniaWest Rancho Dominguez is an unincorporated census-designated place located in southern Los Angeles County, California. The population was 5,669 at the 2010 census, up from 5,435 at the 2000 census. The community lies to the west of the city of Compton...
- Little Compton, Rhode IslandLittle Compton, Rhode IslandLittle Compton is a town in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States. Its population was 3,492 at the time of the 2010 census. Little Compton is located in southeastern Rhode Island, between the Sakonnet River and the Massachusetts state border...
- Compton Bassett (Upper Marlboro, Maryland)Compton Bassett (Upper Marlboro, Maryland)Compton Bassett is a historic home in Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, that was constructed ca. 1783. It is a two-story brick Georgian house, covered with cream-colored stucco, on a high basement of gray stucco. A two-story wing was added in 1928...
, a home on the National Register of Historic Places - Compton scatteringCompton scatteringIn physics, Compton scattering is a type of scattering that X-rays and gamma rays undergo in matter. The inelastic scattering of photons in matter results in a decrease in energy of an X-ray or gamma ray photon, called the Compton effect...
or the Compton effect, an effect observed when photons interact with electrons