Pendleton

Pendleton

Pendleton may refer to:

Places

;United States
*Pendleton, Indiana
*Pendleton, Missouri
*Pendleton, New York
*Pendleton, Oregon
*Pendleton, South Carolina
*Pendleton County, Kentucky
*Pendleton County, West Virginia
*Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, California
*Pendleton, Cincinnati, Ohio, a neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio.

;United Kingdom
*Pendleton, Lancashire, England
*Pendleton, Greater Manchester, England

Persons

*Pendleton Murrah (1824–1865), American politician, governor of Texas during the American Civil War
*Austin Pendleton, (born 1940), American film,television, and stage actor
*Brian Pendleton (1944-2001), guitarist with British group The Pretty Things in the 1960s
*Chris Pendleton (born 1982), American amateur wrestler, winner of the NCAA Division I wrestling titles in 2004 and 2005
*Don Pendleton (1927–1995), American author, creator of the Mack Bolan character
*Edmund Pendleton (1721–1803), American politician, lawyer, and judge, delegate to the Continental Congress from Virginia
*George H. Pendleton (1825–1889), American politician, senator from Ohio, eponym of the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act
*Joseph Henry Pendleton (1860–1942), American Marine Corps general, eponym of Camp Pendleton
*Nat Pendleton (1895–1967), American Olympic wrestler and film actor
*Terry Pendleton (born 1960), American professional baseball player 1984–1998
*Victoria Pendleton (born 1980), English track cyclist
* [ Pendleton L Raines] (born 1924), American Realestate developer

Other

*Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, 1883 law of the US Congress establishing the United States Civil Service Commission
*Pendleton Woolen Mills, Pendleton, Oregon, USA, best known for its usually-plaid woollen shirts
*Pendleton Airport, near Ottawa, Canada
*Pendleton (band), a punk band from Manchester, England
*Pendleton 8, a nickname given to the eight soldiers involved in the Hamdania incident because of their confinement at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton
*Pendelton State University, fictional university on the sitcom "3rd Rock from the Sun" (note different spelling)


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  • Pendleton, SC — U.S. town in South Carolina Population (2000): 2966 Housing Units (2000): 1533 Land area (2000): 3.567240 sq. miles (9.239109 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.010534 sq. miles (0.027282 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.577774 sq. miles (9.266391 sq. km)… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

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  • Pendleton — This is an English surname. Recorded in many forms as shown below, this is a locational name from either of two places in Lancashire called Pendleton, the first being under Pendle Hill in Whalley parish, and the other near Salford in the south… …   Surnames reference

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