Editing Horten (section)

===Name===
The municipality (originally the town) is named after the old ''Horten'' farm (spelled "Hortan" in 1552) since the town was built on the old farm site. The name has an uncertain meaning. The name may come from a local dialect word {{lang|no|hort}} which means the "outer, knotty bark on older trees" which likely derives from the [[Old Norse]] word {{lang|non|hǫrtr}}  which means "something uneven" or "wrinkled". Another option could be that it is derived from the [[Old Norse]] word {{lang|non|hǫlkn}} or {{lang|non|helkn}} which means "rocky ground", "shelter", or "place of refuge". yet another option is that it could be the definite form of ''hort'' which can mean "bulge" ({{langx|non|hǫrti}}). Several hills and mountains in Norway have the name ''Horten'' or ''Horta'' and here it could be referring to the Brårudåsen hill lying in the middle of the town.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3YpBAAAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Jarlsberg og Larviks amt |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |year=1907 |edition=6 |location=Kristiania, Norge |pages=127-128 |language=no |author-link=Oluf Rygh}}</ref><ref name="snl" /> 

From 1 January 1988 until 1 June 2002, this municipality was named ''Borre''. See [[Borre Municipality#Name]].