The now widespread name 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. When the English Counties (called "shires" at that time) were established in around the Eleventh Century , Lincoln became the principal town of Lincolnshire . The name was later adopted by other cities, such as Lincoln, Nebraska .
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, public infrastructures, and even an Automobile Brand in the United States are so named, primarily in honor of the former U.S. president.
may refer to:
- 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
- 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.
There are five Mountain s called Mount Lincoln , all in the United States:
- Lincoln Records , a record label from the 1920s, prominently featuring President Lincoln's image in its logo.
- '' Lincoln '', an album by the band They Might Be Giants, named in honor of Lincoln, Massachusetts.
- '' is the title of three separate TV programs about the U.S. president, portrayed by
- --- Hal Holbrook (1975)
- --- Sam Waterston (1988)
- --- Jason Robards (1992)
- is a slang term for the United States Five Dollar Bill , which bears the President's image on its obverse
- Lincoln Imp , a purported evil sprite petrified in the Lincoln Cathedral
- Lincoln — luxury automobile division of the Ford Motor Company (named in honor of United States President Abraham Lincoln)
- Lincoln , a breed of sheep originally bred in Lincolnshire, England
- Lincoln Red Cattle a breed of cattle originally bred in Lincolnshire, England
- Lincoln Logs , a popular children's toy
- Lincoln Biscuit , Technically the Lincoln is a short dough biscuit, and belongs to the larger family of shortcake biscuits. Its a very serviceable biscuit, not so nice that you would want to eat a truck load, but not so bland that you can't cheerfully tuck several away in a session.
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