Millington

From Old English mylen (“mill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Millington (countable and uncountable, plural Millingtons)

1. A placename:
   1. A locality and former civil parish in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England, now mostly in Millington and Rostherne civil parish (OS grid ref SJ728847).
   2. A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE830517). ^[1]
   3. A number of places in the United States:
      1. A village in Middlesex County, Connecticut.
      2. A village in Kendall County, Illinois.
      3. A town in Kent County, Maryland.
      4. A township and village therein, in Tuscola County, Michigan.
      5. An unincorporated community in Long Hill, Morris County, New Jersey.
      6. An unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon.
      7. A city in Shelby County, Tennessee.
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

• Millington and Rostherne

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Millington is the 11478^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2741 individuals. Millington is most common among White (76.1%) and Black/African American (18.46%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Millington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 592.