Definition of "Holt"

A surname An English and north-west European topographic surname for someone who lived by a small wood.  examples

A placename

1. A number of places in the United Kingdom:

   1. A market town in Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0738).  examples

   2. A village in Dorset, England.  examples

   3. A village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8662).  examples

   4. A village and civil parish in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8262).  examples

   5. A village and community in Wrexham county borough, Wales, on the River Dee, the border with England (OS grid SJ4153).  examples

2. A number of places in the United States:

   1. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.  examples

   2. An unincorporated community in San Joaquin County, California.  examples

   3. An unincorporated community in Okaloosa County, Florida.  examples

   4. A township in Taylor County, Iowa.  examples

   5. An unincorporated community in Breckinridge County, Kentucky.  examples

   6. An unincorporated community in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  examples

   7. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Ingham County, Michigan.  examples

   8. A township in Fillmore County, Minnesota.  examples

   9. A minor city in Marshall County, Minnesota.  examples

   10. A township in Marshall County, Minnesota.  examples

   11. A minor city in Clay County and Clinton County, Missouri.  examples

   12. A township in Gage County, Nebraska.  examples

   13. A former township in Adams County, North Dakota, now part of Central Adams, North Dakota.  examples

   14. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Ohio.  examples

   15. An unincorporated community in Franzen, Marathon County, Wisconsin.  examples

3. A village in East Gwillimbury, Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada.  examples

4. A municipality in Schleswig-Flensburg district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.  examples

5. A hamlet in Overijssel, Netherlands; see Dutch Holt.  examples

6. A village in Tvedestrand municipality, Agder, Norway.  examples

7. A village in Letea Veche, Bacău county, Romania.  examples

8. A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, named after PM Harold Holt.  examples

9. Ellipsis of Holt County.  examples