Definition of "Moore"

Many toponymic place names, or parts of place names, derived from moor.

1. A village in Halton borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5784).  examples

An English and Irish surname similarly derived.  examples

A number of places with their names taken from the surname:

1. A rural town and locality in Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.  examples

2. A number of places in the United States:

   1. A minor city in Butte County, Idaho.  examples

   2. An unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Indiana.  examples

   3. A town in Fergus County, Montana.  examples

   4. A locality in Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.  examples

   5. A city in Cleveland County, Oklahoma.  examples

   6. A township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania.  examples

   7. An unincorporated community in Spartanburg County, South Carolina.  examples

   8. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Frio County, Texas.  examples

   9. An unincorporated community in Emery County, Utah.  examples

   10. An extinct town in Chelan County, Washington.  examples

   11. An unincorporated community in Tucker County, West Virginia.  examples

Alternative spelling of More (“a Volta-Congo language”).  examples