Hartland
English
Etymology
From Old English heorot (“hart”) + land (“land”), because the village in Devon is situated on a peninsula whose form resembles a hart.
The town in New Brunswick is named after surveyor James R. Hartley (1833 - 1868).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɑː(ɹ)t.lənd/
- Hyphenation: Hart‧land
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tlənd
Proper noun
Hartland (countable and uncountable, plural Hartlands)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village and civil parish in Torridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS2524).
- A town in Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada. [From 1874]
- A number of places in the United States:
- A census-designated place in Tulare County, California.
- A town in Hartford County, Connecticut.
- A township in Kearny County, Kansas.
- A town in Somerset County, Maine.
- A census-designated place in Livingston County, Michigan.
- A city in Freeborn County, Minnesota.
- A ghost town in Ward County, North Dakota.
- A town in Niagara County, New York.
- A town in Windsor County, Vermont.
- A town in Pierce County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Shawano County, Wisconsin.
- A village in Waukesha County, Wisconsin.
- A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Hartland Township.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Hartland is the 39555th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 556 individuals. Hartland is most common among White (91.55%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hartland”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 136.
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