List of places named after places in the United States
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Not to be confused with List of American places named after people or List of U.S. counties that share names with U.S. 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.
For the alphabetical list of places named after nearby cities, e.g., East Cleveland, Ohio, see Category:Places named after nearby United States cities.
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.
[edit] References
- ^ Carlson, Helen S. Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary. http://books.google.com/books?id=BixwbIM7ZvAC&pg=PA225. Retrieved 2010-10-30.