Stapleton

• (surname): Stapledon

From Old English stapol (“post, pillar”) + tūn (“enclsoure; settlement, town”).

Stapleton (countable and uncountable, plural Stapletons)

1. (uncountable) A place in England:
   1. A suburb in the north-east of Bristol, between Eastville and Frenchay (OS grid ref ST6176).
   2. A village and civil parish in Cumberland district, Cumbria, England, previously in Carlisle district (OS grid ref NY5071). ^[1]
   3. A small village and civil parish in Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO3265). ^[2]
   4. A village in Kirkby Mallory, Peckleton and Stapleton parish, Hinckley and Bosworth district, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SP4398).
   5. A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref NZ2612).
   6. A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE5019). ^[3]
   7. A village in Condover parish, central Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ4704).
   8. A hamlet in Martock parish, Somerset (OS grid ref ST4621). ^[4]
2. A place in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Baldwin County, Alabama.
   2. A city in Jefferson County, Georgia.
   3. A village, the county seat of Logan County, Nebraska.
3. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

• Kirkby Mallory, Peckleton and Stapleton
• Stapletonian

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Stapleton is the 1973^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 18332 individuals. Stapleton is most common among White (84.93%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Stapleton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

• pantolest