Romney Explained

Romney may refer to:

Romney (surname), including a list of people with the name

• Romney family, a family prominent in U.S. politics
  • George W. Romney (1907–1995), former CEO of American Motors, Governor of Michigan, and U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
  • Mitt Romney (born 1947), Republican politician, U.S. Senator for Utah, and former Governor of Massachusetts, and businessman

Places

Canada

• Romney Township, Ontario, a township in Kent County, Ontario

United Kingdom

• Romney Deanery, a Deanery of the Canterbury Diocese, in Kent, England
• Romney Island, an island in the English River Thames
• Romney Marsh, a wetland in Kent and East Sussex, England
• Romney Road, a road in England near the River Thames
• New Romney, a town in Kent

United States

• Romney, Indiana, an unincorporated community
• Romney, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community
• Romney, Texas, an unincorporated community
• Romney, West Virginia, (population, 1,940), the oldest town in West Virginia

Buildings and structures

• Romney's House, a Grade I listed house in Hampstead, London, built by the artist George Romney
• Romney hut, a type of British pre-fabricated building
• George W. Romney Building or the Romney Building, the Governor of Michigan's main office location
• Romney African-American Cemetery, an old cemetery in Romney, West Virginia
• Romney Lock, a lock on the English River Thames
• Romney Stadium, an outdoor football stadium at Utah State University

Companies and organizations

• Romney's, an English baking company, founded 1918
• Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway, a heritage railway in Kent, England
• Romney Academy, a 19th-century educational institution in Romney, West Virginia
• Romney Middle School, a school in Romney, West Virginia
• Sir William Romney's School, Tetbury, a secondary school

Military

• Romney Expedition, an early maneuver of the Confederate Army in the US Civil War

Naval warships

• HMS Romney, a British Royal Navy ship name
• HMS Romney (1694), a 50-gun English naval warship
• HMS Romney (1708), a 50-gun English naval warship
• HMS Romney (1762), a 50-gun English naval warship

Other uses

• Romney (sheep), a breed of sheep bred for meat
• Earl of Romney, an English title
• Romney Formation, a stratum of sedimentary rock

See also

• Massachusetts health care reform, a 2006 health-care reform bill in Massachusetts commonly known as Romneycare
• New Romney, Kent, England
  • New Romney (UK Parliament constituency), the Parliament seat for New Romney
  • New Romney railway station, a depot in Kent, England
• Old Romney, a nearby Kentish village of similar age to New Romney
• Romney Sands railway station, a depot in Kent, England
• Romny, a city in the Ukraine
• Shuzenji Romney Railway, a railway on the Izu Peninsula of Japan