List of places in the United States named after people

Many United States placenames are derived either from a person who may have been associated with the founding of the place, or in honor of a notable person. If there is no citation for a place on this list, its etymology is usually described and referenced in the article about the person or the place.

A

• Aaronsburg, Pennsylvania – Aaron Levy (founder)
• Abbot, Maine – John Abbot (treasurer of Bowdoin College)
• Abbott, Texas – Joseph "Jo" Abbott (politician)
• Abbottstown, Pennsylvania – John Abbott (founder)
• Abernathy, Texas – Monroe Abernathy (one of the developers of the town)
• Abington, Massachusetts – Anne Venables Bertie, Countess of Abington, Cambridgeshire
• Ableman, Wisconsin – S.V.R. Ableman (settler)
• Ackley, Iowa – J.W. Ackley (founder)
• Acworth, New Hampshire – Jacob Acworth (British naval officer)
• Ada Township, Michigan – Ada Smith (daughter of postmaster)
• Adairville, Kentucky – John Adair (governor of Kentucky)
• Adams, California – Charles Adams (landowner)
• Adams, Massachusetts – Samuel Adams
• Adams, Nebraska – J.O. Adams (settler)
• Adams, New York – John Adams
• Adams, Oregon – John F. Adams (homesteader)
• Adams, Tennessee – Reuben Adams (landowner)
• Adamsboro, Indiana – George E. Adams (founder)
• Adamsburg, Pennsylvania – John Adams
• Adams Station, California – Marie Adams Peacock (tavern owner)
• Adamstown, California – George Adams (founder)
• Adamstown, Pennsylvania – John Adams
• Adamsville, Arizona – Charles S. Adams (original settler)
• Addison, 4 places in Maine, New York, Pennsylvania, and Vermont – Joseph Addison (English essayist, poet, playwright and politician)
• Addison, West Virginia – Addison McLaughlin (local lawyer)
• Adin, California – Adin McDowell (founder)
• Adrian, Michigan – Roman Emperor Hadrian
• Adrian, Minnesota – Mrs. Adrian Iselin (mother of Adrian C. Iselin, a director of the Sioux City and St. Paul Railroad Company)
• Aguilar, Colorado – José Ramón Aguilar (cattleman and pioneer)
• Aiken, South Carolina – William Aiken Jr. (governor of South Carolina)
• Ainsworth, Iowa – D.H. Ainsworth (civil engineer)
• Ainsworth, Washington – J.C. Ainsworth (railroader)
• Albany, New Hampshire – James of York and Albany (indirectly, via Albany, New York)
• Albany, New York – James of York and Albany
• Albemarle, North Carolina – George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle
• Alberhill, California – C.H. Albers, James and George Hill (landowners)
• Albert Lea, Minnesota – Albert Miller Lea (engineer, soldier, and topographer with the United States Dragoons)
• Alberton, Montana – Albert J. Earling (president of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad)
• Albuquerque, New Mexico – Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 8th Duke of Alburquerque
• Alburgh, Vermont – Ira Allen (landowner)
• Alcester, South Dakota – Colonel Alcester of the British army
• Alden, California – S.E. Alden (farmer and landowner)
• Alden, Iowa – Henry Alden (settler)
• Alderson, West Virginia – John Alderson (settler and local minister)
• Alexander, New York – Alexander Rea (settler and state senator)
• Alexander, Maine – Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton
• Alexandria, Nebraska – S.J. Alexander (secretary of state)
• Alexandria, New York and Alexandria Bay, New York – Alexander Le Ray (son of local settler)
• Alexandria, New Hampshire – John Alexander (indirectly, via Alexandria, Virginia)
• Alexandria, South Dakota – Alexander Mitchell (railroad president)
• Alexandria, Virginia – John Alexander (settler)
• Alford, Massachusetts – Colonel John Alford
• Alfordsville, Indiana – James Alford (settler)
• Alfred, Maine – King Alfred the Great
• Alger, Ohio – Russell A. Alger
• Alice, Texas – Alice Gertrudis King Kleberg (daughter of Richard King, who established the King Ranch)
• Allendale, Oakland, California – Charles E. Allen (real estate broker)
• Allendale, South Carolina – Allen family (settlers)
• Allenstown, New Hampshire – Samuel Allen (father of landowner and governor of New Hampshire)
• Allentown, Georgia – J.W. Allen (postmaster)
• Allentown, Pennsylvania – William Allen
• Alloway Township, New Jersey – Chief Alloway
• Alma, Colorado – Alma James (wife of local merchant)
• Almont, Michigan – Juan Almonte
• Alstead, New Hampshire – Johann Heinrich Alsted (compiled an early encyclopedia that was popular at Harvard College) (note spelling)
• Altheimer, Arkansas – Joseph and Louis Altheimer (founders)
• Alton, California – Alton Easton (indirectly, via Alton, Illinois)
• Alton, Illinois – Alton Easton (son of founder Rufus Easton)
• Alva, Florida – Thomas Alva Edison (inventor)
• Alvarado, California – Juan Alvarado (Mexican governor of California)
• Alvin, Texas – Alvin Morgan (settler)
• Amador City, California – Jose Maria Amador (early gold prospector)
• Ambler, Pennsylvania – Joseph Ambler (settler)
• Amelia Court House, Virginia – Princess Amelia of Great Britain
• Ames, Iowa – Oakes Ames
• Ames, New York – Fisher Ames
• Amherst, New Hampshire -- Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (also Massachusetts and Maine)
• Anaheim, California – Saint Anne (indirectly, via the Santa Ana River)
• Anastasia Island, Florida – Saint Anastasia
• Anderson, Indiana – Chief William Anderson
• Anderson, South Carolina – Gen. Robert Anderson
• Andersonia, California – Jeff Anderson (sawmill owner)
• Andrade, California – Mexican General Guillermo Andrade
• Angelica, New York – Angelica Schuyler Church
• Angels Camp, California – Henry P. Angel (early settler and merchant)
• Ankeny, Iowa – John Fletcher Ankeny
• Anna, Illinois – Anna Davis (landowner's wife)
• Annapolis, Maryland – Anne, Queen of Great Britain
• Ann Arbor, Michigan – Ann Allen and Ann Rumsey (settlers' wives)
• Anniston, Alabama - Annie Scott Tyler (1893–1980), daughter of railroad president Alfred L. Tyler
• Annsville, New York – Ann Bloomfield (settler's wife)
• Anson, Maine – George Anson, 1st Baron Anson
• Anson, Wisconsin - Anson Burlingame (abolitionist, legislator, diplomat)
• Ansonia, Connecticut – Anson Greene Phelps
• Ansted, West Virginia – David T. Ansted (geologist and landowner)
• Antis Township, Pennsylvania – Frederick Antes (colonel who fought during the Revolutionary War) (note spelling)
• Anthony, Kansas – George T. Anthony (7th Governor of Kansas)
• Applebachsville, Pennsylvania – Gen. Paul Applebach
• Applegate, California – Lisbon Applegate (early settler)
• Appleton, Maine and Appleton, Wisconsin – Samuel Appleton (father-in-law of Amos Lawrence, founder of Lawrence University)
• Appling, Georgia – Col. Dan Appling
• Arbuckle, California – Tacitus R. Arbuckle (early landowner and settler)
• Archdale, North Carolina – John Archdale
• Arco, Idaho – Georg von Arco
• Arenzville, Illinois – Francis A. Arenz (founder)
• Arietta, New York – Arietta Rensselaer (wife of Rensselaer van Rensselaer)
• Arlington, Texas – Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington (indirectly, via Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial)
• Armourdale, Kansas – Armour brothers (founders of Armour and Company)
• Arnold, California – Bob and Bernice Arnold (early local merchants)
• Arnold Heights, California – General Henry H. Arnold
• Arundel, Maine – Lord Arundel
• Arvada, Colorado – Hiram Arvada Haskin (brother-in-law of settler Mary Wadsworth)
• Arvin, California – Arvin Richardson (pioneer)
• Asbury Park, New Jersey – Francis Asbury
• Ashburnham, Massachusetts – John Ashburnham, 2nd Earl of Ashburnham
• Ashbyburg, Kentucky – Gen. Stephen Ashby
• Asheboro, North Carolina – Samuel Ashe (governor of North Carolina)
• Asherville, Indiana – John Asher (founder)
• Ashford, Alabama – Thomas Ashford
• Ashley, Michigan – H.W. Ashley (manager of the Ann Arbor Railroad)
• Ashley River (South Carolina) – Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury
• Astor, Florida and Astor Park, Florida – William Backhouse Astor, Sr.
• Astoria, Oregon – John Jacob Astor
• Atchison, Kansas – David Rice Atchison (Missouri Senator)
• Aten, Nebraska – John Aten (state senator)
• Athol, Massachusetts – James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl
• Atkinson, Maine – Judge Atkinson (landholder)
• Atkinson, New Hampshire – Theodore Atkinson (landowner)
• Atwater, California – Marshall D. Atwater (farmer, landowner)
• Atwater, Minnesota – Isaac Atwater (settler of St. Paul)
• Atwater Township, Ohio – Amzi Atwater (surveyor)
• Atwood, Kansas – Attwood Matheny (founder's son)
• Auberry, California – Al Yarborough
• Audubon, Minnesota – John James Audubon
• Augusta, Georgia – Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha
• Augusta, Kansas – Augusta James (trader's wife)
• Augusta, Maine – Augusta Dearborn (daughter of Henry Dearborn)
• Ault, Colorado – Alexander Ault (flour mill owner)
• Aurelius, New York – Marcus Aurelius (Roman emperor)
• Austin, Minnesota – Austin Nichols (settler)
• Austin, Texas – Stephen F. Austin
• Ave Maria, Florida – Mary, mother of Jesus
• Averill, Vermont – Samuel Averill (landholder)
• Avery, California – George J. Avery (first postmaster)
• Averys Gore, Vermont – Samuel Avery (Westminster deputy sheriff and jailkeeper)
• Axtell, Kansas – Dr. Jesse Axtell (officer of the St. Joseph and Grand Island Railway)
• Ayer, Massachusetts – Dr. James Cook Ayer (patent-medicine manufacturer)

B

• Bagby, California – Benjamin A. Bagby (merchant, hotelier, innkeeper)
• Bainbridge, New York – Commodore William Bainbridge
• Baird, Texas – Matthew Baird (president of Baldwin Locomotive Works)
• Baker, Montana – A.G. Baker (engineer with the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad)
• Baker City, Oregon – Senator Edward D. Baker (indirectly via Baker County, Oregon)
• Baker County, Florida – James McNair Baker, judge and Confederate Senator
• Bakersfield, California – Colonel Thomas Baker
• Bakersfield, Vermont – Joseph Baker (landowner)
• Baldwin, Georgia – Abraham Baldwin (U.S. Senator)
• Baldwin, Maine – Colonel Loammi Baldwin (namesake of the Baldwin apple)
• Baldwin, Michigan – Governor Henry P. Baldwin
• Baldwin, Chemung County, New York – Isaac, Thomas, and Walter Baldwin (settlers)
• Baldwin, Wisconsin – D.A. Baldwin (settler)
• Baldwin City, Kansas – John Baldwin
• Baldwinsville, New York – Dr. Jonas Baldwin (settler)
• Ballantine, Montana – E.P. Ballantine (homesteader)
• Ballston, New York and Ballston Spa, New York – Rev. Eliphalet Ball (settler)
• Baltimore, Maryland – Lord Baltimore
• Banning, California – Phineas Banning, stagecoach line owner and Father of the Port of Los Angeles.
• Baraboo, Wisconsin – Jean Baribault (settler)
• Baraga, Michigan – Bishop Friedrich Baraga
• Barber, California – O. C. Barber (president of the Diamond Match Company)
• Barberton, Ohio – O. C. Barber (president of the Diamond Match Company)
• Barboursville, West Virginia – Philip P. Barbour (governor of Virginia)
• Bard, California – Thomas R. Bard (irrigation district official)
• Bardstown, Kentucky – David Bard, who obtained the original town site from the governor of Virginia, and his brother William Bard, who surveyed the site
• Bargersville, Indiana – Jefferson Barger
• Baring Plantation, Maine – Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton
• Barker, Broome County, New York – John Barker (settler)
• Barlow, Oregon – John L. Barlow (settler)
• Barnard, Vermont – Sir Francis Bernard (landholder) (note spelling)
• Barnard, Missouri – railroad superintendent J. F. Barnard (or possibly B. F. Barnard)

• Barnes, Kansas – A.S. Barnes (publisher)
• Barnum, Denver, Colorado – P. T. Barnum (landowner)
• Barnwell, South Carolina – Barnwell family
• Barraque Township, Arkansas – Antoine Barraqué (landowner)
• Barre, Massachusetts, Barre, New York, Barre (city), Vermont and Barre (town), Vermont – Isaac Barré (Irish soldier and politician)
• Barrington, New Hampshire and Barrington, Rhode Island – John Shute Barrington, 1st Viscount Barrington (brother of Samuel Shute, governor of Massachusetts)
• Barron, Wisconsin – Henry D. Barron (judge)
• Barstow, California – William Barstow Strong (ATSF president)
• Bartlett, Illinois – Luther Bartlett
• Bartlett, New Hampshire – Dr. Josiah Bartlett
• Bartlett Springs, California – Green Bartlett (resort owner)
• Barton, Vermont – General William Barton
• Bartow, Florida and Bartow, Georgia – Francis S. Bartow (Confederate general)
• Bastrop, Louisiana and Bastrop, Texas – Felipe Enrique Neri, Baron de Bastrop (Dutch embezzler who falsely claimed to be a nobleman)
• Batesville, Arkansas – James Woodson Bates
• Batesville, Ohio – Rev. Timothy Bates
• Bath, New Hampshire – William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath
• Bath, New York – Henrietta Pulteney, Countess of Bath
• Battleboro, North Carolina – James S. and Joseph Battle (railroaders)
• Bayard, West Virginia – Thomas F. Bayard (U.S. Senator from Delaware)
• Bayfield, Wisconsin – Rear Admiral Henry Wolsey Bayfield
• Bay St. Louis, Mississippi – Louis IX of France
• Beacon, Iowa – Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconfield
• Beals, Maine – Manwaring Beal (settler)
• Bealville, California – Edward Fitzgerald Beale (landowner)
• Beardstown, Illinois – Thomas Beard (settler)
• Beatrice, Humboldt County, California – Beatrice White (first postmaster)
• Beattie, Kansas – A. Beattie (mayor of St. Joseph, Missouri)
• Beattyville, Kentucky – Samuel Beatty (settler)
• Beaufort, North Carolina and Beaufort, South Carolina – Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort
• Beauregard, Mississippi – P. G. T. Beauregard (Confederate general)
• Beaumont, Texas – Jefferson Beaumont (early settler and public official)
• Becker, Minnesota – George Loomis Becker (mayor of Saint Paul)
• Beckley, West Virginia – Gen. Alfred Beckley (settler)
• Beckwourth, California – James Beckwourth, adventurer and early settler
• Bedford, Massachusetts – Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford
• Bedford, New Hampshire and Bedford, Virginia – John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford
• Bedford, Tennessee – Thomas Bedford
• Beebe, Arkansas – Roswell Beebe (settler)
• Beecher City, Illinois – Charles A. Beecher (railroader)
• Beekman, New York – Henry Beekman (landowner)
• Beekmantown, New York – William Beekman (landowner)
• Beeville, Texas – Barnard E. Bee, Sr. (served as Secretary of State and Secretary of War for the Republic of Texas) (indirectly, via Bee County, Texas)
• Belchertown, Massachusetts – Jonathan Belcher (governor of Massachusetts and New Jersey)
• Belden, California – Robert Belden (first postmaster)
• Belleville, Kansas – Ara<u>belle</u> Tutton (landowner's wife)
• Bellingham, Massachusetts – Governor Richard Bellingham
• Bellingham, Washington – Sir William Bellingham, 1st Baronet
• Bellmont, New York – William Bell (landowner)
• Bellows Falls, Vermont – Colonel Benjamin Bellows (landowner)
• Bellwood, Nebraska – D.J. Bell (landowner)
• Belmont, Missouri and Belmont, New Hampshire – August Belmont (financier)
• Belton, Texas – Governor Peter Hansborough Bell
• Beltrami, Minnesota – Giacomo Beltrami
• Belva, West Virginia – Belva Ann Lockwood
• Belzoni, Mississippi – Giovanni Battista Belzoni
• Bemis Heights, New York – Jonathan Bemis (innkeeper)
• Benedicta, Maine – Bishop Benedict Fenwick (landowner)
• Benicia, California – Francisca Benicia Carillo de Vallejo (wife of Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo)
• Benner Township, Pennsylvania – General Phillip Benner (ironmaster)
• Bennett, Iowa – Chet Bennett (railroader)
• Bennettville, California – Thomas Bennett (mining company president)
• Bennington, New Hampshire – colonial governor Benning Wentworth (indirectly, via Bennington, Vermont)
• Bennington, Vermont – colonial governor Benning Wentworth
• Benton, 7 places in Arkansas, California, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, and New Hampshire – Senator Thomas Hart Benton
• Benton, New York – Levi Benton (settler)
• Benton Hot Springs, California – Senator Thomas Hart Benton
• Bentonia, Mississippi – Bentonia Green (resident)
• Bentonville, Arkansas – Senator Thomas Hart Benton
• Benwood, West Virginia – Benjamin Latrobe II
• Beresford, South Dakota – Lord Charles Beresford
• Berkeley, California – Bishop George Berkeley
• Berkeley Springs, West Virginia – colonial governor William Berkeley
• Berkley, Massachusetts – Bishop George Berkeley (The extra 'e' was apparently dropped by mistake when officially registered by the State House)
• Berkley, Virginia – Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt
• Bermuda, 5 places in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina, and Tennessee – Juan de Bermúdez (indirectly, after Bermuda)
• Bernards Township, New Jersey – Sir Francis Bernard of Nether Winchendon House, England
• Bernardston, Massachusetts – Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet
• Berrien Township, Michigan – John M. Berrien
• Berryville, Arkansas – Governor James H. Berry
• Berthoud, Colorado – Edward L. Berthoud (railroad surveyor and engineer)
• Bessemer, Alabama, Bessemer, Michigan, and Bessemer City, North Carolina – Henry Bessemer (English inventor of a steel making process)
• Beveridge, California – John Beveridge
• Beverly, West Virginia – William Beverly (landowner)
• Bevier, Kentucky and Bevier, Missouri – Col. Robert Bevier
• Bexar, 4 places in Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Texas (county) – Ferdinand VI of Spain (originally the Duke of Bexar)
• Bieber, California – Nathan Bieber (early settler and first postmaster)
• Bienville, Louisiana – Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
• Billings, Montana – Frederick H. Billings
• Billingsport, New Jersey – Edward Byllynge (merchant and colonial governor) (note the spelling)
• Biltmore Forest, North Carolina – George Washington Vander<u>bilt</u> II
• Bingham, Maine – William Bingham (landowner)
• Binghamton, New York – William Bingham
• Birchville, California – L. Birch Adsit
• Birdsall, New York – John Birdsall (judge)
• Birdsboro, Pennsylvania – William Bird (landowner)
• Bishop, California – Samuel Addison Bishop (settler) (indirectly, via Bishop Creek)
• Bismarck, Missouri and Bismarck, North Dakota – Otto von Bismarck
• Blacksburg, Virginia – William Black (landowner)
• Blackstone, Massachusetts – Rev. William Blaxton (settler) (spelling variant)
• Blackwells Corner, California – George Blackwell (merchant)
• Bladenboro, North Carolina – Martin Bladen
• Blaine, Maine – James G. Blaine
• Blair, Nebraska – John Insley Blair (official of the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad)
• Blairsden, California – James A. Blair (financier of the Western Pacific Railroad)
• Blairstown, Iowa and Blairstown, New Jersey – John Insley Blair (railroad magnate and one of the 19th century's wealthiest men)
• Blairsville, Pennsylvania – John Blair (resident)
• Blakely, Georgia – Captain Johnston Blakeley, U.S. Navy
• Blanchard, California – Rosie M. Blanchard (first postmaster)
• Blanchard, Maine – Charles Blanchard (landowner)
• Blanco, Monterey County, California – Tom White (settler); "Blanco" is "White" in Spanish
• Blandford, Massachusetts – John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (also held the title Marquess of Blandford)
• Blandville, Kentucky – Capt. Bland Ballard
• Bleecker, New York – Rutger Jansen Bleecker (landowner)
• Blissfield, Michigan – Henry Bliss (landowner)
• Blocksburg, California – Benjamin Blockburger (merchant and founder)
• Bloomfield, New Jersey – Governor Joseph Bloomfield
• Blossburg, Pennsylvania – Aaron Bloss (settler)
• Blountsville, Indiana – Andrew Blount (founder)
• Blythe, California – Thomas Henry Blythe; San Francisco capitalist
• Boardman, Ohio – Frederick Boardman (landowner)
• Bodfish, California – George H. Bodfish (early settler)
• Bodie, California – W.S. Bodey (prospector)
• Boerne, Texas – Louis Boerne (German writer)
• Bolivar, 4 places in Missouri, Mississippi, New York, and Tennessee – Simón Bolivar
• Bolton, Massachusetts – Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton
• Bonaparte, Iowa – Napoleon Bonaparte
• Bonds Corner, California – Dr. J.L. Bond (homesteader)
• Bondurant, Iowa – A.C. Bondurant
• Bonham, Texas – Col. J.B. Bonham
• Bonner Springs, Kansas – Robert E. Bonner (editor of the New York Ledger)
• Bonneville, Oregon – Benjamin Bonneville (explorer)
• Booge, South Dakota – C.A. Booge
• Boone, North Carolina, Boone Station, Kentucky, and Boonville, North Carolina – Daniel Boone
• Boonville, California – W.W. Boone (merchant)
• Boonton, New Jersey – Thomas Boone (colonial governor)
• Boonville, New York – Gerrit Boon (land agent)
• Borden, California – Dr. James Borden (civic leader)
• Borden, Texas – Gail Borden (customs official)
• Bordentown, New Jersey – Joseph Borden (founder)
• Boscawen, New Hampshire – Lord Edward Boscawen
• Bossier City, Louisiana – Pierre Bossier (general)
• Bostic, North Carolina – George T. Bostic
• Bottineau, North Dakota – Pierre Bottineau (settler)
• Bouckville, New York – Governor William C. Bouck
• Bourbon, Indiana – House of Bourbon
• Bourne, Massachusetts – Jonathan Bourne Sr. (son of Richard Bourne, who served in the Massachusetts General Court)
• Bowdoin, Maine – James Bowdoin (governor of Massachusetts)
• Bowdoinham, Maine – William Bowdoin (landowner)
• Bowerstown, New Jersey – Michael B. Bowers (iron foundry owner)
• Bowie, Maryland – Colonel William D. Bowie
• Bowie, Texas – James Bowie
• Bowman, California – Harry Bowman (fruit grower)
• Boyd, Kentucky – Lt. Governor Linn Boyd
• Boylston, New York – Thomas Boylston (doctor)
• Bozeman, Montana – John Bozeman
• Braddock, Pennsylvania – Gen. Edward Braddock
• Bradford County, Florida – Capt. Richard Bradford, first Confederate officer from Florida to die in the Civil War
• Bradford, Pennsylvania – Attorney General William Bradford
• Bradfordsville, Kentucky – Peter Bradford (settler)
• Bradley, California – Bradley V. Sargent (landowner)
• Bradley, Maine – Bradley Blackman (settler)
• Bradley Beach, New Jersey – James A. Bradley (landowner)
• Bradshaw City, Arizona – William D. Bradshaw
• Bradys Bend, Pennsylvania – Capt. Samuel Brady
• Bradtmoore, California – Bradley T. Moore (founder)
• Brainerd, Kansas – E.B. Brainerd (landowner)
• Brainerd, Minnesota – David Brainerd (missionary)
• Brandon, Mississippi – Governor Gerard Brandon
• Brant, New York – Joseph Brant
• Brandt, South Dakota – Rev. P.O. Brandt
• Branscomb, California – Benjamin Franklin Branscomb (early settler)
• Brasher, New York – Philip Brasher (landowner)
• Brattleboro, Vermont – Colonel William Brattle, Jr. (proprietor)
• Breckenridge - John C. Breckinridge, 4 places in

*Colorado - Minnesota - Missouri - Texas (all spelling variants)

• Breedsville, Michigan – Silas Breed (settler)
• Breese, Illinois – Lt. Governor Sidney Breese
• Brevard County, Florida and Brevard, North Carolina – Ephraim J. Brevard (possible author of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence)
• Brewer, Maine – Colonel John Brewer (settler)
• Brewster, Massachusetts – Elder William Brewster
• Brewster, Minnesota – Elder William Brewster (indirectly, via Brewster, Massachusetts)
• Brewster, New York – Walter and James Brewster (two early farmer landowners)
• Briceburg, California – William M. Brice (merchant)
• Briceland, California – John C. Briceland (landowner)
• Bricelyn, Minnesota – John Brice (landowner)
• Bridger, Montana – Jim Bridger (frontiersman)
• Bridgton, Maine – Moody Bridges (settler)
• Briensburg, Kentucky – James Brien (state legislator)
• Brigham City, Utah – Brigham Young
• Briscoe, Texas – Andrew Briscoe (Texian patriot)
• Bristol (village), Wisconsin – Rev. Ira Bristol (settler)
• Broadus, Montana – Broaddus family (early settlers) (note spelling)
• Brockport, New York – Hiel Brockway (settler)
• Brockton, Massachusetts – Isaac Brock (British Army officer and administrator) (indirectly, after a local merchant heard of Brockville, Ontario, on a trip to Niagara Falls)
• Brockway, California – Nathaniel Brockway (uncle of postmaster)
• Broderick, California – U.S. Senator David C. Broderick
• Bronson, Kansas – Ira D. Bronson (prominent resident of Fort Scott)
• the Bronx, New York City – Jonas Bronck (settler)
• Brooks, Maine – John Brooks (Federalist candidate for Governor of Massachusetts)
• Brooks County, Georgia – Congressman Preston Brooks
• Brooksville, Florida – Congressman Preston Brooks
• Brookville, Indiana – Jesse Brook Thomas (proprietor)
• Brown, California – George Brown (hotelier)
• Brownfield, Maine – Captain Henry Young Brown (served in the French and Indian War)
• Brownington, Vermont – Daniel and Timothy Brown (landholders)
• Brownstown, Indiana, Brownsville, Kentucky, and Brownsville, Tennessee – Jacob Jennings Brown (American army officer)
• Browns Valley, Minnesota – Joseph Brown (founder)
• Brownsville, Maryland – Tobias Brown (early settler)
• Brownsville, Pennsylvania – Thomas and Basil Brown (landowners)
• Brownsville, Texas – Major Jacob Brown
• Browntown, Wisconsin – William G. Brown (settler)
• Brownville, Maine – Francis Brown (mill owner and trader)
• Brownville, Nebraska – Richard Brown (settler)
• Brownville, New York – John Brown (settler and father of General Jacob Jennings Brown)
• Brownwood, Texas – Henry S. Brown (settler)
• Bruceville, Indiana – William Bruce (landowner)
• Brunswick, Maine – House of Brunswick
• Brunswick, Vermont – from one of the titles for Prince Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand of Brunswick-Lunenburg
• Brushton, New York – Henry N. Brush (landowner)
• Brutus, 4 places in Kentucky, Michigan, New York, and Virginia – Marcus Junius Brutus
• Bryan, Ohio – John A. Bryan (state auditor)
• Bryan, Texas – William Joel Bryan
• Bryson City, North Carolina – T.D. Bryson (state legislator and landowner)
• Bryte, California – Mike Bryte (local farmer and landowner)
• Buchanan, Michigan – James Buchanan
• Buchanan, Virginia – John Buchanan (settler)
• Buckfield, Maine – Abijah Buck (settler)
• Buckner, Missouri – Senator Alexander Buckner or Real Estate operator Simon Buckner or namesake is Thomas W. Buckner, an original owner of the site.
• Bucks Bridge, New York – Isaac Buck (settler)
• Buckskin Joe, Park County, Colorado – Joseph Higginbotham (frontiersman nicknamed "Buckskin Joe")
• Bucksport, California – David A. Buck (founder)
• Bucksport, Maine – Colonel Jonathan Buck (grantee)
• Bucoda, Washington – J.M. <u>Bu</u>ckley, Samuel <u>Co</u>ulter, and John B. <u>Da</u>vid (businessmen)
• Buels Gore, Vermont – Major Elias Buel (landholder)
• Bullittsville, Kentucky – Alexander Scott Bullitt
• Bullochville, Georgia – Archibald Bulloch
• Buna, Texas – Buna Corley (cousin of the Carroll family, prominent Beaumont lumbermen and industrialists)
• Bunceton, Missouri – Harvey Bunce (resident)
• Buntingville, California – A.J. Bunting (merchant)
• Burbank, California – David Burbank (dentist)
• Burden, Kansas – Robert F. Burden (landowner)
• Burdell, California – Dr. Galen Burdell (dentist, landowner)
• Bureau County, Illinois and Bureau Junction, Illinois – Pierre de Buero (trader) (note the spelling)
• Burgaw, North Carolina – Burgaw family (residents)
• Burke (town), New York and Burke, Vermont – Edmund Burke
• Burleson, Texas – Edward Burleson (Texian patriot)
• Burlingame, California - Anson Burlingame (abolitionist, legislator, diplomat)
• Burlingame, Kansas – Anson Burlingame (abolitionist, legislator, diplomat)
• Burlington, 5 places in Kansas, Iowa, Michigan, Vermont, and Wisconsin – Burling family (This family owned the land upon which the city in Vermont was built. The other cities derive their name from the Vermont one).
• Burnet, Texas – Governor David G. Burnet
• Burnsville, Indiana – Brice Bruns (founder)
• Burnsville, North Carolina – Otway Burns (boat captain)
• Burrel, California – Cuthbert Burrel (local rancher)
• Burrillville, Rhode Island – James Burrill, Jr. (state attorney general and U.S. senator)
• Burrton, Kansas – I.T. Burr (Vice President of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway)
• Burson, California – David S. Burson (railroad man)
• Bushnell, South Dakota – Frank E. Bushnell (landowner)
• Busti, New York – Paolo Busti (landowner)
• Butler, Missouri – General William O. Butler
• Buxton, Oregon – Henry Buxton (settler)
• Byers, Colorado – W.N. Byers (Denver resident)
• Bynumville, Missouri – Dr. Joseph Bynum (settler)
• Byron, 3 places in Georgia, Maine, and New York – Lord Byron (English poet)

C

• Cable, Illinois – Ransom R. Cable (railroader)
• Cabot, Vermont – named by settler Lyman Hitchcock for his intended bride
• Cadillac, Michigan – Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
• Cadott, Wisconsin – Baptiste Cadotte (resident) (note the spelling)
• Caldwell, Kansas – Alexander Caldwell (U.S. Senator)
• Caldwell, New Jersey – Rev. James Caldwell
• Caldwell, Ohio – Joseph and Samuel Caldwell (landowners)
• Caldwell, Texas – Mathew Caldwell (Texian patriot)
• Calhoun, Kentucky – John Calhoun (judge)
• Callaway, Missouri – Capt. James Callaway
• Callensburg, Pennsylvania – Hugh Callen (founder)
• Calvert, Maryland – Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore
• Camano Island, Washington – Jacinto Caamaño (explorer) (note the spelling)
• Camden, 4 places in Maine, New Jersey, New York, and North Carolina – Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden
• Cameron, 3 places in Louisiana, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia – Simon Cameron
• Cameron, Missouri – Malinda Cameron (maiden name of wife of Samuel McCorkle, who platted the town of Somerville, Missouri)
• Cameron, New York – Dugald Cameron (land agent)
• Cameron, South Carolina – J. Donald Cameron (U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania)
• Cameron, Texas – Ewen Cameron (Texian patriot)
• Camillus, New York – Marcus Furius Camillus (Roman military leader)
• Camp Connell, California – John F. Connell (landowner and first postmaster)
• Camp Douglas, Wisconsin – James Douglas (established a camp along the Milwaukee Road to provide wood for the locomotives)
• Camp Pardee, California – George Pardee (governor of California)
• Camp Richardson, California – Alonzo L. Richardson (first postmaster)
• Campbell, California – Benjamin Campbell (founder)
• Campbell, New York – Campbell family (settlers)
• Campbellsville, Kentucky – Andrew Campbell (founder)
• Campion, Colorado – John F. Campion (hard rock mine owner and established the sugar beet industry)
• Camptonville, California – Robert Campton (town blacksmith)
• Canal Lewisville, Ohio – T.B. Lewis (founder)
• Canby, California and Canby, Oregon – General Edward Canby
• Canfield, Ohio – Jonathan Canfield (proprietor)
• Cannonsburg, Michigan – Le Grand Cannon (resident of Troy, New York)
• Cannonsville, New York – Benjamin Cannon (landowner)
• Canonsburg, Pennsylvania – John Cannon (founder) (note the spelling)
• Canova, South Dakota – Antonio Canova (Italian sculptor)
• Canterbury, New Hampshire – William Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury
• Capac, Michigan – Manco Cápac (Incan emperor)
• Cape Elizabeth, Maine – Elizabeth of Bohemia (sister of King Charles I of England)
• Cape Girardeau, Missouri – Jean Baptiste de Girardot (French soldier)
• Cape May, New Jersey – Cornelius Jacobsen May (explorer)
• Cape Vincent, New York – Vincent, son of Jacques-Donatien Le Ray de Chaumont
• Captain Cook, Hawaii – Captain James Cook (English explorer)
• Cardwell, Missouri – Frank Cardwell (resident of Paragould, Arkansas)
• Caribou, California – Johnny Caribou (early miner)
• Carlinville, Illinois – Governor Thomas Carlin
• Carlisle, Massachusetts – Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle
• Carlotta, California – Carlotta Vance (founder's daughter)
• Carnegie, Pennsylvania – Andrew Carnegie
• Carnesville, Georgia – Col. T.P. Carnes
• Carolina, Rhode Island – Caroline Hazard (wife of Rowland G. Hazard, mill owner)
• Carondelet, St. Louis, Missouri – Francisco Luis Héctor de Carondelet
• Carol Stream, Illinois – (named for founder's daughter)
• Carr, Colorado – Robert E. Carr (managed the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad rail line through the town)
• Carroll, New Hampshire – Charles Carroll (a signer of the Declaration of Independence)
• Carroll Plantation, Maine – Daniel Carroll (a signer of the U.S. Constitution)
• Carrollton, New York – G. Carroll (landowner)
• Carson City, Nevada – Kit Carson
• Carson Hill, California – Sergeant James H. Carson
• Carter, Kentucky – William G. Carter (state senator)
• Carter, Tennessee – Gen. Landon Carter
• Carteret, New Jersey – George Carteret (proprietor of New Jersey) and Philip Carteret (first royal governor of New Jersey)
• Cartersville, Georgia – Col. F. Carter
• Caruthers, California – W.A. Caruthers (local farmer)
• Caruthersville, Missouri – Samuel Caruthers
• Carver, Massachusetts – John Carver (first Governor of Plymouth Colony)
• Carver, Minnesota – Capt. Jonathan Carver (explorer)
• Cary, North Carolina – Samuel Fenton Cary (Prohibition advocate)
• Caseyville, Kentucky – Col. William Casey
• Cashion, Oklahoma – Roy Cashion (member of the Rough Riders)
• Caspar, California – Siegfried Caspar (founder)
• Casper, Wyoming – Lieutenant Caspar Collins (killed by a group of Indian warriors) (note spelling)
• Casselton, North Dakota – Gen. George W. Cass (director of the Union Pacific Railroad)
• Cassville, Wisconsin – Lewis Cass
• Castine, Maine – Baron Jean-Vincent de St. Castin
• Castroville, California – Simeon Nepomuceno Castro (landowner)
• Castroville, Texas – Henri Castro (settler)
• Catharine, New York – Catherine Montour (note the spelling)
• Catheys Valley, California – Andrew Cathey (early settler)
• Cato (town), New York – either Cato the Elder or Cato the Younger
• Cavalier, North Dakota – Charles Cavalier (settler)
• Cavendish, Vermont – William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire
• Cawker City, Kansas – E.H. Cawker
• Cazenovia, 4 places in Illinois, Minnesota, New York, and Wisconsin – Theophilus Cazenove (land agent) (The New York town is the original, and the others were named for it).
• Cecilton, Maryland - Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore
• Center Harbor, New Hampshire – Col. Joseph Senter (settler) (note the spelling)
• Chadds Ford Township, Pennsylvania – Francis Chadsey (proprietor)
• Chalfant Valley, California – Arthur Chalfant (newspaper publisher)
• Chamberlain, South Dakota – Selah Chamberlain (railroad director)
• Chambersburg, Pennsylvania – Benjamin Chambers (founder)
• Chambers Lodge, California – David H. Chambers (lodge builder)
• Champion, New York – Gen. Henry Champion (settler)
• Champlain, New York – Samuel de Champlain
• Chandler, Arizona – Dr. Alexander John Chandler
• Chandlerville, Illinois – Dr. Charles Chandler (founder)
• Chandler's Purchase, New Hampshire – Jeremiah Chanler (landowner) (note the spelling)
• Chanute, Kansas – O. Chanute (engineer with the Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston Railroad)
• Chaplin, Connecticut – Deacon Benjamin Chaplin (early settler)
• Chapman, Pennsylvania – William Chapman (slate mine owner)
• Chardon, Ohio – Peter Chardon Brooks (proprietor)
• Charles Town, West Virginia – Charles Washington (founder; younger brother of George Washington)
• Charleston, Maine – Charles Vaughan (settler)
• Charleston, Mississippi – King Charles II of England (indirectly, via Charleston, South Carolina)
• Charleston, South Carolina – King Charles II of England
• Charleston, West Virginia – Charles Clendenin (father of Colonel George Clendenin, a landholder who built Fort Lee here)
• Charlestown, New Hampshire – Admiral Sir Charles Knowles, 1st Baronet of the British Royal Navy
• Charlestown, Rhode Island – King Charles II of England
• Charlevoix, Michigan – Francis X. Charlevoix (missionary)
• Charlotte, Maine – Charlotte Vance (wife of legislator William Vance)
• Charlotte, New York and Charlottesville, Virginia – Princess Charlotte of Wales
• Charlotte, North Carolina and Charlotte, Vermont – Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (wife of King George III)
• Charlotte Amalie – Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel)
• Charlton, Massachusetts – Sir Francis Charlton, 2nd Baronet
• Chartiers Township, Pennsylvania – Peter Chartier (trader)
• Chatfield, Minnesota – Judge Andrew Chatfield
• Chatham, 4 places in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and New York – William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (Prime Minister of Great Britain)
• Chaumont, New York – Jacques-Donatien Le Ray de Chaumont (proprietor)
• Cheney, Kansas – P.B. Cheney (stockholder of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway)
• Cheney, Washington – Benjamin P. Cheney (founder of the Northern Pacific Railway)
• Cheneyville, Louisiana – William Cheney (settler)
• Chester, Vermont – George IV of the United Kingdom, the Earl of Chester (eldest son of George III of the United Kingdom)
• Chesterfield, Massachusetts and Chesterfield, New Hampshire – Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
• Chichester, New Hampshire – Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Earl of Chichester
• Childress, Texas – George Childress (Texian patriot)
• Chittenden, Vermont – Thomas Chittenden (one of the Green Mountain Boys and later governor)
• Chivington, Colorado – John Chivington (soldier and perpetrator of the Sand Creek massacre)
• Choteau, Montana – Auguste and Pierre Chouteau (founders of St. Louis, Missouri) (note the spelling)
• Christiana, Delaware and Christiana, Pennsylvania – Queen Christina of Sweden
• Christiansted – Christian VI of Denmark
• Churchville, New York – Samuel Church (settler)
• Cicero, Illinois – Cicero (indirectly, via Cicero, New York)
• Cicero, New York – Cicero
• Cincinnati, Ohio – Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (indirectly, via the Society of the Cincinnati)
• Cincinnatus, New York – Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus
• Cisco, California – John J. Cisco (treasurer of the railroad)
• Cisco Grove, California – John J. Cisco (treasurer of the railroad)
• Clanton, Alabama – James Holt Clanton (Confederate general)
• Clapper, Missouri – Henry Clapper (railroader)
• Claraville, California – Clara Munckton (first white woman there)
• Clarence, Missouri – Clarence Duff (son of John Duff, settler)
• Clark Fork, Idaho – Governor William Clark
• Clarkia, Idaho – Governor William Clark
• Clarks, Nebraska – S.H.H. Clark (superintendent of the Union Pacific Railroad)
• Clarksburg, California – Robert C. Clark (early settler)
• Clarksburg, Massachusetts – Nicholas Clark (early settler)
• Clarksburg, West Virginia – Gen. George Rogers Clark
• Clarkston, Washington – Governor William Clark
• Clarkesville, Georgia – Governor John Clarke
• Clarksville, Indiana – Gen. George Rogers Clark
• Clarksville, Missouri – Governor William Clark
• Clarksville, New Hampshire – Benjamin Clark
• Clarkton, Missouri – Henry E. Clark (contractor)
• Clay, 4 places in Florida (county), Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky – Henry Clay (United States Secretary of State in the 19th century)
• Clayton, California – Joel Henry Clayton (founder)
• Clayton, Delaware – Thomas Clayton (U.S. senator)
• Clayton, Georgia – Augustin Smith Clayton (U.S. congressman)
• Clayton, Missouri – Ralph Clayton
• Clayton, New York and Clayton, North Carolina – John M. Clayton (U.S. Senator from Delaware)
• Cleburne, Texas – Patrick Cleburne (Confederate general)
• Clendenin, West Virginia – Charles Clendenin (father of Colonel George Clendenin)
• Cleveland, North Carolina and Cleveland, Tennessee – Colonel Benjamin Cleveland
• Cleveland, Ohio – Moses Cleaveland (note spelling)
• Cleveland, Texas – Charles Lander Cleveland (local judge)
• Cleveland, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin – Grover Cleveland
• Clifford, Michigan – Clifford Lyman (first child born there)
• Clinton – DeWitt Clinton, 16 places in
• Arkansas – Connecticut – Illinois – Indiana – Iowa – Louisiana – Maine – Massachusetts – Michigan – Minnesota – Mississippi – Missouri – New Jersey – New York (city and county) – Ohio – Wisconsin
• Clinton, Kansas – DeWitt Clinton (indirectly, via Clinton, Illinois)
• Clinton, Montana – General Sir Henry Clinton
• Clinton, Nebraska – DeWitt Clinton (indirectly, via Clinton, Iowa)
• Clinton, Dutchess County, New York – George Clinton (early governor of New York)
• Clinton, Oneida County, New York – George Clinton (early governor of New York)
• Clinton, North Carolina – American Revolution General Richard Clinton
• Clinton, Oklahoma – Clinton Irwin (territorial judge)
• Clinton, South Carolina – Henry Clinton Young (Laurens lawyer who helped lay out the first streets)
• Clinton, Tennessee - George Clinton (vice president)
• Clinton, Washington – DeWitt Clinton (indirectly, via Clinton, Lenawee County, Michigan)
• Clockville, New York – John Klock (landowner) (note the spelling)
• Clovis, California – Clovis Cole (local farmer)
• Clymers, Indiana – George Clymer (founder)
• Clymer, New York – George Clymer (signer of the Declaration of Independence)
• Coatesville, Pennsylvania – Moses Coates (settler)
• Cochran, Georgia – Arthur E. Cochran (judge)
• Cockeysville, Maryland – Thomas Cockey (settler)
• Coeymans, New York – Barent Peterse Coeymans (landowner)
• Coffeeville, Mississippi – Gen. John Coffee
• Coffeyville, Kansas – A.M. Coffey (state legislator)
• Cokesbury, South Carolina – Bishops Thomas Coke and Francis Asbury
• Colby, Kansas – J.R. Colby (settler)
• Colby, Wisconsin – Charles Colby (president of the Wisconsin Central Railroad)
• Colchester, Vermont – Earl of Colchester
• Colden, New York – Cadwallader D. Colden (state legislator)
• Colebrook, New Hampshire – Sir George Colebrooke (landowner) (note the spelling)
• Coleman, Texas – R.M. Coleman (Texas Ranger)
• Coleville, California – Cornelius Cole (US Senator)
• Colesville, New York – Nathaniel Cole (settler)
• Colfax, 5 places in California, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, and Washington – Schuyler Colfax (US Vice President)
• Collettsville, North Carolina – Colletts family (residents)
• Collier County, Florida – Barron Collier
• Collinsville, Illinois – Collins brothers (founders)
• Colrain, Massachusetts – Lord Coleraine (note spelling)
• Colquitt, Georgia and Colquitt County, Georgia – U.S. Senator Walter T. Colquitt
• Colton, New York – Jesse Colton Higley (settler)
• Columbia, South Carolina – Christopher Columbus
• Columbus, Georgia and Columbus, Ohio – Christopher Columbus (Italian explorer)
• Communipaw, New Jersey – Michael Reyniersz Pauw (director of the Dutch West India Company) (note the spelling)
• Compton, California – Griffith D. Compton (settler)
• Conklin, New York – Judge John Conklin
• Connellsville, Pennsylvania – Zachariah Connell (founder)
• Connersville, Indiana – John Conner (founder)
• Connersville, Kentucky – Lewis Conner
• Conroe, Texas – Isaac Conroe (Union Cavalry officer)
• Constable, New York and Constableville, New York – William Constable (proprietor)
• Conway, Arkansas – Henry Wharton Conway (territorial delegate to Congress)
• Conway, Massachusetts and Conway, New Hampshire – General Henry Seymour Conway (Commander in Chief of the British Army)
• Conway, South Carolina – Gen. Robert Conway (resident)
• Cooksburg, New York – Thomas B. Cook (landowner)
• Coolidge, Kansas – Thomas Jefferson Coolidge (president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway)
• Coolidge, Arizona – named for 30th President of the United States Calvin Coolidge and the most recent city to be named after a U.S. President
• Cooper, Maine – General John Cooper (landowner)
• Cooper River (South Carolina) – Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury
• Cooperstown, New York – William Cooper
• Cooperstown, Pennsylvania – William Cooper (founder)
• Coopersville, Clinton County, New York – Ebenezer Cooper (mill owner)
• Cope, Colorado – Jonathan Cope (founder)
• Cope, South Carolina – J. Martin Cope (founder)
• Coraopolis, Pennsylvania – Cora Watson (wife of landowner)
• Corbett, Oregon – U.S. Senator Henry W. Corbett
• Corinna, Maine – Corinna Warren (daughter of Dr. John Warren, landowner)
• Corinne, Utah – Corinne Williamson (daughter of General J.A. Williamson)
• Cornelius, Oregon – Col. Thomas R. Cornelius
• Cornettsville, Indiana – Myer and Samuel Cornett (founders)
• Corning (city), New York and Corning, Kansas – Erastus Corning (politician)
• Cornish, New Hampshire – Vice-Admiral Samuel Cornish of the British Royal Navy
• Cornplanter Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania – Cornplanter (Native American chief)
• Coronado, California and Coronado, Kansas – Francisco Vázquez de Coronado (explorer)
• Corpus Christi, Texas – Jesus Christ (Body of Christ)
• Corrigan, Texas – Pat Corrigan (train conductor)
• Corry, Pennsylvania – Hiram Corry (landowner)
• Corsicana, Texas – Corcisana Navarro (wife of landowner)
• Cortland, New York, Cortlandt, New York, and Cortlandville, New York – Pierre Van Cortlandt (first Lieutenant Governor of New York)
• Corwin, Ohio – Thomas Corwin (Governor and U.S. Senator)
• Cottleville, Missouri – Lorenzo Cottle (settler)
• Cottrell Key, Florida – Jeremiah Cottrell (lighthouse keeper)
• Coulter, Pennsylvania – Eli Coulter (settler)
• Coulterville, California – George W. Coulter (early settler)
• Coupeville, Washington – Captain Thomas Coupe (founder)
• Courtland, Kansas – Pierre Van Cortlandt (indirectly, via Cortland, New York) (note the spelling)
• Coutolenc, California – Eugene Coutolenc (early merchant)
• Covington, 3 places in Georgia, Kentucky, and New York – Gen. Leonard Covington
• Cowell, California – Joshua Cowell (landowner)
• Cowles, Nebraska – W.D. Cowles (railroader)
• Cozad, Nebraska – John J. Cozad (landowner)
• Crabtree, California – John F. Crabtree (homesteader)
• Crabtree, Oregon – John J. Crabtree (settler)
• Craftsbury, Vermont – Ebenezer Crafts (landholder)
• Craig, Colorado – Rev. Bayard Craig
• Cranesville, Pennsylvania – Fowler Crane (founder)
• Crannell, California – Levi Crannell (lumber company president)
• Cranston, Rhode Island – Gov. Samuel Cranston
• Crawford, Georgia and Crawford, Maine – William H. Crawford (U.S. Senator, Secretary of War, and Secretary of the Treasury)
• Crawford's Purchase, New Hampshire – Ethan A. Crawford (landowner)
• Crawfordsville, Indiana – William H. Crawford (U.S. Senator, Secretary of War, and Secretary of the Treasury)
• Crawfordsville, Oregon – George F. Crawford (settler)
• Crawfordville, Georgia – William H. Crawford (U.S. Senator, Secretary of War, and Secretary of the Treasury)
• Cresson, Pennsylvania and Cressona, Pennsylvania – Elliott Cresson (Philadelphia merchant)
• Cressey, California – Calvin J. Cressey (landowner)
• Creswell, North Carolina – Postmaster General John Creswell
• Crittenden, Kentucky – U.S. Senator John J. Crittenden
• Crockett, California – Joseph B. Crockett (California Supreme Court judge)
• Crockett, Texas – Davy Crockett
• Croghan (town), New York – Col. George Croghan
• Crook, Colorado – General George Crook (officer during the Civil War and the Indian Wars)
• Crosbyton, Texas – Stephen Crosby (land office commissioner)
• Croswell, Michigan – Gov. Charles Croswell
• Crowley, Polk County, Oregon – Solomon K. Crowley (settler)
• Crugers, New York – Col. John P. Cruger
• Cudahy, California – Michael Cudahy
• Cudahy, Wisconsin – Patrick Cudahy (meatpacker)
• Cullman, Alabama – Gen. John G. Cullmann (note the spelling)
• Culloden, Georgia – William Culloden (settler)
• Cullom, Illinois – Shelby Moore Cullom (U.S. Senator)
• Culpeper, Virginia – Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper (note the spelling)
• Cumberland, Maryland and Cumberland, Rhode Island – Prince William, Duke of Cumberland
• Cumming, Georgia – Col. William Cumming
• Cummings, Mendocino County, California – Jonathan Cummings (early settler)
• Cummington, Massachusetts – Colonel John Cummings (landholder)
• Cumminsville, Nebraska – J.F. Cummings (county clerk) (note the spelling)
• Cumminsville, Ohio – David Cummins (settler)
• Cupertino, California – Joseph of Cupertino
• Curry Village, California – David A. Curry (founder)
• Curryville, Missouri – Perry Curry (founder)
• Curwensville, Pennsylvania – John Curwen
• Cushing, Maine – Thomas Cushing (statesman and lieutenant governor of Massachusetts)
• Custer, 5 places in Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, and South Dakota – Gen. George Armstrong Custer
• Cuthbert, Georgia – Col. John Alfred Cuthbert (congressman)
• Cutler, Maine – Joseph Cutler (settler)
• Cynthiana, Kentucky – Cynthia and Anna Harris (daughters of landowner)

D

• Dacono, Colorado – <u>Da</u>isy Baum, <u>Co</u>ra Van Vorhies and <u>No</u>na (or Nora) Brooks (local residents)
• Dade City, Florida – Major Francis L. Dade
• Dadeville, Alabama – Major Francis L. Dade
• Daggett, Indiana – Charles Daggett (resident)
• Dagsboro, Delaware – Sir John Dagworthy
• Daisetta, Texas – <u>Dais</u>y Barrett and <u>Etta</u> White (early residents)
• Dallas, North Carolina and Dallas, Texas – George M. Dallas
• Dallas Center, Iowa – George M. Dallas
• Dalton, Massachusetts and Dalton, New Hampshire – Tristram Dalton (Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives)
• Dalton, Missouri – William Dalton
• Dandridge, Tennessee – Martha Washington (née Dandridge)
• Danforth, Maine – Thomas Danforth (proprietor)
• Danielsville, Georgia – Gen. Allen Daniel Jr.
• Dansville, Michigan – Daniel L. Crossman (resident)
• Dansville, Livingston County, New York and Dansville, Steuben County, New York – Daniel P. Faulkner (founder)
• Danvers, Massachusetts – Danvers Osborn family
• Danville, California – Daniel Inman (local landowner)
• Danville, Georgia – Daniel G. Hughes (father of U.S. Representative Dudley Mays Hughes)
• Danville, Indiana – Daniel Bales (proprietor)
• Danville, Kentucky – Walker Daniel (founder)
• Danville, Missouri – Daniel M. Boone (landowner and son of Daniel Boone)
• Danville, Pennsylvania – Gen. Daniel Montgomery Jr.
• Danville, Vermont – Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville
• Darkesville, West Virginia – Gen. William Darke
• Darlington, Pennsylvania – S.P. Darlington (Pittsburgh merchant)
• Darwin, California – Dr. Darwin French
• Darwin, Illinois – Charles Darwin
• Daulton, California – Henry C. Daulton (landowner and politician)
• Davenport, Iowa – Colonel George Davenport
• Davenport, Nebraska – Colonel George Davenport (indirectly, via Davenport, Iowa)
• Davenport, New York – John Davenport (settler)
• Davidson, North Carolina – Gen. William Lee Davidson
• Davie, Florida – Randolph P. Davie (developer)
• Davis, California – Jerome C. Davis (local farmer)
• Davis, West Virginia – Henry Gassaway Davis (U.S. Senator)
• Dawson, Illinois – John Dawson (member of "The Long Nine", a group of legislators from Sangamon County)
• Dawson, Nebraska – Joshua Dawson (settler)
• Dawsonville, Georgia – William Crosby Dawson (U.S. Senator)
• Dayton, Maine and Dayton, Ohio – Jonathan Dayton
• Dayton, Texas – I. C. Day (landowner) (combination of Day's Town)
• Daytona Beach, Florida – Matthias Day
• Dearborn, Michigan and Dearborn, Missouri – Henry Dearborn (Revolutionary War general and Secretary of War)
• Deblois, Maine – T.A. Deblois (president of the Bank of Portland)
• Decatur, 4 places in Georgia, Illinois, Mississippi, and New York – Stephen Decatur (War of 1812 naval hero)
• Decatur, Nebraska – Stephen Decatur (one of the village's incorporators)
• Decorah, Iowa – Decorie (Native American chief)
• Decoto, California – Ezra Decoto (landowner)
• Deering, New Hampshire – Frances Deering Wentworth (the maiden name of Governor John Wentworth's wife)
• Delancey, New York – James De Lancey (landowner)
• DeLand, Florida – Henry Addison DeLand (founder, also founded Stetson University)
• Delano, California – Columbus Delano
• Delavan, Wisconsin – Edward C. Delavan (temperance leader in Albany, New York)
• Delaware – Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr (note the spelling)
• De Leon, Texas and DeLeon Springs, Florida – Juan Ponce de León
• Denison, Iowa – J.W. Denison (founder)
• Denison, Texas – Rev. C.W. Denison (abolitionist)
• Denmark, South Carolina – B.A. Denmark (railroader)
• Denning, New York – William Denning (land purchaser)
• Dennis, Massachusetts – Josiah Dennis (resident minister)
• Dennison, Ohio – Gov. William Dennison Jr.
• Denton, Maryland – Sir Robert Eden, 1st Baronet, of Maryland (colonial governor) (According to , Denton is a short version of the town's original name, Eden Town).
• Denton, Texas – Capt. John B. Denton
• Denver, Colorado – James W. Denver
• Depauville, New York – Francis Depau (proprietor)
• Depew, New York – Chauncey Depew
• De Peyster, New York – Frederic de Peyster
• DeSabla, California – Eugene De Sabla (engineer)
• De Smet, Idaho and De Smet, South Dakota – Pierre-Jean De Smet (missionary)
• DeSoto, 4 places in Florida (county), Georgia, Louisiana (parish), and Mississippi (county) – Hernando de Soto
• Devens, Massachusetts – Charles Devens (Civil War general and jurist)
• Devine, Texas – Thomas J. Devine (prominent resident of San Antonio)
• Dewees, Texas – Thomas Dewees and John O. Dewees, Texas cattlemen
• Deweyville, Texas – Admiral George Dewey (victorious in the Battle of Manila Bay)
• DeWitt, Illinois and De Witt, Missouri – DeWitt Clinton (governor of New York)
• DeWitt, New York – Major Moses DeWitt (judge and soldier)
• Dexter, Maine – Samuel Dexter (early statesman)
• Dexter, Michigan – Samuel W. Dexter (settler)
• Dexter, Minnesota – Dexter Parrity (early settler)
• Dexter, New York – S. Newton Dexter (businessman from Whitesboro, New York)
• D'Hanis, Texas – William D'Hanis (land agent for Henri Castro)
• Di Giorgio, California – Joseph Di Giorgio (agricultural entrepreneur)
• Diamondville, California – James Diamond
• Dickey, North Dakota – George H. Dickey (state legislator)
• Dickinson, North Dakota – W.S. Dickinson (founder)
• Dickson, Tennessee – William Dickson
• Dighton, Kansas – Francis Deighton (surveyor) (note the spelling)
• Dighton, Massachusetts – Frances Dighton Williams (wife of Richard Williams, town elder)
• Diller, Nebraska – H.H. Diller (settler)
• Dillon, Montana – Sidney Dillon (railroader)
• Dillon Beach, California – George Dillon (founder)
• Dillsboro, Indiana – Gen. James Dill (settler)
• Dillsboro, North Carolina – George W. Dill (settler)
• Dimond, California – Hugh Dimond (Gold Rush miner and landowner)
• Dinwiddie, Virginia – Robert Dinwiddie (colonial governor)
• District of Columbia – Christopher Columbus
• Dixfield, Maine and Dixmont, Maine – Dr. Elijah Dix (landowner)
• Dixon, California – Thomas Dickson (donor of land for a railroad depot) (error in the address of the first rail shipment to here [Dicksonville] stuck)
• Dixon, Illinois – John Dixon (founder)
• Dixon, Kentucky – Archibald Dixon
• Dixville, New Hampshire – Timothy Dix, Jr. (grantee)
• Dobbins, California – William M. and Mark D. Dobbins (early settlers)
• Dobson, North Carolina – W.P. Dobson (state legislator)
• Dodge Center, Minnesota and Dodgeville, Wisconsin – Gov. Henry Dodge
• Dolph, Oregon – Joseph N. Dolph (U.S. Senator)
• Donaldsonville, Louisiana – William Donaldson
• Doniphan, 3 places in Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska – Col. Alexander William Doniphan
• Donner, California – Donner Party (ill-fated emigrant group)
• Doral, Florida – <u>Al</u>fred Kaskel and his wife <u>Dor</u>is Bernstein (1906–1988)
• Dormansville, New York – Daniel Dorman (innkeeper)
• Dougherty, California – James Witt Dougherty (founder)
• Douglas, Massachusetts – Dr. William Douglas (Boston physician)
• Douglas, Wyoming – Stephen A. Douglas
• Douglas Flat, California – Tom Douglas (early merchant)
• Douglass, Kansas – Joseph Douglass (founder)
• Dover-Foxcroft, Maine – Joseph E. Foxcroft (proprietor)
• Downers Grove, Illinois – Pierce Downer (settler)
• Downey, California – John G. Downey
• Downingtown, Pennsylvania – Thomas Downing
• Downs, Kansas – William F. Downs (Atchison resident)
• Downsville, New York – Abel Downs (tanner)
• Doyle, Lassen County, California – Oscar Doyle (landowner)
• Doylestown, Ohio – William Doyle
• Doylestown, Pennsylvania – William Doyle (settler)
• Drakesbad, California – Edward R. Drake (settler and lodge owner)
• Drakesville, Iowa – John A. Drake (founder)
• Dresbach Township, Minnesota – George B. Dresbach (founder)
• Drewry's Bluff, Virginia – Maj. Augustus Drewry
• Dryden, New York – John Dryden
• Duane, New York and Duanesburg, New York – James Duane (grantee)
• DuBois, Pennsylvania – John Dubois (founder)
• Dubuque, Iowa – Julien Dubuque (early resident)
• Dudley, Georgia – Dudley Mays Hughes (U.S. Representative)
• Dudley, Massachusetts – Paul and William Dudley (landowners)
• Duluth, Georgia – Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut (indirectly, via Duluth, Minnesota)
• Duluth, Minnesota – Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut
• Dummer, New Hampshire and Dummerston, Vermont – William Dummer (Massachusetts Governor)
• Dumont, Colorado – John M. Dumont (mine operator)
• Dunbar, Nebraska – John Dunbar (landowner)
• Duncombe, Iowa – J.F. Duncombe
• Dunlap, California – George Dunlap Moss (teacher)
• Dunlap, Kansas – Joseph Dunlap (trader and founder)
• Dunlapsville, Indiana – John Dunlap (settler)
• Dunmore, West Virginia – John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore (colonial governor)
• Dunnigan, California – A. W. Dunnigan (early settler)
• Dunnsville, New York – Christopher Dunn (landowner)
• Duplin County, North Carolina – Thomas Hay, Viscount Dupplin
• Duquesne, Pennsylvania – Michel-Ange Duquesne de Menneville (indirectly, via Fort Duquesne)
• Durand, Michigan – George H. Durand (U.S. Representative)
• Durand, Wisconsin – Miles Durand Prindle (settler)
• Durant, Iowa – Thomas Durant
• Durham, California – W.W. Durham (member of the California State Assembly)
• Durham, North Carolina – Bartlett S. Durham (landowner)
• Duval County, Florida – William Pope DuVal, Governor of Florida Territory from 1822 to 1834
• Dycusburg, Kentucky – William E. Dycus (founder)
• Dyersburg, Tennessee – Col. Henry Dyer
• Dyersville, Iowa – James Dyer (landowner)

E

• Earling, Iowa – Albert J. Earling, Milwaukee Road officer
• Earl Park, Indiana – Adams Earl (founder)
• Earlville, Iowa – G.M. Earl (settler)
• Earlville, New York – Jonas Earll Jr. (canal commissioner) (note the spelling)
• East Fallowfield Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania – Lancelot Fallowfield (landowner)
• Eastland, Texas – M.W. Eastland
• Eastman, Georgia – W.P. Eastman
• Easton, Massachusetts – John Easton (colonial governor of Rhode Island)
• East St. Louis, Illinois – Saint Louis
• Eaton, Colorado – Benjamin H. and Aaron J. Eaton (millers)
• Eaton, New Hampshire – Connecticut Governor Theophilus Eaton
• Eaton, New York and Eaton, Ohio – Gen. William Eaton
• Eatonton, Georgia – Gen. William Eaton
• Ebensburg, Pennsylvania – Eben Lloyd (died in childhood)
• Eckley, California – Commodore John L. Eckley
• Eckley, Colorado – Amos Eckles (cattlehand)
• Eddington, Maine – Colonel Jonathan Eddy (officer in the American Revolution)
• Eddyville, Iowa – J.P. Eddy (postmaster)
• Eden, Texas – Fred Ede (landowner)
• Edgartown, Massachusetts – Edgar Stuart, Duke of Cambridge
• Edgecomb, Maine – George Edgcumbe, 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (a supporter of the colonists) (note the spelling)
• Edgerton, Ohio – Alfred Peck Edgerton
• Edgerton, Wisconsin – E.W. Edgerton (settler)
• Edison, 3 places in Georgia, New Jersey, and Ohio – Thomas Edison
• Edmeston, New York – Robert Edmeston (founder)
• Edna, Kansas – Edna Gragery (child who lived there)
• Edroy, Texas – <u>Ed</u> Cubage and <u>Roy</u> Miller (co-founders)
• Edwards, Mississippi – Dick Edwards (Jackson hotelier)
• Edwards, New York – Edward McCormack (founder's brother)
• Edwardsport, Indiana – Edwards Wilkins
• Edwardsville, Illinois – Ninian Edwards (territorial governor)
• Effingham, Illinois and Effingham County, Illinois – Gen. Edward Effingham
• Effingham, Kansas – Effingham Nichols (railroader)
• Effingham, New Hampshire – Howard family, who were Earls of Effingham
• Egremont, Massachusetts – Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont
• Ehrenberg, Arizona – Herman Ehrenberg (founder)
• El Macero, California – Bruce Mace (local landowner)
• Elberton, Georgia and Elbert County, Georgia – Gov. Samuel Elbert
• Elbridge, New York – Elbridge Gerry
• Elizabeth, New Jersey and Elizabethtown, North Carolina – Lady Elizabeth Carteret (wife of colonial proprietor and statesman George Carteret)
• Elizabeth, Pennsylvania – Elizabeth Bayard (founder's wife)
• Elizabeth, West Virginia – Elizabeth Beauchamp
• Elizabeth City, North Carolina – Elizabeth I
• Elizabethton, Tennessee – Elizabeth MacLin Carter and Elizabeth McNabb (wives of two early settlers)
• Elizabethtown, Indiana – Elizabeth Branham (founder's wife)
• Elizabethtown, Kentucky – Elizabeth Hynes (wife of early settler Andrew Hynes)
• Elkader, Iowa – Abd el-Kader (Algerian patriot)
• Elkins, West Virginia – Stephen Benton Elkins (U.S. Senator)
• Ellenburg, New York – Ellen Murray (landowner's daughter)
• Ellendale, Delaware – Ellen Prettyman (founder's wife)
• Ellensburg, Washington – Mary Ellen Shoudy (wife of John A. Shoudy, purchaser of local trading post and founder)
• Ellenville, New York – Ellen Snyder (settler)
• Ellery, New York – William Ellery
• Ellicott, New York and Ellicottville, New York – Joseph Ellicott (agent of the Holland Land Company)
• Ellicott City, Maryland – John, Andrew, and Joseph Ellicott (founders)
• Ellinwood, Kansas – Col. John R. Ellinwood (engineer for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway)
• Ellisburg, New York – Lyman Ellis (founder)
• Ellisville, Mississippi – Powhatan Ellis (U.S. Senator)
• Ellsworth, Kansas – Lt. Allen Ellsworth
• Ellsworth, Maine and Ellsworth, New Hampshire – Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth
• Elmendorf, Texas – Henry Elmendorf (mayor of San Antonio)
• Elmira, New York – Elmira Teall (tavernkeeper's daughter)
• Elmore, Vermont – Colonel Samuel Elmore (landowner)
• Elsie, Michigan – Elsie Tillotson (pioneer's daughter)
• Elsie, Nebraska – Elsie Perkins
• Elyria, Ohio – Heman Ely (1817)
• Emerick, Nebraska – John Emerick (settler)
• Emery, South Dakota – S.M. Emery (landowner)
• Emeryville, California – Joseph Stickney Emery (local landowner)
• Emlenton, Pennsylvania – Emlen Fox (landowner's wife)
• Emmett, Michigan and Emmetsburg, Iowa – Robert Emmet (Irish nationalist)
• Emmitsburg, Maryland – William Emmitt (founder) (note the spelling)
• Enfield, Massachusetts – Robert Field
• Ennis, Montana – William Ennis (settler)
• Enosburgh, Vermont – Roger Enos (landowner)
• Errol, New Hampshire – James Hay, 15th Earl of Erroll
• Erving, Massachusetts – John Erving (early farmer landowner)
• Erwin, New York – Col. Arthur Erwin
• Eskridge, Kansas – C.V. Eskridge (landowner)
• Essexville, Michigan – Ransom Essex (settler)
• Estes Park, Colorado – Joel Estes (founder)
• Estherville, Iowa – Esther Ridley (landowner's wife)
• Estill, Kentucky – Capt. James Estill
• Estill, Missouri – Col. John R. Estill
• Ethel, Mississippi – Ethel McConnico
• Euclid, Ohio – Euclid (Greek mathematician)
• Eudora, Kansas – Eudora Fish
• Eugene, Oregon – Eugene Franklin Skinner (settler)
• Eunice, Louisiana – Eunice Pharr Duson (second wife of Curley Duson, the founder of the city)
• Eustis, Maine – Charles L. Eustis (early proprietor)
• Evans, Colorado, Evanston, Illinois, and Evanston, Wyoming – Gov. John Evans
• Evans, New York – David Ellicott Evans (agent of the Holland Land Company)
• Evans Mills, New York – Ethni Evans (mill owner)
• Evansville, Indiana – Robert Morgan Evans (founder)
• Evansville, Wyoming – W.T. Evans (blacksmith)
• Evart, Michigan – Frank Evart (pioneer)
• Everett, Massachusetts and Everett, Pennsylvania – Edward Everett (politician and educator)
• Everett, Washington – Everett Colby (son of Charles Colby, local booster)
• Ewing Township, New Jersey – Charles Ewing (Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court)

F

• Fairbanks, Alaska – Charles W. Fairbanks
• Fairfax, California – Charles S. Fairfax
• Fairfax, Virginia and Fairfax County, Virginia – Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
• Fallon, California – Luke and James Fallon (early settlers)
• Fallowfield, Pennsylvania – Lancelot Fallowfield (landowner)
• Fannin, Texas – Col. James Fannin (Texian patriot)
• Fannett, Texas – B. J. Fannett (local landowner who opened a general store there in the 1890s)
• Fargo, North Dakota – William Fargo
• Faribault, Minnesota – Jean-Baptiste Faribault (settler)
• Farley, Mendocino County, California – Jackson Farley (early settler)
• Farnham, New York – Le Roy Farnham (merchant)
• Farragut, Iowa and Farragut, Tennessee – David Farragut
• Farrandsville, Pennsylvania – William P. Farrand (founder)
• Farwell, Michigan – Samuel B. Farwell (railroader)
• Fayette, 12 places in Alabama, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Utah, West Virginia, and Wisconsin – Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette
• Fayetteville, 11 places in Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia – Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette
• Fayette City, Pennsylvania – Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette
• Felix Township, Grundy County, Illinois and Felix Township, Grundy County, Iowa – Felix Grundy (U.S. Senator from Tennessee)
• Fellows, California – Charles A. Fellows (railroad contractor)
• Fell's Point, Baltimore, Maryland – William Fell (landowner)
• Felts Mills, New York – John Felt (proprietor)
• Fenner, New York – Rhode Island Governor Arthur Fenner
• Fennville, Michigan – Ethan Fenn (founder)
• Fenton, New York – Governor Reuben Fenton
• Ferdinand, Vermont – from one of the titles for Prince Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand of Brunswick-Lunenburg
• Fernandina Beach, Florida – King Ferdinand VII of Spain
• Ferrisburgh, Vermont – Benjamin Ferris (founder)
• Fields Landing, California – Waterman Field (early settler)
• Fieldville, New Jersey – John Field (early settler)
• Fincastle, Virginia – George Murray, 5th Earl of Dunmore (son of colonial governor Lord Dunmore and also known by the title Lord Fincastle)
• Findlay, Ohio – Col. James Findlay (indirectly, via Fort Findlay)
• Findlay Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania – Gov. William Findley (note the spelling)
• Fine, New York – John Fine (landowner)
• Finley, California – Samuel Finley Sylar (early settler)
• Firebaugh, California – Andrew D. Firebaugh
• Firestone, Colorado – Jacob Firestone (landowner)
• Fitchburg, Massachusetts – John Fitch (settler)
• Fithian, Illinois – Dr. William Fithian
• Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire – William Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam (cousin of Governor John Wentworth)
• Flagler County, Florida – Henry Flagler, built the Florida East Coast Railway
• Flandreau, South Dakota – Charles Eugene Flandrau
• Fleming, New York – Gen. George Fleming (resident)
• Flemingsburg, Kentucky – Col. John Fleming
• Flora, Mississippi – Flora Jones (resident)
• Florence, Kansas – Florence Crawford
• Florence, Kentucky – Florence Conner (wife of early settler)
• Florence, Omaha, Nebraska – Florence Kilbourn
• Florence, South Carolina – Florence Hartlee (daughter of a railroad president who lived in the area)
• Floresville, Texas – Don Francisco Flores de Abrego (early settler)
• Floyd, Iowa – Charles Floyd (explorer with Lewis and Clark)
• Floyd, New York – William Floyd (Founding Father)
• Floyd, Virginia – John Floyd (Virginia politician)
• Floydada, Texas – Dolphin <u>Floyd</u> (died while defending the Alamo) and <u>Ada</u> Price (wife of a local landholder) (indirectly, via Floyd County, Texas)
• Fluhr, California – C.G. Fluhr (railroad official)
• Fonda, New York – Douw Fonda
• Forbestown, California – B.F. Forbes (local store owner)
• Ford, Kansas – Col. James Hobart Ford
• Forsyth, Georgia – Gov. John Forsyth
• Forsyth, Montana – General James W. Forsyth
• Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin – Gen. Henry Atkinson
• Fort Benton, Montana – Thomas Hart Benton
• Fort Bragg, California - American Army officer and Confederate general Braxton Bragg
• Fort Collins, Colorado – Colonel William O. Collins
• Fort Covington, New York – Gen. Leonard Covington
• Fort Dodge, Iowa – Henry Dodge (U.S. senator from Wisconsin) (indirectly, after the fort named after him)
• Fort Edward (town), New York – Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany
• Fort Fairfield, Maine – Gov. John Fairfield
• Fort Fetterman, Wyoming – Lt. Col. William J. Fetterman
• Fort Frederica, Georgia – Frederick, Prince of Wales
• Fort Gaines, Alabama and Fort Gaines, Georgia – Gen. Edmund P. Gaines
• Fort Hamilton, New York – Alexander Hamilton
• Fort John, California – John Stuart
• Fort Johnston, North Carolina – Gabriel Johnston, 6th Governor of North Carolina
• Fort Kent, Maine – Edward Kent (governor of Maine)
• Fort Lauderdale, Florida – Major William Lauderdale
• Fort Leavenworth, Kansas – Gen. Henry Leavenworth
• Fort Lee, New Jersey – Charles Lee
• Fort Lupton, Colorado – Lieutenant Lancaster Lupton (built a trading post here)
• Fort Madison, Iowa – James Madison
• Fort Morgan, Colorado – Colonel Christopher A. Morgan
• Fort Myers, Florida and Fort Myers Beach, Florida – Col. Abraham C. Myers
• Fort Pierre, South Dakota – Pierre Chouteau Jr.
• Fort Romie, California – Charles Romie (landowner)
• Fort Scott, Kansas – Gen. Winfield Scott
• Fort Seward, California – William H. Seward
• Fort Sheridan, Illinois – Gen. Philip Sheridan
• Fort Wayne, Indiana – Anthony Wayne
• Fort Worth, Texas – William Jenkins Worth
• Foster, Rhode Island – U.S. Senator Theodore Foster
• Fostoria, Ohio – Gov. Charles Foster
• Fouts Springs, California – John F. Fouts (discoverer of the springs)
• Fowler, California – Thomas Fowler (California State Senator)
• Fowler, Michigan – John N. Fowler
• Fowler, New York – Theodocius Fowler (landowner)
• Fowlerville, Michigan – Ralph Fowler (settler)
• Fowlerville, Livingston County, New York – Wells Fowler (settler)
• Foxburg, Pennsylvania – H.M. Fox (landowner)
• Foxborough, Massachusetts – Charles James Fox
• Francestown, New Hampshire – Frances Deering Wentworth (Governor John Wentworth's wife)
• Franceville, Colorado – Matt France
• Frankfort, Kansas – Frank Schmidt (landowner)
• Frankfort, Kentucky – Benjamin Franklin
• Frankfort (town), New York – Lawrence Frank (settler)
• Franklin – Benjamin Franklin, 36 places in
• Alabama – Arkansas – Sacramento County, California – Connecticut – Georgia – Idaho – Illinois – Indiana – Iowa – Kentucky – Louisiana – Maine – Massachusetts – Michigan – Minnesota – Missouri – Nebraska – New Hampshire – New Jersey – Franklin County, New York – Macon County, North Carolina – Surry County, North Carolina – Ohio – Cambria County, Pennsylvania – Venango County, Pennsylvania – Tennessee – Texas – Vermont – Virginia – West Virginia – Jackson County, Wisconsin – Kewaunee County, Wisconsin – Manitowoc County, Wisconsin – Milwaukee County, Wisconsin – Sauk County, Wisconsin – Vernon County, Wisconsin
• Franklin, Delaware County, New York – William Temple Franklin
• Franklin Lakes, New Jersey – Benjamin Franklin
• Franklin Park, New Jersey – Benjamin Franklin
• Franklin Township – Benjamin Franklin, 77 places in
• DeKalb County, Illinois – DeKalb County, Indiana – Floyd County, Indiana – Grant County, Indiana – Harrison County, Indiana – Hendricks County, Indiana – Henry County, Indiana – Johnson County, Indiana – Kosciusko County, Indiana – Marion County, Indiana – Montgomery County, Indiana – Owen County, Indiana – Pulaski County, Indiana – Putnam County, Indiana – Randolph County, Indiana – Ripley County, Indiana – Washington County, Indiana – Wayne County, Indiana – Allamakee County, Iowa – Appanoose County, Iowa – Bremer County, Iowa – Cass County, Iowa – Clarke County, Iowa – Decatur County, Iowa – Story County, Iowa – Bourbon County, Kansas – Edwards County, Kansas – Franklin County, Kansas – Jackson County, Kansas – Clare County, Michigan – Houghton County, Michigan – Lenawee County, Michigan – Wright County, Minnesota – Bergen County, New Jersey – Gloucester County, New Jersey – Hunterdon County, New Jersey – Somerset County, New Jersey – Warren County, New Jersey – Rowan County, North Carolina – Surry County, North Carolina – Adams County, Ohio – Brown County, Ohio – Clermont County, Ohio – Columbiana County, Ohio – Coshocton County, Ohio – Darke County, Ohio – Franklin County, Ohio – Fulton County, Ohio – Harrison County, Ohio – Jackson County, Ohio – Licking County, Ohio – Mercer County, Ohio – Monroe County, Ohio – Morrow County, Ohio – Portage County, Ohio – Richland County, Ohio – Ross County, Ohio – Shelby County, Ohio – Tuscarawas County, Ohio – Warren County, Ohio – Wayne County, Ohio – Adams County, Pennsylvania – Beaver County, Pennsylvania – Bradford County, Pennsylvania – Butler County, Pennsylvania – Carbon County, Pennsylvania – Chester County, Pennsylvania – Columbia County, Pennsylvania – Erie County, Pennsylvania – Fayette County, Pennsylvania – Greene County, Pennsylvania – Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania – Luzerne County, Pennsylvania – Lycoming County, Pennsylvania – Snyder County, Pennsylvania – Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania – York County, Pennsylvania
• Franklinton, Louisiana and Franklinton, North Carolina – Benjamin Franklin
• Frankstown Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania – Stephen Franks (trader)
• Franktown, Colorado – J. Frank Gardner (resident)
• Fraser, Delaware County, New York – Hugh Frazer (landowner) (note the spelling)
• Frederic Township, Michigan – Frederick Barker (pioneer)
• Frederick, Colorado – Frederick A. Clark (landholder)
• Frederick, Maryland – Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore
• Fredericksburg, Virginia – Frederick, Prince of Wales
• Fredericktown, Missouri – George Frederick Bollinger (state legislator)
• Frederiksted, U.S. Virgin Islands – Frederick V of Denmark
• Freeborn, Minnesota – William Freeborn (town councillor)
• Freelandville, Indiana – Dr. John F. Freeland
• Freemansburg, Pennsylvania – Jacob Freeman
• Fremont, California, and numerous other Fremonts – John C. Frémont
• Frenchburg, Kentucky – Richard French (judge)
• French Mills, New York – Abel French (factory owner)
• Friant, California – Thomas Friant (lumber company executive)
• Frye Island, Maine – Captain Joseph Frye
• Fryeburg, Maine – Captain Joseph Frye
• Fulford, Colorado – A.H. Fulford (pioneer)
• Fullerton, California – George H. Fullerton (president of the Pacific Land and Improvement Company)
• Fullerton, Nebraska – Randall Fuller (stockman)
• Fulton, South Dakota – Robert Fulton (inventor of the first commercially successful steamboat)
• Funk, Nebraska – P.C. Funk
• Funkstown, Maryland – Jacob Funk (landowner)

G

• Gadsden, Alabama – James Gadsden
• Gagetown, Michigan – James Gage (settler)
• Gaines, New York – Gen. Edmund P. Gaines
• Gainesboro, Tennessee – Gen. Edmund P. Gaines
• Gainesville, 4 places in Florida, Georgia, New York, and Texas – Gen. Edmund P. Gaines
• Galen, New York – Galen
• Galesburg, Illinois – George Washington Gale (founder)
• Galesville, Wisconsin – George Gale (founder)
• Gallatin River – Albert Gallatin
• Gallatin, New York and Gallatin, Tennessee – Albert Gallatin
• Gallaway, Tennessee – J.M. Gallaway (mill owner)
• Gallitzin, Pennsylvania – Pierre Gallitzin (founder)
• Galveston, Texas – Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid, Count of Gálvez, José de Gálvez, 1st Marquess of Sonora, Matías de Gálvez y Gallardo
• Gambier, Ohio – James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier (benefactor of Kenyon College)
• Gansevoort, New York – Col. Peter Gansevoort (resident)
• Garberville, California – Jacob C. Garber (first postmaster)
• Gardiner, Maine – Dr. Sylvester Gardiner (Boston physician)
• Gardiner, New York – Lieutenant Governor Addison Gardiner
• Gardiners Island, New York – Lion Gardiner (settler)
• Gardner, Kansas – Henry Gardner, Governor of Massachusetts
• Gardner, Massachusetts – Colonel Thomas Gardner (killed during the Battle of Bunker Hill)
• Garfield, 6 places in Illinois, Kansas, Maine, New Jersey, Mahoning County, Ohio, and Oregon – James A. Garfield
• Garibaldi, Oregon – Giuseppe Garibaldi
• Garland, Maine – Joseph Garland (settler)
• Garland, Texas – Attorney General Augustus Hill Garland
• Garlock, California – Eugene Garlock (early businessman)
• Garnett, Kansas – W.A. Garnett (resident of Louisville, Kentucky)
• Garrett, Indiana and Garrett, Pennsylvania – John W. Garrett (president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad)
• Garretson, South Dakota – A. S. Garretson (banker)
• Garrison, Texas – Z.B. Garrison (settler)
• Gary, Indiana – Elbert Henry Gary
• Garysburg, North Carolina – Roderick B. Gary
• Gastonia, North Carolina – William Gaston (judge)
• Gasquet, California – Horace Gasquet (first postmaster)
• Gates, New York and Gatesville, North Carolina – Gen. Horatio Gates
• Gaylesville, Alabama – George W. Gayle
• Gaylord, Kansas – C.E. Gaylord (resident of Marshall County)
• Gayoso, Missouri – Manuel Gayoso de Lemos (colonial governor)
• Geary, Kansas – Gov. John W. Geary
• Geddes, New York – James Geddes (early settler)
• Gentry, Missouri – Col. Richard Gentry
• George, Washington – George Washington
• George West, Texas – George Washington West (founder)
• Georgetown, California – George Phipps (founder)
• Georgetown, Colorado – George Griffith (clerk of court)
• Georgetown, Delaware – George Mitchell (resident)
• Georgetown, Kentucky and Georgetown, Massachusetts – George Washington
• Georgetown, Maine and Georgetown, South Carolina – George I of Great Britain
• Georgetown, Washington, D.C. – George II of Great Britain
• Georgia (U.S. state) – King George II of Great Britain
• German, New York – Gen. Obadiah German (landowner)
• Gerry, New York – Elbridge Gerry
• Gervais, Oregon – Joseph Gervais (pioneer)
• Gettysburg, Pennsylvania – Samuel Gettys (settler)
• Gibbon River – Gen. John Gibbon
• Gibbon, Oregon – Gen. John Gibbon
• Gibbonsville, Idaho – Gen. John Gibbon
• Gibson, Tennessee – Col. Thomas Gibson
• Gilbert, Arizona – William "Bobby" Gilbert
• Gilberton, Pennsylvania – John Gilbert (mine owner)
• Gilchrist County, Florida – Albert W. Gilchrist Governor of Florida from 1909 to 1913
• Gilford, New Hampshire – S.S. Gillman (settler)
• Gill, Massachusetts – Moses Gill (lieutenant governor of Massachusetts)
• Gillette, Wyoming – Weston Gillette (surveyor and civil engineer)
• Gilman, Colorado – H.H. Gilman (resident)
• Gilsum, New Hampshire – Samuel <u>Gil</u>bert and his son-in-law, Thomas <u>Sum</u>ner (proprietors)
• Girard, Pennsylvania – Stephen Girard
• Girardville, Pennsylvania – Stephen Girard
• Gladstone, Michigan and Gladstone, North Dakota – William Ewart Gladstone
• Gladwin, Michigan – Maj. Henry Gladwin
• Glen, New York – Jacob Glen (resident)
• Glen Burnie, Maryland – Elias Glenn (district attorney) and his descendants
• Glens Falls, New York – John Glenn (discoverer)
• Glennville, California – James M. Glenn (blacksmith)
• Glocester, Rhode Island – Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester (note spelling)
• Glover, Vermont – Brigadier General John Glover (proprietor)
• Goddard, Kansas – J.F. Goddard (manager of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway)
• Godfrey, Illinois – Capt. Benjamin Godfrey
• Goff, Kansas – Edward H. Goff
• Goffstown, New Hampshire – Colonel John Goffe (settler) (note spelling)
• Goldsboro, North Carolina – M.T. Goldsboro
• Goodhue, Minnesota – James M. Goodhue (journalist)
• Gorham, Maine and Gorham, New Hampshire – Captain John Gorham (The town in New Hampshire was named for the one in Maine).
• Gorham, New York – Nathaniel Gorham
• Gorman Township, Otter Tail County, Minnesota – Gov. Willis A. Gorman
• Gosnold, Massachusetts – Bartholomew Gosnold (settler)
• Gouldsboro, Maine – Robert Gould (landholder)
• Gouverneur, New York – Gouverneur Morris
• Gove City, Kansas – Capt. Grenville L. Gove
• Governors Island (Massachusetts) – Gov. John Winthrop (landowner)
• Governors Island (New York) – Gov. Wouter van Twiller (landowner)
• Grafton, Massachusetts – Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton
• Grafton, New Hampshire – Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (relative of colonial governor Benning Wentworth)
• Graham, North Carolina – William Alexander Graham (U.S. Senator)
• Granby, Massachusetts – John Manners, Marquess of Granby (hero of the Seven Years' War)
• Granby, Vermont – Marquis of Granby
• Granger, Washington – Walter Granger (superintendent of the Washington Irrigation Company)
• Grant, 4 places in Humboldt County, California, Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska – Ulysses S. Grant
• Grantsville, West Virginia – Ulysses S. Grant
• Grantham, New Hampshire – Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham
• Gratiot, Wisconsin – Col. Henry Gratiot
• Grattan Township, Michigan – Henry Grattan
• Gravette, Arkansas – E.T. Gravette
• Gray, Maine – Thomas Gray (proprietor)
• Grays Harbor, Washington – Capt. Robert Gray (explorer)
• Grayson, Kentucky – Col. Robert Grayson
• Graysville, Indiana – Joe Gray (founder)
• Great Barrington, Massachusetts – William Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington
• Greeley, Colorado and Greeley, Kansas – Horace Greeley (editor of the New York Tribune)
• Greeley Center, Nebraska – Peter Greeley
• Greene, Iowa – George Green (judge) (note the spelling)
• Greene, Maine and Greene, New York – Nathanael Greene
• Greeneville, Tennessee – Nathanael Greene
• Greenleaf, Kansas – A.W. Greenleaf (treasurer of the Union Pacific Railroad)
• Greensboro, North Carolina – Nathanael Greene
• Greensboro, Vermont – Timothy Green (landowner)
• Greensburg, Kansas – Col. D.R. Green
• Greenup, Kentucky – Gov. Christopher Greenup
• Greenville, Kentucky and Greenville, North Carolina – Nathanael Greene
• Greenville, Michigan – John Green (settler)
• Greenwood, Arkansas – Moses Greenwood (merchant)
• Greenwood, El Dorado County, California – John Greenwood (early settler)
• Greenwood, Mississippi – Greenwood LeFlore (Choctaw chief)
• Greenwood, Nebraska – J.S. Green (settler)
• Greig, New York – John Greig (U.S. representative)
• Grestley, California – James Grestley
• Gridley, California – George W. Gridley (founder)
• Gridley, Illinois – Asahel Gridley
• Griffin, Georgia – Gen. Lewis Lawrence Griffin (president of the Macon and Western Railroad)
• Grimes, Iowa – James W. Grimes (U.S. Senator)
• Grimesland, North Carolina – Gen. Bryan Grimes
• Grinnell, Iowa – W.H. Grinnell (resident)
• Griswold, Connecticut – Governor Roger Griswold
• Grover, North Carolina and Grover, South Carolina – Grover Cleveland
• Grundy Center, Iowa – Felix Grundy (U.S. Senator from Tennessee)
• Guilford, Maine – Moses Guilford Law (first white child born here)
• Guilford, Vermont – Francis North, 1st Earl of Guilford
• Gunnison, Colorado – Capt. John Williams Gunnison (explorer)
• Gunnison Island, Utah – Capt. John Williams Gunnison (explorer)
• Gunnison River – Capt. John Williams Gunnison (explorer)
• Guntown, Mississippi – James G. Gunn (early settler)
• Gurnee, Illinois – Walter S. Gurnee (mayor of Chicago)
• Gustine, California – Augusta Miller, daughter of Henry Miller (rancher)
• Guthrie Center, Iowa – Capt. Edwin B. Guthrie
• Guttenberg, Iowa and Guttenberg, New Jersey – Johannes Gutenberg (note the spelling)
• Gwinn, Michigan - William G. Mather

H

• Hackettstown, New Jersey – Samuel Hackett (early settler)
• Haddonfield, New Jersey – Elizabeth Haddon) (landowner)
• Haddon Township, New Jersey – Elizabeth Haddon (landowner)
• Hagerstown, Maryland – Jonathan Hager
• Hahns Peak and Hahns Peak Village, Colorado – Joe Hahn (settler)
• Halcott, New York – George W. Halcott (sheriff)
• Hale, Missouri – John P. Hale (Carrollton resident)
• Halifax, Massachusetts and Halifax, Vermont – George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax
• Hallowell, Maine – Benjamin Hallowell (landowner)
• Hallstead, Pennsylvania – William F. Hallstead (general manager of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad)
• Hallsville, New York – Capt. Robert Hall
• Hallsville, Texas – Robert Burton Hall (railroader)
• Halstead, Kansas – Murat Halstead (journalist)
• Hamden, Connecticut – John Hampden (English statesman) (note spelling)
• Hamersville, Ohio – Gen. Thomas L. Hamer
• Hamilton, Georgia – James Hamilton Jr. (Governor of South Carolina)
• Hamilton, Massachusetts and Hamilton, Ohio – Alexander Hamilton
• Hamilton, Montana – J.W. Hamilton (provided the right-of-way to the railroad)
• Hamilton City, California – J.G. Hamilton (sugar company president)
• Hamilton County, 7 places in Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, New York, Ohio, and Tennessee – Alexander Hamilton
• Hamlin, Kansas – Vice President Hannibal Hamlin
• Hammond, Illinois – Charles Goodrich Hamilton (railroader)
• Hammond, Indiana – George H. Hammond (Detroit butcher who founded a meat-packing plant here)
• Hammond, New York – Abijah Hammond (landowner)
• Hammonton, California – W.P. Hammond (gold mine official)
• Hampden, Maine and Hampden, Massachusetts – John Hampden (English patriot)
• Hampton, South Carolina – Gen. Wade Hampton I
• Hancock, 6 places in Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont – John Hancock
• Hanford, California – James Madison Hanford (railroad executive)
• Hankamer, Texas – I. A. Hankamer (early settler)
• Hannibal, Missouri and Hannibal, New York – Hannibal
• Hanson, Massachusetts – Alexander C. Hanson (Maryland newspaper publisher and U.S. Senator)
• Haralson, Georgia and Haralson County, Georgia – Gen. Hugh A. Haralson (U.S. representative)
• Harbeson, Delaware – Harbeson Hickman (landowner)
• Harbin Springs, California – James M. Harbin (discoverer of the springs)
• Harbine, Nebraska – Col. John Harbine
• Hardenburgh, New York – Johannes Hardenburgh (landowner)
• Hardin, Missouri – Gov. Charles Henry Hardin
• Hardin, Montana – Samuel Hardin (friend of developer Charles Henry Morrill)
• Hardinsburg, Kentucky – Capt. William Hardin (pioneer)
• Hardwick, Massachusetts – Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (note the spelling)
• Harlan, Iowa – James Harlan (United States Senator)
• Harlan, Kansas – John C. Harlan (settler)
• Harlan, Kentucky – Maj. Silas Harlan
• Harlowton, Montana – Richard A. Harlow (president of the Montana Railroad)
• Harney, Oregon – Gen. William S. Harney
• Harpers Ferry, West Virginia – Robert Harper (ferry owner)
• Harpersfield, New York – Joseph Harper (landowner)
• Harperville, Mississippi – G.W. Harper (resident)
• Harrietstown, New York – Harriet Duane (wife of James Duane)
• Harriman, New York – E. H. Harriman (president of the Union Pacific Railroad)
• Harrington, Delaware – Samuel M. Harrington (judge)
• Harrisburg, Inyo County, California – Shorty Harris (gold discoverer)
• Harrisburg, New York – Richard Harrison
• Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – John Harris, Sr. (founder)
• Harrison, Maine – Harrison Gray Otis (landowner)
• Harrison, New Jersey – William Henry Harrison
• Harrison, New York – John Harrison (Quaker leader)
• Harrison Township, New Jersey – William Henry Harrison
• Harrisonburg, Virginia – Thomas Harrison (early settler who founded the community)
• Harrisville, New Hampshire – Milan Harris (mill owner)
• Harrisville, New York – Fosket Harris (settler)
• Harrisville, Ohio – Meigs Harris (pioneer)
• Harrisville, West Virginia – Thomas Harris
• Harrodsburg, Kentucky – Col. James Harrod (settler)
• Hart's Location, New Hampshire – Colonel John Hart
• Hartsville, Indiana – Gideon B. Hart (pioneer)
• Hartwick, New York – Christopher Hartwick (landowner)
• Harvard, Illinois – John Harvard (indirectly, via Harvard University)
• Harvard, Massachusetts – John Harvard
• Hastings, Michigan – Eurotas Hastings (state auditor)
• Hathaway Pines, California – Robert B. Hathaway (first postmaster)
• Hattiesburg, Mississippi – Hattie Hardy (wife of pioneer lumberman and civil engineer William H. Hardy)
• Haugan, Montana – H. G. Haugan (land commissioner of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad)
• Havensville, Kansas – Paul E. Havens (Leavenworth resident)
• Hawesville, Kentucky – Richard Hawes (U.S. representative)
• Hawkeye, Iowa – Chief Hawkeye
• Hawley, Massachusetts – Joseph Hawley (local leader in the American Revolution)
• Hawthorne, New Jersey – Nathaniel Hawthorne
• Hayden, Colorado – Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden (geologist)
• Hayden Hill, California – Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden (geologist)
• Hayes, California – William J. Hayes (first postmaster)
• Hayesville, North Carolina – George W. Hayes (state senator)
• Hays, Kansas – Gen. William Hays
• Hayward, California – William Dutton Hayward (early settler)
• Hayward, Minnesota – David Hayward (settler)
• Hazard, Kentucky – Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry (hero of the War of 1812)
• Hazardville, Connecticut – Colonel Augustus George Hazard (gunpowder manufacturer)
• Hazelton, California – Hazelton Blodget (son of Hugh A. Blodget, oilman)
• Hazelton, Kansas – Rev. J.H. Hazelton (founder)
• Hazelrigg, Indiana – H.G. Hazlerigg (founder) (note the spelling)
• Healdsburg, California – Col. Harmon Heald (settler)
• Hearst, California – George Hearst
• Heath, Massachusetts – General William Heath
• Heber, California – A.H. Heber (development company president)
• Heber City, Utah – Heber C. Kimball (Mormon leader)
• Heceta Beach, Oregon – Bruno de Heceta (explorer)
• Helena, New York – Helena Pitcairn
• Helm, California – William Helm (early rancher)
• Henderson, Nevada – U.S. Senator Charles B. Henderson
• Henderson, Kentucky and Henderson, Tennessee – Col. Richard Henderson
• Henderson, Nebraska – David Henderson (settler)
• Henderson, New York – William Henderson (landowner)
• Hendersonville, North Carolina – North Carolina Chief Justice Leonard Henderson
• Hendry County, Florida – Major Francis A. Hendry
• Hennepin, Illinois – Louis Hennepin (explorer)
• Hennessey, Oklahoma – Pat Hennessey (freighter)
• Henniker, New Hampshire – John Henniker, 1st Baron Henniker
• Henrietta, New York – Laura Pulteney, 1st Countess of Bath
• Henrietta, North Carolina – Henrietta Tanner
• Hensley, Arkansas – William B. Hensley (founder and landowner)
• Hepburn, Iowa – William Peters Hepburn (U.S. representative)
• Hepler, Kansas – B.F. Hepler (resident of Fort Scott)
• Herington, Kansas – M.D. Herington (founder)
• Herkimer, New York – Nicholas Herkimer (militia general in the American Revolutionary War)
• Herlong, California – Capt. Henry W. Herlong (World War II casualty)
• Herman, Nebraska – Samuel Herman (railroad conductor)
• Hermann, Missouri – Arminius (Germanic chief)
• Hernando, Mississippi – Hernando de Soto
• Hernando County, Florida – Hernando de Soto
• Hershey, Pennsylvania – Milton S. Hershey (Chocolatier)
• Hertford County, North Carolina – Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford
• Heuvelton, New York – Jacob van Heuvel
• Hewes Point, Maine – Paola Hewes (settler)
• Heyburn, Idaho – Senator Weldon Brinton Heyburn
• Hickman, Kentucky – Capt. Paschal Hickman
• Hickory, Mississippi and Hickory, North Carolina – Andrew Jackson (nicknamed "Old Hickory")
• Hicksville, New York – Charles Hicks (Quaker cleric)
• Hicksville, Ohio – Henry W. Hicks (founder)
• Hildreth, California – Tom Hildreth (founder and merchant)
• Higginsport, Ohio – Col. Robert Higgins (founder)
• Hildebran, North Carolina – Pope Gregory VII (né Hildebrand)
• Hill, New Hampshire – Isaac Hill (governor of New Hampshire)
• Hillrose, Colorado – Rose Hill Emerson (daughter of early landholder)
• Hillsboro, Kansas – John G. Hill (mayor)
• Hillsborough, New Hampshire and Hillsborough, North Carolina – Sir Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire and 1st Earl of Hillsborough
• Hillsborough County, Florida – Sir Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire and 1st Earl of Hillsborough
• Hinesburg, Vermont – Abel Hine (town clerk)
• Hinesville, Georgia – Charlton Hines
• Hinsdale, Massachusetts – Rev. Theodore Hinsdale (woolen mill owner)
• Hinsdale, New Hampshire – Colonel Ebenezer Hinsdale
• Hinsdale, New York – Colonel Ebenezer Hinsdale (indirectly, via Hinsdale, New Hampshire)
• Hiram, Maine – Hiram I (biblical king of Tyre)
• Hobart, New York – Bishop John Henry Hobart
• Hobergs, California – Gustave Hoberg (founder, resort owner)
• Hodgdon, Maine – John Hodgdon (landowner)
• Hodgenville, Kentucky – Robert Hodgen
• Hodson, California – J.J. Hodson (copper mining financier)
• Hoffman Estates, Illinois – Sam and Jack Hoffman (builders)
• Hoisington, Kansas – A.J. Hoisington (resident of Great Bend)
• Holbrook, Massachusetts – Elisha N. Holbrook (benefactor)
• Holden, Massachusetts – Samuel Holden (banker)
• Holderness, New Hampshire – Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness
• Holland, Massachusetts – Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland (English statesman)
• Holland Patent, New York – Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland (landowner)
• Holley, New York – Myron Holley (canal commissioner)
• Holliday, Missouri – Samuel Holliday (resident of St. Louis)
• Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania – Adam and William Holliday (founders)
• Hollis, New Hampshire – John Holles, Earl of Clare (ancestor of colonial governor Benning Wentworth) (note the spelling)
• Holliston, Massachusetts – Thomas Hollis, Esq. of London, England (a benefactor of Harvard College)
• Holmesville, Nebraska – L.M. Holmes (founder)
• Holmesville, Ohio – Maj. Andrew Holmes
• Holt, Missouri – Jerry Holt (landowner)
• Holton, Kansas – Edward Holton
• Holts Summit, Missouri – Timothy Holt
• Holyoke, Massachusetts — Elizur Holyoke, (colonist, scribe and surveyor)
• Homer, New York – Homer (Greek poet)
• Honesdale, Pennsylvania – Philip Dale (canal builder)
• Hood River, Oregon – Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport
• Hookstown, Pennsylvania – Matthias Hook (resident)
• Hookton, California – John Hookton (founder)
• Hoover, Alabama – William H. Hoover (1890–1979), a local insurance of Alabama
• Hoover, Indiana – Riley Hoover (founder)
• Hoover Town, West Virginia – Herbert Hoover
• Hopkinsville, Kentucky – General Samuel Hopkins
• Hopkinton, Massachusetts – Edward Hopkins (benefactor of Harvard University)
• Hopkinton, New Hampshire – Edward Hopkins (benefactor of Harvard University) (indirectly, via Hopkinton, Massachusetts)
• Hopkinton, New York – Roswell Hopkins (settler)
• Hopkinton, Rhode Island – Gov. Stephen Hopkins
• Horace, Kansas – Horace Greeley
• Hornbeak, Tennessee – Frank Hornbeak (store owner, postmaster)
• Hornby, New York – John Hornby (landowner)
• Hornellsville, New York – George Hornell (settler)
• Hornersville, Missouri – William H. Horner (founder)
• Horstville, California – E. Clemons Horst (rancher)
• Horton, Kansas – A.H. Horton (judge)
• Houlton, Maine – Joseph Houlton (settler)
• Hounsfield, New York – Ezra Hounsfield (landowner)
• Houston, Delaware – John W. Houston
• Houston, Minnesota, Houston, Mississippi, and Houston, Texas – Sam Houston
• Houstonia, Missouri – Sam Houston
• Howard, Kansas – General Oliver Otis Howard
• Howard, Brown County, Wisconsin and Howard, Chippewa County, Wisconsin – Brigadier General Benjamin Howard (officer in the War of 1812)
• Howard Springs, California – C.W. Howard (resort owner)
• Howards Grove, Wisconsin – H.B. Howard (hotelier and postmaster)
• Howell, Evansville, Indiana – Capt. Lee Howell (railroader)
• Howell Township, New Jersey – Gov. Richard Howell
• Howland, Maine – John Howland (Mayflower passenger)
• Hoxie, Kansas – H.M. Hoxie (general manager of the Missouri Pacific Railroad)
• Hubbard, Nebraska – Asahel W. Hubbard (judge)
• Hubbardston, Massachusetts – Thomas Hubbard (Massachusetts Speaker of the House of Representatives and landowner)
• Hubbardton, Vermont – Thomas Hubbard (landholder)
• Hudson, Maine – Charles Hudson (indirectly, via Hudson, Massachusetts)
• Hudson, Massachusetts – Charles Hudson (United States Representative)
• Hudson, New York – Henry Hudson
• Hudson, Ohio – David Hudson (settler)
• Hudson River – Henry Hudson
• Hugoton, Kansas – Victor Hugo
• Hull, Iowa – John Hull
• Humble, Texas – Pleasant Smith "Plez" Humble (postmaster)
• Humboldt, Kansas and Humboldt, South Dakota – Alexander von Humboldt (German scientist, explorer and diplomat)
• Hummelstown, Pennsylvania – Frederick Hummel (founder)
• Humphrey, New York – Charles Humphrey (state legislator)
• Humphreys Station, California – John W. Humphreys (pioneer)
• Humphreysville, Connecticut – David Humphreys
• Hunnewell, Kansas and Hunnewell, Missouri – H.H. Hunnewell (banker)
• Hunter, New York – John Hunter (landowner)
• Huntingdon, Pennsylvania – Selena Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon
• Huntingdon, Tennessee – Memucan Hunt (landowner)
• Huntington, Massachusetts – Charles P. Huntington
• Huntington, Oregon – J.B. Huntington (landowner)
• Huntington, Vermont – Josiah, Charles and Marmaduke Hunt (landholders)
• Huntington, West Virginia – Collis P. Huntington
• Huntington Beach, California – Henry E. Huntington
• Huntley, Montana – S.O. Huntley (partner in the stagecoach firm of Clark & Huntley)
• Huntsville, Alabama – John Hunt (settler)
• Huntsville, Missouri – David Hunt (settler)
• Hurley, New York – Francis Lovelace, Baron Hurley of Ireland
• Hustisford, Wisconsin – John Hustis (settler)
• Hutchinson, Kansas – C.C. Hutchinson (founder)
• Hyannis, Massachusetts – Iyannough (sachem of the Cummaquid Native American tribe)
• Hyde Park, Vermont – Captain Jedediah Hyde (landowner)
• Hydesville, California – John Hyde (local landowner)
• Hysham, Montana – Charlie J. Hysham (cattleman)

I

• Iliff, Colorado – John Wesley Iliff (cattleman)
• Ingalls, Oklahoma – John James Ingalls (U.S. Senator from Kansas)
• Inman, Kansas – Maj. Henry Inman
• Inman, Nebraska – W.H. Inman (settler)
• Iola, Kansas – Iola Colborn
• Ira, Vermont – Ira Allen (one of the Green Mountain Boys and brother of Ethan Allen)
• Irasburg, Vermont – Ira Allen (landholder, one of the Green Mountain Boys and brother of Ethan Allen)
• Ireland, Texas - John Ireland
• Irvine, California – James Irvine I (landowner)
• Irvine, Kentucky – Col. William Irvine
• Irving, Kansas – Washington Irving
• Irving Park, Chicago - Washington Irving
• Irvington, New Jersey and Irvington, New York – Washington Irving
• Irwin, California – W.A. Irwin (founder)
• Irwinton, Georgia – Gov. Jared Irwin
• Isabella, California, Isabella County, Michigan & Isabella Township, Michigan - Isabella I of Castile
• Isle La Motte, Vermont – Captain La Motte (established Fort Sainte Anne on this island)
• Ives Grove, Wisconsin - Joseph Ives

J

• Jackson, California – Colonel Alden Jackson
• Jackson, Maine – General Henry Jackson
• Jackson, Burnett County, Wisconsin – Stonewall Jackson
• Jackson, Wyoming – Davey Jackson
• Jackson – Andrew Jackson, 14 places in
• Alabama – Georgia – Kentucky – Louisiana – Michigan – Minnesota – Mississippi – Missouri – New Hampshire – New Jersey – New York – Ohio – Tennessee – Washington County, Wisconsin
• Jacksonville, Arkansas – Nicholas and Elizabeth Jackson (landowners)
• Jacksonville, Texas – Jackson Smith (soldier)
• Jacksonville – Andrew Jackson, 7 places in
• Alabama – Florida – Illinois – Missouri – North Carolina – Oregon – Pennsylvania
• Jacobs Corner, California – Mattie Jacobs (first postmaster)
• Jaffrey, New Hampshire – George Jaffrey (member of a wealthy Portsmouth family)
• Jamesburg, California – John James (founder)
• Jamestown, Indiana – James Mattock (founder)
• Jamestown, Kansas – James P. Pomeroy (railroader)
• Jamestown, New York – James Prendergast (settler)
• Jamestown, Rhode Island – James II of England
• Jamestown, Virginia – James I of England
• Jamesville, New York – James De Witt
• Janesville, California – Jane Bankhead (early settler)
• Janesville, Wisconsin – Henry Janes (early settler and first postmaster)
• Jasonville, Indiana – Jason Rogers (founder)
• Jasper, 3 places in Georgia, New York, and Texas – William Jasper (American Revolution hero)
• Jay, Maine, Jay, New York, and Jay, Vermont – John Jay (the first chief justice of the Supreme Court)
• Jayem, Kentucky - John M. Robsion
• Jean, Nevada – Jean Fayle (wife of postmaster George Fayle)
• Jefferson, Maine, Jefferson, New Jersey, and Jefferson, New Hampshire – Thomas Jefferson
• Jefferson City, Missouri – Thomas Jefferson
• Jefferson County, Thomas Jefferson, 19 places in
• Arkansas – Colorado – Florida – Georgia – Illinois – Indiana – Iowa – Kansas – Kentucky – Mississippi – Missouri – Montana – New York – Pennsylvania – Tennessee – Washington – West Virginia – Wisconsin
• Jeffersonville, Georgia – Thomas Jefferson
• Jekyll Island, Georgia – Sir Joseph Jekyll
• Jenny Lind, California – Jenny Lind
• Jeromesville, Ohio – John Baptiste Jerome (trader)
• Jesup, Iowa – Morris Ketchum Jesup
• Jesus Maria, California – Jesus Maria (local farmer)
• Jetmore, Kansas – Col. A.B. Jetmore
• Jewell, California – Omar Jewell (local rancher)
• Jewell, Kansas – Lt. Col. Lewis R. Jewell
• Jewett, New York – Freeborn G. Jewett (judge)
• Jewett, Ohio – T.M. Jewett (railroader)
• Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania – Jim Thorpe
• Joaquin, Texas – Joaquin Morris (grandson of Benjamin Franklin Morris, who donated the land for the site)
• Joe, Montana – Joe Montana
• Joe Walker Town, California – Joe Walker
• Johnsburg, New York – John Thurman (settler)
• Johnson, Nebraska – Julius A. Johnson (landowner)
• Johnson, Vermont – William Samuel Johnson (landowner)
• Johnson City, Kansas – Col. Alexander S. Johnson
• Johnson City, New York George F. Johnson
• Johnston, Rhode Island – Augustus Johnston (colonial attorney general)
• Johnston County, North Carolina – Gabriel Johnston, 6th Governor of North Carolina
• Johnstonville, California – Robert Johnston (town developer)
• Johnstown, Colorado – John Parish (father of Harvey J. Parish, who platted the town)
• Johnstown (city), New York – Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet (founder)
• Johnstown, Pennsylvania – Joseph Jahns (settler) (note the spelling)
• Joliet, Illinois – Louis Jolliet (note the spelling)
• Jonesboro, Maine – John Coffin Jones (landholder)
• Jonesborough, Tennessee – William Jones (statesman)
• Jonesport, Maine – John Coffin Jones (landholder)
• Jonesville, Indiana – Benjamin Jones (founder)
• Jonesville, Virginia – Frederick Jones (landowner)
• Joplin, Missouri – Rev. H.G. Joplin (resident) (indirectly, via Joplin Creek)
• Joplin Creek, Missouri – Rev. H.G. Joplin (resident)
• Jordan, Montana – Arthur Jordan (founder)
• Judith River – Judith Hancock
• Judsonia, Arkansas – Rev. Adoniram Judson (missionary)
• Judsonville, California – Egbert Judson (part owner of local mine)
• Julesburg, Colorado – Jules Beni (established a trading post here)
• Jump-off Joe – Joe McLaughlin (trapper)
• Juneau, Alaska – Joe Juneau (prospector)
• Juneau, Wisconsin – Solomon Juneau (founder of Milwaukee)

K

• Kamrar, Iowa – J.L. Kamrar (judge)
• Kanawyers, California – Peter Apoleon Kanawyer (founder)
• Kaneville, Illinois – Gen. Thomas L. Kane
• Karnes City, Texas – Henry Karnes (Texas patriot)
• Kaufman, Texas – David S. Kaufman (U.S. representative)
• Kearney, Missouri – Charles E. Kearney, the president of the Hannibal and Saint Joseph Railroad
• Kearney, Nebraska – Gen. Philip Kearny (note the spelling)
• Kearny, New Jersey – Gen. Philip Kearny
• Keene, California – James R. Keene (financier)
• Keene, New Hampshire – Sir Benjamin Keene (English minister to Spain and West Indies trader)
• Keenesburg, Colorado – Les Keene (settler)
• Keeseville, New York – Richard Keese (founder)
• Keizer, Oregon – Thomas Dove Keizur
• Kelleys Island, Ohio – Datus and Irad Kelly (landowners) (note the spelling)
• Kellogg, Idaho – Noah Kellogg (prospector)
• Kelsey, California – Benjamin Kelsey (founder)
• Kelso, California – Napoleon B. Kelso (first postmaster)
• Kenansville, North Carolina – James Kenan (U.S. representative)
• Kendall, New York – Postmaster General Amos Kendall
• Kennard, Nebraska – Thomas P. Kennard (secretary of state of Nebraska)
• Kenedy, Texas – Mifflin Kenedy (rancher, steamboat owner and railroad investor)
• Kenner, Louisiana – Duncan F. Kenner (lawyer)
• Kensington, New Hampshire – Edward Rich, 8th Earl of Warwick and Baron Kensington (owner of Kensington Palace in London)
• Kent, Ohio – Marvin Kent
• Kentfield, California – Albert Emmet Kent (landowner)
• Kenton, Ohio – Gen. Simon Kenton
• Keough Hot Springs, California – Philip P. Keough (resort owner)
• Keokuk, Iowa – Keokuk (Sauk leader)
• Kerman, California – W.G. <u>Ker</u>ckhoff and Jacob <u>Man</u>sar (promoters)
• Kettleman City, California – Dave Kettleman (early rancher)
• Keyesville, California – Richard M. Keyes (gold discoverer in Kern County)
• Kiester, Minnesota – Jacob Kiester (county historian)
• Kilbourn City, Wisconsin – Byron Kilbourn (pioneer)
• Kilbuck Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania – chieftain of the Lenape
• Kimball, South Dakota – J.W. Kimball (surveyor)
• Kincaid, Kansas – Robert Kincaid (resident of Mound City)
• King City, California – Charles King (founder)
• King County, Washington - Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King (originally for Vice President William R. King)
• King of Prussia, Pennsylvania – after a local tavern named after Frederick II of Prussia
• Kingfield, Maine – William King (future governor of Maine)
• Kingman, Kansas – Samuel Austin Kingman (judge)
• Kingman, Maine – R.S. Kingman
• Kingsbury Plantation, Maine – Judge Sanford Kingsbury (landowner)
• Kingsley, Michigan – Judson Kingsley (landowner)
• Kingston, Georgia – J.P. King (resident of Augusta)
• Kingston, Massachusetts – Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull
• Kingston, Missouri – Gov. Austin Augustus King
• Kingsville, Missouri – Gen. William M. King (resident)
• Kingsville, Texas – Captain Richard King (owner of the King Ranch)
• Kinman Pond, California – Seth Kinman (settler)
• Kinsley, Kansas – W.E.W. Kinsley (resident of Boston, Massachusetts)
• Kinston, North Carolina – George III
• Kirbyville, Texas – John Henry Kirby (lumber businessman)
• Kirkland, New York – Rev. Samuel Kirkland
• Kirklin, Indiana – Nathan Kirk (founder)
• Kirksville, Missouri – Jesse Kirk
• Kirkwood, California – Zack Kirkwood (rancher and early settler)
• Kirkwood, Delaware and Kirkwood, Ohio – Maj. Robert Kirkwood (officer in the American Revolutionary War)
• Kirtland, Ohio – Turhand Kirtland (principal of the Connecticut Land Company)
• Kirwin, Kansas – Col. John Kirwin
• Kiryas Joel, New York – Joel Teitelbaum (rabbi of Satmar)
• Kit Carson, California and Kit Carson, Colorado – Kit Carson
• Klej Grange, Maryland – <u>K</u>atherine (1866-1918), <u>L</u>ucy (1867-1943), <u>E</u>lizabeth (1868-1944), and <u>J</u>osephine Drexel (1878-1966) (daughters of Joseph William Drexel)
• Kneeland, California – John A. and Tom Kneeland (first settlers)
• Knights Landing, California – Dr. William Knight (early settler)
• Knightsen, California – George W. <u>Knight</u> (town founder) and his wife Christina Christen<u>sen</u>
• Knightsville, Indiana – A.W. Knight (founder)
• Knowles, California – F.E. Knowles (granite quarry owner)
• Knox, Maine – General Henry Knox
• Knoxville, California – Ranar B. Knox, first postmaster
• Knoxville, 4 places in Georgia, Mississippi, Albany County, New York, and Tennessee – Henry Knox
• Knoxville, Pennsylvania – John C. Knox (judge)
• Kokomo, Indiana – Ma-Ko-Ko-Mo (Miami tribal chief)
• Kortright, New York – Lawrence Kortright (patentee)
• Kosciusko, Mississippi – Tadeusz Kościuszko
• Kossuth, Mississippi and Kossuth, Ohio – Lajos Kossuth
• Kotzebue, Alaska – Otto von Kotzebue
• Kountze, Texas – Herman and Augustus Kountze (financial backers of the Sabine and East Texas Railroad)
• Kranzburg, South Dakota – Nicholas Friedrich Wilhelm, Johann, Mathais, and Paul Ferdinand Kranz (settlers)
• Kyle, Texas – Captain Fergus Kyle (founder)

L

• Laceyville, Ohio – Maj. John S. Lacey
• Laclede, Missouri – Pierre Laclède (founder of St. Louis)
• La Conner, Washington – J.J. Connor (settler) (note the spelling)
• Laddonia, Missouri – Amos Ladd (settler)
• Laddville, California – Alphonso Ladd (founder)
• Lafayette, Colorado – Lafayette Miller (settler and husband of Mary Miller, who platted the town)
• Lairds Landing, California – George and Charles Laird (early settlers)
• Lairdsville, New York – Samuel Laird (settler)
• Lake Ann, Michigan – Ann Wheelock (settler's wife)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana – Charles Sallier
• Lake Helen, Florida – Helen DeLand (founder's daughter)
• Lake Lanier (Georgia) – Sidney Lanier (poet)
• Lake Wilson, Minnesota – Jonathan E. Wilson (landowner)
• Lakin, Kansas – David L. Lakin (resident of Topeka)
• Missouri - Mirabeau B. Lamar
• Lamar, 3 places in Colorado and Mississippi – L.Q.C. Lamar
• Lamar River (Wyoming) – L.Q.C. Lamar
• Lamartine, Wisconsin – Alphonse de Lamartine (French historian)
• Lambertville, New Jersey – John Lambert (settler)
• Lamoine, Maine – DeLamoine (early landowner)
• Lamy, New Mexico – Archbishop Jean-Baptiste Lamy
• Lanare, California – L.A. Nares (developer)
• Landaff, New Hampshire – Bishop of Llandaff (Llandaff is the spelling of the name on the town charter)
• Landisburg, Pennsylvania – James Landis (founder)
• Lanesborough, Massachusetts – James Lane, 2nd Viscount Lanesborough
• Lanesboro, Pennsylvania – Martin Lane (settler)
• Langdon, New Hampshire – Governor John Langdon
• Langhorne, Pennsylvania – Jeremiah Langhorne (jurist)
• Lanier, Georgia – Clement Lanier
• Lansingburgh, New York – Abraham Lansing (founder)
• Laramie River (Ohio) – Pierre-Louis de Lorimier (French fur trader)
• Laramie, Wyoming – Jacques La Ramée (French-Canadian fur trader)
• Larned, Kansas – Gen. B.F. Larned
• Larrabee, Iowa – Gov. William Larrabee
• LaSalle, Illinois – René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (explorer)
• Lassen Peak (California) – Peter Lassen (explorer)
• Latrobe, California and Latrobe, Pennsylvania – Benjamin Henry Latrobe, II
• Latty, Ohio – A.S. Latty (settler)
• Lauderdale, Mississippi – Col. James Lauderdale
• Laughlin, California – James H. Laughlin, Jr. (landowner)
• Laughlin, Nevada – Don Laughlin (founder)
• Laurens, South Carolina – Henry Laurens
• Lavers' Crossing, California – David Lavers (founder)
• Lawrence, Kansas – Amos Lawrence
• Lawrence, Massachusetts – Abbott Lawrence (founder)
• Lawrenceburg, Tennessee – Capt. James Lawrence
• Lawrenceville, Georgia – Capt. James Lawrence
• Lawson, Colorado – Alexander Lawson (innkeeper)
• Lawton, Michigan – Nathaniel Lawton (landowner)
• Laytonville, California – F.B. Layton (founder)
• Le Claire, Iowa – Antoine Le Claire (founder of Davenport)
• Le Grand, California – William Legrand Dickinson
• Le Mars, Iowa – <u>L</u>ucy Underhill, <u>E</u>lizabeth Parson, <u>M</u>ary Weare, <u>A</u>nna Blair, <u>R</u>ebecca Smith and <u>S</u>arah Reynolds (the first initials of six women aboard on a railroad excursion)
• Le Ray, New York – Le Ray Chaumont
• Le Raysville, Pennsylvania – Vincent le Ray (landowner's son)
• Leakesville, Mississippi – Gov. Walter Leake
• Leavenworth, Kansas – Gen. Henry Leavenworth (indirectly, via Fort Leavenworth)
• Leavitt, California – May F. Leavitt (first postmaster)
• Lebec, California – Peter Lebeck (killed by a bear nearby in 1837)
• Lecompton, Kansas – Judge D.S. Lecompte
• Ledyard, Connecticut – Col. William Ledyard (state militiaman)
• Ledyard, New York – Benjamin Ledyard (land agent)
• Lee, California – Dick Lee (discoverer of gold at the site)
• Lee, Maine – Stephen Lee (settler)
• Lee, Massachusetts, Lee, New Hampshire, and Lee, New York – General Charles Lee
• Leechburg, Pennsylvania – David Leech
• Lee Vining, California – Leroy Vining (founder)
• Leesville, California – Lee Harl (local landowner)
• Leicester, Massachusetts – Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
• Leitchfield, Kentucky – Maj. David Leitch
• Leland, Illinois – Edwin S. Leland
• Lemoore, California – Dr. Lovern Lee Moore (early settler)
• Lempster, New Hampshire – from one of the titles of Sir Thomas Farmer of a "Lempster" in England
• Lennox, South Dakota – Ben Lennox (railroad official)
• Lenoir, North Carolina – Gen. William Lenoir
• Lenora, Kansas – Lenora Hauser
• Lenox, Massachusetts – Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond (note the spelling)
• Leon, Iowa – David Camden de Leon
• Leon, Kansas – Juan Ponce de León or after the Iowan town
• Leonard, Michigan – Leonard Rowland
• Leonardville, Kansas – Leonard T. Smith (railroader)
• Leopold, Indiana – Leopold I of Belgium
• Le Roy, New York – Herman Le Roy (landowner)
• Letcher, California – F.F. Letcher (county supervisor)
• Leverett, Massachusetts – John Leverett (twentieth governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony)
• Levittown, 2 places in New York and Pennsylvania – William Levitt
• Lewis and Clark River (Oregon) – Capt. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark (explorers)
• Lewis, Vermont – Nathan, Sevignior and Timothy Lewis (landholders)
• Lewisboro, New York – John Lewis (resident)
• Lewisburg, West Virginia – Samuel Lewis
• Lewiston, Idaho – Meriwether Lewis
• Lewiston, Minnesota – Johnathan Smith Lewis (settler)
• Lewiston (town), New York – Gov. Morgan Lewis
• Lewistown, Ohio – Capt. John Lewis (Shawnee chief)
• Lewistown, Pennsylvania – William Lewis
• Lila C, California – Lila C. Coleman (mine owner's daughter)
• Lillis, California – Simon C. Lillis (ranch superintendent)
• Ligonier, Pennsylvania – John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier
• Lillington, North Carolina – Col. Alexander Lillington
• Limon, Colorado – John Limon (or Lymon) (railroad construction supervisor)
• Lincklaen, New York – John Lincklaen (landowner)
• Lincoln, Alabama and Lincoln, Vermont – Major General Benjamin Lincoln
• Lincoln, California – Charles Lincoln Wilson (one of the organizers and directors of the California Central Railroad)
• Lincoln, Illinois, Lincoln, Nebraska, and Lincoln, Rhode Island – Abraham Lincoln
• Lincoln, Maine – Enoch Lincoln (Maine's sixth governor)
• Lincoln, New Hampshire – Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 2nd Duke of Newcastle, 9th Earl of Lincoln
• Lincoln Center, Kansas – Abraham Lincoln (indirectly, via Lincoln County, Kansas)
• Lincolnton, Georgia and Lincolnton, North Carolina – Major General Benjamin Lincoln
• Lincolnville, Maine – Major General Benjamin Lincoln (landowner)
• Lincolnville, South Carolina – Abraham Lincoln
• Lindley, New York – Col. Eleazar Lindley
• Linn, Missouri – Lewis F. Linn (U.S. Senator)
• Linneus, Missouri – Lewis F. Linn (U.S. Senator)
• Litchfield, California – Thomas Litch (pioneer)
• Litchfield, New Hampshire – George Henry Lee, Earl of Litchfield
• Littleton, Colorado – Richard S. Little
• Littleton, Massachusetts – George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton (note the spelling)
• Littleton, New Hampshire – Col. Moses Little
• Livermore, California – Robert Livermore
• Livermore, Maine – Deacon Elijah Livermore (early settler)
• Livermore Falls, Maine – Deacon Elijah Livermore (early settler)
• Livingston, California – Charles C. Livingston (railroad official)
• Livingston, Montana – Johnston Livingston (Northern Pacific Railway stockholder and director)
• Livingston, New Jersey – William Livingston
• Locke, New York – John Locke
• Lockwood, 3 places in California, New York, and West Virginia – Belva Ann Lockwood
• Logan Creek Dredge (Nebraska) – Logan Fontenelle (Omaha chief)
• Logan, Montana – Captain William Logan (died in the Battle of the Big Hole)
• Logansport, Indiana – Captain Logan (Native American chief)
• Longmont, Colorado – Stephen Harriman Long (explorer) (indirectly, via Longs Peak)
• Longs Peak (Colorado) – Stephen Harriman Long (explorer)
• Longville, California – W.B. Long (early hotel and saw mill owner)
• Loomis, California – Jim Loomis (railroad agent, postmaster)
• Lorenzo, Texas – Lorenzo Dow
• Los Angeles – Our Lady the Queen of the Angels
• Loudon, New Hampshire – John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun (note spelling)
• Louisa, Virginia – Princess Louisa of Great Britain
• Louisiana – Louis XIV (King of France)
• Louisiana, Missouri – Louisiana Basye (daughter of local settlers)
• Louisville, Kansas – Louis Wilson (landowner's son)
• Louisville, Kentucky – Louis XVI (King of France)
• Louisville, Mississippi – Col. Louis Wiston (settler)
• Loveland, Colorado – William A.H. Loveland (president of the Colorado Central Railroad)
• Lovell, Maine – Captain John Lovewell (note spelling)
• Lovelock, California – George Lovelock (early merchant)
• Lowell, Maine – Lowell Hayden (first person born in the town)
• Lowell, Massachusetts, Lowell, Michigan, and Lowell, North Carolina – Francis Cabot Lowell
• Lowville, New York – Nicholas Low
• Lubbock, Texas – Thomas Saltus Lubbock
• Lucas, Iowa – Robert Lucas (territorial governor)
• Ludington, Michigan – James Ludington (businessman)
• Ludlow, Kentucky – Israel Ludlow (pioneer)
• Lufkin, Texas – Abraham P. Lufkin (cotton merchant and Galveston city councilman)
• Lumpkin, Georgia – Gov. Wilson Lumpkin
• Lundy, California – W.J. Lundy (sawmill owner)
• Lunenburg, Massachusetts – from one of the titles of King George II of Great Britain, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
• Lunenburg, Vermont – from one of the titles for Prince Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand of Brunswick-Lunenburg
• Lusk, Wyoming – Frank S. Lusk (rancher and Wyoming Central Railway stockholder)
• Lutesville, Missouri – Eli Lutes (founder)
• Luther, Michigan – B.T. Luther (sawmill owner)
• Luthersburg, Pennsylvania – W.H. Luther (resident)
• Lutherville, Maryland – Martin Luther (16th century German reformer)
• Lykens, Pennsylvania – Andrew Lycan (note the spelling)
• Lyman, Maine – Theodore Lyman I (merchant)
• Lyman, New Hampshire – General Phineas Lyman (commander in the French and Indian War)
• Lyndeborough, New Hampshire – Benjamin Lynde (Chief Justice of Massachusetts after town was named)
• Lyndon, Vermont – Josias Lyndon (governor of Rhode Island)
• Lyons, Colorado – Edward S. Lyon (founder)
• Lyons, Kansas – Truman J. Lyon (landowner)
• Lyons, Nebraska – Waldo Lyon (resident)
• Lyonsdale, New York – Calen Lyon (settler)
• Lysander, New York – Lysander (Spartan military leader)

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• Mabbettsville, New York – James Mabbett (landowner)
• Macclenny, Florida – H.C. Macclenny (founder)
• Macksville, Kansas – George Mack (postmaster)
• Macomb, New York – Gen. Alexander Macomb
• Macon, 5 places in Georgia, Illinois, Mississippi, Missouri, and North Carolina – Nathaniel Macon
• Madelia, Minnesota – Madelia Hartshorn (deceased daughter of founder Philander Hartshorn)
• Madison, 5 places in Georgia, Kansas, Maine, New Hampshire and Wisconsin – James Madison
• Madison, South Dakota – James Madison (indirectly, via Madison, Wisconsin)
• Madison County – James Madison, 18 places in
• Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia
• Mahomet, Illinois – Muhammad (antiquated spelling)
• Mahon, Mississippi – John Mahon
• Mahon, Indiana - Archibald Mahon
• Mamajuda Island, Michigan – Mamajuda (Native American woman)
• Mamakating, New York – Mamakating (Native American chief)
• Mamaroneck, New York – Mamaroneck (Native American chief)
• Mancelona, Michigan – Mancelona Andrews (settler's daughter)
• Manchester, Vermont – Robert Montagu, 3rd Duke of Manchester
• Mandeville, Louisiana – Antoine James de Marigny de Mandeville
• Manlius, New York – Manlius (Roman general)
• Manly, North Carolina – Gov. Charles Manly
• Mannsville, New York – Col. H.B. Mann
• Mansfield, Connecticut – Moses Mansfield (mayor of New Haven)
• Mansfield, Massachusetts – William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield
• Mansfield, Ohio – Jared Mansfield (U.S. Surveyor General)
• Mansfield, Pennsylvania – Asa Mann (landowner) (note the spelling)
• Mansfield, Texas – R.S. <u>Man</u> and Julian <u>Feild</u> (settlers) (note spelling)
• Manteo, North Carolina – Manteo (Native American chief)
• Manton, Michigan – George Manton (settler)
• Manuelito, New Mexico – Manuelito (Navajo chief)
• Marcellus, Michigan and Marcellus, New York – Marcus Claudius Marcellus
• Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania – Maarte (Native American chief)
• Marcy, New York – Gov. William L. Marcy
• Margarettsville, North Carolina – Margaret Ridley
• Margaretville, New York – Margaret Lewis (landowner)
• Marias River (Montana) – Maria Wood
• Mariaville, Maine – Maria Matilda (daughter of landholder William Bingham)
• Mariaville Lake, New York – Maria Duane (daughter of James Duane)
• Marietta, Ohio – Marie Antoinette
• Marilla, New York – Marilla Rogers
• Marinette, Wisconsin – Marie Antoinette Chevalier (common-law wife of an early fur trader)
• Marion – Francis Marion (Revolutionary War hero), 14 places in
• Alabama – Illinois – Indiana – Iowa – Kansas – Kentucky – Louisiana – Massachusetts – Mississippi – New York – North Carolina – Ohio – South Carolina – Virginia
• Marion, North Dakota – Marion Mellen (daughter of Charles Sanger Mellen)
• Marion, Oregon – Francis Marion (Revolutionary War hero) (indirectly, via Marion County, Oregon)
• Marion, South Dakota – Marion Merrill (daughter of S.S. Merrill, railroad official)
• Marion, Texas – Marion Dove (granddaughter of Joshua W. Young, owner of a plantation that the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway passed through)
• Marion County – General Francis Marion of South Carolina, guerilla fighter and hero of the American Revolutionary War, 17 places in
• Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia
• Marionville, Missouri – Gen. Francis Marion
• Marklee Village, California – Jacob Marklee (early settler)
• Markleeville, California – Jacob Marklee (early settler)
• Marlboro, Vermont – John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough
• Marlborough, Massachusetts and Marlborough, New York – John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough
• Marlborough, New Hampshire – John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough (indirectly, via Marlborough, Massachusetts)
• Marquam, Oregon – Philip Augustus Marquam (resident of Portland)
• Marquette – Jacques Marquette (French missionary and explorer), 8 places in 7 states:
• Marquette Heights, Illinois - Marquette, Iowa - Marquette, Kansas - Marquette, Michigan - Marquette County, Michigan - Marquette Island, an island in Michigan - Pere Marquette River, a river in Michigan - Lake Marquette, a lake in Minnesota - Marquette, Nebraska - Marquette (town), Wisconsin - Marquette County, Wisconsin
• Marsh Creek Springs, California – John Marsh
• Marshall, Colorado – Joseph M. Marshall (coal miner)
• Marshall, Minnesota – Gov. William Rainey Marshall
• Marshall, Texas – John Marshall
• Marshallton, Delaware – John Marshall (mill owner)
• Marshfield, Vermont – Capt. Isaac Marsh (landowner)
• Martensdale, California – Harry J. Marten (founder)
• Martin County, Florida – John W. Martin 24th Governor of Florida
• Martinez, California – Don Ygnacio Martínez
• Martinsburg, Nebraska – Jonathan Martin (settler)
• Martinsburg, West Virginia – Col. Thomas Bryan Martin (landowner)
• Martins Ferry, California – John F. Martin (first postmaster and ferry operator)
• Martin's Location, New Hampshire – Thomas Martin (grantee)
• Martinsville, Indiana – John Martin (commissioner)
• Maryhill, Washington - Mary Francis "Mamie" Hill (1868–1947) and Mary Mendenhall Hill (1889–1941)
• Maryland – Queen Henrietta Maria of France
• Maryland, New York – Queen Henrietta Maria of France (indirectly, via the state of Maryland)
• Marysville, California – Mary Murphy Covillaud (Donner Party survivor)
• Marysville, Kansas – Mary Marshall (wife of Francis J. Marshall, namesake of Marshall County)
• Maryville, Missouri – Mary Graham (wife of Amos Graham, county clerk)
• Masaryktown, Florida – Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (Czechoslovak President)
• Mason, Illinois – Roswell B. Mason (railroader)
• Mason, New Hampshire – Captain John Mason (New Hampshire's founder)
• Masonville, New York – Rev. John M. Mason (landholder)
• Massena, New York – André Masséna (French military officer)
• Massillon, Ohio – Jean Baptiste Massillon (French cleric)
• Matoaca, Virginia – Pocahontas (Matoaca was her name in her native language).
• Mathis, Texas – Thomas Henry Mathis (proprietor)
• Matteson, Illinois – George Joel Aldrich Mattison (note the spelling)
• Mattoon, Illinois – William Mattoon
• Maupin, Oregon – Howard Maupin (settler who established a farm and ferry here)
• Mauriceville, Texas – Maurice Miller (son of the first president of the Orange and Northwestern Railway)
• Mauston, Wisconsin – Milton M. Maughs (founder) (note the spelling)
• Mayer, Arizona – Joe Mayer (founder)
• Mayersville, Mississippi – David Meyers (landowner) (note the spelling)
• Maynard, Massachusetts – Amory Maynard (mill owner)
• Mays Landing, New Jersey – Cornelius Jacobsen May
• Maysville, Kentucky – John May (landowner)
• McAdenville, North Carolina – R.Y. McAden (state legislator)
• McAllen, Texas – John McAllen (settler)
• McArthur, Ohio – Gen. Duncan McArthur
• McClellandville, Delaware – William McClelland (settler)
• McColl, South Carolina – D.D. McColl (businessman)
• McConnelsville, Ohio – Robert McConnel
• McCool, Mississippi – James F. McCool
• McCracken, Kansas – William McCracken (railroader)
• McCune, Kansas – Isaac McCune (founder)
• McDonough, 3 places in Delaware, Georgia, and New York – Thomas Macdonough (naval officer) (note the spelling)
• McFarland, California – J.B. McFarland (founder)
• McGraw, New York – Samuel McGraw
• McGregor, Iowa – Alexander McGregor (landowner)
• McHenry, Illinois – William McHenry
• McKee, Kentucky – George R. McKee (judge)
• McKeesport, Pennsylvania – David McKee (ferry owner)
• McKinleyville, California – President William McKinley
• McKittrick, California – Capt. William McKittrick (local landowner and rancher)
• McMechen, West Virginia - the McMechen family (pioneers)
• McMinnville, Tennessee –Gov. Joseph McMinn
• McPherson, Kansas – Major Gen. James B. McPherson
• Mead, Colorado – Dr. Martin Luther Mead (landowner)
• Meade, Kansas – Gen. George Meade
• Meadville, Mississippi – Cowles Mead (territorial official)
• Meadville, Pennsylvania – Gen. David Mead (founder)
• Mebane, North Carolina – Gen. Alexander Mebane
• Medary, South Dakota – Samuel Medary (territorial governor of Kansas)
• Meeker, Colorado – Nathan Meeker (journalist)
• Mendenhall Springs, California – William M. Mendenhall (health spa proprietor)
• Mendoza, Texas – Antonio de Mendoza (colonial governor)
• Menifee, California – Luther Menifee Wilson (gold miner)
• Mercer, Maine – Brigadier General Hugh Mercer (Revolutionary War hero)
• Mercersburg, Pennsylvania – Brigadier General Hugh Mercer (Revolutionary War hero)
• Mercey Hot Springs, California – J.N. Mercy (early settler)
• Meredith, New Hampshire – Sir William Meredith, 3rd Baronet (member of British Parliament)
• Meredith, New York – Samuel Meredith (merchant)
• Merrill, Wisconsin – S.S. Merrill (railroader)
• Merritt, California – Hiram P. Merritt (early settler)
• Methuen, Massachusetts – Sir Paul Methuen (British diplomat)
• Mettler, California – W.H. Mettler (local agriculturalist)
• Metz, California – W.H.H. Metz (first postmaster)
• Meyers, California – George Henry Dudley Meyers (early landowner)
• Mianus, Connecticut – Mayanno (Native American chief)
• Micanopy, Florida – Micanopy, leading chief of Seminoles, led the tribe during the Second Seminole War
• Middleton, New Hampshire – Sir Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham
• Milan, New Hampshire – Milan Harris (mill owner)
• Milbank, South Dakota – Jeremiah Milbank (railroad director)
• Milburn, Kentucky – William Milburn
• Milesburg, Pennsylvania – Col. Samuel Miles (founder)
• Miles City, Montana – General Nelson A. Miles
• Miley, California – Julian J. Miley (first postmaster)
• Millard, Omaha, Nebraska – Ezra Millard (founder)
• Millbrae, California – Darius Ogden Mills
• Milledgeville, Georgia – Gov. John Milledge
• Miller, Nebraska – Capt. J.M. Miller (settler)
• Miller Place, New York – Andrew Miller (pioneer)
• Millersburg, Missouri – Thomas Miller (settler)
• Millersburg, Ohio – Charles Miller (founder)
• Millersburg, Pennsylvania – Daniel Miller (founder)
• Millerton, New York – Samuel G. Miller (railroad contractor)
• Milliken, Colorado – John D. Milliken (railroad official)
• Millis, Massachusetts – Lansing Millis (railroad executive)
• Millsfield, New Hampshire – Sir Thomas Mills
• Millspaugh, California – Almon N. Millspaugh (first postmaster)
• Milo, Maine – Milo of Croton (famous athlete from Ancient Greece)
• Milton, California – Milton Latham (railroad engineer)
• Milton, 4 places in Ulster County, New York, North Carolina, Vermont, and West Virginia – John Milton
• Miltonvale, Kansas – Milton Tootle (landowner)
• Minkler, California – Charles O. Minkler (local farmer)
• Minor Creek (California) – Isaac Minor
• Minot, Maine – Judge Minot of the General Court (aided in the town's incorporation)
• Minturn, California – Jonas and Thomas Minturn (local farmers)
• Mitchell, Colorado – George R. Mitchell
• Mitchell, Iowa – John Mitchel (Irish patriot) (note the spelling)
• Mitchell, Oregon – U.S. Senator John H. Mitchell
• Mitchell, South Dakota – Alexander Mitchell (president of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad)
• Mitchellville, Iowa – Thomas Mitchell
• Moberly, Missouri – Col. William E. Moberly
• Modesto, California – William Chapman Ralston, reputed for being a modest man
• Moffat, Colorado – David Moffat (president of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad)
• Moira, New York – Earl of Moira
• Monroe – James Monroe, 12 places in
• Connecticut – Georgia – Maine – Massachusetts – Michigan – New Hampshire – New Jersey – New York – North Carolina – Ohio – Utah – Washington
• Monroe City, Indiana – Monroe Alton (founder)
• Monroeville, California – U.P. Monroe (founder)
• Monroeville, New Jersey – Rev. S.T. Monroe
• Monroeville, Pennsylvania – Joel Monroe (first postmaster)
• Monson, Maine – Sir John Monson, 2nd Baron Monson (indirectly, via Monson, Massachusetts)
• Monson, Massachusetts – Sir John Monson, 2nd Baron Monson
• Montague, Massachusetts – Capt. William Montague
• Monterey, California – Gaspar de Zúñiga, 5th Count of Monterrey (colonial governor)
• Monterey, Massachusetts – Gaspar de Zúñiga, 5th Count of Monterrey (indirectly, via Monterrey, Mexico) (The town was named during the Mexican War to commemorate the battle fought there).
• Montezuma, Colorado – Moctezuma I (note the spelling)
• Montgomery, 4 places in Alabama, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and New York – General Richard Montgomery
• Montgomery, Indiana – Valentine B. Montgomery (founder)
• Montgomery, Texas – Andrew J. Montgomery (trading post establisher)
• Montrose, Pennsylvania – Dr. Robert H. Rose
• Mooers, New York – Gen. Benjamin Mooers
• Mooney Flat, California – Thomas Mooney (trading post and hotel establisher)
• Moorcroft, Wyoming – Alexander Moorcroft (settler)
• Moorefield, West Virginia – Conrad Moore
• Moores Flat, California – H.M. Moore (first settler)
• Mooresville, Indiana – Samuel Moore (founder)
• Mooresville, Missouri – W.B. Moore (founder)
• Moorhead, Minnesota – Gen. James K. Moorhead
• Moorhead, Montana – W.G. Moorehead (railroader) (note the spelling)
• Moosup, Connecticut and Moosup River (Connecticut) – Moosup (Native American chief)
• Moraga, California – Joaquin Moraga (explorer and landowner)
• Moran, Kansas – Daniel Moran (businessman)
• Moreau, New York – Jean Victor Marie Moreau (French general)
• Morehead, Kentucky – Gov. James Turner Morehead
• Morehead City, North Carolina – Gov. John Motley Morehead
• Moreno Valley, California – Frank E Brown (Moreno is Spanish for brown); Land developer
• Morgan, Utah – Jedediah Morgan Grant (a leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
• Morgan, Vermont – John Morgan (landholder)
• Morganfield, Kentucky – Gen. Daniel Morgan
• Morganton, North Carolina – Gen. Daniel Morgan
• Morgan's Point, Texas – Emily West Morgan (known as The Yellow Rose of Texas)
• Morgantown, West Virginia – Zackquill Morgan (landowner)
• Morganville, Kansas – Ebenezer Morgan (founder)
• Morrill, Kansas – Gov. Edmund Needham Morrill
• Morrill, Maine – Anson P. Morrill (governor of Maine)
• Morrilton, Arkansas – E.J. and George H. Morrill (settlers) (note the spelling)
• Morris, Connecticut – James Morris III (Revolutionary War soldier)
• Morris, New York – General Jacob Morris (son of Lewis Morris, a signer of the Declaration of Independence)
• Morrisania, New York, New York – Lewis Morris (statesman)
• Morris Plains, New Jersey – Lewis Morris (the first royal governor of New Jersey)
• Morris Township, New Jersey – Lewis Morris
• Morristown, New Jersey – Lewis Morris
• Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania – Robert Morris (financier)
• Morrow, Ohio – Gov. Jeremiah Morrow
• Morton Grove, Illinois – Levi P. Morton
• Moses Lake, Washington – Chief Moses (Native American chief of the Sinkiuse-Columbia)
• Moss, Monterey County, California – Charles Moss (wharf owner)
• Moss Landing, California – Charles Moss (wharf owner)
• Moultonborough, New Hampshire – Colonel Jonathan Moulton and others in his family
• Moultrie, Georgia – Gen. William Moultrie
• Moultrieville, South Carolina – Gen. William Moultrie
• Mount Bullion, Mariposa County, California – Senator Thomas Hart Benton (nicknamed "Old Bullion")
• Mount Madison (New Hampshire) – James Madison
• Mount Marcy (New York) – Gov. William L. Marcy
• Mount Mitchell (North Carolina) – Elisha Mitchell (surveyor)
• Mount Monroe (New Hampshire) – James Monroe
• Mount Moran (Wyoming) – Thomas Moran (artist)
• Mount Morris, New York – Thomas Morris (resident of Philadelphia)
• Mount Pulaski, Illinois – Casimir Pulaski (Revolutionary War hero)
• Mount Vernon, Missouri – Admiral Edward Vernon (indirectly, via Mount Vernon)
• Mount Washington, Kentucky and Mount Washington, Massachusetts – George Washington
• Muir, Michigan – W.K. Muir (railroader)
• Muldrow, Oklahoma – Henry L. Muldrow (politician)
• Mullan, Idaho – John Mullan (builder of Mullan Road, a wagon route)
• Mulvane, Kansas – John R. Mulvane (resident of Topeka)
• Mundy Township, Michigan – Lt. Gov. Edward Mundy
• Munfordville, Kentucky – Richard I. Munford (landowner)
• Munnsville, New York – Asa Munn (storekeeper)
• Murdo, South Dakota – Murdo MacKenzie (Texas cattleman)
• Murfreesboro, North Carolina and Murfreesboro, Tennessee – Col. Hardy Murfree
• Muroc, California – Ralph and Clifford Corum (early settlers) – Muroc is Corum spelled backwards
• Murphy, North Carolina – A.D. Murphy (judge)
• Murphys, California – Daniel and John Murphy (early miners and settlers)
• Murray, California – David Murray (olive industry figure)
• Murray, Kentucky – John L. Murray (former Congressman from the area who had died two years before the city's incorporation in 1844)
• Murray, Utah – Eli Murray (territorial governor of Utah)
• Murrieta, California – Juan Murrieta (Rancher)
• Myerstown, Pennsylvania – Isaac Myers (founder)

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• Naperville, Illinois – Joseph Naper
• Napoleon, Michigan – Napoleon Bonaparte
• Napoleon, Missouri – Napoleon Bonaparte
• Nashmead, California – J. Nash (first postmaster)
• Nashville, North Carolina and Nashville, Tennessee – Gen. Francis Nash
• Nashville, Ohio – Simon Nash (judge)
• Neals Diggins, California – Sam Neal (founder)
• Neligh, Nebraska – John Neligh
• Nelson, California – A.D. Nelson (early settler)
• Nelson, Nebraska – C. Nelson Wheeler (landowner)
• Nelson, New Hampshire – Viscount Horatio Nelson (British admiral and naval hero)
• Nelsonville, New York – Elisha Nelson (settler)
• New Brunswick, New Jersey – George II of Great Britain (also Duke of Brunswick)
• New Florence, Missouri – Florence Lewis (settler's daughter)
• New Franklin, Missouri and New Franklin, Ohio – Benjamin Franklin
• New Marlborough, Massachusetts – John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough (indirectly, via Marlborough, Massachusetts)
• New Orleans, Louisiana – Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
• New Port Richey, Florida – Captain Aaron M. Richey
• New York City and New York (state) – James of York and Albany
• Newberry, Michigan – John A. Newberry (railroader)
• Newcastle, Maine – Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
• New Coeln, Milwaukee - Christopher Columbus
• Newell, California – Frederick Haynes Newell
• Newellton, Louisiana – Edward D. Newell
• Newfane, Vermont – John Fane, 7th Earl of Westmorland
• Newnan, Georgia – Gen. Daniel Newnan
• Newnansville, Florida – Gen. Daniel Newnan
• Newport, New Hampshire – Henry Newport (English soldier and statesman)
• Newport News, Virginia – Christopher Newport and William Newce (sea captains) (note the spelling for the latter)
• Newton, Georgia and Newton, Texas – John Newton (soldier of the American Revolutionary War)
• Nicholasville, Kentucky – Col. George Nicholas
• Nichols, California – William H. Nichols (landowner)
• Nick's Cove, California – Nick Kojich (restaurateur)
• Nickerson, Kansas – Thomas Nickerson (ATSF president)
• Nicollet, Minnesota – Joseph Nicollet (explorer)
• Nielsburg, California – Arthur C. Neill (first postmaster)
• Niles, Fremont, California – Addison Niles
• Nobleboro, Maine – James Noble (settler)
• Noblesville, Indiana – Gov. Noah Noble
• Norden, California – Charles Van Norden (water company official)
• Norman, Oklahoma – Abner E. Norman (surveyor)
• Normans Kill (New York) – Albert de Norman (settler)
• Norristown, Pennsylvania – Isaac Norris (Mayor of Philadelphia in 1724)
• North, South Carolina – John F. North (founder)
• North Adams, Massachusetts – Samuel Adams (indirectly, via Adams, Massachusetts)
• North Anna River (Virginia) – Anne, Queen of Great Britain
• North Carolina – Charles I of England (King of Great Britain, Carolinus is Latin for Charles)
• North Cleveland, Texas – Charles Lander Cleveland (local judge) (indirectly, via Cleveland, Texas)
• North Dansville, New York – Daniel P. Faulkner (settler)
• North Fort Myers, Florida – Col. Abraham C. Myers
• North Webster, Indiana – Daniel Webster
• Norton, Kansas – Capt. Orloff Norton
• Norton Sound (Alaska) – Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley
• Nortonville, California – Noah Norton (founder)
• Norvelt, Pennsylvania - Eleanor Roosevelt
• Norwell, Massachusetts – Henry Norwell (1832-1903), dry goods merchant
• Notleys Landing, California – Godfrey Notley (founder)
• Nottingham, New Hampshire – Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham
• Novato, California – a local Miwok leader who had probably been given the name of Saint Novatus at his baptism

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• O'Fallon, Missouri – Col. John O'Fallon
• O'Neals, California – Charles O'Neal (merchant and first postmaster)
• O'Neill, Nebraska – Gen. John O'Neil (settler)
• Oakley, Kansas – Eliza Oakley Gardner
• Oatman Flat (Arizona) – Royce Oatman (Oatman and his family were killed by a group of Apaches here).
• Oberlin, Ohio – J. F. Oberlin (philanthropist)
• Ockenden, California – Thomas J. Ockenden (first postmaster)
• Odem, Texas – David Odem (San Patricio County sheriff)
• Odenton, Maryland – Oden Bowie (Governor of Maryland)
• Ogden, Kansas – Maj. E.A. Ogden
• Ogden, New York – William Ogden (landowner's son-in-law)
• Ogden, Utah – Peter Skene Ogden
• Ogilby, California – E.R. Ogilby (mine promoter)
• Oglesby, Illinois – Gov. Richard J. Oglesby
• Oglethorpe, Georgia – James Oglethorpe (colonial leader)
• Ogletown, Delaware – Thomas Ogle (landowner)
• Ogontz, 3 places in Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania – Ogontz (Native American chief)
• Oketo, Kansas – Arktatetah (Native American chief)
• Old Ornbaun Hot Springs, California – John S. Ornbaun (early settler and rancher)
• Olean, New York – Olean Shephard (the first white child born here)
• Oleander, California – William Oleander Johnson (first postmaster)
• Oleona, Pennsylvania – Ole Bull (settler)
• Orange, 5 places in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Vermont, and Virginia – William, Prince of Orange
• Orange, Ohio – William, Prince of Orange (indirectly, via Orange, Connecticut)
• Orangeburg, South Carolina – William, Prince of Orange
• Orbisonia, Pennsylvania – William Orbison (settler)
• Ord, Nebraska – Gen. Edward Ord
• Ordbend, California – Edward Ord
• Ordway, Colorado – George N. Ordway (Denver politician)
• Orem, Utah – Walter C. Orem (President of the Salt Lake and Utah Electric Urban Railroad)
• Orford, New Hampshire – Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford
• Orinda, California – Katherine Philips (a poet whose nickname was "Matchless Orinda")
• Orlando, Florida – Orlando Reeves
• Orleans, Massachusetts – Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
• Orono, Maine – Chief Joseph Orono of the Penobscot Nation
• Orrick, Missouri – John C. Orrick (resident of St. Louis)
• Orrs Springs, California – Samuel Orr (early settler)
• Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania – Peter Orwig (founder)
• Osborne, Kansas – Vincent Osborne (member of the Second Kansas Cavalry)
• Osburn, Idaho – Bill Osborne (trading post establisher) (note spelling)
• Osceola, 5 places in Arkansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, and Wisconsin – Indian leader Osceola, whose name means "Black Drink Cry"
• Osceola County, 3 places in Florida, Iowa, and Michigan – Indian leader Osceola, whose name means "Black Drink Cry"
• Oskaloosa, Iowa and Oskaloosa, Kansas – Oskaloosa (wife of the Native American chief Mahaska)
• Oshkosh, Wisconsin – Chief Oshkosh
• Otis, Maine – James Otis Jr. (proprietor)
• Otis, Massachusetts – Harrison Gray Otis
• Otisfield, Maine – James Otis, Jr. (grantee)
• Otisville, Michigan – Byron Otis (settler)
• Otisville, New York – Isaac Otis (settler)
• Otto, New York – Jacob S. Otto (land agent)
• Ouray, Colorado – Ouray (Ute chief)
• Ovid, Colorado – Newton Ovid (local resident)
• Ovid, Michigan and Ovid (town), New York – Ovid (poet)
• Owensboro, Kentucky – Abraham Owen
• Owingsville, Kentucky – Col. T.D. Owings
• Oxnard, California – Henry, Ben, James and Robert Oxnard

P

• Pacheco, California – Salvio Pacheco
• Paddock, Holt County, Nebraska – Algernon Paddock (U.S. Senator)
• Paducah, Kentucky and Paducah, Texas – Chief Paduke
• Painesville, Ohio – General Edward Paine (early settler)
• Palmer, Massachusetts – Thomas Palmer (judge)
• Palmer, Michigan – Waterman Palmer (founder)
• Palmer Lake, Colorado – Gen. William Jackson Palmer
• Pamelia, New York – Pamelia Brown (wife of Gen. Jacob Brown)
• Papinville, Missouri – Pierre Papin
• Paragould, Arkansas – W.J. <u>Para</u>more and Jay Gould (railroaders)
• Pardeeville, Wisconsin – John S. Pardee (founder)
• Paris, New York – Isaac Paris (merchant)
• Parish, New York – David Parish (landowner)
• Parishville, New York – David Parish (landowner)
• Parker, Kansas – J.W. Parker (landowner)
• Parkersburg, West Virginia – Alexander Parker
• Parkman, Maine – Samuel Parkman (proprietor)
• Parkman, Wyoming – Francis Parkman (historian)
• Parkston, South Dakota – R.S. Parke (landowner) (note spelling)
• Parkville, Missouri – George S. Park (founder)
• Parlier, California – I.N. Parlier (first postmaster)
• Parry Peak (Colorado) – Charles Christopher Parry (botanist)
• Parsons, Kansas – Levi Parsons (judge and railroader)
• Parsonsfield, Maine – Thomas Parsons (proprietor)
• Pasco County, Florida – Samuel Pasco, United States Senator from Florida
• Paterson, New Jersey – William Paterson
• Patten, Maine – Amos Patten (settler)
• Patterson, New York – Matthew Paterson (early farmer) (note spelling)
• Patton Township, Pennsylvania – Colonel John Patton (co-owner)
• Paulding, Mississippi and Paulding, Ohio – John Paulding (Revolutionary War soldier)
• Paulsboro, New Jersey – Samuel Phillip Paul (son of a settler)
• Pawling, New York – Catherine Pauling (a misprint caused the U to change to a W and the name stuck)
• Paxton, Massachusetts – Charles Paxton
• Paxton, Nebraska – W.A. Paxton
• Payne, Ohio – Henry B. Payne (U.S. Senator)
• Payson, Arizona – Levi Joseph Payson (Illinois congressman)
• Peabody, Kansas – F.H. Peabody
• Peabody, Massachusetts – George Peabody (philanthropist)
• Peekskill, New York – Jan Peek (mariner)
• Pelham, Massachusetts – Henry Pelham (Prime Minister of the United Kingdom)
• Pelham, New Hampshire – Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle
• Pelham, New York – Pelham Burton (tutor of Thomas Pell)
• Pembroke, Georgia – Pembroke Whitfield Williams (early resident)
• Pembroke, New Hampshire – Henry Herbert, ninth Earl of Pembroke
• Pendleton, Indiana – Thomas M. Pendleton (landowner)
• Pendleton, New York – Sylvester Pendleton Clark
• Pendleton, Oregon – George H. Pendleton (Democratic candidate for Vice President in the 1864 presidential campaign)
• Pendleton, South Carolina – Henry Pendleton (judge)
• Penfield, Georgia – Josiah Penfield
• Penfield, New York – Daniel Penfield (settler)
• Pennsylvania – William Penn (Penn's Woods)
• Pepperell, Massachusetts – Sir William Pepperrell (hero of the Battle of Louisburg)
• Perham, Maine – Gov. Sidney Perham
• Perham, Minnesota – Josiah Perham (officer of the Northern Pacific Railway)
• Perinton, New York – Glover Perrin (settler) (note the spelling)
• Perkins Township, Maine – Thomas Handasyd Perkins
• Perris, California – Frederick Thomas Perris (chief engineer of the California Southern Railroad)
• Perry, Kansas – John D. Perry (railroader)
• Perry, Maine, Perry, New York and Perry, Ohio – Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry (hero of the War of 1812)
• Perry, Florida – Madison Stark Perry, fourth Governor of the State of Florida, Confederate States Army colonel
• Perrysburg (town), New York and Perrysburg, Ohio – Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry
• Perryville, Missouri and Perryville, New Jersey – Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry
• Perth Amboy, New Jersey – James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth (The article The Amboys contains the etymology)
• Peterboro, New York – Peter Smith
• Peterborough, New Hampshire – Lieutenant Peter Prescott (land speculator)
• Petersburg, Alaska – Peter Buschmann (Norwegian immigrant)
• Petersburg, California – Peter Gardett (early merchant)
• Petersburg, Delaware – Peter Fowler
• Petersburg, Indiana – Peter Brenton (settler)
• Petersburg, Pennsylvania – Peter Fleck (settler)
• Petersburg, Virginia – Peter Jones (co-founder)
• Petersburgh, New York – Peter Simmons (early settler)
• Petersham, Massachusetts – William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, Viscount Petersham
• Petersville, Indiana – Peter T. Blessing (founder)
• Peytona, West Virginia – William M. Peyton
• Pheba, Mississippi – Pheba Robinson
• Phelps, Missouri – Gov. John S. Phelps
• Phelps, New York – Oliver Phelps (proprietor)
• Pharr, Texas - Henry Newton Pharr (1872-1966)
• Phil Campbell, Alabama – Phil Campbell (Railroad engineer)
• Philippi, West Virginia – Philip P. Barbour (judge)
• Phillips, California – Joseph Wells Davis Phillips (founder)
• Phillips, Maine – Jonathan Phillips (grantee)
• Phillips, Wisconsin – Elijah B. Phillips (railroader)
• Philipsburg, Montana – Philip Deidesheimer (mining engineer)
• Philipsburg, Pennsylvania – James and Henry Philips (settlers)
• Phillipston, Massachusetts – William Phillips, Jr. (lieutenant governor of Massachusetts)
• Philipstown, New York – Adolphus Philipse (patentee)
• Phillipsville, California – George Stump Philipps (early settler)
• Phippsburg, Maine – Sir William Phips (colonial governor of Massachusetts) (note spelling)
• Phoenix, New York – Alexander Phoenix
• Pickens, Mississippi – James Pickens (landowner)
• Pickens, South Carolina – Gen. Andrew Pickens
• Pickensville, Alabama – Gen. Andrew Pickens
• Pierce, Texas – Thomas W. Pierce (railroader)
• Pierceton, Indiana – Franklin Pierce
• Piercy, California – Sam Piercy (early settler)
• Pierre's Hole (Idaho) – Pierre (Iroquois chief)
• Pierre, South Dakota – Pierre Chouteau, Jr.
• Pierrepont, New York – Hezekiah Pierrepont (proprietor)
• Pierrepont Manor, New York – William C. Pierrepont (resident)
• Pierson, Michigan – O.A. Pierson (settler)
• Pieta, California – Chief Pieta (local chief)
• Piffard, New York – David Piffard (settler)
• Pike, New Hampshire – Alonzo Pike (producer of sharpening stones and tool and cutter grinders)
• Pike, New York – Zebulon Pike (American soldier and explorer)
• Pikes Peak (Colorado) – Zebulon Pike (American soldier and explorer)
• Pikesville, Maryland – Zebulon Pike (American soldier and explorer)
• Pillsbury, Minnesota – Gov. John S. Pillsbury (businessman)
• Pinckney, New York – Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
• Pine Hill, California – Safford E. Pine (local dairy farmer)
• Pinkham's Grant, New Hampshire – Daniel Pinkham (grantee)
• Pishelville, Nebraska – Anton Pishel (postmaster)
• Pitcairn, New York – Joseph Pitcairn (proprietor)
• Pitcher, New York – Lt. Gov. Nathaniel Pitcher
• Pitkin, Colorado – Gov. Frederick Walker Pitkin
• Pittsboro, North Carolina – William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
• Pittsburg, New Hampshire – William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
• Pittsfield, Maine – William Pitts (proprietor)
• Pittsfield, 3 places in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont – William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
• Pittsfield, Illinois and Pittsfield, New York – William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (indirectly, via Pittsfield, Massachusetts)
• Pittsford, New York – William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (indirectly, named by Colonel Caleb Hopkins after his hometown of Pittsford, Vermont)
• Pittsford, Vermont – William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
• Pittsgrove Township, New Jersey – William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
• Pittston, Maine – John Pitt (judge)
• Pittstown, New Jersey – William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
• Plant City, Florida – Henry B. Plant
• Plattsburgh (city), New York and Plattsburgh (town), New York – Zephaniah Platt (landowner)
• Pleasanton, California and Pleasanton, Kansas – Alfred Pleasonton (Union Army general)
• Pocahontas, Illinois and Pocahontas, Missouri – Pocahontas
• Pocatello, Idaho – Chief Pocatello
• Pokagon Township, Michigan – Chief Pokagon (Pottawattomie leader)
• Poland, Maine – Chief Poland
• Poland, Ohio – George Poland (proprietor)
• Polk County – James K. Polk, 11 places:
• Arkansas – Florida – Georgia – Iowa – Minnesota – Missouri – Nebraska – Oregon – Tennessee – Texas – Wisconsin
• Polkton, North Carolina – Bishop Leonidas Polk
• Polo, Illinois – Marco Polo
• Pomeroy, Ohio – Samuel Wyllis Pomeroy (proprietor)
• Pomins, California – Frank J. Pomin (first postmaster)
• Pompey, New York – Pompey (Roman general)
• Pontiac, Illinois and Pontiac, Michigan – Chief Pontiac
• Pontotoc, Mississippi – Pontotoc (Chickasaw chief)
• Pooler, Georgia – Robert William Pooler (railroad employee)
• Pope Valley, California – William Pope (land grantee)
• Poplarville, Mississippi – "Poplar" Jim Smith (storekeeper)
• Port Alsworth, Alaska - Leon "Babe" Alsworth (1909-2004), and Mary Alsworth (1923-1996)
• Port Arthur, Texas – Arthur Edward Stilwell (founder)
• Port Clinton, Ohio – DeWitt Clinton (father of the Erie Canal)
• Port Clinton, Pennsylvania – DeWitt Clinton (father of the Erie Canal)
• Port Colden, New Jersey – Cadwallader D. Colden (president of the Morris Canal and Banking Company)
• Port Dickinson, New York – Daniel S. Dickinson (U.S. Senator)
• Port Gibson, Mississippi – David Gibson (landowner)
• Port Kenyon, California – John Gardner Kenyon (founder)
• Port Jervis, New York – John Bloomfield Jervis (engineer with the Delaware and Hudson Canal)
• Port Morris, Bronx, New York – Gouverneur Morris
• Port Murray, New Jersey – James Boyles Murray (third president of the Morris Canal and Banking Company)
• Port Orford, Oregon – George Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford
• Port Penn, Delaware – William Penn
• Port Richey, Florida – Captain Aaron M. Richey
• Port Townsend, Washington – George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend
• Porter, Indiana – Commodore David Porter
• Porter, Maine – Dr. Aaron Porter (proprietor)
• Portola, California – Gaspar de PortolÃÂ
• Portola Valley, California – Gaspar de PortolÃÂ
• Poseyville, Indiana – Gen. Thomas Posey (governor)
• Post Falls, Idaho – Frederick Post (lumber mill builder)
• Posts, California – William Brainard Post (homesteader)
• Potter, New York – Arnold Potter (proprietor)
• Potter Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania – Gen. James Potter
• Potter Valley, California – William and Thomas Potter (early settlers)
• Pottersville, Michigan – George N. Potter
• Potts Camp, Mississippi – Col. E.F. Potts
• Pottstown, Pennsylvania – John Potts (landowner)
• Pottsville, Pennsylvania – John Potts (landowner) (This is the same John Potts as Pottstown).
• Poultney, Vermont – William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath (note spelling)
• Powellton, California – R.P. Powell (early settler)
• Powhattan, Kansas – Chief Powhatan (note the spelling)
• Pownal, Maine and Pownal, Vermont – Thomas Pownall (royal governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony) (note spelling)
• Poynette, Wisconsin – Peter Paquette (The present name arose from a clerical error).
• Prather, California – Joseph L. Prather (early rancher)
• Pratt, Kansas – Caleb S. Pratt (Civil War soldier)
• Prattsburgh, New York – Capt. Joel Pratt (settler)
• Prattsville (town), New York – Zadock Pratt
• Preble, New York – Commodore Edward Preble
• Prentice, Wisconsin – Alexander Prentice (postmaster)
• Prentiss, Maine – Henry Prentiss (landowner)
• Prescott, Arizona – William H. Prescott (historian)
• Prescott, Kansas – C.H. Prescott (railroader)
• Prescott, Massachusetts – Col. William Prescott (Revolutionary War officer)
• Presho, South Dakota – J. S. Presho (early settler)
• Preston, Minnesota – Luther Preston (millwright)
• Preston Township, Pennsylvania – Samuel Preston (judge and settler)
• Prestonsburg, Kentucky – James Patton Preston (governor of Virginia)
• Prestonville, Kentucky – James Patton Preston (governor of Virginia)
• Preston-Potter Hollow, New York – Preston family and Samuel Potter
• Pribilof Islands (Alaska) – Gavriil Pribylov (navigator)
• Prince Frederick, Maryland – Frederick, Prince of Wales
• Prince's Lakes, Indiana – Howard Prince (founder)
• Princeton, Indiana – William Prince
• Princeton, Maine – Rev. Thomas Prince (indirectly, via Princeton, Massachusetts)
• Princeton, Massachusetts – Rev. Thomas Prince
• Princetown, New York – John Prince (politician)
• Proctor, Kentucky – Rev. Joseph Proctor
• Proctor, Minnesota – J. Proctor Knott
• Proctor, Vermont – Senator Redfield Proctor
• Prophetstown, Illinois – Tenskwatawa Native American leader ("the Shawnee Prophet")
• Prosser, Washington – Colonel William Farrand Prosser (homesteader)
• Provo, Utah – Étienne Provost
• Puget Sound (Washington) – Peter Puget (explorer)
• Pulaski, 6 places in Georgia, Illinois, New York, Tennessee, Virginia, and Brown County, Wisconsin – Casimir Pulaski (Revolutionary War hero)
• Pulaski Township, Ohio – Casimir Pulaski (Revolutionary War hero)
• Pullman, 3 places in Michigan, Washington, and West Virginia – George Pullman
• Pullman, Chicago – George <u>Pull</u>man and Solon S. Be<u>man</u>
• Pulteney, New York and Pultneyville, New York (note spelling) – Sir William Pulteney, 5th Baronet, British land speculator
• Pushmataha County, Oklahoma – Chief Pushmataha (Choctaw leader during the War of 1812)
• Putnam, Connecticut – Israel Putnam
• Putnam County, Florida – Benjamin A. Putnam, Florida legislator, first president – Florida Historic Society

Q

• Quanah, Texas – Quanah Parker (the last Comanche chief)
• Queens, New York City – Catherine of Braganza
• Quenemo, Kansas – Quenemo (Native American resident)
• Quincy, Illinois and Quincy, Michigan – John Quincy Adams
• Quincy, Massachusetts – Colonel John Quincy
• Quincy, Washington – John Quincy Adams (indirectly, via Quincy, Illinois)
• Quinlan, Texas – G.A. Quinlan (vice president of the Houston and Texas Central Railway)
• Quintana, Texas – Andrés Quintana Roo
• Quitman, 4 places in Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri, and Texas – Gen. John A. Quitman (also governor of Mississippi)

R

• Rackerby, California – William M. Rackerby (first postmaster)
• Radford, Virginia – William Radford
• Rahway, New Jersey – Rahway (Native American chief)
• Rainier, Oregon – Peter Rainier (British admiral)
• Rainsville, Indiana – Isaac Rains (proprietor)
• Raleigh, 3 places in North Carolina, Mississippi, and Memphis, Tennessee – Sir Walter Raleigh
• Ralston, California – William C. Ralston (mine owner)
• Ralston, Pennsylvania – Matthew C. Ralston
• Ramseur, North Carolina – Gen. Stephen Dodson Ramseur
• Randalls and Wards Islands (New York) – Jonathan Randall (owner)
• Randolph, Maine – Peyton Randolph (indirectly, via Randolph, Massachusetts)
• Randolph, Massachusetts – Peyton Randolph (first president of the Continental Congress)
• Randolph, Nebraska – Jasper Randolph (postman)
• Randolph, New Hampshire – John Randolph (Virginia congressman and senator)
• Randolph, New York – Edmund Randolph (indirectly, via Randolph, Vermont)
• Randolph, Vermont – Edmund Randolph
• Rangeley, Maine – Squire James Rangeley, Jr. (proprietor)
• Rangeley Plantation, Maine – Squire James Rangeley, Jr. (proprietor)
• Ransom Township, Michigan – Gov. Epaphroditus Ransom
• Ransomville, New York – Clark Ransom (settler)
• Rapidan River (Virginia) – Anne, Queen of Great Britain (The name is a conjunction of the phrase "Rapid Anne").
• Rathbone, New York – Gen. Ransom Rathbone (settler)
• Rayl, California – David Rayl (hotelier and merchant)
• Raymond, California – Raymond Whitcomb (travel official)
• Raymond, Maine – Captain William Raymond
• Raymond, New Hampshire – John Raymond (grantee)
• Raymondville, New York – Benjamin Raymond (land agent)
• Raysville, Indiana – Gov. James B. Ray
• Readington Township, New Jersey – John Reading (governor of the Province of New Jersey)
• Readsboro, Vermont – John Reade (landholder) (note spelling)
• Rector, Arkansas – Wharton or Elias W. Rector (politicians)
• Red Cloud, Nebraska – Red Cloud (Lakota chief)
• Redding, Connecticut – John Read (landholder) (the spelling was changed to better reflect its pronunciation)
• Redfield, Arkansas – Jared E. Redfield (railroad executive)
• Redmond, Oregon – Frank and Josephine Redmond (homesteaders)
• Red Shirt, South Dakota – Red Shirt (Lakota chief)
• Red Wing, Minnesota – Red Wing (Native American chief)
• Reedley, California – Thomas Law Reed (founder and landowner)
• Reedsburg, Wisconsin – David C. Reed (settler)
• Reeseville, Wisconsin – Samuel Reese (settler)
• Reidsville, Georgia – Robert R. Reid (territorial governor of Florida)
• Reidsville, North Carolina – Gov. David Settle Reid
• Reiff, California – John Reiff (first postmaster)
• Remsen, New York – Henry Remsen (patentee)
• Reno, Nevada – Jesse L. Reno
• Rensselaer, New York – Kiliaen van Rensselaer
• Revere, Massachusetts – Paul Revere
• Revillagigedo Islands (Alaska) – Count of Revilla Gigedo (Viceroy of New Spain)
• Reynoldsburg, Ohio – Jeremiah N. Reynolds (author and newspaper editor)
• Rhinebeck (village), New York – William <u>Beek</u>man (founder) (also named for Rhineland, Germany (Beekman's home))
• Rheem, California – Donald I. Rheem (developer)
• Ricardo, California – Richard Hagen
• Richardson Springs, California – J.H. and Lee Richardson (early developers)
• Richburg, New York – Alvan Richardson (settler)
• Richland, Washington – Nelson Rich (state legislator and land developer)
• Richmond, Maine – Ludovic Stewart, 1st Duke of Richmond
• Richmond, Massachusetts and Richmond, New Hampshire – Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond
• Richmond, Rhode Island – Edward Richmond (colonial attorney general)
• Richville, New York – Salmon Rich (settler)
• Ridgway, Pennsylvania – John Jacob Ridgway (landowner)
• Ridleys Ferry, California – Thomas E. Ridley (ferry operator)
• Rienzi, Mississippi – Cola di Rienzo
• Rindge, New Hampshire – Captain Daniel Rindge (one of the original grant holders)
• Ripley, Maine and Ripley, New York – Brigadier General Eleazer Wheelock Ripley (of the War of 1812)
• Rippey, Iowa – C.M. Rippey (settler)
• Rising City, Nebraska – A.W. and S.W. Rising (landowners)
• Rivanna River (Virginia) – Anne, Queen of Great Britain
• Ritzville, Washington – Philip Ritz (settler)
• Robbinston, Maine – Edward H. and Nathaniel J. Robbins (landowners)
• Robert Lee, Texas – Robert E. Lee (US Civil War General)
• Robidoux Pass (Nebraska) – Antoine Robidoux (trader)
• Robinson, Kansas – Gov. Charles L. Robinson
• Robstown, Texas – Robert Driscoll Jr. (landowner)
• Rochester, New Hampshire and Rochester, Ulster County, New York – Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester (brother-in-law to James II of England)
• Rochester, Minnesota – Colonel Nathaniel Rochester (indirectly, via Rochester, New York)
• Rochester, New York – Colonel Nathaniel Rochester
• Rockingham, Vermont – Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
• Rockwood, California – Charles R. Rockwood (irrigation promoter)
• Rodman, New York – Daniel Rodman
• Rohnerville, California – Henry Rohner (founder)
• Rolfe, Iowa – John Rolfe (settler of Virginia)
• Rollinsford, New Hampshire – descendants of Judge Ichabod Rollins (first probate judge for New Hampshire)
• Rollinsville, Colorado – John Q.A. Rollins
• Romulus, Michigan and Romulus, New York – Romulus
• Roodhouse, Illinois – John Roodhouse (founder)
• Roosevelt, New Jersey – Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Root, New York – Erastus Root (politician)
• Rose, New York – Robert L. Rose (congressman)
• Roseboom, New York – Abraham Roseboom (settler)
• Ross, California – James Ross (early settler)
• Ross Corner, California – W.C. Ross (early settler and merchant)
• Rossie, New York – Rossie Parish (proprietor's sister)
• Rossville, Kansas – W.W. Ross (Indian agent)
• Rossville, Tennessee – John Ross (Cherokee chief)
• Roswell, Colorado – Roswell P. Flower (governor of New York)
• Roswell, Georgia – Roswell King (founder)
• Rothville, Missouri – John Roth (settler)
• Rowe, Massachusetts – John Rowe (Boston merchant)
• Rowesville, South Carolina – Gen. William Rowe
• Rowletts, Kentucky – John P. Rowlett
• Royalston, Massachusetts – Isaac Royal (landowner)
• Ruckersville, Virginia - John Rucker (founder)
• Rulo, Nebraska – Charles Rouleau (note the spelling)
• Rumford, Maine – Benjamin Thompson (also known as Count Rumford)
• Rumney, New Hampshire – Robert Marsham, 2nd Baron Romney (note spelling)
• Rumsey, California – Capt. D.C. Rumsey (early settler)
• Rumsey, Kentucky – Edward Rumsey
• Rushmore, Minnesota – S.M. Rushmore (pioneer)
• Rushville, Indiana and Rushville, Illinois – Dr. Benjamin Rush (Founding Father)
• Rusk, Texas – Thomas Jefferson Rusk (signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence)
• Russell, Kansas – Capt. Avra Russell
• Russell, New York – Russell Atwater (proprietor)
• Russell City, California – Frederick James Russell (town planner)
• Rutherford, New Jersey – John Rutherford (landowner)
• Rutherfordton, North Carolina – Gen. Griffith Rutherford
• Ryan, California – John Ryan (borax company official)

S

• Sabattus, Maine – Sabattus (Anasagunticook Indian chief)
• Sackets Harbor, New York – Augustus Sacketts (settler) (note the spelling)
• Safford, Arizona – Anson P. K. Safford (territorial governor)
• Sageville, Iowa – Hezekiah Sage
• St. Anthony, Minnesota – Anthony of Padua (indirectly, via Saint Anthony Falls)
• Saint Anthony Falls (Minnesota) – Anthony of Padua
• St. Augustine, Florida – Saint Augustine
• St. Augustine, Maryland – Augustine Herman (explorer)
• St. Clair, Michigan – Clare of Assisi (note the spelling)
• St. Clair, Pennsylvania – Gen. Arthur St. Clair
• St. Clairsville, Ohio – Gen. Arthur St. Clair
• St. Clement, Missouri – Clement Grote (settler)
• St. Deroin, Nebraska – Joseph Deroin (Otoe chief)
• Ste. Genevieve, Missouri – Genevieve
• St. George, Maine – Saint George
• St. George, Vermont – George III of Great Britain
• St. George, West Virginia – St. George Tucker (state legislator)
• Saint James, Indiana – Saint James
• St. James, 5 places in Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, and North Carolina – Saint James
• St. John, Kansas – Gov. John St. John
• St. Johns, Michigan – John Swegles Jr. (founder)
• St. Johnsbury, Vermont – J. Hector St. John de Crèvecœur (diplomat)
• St. Johns River (Florida) – John the Baptist
• St. Joseph, Michigan – Saint Joseph (indirectly, via the St. Joseph River)
• St. Joseph, Missouri – Joseph Robidoux IV (founder)
• St. Joseph River (Lake Michigan) – Saint Joseph
• St. Lawrence River – Saint Lawrence
• St. Louis, Missouri – Saint Louis
• St. Nazianz, Wisconsin – Gregory of Nazianzus
• St. Paul, Minnesota – Saint Paul
• St. Paul, Nebraska – J.N. and N.J. Paul (settlers)
• St. Pete Beach, Florida – Saint Peter (indirectly, via St. Petersburg, Russia)
• St. Petersburg, Florida – Saint Peter (indirectly, via St. Petersburg, Russia)
• St. Marys River (Michigan–Ontario) – Mary, mother of Jesus
• St. Vrain Creek (Colorado) – Ceran St. Vrain (fur trader)
• Salamanca (city), New York and Salamanca (town), New York – Don José de Salamanca y Mayol, Marquis of Salamanca
• Salisbury, Missouri – Lucius Salisbury (resident)
• Sallis, Mississippi – Dr. James Sallis (landowner)
• Salyersville, Kentucky – Samuel Salyer (state legislator)
• Samsonville, New York – Gen. Henry A. Sampson (note the spelling)
• San Andreas, California – Saint Andrew
• San Angelo, Texas – Carolina Angela DeWitt (wife of the city's founder Bartholomew J. DeWitt)
• San Antonio, Florida and San Antonio, Texas – Saint Anthony of Padua
• San Bernardino, California – Saint Bernardine of Siena
• San Bruno, California – Saint Bruno of Cologne (indirectly, via the San Bruno Creek)
• San Diego, California – Saint Didacus
• San Francisco, California – Saint Francis
• San Jose, California – Saint Joseph
• San Juan Capistrano, California – Saint John Capistrano
• San Leandro, California – Saint Leander of Seville
• San Lorenzo, California – Saint Lawrence
• San Lucas, California – Luke the Evangelist (indirectly, from the Spanish land grant)
• San Luis Obispo, California – Saint Louis of Toulouse
• San Luis Rey, California – Saint Louis
• San Mateo, California – Saint Matthew
• San Miguel, San Luis Obispo County, California – Saint Michael
• San Pablo, California – Saint Paul
• Sanborn, Iowa – George W. Sanborn (railroader)
• Sanbornton, New Hampshire – John Sanborn (grantee)
• Sanders, California – Charlotte E. Sanders (first postmaster)
• Sandisfield, Massachusetts – Samuel Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys (note the spelling)
• Sanford, Florida – Henry Shelton Sanford (diplomat and founder)
• Sanford, Maine – Peleg Sanford (proprietor)
• Sanger, California – Joseph Sanger Jr. (Railroad Yardmaster Association secretary-treasurer)
• Sangerfield, New York – Jedediah Sanger (judge)
• Sangerville, Maine – Colonel Calvin Sanger (landowner)
• Santa Ana, California and Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico – Saint Anne
• Santa Barbara, California – Saint Barbara
• Santa Clara, California – Saint Clare of Assisi
• Santa Monica, California – Saint Monica
• Santa Ynez, California – Saint Agnes
• Sapinero, Colorado – Sapinero (Native American chief)
• Saranap, California – <u>Sara Nap</u>thaly (mother of a railroad man)
• Sarcoxie, Missouri – Sarcoxie (Native American chief)
• Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan – Mary, mother of Jesus (indirectly, after the St. Marys River)
• Sauvie Island (Oregon) – Jean Baptiste Sauve (dairy owner)
• Sayre, Pennsylvania – R.S. Sayre (railroader)
• Schererville, Indiana – Nicholas Scherer (German settler)
• Schoolcraft, Michigan – Henry Schoolcraft (anthropologist)
• Schroeppel, New York – Henry W. Schroeppel (resident)
• Schuyler, Nebraska – Vice President Schuyler Colfax
• Schuylerville, New York – Gen. Philip Schuyler
• Schwaub, California – Charles M. Schwab (note the spelling)
• Scipio, New York – Scipio Africanus (Roman general)
• Scott, New York – General Winfield Scott
• Scottdale, Georgia – George Washington Scott
• Scottdale, Pennsylvania – Thomas A. Scott (railroader)
• Scotts, California – Charles A. Scott (first postmaster)
• Scottsboro, Georgia – Gen. John Scott
• Scottsburg, New York – Matthew and William Scott (settlers)
• Scotts Corner, California – Thomas Scott, Sr. (local merchant)
• Scottsdale, Arizona – Chaplain Winfield Scott
• Scottsville, Kentucky – Gen. Charles Scott (also served as governor of Kentucky)
• Scottsville, New York – Isaac Scott (settler)
• Scranton, Pennsylvania – Selden T. and George W. Scranton (founders of the Lackawanna Steel Company and, later, the city)
• Scriba, New York – George Scriba (proprietor)
• Searsmont, Maine – David Sears (proprietor)
• Searsport, Maine – David Sears (proprietor)
• Seattle, Washington – Chief Seattle
• Sedgwick, Arkansas – Union Major General John Sedgwick
• Sedgwick, Colorado – Union Major General John Sedgwick (indirectly, via Fort Sedgwick)
• Sedgwick, Kansas – Union Major General John Sedgwick (indirectly, via Sedgwick County)
• Sedgwick, Maine – Major Robert Sedgwick
• Sedona, Arizona – Sedona Miller Schnebly (wife of the city's first postmaster)
• Seeley, California – Henry Seeley (developer of Imperial County)
• Seguin, Texas – Juan Seguin (Texas political figure and Texas Revolution patriot)
• Seigler Springs, California – Thomas Seigler (discoverer of the springs)
• Selby, California – Prentiss Selby (first postmaster)
• Selma, California – Selma Michelsen (wife of railroad employee)
• Sempronius, New York – Tiberius and Gaius Sempronius Gracchus (Roman tribunes and agrarian reformers)
• Senath, Missouri – Senath Douglass (settler's wife)
• Sergeant Bluff, Iowa – Sergeant Charles Floyd
• Seward, Alaska, Seward, Nebraska, and Seward, New York – William H. Seward
• Seymour, Connecticut – Governor Thomas H. Seymour
• Shafter, California – Gen. William Rufus Shafter
• Shaftsbury, Vermont – Earl of Shaftesbury (note spelling)
• Shakopee, Minnesota – Shakopee (Native American chief)
• Shapleigh, Maine – Major Nicholas Shapleigh (proprietor)
• Sharon, California – William Sharon (financier)
• Sharpsburg, Kentucky – Moses Sharp
• Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania – James Sharp (proprietor)
• Shaver Lake, California – C.B. Shaver (irrigation company founder)
• Sheffield, Iowa – James Sheffield (railroad contractor)
• Shelburne, 3 places in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont – William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne
• Shelby, New York – Gen. Isaac Shelby
• Shelbyville, 3 places in Illinois, Indiana, and Missouri – Gen. Isaac Shelby
• Shepherd, Michigan – I.N. Shepherd (founder)
• Shepherdstown, West Virginia – Capt. Thomas Shepherd
• Sheridan, Montana and Sheridan, Wyoming – General Philip Sheridan (Union cavalry leader in the American Civil War)
• Sherman, Michigan – Gen. William T. Sherman
• Sherman, New York – Roger Sherman (Founding Father)
• Sherman, Texas – Sidney Sherman (Texian patriot)
• Shirley, Maine – William Shirley (indirectly, via Shirley, Massachusetts)
• Shirley, Massachusetts – William Shirley (governor of Massachusetts)
• Shirleysburg, Pennsylvania – William Shirley (governor of Massachusetts)
• Shoup, Idaho – George L. Shoup (U.S. Senator)
• Shreveport, Louisiana – Captain Henry Shreve, who opened the Red River, which runs through Shreveport, to marine navigation
• Shrewsbury, Massachusetts – George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury
• Shrewsbury, Vermont – Earl of Shrewsbury
• Shullsburg, Wisconsin – Jesse W. Shull (settler)
• Shutesbury, Massachusetts – Samuel Shute (governor of Massachusetts)
• Sicard Flat, California – Theodore Sicard (early settler)
• Sidney, Iowa – Sir Philip Sidney (English author) (indirectly, after Sidney, Ohio)
• Sidney, Maine and Sidney, Ohio – Sir Philip Sidney (English author)
• Sidney, Montana – Sidney Walters (son of settlers)
• Sidney, Nebraska – Sidney Dillon (railroad attorney)
• Sidney, New York – Admiral Sir Sidney Smith
• Sigel, Illinois – Gen. Franz Sigel
• Sigourney, Iowa – Lydia Sigourney (poet)
• Sikeston, Missouri – John Sikes (founder)
• Silsbee, California – Thomas Silsbee (local rancher)
• Silsbee, Texas – Nathaniel D. Silsbee (railroad investor)
• Simpsonville, Kentucky – John Simpson (U.S. representative)
• Sinclairville, New York – Samuel Sinclair (settler)
• Sinton, Texas – David Sinton
• Skilesville, Kentucky – James R. Skiles
• Slates Hot Springs, California – Thomas B. Slate (owner, founder)
• Slatersville, Rhode Island – Samuel Slater (founder)
• Slaughters, Kentucky – G.G. Slaughter (settler)
• Slayton, Minnesota – Charles Slayton (founder)
• Sleepy Eye, Minnesota – Ishtakhaba (pronounced: Ish-Ta-Ka-Ba) (Native American chief whose eyes were said "to have the appearance of sleep.")
• Sloan, Iowa – Samuel Sloan (railroad official)
• Sloansville, New York – John R. Sloan (settler)
• Sloat, California – John D. Sloat (Naval commodore who claimed California for the United States)
• Sly Park, California – James Sly (pioneer)
• Smartsville, California – Jim Smart (Gold Rush settler and merchant)
• Smethport, Pennsylvania – Theodore Smeth (friend of proprietor)
• Smith's Ferry, California – James Smith (founder)
• Smith Center, Kansas – J. Nelson Smith (soldier) (indirectly, via Smith County)
• Smithfield, Maine – Rev. Henry Smith (settler)
• Smithfield, New York – Peter Smith
• Smithfield, North Carolina – John Smith (state legislator)
• Smithflat, California – Jeb Smith (pioneer rancher)
• Smith River (Montana) – Robert Smith (Secretary of State)
• Smithtown, New York – Richard Smith (proprietor)
• Smithville, Missouri – Humphrey Smith (settler)
• Smithville, New York – Jesse Smith (lumber dealer)
• Snydertown, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania – Gov. Simon Snyder
• Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee – William <u>Sodd</u>er (trading post proprietor) and <u>Daisy</u> Parks (daughter of a coal company manager)
• Solon, Maine and Solon, New York – Solon (statesman and poet of Ancient Greece)
• Somers, Connecticut – Lord John Somers of England
• Somers, New York – Capt. Richard Somers
• Somersville, California – Francis Somers (coal mine founder)
• Somerville, Massachusetts – Capt. Richard Somers
• Soperton, Georgia – Benjamin Franklin Soper (railroad engineer)
• South Amboy, New Jersey – James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth (The article The Amboys contains the etymology)
• South Anna River (Virginia) – Anne, Queen of Great Britain
• South Burlington, Vermont – Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington (indirectly, via Burlington, Vermont)
• South Carolina – Charles I of England (King of Great Britain, Carolinus is Latin for Charles)
• South Euclid, Ohio – Euclid (Greek mathematician)
• South Padre Island, Texas – José Nicolás Ballí (Padre Ballí) (Catholic priest and settler)
• South Thomaston, Maine – General John Thomas (indirectly, via Thomaston, Maine)
• Spafford, New York – Horatio Spafford
• Spalding, Missouri – Robert Marion Spalding owner of Spalding Springs
• Spalding Tract, California – John S. Spalding (founder)
• Sparks, Nevada – John Sparks
• Spearville, Kansas – Alden Speare (resident of Boston)
• Spencer, Indiana – Capt. Spier Spencer
• Spencer, Massachusetts – Spencer Phips (acting governor of Massachusetts)
• Spencerport, New York – William H. Spencer (settler)
• Spivey, Kansas – R.M. Spivey (landowner)
• Sprague, Washington – General John W. Sprague (railroad executive)
• Spreckels, California – Claus Spreckels (sugar magnate)
• Stacy, California – Stacy Spoon
• Stafford, Humboldt County, California – Judge Cyrus G. Stafford
• Stafford, Kansas – Lewis Stafford (soldier)
• Standish, California and Standish, Maine – Myles Standish
• Stanfield, Oregon – Senator Robert N. Stanfield
• Stanley, North Carolina – Elwood Stanley (U.S. representative)
• Stannard, Vermont – George J. Stannard
• Stanton, Michigan – Edwin Stanton (Secretary of War)
• Stark, Kansas – General John Stark (indirectly, via Stark County, Illinois)
• Stark, New Hampshire and Stark, New York – General John Stark (author of New Hampshire's motto, "Live Free or Die")
• Starkey, New York – John Starkey (settler)
• Starks, Maine – General John Stark
• Starksboro, Vermont – General John Stark
• Starkville, Colorado – Albert G. Stark (coal mine owner)
• Starkville, Mississippi – General John Stark
• Stege, California – Richard Stege (founder and landowner)
• Stephenson, Michigan – Robert Stephenson
• Stephentown, New York – Stephen Van Rensselaer (Lieutenant Governor of New York)
• Sterling, Kansas – Sterling Rosan (settlers' father)
• Sterling, Massachusetts – General William "Lord Stirling" Alexander (Scottish expatriate) (note spelling)
• Stetson, Maine – Amasa Stetson (landowner)
• Steuben, Maine and Steuben, New York – Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
• Steubenville, Ohio – Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
• Stevens Point, Wisconsin – J.D. Stevens (missionary)
• Stevensville, Michigan – Thomas L. Stevens (founder)
• Stevensville, Montana – Isaac Stevens (1st governor of Washington Territory)
• Stevinson, California – James J. Stevinson (landowner)
• Stewartstown, New Hampshire – Sir John Stuart (the town was incorporated following the Scottish spelling of the name)
• Stewartsville, Missouri – Gov. Robert Marcellus Stewart
• Stewartville, California – William Stewart (local coal mine owner)
• Stickney, South Dakota – J.B. Stickney (railroad official)
• Stilesville, Indiana – Jeremiah Stiles (proprietor)
• Stinson Beach, California – Nathan H. Stinson (landowner)
• Stockton, 3 places in California, Missouri, and New York – Robert F. Stockton
• Stoddard, New Hampshire – Colonel Sampson Stoddard (grantee of territory)
• Stokes Landing, California – James Johnstone Stokes (founder)
• Stonewall, North Carolina – Stonewall Jackson (Confederate general)
• Stoughton, Massachusetts – William Stoughton (first chief justice of Colonial Courts)
• Stoughton, Wisconsin – Luke Stoughton (Englishman from Vermont)
• Stoutsville, Missouri – Robert P. Stout
• Stoystown, Pennsylvania – John Stoy (settler)
• Strafford, New Hampshire and Strafford, Vermont – Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford
• Stratham, New Hampshire – Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford, Baron Howland of Streatham (note spelling)
• Stratton, Vermont – Samuel Stratton (settler)
• Strong, Maine – Caleb Strong (governor of Massachusetts)
• Strong City, Kansas – William Barstow Strong (ATSF president)
• Strother, Missouri – French Strother (professor)
• Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania – Col. Jacob Stroud (settler)
• Struthers, Ohio – Captain John Struthers (founder)
• Stuart, Nebraska – Peter Stuart (settler)
• Sturgeon, Missouri – Isaac Sturgeon (resident of St. Louis)
• Sturgis, Michigan – Judge John Sturgis (settler)
• Stuyvesant, New York – Peter Stuyvesant (colonial governor)
• Suffern, New York – John Suffern (first Rockland County judge)
• Sullivan, Indiana – Daniel Sullivan (soldier)
• Sullivan, Maine – Daniel Sullivan (settler)
• Sullivan, Missouri – General John Sullivan (indirectly, via Sullivan County, Tennessee)
• Sullivan, New Hampshire and Sullivan, New York – General John Sullivan
• Sumner, Maine – Increase Sumner (governor of Massachusetts)
• Sumter, South Carolina – Gen. Thomas Sumter
• Sunderland, Massachusetts – Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland
• Sunol, California – Antonio Suñol (Californio ranchero)
• Surry, New Hampshire – Charles Howard, Earl of Surrey
• Sutro, Nevada – Adolph Sutro
• Susanville, California – Susan Roop (daughter of Isaac Roop)
• Sutter, California – John A. Sutter (pioneer of the California Gold Rush)
• Sutter Creek, California – John A. Sutter
• Sutter Hill, California – John A. Sutter
• Swainsboro, Georgia – Stephen Swain (state senator)
• Swan's Island, Maine – Colonel James Swan of Fife, Scotland (land purchaser)
• Sweetland, California – Sweetland brothers (early settlers)
• Swepsonville, North Carolina – George William Swepson (capitalist)
• Symmes Township, Hamilton County, Ohio – John Cleves Symmes (judge)

T

• Taft, California – William Howard Taft
• Talbott, Tennessee – Col. John Talbott
• Talbotton, Georgia – Gov. Matthew Talbot
• Talmadge, Maine – Benjamin Talmadge (landowner)
• Talmage, California – Junius Talmage (early settler)
• Tamworth, New Hampshire – British Admiral Washington Shirley, Viscount Tamworth
• Tancred, California – Tancred, Prince of Galilee
• Taopi, Minnesota – Taopi (Native American chief)
• Tarkington Prairie, Texas – Burton Tarkington (early settler)
• Tarpey, California – Arthur B. Tarpey
• Tatamy, Pennsylvania – Tatamy (Native American chief)
• Taylor, New York – Zachary Taylor
• Taylor County, 4 places in Florida, Georgia, Iowa, and Kentucky – Zachary Taylor, twelfth President of the United States of America
• Taylor Ridge (Georgia) – Richard Taylor (Cherokee chief)
• Taylorsville, Indiana – Zachary Taylor
• Taylorsville, Kentucky – Richard Taylor (proprietor)
• Taylorsville, North Carolina – John Louis Taylor (judge)
• Taylorville, California – Samuel P. Taylor (paper mill owner)
• Tazewell, Georgia and Tazewell, Virginia – Henry Tazewell (U.S. Senator from Virginia)
• Tecopa, California – Chief Tecopa (Paiute chief)
• Tecumseh, 3 places in Michigan, Nebraska, and Oklahoma – Tecumseh (Native American leader)
• Tekonsha, Michigan – Tekonsha (Native American chief)
• Temple, New Hampshire – John Temple (lieutenant governor to colonial governor John Wentworth)
• Temple, Texas – Bernard Moore Temple (civil engineer)
• Templeton, Massachusetts – Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple
• Terry, Mississippi – Bill Terry (resident)
• Terry, Montana – General Alfred Howe Terry
• Thacher Island (Massachusetts) – Anthony Thacher (sailor shipwrecked there)
• Thayer, Kansas – Nathaniel Thayer
• Thetford, Vermont – Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, 4th Earl of Arlington and 4th Viscount Thetford
• Thibodaux, Louisiana – Gov. Henry S. Thibodaux
• Thomaston, Connecticut – Seth Thomas (clockmaker)
• Thomaston, Georgia – Gen. Jett Thomas
• Thomaston, Maine – General John Thomas of the Continental Army
• Thomasville, Georgia – Gen. Jett Thomas
• Thompson, Connecticut – Sir Robert Thompson (English landholder)
• Thorndike, Maine – Israel Thorndike (landowner)
• Thornton, Colorado – Governor Dan Thornton
• Thornton, Mississippi – Dr. C.C. Thornton (landowner)
• Thornton, New Hampshire – Dr. Matthew Thornton (grantee and signer of the Declaration of Independence)
• Throggs Neck, Bronx, New York – John Throckmorton (patentee)
• Throop, New York – Gov. Enos T. Throop
• Thurman, New York – John Thurman
• Thurston, New York – William R. Thurston (landowner)
• Tiffin, Ohio – Gov. Edward Tiffin
• Tilton, New Hampshire – Nathaniel Tilton (iron foundry owner and hotelier)
• Tinley Park, Illinois – Samuel Tinley, Sr. (railroad station agent)
• Tipton, Indiana – John Tipton (U.S. Senator)
• Titusville, Pennsylvania – Jonathan Titus (landowner)
• Todd Valley, California – Dr. F. Walton Todd (store owner)
• Tomah, Wisconsin – Tomah (Menominee chief)
• Tome, New Mexico – Saint Thomas
• Tompkins, New York – Daniel D. Tompkins (Vice President and governor of New York)
• Tompkinsville, Kentucky and Tompkinsville, Staten Island, New York – Daniel D. Tompkins (Vice President and governor of New York)
• Toms Place, California – Tom Yernby (resort owner)
• Toms River, New Jersey – Capt. William Tom (settler)
• Tormey, California – Patrick Tormey (landowner)
• Torrance, California – Jared Sidney Torrance
• Torrey, New York – Henry Torrey
• Tower City, North Dakota and Tower City, Pennsylvania – Charlemagne Tower
• Towle, California – George and Allen Towle (local lumbermen)
• Townsend, Delaware – Samuel Townsend (landowner)
• Townsend, Massachusetts – Charles Townshend (British cabinet minister) (note spelling)
• Townshend, Vermont – the Townshend family (powerful figures in British politics)
• Towson, Maryland – Ezekial Towson (hotelier)
• Trenton, New Jersey – William Trent (landholder)
• Trexlertown, Pennsylvania – John Trexler
• Troy, North Carolina – Matthew Troy (lawyer)
• Truesdale, Missouri – William Truesdale (landowner)
• Trumbull, Connecticut – Jonathan Trumbull (governor of Connecticut)
• Truxton, New York – Commodore Thomas Truxton (naval officer of the American Revolution)
• Tryon, North Carolina – William Tryon (colonial governor)
• Tuftonboro, New Hampshire – John Tufton Mason (owner of the town)
• Tully, New York – Marcus Tullius Cicero
• Tunbridge, Vermont – William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford, Viscount Tunbridge, Baron Enfield and Colchester
• Tupman, California – H.V. Tupman (landowner)
• Turner, Maine – Reverend Charles Turner (agent, later became minister of the town)
• Turners Falls, Massachusetts – Captain William Turner
• Tuscola, Illinois – Tusco (Native American chief)
• Tustin, California – Columbus Tustin
• Tusten, New York – Col. Benjamin Tusten
• Tuttle, California – R.H. Tuttle (railroad executive)
• Twain Harte, California – Mark Twain and Bret Harte
• Two Strike, South Dakota – Two Strike (Lakota chief)
• Tygart Valley River (West Virginia) – David Tygart (settler)
• Tyler, Texas – John Tyler
• Tyngsborough, Massachusetts – Colonel Jonathan Tyng (landowner)
• Tyringham, Massachusetts – Jane Tyringham (married name Beresford) cousin of Sir Francis Bernard; the only town in Massachusetts named after a woman; Sir Francis Bernard inherited Nether Winchendon House, Bucks., England from her

U

• Udall, Kansas – Cornelius Udall
• Ulysses, Kansas and Ulysses, Nebraska – Ulysses S. Grant
• Uncasville, Connecticut – Uncas (Native American chief)
• Underhill, Wisconsin – William Underhill (settler from Vermont)
• Urban, California – Eva L. Urban (first postmaster)
• Uvalde, Texas – Juan de Ugalde (Spanish governor of Coahuila) (indirectly, via Uvalde County, Texas)
• Uxbridge, Massachusetts – Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge

V

• Vacaville, California – Juan Manuel Vaca (founder)
• Vade, California – Sierra Nevada "Vade" Phillips (founder's daughter)
• Valdez, Alaska – Antonio Valdés y Basán (Spanish naval officer)
• Valdosta, Georgia – Augustus (indirectly, via Aosta, Italy)
• Vallejo, California – Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo
• Van Buren, New York – Martin van Buren
• Van Lear, Kentucky – Van Lear Black (businessman)
• Van Nuys, California – Isaac Newton Van Nuys (landowner)
• Vanceboro, Maine – William Vance (landowner)
• Vanceboro, North Carolina – Zebulon Baird Vance (governor and U.S. Senator)
• Vancouver, Washington – George Vancouver (explorer)
• Van Etten, New York – James B. Van Etten (state legislator)
• Vassalboro, Maine – Florentins Vassall (patentee)
• Vaugine Township, Arkansas – Francis Vaugine (landowner)
• Veazie, Maine – General Samuel Veazie (businessman)
• Vergennes, Vermont – Charles Gravier, Comte de Vergennes
• Verplanck, New York – Philip Verplanck
• Vicksburg, Mississippi – Neivitt Vick (founder)
• Victoria, Texas – General Guadalupe Victoria (first president of Mexico)
• Victorville, California – Jacob Nash Victor
• Vidalia, Louisiana – Don José Vidal (colonial governor)
• Vidor, Texas – Charles Shelton Vidor (owner of the Miller-Vidor Lumber Company)
• Villemont Township, Arkansas – Carlos de Villemont (landowner)
• Vinalhaven, Maine – John Vinal (Boston merchant who helped settlers obtain title to the land)
• Vincent House (Fort Dodge, Iowa) - Web Vincent (businessman)
• Vining, Kansas – E.P. Vining (railroader)
• Vinton, California – Vinton Bowen (daughter of a railroad official)
• Viola, Wisconsin – Viola Buck
• Virgil, New York – Virgil (Roman poet)
• Virgilia, California – Virgilia Bogue (daughter of railroad executive Virgil Bogue)
• Virginia – Elizabeth I of England, the "Virgin Queen"
• Virginia City, Nevada – Elizabeth I of England, the "Virgin Queen" (indirectly, via Virginia)
• Volney, New York – Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney (philosopher)
• Votaw, Texas – Clark M. Votaw (vice president of the Santa Fe Townsite Company, which laid out the town lots)
• Voorheesville, New York – Theodore Voorhees (railroader)

W

• Wabasha, Minnesota – Wabasha (Native American chief)
• Wabaunsee, Kansas – Waubonsie (Native American chief) (note the spelling)
• Wacouta, Minnesota – Wacouta (Native American chief)
• Waddington, California – Alexander Waddington (local merchant)
• Waddington, New York – Joshua Waddington (proprietor)
• Wadesboro, North Carolina – Col. Thomas Wade
• Wadsworth, Ohio – General Elijah Wadsworth
• Wagener, South Carolina - George Wagener (Charleston merchant and railroad company president)
• Waite, Maine – Benjamin Waite (lumberman)
• Waitsfield, Vermont – General Benjamin Wait (founder)
• WaKeeney, Kansas – A.E. <u>Wa</u>rren and J.F. Keeney (founders)
• Wakefield, Kansas – Rev. Richard Wake (founder)
• Wakefield, Massachusetts – Cyrus Wakefield (wicker furniture manufacturer)
• Wakefield, North Carolina – Margaret Wake Tryon (colonial governor's wife) (indirectly, via Wake County)
• Wake Forest, North Carolina – Margaret Wake Tryon (colonial governor's wife) (indirectly, via Wake County)
• Walden, New York – Jacob T. Walden
• Waldo, Maine – General Samuel Waldo (proprietor)
• Waldo, Wisconsin – O.H. Waldo (railroad company president)
• Waldo Junction, California – William Waldo (early settler)
• Waldoboro, Maine – General Samuel Waldo
• Waldron Island (Washington) – W.T. Waldron (sailor)
• Wales, Massachusetts – James Lawrence Wales (benefactor)
• Walesboro, Indiana – John P. Wales (founder)
• Walker Pass (California) – Joseph R. Walker (explorer)
• Walker River (Nevada) – Joseph R. Walker (explorer)
• Wallace, California – John Wallace (surveyor)
• Wallace, Idaho – Colonel W.R. Wallace (landowner)
• Wallington, New Jersey – Walling van Winkle (landowner)
• Walpole, Massachusetts and Walpole, New Hampshire – Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford
• Walsenburg, Colorado – Fred Walsen (store owner)
• Walthall, Mississippi – Gen. Edward C. Walthall
• Walton (town), New York – William Walton (landowner)
• Walworth, New York – Reuben H. Walworth (politician)
• Ward, Indiana – Thomas B. Ward (U.S. representative)
• Wardner, Idaho – James Wardner (promoter of a local mine)
• Wardsboro, Vermont – William Ward (grantee)
• Wards Island (New York) – Jasper and Bartholomew Ward (landowners)
• Waresboro, Georgia – Nicholas Ware (U.S. Senator)
• Warner, New Hampshire – Jonathan Warner (leading Portsmouth citizen)
• Warnerville, New York – Capt. George Warner (settler)
• Warren, 6 places in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, and Vermont – Major General Joseph Warren
• Warren, New Hampshire and Warren, Rhode Island – Admiral Sir Peter Warren (British naval hero)
• Warren, Ohio – Moses Warren (surveyor)
• Warrenton, North Carolina – Major General Joseph Warren
• Warrenville, Illinois – Julius Warren (settler)
• Warwick, Rhode Island – Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick
• Washburn, Maine – Governor Israel Washburn Jr.
• Washington (state) and Washington, D.C. – George Washington
• Washington, 14 places in Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania – George Washington
• Washington Court House, Ohio – George Washington
• Washington Crossing, New Jersey and Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania – George Washington
• Washington Terrace, Utah – George Washington
• Washingtonville, New York and Washingtonville, Pennsylvania – George Washington
• Waterboro, Maine – Colonel Joshua Waters (proprietor)
• Wathena, Kansas – Wathena (Native American chief)
• Watkins Glen, New York – Dr. Samuel Watkins (founder)
• Watkinsville, Georgia – Col. Robert Watkins (state legislator)
• Watrous, New Mexico – Samuel B. Watrous (settler)
• Watson, New York – James Watson (proprietor)
• Watson, West Virginia – Joseph Watson (landowner)
• Wattsburg, Pennsylvania – David Watts (settler)
• Wauponsee, Illinois – Waubonsie (Native American chief) (note the spelling)
• Wauseon, Ohio – Wauseon (Native American chief)
• Wayland, Massachusetts and Wayland, New York – Dr. Francis Wayland (president of Brown University)
• Waymansville, Indiana – Charles L. Wayman (founder)
• Wayne, Maine – Revolutionary War General Anthony Wayne
• Waynesboro, 3 places in Georgia, Mississippi, and Pennsylvania – Revolutionary War General Anthony Wayne
• Waynesburg, Pennsylvania and Waynesburg, Ohio – Revolutionary War General Anthony Wayne
• Waynesfield, Ohio – Revolutionary War General Anthony Wayne
• Waynesville, North Carolina and Waynesville, Ohio – Revolutionary War General Anthony Wayne
• Weare, New Hampshire – Meshech Weare (the town's first clerk)
• Weatherford, Texas – Jefferson Weatherford (settler)
• Webster, Massachusetts and Webster, New Hampshire – Daniel Webster
• Webster Groves, Missouri – Daniel Webster
• Weedsport, New York – Elisha and Edward Weed (settlers)
• Weedville, Arizona – Ora Rush Weed (founder)
• Weimar, California – a local Maidu chief
• Weir, Kansas – T.M. Weir (founder)
• Weissport, Pennsylvania – Col. Jacob Weiss (settler)
• Welch, West Virginia – Capt. J.A. Welch
• Welcome, Minnesota – Alfred M. Welcome (homesteader)
• Weld, Maine – Benjamin Weld (proprietor)
• Weldon, California – William B. Weldon (rancher)
• Wellington, Colorado – C. L. Wellington (employee of the Colorado and Southern Railway)
• Wellington, Kansas and Wellington, Maine – Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
• Wells, Minnesota – the wife of Clark W. Thompson
• Wells, New York – Joshua Wells (settler)
• Wellsboro, Pennsylvania – Henry Wells Morris (resident)
• Wellsburg, West Virginia – Alexander Wells
• Wellsville, Kansas – D.L. Wells (railroad contractor)
• Wellsville, Ohio – William Wells (founder)
• Wendell, Massachusetts – Judge Oliver Wendell of Boston
• Wentworth, New Hampshire – Governor Benning Wentworth
• Wesley, Maine and Wesley Township, Washington County, Ohio – John Wesley (founder of the English Methodist movement)
• Wesson, Mississippi – Col. J.M. Wesson (founder)
• West Gardiner, Maine – Dr. Sylvester Gardiner (Boston physician) (indirectly, via Gardiner, Maine)
• West Lafayette, Indiana and West Lafayette, Ohio – Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette
• West Richland, Washington – Nelson Rich (state legislator and land developer) (indirectly, via Richland, Washington)
• West Virginia – Virgin Queen
• West Warwick, Rhode Island – Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick (indirectly, via Warwick, Rhode Island)
• Westbrook, Maine – Colonel Thomas Westbrook (early settler)
• Westby, Wisconsin – O.T. Westby (settler)
• Westerlo, New York – Rev. Eilardus Westerlo
• Westmoreland, New Hampshire – John Fane, 7th Earl of Westmorland
• Westport, Oregon – John West
• Westville, California – George C. West (first postmaster)
• Westville, Mississippi – Col. Cato West
• Westville, Missouri – Dr. William S. West (postmaster)
• Wetmore, Kansas – W.T. Wetmore (railroader)
• Weyers Cave, Virginia – Bernard Weyer
• Wharton, New Jersey – Joseph Wharton (co-founder of Bethlehem Steel)
• Wharton, Texas – William H. Wharton and John A. Wharton (politicians)
• Whately, Massachusetts – Thomas Whately (Member of Parliament)
• Wheeler, New York – Capt. Silas Wheeler (settler)
• Wheelock, Vermont – Eleazar Wheelock (founder of Dartmouth College)
• Whipple Mountains (California) – Amiel Weeks Whipple (military engineer)
• White, South Dakota – W.H. White (settler)
• White Cloud Township, Mills County, Iowa and White Cloud, Kansas – Ma-Hush-Kah (Native American chief)
• Whitefield, Maine and Whitefield, New Hampshire – George Whitefield (English evangelist)
• White Haven, Pennsylvania – Josiah White
• Whitesboro, New York – Judge Hugh White (settler)
• Whitestown, New York – Judge Hugh White (settler)
• Whiteville, North Carolina – James B. White (state legislator)
• Whiting, Iowa – Charles Whiting (judge)
• Whiting, Maine – Timothy Whiting (settler)
• Whiting, Vermont – John Whiting (landholder)
• Whitingham, Vermont – Nathan Whiting (landholder)
• Whitinsville, Massachusetts – Paul C. Whitin (cotton mill owner)
• Whitman, Massachusetts – Augustus Whitman (landowner)
• Whitman, Washington – Dr. Marcus Whitman (missionary)
• Whitney, California – Joel Parker Whitney (rancher)
• Whitney Point, New York – Thomas Whitney (postmaster)
• Whitneyville, Connecticut – Eli Whitney (founder)
• Whitneyville, Maine – Colonel Joseph Whitney (mill owner)
• Whittier, Alaska – John Greenleaf Whittier (Poet)
• Whittier, California – John Greenleaf Whittier (Poet)
• Wibaux, Montana – Pierre Wibaux (cattle rancher)
• Wickenburg, Arizona – Henry Wickenburg (discoverer of the Vulture Mine)
• Wiggins, Colorado – Oliver P. Wiggins (frontiersman)
• Wilber, Nebraska – C.D. Wilber (founder)
• Wilcox, Pennsylvania – A.I. Wilcox
• Wilcox Township, Michigan – S.N. Wilcox
• Wildomar, California – Wil – William Collier, Do – Donald Graham, Mar – Margaret Collier (city founders)
• Wilkes County, Georgia and Wilkes County, North Carolina – John Wilkes
• Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania – John Wilkes and Isaac Barré
• Wilkesboro, North Carolina – John Wilkes
• Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania – William Wilkins (Secretary of War)
• Willet, New York – Colonel Marinus Willet
• Williams, California – W.H. Williams (planner of the townsite)
• Williams Bay, Wisconsin – Captain Israel Williams (settler who fought in the War of 1812)
• Williamsburg, Ohio – Gen. William Haines Lytle (founder)
• Williamsburg, Virginia – William III of England
• Williamsport, Indiana – Gov. James D. Williams
• Williamsport, Pennsylvania – William Hepburn (judge)
• Williams River (Vermont) – Rev. John Williams
• Williamson, New York – Charles Williamson (land agent)
• Williamson River (Oregon) – Lt. Robert S. Williamson (explorer)
• Williamston, South Carolina – Col. James Williams
• Williamstown, Kentucky – William Arnold (settler)
• Williamstown, Massachusetts – Ephraim Williams
• Williamstown, Vermont – Ephraim Williams (indirectly, via Williamston, Mass.)
• Williamsville, Missouri – Asa E. Williams (founder)
• Williamsville, New York – Jonas Williams (settler)
• Willis, Kansas – Martin Cleveland Willis (settler)
• Williston, North Dakota – Associate Justice Lorenzo P. Williston
• Williston, Vermont – Samuel Willis (landholder)
• Willits, California – Hiram Willits (landowner, early settler)
• Willoughby, Ohio – Dr. Westel Willoughby, Jr. (U.S. Representative from New York)
• Willoughby Hills, Ohio – Dr. Westel Willoughby, Jr.
• Wilmette, Illinois – Antoine Ouilmette (French-Canadian fur trader)
• Wilmington, 4 places in Delaware, Massachusetts, North Carolina, and Vermont – Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington
• Wilmot, New Hampshire – Dr. James Wilmot (English clergyman)
• Wilseyville, California – Lawrence A. Wilsey (corporate executive)
• Wilson, Kansas – Hiero T. Wilson (merchant from Fort Scott)
• Wilson (town), New York – Reuben Wilson (settler)
• Wilson and Wilson County, North Carolina – Colonel Louis D. Wilson (state senator)
• Wilton, New Hampshire – Sir Joseph Wilton (English sculptor)
• Winchester, Massachusetts – Colonel William P. Winchester
• Winchester, New Hampshire – Charles Paulet, 3rd Duke of Bolton, 8th Marquess of Winchester, and constable of the Tower of London
• Windham, New Hampshire – Sir Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont (note spelling)
• Windom, Kansas and Windom, Minnesota – Senator William Windom
• Windsor, Colorado – Rev. Samuel Asa Windsor
• Winfield, Kansas – Chaplain Winfield Scott
• Winfield (town), New York – Gen. Winfield Scott
• Winn, Maine – John M. Winn (landholder)
• Winnie, Texas – Fox Winnie (railroad contractor)
• Winnsboro, South Carolina – Gen. Richard Winn (founder)
• Winslow, Maine – General John Winslow
• Winston-Salem, North Carolina – Joseph Winston
• Winters, California – Theodore W. Winters (landowner)
• Winthrop, Maine – John Winthrop (first Governor of Massachusetts)
• Winthrop, Massachusetts – Deane Winthrop (son of John Winthrop, the first Governor of Massachusetts)
• Wofford Heights, California – I.L. Wofford (founder)
• Wolcott, Connecticut – Frederick Wolcott
• Wolcott, New York and Wolcott, Vermont – General Oliver Wolcott (a signer of the Declaration of Independence)
• Wolfeboro, New Hampshire – English General James Wolfe
• Womelsdorf, Pennsylvania – Joseph Wommelsdorf (founder) (note the spelling)
• Woodbury, Vermont – Col. Ebenezer Wood (grantee)
• Woodfords, California – Daniel Woodford (early settler)
• Woodhull, New York – Gen. Nathaniel Woodhull
• Woodleaf, California – James Wood (property owner)
• Woodsfield, Ohio – Archibald Woods (resident of Wheeling, West Virginia)
• Woodsonville, Kentucky – Thomas Woodson (senator)
• Woodville, Texas – George Tyler Wood (governor of Texas)
• Woody, California – Dr. Sparrell Walter Woody (local rancher)
• Wooster, Ohio – Gen. David Wooster
• Worth, New York – Gen. William J. Worth
• Worthington, Massachusetts – Col. John Worthington (proprietor)
• Worthington, Minnesota – the maiden name of the wife of A.P. Miller (founder)
• Wray, Colorado – John Wray (foreman)
• Wright, New York – Silas Wright (politician)
• Wright City, Missouri – Dr. H.C. Wright (settler)
• Wrightsboro, Georgia – Augustus R. Wright (judge)
• Wrightstown, Wisconsin – H.S. Wright (ferry owner)
• Wrightsville, Pennsylvania – Samuel Wright (settler)
• Wurtsboro, New York – Maurice and William Wurts (builders of the Delaware and Hudson Canal)
• Wyandanch, New York – Wyandanch (sachem of the Montaukett Native American tribe in the mid 17th century)
• Wytheville, Virginia – George Wythe (a signer of the Declaration of Independence)

Y

• Yankee Jims, California – a criminal with that nickname
• Yale, Michigan – Elihu Yale (indirectly, via Yale University)
• Yaquina Bay (Oregon) – Yaquina (Native American chief)
• Yates Center, Kansas – Abner Yates (landowner)
• Ybor City, Tampa, Florida – Vicente Martinez Ybor
• Yellville, Arkansas – Governor Archibald Yell
• Yonkers, New York – Adriaen van der Donck (landowner who known locally as the Jonkheer)
• Yorba Linda, California – Bernardo Yorba (built Yorba Hacienda near here)
• York, Maine – James II of England (known as the Duke of York before ascending the throne)
• York Center, Illinois - Samuel York
• Yorkville, California – R.H. York (Founder)
• Yorkville, Wisconsin - Samuel York
• Youngs, California – Morgan W. Youngs (first postmaster)
• Youngs Bay (Washington) – Sir Charles Young (naval officer)
• Youngstown, New York – John Young (merchant)
• Youngstown, Ohio – John Young (Founder)
• Ypsilanti, Michigan – Demetrius Ypsilanti (hero in the Greek War of Independence)

Z

• Zanesfield, Ohio – Isaac Zane (younger brother of Ebenezer Zane)
• Zanesville, Ohio – Ebenezer Zane (founder)
• Zapata, Texas – Colonel Jose Antonio de Zapata
• Zavalla, Texas – Lorenzo de Zavala (note spelling)
• Zebulon, Georgia – Zebulon Pike
• Zenda, Wisconsin - Anthony Hope, author of The Prisoner Of Zenda
• Zillah, Washington – Miss Zillah Oakes (daughter of Thomas Fletcher Oakes, president of the Northern Pacific Railway)
• Zionsville, Indiana – William Zion (pioneer)
• Zwingle, Iowa – Huldrych Zwingli (Protestant reformer)

Former names

• Adams was the name of Corte Madera, California – Jerry Adams (first postmaster)
• Adele was the name of Fields Landing, California – Adele Haughwout (first European child born there)
• Alexander's Corner was the name of Weedpatch, California – Cal Alexander (early resident)
• Allen's Camp was the name of Caliente, California – Gabriel Allen (early settler)
• Arp's was the name of Riverview, Kern County, California – James H. Arp (real estate developer)
• Barker House was the name of Woodleaf, California – Charles Barker (early settler)
• Barrons Landing was the name of Eden Landing, California – Richard Barron (landowner)
• Barrow was the name of UtqiaÄ¡vik, Alaska – Sir John Barrow
• Beal's Landing was the name of Westport, California – Samuel Beal (early settler)
• Bells Harbor was the name of Little River, California – Lloyd and Samuel Bell (early settlers)
• Benton Mills was the name of Ridleys Ferry, California – Senator Thomas Hart Benton
• Biddle's Camp and Biddleville were names of Bear Valley, Mariposa County, California – William C. Biddle (early settler)
• Black's was the name of Zamora, California – J.J. Black (early settler)
• Boust City was the name of Taft Heights, California – E.J. Boust (oilman, town founder)
• Bowman's Point was the name of West End, Alameda, California – Charles C. Bowman (early settler)
• Brannan Springs was the name of Woodfords, California – Samuel Brannan (Gold Rush figure)
• Brown's was the name of North Fork, California – Milton Brown (early settler)
• Brown's Mill was the name of Stafford, Humboldt County, California – Percy Brown (lumber mill owner)
• Brownsville was the name of Samoa, California – James D.H. Brown (dairy farmer)
• Brownsville was the name of Tecopa, California – William D. and Robert D. Brown (founders)
• Buckingham was the name of Unity, New Hampshire – John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire
• Bucktooth was the name of Salamanca (town), New York – Bucktooth (notable Native American who lived in the area)
• Bulwinkle was the name of Crannell, California – Conrad Bullwinkle (landowner)
• Burns' Camp and Burns' Ranch were names of Quartzburg, Mariposa County, California – Robert and John Burns (founders)
• Burrville was the name of Clinton, Tennessee – Aaron Burr
• Cabarker was the name of El Centro, California – C.A. Barker (landowner's friend)
• Cantu was the name of Andrade, California – Col. Esteban Cantu (Mexican regional governor)
• Cardigan was the name of Orange, New Hampshire – George Brudenell, fourth Earl of Cardigan
• Carson's Creek was the name of Angels Camp, California – Kit Carson
• Charley's Flat was the name of Dutch Flat, California – Charles Dornbach (founder)
• Clark's Station and Clark's Ranch were names of Wawona, California – Galen Clark (founder)
• Clifton was the name of Del Rey, California – Clift Wilkinson (town founder)
• Cochran's Crossing was the name of Yolo, California – Thomas Cochran (early settler)
• Cockermouth was the name of Groton, New Hampshire – Charles Wyndham, Baron Cockermouth and Earl of Egremont
• Collis was the name of Kerman, California – Collis Potter Huntington
• Converse Ferry was the name of Friant, California – Charles Converse (ferryman)
• Cowan Station was the name of Dunmovin, California – James Cowan (homesteader)
• Crabtown was the name of Helena, Montana – John Crab (early gold prospector)
• Crumville was the name of Ridgecrest, California – James and Robert Crum (local dairymen)
• Dewey and Deweyville were names of Wasco, California – Adm. George Dewey
• Dorris Bridge was the name of Alturas, California – Pressley and James Dorris (early settlers)
• Dow's Prairie was the name of McKinleyville, California – Joe Dow (founder)
• Drapersville was the name of Kingsburg, California – Josiah Draper (founder)
• Dupplin was the name of Lempster, New Hampshire – Scottish lord Thomas Hay, Viscount Dupplin
• Durkee's Ferry was the name of Weitchpec, California – Clark W. Durkee (ferry operator)
• Dutch Charlie's Flat was the name of Dutch Flat, California – Charles Dornbach (founder)
• Dykesboro was the name of Cochran, Georgia – B. B. Dykes (settler)
• Eastland was the name of Mill Valley, California – Joseph G. Eastland (developer)
• Enfield was the name of a Massachusetts town that was disincorporated on April 28, 1938, as part of the creation of the Quabbin Reservoir – Robert Field (early settler)
• Etter was the name of Ettersburg, California – Albert F. Etter (homesteader)
• Fassking's Station was the name of Encinal, Alameda, California – Frederick Louis Fassking (pioneer)
• Fletcher was the name of Aurora, Colorado – Donald Fletcher (businessman)
• Foremans was the name of Fourth Crossing, California – David Foreman (town founder)
• Franklin Township was the name of Nutley, New Jersey – Benjamin Franklin
• Greenwich was the name of a Massachusetts town that was disincorporated on April 28, 1938, as part of the creation of the Quabbin Reservoir – John Campbell, Duke of Greenwich
• Grenville was the name of Newport, New Hampshire – George Grenville (Prime Minister of the United Kingdom)
• Hamilton's was the name of Buck Meadows, California – Alva Hamilton (founder)
• Hamptonville was the name of Friant, California – William R. Hampton (first postmaster)
• Hans Lof's was the name of Toms Place, California – Hans Lof (resort owner)
• Hansen was the name of Alton, California – Mads P. Hansen (first postmaster)
• Harrisberry was the name of Harrisburg, Inyo County, California – Shorty Harris and Pete Auguerreberry (gold discoverers)
• Harrisburgh was the name of Warm Springs, Fremont, California – Abram Harris (early settler)
• Haydenville was the name of Bear Valley, Mariposa County, California – David, Charles, and William Hayden (gold miners)
• Hearst was the name of Hacienda, California – Phoebe Hearst
• Hopkins and Hopkins Springs was the name of Soda Springs, Nevada County, California – Mark Hopkins (railroad baron who built a resort there)
• Hunter Flat and Hunters Camp were names of Whitney Portal, California – William L. Hunter (pioneer)
• Hupp and Hupps Mill were names of DeSabla, California – John Hupp (early sawmill owner)
• Hutton's Ranch was the name of Yolo, California – James A. Hutton (early hotel owner)
• Jacksonville was the name of Floyd, Virginia – President Andrew Jackson
• Jewetta was the name of Saco, California – Solomon and Philo D. Jewett (pioneers)
• Joe was the name of Ismay, Montana – Joe Montana, (American Football player)
• Johnson's Diggings was the name of Birchville, California – David Johnson (first prospector at the site)
• Johnsonville was the name of Bear Valley, Mariposa County, California – John F. Johnson (early settler)
• Jones Ferry was the name of Friant, California – J.R. Jones (early merchant)
• Kellyvale was the name of Lowell, Vermont – John Kelley (grantee)
• Kendall's City was the name of Boonville, California – Alonzo Kendall (early hotelier)
• Kents Landing was the name of Little River, California – W.H. Kent (early settler, landowner)
• Kenyon was the name of Pineridge, California – Silas W. Kenyon (first postmaster)
• Kunze was the name of Greenwater, California – Arthur Kunze (founder)
• Langville was the name of Capay, California – John Arnold Lang (early settler)
• Laphams was the name of Stateline, California – William W. Lapham (hotel owner)
• Levittown and Levittown Township were names of Willingboro Township, New Jersey (from 1958 to 1963) – William Levitt
• Lewisville was the name of Greenwood, El Dorado County, California – Lewis B. Meyer (early settler)
• Lisbon was the name of Applegate, California – Lisbon Applegate (early settler)
• Maltermoro was the name of Sunnyside, Fresno County, California – George H. Malter (postmaster)
• Marthasville was the name of Atlanta, Georgia – Martha Lumpkin (daughter of Governor Wilson Lumpkin)
• Marsh was the name of Avon, Contra Costa County, California – John Marsh
• Marshall was the name of Lotus, California – James W. Marshall
• Marshs Landing was the name of Antioch, California – John Marsh
• Maxwell's Creek was the name of Coulterville, California – George Maxwell (early settler)
• McKinney was the name of Chambers Lodge, California – John McKinney (early settler)
• Meiggstown was the name of Mendocino, California – Henry Meiggs
• Michaels was the name of Coarsegold, California – Charles Michaels (merchant)
• Mingusville was the name of Wibaux, Montana – <u>Min</u>nie and <u>Gus</u> Grisy (postmasters)
• Minorsville was the name of McKinleyville, California – Isaac Minor (founder)
• Moores was the name of Riverton, California – John M. Moore (operator of a local toll road)
• Moores Station was the name of Honcut, California – John C. Moore (first postmaster)
• Norris was the name of Lake Delton, Wisconsin – Edward Norris (surveyor)
• Old Lovelock was the name of Coutolenc, California – George Lovelock (early merchant)
• Partridgefield was the name of Hinsdale, Massachusetts – Oliver Partridge (one of the purchasers of the town)
• Peacock's was the name of Warm Springs, Fremont, California – George W. Peacock (first postmaster)
• Peterman's Landing was the name of Eden Landing, California – Henry Louis and Mary F. Peterman (salt company officials)
• Phillipsburg was the name of Hollis, Maine – Major William Phillips (proprietor)
• Phipps-Canada was the name of Jay, Maine – Captain Joseph Phipps
• Pollasky was the name of Friant, California – Marcus Pollasky (railroad official)
• Portersville was the name of Valparaiso, Indiana – Commodore David Porter
• Powellville was the name of Blocksburg, California – Joseph James Powell (first settler)
• Prescott was the name of a Massachusetts town that was disincorporated on April 28, 1938, as part of the creation of the Quabbin Reservoir – Colonel William Prescott
• Putnam's was the name of Independence, California – Charles Putnam (early merchant)
• Ralston City was the name of Shakespeare, New Mexico – William Chapman Ralston
• Ralston Point was the name of Arvada, Colorado – Lewis Ralston (prospector from Georgia)
• Randall was the name of White Hall, California – Albert B. Randall (first postmaster)
• Rolph was the name of Fairhaven, California – James Rolph (governor of California)
• Rooptown was the name of Susanville, California – Isaac Roop (settler)
• Ross Landing was the name of Kentfield, California – James Ross (founder)
• Ross's Camp was the name of Melbourne Camp, California – William Ross (operator)
• Rust was the name of El Cerrito, Contra Costa County, California – William R. Rust (first postmaster)
• Ryan was the name of Lila C, California – John Ryan (borax company official)
• Scodie was the name of Onyx, California – William Scodie (early merchant)
• Sherburne was the name of Killington, Vermont – Colonel Benjamin Sherburne (landholder)
• Simpsonville was the name of Bear Valley, Mariposa County, California – Robert Simpson (local merchant)
• Smith's Landing was the name of Antioch, California – William and Joseph Smith (early settlers)
• Smithville was the name of Loomis, California – L.G. Smith (store owner)
• Sotoville was the name of Santa Rita, Monterey County, California – Jose Manuel Soto (landowner, founder)
• Spoonville was the name of Edgemont, Lassen County, California – Lorella A. Spoon
• Stantonville was the name of Chilton, Wisconsin – Moses and Catherine Stanton (early residents)
• Stratton was the name of Stratford, California – William Stratton (developer)
• Stubbs was the name of Clearlake Oaks, California – Charles Stubbs (landowner)
• Surrattsville was the name of Clinton, Maryland – Surratt family (18th century settlers)
• Swauger was the name of Loleta, California – Samuel A. Swauger (landowner)
• Taylors Landing was the name of Bijou, California – Almon M. Taylor (founder)
• Tinkers Station was the name of Soda Springs, Nevada County, California – J.A. Tinker (local freight hauler)
• Townsend was the name of Boothbay, Maine and Southport, Maine – Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend (note spelling)
• Trecothick was the name of Ellsworth, New Hampshire – Barlow Trecothick (Alderman, Member of Parliament, and a Lord Mayor of London, raised in colonial Boston)
• Troupville was the name of Valdosta, Georgia - George Troup, governor of Georgia
• Turner was the name of Harriman, New York – Peter Turner (early restaurateur)
• Vaughn was the name of Bodfish, California – Edward Vaughn (first postmaster)
• Villa de San Agustin de Laredo was the name of Laredo, Texas – Saint Augustine
• Warnersville was the name of Trinidad, California – R.V. Warner (early settler)
• Washington was the name of South River, New Jersey – George Washington
• Washington Township was the name of Robbinsville Township, New Jersey – George Washington
• Wells was the name of Keene, California – Madison P. Wells (early rancher)
• Wendell was the name of Sunapee, New Hampshire – John Wendell (proprietor)
• Weringdale was the name of Woody, California – Joseph Weringer (town planner)
• Wheelersborough was the name of Hampden, Maine – Benjamin Wheeler (settler)
• Whitley's Ford was the name of Lookout, California – James W. Whitley (early hotelier)
• Williamsburg was the name of Old Town, Kern County, California – James E. Williams (businessman)
• Woods Dry Diggings was the name of Auburn, California – John S. Wood
• Yanks was the name of Meyers, California – Ephraim "Yank" Clement (early landowner)

See also

• List of places named after people
• List of country subdivisions named after people
• List of islands named after people
• Buildings and structures named after people
• List of educational institutions named after U.S. presidents
• List of eponyms of airports
• List of convention centers named after people
• List of railway stations named after people
• Lists of places by eponym
• List of non-US places that have a US place named after them
• List of eponyms
• Lists of etymologies

Notes

References

Bibliography