Epworth

English

Proper noun

Epworth

1. A town and civil parish with a town council in the Isle of Axholme, North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE7803).
2. A community of Epworth-Great Salmonier local service district, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
3. A place in the United States:
   1. A census-designated place in Fannin County, Georgia, named after Epworth, England.
   2. An unincorporated community in White County, Illinois.
   3. A city in Dubuque County, Iowa, named after Epworth, England.
   4. An unincorporated community in Shelby County, Missouri, named after a local Methodist church and Epworth, England.
   5. An unincorporated community in King William County, Virginia.
4. A dormitory town in Harare province, Zimbabwe, named after a Methodist mission.

Usage notes

Some places, if not all, were named for the connection to Methodism, as the Lincolnshire town was the birthplace of John Wesley and Charles Wesley, founders of Methodism.