Compton

Compton may refer to:

Places

Canada

• Compton (federal electoral district), a former Quebec federal electoral district
• Compton (provincial electoral district), a former Quebec provincial electoral district now part of Mégantic-Compton
• Compton, Quebec
• Compton County, Quebec
• Compton Creek, a tributary of the Adam River on Vancouver Island, British Columbia
• Compton Island, in the Queen Charlotte Strait region of British Columbia
• Compton Névé, a névé (icefield) in the Pacific Ranges, British Columbia
  • Compton Glacier, a glacier in the Compton Névé, Pacific Ranges, British Columbia
  • Compton Mountain, a mountain in the Compton Névé, Pacific Ranges, British Columbia

England

• Compton, Berkshire
• Compton, Derbyshire, a location
• Compton, Plymouth, Devon
• Compton, South Hams, a location
• Compton, Test Valley, a location
• Compton, Hampshire, in Winchester district
• Compton, Staffordshire, a location
• Compton, Guildford, Surrey
• Compton, Waverley, Surrey (near Farnham)
• Compton, West Sussex
• Compton, West Yorkshire, a former village
• Compton, Wiltshire
• Compton, Wolverhampton, West Midlands

United States

• Compton, Arkansas, an unincorporated community
• Compton, California, a city south-southeast of downtown Los Angeles
• Compton, Illinois, a village
• Compton, Maryland, an unincorporated community
• Compton, Virginia, an unincorporated community
• Compton Township, Otter Tail County, Minnesota

Music

• Compton (album), a 2015 album by Dr. Dre
• "Compton", a song by Kendrick Lamar from Good Kid, M.A.A.D City
• "Compton", a song by The Game from Doctor's Advocate

Science and technology

• Compton (crater), a lunar crater
• Compton (software), an X composite manager; third-degree fork of Xcompmgr
• Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, a space observatory operational in Earth orbit from 1991 to 2000
• Compton Limestone, a geologic unit in Missouri
• Compton scattering, an effect observed when photons interact with electrons
• Compton wavelength, a quantum mechanical property of a particle

Other uses

• Compton (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name)
• Compton (Trappe, Maryland), a home
• Compton Petroleum, a petroleum exploration company based in Canada

See also

• All pages with titles containing Compton