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Caton with Littledale

Coordinates: 54°04′26″N 2°42′58″W / 54.074°N 2.716°W / 54.074; -2.716

The civil parish of Caton with Littledale is situated in Lancashire, England near the River Lune. The parish lies within the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and contains the villages of Caton, Brookhouse, Caton Green, Littledale and Townend.

History

The original settlement of Caton was renamed Brookhouse after Brookhouse Hall and is separated from modern Caton, originally Town End, by Artle Beck.

Evidence of the Roman occupation in the area is from a mill stone, eight feet long found in Artle Beck in 1803, bearing the name of the Emperor Hadrian; and further engraved stone found some time later.

Archaeological, place name and other evidence attests that Norse invaders settled in the area in the tenth century (Wainwright 1975). Caton is supposedly named from the Norse personal name Kati (Ekwall 1960), meaning 'cheerful' and ton. Geoffrey Hodgson (2008) argues that the Viking invasion of the area accounts for the relatively high frequency of the Hodgson surname in Caton and elsewhere in Lonsdale.

Caton, New York

Caton is a town in Steuben County, New York, United States. The population was 2,179 at the 2010 census. The town is named after Richard Caton.

The Town of Caton is in the southeast part of the county, south of Corning, New York.

History

Caton was formed in 1839, as the "Town of Wormley" from the Town of Corning (then known as the Town of Painted Post). In 1840, the town name was changed to "Caton."

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 38.0 square miles (98 km²), of which, 37.8 square miles (98 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km²) of it (0.47%) is water.

The first permanent settler arrived around 1819. The south town line is the border of Pennsylvania (Tioga County) and the east town line is the border of Chemung County (Town of Southport).

New York State Route 225 passes through the northeast of the town.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 2,097 people, 770 households, and 595 families residing in the town. The population density was 55.5 people per square mile (21.4/km²). There were 819 housing units at an average density of 21.7 per square mile (8.4/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 97.90% White, 1.00% African American, 0.29% Native American, 0.10% Asian, 0.24% from other races, and 0.48% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.72% of the population.