Afton
Afton , also called Afton Water , is the name of a river in the Scottish county of Ayrshire . The water is best known for the poem Sweet Afton by Robert Burns , who came from this area. Coupled with an older Scottish melody, the poem became an equally widespread folk song (in this case often under the title Flow Gently, Sweet Afton , after the first few words of the text).
Due to the popularity of the poem and song, the name Afton was connoted with "homeland idyll " and in this way became the popular toponym of newly established settlements in the United States . These include
- Afton, Delaware , in New Castle County
- Afton, Georgia , in Dawson County
- Afton, Iowa , in Union County
- Afton (Glenn County, California)
- Afton (San Bernardino County, California)
- Afton, Louisiana , in Madison Parish
- Afton, Michigan , in Cheboygan County
- Afton, Minnesota , in Washington County
- Afton, Nevada , in Elko County - no longer exists
- Afton, New Jersey , in Morris County
- Afton, New Mexico , in Doña Ana County
- Afton, New York , in Chenango County
- Afton, North Carolina , in Warren County
- Afton, Ohio , in Clermont County
- Afton, Oklahoma , in Ottawa County
- Afton, Tennessee , in Greene County
- Afton, Texas , in Dickens County
- Afton, Chesterfield County, Virginia
- Afton, Nelson County, Virginia
- Afton, West Virginia , in Preston County
- Afton, Wisconsin , in Rock County
- Afton, Wyoming , in Lincoln County
- Afton Center , in DeKalb County, Illinois
- Afton Division , in Lincoln County, Wyoming - Census designated place
- Afton Hills , borough of Danville, Virginia
- Afton Junction , in Union County, Iowa - no longer exists
- Afton Oaks , in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
- Afton-Fairland Division , in Ottawa County, Oklahoma - Census designated place
in New Zealand:
Parks:
- Afton-Bolles Flourmill Wayside , Park in Washington County, Minnesota
- Afton Landing Recreation Area , Park in Wagoner County, Oklahoma
- Afton Park , Park in Portsmouth, Virginia
- Afton Square , Park in Portsmouth, Virginia
- Afton State Park , a park in Washington County, Minnesota
Others:
- Afton Creek , flowing water in Sedgwick County, Kansas
- Afton Run , flowing water in Cabarrus County, North Carolina
- Afton Lake, Minnesota , lake in Cook County
- Afton Lake (New York) , lake in Chenango County
- Afton Creek Mine , mine in Lincoln County, Wyoming
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