Edgerton
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Places
United Kingdom- Edgerton, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
United States
- Edgerton (Hamden and New Haven, Connecticut)Edgerton (Hamden and New Haven, Connecticut)Edgerton, also known as Edgerton Park and Frederick F. Brewster Estate, is a public park on Whitney Avenue straddling the New Haven–Hamden town line in Connecticut....
, listed on the National Register of Historic Places - Edgerton, IndianaEdgerton, IndianaEdgerton is an unincorporated town in Jackson Township, Allen County, Indiana....
- Edgerton, KansasEdgerton, KansasEdgerton is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,671.-History:BNSF Railway Company announced in October 2010 plans to build its new 443-acre $250 million intermodal shipping facility in Edgerton, and after complete will replace the...
- Edgerton, MinnesotaEdgerton, MinnesotaAs of the census of 2000, there were 1,033 people, 435 households, and 287 families residing in the city. The population density was 890.2 people per square mile . There were 477 housing units at an average density of 411.1 per square mile . The racial makeup of the city was 98.84% White, 0.29%...
- Edgerton, MissouriEdgerton, MissouriEdgerton is a city in Platte County, Missouri, United States. The population was 533 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Edgerton is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....
- Edgerton, OhioEdgerton, OhioEdgerton is a village in Williams County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,117 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Edgerton is located at ....
- Edgerton, WisconsinEdgerton, WisconsinEdgerton is a city in Dane and Rock Counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 4,933 at the 2000 census. Known locally as "Tobacco City U.S.A.," because of the importance of tobacco growing in the region, Edgerton continues to be a center for the declining tobacco industry in the...
- Edgerton, WyomingEdgerton, WyomingEdgerton is a town in Natrona County, Wyoming, United States. It is part of the Casper, Wyoming Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 169 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Edgerton is located at ....
People
- Alfred Peck EdgertonAlfred Peck EdgertonAlfred Peck Edgerton was a former member of the United States House of Representatives. Edgerton graduated from Plattsburg Academy in his early years, moving on to a brief career in newspapers, only to move on further into advertising throughout New York City, still on the topic of media...
, American land developer and politician - Alonzo J. EdgertonAlonzo J. EdgertonAlonzo Jay Edgerton was an American politician, who graduated from Wesleyan University in 1850, and there became a member of the Mystical Seven. After residing in Mississippi and Illinois for periods of time, Edgerton settled in Mantorville in 1855 and was admitted to the bar. In 1859 he was...
, American politician - Clyde EdgertonClyde EdgertonClyde Edgerton is an American author and English literature professor.Born in Durham, North Carolina, his books are known for endearing characters, small-town Southern dialogue and realistic fire and brimstone religious sermons...
, American author - Dale Edgerton, scientist
- David EdgertonDavid EdgertonDavid R. Edgerton is an American entrepreneur and the founder of the Burger King Corporation.On March 1, 1954, he opened the restaurant Insta Burger King in Miami, Florida, U.S. On June 1 of the same year, he met James McLamore and the two founded the Burger King Corporation.Edgerton graduated...
, founder of Burger King - David Edgerton (historian)David Edgerton (historian)Professor David Edgerton was educated at St John's College, Oxford and Imperial College London. After teaching the economics of science and technology and the history of science and technology at the University of Manchester, he became the founding director of the Centre for the History of...
, British historian of science - Glen Edgar EdgertonGlen Edgar EdgertonGlen Edgar Edgerton was a United States Army officer, who served as the Governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1940 to 1944.-Biography:...
, former governor of the Panama Canal Zone - Henry Edgerton (California), candidate for U.S House of Representatives from California in 1860
- Henry White EdgertonHenry White EdgertonHenry White Edgerton was a United States federal judge who served on the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit....
(1888 – 1970), United States federal judge - Harold Eugene EdgertonHarold Eugene EdgertonHarold Eugene "Doc" Edgerton was a professor of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
, professor of electrical engineering at MIT and noted photographer - H. K. EdgertonH. K. EdgertonH. K. Edgerton is a black Southern heritage activist and former president of the NAACP's Asheville, North Carolina, branch.Edgerton runs a website, , which provides Southern viewpoints such as that there was and remains a feeling of brotherhood between black Americans, slave and free, historically...
, black heritage activist in North Carolina - Joel EdgertonJoel EdgertonJoel Edgerton is an Australian film and television actor.-Early life:Edgerton was born in Blacktown, Sydney, to a homemaker mother and a solicitor/property developer father, Michael. His brother, Nash Edgerton, is a stuntman and filmmaker...
, Australian actor