Acorn (disambiguation)

Acorn (disambiguation)

An acorn is a type of nut.

Acorn may also refer to:
* Acorns Children's Hospice, a children's charity
* Milton Acorn (1923–1986), Canadian poet
* The Acorn, a Canadian folk music band
* Acorn Stores, an American clothing chain company
* Acorn Computers, (1978-1998), the British computer company responsible for the BBC Micro and the Acorn Archimedes, amongst others
** Acorn Computers (2006), an unconnected company licensing the trademark for branding purposes
* Sea acorn, a type of barnacle

Places in the United States:
* Acorn, Arkansas
* Acorn Township, Arkansas
* Acorn, Kentucky
* Acorn, Tennessee
* Acorn Community, Virginia
* Acorn, Oakland, California, housing projects

ACORN may stand for:
* Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, a community organization
* A Classification Of Residential Neighbourhoods, a geodemographic classification system for the United Kingdom


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