Hartland

English

Etymology

From Old English heorot (“hart”) + land (“land”), because the village in Devon is situated on a peninsula whose form resembles a hart.

The town in New Brunswick is named after surveyor James R. Hartley (1833 - 1868).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑː(ɹ)t.lənd/
• Hyphenation: Hart‧land
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tlənd

Proper noun

Hartland (countable and uncountable, plural Hartlands)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A village and civil parish in Torridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS2524).
   2. A town in Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada. [From 1874]
   3. A number of places in the United States:
      1. A census-designated place in Tulare County, California.
      2. A town in Hartford County, Connecticut.
      3. A township in Kearny County, Kansas.
      4. A town in Somerset County, Maine.
      5. A census-designated place in Livingston County, Michigan.
      6. A city in Freeborn County, Minnesota.
      7. A ghost town in Ward County, North Dakota.
      8. A town in Niagara County, New York.
      9. A town in Windsor County, Vermont.
      10. A town in Pierce County, Wisconsin.
      11. A town in Shawano County, Wisconsin.
      12. A village in Waukesha County, Wisconsin.
      13. A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Hartland Township.
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hartland is the 39555^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 556 individuals. Hartland is most common among White (91.55%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hartland”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 136.