Torrington

From Torridge (“a river in Devon”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Torrington (countable and uncountable, plural Torringtons)

1. A small village in Tenterfield Shire, in northern New South Wales, Australia.
2. A suburb of the city of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.
3. A hamlet in Kneehill County, Alberta, Canada.
4. Ellipsis of Great Torrington: a market town and civil parish with a town council in Torridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS4919).
5. A city in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States.
6. A city, the county seat of Goshen County, Wyoming, United States.
7. A habitational surname from Old English.

• Great Torrington

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Torrington is the 160975^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 100 individuals. Torrington is most common among White (76.0%) and Black/African American (20.0%) individuals.

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