List of places named for the Marquis de Lafayette
Lafayette High School , in LaFayette, Alabama This is a list of places named for Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette , a French General in the American Revolutionary War . Many of these places were named for him during his 1824–1825 visit to the United States .
Counties
Fayette County, Alabama Fayette County, Georgia Fayette County, Illinois Fayette County, Indiana Fayette County, Iowa Fayette County, Kentucky Fayette County, Ohio Fayette County, Pennsylvania Fayette County, Tennessee Fayette County, Texas Fayette County, West Virginia Lafayette County, Arkansas Lafayette County, Florida Lafayette County, Mississippi Lafayette County, Missouri Lafayette County, Wisconsin Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
Fayette, Alabama Fayette, Iowa Fayette, Maine Fayette, Michigan Fayette, Mississippi Fayette, Missouri Fayette, New York Fayette, Ohio Fayette, Utah is named indirectly; the city is named after Fayette, New York.Fayette, West Virginia Fayette, Wisconsin , a town
Fayette City, Pennsylvania [ 1] Fayette Township, Calhoun County, Arkansas Fayette Township, Livingston County, Illinois Fayette Township, Vigo County, Indiana Fayette Township, Decatur County, Iowa Fayette Township, Linn County, Iowa Fayette Township, Michigan Fayette Township, Lawrence County, Ohio Fayette Township, Pennsylvania Fayetteville, Alabama Fayetteville, Arkansas is named indirectly; the city is named after Fayetteville, TN, which in turn is named after Fayetteville, NC. Has the largest metropolitan population.Fayetteville, Georgia , seat of Fayette CountyFayetteville, Illinois Fayetteville, Indiana Fayetteville, Washington County, Indiana Fayetteville, Missouri Fayetteville, New York Fayetteville, North Carolina was the first city named after Lafayette, and is the only one he actually visited, arriving in Fayetteville by horse-drawn carriage in 1825 during Lafayette's visit to the United States from July 1824 to September 1825 celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill . Has the greatest city population.Fayetteville, Ohio Fayetteville, Pennsylvania Fayetteville, Tennessee is named indirectly; the city is named after Fayetteville, North Carolina.Fayetteville, Texas Fayetteville, West Virginia La Fayette, Illinois LaFayette, Alabama LaFayette, Georgia Lafayette, California Lafayette, Colorado Lafayette, Indiana , seat of Tippecanoe County , named after Lafayette during his tour of America.[ 2] LaFayette, Kentucky Lafayette, Louisiana Lafayette, Minnesota LaFayette, New York Lafayette, Oregon Lafayette, Tennessee Lafayette metropolitan area , LouisianaLafayette metropolitan area , IndianaLafayette Township, Lonoke County, Arkansas
Lafayette Township, Ouachita County, Arkansas
Lafayette Township, Scott County, Arkansas Lafayette Township, Coles County, Illinois LaFayette Township, Ogle County, Illinois Lafayette Township, Allen County, Indiana Lafayette Township, Floyd County, Indiana Lafayette Township, Madison County, Indiana Lafayette Township, Owen County, Indiana Lafayette Township, Allamakee County, Iowa Lafayette Township, Bremer County, Iowa Lafayette Township, Keokuk County, Iowa
Lafayette Township, Story County, Iowa Lafayette Township, Chautauqua County, Kansas Lafayette Township, Michigan Lafayette Township, Minnesota
Squares
Lafayette Square, Los Angeles , Mid-Wilshire neighborhood of Los Angeles, CaliforniaLafayette Square in LaGrange, Georgia , where a statue of Lafayette stands atop a fountain
Lafayette Square , one of 22 historic public squares in Savannah, Georgia Lafayette Square (New Orleans) , in the Central Business District, New Orleans, LouisianaLafayette Square (Baltimore) , MarylandLafayette Square, Cambridge , part of the Central Square area of Cambridge, Massachusetts
Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C. , northernmost part of President's Park
Streets
Avenue de Lafayette in Boston, Massachusetts , located in the Downtown Crossing area
Fayette Drive in Rotterdam, New York
Fayette Street in Alexandria, Virginia
Fayette Street in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
Lafayette Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland
Lafayette Avenue in Cliffside Park, New Jersey
Lafayette Avenue in Hawthorne, New Jersey
Lafayette Avenue in Morrisville, Pennsylvania .
Lafayette Avenue in Omaha, Nebraska
Lafayette Boulevard in Bridgeport, Connecticut
Lafayette Boulevard in Detroit, Michigan
Lafayette Boulevard in Phoenix, Arizona
Lafayette Drive in Oak Ridge, Tennessee [ 3]
Lafayette Drive and Lafayette Road in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania , both off of Valley Forge Road located near Valley Forge
Lafayette Parkway in LaGrange, Georgia
Lafayette Road in Harrington Park, New Jersey
Lafayette Road and Fayette Lane in Knoxville, Tennessee [ 4]
Lafayette Road in New Hampshire , which extends from the Massachusetts border in Seabrook to Portsmouth Lafayette Street in Cape May, New Jersey
Lafayette Street in Houma, Louisiana
Lafayette Street in Metamora, Illinois
Lafayette Street in New Haven, Connecticut
Lafayette Street in Schenectady, New York
Lafayette Street in Trenton, New Jersey [ 5]
Lafayette Street in Waltham, Massachusetts , located near a critical area during the Revolution
Lafayette Street in Williston Park, New York
Lafayette Street in West Chester, Pennsylvania
Lafayette Street in Florissant, Missouri
Numerous Roads in New York City
Lafayette Street in Fort Wayne, Indiana
Route Lafayette in Shanghai, China (Shanghai French Concession ) (1914-1943), now renamed Fu Xing Zhong Road
Rue La Fayette in Paris , one of the longest roads in the city, which crosses the 9th and 10th arrondissements of the city from southwest to northeastUlice Lafayettova in Olomouc, Czech Republic , near the site of Lafayette's imprisonment
Other places
23244 Lafayette , a main-belt minor planet[ 6] Aix-la-Fayette , a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central FranceChavaniac-Lafayette is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France Fayette Historic State Park , MichiganFayetteville Shale Fort Lafayette , New YorkGaleries Lafayette , a French department store chain (first store was Rue Lafayette in Paris)Lafayette , a French restaurant in New York City which operated from 1965 to the late 1970sLafayette Apartment Building (Washington, D.C.) Lafayette Building (Washington, D.C.) Lafayette Building (Detroit) Lafayette Circus (Theatre) , Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States.Lafayette College , in Easton, Pennsylvania Lafayette High School (Alabama) , in Lafayette, Alabama Lafayette High School (Georgia) , in Lafayette, Georgia Lafayette High School (Florida) , in Mayo, Florida Lafayette High School , in Lexington, Kentucky Lafayette High School , in Lafayette, LouisianaLafayette High School , in St. Joseph, Missouri Lafayette High School , in Wildwood, Missouri Lafayette High School , in Brooklyn, New York Lafayette High School , in Buffalo, New York Lafayette High School , near Williamsburg, Virginia Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania Lafayette River Lafayette Theatre (Suffern) , in Suffern, Rockland County, New York , United StatesLafayette Theatre (Harlem) , in Harlem , Manhattan , New York City , New York, United StatesHotel Lafayette , an historic hotel in Buffalo, New YorkHotel Lafayette , a hotel and restaurant which operated in New York CityLaFayette Hotel , an historic hotel in Little Rock, ArkansasThe Lafayette Hotel, Swim Club & Bungalows , a hotel in San Diego, CaliforniaLaFayette Jr./Sr. High School in LaFayette, New York Lafayette Square Mall , Indianapolis, IndianaMount Lafayette in the White Mountains of New Hampshire University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayetteville , a hamlet in Milan, New York
See also
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