List of places named after places in the United States explained

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

	Texas	United States		Kansas
	Maine	United States		Massachusetts
	New York	United States		Ohio
	California	United States		New York
	Missouri	United States		New York
	Oregon	United States		New York
	Texas	United States		Georgia
	California	United States		Illinois
	Maine	United States		New Hampshire
	Alabama	United States	Argura	North Carolina
	Texas	United States		Virginia	^[1]
	Virginia	United States		Virginia	^[2]
	Kansas	United States		Kentucky
	Massachusetts	United States		Kentucky
	Mississippi	United States		Kentucky
	Nebraska	United States		Kentucky
	New York	United States		Kentucky
	Pennsylvania	United States		Kentucky
	Ohio	United States		Kentucky
	Oregon	United States		Kentucky
	Wisconsin	United States		Kentucky
	New York	United States		Massachusetts
	Vermont	United States		Massachusetts
	Wisconsin	United States		Vermont
	New Brunswick	Canada		Maine
	Kansas	United States		Wisconsin
	Wisconsin	United States		Michigan
	Nova Scotia	Canada		Maine
		United States		Virginia
		United States		Kentucky
	New Hampshire	United States		Massachusetts
	Vermont	United States		Massachusetts
	Vermont	United States		Massachusetts
Bridgetown	Ohio	United States	Bridgeton	New Jersey	^[3]
	Ohio	United States		Connecticut
	Ohio	United States		Connecticut
	Ohio	United States		Massachusetts
	Mississippi	United States		New York	^[4]
	Michigan	United States		New York
	Mississippi	United States		New York
	Illinois	United States		Massachusetts
	Kansas	United States		Vermont
	Iowa	United States		Vermont
	Michigan	United States		Vermont
		United States	California (U.S. state)	Western United States
	Nova Scotia	Canada		Massachusetts
	Missouri	United States		North Carolina
		United States		Maryland
		United States		Maryland
		United States		Maryland
		United States		Maryland
		United States		Maryland
		United States		Maryland
		United States		Illinois
	Illinois	United States		New York
	Minnesota	United States		New York
	Wisconsin	United States		New York
	Mississippi	United States		South Carolina
	Quebec	Canada		Vermont
	Mississippi	United States		South Carolina
	Nova Scotia	Canada		Pennsylvania
	Gauteng	South Africa		Ohio
	Alabama	United States		Massachusetts
	New York	United States		Connecticut
Coldwater	Kansas	United States		Michigan
Colwich	Kansas	United States	Colorado (U.S. state) Wichita	Western United States Kansas
	Ohio	United States		Massachusetts
	North Carolina	United States		Massachusetts
	Vermont	United States		Massachusetts
	Ontario	Canada		Pennsylvania
	Kansas	United States		New York
	Vermont	United States		Connecticut
	Michigan	United States		New York
	Quebec	Canada		Vermont
	Vermont	United States		Connecticut
		United States		Iowa
	Alabama	United States		Illinois
	Alberta	Canada		South Dakota
		Canada		New York
		United States		Southern United States
	Alberta	Canada		South Dakota
	New Brunswick	Canada		New York
	New Brunswick	Canada		New York
	Kansas	United States		Connecticut
	Ohio	United States		Connecticut
	Vermont	United States		Connecticut
	West Virginia	United States		Connecticut
	Illinois	United States		Massachusetts
	Texas			Alabama
	Kansas	United States		Missouri	^[5]
	Mississippi	United States		Tennessee
	Mississippi	United States		Indiana
	Nevada	United States		Vermont
	New Brunswick	Canada		Massachusetts
	New Brunswick	Canada		Massachusetts
Lexington	Kentucky	United States	Lexington	Massachusetts	^[6]
	Nova Scotia	Canada		New Hampshire
	Kansas	United States		New York City
		United States		New York City
	Saskatchewan	Canada		Minnesota
	London	United Kingdom		Mid-Atlantic states
	Southeastern Liberia		Maryland	Mid-Atlantic states
	Colorado	United States		Massachusetts
	Yukon	Canada		Washington (state)
	Colorado	United States		Connecticut
	Ohio	United States	Albany	New York
		Canada		New York
	Ohio	United States		Massachusetts
New Albion	New York	United States	Albion	New York
	British Columbia	Canada		Colorado
	Ohio	United States		New England
	Ohio	United States		Pennsylvania
	Ohio	United States	Royalton Township (defunct)	Vermont
	Ohio	United States		Massachusetts
	New Brunswick	Canada		Massachusetts
	Ohio	United States		Connecticut
	Vermont	United States		Connecticut
	Colorado	United States		Kansas
	Ontario	Canada		Maine
	Mississippi	United States		New York
		United States		Kentucky	^[7]
Philadelphia Boulevard	Torún	Poland	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania
		United States		Maine
	Mississippi	United States		South Carolina	^[8]
Royalton Township (defunct)	Vermont	United States		Vermont
	California	United States		New York
	California	United States		Massachusetts
		United States		Connecticut
				Ohio
	Ohio	United States		Connecticut
	Saskatchewan	Canada		South Dakota
	Queensland	Australia		Southern United States	^[9]
	Ontario	Canada		Vermont
		United States		Ohio
		United States		New York
	Saskatchewan	Canada		Wisconsin
	Free State	South Africa		Mid-Atlantic states
	Saskatchewan	Canada		Minnesota
	Nova Scotia	Canada		New York
	Nova Scotia	Canada		Massachusetts
		United States		Rhode Island
	Minnesota	United States		Ohio
Wyoming (U.S. state)		United States		Pennsylvania	^[10]
		United States		Pennsylvania
		United States		Pennsylvania
	New York	United States		Pennsylvania
	Ohio	United States		Pennsylvania
	Ontario	Canada		Pennsylvania
	West Virginia	United States		Pennsylvania
	Michigan	United States		Connecticut
	Nova Scotia	Canada		Massachusetts

References

• Book: Baca, Keith A.. Native American Place Names in Mississippi. 2007. University Press of Mississippi. 978-1-60473-483-6.
• Book: Bright, William . 1500 California Place Names : Their Origin and Meaning . University of California Press . 1998 . 9780520212718 . Berkeley .
• Book: Callary, Edward . Place Names of Illinois . University of Illinois Press . 2009 . 9780252033568 . Urbana .
• Book: Ehrensperger, E.C. . South Dakota place-names, compiled by workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of South Dakota . American guide series . University of South Dakota . 1940 . Vermillion . HathiTrust.
• Book: Gannett, Henry. The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Government Printing Office. 1902. Bulletins of the United States Geological Survey. Washington, D.C..
• Book: Gard, Robert E. . The Romance of Wisconsin Place Names . Wisconsin Historical Society Press . 2015 . 9780870207075 . Madison . First published 1968 .
• Book: Hamilton, William B. . The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names . Macmillan . 1978 . Toronto . 9780770515249 . registration.
• Book: Overman, W.D. . Ohio Place Names: The Origin of the Names of Over 500 Cities, Towns, and Villages . 1951 . Akron, Ohio . HathiTrust.
• Book: Rowland, Dunbar . Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form . Southern Historical Publishing Association . 1907 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Preservation plan . 2014 . arlingtontx.gov .
2. Book: Hanna, Jennifer . Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial: Cultural Landscape Report . Government Printing Office . 2001 . Washington, D.C. . 6.
3. Book: Lueders, Jeffrey R. . Hamilton County's Green Township . Arcadia Publishing . 2006 . 9780738541174 . 108 . 11 December 2013.
4. Book: Nancy Capace. Encyclopedia of Mississippi. 1 January 2001. Somerset Publishers, Inc.. 978-0-403-09603-9. 446.
5. Web site: Why isn't Kansas City named Missouri City? A history teacher explains. LONDBERG. MAX. June 13, 2017. The Kansas City Star. August 9, 2017.
6. Book: Ramsay, Robert L. . Our storehouse of Missouri place names . 1973 . University of Missouri Press . 0-8262-0586-0 . Columbia . 3518606.
7. Book: Tarpley, Fred . 1001 Texas Place Names . University of Texas Press . 1980 . 0292760159 . 156 . registration.
8. Web site: Port Royal - Lost "Seat of Justice" of Coahoma County . My Southern Life . 12 June 2020 .
9. 9 April 2024.
10. Book: Stewart, George R. . Names on the Land: A Historical Account of Place-Naming in the United States . 2008 . New York Review Books . 978-1-59017-273-5 . New York . 310–312 . 176952635.