Poultney

English

Etymology

Variant of Pulteney. The town in Vermont is named after William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath.

Proper noun

Poultney (countable and uncountable, plural Poultneys)

1. A surname.
2. A town and village (within the town) in Rutland County, Vermont, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Poultney is the 107134^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 166 individuals. Poultney is most common among White (95.78%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Poultney”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.