List of places named after places in the United States

Not to be confused with List of places named after people in the United States.

For valleys and the encompassing basins named for rivers, e.g., the Mississippi Valley named for the Mississippi River, see Category:River valleys and Category:Basins of the United States.

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
Abilene	Texas	United States	Abilene	Kansas	[1]
Acton	Maine	United States	Acton	Massachusetts	[2]
Akron	New York	United States	Akron	Ohio	[3]
Albany	California	United States	Albany	New York	[4]
Albany	Missouri	United States	Albany	New York
Albany	Oregon	United States	Albany	New York
Albany	Texas	United States	Albany	Georgia
Alton	California	United States	Alton	Illinois	[5]
Amherst	Maine	United States	Amherst	New Hampshire	[6]
Arguta	Alabama	United States	Argura	North Carolina
Arlington	Texas	United States	Arlington	Virginia	[7]: 26 [a]
Arlington County	Virginia	United States	Arlington Archeological Site	Virginia	[8][b]
Ashland	Kansas	United States	Ashland	Kentucky	[9]
Ashland	Massachusetts	United States	Ashland	Kentucky	[9]
Ashland	Mississippi	United States	Ashland	Kentucky	[9]
Ashland	Nebraska	United States	Ashland	Kentucky	[9]
Ashland	New York	United States	Ashland	Kentucky	[9]
Ashland	Pennsylvania	United States	Ashland	Kentucky	[9]
Ashland	Ohio	United States	Ashland	Kentucky	[9]
Ashland	Oregon	United States	Ashland	Kentucky	[9]
Ashland	Wisconsin	United States	Ashland	Kentucky	[10]
Barre	New York	United States	Barre	Massachusetts	[11]
Barre	Vermont	United States	Barre	Massachusetts	[11]
Barre	Wisconsin	United States	Barre	Vermont	[12]
Bath	New Brunswick	Canada	Bath	Maine	[13][c]
Beloit	Kansas	United States	Beloit	Wisconsin	[14]
Beloit	Wisconsin	United States	Detroit	Michigan	[14][15]
Berwick	Nova Scotia	Canada	Berwick	Maine	[16]
Bowling Green	Kentucky	United States	Bowling Green	Virginia
Bowling Green	Ohio	United States	Bowling Green	Kentucky	[17]
Bradford	New Hampshire	United States	Bradford	Massachusetts	[18]
Bradford	Vermont	United States	Bradford	Massachusetts	[18]
Braintree	Vermont	United States	Braintree	Massachusetts	[18]
Bridgetown	Ohio	United States	Bridgeton	New Jersey	[19]
Bristol	Ohio	United States	Bristol	Connecticut
Bristolville	Ohio	United States	Bristol	Connecticut	[20]
Brimfield	Ohio	United States	Brimfield	Massachusetts	[20]
Brookhaven	Mississippi	United States	Brookhaven	New York	[21]
Brooklyn	Michigan	United States	Brooklyn	New York	[22]
Brooklyn	Mississippi	United States	Brooklyn	New York	[22]
Bunker Hill	Illinois	United States	Bunker Hill	Massachusetts	[23][d]
Burlington	Kansas	United States	Burlington	Vermont	[23]
Burlington	Iowa	United States	Burlington	Vermont	[23]
Burlington	Michigan	United States	Burlington	Vermont	[23]
California	Pennsylvania	United States	California (U.S. state)	Western United States
Cambridge	Nova Scotia	Canada	Cambridge	Massachusetts	[24]
Camden County	Missouri	United States	Camden County	North Carolina	[25]
Carrollton	Arkansas	United States	Carrollton	Maryland	[26]
Carrollton	Georgia	United States	Carrollton	Maryland	[26]
Carrollton	Iowa	United States	Carrollton	Maryland	[26]
Carrollton	Kentucky	United States	Carrollton	Maryland	[26]
Carrollton	Mississippi	United States	Carrollton	Maryland	[26]
Carrollton	Missouri	United States	Carrollton	Maryland	[26]
Carrollton	Texas	United States	Carrollton	Illinois
Cazenovia	Illinois	United States	Cazenovia	New York	[27]
Cazenovia	Minnesota	United States	Cazenovia	New York	[27]
Cazenovia	Wisconsin	United States	Cazenovia	New York	[27]
Charleston	Mississippi	United States	Charleston	South Carolina	[28]
Chelsea	Quebec	Canada	Chelsea	Vermont	[29]
Chester	Mississippi	United States	Chester	South Carolina	[30]
Chester	Nova Scotia	Canada	Chester	Pennsylvania	[31]
Cleveland	Gauteng	South Africa	Cleveland	Ohio
Cohassett	Alabama	United States	Cohasset	Massachusetts
Colchester	New York	United States	Colchester	Connecticut	[32]
Coldwater	Kansas	United States	Coldwater	Michigan	[32]
Colwich	Kansas	United States	Colorado (U.S. state) Wichita	Western United States Kansas	[33]
Concord Township	Ohio	United States	Concord	Massachusetts
Concord	North Carolina	United States	Concord	Massachusetts	[33][e]
Concord	Vermont	United States	Concord	Massachusetts	[34]
Conestogo River	Ontario	Canada	Conestoga River	Pennsylvania	[35]
Cortland	Kansas	United States	Cortland	New York	[36]
Coventry	Vermont	United States	Coventry	Connecticut
Croton	Michigan	United States	Croton	New York	[37]
Danville	Quebec	Canada	Danville	Vermont	[38]
Derby	Vermont	United States	Derby	Connecticut[f]
Des Moines	Washington	United States	Des Moines	Iowa
Elgin	Alabama	United States	Elgin	Illinois
Elk Point	Alberta	Canada	Elk Point	South Dakota	[39]
Elmira	Ontario	Canada	Elmira	New York	[40]
Florida	Massachusetts	United States	Spanish Florida	Southern United States
Forestburg	Alberta	Canada	Forestburg	South Dakota	[39]
Hampstead	New Brunswick	Canada	Hampstead	New York	[41]
Hampton	New Brunswick	Canada	Hampton	New York	[41]
Hartford	Kansas	United States	Hartford	Connecticut	[42]
Hartford Township	Ohio	United States	Hartford	Connecticut	[43]
Hartford	Vermont	United States	Hartford	Connecticut	[42]
Hartford	West Virginia	United States	Hartford	Connecticut	[42]
Harvard	Illinois	United States	Harvard University	Massachusetts	[42]
Huntsville	Texas	Republic of Texas [g]	Huntsville	Alabama
Kansas City	Kansas	United States	Kansas City	Missouri	[44]
Knoxville	Mississippi	United States	Knoxville	Tennessee	[45]
Kokomo	Mississippi	United States	Kokomo	Indiana	[46]
Lamoille	Nevada	United States	Lamoille County	Vermont
Lancaster	New Brunswick	Canada	Lancaster	Massachusetts	[47]
Lincoln	New Brunswick	Canada	Lincoln	Massachusetts	[48][h]
Lexington	Kentucky	United States	Lexington	Massachusetts	[49]
Londonderry	Nova Scotia	Canada	Londondery	New Hampshire	[50]
Manhattan	Kansas	United States	Manhattan	New York City
Manhattan	Montana	United States	Manhattan	New York City
Mankota	Saskatchewan	Canada	Mankato	Minnesota	[51]
Maryland	London	United Kingdom	Maryland	Mid-Atlantic states
Maryland County	Southeastern Liberia	Liberia	Maryland	Mid-Atlantic states
Mount Harvard	Colorado	United States	Harvard University	Massachusetts	[42]
Mount Seattle	Yukon	Canada	Seattle	Washington (state)	[52]
Mount Yale	Colorado	United States	Yale University	Connecticut	[53]
New Albany	Ohio	United States	Albany	New York	[54]
Newburgh	Ontario	Canada	Newburgh	New York	[55]
Newbury	Ohio	United States	Newburyport	Massachusetts
New Albion	New York	United States	Albion	New York
New Denver	British Columbia	Canada	Denver	Colorado	[56]
New Hampshire	Ohio	United States	New Hampshire	New England
New Philadelphia	Ohio	United States	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania
North Royalton	Ohio	United States	Royalton Township (defunct)	Vermont
Northfield	Ohio	United States	Northfield	Massachusetts	[57]
Norton	New Brunswick	Canada	Norton	Massachusetts	[47]
Norwalk	Ohio	United States	Norwalk	Connecticut	[57]
Norwich	Vermont	United States	Norwich	Connecticut
Olathe	Colorado	United States	Olathe	Kansas
Orono	Ontario	Canada	Orono	Maine	[58]
Oswego	Mississippi	United States	Oswego	New York	[59]
Paducah	Texas	United States	Paducah	Kentucky	[60]
Philadelphia Boulevard	Torún	Poland	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania
Portland	Oregon	United States	Portland	Maine[i]
Port Royal	Mississippi	United States	Port Royal	South Carolina	[61]
Royalton Township (defunct)	Vermont	United States	Royalton, Vermont	Vermont
Saratoga Springs	California	United States	Saratoga Springs	New York	[62]
Saugus	California	United States	Saugus	Massachusetts	[62]
Saybrook	Illinois	United States	Old Saybrook	Connecticut	[63][j]
			Saybrook	Ohio
Saybrook	Ohio	United States	Old Saybrook	Connecticut	[63]
Sturgis	Saskatchewan	Canada	Sturgis	South Dakota	[64]
Texas	Queensland	Australia	Texas	Southern United States	[65]
Thedford	Ontario	Canada	Thetford	Vermont	[66]
Toledo	Oregon	United States	Toledo	Ohio
Troy	Michigan	United States	Troy	New York
Unity	Saskatchewan	Canada	Unity	Wisconsin	[67]
Virginia	Free State	South Africa	Virginia	Mid-Atlantic states
Wadena	Saskatchewan	Canada	Wadena	Minnesota	[67]
Westchester	Nova Scotia	Canada	Westchester County	New York	[68]
Weymouth	Nova Scotia	Canada	Weymouth	Massachusetts	[69]
Woonsocket	South Dakota	United States	Woonsocket	Rhode Island	[70]
Worthington	Minnesota	United States	Worthington	Ohio	[71]
Wyoming (U.S. state)	Western United States	United States	Wyoming Valley	Pennsylvania	[72]
Wyoming	Delaware	United States	Wyoming Valley	Pennsylvania
Wyoming	Michigan	United States	Wyoming Valley	Pennsylvania
Wyoming County	New York	United States	Wyoming Valley	Pennsylvania	[71]
Wyoming	Ohio	United States	Wyoming	Pennsylvania
Wyoming	Ontario	Canada	Wyoming Valley	Pennsylvania	[73]
Wyoming County	West Virginia	United States	Wyoming Valley	Pennsylvania	[71]
Yale	Michigan	United States	Yale University	Connecticut	[53]
Yarmouth	Nova Scotia	Canada	Yarmouth	Massachusetts	[74]

References

Footnotes

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

Citations

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. Gannett 1902, p. 29.
10. Gard 2015, p. 13.
11. Gannett 1902, p. 35.
12. Gard 2015, p. 20.
13. Hamilton 1978, p. 83.
14. Gannett 1902, p. 40.
15. Gard 2015, p. 26.
16. Hamilton 1978, p. 132.
17. Overman 1951, p. 5.
18. Gannett 1902, p. 50.
19. Lueders, Jeffrey R. (2006). Hamilton County's Green Township. Arcadia Publishing. p. 108. ISBN 9780738541174. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
20. Overman 1951, p. 6.
21. Nancy Capace (1 January 2001). Encyclopedia of Mississippi. Somerset Publishers, Inc. p. 446. ISBN 978-0-403-09603-9.
22. Gannett 1902, p. 52.
23. Gannett 1902, p. 55.
24. Hamilton 1978, p. 134.
25. Gannett 1902, p. 59.
26. Gannett 1902, p. 63.
27. Gannett 1902, p. 66.
28. Gannett 1902, p. 68.
29. Hamilton 1978, p. 237.
30. Rowland 1907, p. 397.
31. Hamilton 1978, p. 135.
32. Gannett 1902, p. 78.
33. Gannett 1902, p. 79.
34. Gannett 1902, p. 80.
35. Hamilton 1978, p. 169.
36. Gannett 1902, p. 83.
37. Gannett 1902, p. 86.
38. Hamilton 1978, p. 239.
39. Hamilton 1978, p. 29.
40. Hamilton 1978, p. 172.
41. Hamilton 1978, p. 90.
42. Gannett 1902, p. 131.
43. Overman 1951, p. 18.
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45. Rowland 1907, p. 1003.
46. Baca 2007, p. 49.
47. Hamilton 1978, p. 92.
48. Hamilton 1978, p. 93.
49. Ramsay, Robert L. (1973). Our storehouse of Missouri place names. Columbia: University of Missouri Press. ISBN 0-8262-0586-0. OCLC 3518606.
50. Hamilton 1978, p. 141.
51. Hamilton 1978, p. 302.
52. Hamilton 1978, p. 328.
53. Gannett 1902, p. 279.
54. Overman 1951, p. 30.
55. Hamilton 1978, p. 190.
56. Hamilton 1978, p. 56.
57. Overman 1951, p. 31.
58. Hamilton 1978, p. 193.
59. Baca 2007, p. 77.
60. Tarpley, Fred (1980). 1001 Texas Place Names. University of Texas Press. p. 156. ISBN 0292760159.
61. "Port Royal - Lost "Seat of Justice" of Coahoma County". My Southern Life. 12 June 2020.
62. Bright 1998, p. 140.
63. Callary 2009, p. 312.
64. Hamilton 1978, p. 306.
65. "Texas – town in Goondiwindi Region (entry 33782)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
66. Hamilton 1978, p. 207.
67. Hamilton 1978, p. 307.
68. Hamilton 1978, p. 151.
69. Hamilton 1978, p. 152.
70. Ehrensperger 1940, vol. 1, p. 69.
71. Gannett 1902, p. 278.
72. 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.
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