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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
Albany Texas United States Albany Georgia
Albany Missouri United States Albany New York
Albany Oregon United States Albany New York
Arguta Alabama United States Argura North Carolina
Arlington Texas United States Arlington Virginia[1]: 26 [a]
Bowling Green Kentucky United States Bowling Green Virginia
Bowling Green Ohio United States Bowling Green Kentucky
Bristol Ohio United States Bristol Connecticut
Brookhaven Mississippi[2] United States Brookhaven New York
California Pennsylvania United States California (U.S. state) Western United States
Carrollton Texas United States Carrollton Illinois
Chester Mississippi[3] United States Chester South Carolina
Cohassett Alabama United States Cohasset Massachusetts
Concord Township Ohio United States Concord Massachusetts
Coventry Vermont United States Coventry Connecticut
Derby Vermont United States Derby Connecticut
Des Moines Washington United States Des Moines Iowa
Elgin Alabama United States Elgin Illinois
Elmira Ontario Canada Elmira New York
Florida Massachusetts United States Spanish Florida Southern United States
Hartford Township Ohio United States Hartford Connecticut
Kansas City Kansas[4] United States Kansas City Missouri
Knoxville Mississippi[5] United States Knoxville Tennessee
Manhattan Kansas United States Manhattan New York City
Manhattan Montana United States Manhattan New York City
Maryland London United Kingdom Maryland Mid-Atlantic states
Newbury Ohio United States Newburyport Massachusetts
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
Royalton Township (defunct) Vermont United States Royalton, Vermont Vermont
Norwich Vermont United States Norwich Connecticut
Olathe Colorado United States Olathe Kansas
Paducah Texas United States Paducah Kentucky
Portland Oregon United States Portland Maine
Port Royal Mississippi[6] United States Port Royal South Carolina
Saratoga Springs California United States Saratoga Springs New York
Saybrook Illinois United States Old Saybrook Connecticut
Toledo Oregon United States Toledo Ohio
Woonsocket South Dakota United States Woonsocket Rhode Island
Wyoming (U.S. state) Western United States United States Wyoming Valley Pennsylvania
Wyoming Michigan United States Wyoming Valley Pennsylvania
Wyoming Delaware United States Wyoming Valley Pennsylvania
Wyoming Ohio United States Wyoming Pennsylvania

References

  1. ^ "Preservation plan" (PDF). arlingtontx.gov. 2014.
  2. ^ Nancy Capace (1 January 2001). Encyclopedia of Mississippi. Somerset Publishers, Inc. p. 446. ISBN 978-0-403-09603-9.
  3. ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 397.
  4. ^ LONDBERG, MAX (June 13, 2017). "Why isn't Kansas City named Missouri City? A history teacher explains". The Kansas City Star. The Kansas City Star. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
  5. ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 1003.
  6. ^ "Port Royal - Lost "Seat of Justice" of Coahoma County". My Southern Life. 12 June 2020.

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.
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