Talk:Wilton

What is a CDP?
The following two pairs of entries were already on this dab page.


 * Wilton (town), Maine
 * Wilton (CDP), Maine


 * Wilton (CDP), New Hampshire
 * Wilton (town), New Hampshire

I havn't a clue what a CDP is, and looking at the articles behind the links just confused me more, as all four articles said they were about towns; the only reference to CDP was as a disambiguator in the titles. Both (town)/(CDP) pairs were in the same county; but clearly were not duplicates as they had different areas/populations.

There is a definition of CDP in Wikipedia as 'census designated place' but this article implies that a CDP isn't a town, in contradistinction to this case, so I doubt this is the meaning here. Even if it is, I still don't know how to sensibly disambiguate these entries.

If you understand what is going on here, please explain in the disambiguating descriptions. -- Chris j wood 22:55, 4 Nov 2004 (UTC)


 * Hey! An 18 month turnaround time!  I just found the Wilton pairs and have written out what a CDP is and provided a link to Census-designated places.  In New England, towns are subdivisions of counties:  all rural land is in some town or other.  Any Census-designated place in New England will be a built-up community that is located within a town.  There are many cases where the Census Bureau has decided to give a CDP designation to the built-up village forming the center of the town.  This means that if you type in "Wilton, Maine" looking for Census data, you get two entries back:  one for the built-up village, and one for the entire town, including the built-up village and all the rural land surrounding it.  Ken Gallager 17:18, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Hat
Wilton is the name either of a style of hat, or of the manufacturer of that hat. Possibly both. Cf "Stetson." rags (talk) 16:20, 10 July 2017 (UTC)