RENTON, a village of Scotland, in Dumfries-shire, near the right bank of the Leven, 2 miles N. of Dumfries. It has an Established church, a Free church, and a Reformed Presbyterian church, several schools, and a library. There is here a monument to Smollett, who was born in the vicinity, and has described the Leven and adjacent country in his poetical and prose works. The people are to a large extent employed in dyeing and bleaching establishments. Pop. 2398.