List of biblical place names in North America explained

North America has numerous places named after biblical towns and places. While most of them are in the eastern United States, very few are in the west and in Canada.New Palestine, Indiana

North America List

Province/
State
SubdivisionPlaceBiblical PlaceFirst Biblical Mention
(according to KJV order of books)
ALLimestone CountyAthensAthensActs 17:15
ALHouston CountyDothan[1] DothanGenesis 37:17
ALCullman County & Marshall CountyJoppaJaffaJoshua 19:46
ALEtowah County & Marshall CountySardis CitySardisRevelation 3:1
AKUnorganized BoroughBethelBethelGenesis 12:8
AKUnorganized BoroughElimElimExodus 15:27
AZMaricopa CountyPhoenixPhoenixActs 27:12
ARCraighead CountyAntiochAntiochActs 6:5
ARHoward CountyAthensAthensActs 17:15
ARBenton CountyBethel HeightsBethelGenesis 12:8
ARGreene CountyBethelBethelGenesis 12:8
ARConway CountyBethlehemBethlehemGenesis 35:19
ARPrairie CountyBeulahBeulahIsaiah 62:4
ARSearcy CountyCanaanCanaanGenesis 11:31
ARYell CountyCorinthCorinthActs 18:1
ARFaulkner CountyDamascusDamascusGenesis 14:15
ARCraighead CountyEgyptEgyptGenesis 12:10
ARJefferson CountyGethsemaneGethsemaneMatthew 26:36
ARWashington CountyGoshenGoshenGenesis 45:10
ARClark CountyHebronHebronGenesis 13:18
ARCrittenden CountyJerichoJerichoNumbers 22:1
ARConway CountyJerusalemJerusalemJoshua 10:1
ARBaxter CountyJordanJordanGenesis 13:10
ARSevier CountyLebanonLebanonDeuteronomy 1:7
TXCollin CountyLebanonLebanonDeuteronomy 1:7
ARNewton CountyMt. JudeaJudeaEzra 5:8
ARYell CountyMt. NeboMt. NeboNumbers 32:3
ARIzard CountyMount OliveMount of Olives2 Samuel 15:30
ARPerry CountyNimrodNimrodMicah 5:6
ARSt. Francis CountyPalestinePalestineJoel 3:4
ARFulton CountySalemSalemGenesis 14:18
AROuachita CountySalemSalemGenesis 14:18
ARPike CountySalemSalemGenesis 14:18
ARSaline CountySalemSalemGenesis 14:18
ARColumbia CountyShilohShilohJoshua 18:1
ARHoward CountyShilohShilohJoshua 18:1
ARLafayette CountyShilohShilohJoshua 18:1
ARPope CountyShilohShilohJoshua 18:1
ARBenton CountySiloam SpringsSiloamLuke 13:4
ARPope CountySmyrnaSmyrnaRevelation 1:11
ARIzard CountyZionZion2 Samuel 5:7
BCVancouverJericho BeachJerichoNumbers 22:1
CAContra Costa CountyAntioch[2] AntiochActs 6:5
CAMonterey CountyCarmel-by-the-sea[3] CarmelJoshua 12:22
COPueblo CountyBeulahBeulahIsaiah 62:4
CTNew Haven CountyBethanyBethanyMatthew 21:7
CTFairfield CountyBethelBethelGenesis 12:8
CTLitchfield CountyBethlehemBethlehemGenesis 35:19
CTNew London CountyBozrahBozrahGenesis 36:33
CTLitchfield CountyCanaanCanaanGenesis 9:18
CTLitchfield CountyGoshenGoshenGenesis 45:10
CTTolland CountyHebronHebronGenesis 13:18
CTNew London CountyLebanonLebanonDeuteronomy 1:7
CTFairfield CountyNew CanaanCanaanGenesis 9:18
CTNew London CountySalemSalemGenesis 14:18
CTLitchfield CountySharonSharon1 Chronicles 5:16
DESussex CountyBethany BeachBethanyMatthew 21:7
DESussex CountyBethelBethelGenesis 12:8
DESussex CountyRehoboth BeachRehobothGenesis 26:22
FLVolusia CountyNew Smyrna BeachSmyrnaRevelation 2:8
GAClarke CountyAthensActs 17:15
GABarrow CountyBethlehemBethlehemGenesis 35:19
GARichmond CountyHephzibah[4] Hephzibah2 Kings 21:1
GACarroll CountyMount ZionZion2 Samuel 5:7
GAFloyd CountyRomeRomeActs 2:10
GAUpson CountySalemSalemGenesis 14:18
GACobb CountySmyrnaSmyrnaRevelation 2:8
ILMenard CountyAthensAthensActs 17:15
ILMoultrie CountyBethanyBethanyMatthew 21:7
ILMcHenry CountyHebronHebronGenesis 13:18
ILSt. Clair CountyLebanonLebanonDeuteronomy 1:7
ILMacon CountyMount ZionZion2 Samuel 5:7
ILPeoria CountyRomeRomeActs 2:10
ILMarion CountySalemSalemGenesis 14:18
ILLake CountyZionZion2 Samuel 5:7
INElkhart CountyGoshenGoshenGenesis 45:10
INPorter CountyHebronHebronGenesis 13:18
INSullivan CountyJerichoJerichoNumbers 22:1
INBoone CountyLebanonLebanonDeuteronomy 1:7
INNoble CountyRome CityRomeActs 2:10
INWashington CountySalemSalemGenesis 14:18
IAFayette CountyIllyria TownshipIllyriaRomans 15:19
IAHenry CountyRomeRomeActs 2:10
IAHenry CountySalemSalemGenesis 14:18
KSDickinson CountyAbileneAbileneLuke 3:1
KSSmith CountyLebanonLebanonDeuteronomy 1:7
KYBoone CountyHebronHebronGenesis 13:18
KYMarion CountyLebanonLebanonDeuteronomy 1:7
KYRobertson CountyMount OlivetMount of OlivesZechariah 14:4
KYLivingstone CountySalemSalemGenesis 14:18
LAClaiborne ParishAthensAthensActs 17:15
MESomerset CountyAthensAthensActs 17:15
MEOxford CountyBethelBethelGenesis 12:8
MESomerset CountyCanaanCanaanGenesis 9:18
MEOxford CountyGileadGileadGenesis 31:21
MEOxford CountyHebronHebronGenesis 13:18
MEYork CountyLebanonLebanonDeuteronomy 1:7
MEAroostook CountyMars HillAreopagusActs 17:22
MEKennebec CountyRomeRomeActs 2:10
MDMontgomery CountyDamascusDamascusGenesis 14:15
MDWicomico CountyHebronHebronGenesis 13:18
MDHarford CountyJoppatowneJaffaJoshua 19:46
MAHampshire CountyGoshenGoshenGenesis 45:10
MAFranklin CountyNew SalemSalemGenesis 14:18
MABristol CountyRehobothRehobothGenesis 26:22
MAEssex CountySalemSalemGenesis 14:18
MANorfolk CountySharonSharon1 Chronicles 5:16
MICalhoun CountyAthensAthensActs 17:15
MIBenzie CountyBeulahBeulahIsaiah 62:4
MIBranch CountyGilead TownshipGileadGenesis 31:21
MNAnoka CountyBethelBethelGenesis 12:8
MNAnoka CountyEast BethelBethelGenesis 12:8
MNStearns CountyZionZion2 Samuel 5:7
MSAlcorn CountyCorinthCorinthRevelation 1:11
MSNeshoba CountyPhiladelphiaPhiladelphiaRevelation 1:11
MOHarrison CountyBethanyBethanyMatthew 21:7
MOShelby CountyBethelBethelGenesis 12:8
MOCedar CountyJerico SpringsJerichoNumbers 22:1
MOLaclede CountyLebanonLebanonDeuteronomy 1:7
MOHarrison CountyMount MoriahMoriahGenesis 22:2
MODent CountySalemSalemGenesis 14:18
NEThayer CountyGileadGileadGenesis 31:21
NEThayer CountyHebronHebronGenesis 13:18
NERichardson CountySalemSalemGenesis 14:18
NBQueens CountyDamascusDamascusGenesis 14:15
NBWestmorland CountyJerichoJerichoNumbers 22:1
NBAlbert CountyHebronHebronGenesis 13:18
NLNewfoundlandMount MoriahMoriahGenesis 22:2
NHGrafton CountyBethlehemBethlehemGenesis 35:19
NHGrafton CountyCanaanCanaanGenesis 9:18
NHGrafton CountyHebronHebronGenesis 13:18
NHGrafton CountyLebanonLebanonDeuteronomy 1:7
NHRockingham CountySalemSalemGenesis 14:18
NJHunterdon CountyBethlehem TownshipBethlehemGenesis 35:19
NJHunterdon CountyLebanonLebanonDeuteronomy 1:7
NJCamden CountyMount EphraimMount EphraimJoshua 19:50
NJMorris CountyMount OliveMount of OlivesZechariah 14:4
NJSalem CountySalemSalemGenesis 14:18
NMValencia CountyBelenBethlehemGenesis 35:19
NMMcKinley CountyRehobothRehobothGenesis 26:22
NMDoña Ana CountySalemSalemGenesis 14:18
NYGreene CountyAthensAthensActs 17:15
NYSuffolk CountyBabylonBabylonGenesis 11:9
NYGenesee CountyBethanyBethanyMatthew 21:7
NYSullivan CountyBethelBethelGenesis 12:8
NYAlbany CountyBethlehemBethlehemGenesis 35:19
NYColumbia CountyCanaanCanaanGenesis 9:18
NYFulton CountyEphratahEphrathGenesis 35:19
NYOrange CountyGoshenGoshenGenesis 45:10
NYWashington CountyHebronHebronGenesis 13:18
NYNassau CountyJerichoJerichoNumbers 22:1
NYYates CountyJerusalemJerusalemJoshua 10:1
NYMadison CountyLebanonLebanonDeuteronomy 1:7
NYSaratoga CountyMaltaMaltaActs 28:1
NYEssex CountyMoriahMoriahGenesis 22:2
NYOneida CountyRomeRomeActs 2:10
NYWashington CountySalemSalemGenesis 14:18
NCPitt CountyBethelBethelGenesis 12:8
NCAlexander CountyBethlehemBethlehemGenesis 35:19
NCMadison CountyMars HillAreopagusActs 17:22
NCMontgomery CountyMount GileadGileadGenesis 31:21
NCWayne County & Duplin CountyMount OliveMount of OlivesZechariah 14:4
NCMcDowell CountyNeboNeboNumbers 32:3
NCBurke CountySalemSalemGenesis 14:18
NCForsyth CountyWinston-Salem[5] SalemGenesis 14:18
NDMorton CountyHebronHebronGenesis 13:18
OHAthens CountyAthensAthensActs 17:15
OHCuyahoga CountyBereaVeriaActs 17:10
OHClermont CountyBethelBethelGenesis 12:8
OHMorrow CountyMount GileadGileadGenesis 31:21
OHLicking CountyHebronHebronGenesis 13:18
OHMonroe CountyJerusalemJerusalemJoshua 10:1
OHWarren CountyLebanonLebanonDeuteronomy 1:7
OHAdams CountyRomeRomeActs 2:10
OHColumbiana County & Mahoning CountySalemSalemGenesis 14:18
OKOklahoma CountyBethanyBethanyMatthew 21:7
OKPottawatomie CountyBethel AcresBethelGenesis 12:8
OKMarshall CountyLebanonLebanonDeuteronomy 1:7
ONLeeds and Grenville United CountiesAthensAthensActs 17:15
ONKawartha LakesBethanyBethanyMatthew 21:7
ONWellington CountySalemSalemGenesis 14:18
ORWashington CountyBethanyBethanyMatthew 21:7
ORClackamas CountyDamascusDamascusGenesis 14:15
ORLinn CountyLebanonLebanonDeuteronomy 1:7
ORMarion CountySalemSalemGenesis 14:18
PALehigh County & Northampton CountyBethlehemBethlehemGenesis 35:19
PANorthumberland CountyDalmatiaDalmatia2 Timothy 4:10
PALehigh CountyEmmausEmmausLuke 24:13
PALancaster CountyEphrataEphrathGenesis 35:19
PALebanon CountyLebanonLebanonDeuteronomy 1:7
PANorthampton CountyNazarethNazarethMatthew 2:23
PAPhiladelphia CountyPhiladelphia[6] PhiladelphiaRevelation 1:11
PABradford CountyRomeRomeActs 2:10
PAWestmoreland CountySardisMurrysville, PennsylvaniaRevelation 3:1
PACentre CountyZionZion2 Samuel 5:7
PEPrince CountyHebronHebronGenesis 13:18
QCMontérégieBéthanieBethanyMatthew 21:7
RIWashington CountyGalileeGalileeJoshua 20:7
RIWashington CountyJerusalemJerusalemJoshua 10:1
SKRural Municipality of Orkney No. 244EbenezerEben-Ezer1 Samuel 4:1
SCGreenwood CountyPromised LandPromised LandGenesis 9:18
SCOconee CountySalemSalemGenesis 14:18
SDMcCook CountySalemSalemGenesis 14:18
TNMcMinn CountyAthensAthensActs 17:15
TNWilson CountyLebanon[7] LebanonDeuteronomy 1:7
TNShelby CountyMemphis[8] MemphisHosea 9:6
TNLoudon CountyPhiladelphiaPhiladelphiaRevelation 1:11
TXTaylor County & Jones CountyAbilene[9] AbileneLuke 3:1
TXHenderson CountyAthensAthensActs 17:15
TXCollin County & Denton CountyHebron[10] HebronGenesis 13:18
TXHall CountyMemphisMemphisHosea 9:6
TXCastro CountyNazarethNazarethMatthew 2:23
TXWise CountyRhomeRomeActs 2:10
UTSanpete CountyEphraimMount EphraimJoshua 19:50
UTGrand CountyMoabMoabGenesis 19:37
UTUtah CountySalemSalemGenesis 14:18
UTSalt Lake CountySouth JordanJordan RiverGenesis 13:10
UTSalt Lake CountyWest JordanJordan RiverGenesis 13:10
VTWindham CountyAthensAthensActs 17:15
VTEssex CountyCanaanCanaanGenesis 9:18
VTOrange CountyCorinthCorinthActs 18:1
VTChittenden CountyJerichoJerichoNumbers 22:1
VAWashington CountyDamascusDamascusGenesis 14:15
VALoudoun CountyMount GileadGileadGenesis 31:21
VARussell CountyLebanonLebanonDeuteronomy 1:7
VARoanoke CountySalemSalemGenesis 14:18
WAGrant CountyEphrata[11] EphrathGenesis 35:19
WAWhitman CountyTekoaTekoa1 Chronicles 2:24
WVMercer CountyAthensAthensActs 17:15
WVBrooke CountyBethanyBethanyMatthew 21:7
WVOhio CountyBethlehemBethlehemGenesis 35:19
WVTucker CountyCanaan ValleyCanaanGenesis 9:18
WVHarrison CountySalemSalemGenesis 14:18
WIMarathon CountyAthensAthensActs 17:15
WIJefferson CountyHebronHebronGenesis 13:18
WIDodge CountyLebanonLebanonDeuteronomy 1:7
WIWaupaca CountyLebanonLebanonDeuteronomy 1:7
WIAdams CountyRomeRomeActs 2:10
WIJefferson CountyRomeRomeActs 2:10

United States extended list

Antioch

Antioch on the Orontes (Greek Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου Antiocheia hē epi Orontou) was a city on the eastern side of the Orontes River. It was visited by Saint Peter and Saint Paul.

Athens

Bethabara

Bethabara (Aramaic בית עברה Bēth‛ăbhārāh) is a site where John the Baptist baptized.

Bethany

Bethany (Aramaic: בית עניא, Beth Anya, "house of the figs") was a village near Jerusalem and residence of the siblings Martha, Mary and Lazarus, and also Simon the Leper.

Bethel

Bethel (Hebrew: בֵית אֵל bet el, "House of God") was a border town between Benjamin and Ephraim.

Bethesda

The Pool of Bethesda (Aramaic בית חסדא Beth ḥesda "House of Mercy") is a healing pool in Jerusalem.

Bethlehem

Bethlehem (בֵית לֶחֶם Beit Lehem, Literally: "House of the bread'") was a town in the hill country of Judah and the birthplace of Jesus (according to Mark and Luke) and David, as well as the place of death of Rachel.

Bethpage

Bethpage or Bethphage (Aramaic בית פגי "House of unripe figs") is a town where Jesus asked the disciples to find a donkey and colt for his Entry into Jerusalem.

Beulah

Canaan

Canaan (Phoenician: Kanaʻn; Hebrew: כְּנָעַן Kənáʻan) was a region conquered by the Israelites as the Promised Land.

Carmel

Mount Carmel (Hebrew הַר הַכַּרְמֶל, Har HaKarmel, "God's vineyard") was a sacred mountain where Elijah defeated the prophets of a Ba'al in a contest. Carmel was a town in Judea mentioned as the residence of Nabal and Abigail.

Corinth

Corinth (Greek: Κόρινθος, Kórinthos) was a city on the Isthmus of Corinth. Paul of Tarsus lived there for 18 months, and also wrote two epistles to the Corinthians.

Damascus

Damascus is a Syrian city. The Conversion of Paul the Apostle took place on the road to Damascus.

Emmaus

Emmaus (Greek: Ἐμμαούς, Emmaous; Hebrew: חמת Hammat, "warm spring") was a town near Jerusalem. Jesus appeared to two of the Apostles on the road between Jerusalem and Emmaus.

Ephesus

Ephesus (Greek: Ἔφεσος Ephesos) was a Greek city on the west coast of Anatolia. Paul of Tarsus lived there for several years, and also wrote an Epistle to the Ephesians. One of the Seven churches of Asia to whom the first part of the Book of Revelation is addressed (2:1-7 KJV). The author praises the Ephesians for their perseverance and discernment, but admonishes them for backsliding from a more praiseworthy condition.

Gethsemane

Goshen

The Land of Goshen (Hebrew גֹּשֶׁן Gōšen) was a place settled by the sons of Jacob.

Hebron

Hebron (Hebrew חֶבְרוֹן Ḥeḇrôn, "friend") was a city in Canaan mentioned in several parts of the Old Testament.

Hell

Hell is mentioned 54 times in the King James Version of the bible, representing a place of torment and punishment in the afterlife.

Jericho

Jericho (Hebrew יְרִיחוֹ Yəriḥo, "fragrant" or "Moon") was a city conquered in the battle of Jericho by Joshua and the Children of Israel.

Jerusalem

Jerusalem (Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַיִם Yerushaláyim, "Abode of Peace" or "Abode of Shalim") was the traditional capital city of the Israelites and site of the Temple.

Jordan

The Jordan River (Hebrew: נהר הירדן Nehar Hayarden) forms the eastern border of Palestine and was the site of the baptism of Jesus.

Towns

Rivers

Judea

Lebanon

Lebanon (Semitic root L-B-N, "white") is a land to the north of the current state of Israel (Biblically; Canaan) and is mentioned 70 times in the Bible.

Mount Hermon

Mount Hermon (Hebrew הר חרמון Har Hermon) was the northern limit of the Promised Land and possible site of the Transfiguration.

Moab

Moab (Hebrew: מוֹאָב Môʼāḇ, "seed of father") was a strip of land on the eastern shore of the Dead Sea. It was founded by a son of Lot.

Mount Olivet

The Mount of Olives or Mount Olivet (Hebrew: הַר הַזֵּיתִים Har HaZeitim) is a mountain east of Jerusalem, most notable as the site of the Olivet Discourse and the Ascension of Jesus.

Mount Nebo

Nazareth

Nazareth (Hebrew נָצְרַת Natzrat / Natzeret) was a village in Galilee which was the childhood home of Jesus.

Nimrod

Nineveh

Nineveh (Hebrew: נינוה Nīnewē) was an Assyrian city on the eastern bank of the Tigris. It is mentioned in several parts of the Bible.

Ophir

Ophir (Hebrew אוֹפִיר ʼÔp̄îr) is mentioned in the Bible as a source of King Solomon's wealth.

Palestine

Palestine is a narrow region along the Mediterranean Sea from Northern Sinai until Caesarea.

Patmos

Patmos (Greek: Πάτμος) was the residence of John of Patmos, author of the Book of Revelation.

Rehoboth

Rehoboth (Hebrew רְחוֹבוֹת Reḥovot, "broad place") is the name of three places in the Bible. In 26:22 KJV, It signifies vacant land in the Land of Canaan where Isaac is permitted to dig a well without being ousted by the Philistines.

Salem

Salem (sha'lem) [Cana'anite patron god; son of 'Ashtar] is a city mentioned in the biblical Old Testament. It was theroyal city of Melchizedek and traditionally identified with Jerusalem.[14]

Shiloh

Shiloh (Hebrew שילו Šîlô / שלו Šīlô / שלה Šīlōh) was an assembly place for the people of Israel where there was a sanctuary containing the Ark of the Covenant.

Siloam

Smyrna

One of the Seven churches of Asia to whom the first part of the Book of Revelation is addressed (2:8-11 KJV). The author praises their fortitude in adversity.

Tyre

Tyre (Hebrew צור Ṣōr) is a city in the Lebanon mentioned many times in the Old Testament.

Mount Zion

Mount Zion (Hebrew הר צִיּוֹן Har Tsion) is an elevation west of the Mount of Olives outside Jerusalem and was used as a name for the Temple Mount or the City of David.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dothan, AL - Official Website | Official Website.
  2. Gudde, Erwin; William Bright (2004). California Place Names (Fourth ed. ed.). University of California Press. p. 15. .
  3. Web site: City of Carmel - Home Page . ci.carmel.ca.us . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080507200531/http://ci.carmel.ca.us/carmel/index.cfm . 2008-05-07.
  4. Web site: Hephzibah proud of separate identity The Augusta Chronicle . chronicle.augusta.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100624093139/http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2010-06-20/hephzibah-proud-separate-identity . 2010-06-24.
  5. Web site: City of Winston-Salem, NC | Official Website.
  6. Web site: City of Philadelphia.
  7. Web site: City of Lebanon, Tennessee . 2011-06-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110514150625/http://www.lebanontn.org/default.aspx . 2011-05-14 .
  8. Web site: Home . 2011-06-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20041103220242/http://www.memphistn.gov/framework.aspx?page=1 . 2004-11-03 .
  9. Web site: Abilene, TX | Official Website.
  10. Web site: Hebron, Tx. 15 June 2010.
  11. Web site: Home . ephrata.org.
  12. News: Holland . Makenzie . October 30, 2016 . What's the Story Behind Brunswick County's Half Hell Swamp? . Star News.
  13. News: Schachtman . Benjamin . February 15, 2017 . Heaven at Half Hell: Greenlands Farm Reopens Store and Reinvigorates Family Farming . Port City Dail.
  14. Web site: Salem definition of Salem in the Free Online Encyclopedia . Encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com . 2012-07-12.