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appleton Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from any of the many places in all parts of England, for example in Cheshire, Oxfordshire, and North Yorkshire, named in Old English as æppeltun ‘orchard’ (literally ‘apple enclosure’).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The appleton name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the appleton family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of appleton Families in the US in 1920
Number of appleton families
 84-165
 29-83		 1-28
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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