Dillon
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Dillon may refer to:
[edit] People
[edit] Surname
- See Dillon (surname)
[edit] Given name
- Dillon Anderson (1906–1974)
- Dillon Bell (1822–1898), a New Zealand politician of the late 19th century
[edit] Places
[edit] Cities, towns, and counties
In United States of America:
- Dillon Beach, California
- Dillon, Colorado
- Dillon, Georgia
- Dillon, Illinois
- Dillon, Kansas
- Dillon, Kentucky
- Dillon, Mississippi
- Dillon, Missouri
- Dillon, Montana
- Dillon, New Mexico
- Dillon, South Carolina
- Dillon County, South Carolina
- Dillon, Virginia
- Dillon, West Virginia
- Dillon, Wyoming
In other countries:
- Dillon, Martinique
[edit] Natural areas
- Dillon River, in New Zealand
- Dillons Run, a river in West Virginia, U.S.
- Dillon State Park, a state park in Ohio, U.S.
[edit] Buildings and structures
- Dillon Stadium, a stadium in Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
[edit] Fictional Places
- Dillon, Texas, the setting for the NBC television drama Friday Night Lights.
[edit] Fictional characters
- Marshal Matt Dillon, the U.S. Marshal of Dodge City, Kansas in the radio and television versions of Gunsmoke, played for twenty years on the television series by James Arness
- Kevin Dillon (character from children's literature), a character in Rodman Philbrick's young adult novel, Freak the Mighty, played by Kieran Culkin in the movie version The Mighty
- The Dillon family on the US soap opera All My Children:
- Janet Marlowe Green Dillon (Jane Cox), played by Robin Mattson
- Laurel Banning Dillon, played by Felicity LaFortune
- Trevor Dillon, played by James Kiberd
- Dillon Quartermaine, a character on the US soap opera General Hospital, played by Scott Clifton
[edit] Others
Dillon is the name of the following things:
- 78393 Dillon, an asteroid
- Dillons, a grocery supermarket chain based in Hutchinson, Kansas, USA, part of the Kroger company
- Dillons, a former UK-based chain of bookstores, now part of Waterstone's
- Dillon Dam Brewery, a brewery and restaurant located in Dillon, Colorado
- The Dillon Round of the GATT talks in 1962
- Dillon v. Gloss (256 U.S. 368, 1921), a United States Supreme Court case that found it constitutional for the Congress of the United States to impose a time limit on the ratification of an amendment to the United States Constitution
- 9x25 Dillon, a wildcat pistol cartridge
[edit] See also
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