List of places named after places in 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
AlbanyTexas United StatesAlbanyGeorgia
AlbanyMissouri United StatesAlbanyNew York
AlbanyOregon United StatesAlbanyNew York
ArgutaAlabama United StatesArguraNorth Carolina
ArlingtonTexas United StatesArlingtonVirginia[1]:26[lower-alpha 1]
Bowling GreenKentucky United StatesBowling GreenVirginia
Bowling GreenOhio United StatesBowling GreenKentucky
BristolOhio United States BristolConnecticut
BrookhavenMississippi[2] United States BrookhavenNew York
CaliforniaPennsylvania United States California (U.S. state)Western United States
CarrolltonTexas United States CarrolltonIllinois
ChesterMississippi[3] United States ChesterSouth Carolina
CohassettAlabama United States CohassetMassachusetts
Concord TownshipOhio United States ConcordMassachusetts
CoventryVermont United States CoventryConnecticut
DerbyVermont United States DerbyConnecticut
Des MoinesWashington United States Des MoinesIowa
ElginAlabama United States ElginIllinois
ElmiraOntario Canada ElmiraNew York
FloridaMassachusetts United States Spanish FloridaSouthern United States
Hartford TownshipOhio United States HartfordConnecticut
Kansas CityKansas[4] United States Kansas CityMissouri
KnoxvilleMississippi[5] United States KnoxvilleTennessee
ManhattanKansas United States ManhattanNew York City
ManhattanMontana United States ManhattanNew York City
MarylandLondon United KingdomMarylandMid-Atlantic states
NewburyOhio United States NewburyportMassachusetts
New HampshireOhio United States New HampshireNew England
New PhiladelphiaOhio United States PhiladelphiaPennsylvania
North RoyaltonOhio United States Royalton Township (defunct)Vermont
Royalton Township (defunct)Vermont United States Royalton, VermontVermont
NorwichVermont United States NorwichConnecticut
OlatheColorado United States OlatheKansas
PaducahTexas United States PaducahKentucky
PortlandOregon United States PortlandMaine
Port RoyalMississippi[6] United States Port RoyalSouth Carolina
Saratoga SpringsCalifornia United States Saratoga SpringsNew York
SaybrookIllinois United States Old SaybrookConnecticut
ToledoOregon United States ToledoOhio
WoonsocketSouth Dakota United States WoonsocketRhode Island
Wyoming (U.S. state)Western United States United States Wyoming ValleyPennsylvania
WyomingMichigan United States Wyoming ValleyPennsylvania
WyomingDelaware United States Wyoming ValleyPennsylvania
WyomingOhio United States WyomingPennsylvania
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.
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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. 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. 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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