The list of places named after places in the United States identifies namesake places and the eponymic United States place for which they are named.

Places named for United States places
Namesake Area Country Eponym Area Source
AbileneTexas United States AbileneKansas [1]
ActonMaine United States ActonMassachusetts [2]
AkronNew York United States AkronOhio [3]
AlbanyCalifornia United StatesAlbanyNew York [4]
AlbanyMissouri United StatesAlbanyNew York
AlbanyOregon United StatesAlbanyNew York
AlbanyTexas United StatesAlbanyGeorgia
AltonCalifornia United States AltonIllinois [5]
AmherstMaine United States AmherstNew Hampshire [6]
ArgutaAlabama United StatesArguraNorth Carolina
ArlingtonTexas United StatesArlingtonVirginia [7]:26[lower-alpha 1]
Arlington CountyVirginia United States Arlington Archeological SiteVirginia [8][lower-alpha 2]
AshlandKansas United States AshlandKentucky [9]
AshlandMassachusetts United States AshlandKentucky [9]
AshlandMississippi United States AshlandKentucky [9]
AshlandNebraska United States AshlandKentucky [9]
AshlandNew York United States AshlandKentucky [9]
AshlandPennsylvania United States AshlandKentucky [9]
AshlandOhio United States AshlandKentucky [9]
AshlandOregon United States AshlandKentucky [9]
BarreNew York United States BarreMassachusetts [10]
BarreVermont United States BarreMassachusetts [10]
BarreWisconsin United States BarreVermont [11]
BathNew Brunswick Canada BathMaine [12][lower-alpha 3]
BeloitKansas United States BeloitWisconsin [13]
BeloitWisconsin United States DetroitMichigan [13][14]
BerwickNova Scotia Canada BerwickMaine [15]
Bowling GreenKentucky United StatesBowling GreenVirginia
Bowling GreenOhio United StatesBowling GreenKentucky [16]
BradfordNew Hampshire United States BradfordMassachusetts [17]
BradfordVermont United States BradfordMassachusetts [17]
BraintreeVermont United States BraintreeMassachusetts [17]
Bridgetown Ohio United States Bridgeton New Jersey [18]
BristolOhio United States BristolConnecticut
BristolvilleOhio United States BristolConnecticut [19]
BrimfieldOhio United States BrimfieldMassachusetts [19]
BrookhavenMississippi United States BrookhavenNew York [20]
BrooklynMichigan United States BrooklynNew York [21]
BrooklynMississippi United States BrooklynNew York [21]
Bunker HillIllinois United States Bunker HillMassachusetts [22][lower-alpha 4]
BurlingtonKansas United States BurlingtonVermont [22]
BurlingtonIowa United States BurlingtonVermont [22]
BurlingtonMichigan United States BurlingtonVermont [22]
CaliforniaPennsylvania United States California (U.S. state)Western United States
CambridgeNova Scotia Canada CambridgeMassachusetts [23]
Camden CountyMissouri United States Camden CountyNorth Carolina [24]
CarrolltonArkansas United States CarrolltonMaryland [25]
CarrolltonGeorgia United States CarrolltonMaryland [25]
CarrolltonIowa United States CarrolltonMaryland [25]
CarrolltonKentucky United States CarrolltonMaryland [25]
CarrolltonMississippi United States CarrolltonMaryland [25]
CarrolltonMissouri United States CarrolltonMaryland [25]
CarrolltonTexas United States CarrolltonIllinois
CazenoviaIllinois United States CazenoviaNew York [26]
CazenoviaMinnesota United States CazenoviaNew York [26]
CazenoviaWisconsin United States CazenoviaNew York [26]
CharlestonMississippi United States CharlestonSouth Carolina [27]
ChelseaQuebec Canada ChelseaVermont [28]
ChesterMississippi United States ChesterSouth Carolina [29]
ChesterNova Scotia Canada ChesterPennsylvania [30]
ClevelandGauteng South Africa ClevelandOhio
CohassettAlabama United States CohassetMassachusetts
ColchesterNew York United States ColchesterConnecticut [31]
Coldwater Kansas United States ColdwaterMichigan [31]
Colwich Kansas United States Colorado (U.S. state)
Wichita
Western United States
Kansas
[32]
Concord TownshipOhio United States ConcordMassachusetts
ConcordNorth Carolina United States ConcordMassachusetts [32][lower-alpha 5]
ConcordVermont United States ConcordMassachusetts [33]
Conestogo RiverOntario Canada Conestoga RiverPennsylvania [34]
CortlandKansas United States CortlandNew York [35]
CoventryVermont United States CoventryConnecticut
CrotonMichigan United States CrotonNew York [36]
DanvilleQuebec Canada DanvilleVermont [37]
DerbyVermont United States DerbyConnecticut[lower-alpha 6]
Des MoinesWashington United States Des MoinesIowa
ElginAlabama United States ElginIllinois
Elk PointAlberta Canada Elk PointSouth Dakota [38]
ElmiraOntario Canada ElmiraNew York [39]
FloridaMassachusetts United States Spanish FloridaSouthern United States
ForestburgAlberta Canada ForestburgSouth Dakota [38]
HampsteadNew Brunswick Canada HampsteadNew York [40]
HamptonNew Brunswick Canada HamptonNew York [40]
HartfordKansas United States HartfordConnecticut [41]
Hartford TownshipOhio United States HartfordConnecticut [42]
HartfordVermont United States HartfordConnecticut [41]
HartfordWest Virginia United States HartfordConnecticut [41]
HarvardIllinois United States Harvard UniversityMassachusetts [41]
HuntsvilleTexas Republic of Texas [lower-alpha 7] HuntsvilleAlabama
Kansas CityKansas United States Kansas CityMissouri [43]
KnoxvilleMississippi United States KnoxvilleTennessee [44]
KokomoMississippi United States KokomoIndiana [45]
LamoilleNevada United StatesLamoille CountyVermont
LancasterNew Brunswick Canada LancasterMassachusetts [46]
LincolnNew Brunswick Canada LincolnMassachusetts [47][lower-alpha 8]
Lexington Kentucky United States Lexington Massachusetts [48]
LondonderryNova Scotia Canada LondonderyNew Hampshire [49]
ManhattanKansas United States ManhattanNew York City
ManhattanMontana United States ManhattanNew York City
MankotaSaskatchewan Canada MankatoMinnesota [50]
MarylandLondon United KingdomMarylandMid-Atlantic states
Maryland CountySoutheastern Liberia LiberiaMarylandMid-Atlantic states
Mount HarvardColorado United States Harvard UniversityMassachusetts [41]
Mount SeattleYukon Canada SeattleWashington (state) [51]
Mount YaleColorado United States Yale UniversityConnecticut [52]
New AlbanyOhio United States AlbanyNew York [53]
NewburghOntario Canada NewburghNew York [54]
NewburyOhio United States NewburyportMassachusetts
New Albion New York United States Albion New York
New DenverBritish Columbia Canada DenverColorado [55]
New HampshireOhio United States New HampshireNew England
New PhiladelphiaOhio United States PhiladelphiaPennsylvania
North RoyaltonOhio United States Royalton Township (defunct)Vermont
NorthfieldOhio United States NorthfieldMassachusetts [56]
NortonNew Brunswick Canada NortonMassachusetts [46]
NorwalkOhio United States NorwalkConnecticut [56]
NorwichVermont United States NorwichConnecticut
OlatheColorado United States OlatheKansas
OronoOntario Canada OronoMaine [57]
OswegoMississippi United States OswegoNew York [58]
PaducahTexas United States PaducahKentucky [59]
Philadelphia Boulevard Torún Poland Philadelphia Pennsylvania
PortlandOregon United States PortlandMaine[lower-alpha 9]
Port RoyalMississippi United States Port RoyalSouth Carolina [60]
Royalton Township (defunct)Vermont United States Royalton, VermontVermont
Saratoga SpringsCalifornia United States Saratoga SpringsNew York [61]
SaugusCalifornia United States SaugusMassachusetts [61]
SaybrookIllinois United States Old SaybrookConnecticut [62][lower-alpha 10]
SaybrookOhio
SaybrookOhio United States Old SaybrookConnecticut [62]
SturgisSaskatchewan Canada SturgisSouth Dakota [63]
ThedfordOntario Canada ThetfordVermont [64]
ToledoOregon United States ToledoOhio
TroyMichigan United States TroyNew York
UnitySaskatchewan Canada UnityWisconsin [65]
VirginiaFree State South AfricaVirginiaMid-Atlantic states
WadenaSaskatchewan Canada WadenaMinnesota [65]
WestchesterNova Scotia Canada Westchester CountyNew York [66]
WeymouthNova Scotia Canada WeymouthMassachusetts [67]
WoonsocketSouth Dakota United States WoonsocketRhode Island [68]
WorthingtonMinnesota United States WorthingtonOhio [69]
Wyoming (U.S. state)Western United States United States Wyoming ValleyPennsylvania [70]
WyomingDelaware United States Wyoming ValleyPennsylvania
WyomingMichigan United States Wyoming ValleyPennsylvania
Wyoming CountyNew York United States Wyoming ValleyPennsylvania [69]
WyomingOhio United States WyomingPennsylvania
WyomingOntario Canada Wyoming ValleyPennsylvania [71]
Wyoming CountyWest Virginia United States Wyoming ValleyPennsylvania [69]
YaleMichigan United States Yale UniversityConnecticut [52]
YarmouthNova Scotia Canada YarmouthMassachusetts [72]

References

  1. Gannett 1902, p. 17.
  2. Gannett 1902, p. 18.
  3. Gannett 1902, p. 20.
  4. Bright 1998, p. 12.
  5. Gannett 1902, p. 23.
  6. Gannett 1902, p. 24.
  7. "Preservation plan" (PDF). arlingtontx.gov. 2014.
  8. Hanna, Jennifer (2001). Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial: Cultural Landscape Report (PDF). Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. p. 6.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Gannett 1902, p. 29.
  10. 1 2 Gannett 1902, p. 35.
  11. Gard 2015, p. 20.
  12. Hamilton 1978, p. 83.
  13. 1 2 Gannett 1902, p. 40.
  14. Gard 2015, p. 26.
  15. Hamilton 1978, p. 132.
  16. Overman 1951, p. 5.
  17. 1 2 3 Gannett 1902, p. 50.
  18. Lueders, Jeffrey R. (2006). Hamilton County's Green Township. Arcadia Publishing. p. 108. ISBN 9780738541174. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
  19. 1 2 Overman 1951, p. 6.
  20. Nancy Capace (1 January 2001). Encyclopedia of Mississippi. Somerset Publishers, Inc. p. 446. ISBN 978-0-403-09603-9.
  21. 1 2 Gannett 1902, p. 52.
  22. 1 2 3 4 Gannett 1902, p. 55.
  23. Hamilton 1978, p. 134.
  24. Gannett 1902, p. 59.
  25. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Gannett 1902, p. 63.
  26. 1 2 3 Gannett 1902, p. 66.
  27. Gannett 1902, p. 68.
  28. Hamilton 1978, p. 237.
  29. Rowland 1907, p. 397.
  30. Hamilton 1978, p. 135.
  31. 1 2 Gannett 1902, p. 78.
  32. 1 2 Gannett 1902, p. 79.
  33. Gannett 1902, p. 80.
  34. Hamilton 1978, p. 169.
  35. Gannett 1902, p. 83.
  36. Gannett 1902, p. 86.
  37. Hamilton 1978, p. 239.
  38. 1 2 Hamilton 1978, p. 29.
  39. Hamilton 1978, p. 172.
  40. 1 2 Hamilton 1978, p. 90.
  41. 1 2 3 4 5 Gannett 1902, p. 131.
  42. Overman 1951, p. 18.
  43. LONDBERG, MAX (June 13, 2017). "Why isn't Kansas City named Missouri City? A history teacher explains". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
  44. Rowland 1907, p. 1003.
  45. Baca 2007, p. 49.
  46. 1 2 Hamilton 1978, p. 92.
  47. Hamilton 1978, p. 93.
  48. Ramsay, Robert L. (1973). Our storehouse of Missouri place names. Columbia: University of Missouri Press. ISBN 0-8262-0586-0. OCLC 3518606.
  49. Hamilton 1978, p. 141.
  50. Hamilton 1978, p. 302.
  51. Hamilton 1978, p. 328.
  52. 1 2 Gannett 1902, p. 279.
  53. Overman 1951, p. 30.
  54. Hamilton 1978, p. 190.
  55. Hamilton 1978, p. 56.
  56. 1 2 Overman 1951, p. 31.
  57. Hamilton 1978, p. 193.
  58. Baca 2007, p. 77.
  59. Tarpley, Fred (1980). 1001 Texas Place Names. University of Texas Press. p. 156. ISBN 0292760159.
  60. "Port Royal - Lost "Seat of Justice" of Coahoma County". My Southern Life. 12 June 2020.
  61. 1 2 Bright 1998, p. 140.
  62. 1 2 Callary 2009, p. 312.
  63. Hamilton 1978, p. 306.
  64. Hamilton 1978, p. 207.
  65. 1 2 Hamilton 1978, p. 307.
  66. Hamilton 1978, p. 151.
  67. Hamilton 1978, p. 152.
  68. Ehrensperger 1940, vol. 1, p. 69.
  69. 1 2 3 Gannett 1902, p. 278.
  70. Stewart, George R. (2008). Names on the Land: A Historical Account of Place-Naming in the United States. New York: New York Review Books. pp. 310–312. ISBN 978-1-59017-273-5. OCLC 176952635.
  71. Hamilton 1978, p. 213.
  72. Hamilton 1978, p. 153.

Notes

  1. Technically Arlington, Texas is named not for Arlington County, Virginia, but for Arlington House, Robert E. Lee's mansion, which is also Arlington County, Virginia's namesake.
  2. Via Arlington House
  3. Possibly also for Bath, England
  4. Named for the Battle of Bunker Hill
  5. Named for the Battle of Concord
  6. Gannett 1902, p. 93 suggests both towns are named for Derby, England.
  7. Was founded in the Republic of Texas, Now located in the United States
  8. Possibly for Lincoln, England
  9. Gannett 1902, p. 213 suggests both towns are named for Portland, England.
  10. "Influenced" by Saybrook, Ohio
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