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List of city name changes

This is a list of cities and towns whose names were officially changed at one or more points in history. It does not include gradual changes in spelling that took place over long periods of time.

see also: Geographical renaming, List of names of European cities in different languages, and List of renamed places in the United States

Afghanistan

Algeria

Angola

Argentina

  • La Plata → Ciudad Eva Perón (1952) → La Plata (1955)
  • Ciudad de la Santísima Trinidad y Puerto de Santa María del Buen Aire → Buenos Aires

Armenia

Australia

New South Wales

Northern Territory

Queensland

  • Limestone Station → Ipswich

South Australia

Tasmania

Victoria

Western Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Bangladesh

Belarus

Belgium

Bolivia

Botswana

  • Gaberones → Gaborone (1969)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Bosanska Dubica → Kozarska Dubica (1992)
  • Bosanska GradiÅ¡ka → GradiÅ¡ka
  • Bosanska Kostajnica → Kostajnica
  • Bosanski Brod → Brod
  • Bosanski Novi → Novi Grad
  • Bosanski Å amac → Å amac
  • Bosansko Petrovo Selo → Petrovo
  • Delminium → Županjac → Županj-potok → Županjac → Duvno → Tomislavgrad → Duvno → Tomislavgrad
  • Drvar → Titov Drvar (1981) → Drvar (1991)
  • Hvoča → Foča → Srbinje → Foča
  • Novi Travnik → Pucarevo (1980 - 1992) → Novi Travnik
  • Skender Vakuf → Kneževo
  • Å iroki Brig → LiÅ¡tica (1952 - 1992) → Å iroki Brijeg

Brazil

Brunei

Bulgaria

  • Ratiaria → Archar
  • Asenovgrad → Stanimaka → Asenovgrad (1934)
  • Scaptopara → Cuma-i Bala (Yukarı Cuma) → Gorna Dzhumaya → Blagoevgrad
  • Orhanie → Botevgrad
  • Pyrgos → Burgaz →Burgas
  • Hadzhioglu Pazardzhik → Tolbukhin (1949) → Dobrich (1990)
  • Dupniche → Marek → Stanke Dimitrov → Dupnitsa
  • Nevrokop → Gotse Delchev
  • Ortaköy → Ivailovgrad
  • Pautalia → Velbazhd → Köstendil → Kyustendil
  • Golyama Kutlovitsa → Kutlofça → Ferdinand (1890)→ Mihailovgrad (1945) → Montana (1993)
  • Mesembria → Misivri→ Nesebar
  • Tatar Pazardzhik → Pazardzhik
  • Kendros (Kendrisos/Kendrisia) → Odryssa → Eumolpia → Philipopolis → Trimontium → Ulpia → Flavia → Julia → Paldin/Ploudin → Poulpoudeva → Filibe → Plovdiv
  • Anchialos → Tuthom → Anhyolu → Anhialo → Pomorie
  • Ruschuk (Rusčuk) → Rousse
  • Şumnu → Shumen → Kolarovgrad (1950) → Shumen (1965)
  • Durostorum → Dorostol → Drastar → Silistre → Silistra
  • Bashmakli → Ahiçelebi → Smolyan
  • Serdica → Sredets → Triaditsa → Sofya →Sofia
  • Beroe → Vereya (Beroya) → Ulpia Augusta Trajana → Irinopolis → Boruy → Vereya → Eski Zağra → Zheleznik → Stara Zagora
  • Golyamo Konare → Saedinenie
  • Eski Dzhumaia (Eski Cuma) → Targovishte
  • Vassiliko → Tsarevo → Michurin → Tsarevo
  • Odesos → Varna → Stalin (1949)→ Varna (1956)
  • Tarnovgrad → Tarnovo → Tırnova → Tarnovo → Veliko Tarnovo
  • Bononia → Bdin → Vidin

Canada

Alberta

British Columbia

Manitoba

  • Prince of Wales Fort → Churchill

New Brunswick

Nunavut

Ontario

Prince Edward Island

Québec

Saskatchewan

  • Oskana (Romanized as Wascana) → Regina
  • Prussia → Leader

Central African Republic

  • Gribingui → Fort-Crampel → Crampel → Kaga-Bandoro
  • Fort-Brusseaux → Markounda

Chad

Chile

China

  • Amoy† → Hsia-men† → Xiamen
  • Ji → Yanjing → Zhongdu → Dadu → Jingshi → Khanbalik (as Mongol capital) → Peking † → Peiping → Beijing
  • Fenghao () → Chang'an () or Xijing () → Daxing () → Fengyuan () → Anxi () → Jingzhao () → Xi'an ()
  • Iling → Ichang† → Yichang
  • Jiankang → Jiangning → Jinling → Nanking† → Nanjing
  • Bianliang → Bianjing → Kaifeng
  • Lin'an → Hangchow† → Hangzhou
  • Soochow† → Suzhou
  • Yinxu → Anyang
  • Shenyang → Shengjing → Fengtianfu → Mukden → Fengtian → Shenyang
  • Ch'ing-ni-wa → Lüshunkou (aka Port Arthur) → Dalnyi → Dairen; Ryojun → Lüda→ Dalian
  • Kweisui† → Guisui → Hohhot
  • Tihua† → Dihua → Ürümqi
  • Changchun → Hsinking → Changchun

†Name change in English due to replacement of postal romanization with the pinyin system. The Chinese name is unchanged.

Colombia

  • Bacatá → Santa Fe de Bacatá → Bogotá → Santa Fe de Bogotá → Bogotá
  • Obando → Puerto Inírida → Inirida
  • Patriarca San José → Cúcuta → San José de Cucúta → Cúcuta
  • Valle de Upar → Ciudad de los Santos Reyes de Valledupar → Valle Dupar → Valledupar
  • Nuestra Señora Santa María de los Remedios del Cabo de la Vela → Nuestra Señora de los Remedios del Río de la Hacha → Riohacha
  • Barbudo → Santiago de Sompayón → Tamalameque → Santiago de Sompayón Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria de El Banco → El Banco
  • San Jerónimo de Buenavista → Pereira
  • Apiay → Villavicencio
  • Pueblo Viejo → San Francisco de Quibdó → Quibdó
  • San Bonifacio de Ibagué del valle de las Lanzas → Ibagué
  • Villaviciosa de la Concepción de la Provincia de Hatunllacta → Villaviciosa de la Concepción de San Juan de los Pastos → San Juan de Pasto
  • San Antonio → Leticia
  • Santa Cruz de Pizarro → Santa Cruz de San José → Sitionuevo → Sitio Nuevo
  • Villa Holguín → Armenia

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Republic of the Congo

Croatia

Czech Republic

Dominican Republic

  • Santo Domingo → Ciudad Trujillo (1936–1961) → Santo Domingo

Egypt

Many cities had Ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Latin names.

  • Iunyt, Ta-senet → Latopolis → Laton → Lato → Esna

Equatorial Guinea

  • Port Clarence → Santa Isabel → Malabo

Estonia

Eswatini

Finland

  • Kokkola/Gamlakarleby → Kokkola/Karleby (1977, only the Swedish name changed)
  • Mustasaari/Mussor → Wasa → Nikolaistad/Nikolainkaupunki (1862) → Vasa/Vaasa (1917)
  • Pargas/Parainen → VästÃ¥boland/Länsi-Turunmaa (2009) → Pargas/Parainen (2012)
  • Pyhäjärvi → Pyhäsalmi (1993) → Pyhäjärvi (1996)

France

See also

Most cities had an ancient name, usually in Latin, often of older Celtic origin

The Gambia

Georgia

Germany

Greece

Greenland

  • Friedrichstal → Frederiksdal → Narsarmijit (Narsaq Kujalleq)
  • Godthaab (GodthÃ¥b) → Nuuk
  • Lichtenau → Alluitsoq
  • Lichtenfels → Akunnat
  • Neu-Herrnhut → Nye-Hernhut → Noorlit → Old Nuuk

Guyana

  • Wismar-MacKenzie-Christianburg → Linden

Haiti

Hong Kong

Hungary

India

Indonesia

Iran

Ireland

  • Bagenalstown → Muine Bheag (1932)
  • Charleville → Ráth Luirc (1920s)
  • Cove → Queenstown (1849) → Cobh (1922)
  • Dún Laoghaire → Kingstown (1821) → Dún Laoghaire (1922)
  • Edgeworthstown → Mostrim (1935) → Edgeworthstown (1974)
  • Fethard → Fethard-on-Sea (1914)
  • Kells → Ceanannas Mór (1929) → Kells (1993)
  • Kingwilliamstown → Ballydesmond (1951)
  • Lisbrack → Newtownforbes (1750)
  • Maryborough → Portlaoise (1929)
  • Navan → An Uaimh (1922) → Navan (1971)
  • Newbridge → Droichead Nua (1930s)
  • Newtownbarry → Bunclody (1950)
  • Parsonstown → Birr (1920s)
  • Philipstown → Daingean (1922)

Israel

Italy

Japan

Jordan

  • Rabbath Ammon → Philadelphia → Amman → Ahamant → Amman
  • Kerak → Al-Karak

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Kyrgyzstan

Laos

  • Xiang Dong Xiang Thong → Vientiane (1561) → Luang Phra Bang (1695) → Vientiane
  • Nakhon Kala Champaknaburisi → Nakhon Champa Nakhaburisi (1713) → Nakhon Champasak (1791) → Champasak [Bassac] (1863) → Pakse (1908)

Latvia

Lebanon

  • Heliopolis → Baalbek
  • Derbly, Ahlia, Wahlia, Mahallata, Mayza, Kayza, Athar (Phoenician/Assyrian) → Tripolis (Greek, Latin) → Atrabulus, Tarablus al-Sham (Arabic) → Trablusşam (Turkish) → Tripoli

Libya

  • Oea → Tripoli
  • Euesperides → Berenice → Hesperides → Barneeq → Marsa ibn Ghazi → Bani Ghazi → Benghazi

Lithuania

  • Georgenburg → Jurbarkas
  • Memel → Klaipėda (1923)
  • PaÅ¡eÅ¡upys → Starapolė (1736) → Marijampolė (1758) → Kapsukas (1956) → Marijampolė (1989)
  • Å ilokarčema → Å ilutė (1923)
  • Vilkmergė → Ukmergė (1920s)
  • Medininkai → Varniai (16th century)
  • Sniečkus → Visaginas (1992)
  • Duoliebaičiai → Władysławów/Vladislavovas (1639) → Naumiestis → Kudirkos Naumiestis (1934)
  • Zarasai → Novoalexandrovsk (1836) → Ežerėnai (1919) → Zarasai (1929)
  • Mažeikiai → Muravyov (1899) → Mažeikiai (1918)

Madagascar

Malawi

Mauritius

  • Port Louis → Port de La Montagne (1794) → Port Nord-Ouest (1795) → Port Napoléon (1803) → Port Louis (1810)

Malaysia

Mexico

Republic of Moldova

Montenegro

  • Berane → Ivangrad (1949) → Berane (1992)
  • Birziminium → Ribnica → Podgorica (1326) → Titograd (1946) → Podgorica (1992)

Morocco

Mozambique

Myanmar

In many cases, the English name of the city changed due to different romanization systems, while the Burmese native remained unchanged.

Namibia

Netherlands

  • Coriovallum (possible misspelling of Cortovallum) → Heerlen
  • Kuilenburg → Culemborg
  • Noviomagus Batavorum (or Batavodurum) → Nimwegen → Nijmegen
  • Traiectum → Traiectum ad Mosam → Maastricht
  • Traiectum → Ultra Traiectum → Utrecht
  • Forum Hadriani → Voorburg
  • Zwaagwesteinde → De Westereen
  • Tergouw → Gouda

North Korea

  • Sinuiju → Shingishū† → Sinuiju
  • Wanggeom-seong → Pyongyang → Seogyeong → Pyongyang → Heijō† → Pyongyang
  • Wonsanjin → Genzan† → Wonsan
  • Songjin → Kimchaek (1952)
  • Songrim → Genjihō (1916) → Songrim (1945)

†Japanese name during Korea under Japanese rule (1910–1945). The Korean name is unchanged.

North Macedonia

Norway

  • Ánslo → Christiania (1624) → Oslo (1925)
  • Kaupangen → Nidaros → Trondhjem → Nidaros → Trondheim
  • Fredrikshald → Halden
  • Bjørgvin → Bergen

Pakistan

Peru

  • Ciudad de los Reyes → Lima
  • San Pablo de Napeanos → Iquitos

Paraguay

Philippines

Poland

  • Aleksandrowo → Aleksandrów Pograniczny → Aleksandrów Kujawski
  • Jędrzychów → Andrzychów → Andrychów
  • Barcino → Barcin
  • Wartberge → Wartenburg → Nowowiejsk<sup>2</sup> → Barczewo
  • Brido → Wartha → Bardo
  • Neu Berlin → Berlinchen → Barlinek
  • Rosenthal → Bartenstein → Bartoszyce
  • Barwica → Bärwalde<sup>1</sup> → Barwice<sup>2</sup>
  • Biała → Zülz<sup>1</sup> → Biała<sup>2</sup>
  • Gajle → Biała → Gehlen<sup>1</sup> → Gehlenburg → Biała Piska<sup>2</sup>
  • Brzegi → Białe Brzegi → Białobrzegi
  • Biały Bór → Baldenburg<sup>1</sup> → Biały Bór<sup>2</sup>
  • Bielszczany Stok → Białystok
  • Biała → Langenbielau<sup>1</sup> → Bielawa<sup>2</sup>
  • Lignica → Fürstenwald<sup>1</sup> → Beroldestadt → Bernstadt → Bierutów<sup>2</sup>
  • Bischofsburg → Biskupiec<sup>2</sup>
  • Strowangen → Bischofstein → Bistein → Bisztynek<sup>2</sup>
  • Błaszkowice → Błaszki
  • Richnow → Reichenau<sup>1</sup> → Rychwałd<sup>2</sup> → Bogatynia
  • Gross-Born → Borne Sulinowo<sup>2</sup>
  • Brusseberge → Brunsberg → Braunsberg → Braniewo<sup>2</sup>
  • Brwinowo → Brwinów
  • Wysoki Brzeg → Brieg<sup>1</sup> → Brzeg<sup>2</sup>
  • Brzeg → Dyhernfurth → Brzeg Dolny<sup>2</sup>
  • Busk → Busko → Busko Zdrój
  • Bydgoszcz → Bromberg → Bydgoszcz<sup>2</sup> → Bromberg → Bydgoszcz<sup>2</sup>
  • Bystrzyce → Habelschwerdt<sup>1</sup> → Bystrzyca Kłodzka
  • Bytom → Beuthen an der Oder<sup>1</sup> → Białobrzezie<sup>2</sup> → Bytom Odrzański
  • Łoza → Kulmsee<sup>1</sup> → Chełmża<sup>2</sup>
  • Freienwalde → Chociwel<sup>2</sup>
  • Konice → Konigesberge<sup>1</sup> → Königsberg in der Neumark → Chojna<sup>2</sup>
  • Chorzów → Königshütte<sup>1</sup> → Chorzów<sup>2</sup>
  • Arnswalde → Choszczno<sup>2</sup>
  • Tempelburg → Czaplinek<sup>2</sup>
  • Czarne → Hammerstein<sup>1</sup> → Czarne<sup>2</sup> → Hammerstein<sup>1</sup> → Czarne<sup>2</sup>
  • Rothenburg → Czerwieńsk<sup>2</sup>
  • Dęblin → Ivanogród (1840) → Dęblin (1920)
  • Dzierzgoń → Neu Christburg<sup>1</sup> → Christburg → Dzierzgoń<sup>2</sup>
  • Reichenbach → Dzierżoniów<sup>2</sup>
  • Łęg → Lyck → Ełk<sup>2</sup>
  • Gdynia → Gdingen → Gdynia → Gotenhafen → Gdynia<sup>2</sup>
  • Gdańsk → Danzig → Gdańsk<sup>2</sup>
  • Nowa Wieś → Lötzen → Giżycko<sup>2</sup>
  • Głogów → Glogau → Głogów<sup>2</sup>
  • Landsberg → Landsberg an der Warthe → Gorzów Wielkopolski<sup>2</sup>
  • Nowy Włodzisław → Junowłodzisław → Inowłodzisław → Inowłocław → Inowrocław → Hohensalza → Inowrocław → Hohensalza → Inowrocław
  • Biała → Janów → Janów Lubelski
  • Jastrow → Jastrowie
  • Hirschberg → Jelenia Góra<sup>2</sup>
  • Kattowitz → Katowice → Stalinogród (1953) → Katowice (1956)
  • Wietrzna Góra → Kazimierz → Kazimierz Dolny
  • Rast → Rastenburg → Kętrzyn
  • Kladsko → Glatz → Kłodzko
  • Kołobrzeg → Kolberg → Kołobrzeg<sup>2</sup>
  • Koszalin → Köslin → Koszalin<sup>2</sup>
  • Hurthland → Friedland → Korfantów<sup>2</sup>
  • Lignica → Liegnitz<sup>1</sup> → Legnica<sup>2</sup>
  • Łódź → Lodsch → Łódź<sup>1</sup>→ Litzmannstadt → Łódź<sup>2</sup>
  • Lubin → Lüben<sup>1</sup> → Lubin<sup>2</sup>
  • Marienburg → Malbork → Marienburg → Malbork<sup>2</sup>
  • Berenwalde → Bärwalde → Mieszkowice<sup>2</sup>
  • Mieńsk → Mińsk → Nowomińsk → Mińsk Mazowiecki
  • Sensburg → Mrągowo
  • Florianów → Narol
  • Nowe Miasto Korczyn → Nowy Korczyn
  • Margrabowa → Treuburg<sup>1</sup> → Olecko<sup>2</sup>
  • Pazluk → Hollandt<sup>1</sup> → Preußisch Holland → Pasłęk<sup>2</sup>
  • Piasek → Piaski Luterskie → Piaski
  • Melcekuke → Mehlsack → Pieniężno<sup>2</sup>
  • Pisz → Johannisburg<sup>1</sup> → Pisz<sup>2</sup>
  • Przemków → Primkenow<sup>1</sup> → Primkenau<sup>1</sup> → Przemków<sup>2</sup>
  • Puławy → Nowa Aleksandria → Puławy
  • Prudnik → Neustadt → Prądnik<sup>2</sup> → Prudnik
  • Słupsk → Stolp<sup>1</sup> → Słupsk<sup>2</sup>
  • Stargard Szczeciński → Stargard (2016)
  • Stettin → Szczecin<sup>2</sup>
  • Ortulfsburg → Ortelsburg → Szczytno<sup>2</sup>
  • Rogoźno → Jelitowo → Tomaszów → Tomaszów Lubelski
  • Waldenberg → Waldenburg → Wałbrzych<sup>2</sup>
  • Wejherowska Wola → Neustadt<sup>1</sup> → Wejherowo → Neustadt<sup>1</sup> → Wejherowo
  • Wielka Wieś → Władysławowo
  • Włodzisław → Włocław → Leslau → Włocławek → Leslau → Włocławek<sup>2</sup>
  • Wrocisław → Wrocław → Preßlau → Breslau → Wrocław<sup>2</sup>
  • Zabrze → Hindenburg (1915) → Zabrze<sup>2</sup>
  • Zawadzki → Andreashütte<sup>1</sup> → Zawadzkie<sup>2</sup>
  • Frankenstein → Ząbkowice Śląskie<sup>2</sup>
  • Zielona Góra → Grünberg<sup>1</sup> → Zielona Góra<sup>2</sup>

<sup>1</sup> Cities in western Poland whose names were changed when Poland gained independence from Germany in 1918.<br /> <sup>2</sup> German cities from 1918 to 1939 that became part of Poland after 1945.

Portugal

Romania

Russia

Serbia

  • Caribrod → Dimitrovgrad
  • Despotovica → Gornji Milanovac
  • Horreum Margi → Ravno → Ćuprija
  • Jagodina → Svetozarevo → Jagodina
  • Karanovac → Kraljevo → Rankovićevo → Kraljevo
  • Nagy Bécskerek/Veliki Bečkerek → Bečkerek → Petrovgrad → Zrenjanin
  • Petrovaradinski Å anac → Novi Sad
  • Poreč → Donji Milanovac
  • Singidon → Singidunum → Bělgradъ (Бѣлъградъ) → Nándorfehérvár → Dar-ul-Cihad → Beograd (Belgrade)
  • Taurunum → Zemun
  • Sirmium → Sremska Mitrovica
  • Užice → Titovo Užice (1946) → Užice (1992)
  • Vrbas → Titov Vrbas (1983) → Vrbas (1992)
  • Zanes → Pontes → Diana → Novi Grad → Fetislam → Kladovo
  • Zaslon → Å abac

Seychelles

  • L'Établissement → Victoria

Singapore

  • Bukit Panjang → Zhenghua → Bukit Panjang
  • Chan Chu Kang → Nee Soon → Yishunâ€Â
  • Kalang → Kallang
  • Kang Kar → Sengkang
  • Passier Reis → Pasir Ris
  • Peck San → Bishanâ€Â
  • Pongal → Ponggol → Punggol
  • Temasek → Singapore
  • Westhill → Chong Pang

Name change in English due to replacement of older romanization methods with the pinyin system. The Chinese name is unchanged.

Slovakia

Slovenia

South Africa

South Korea

  • Cheju (1397) → Jeju‡
  • Dalgubeol → Taegu (757 AD) → Daegu‡
  • Dongrae (before 1914) → Fusan (1914) → Pusan† (1945) → Busan‡
  • Duingji-hyeon → Yŏn'gi → Yeongi‡ → Sejong (2012)
  • Usisan → Uhwa → Heungrye-bu → Gonghwa-hyeon → Ulju (1018 AD) → Ulsan (1413)
  • Hanbat → Taejŏn → Daejeon‡
  • Mujin → Muju → Kwangju → Gwangju‡
  • Hansanju → Hanyang → Hanseong → Gyeongseong/Keijō (1910) → Seoul (1945)
  • Michuhol → Soseong-hyeon → Gyeongwon-bu → Inch'ŏn (1413) → Jinsen† (1910) → Chemulpo (1945)→ Inch'ŏn (1945) → Incheon‡
  • Ungjin → Kongju → Gongju‡
  • Silchon-eup → Gonjiam-eup (Gwangju, Gyeonggi) (2011)
  • Doam-myeon → Daegwallyeong-myeon (Pyeongchang) (2007)

†Japanese name during Korea under Japanese rule (1910–1945). The Korean name is unchanged.<br /> ‡Name change in English due to replacement McCune–Reischauer with the Revised Romanization method in 2000. The Korean name is unchanged.

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Syria

  • Beroea → Aleppo
  • Balanea (Greek, Latin) → Baniyas (Arabic)
  • Emesa → Homs
  • (H)Amat(h)(a) (Aramaic, Assyrian) → Epiphania → Epiphania, Emath(oùs) (Greek) → Hamath → Hama
  • Laodicea ad Mare → Latakia
  • Palmyra → Tadmor
  • Rasaappa, Rasappa, Rasapi (Akadian) → Sergiopolis → Anastasiopolis (Greek, Latin) → Risapa, Rosafa (Latin) → Resafa (Arabic)

Taiwan

†Chinese name unchanged.

Tajikistan

Tanzania

  • Bismarckburg → Kasanga
  • Tabora → Weidmannsheil → Tabora

Thailand

  • Ayothaya → Ayutthaya (1237)
  • Bangkok → Phra Nakhon (1782) → Krung Thep (1972)
  • Trat → Trach → Trat (1906)

Turkey

Turkmenistan

Ukraine

United Kingdom

England

Scotland

Northern Ireland

United States

Alabama

Alaska

  • Barrow → UtqiaÄ¡vik
  • Novoarkhangelsk → Sitka
  • Paul's Harbor (Pavlovskaya Gavan) → Kodiak
  • Rockwell → Harrisburg → Juneau
  • Shungnak → Kobuk
  • Warton → Palmer
  • West Petersburg → Kupreanof
  • Yutica → Deering

Arizona

  • Green Valley → Payson
  • Rittenhouse → Queen Creek
  • Smithville → Pima
  • Swilling's Mill → Hellinwg Mill → Mill City → East Phoenix → Phoenix

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

  • Anderson → Andersonville
  • Berlin → Lens → Berlin
  • Berrien → Drayton → Vienna
  • Dawsonville → Calhoun
  • Doe Run → Tunnelsville → Tunnel Hill
  • Dublin → Resaca
  • Dykesboro → Cochran
  • Haistentown → Sharon Grove → Brooks
  • Handtown → Hazlehurst
  • Kestler → Damascus
  • Lawrence → Lake Park
  • Levison → Eastman
  • Marion → Ashburn
  • Midway → Lilly
  • Plains of Dura → Plains
  • Puddleville → Adel
  • Sharpe's Store → Morven
  • Surrey → Omega
  • Terminus → Marthasville → Atlanta
  • Tobanana → Georgetown

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Iowa

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

  • Adams → Crawford
  • Agamenticus → Bristol → Gorgeana → York
  • Alva → Blaine
  • Ashland → Dalton → Ashland
  • Blaisdelltown → Exeter
  • Bridge's Plantation → Town of Kingville → Joy → Montgomery → Troy
  • Cape Porpus → Arundel → Kennebunk Port → North Kennebunkport → Arundel
  • Cold Stream → Enfield
  • Collegetown → Dixmont
  • Crosbytown → Etna
  • Davistown Plantation → Montville
  • Dunntown → Wade
  • Dutton → Glenburn
  • East Pond Plantation → Newport
  • Elkinstown → Dexter
  • Fairbanks → Presque Isle
  • Fremont Plantation → Easton
  • Green Plantation → Belmont
  • Howard → Willimantic
  • Hubbardstown → Shapleigh
  • Hurd's Ridge → Burlington
  • Jackson → Kirkland → Hudson
  • Kenduskeag Plantation → Bangor
  • Kittery Commons → North Berwick
  • Kittery North Parish → Berwick
  • Lincoln → Garland
  • Malta → Gerry → Windsor
  • Mansel → Tremont
  • Mattekeunk → Lee
  • Newichawannock → South Berwick
  • Newport Plantation → Blue Hill
  • New Worcester → Orrington → Brewer
  • Ohio → Corinth
  • Orangetown → Whiting
  • Pannawambskek → Old Town
  • Parsonstown Plantation → Parsonsfield
  • Pepperellborough → Saco
  • Pennamaquan → Pembroke
  • Penobscot Island → Orphan Island → Wetmore Isle → Verona → Verona Island
  • Phillipstown → Sanford
  • Piscataqua Plantation → Kittery
  • Pitaubegwimenahanuk → Long Island Plantation → Islesboro
  • Pleasant Ridge Plantation → Caswell
  • Plymouth Gore → Sebasticook Plantation → Warsaw → Pittsfield
  • Quantabacook → Fraternity Village → Searsmont
  • Smithstown Plantation → Beaver Hill Plantation → Freedom
  • Stockton → Stockton Springs
  • Sunkhaze → Milford
  • Swanfield → Lyman
  • T2 R5 NWP → New Charleston → Charleston
  • T4 R4 NWP → Corinna
  • Towwoh Plantation → Lebanon
  • Twenty-Five Mile Pond Plantation → Unity
  • Washington Plantation → Newfield
  • Webhannet → Wells
  • Wellington Township → Monticello
  • Wheelersborough → Hampden

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

  • Imnizaska → Pig's Eye → St. Paul

Mississippi

  • Alexandria → Quito

Missouri

  • Smith's Landing → Saint Aubert → Mokane

Nebraska

Nevada

  • Horn Silver → Hornsilver → Goldpoint → Gold Point

New Hampshire

  • Derryfield → Manchester
  • Hilton's Pointe → Cochecho → Northam → Dover
  • Nashuway → Nashville → Nashua
  • Number Two → Middle Monadnock → Monadnock → Jaffrey
  • Nutfield → Londonderry
  • Plantation of Penney Cook → Penney Cook → Pennacook → Rumford → Concord
  • Piscatiqua → Strawberry Hill → Portsmouth
  • Suncook → Pembroke
  • Winnacunnet → Hampton

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

  • Atkins Bank → Kingston → Kinston → Caswel → Kinston
  • Campbellton + Cross Creek → Fayetteville
  • Fuquay Springs and Varina → Fuquay-Varina
  • Pacific → Youngsville (1875)
  • Wachau → Salem → Winston-Salem

Ohio

Oregon

  • Halfway → Halfway
  • Marysville → Corvallis
  • Skinner's Mudhole → Eugene City → Eugene

Pennsylvania

Name recognized by the United States Board on Geographic Names from 1891 to 1911. The name used by the city in its official documents and on its seal was unchanged.

Rhode Island

South Carolina

  • Charles Towne → Charleston
  • Jeffers → Blaney → Elgin
  • Kingston → Conwayborough → Conway
  • Tacapua → Startex

Tennessee

Texas

  • Clark → DISH
  • Dechman → Deckman → Grand Prairie
  • Duncan Switch → Duncanville
  • Emerson → Frisco City → Frisco
  • Fillmore → Plano (1852)
  • Gorbit → Kit → Irving
  • Presidio San Antonio de Bexar → San Antonio
  • Waterloo → Austin

Utah

  • Evansville → Lehi
  • Grayson → Blanding
  • Great Salt Lake City → Salt Lake City
  • Muskrat Springs → Hooperville → Hooper
  • Pleasant Green → Magna

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

  • Beauchamp's Mills → Elizabeth
  • California → Spencer
  • Chilton → Clendenin
  • Clifton → Pratt
  • Coal Valley Post Office → Montgomery's Landing → Coal Valley → Cannelton → Montgomery
  • Cologne → Leon
  • Concord → Athens
  • Elizaville → Brownsville → Marmet
  • Frenchville → Oakvale
  • Hallsville → Davy
  • Jeanette → Anawalt
  • Lawsonsville → Lawnsville → Aracoma → Logan
  • Miner's City → War
  • Newport → Parkersburg
  • Philippi → Colesmouth → Kanawha City → St. Albans
  • Trout’s Hill → Fairview → Wayne
  • Upper Creek → Handley
  • Waggener's Bottom → Mason

Wisconsin

Uzbekistan

Venezuela

Vietnam

  • Tourane → Thai Phien → Đà Nẵng
  • Djiring → Di Linh
  • Tống Bình → Long Đỗ → Đại La → Thăng Long → Đông Đô → Đông Kinh → Bắc Thành → Thăng Long → Hà Nội (Hanoi)
  • Hai Pho → Faifo → Hội An
  • Prey Nokor → Gia Định → Sài Gòn (Saigon) → Thành Phố Hồ Chí Minh (Ho Chi Minh City)
  • Phu Xuan → Huế
  • Ke Van → Ke Vinh → Vinh Giang → Vinh Doanh → Vinh Thi → Vinh

Western Sahara

  • Villa Cisneros → Dakhla

Zambia

Zimbabwe

See also

Notes

References