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The now widespread name Lincoln originated in a city in eastern England. Its name is a contraction of the Latin Lindum Colonia, which was the name of a colony for veteran Roman soldiers. more...

When the English counties (called "shires" at that time) were established in around the eleventh century, Lincoln became the principal town of Lincolnshire.

Lincoln’s name was later taken as a surname. The most widely known person with the surname Lincoln was Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth president of the United States of America. Various municipalities in the Commonwealth of Nations are named in honor of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, and a plethora of municipalities, geographic features, institutions, and public infrastructures in the United States are named primarily in honor of the former U.S. president.

Lincoln may refer to:

People

• Aaron of Lincoln, the 12th century creditor of King Henry II of England
• Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States
• Blanche Lincoln, an Arkansas senator
• Levi Lincoln, Sr. (1749-1820), a United States Representative from Massachusetts, and briefly Governor
• Levi Lincoln, Jr. (1782-1868), son of the senior Levi Lincoln, Governor of Massachusetts before becoming a Representative.
• Robert Todd Lincoln, son of Abraham Lincoln, and United States Secretary of War
• Saint Hugh of Lincoln
• Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln
• The several Earls of Lincoln

Place names (municipalities)

In Argentina

• Lincoln, Buenos Aires in Argentina

In Australia

• Port Lincoln, South Australia in Australia

In Canada

• Lincoln, Ontario in Canada
• Lincoln County, Ontario
• Lincoln, a former federal electoral district

In the United Kingdom

• Lincoln, county town of Lincolnshire: the original place called "Lincoln"

In New Zealand

• Lincoln, New Zealand

In the United States

Named Lincoln

• Lincoln, Alabama
• Lincoln, Arkansas
• Lincoln, California
• Lincoln, Sussex County, Delaware
• Lincoln, Illinois
• Lincoln, Iowa
• Lincoln, Maine
• Lincoln, Massachusetts
• Lincoln, Michigan
• Lincoln, Missouri
• Lincoln, Montana
• Lincoln, Nebraska, the state capital of Nebraska
• Lincoln, New Hampshire
• Lincoln, New York
• Lincoln, North Dakota
• Lincoln, Pennsylvania
• Lincoln, Rhode Island
• Lincoln, Vermont
• Lincoln, Loudoun County, Virginia
• Lincoln, Wisconsin (12)
• Lincoln, a proposed U.S. state, to be named in honor of President Lincoln, would have merged the Idaho Panhandle and Eastern Washington in 1901.

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