List of American places named after people

This is a list of places in the United States of America which are named after people.

*Albuquerque, New Mexico – Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 8th Duke of Alburquerque
*Alexandria, Virginia – John Alexander (settler)
*Allentown, Pennsylvania – William Allen
*Anderson, Indiana – Chief William Anderson
*Anderson, South Carolina – Gen. Robert Anderson
*Ankeny, Iowa – John Fletcher Ankeny
*Annapolis, Maryland – Anne of Great Britain
*Ansonia, Connecticut – Anson Greene Phelps
*Astoria, Oregon – John Jacob Astor
*Atlanta, Georgia – Atlas (indirectly via the Western and Atlantic Railroad and the Atlantic Ocean)
*Austin, Texas – Stephen F. Austin
*Baird, Texas – Matthew Baird (president of Baldwin Locomotive Works)
*Bakersfield, California – Col. Thomas Baker
*Baltimore, Maryland – Lord Baltimore
*Barrow, Alaska – Sir John Barrow
*Bartlett, Illinois – Luther Bartlett
*Barstow, California – William Barstow Strong (ATSF president)
*Beltrami County, Minnesota – Giacomo Beltrami
*Belzoni, Mississippi – Giovanni Battista Belzoni
*Benicia, California – Francisca Benicia Carillo de Vallejo
*Billings, Montana – Frederick H. Billings
*Binghamton, New York – William Bingham
*Bismarck, North Dakota – Otto von Bismarck
*Bowie, Maryland – William D. Bowie (colonel)
*Broderick, California – David C. Broderick (U.S. senator)
*Bryan, Texas – William Joel Bryan
*Bryte, California – Mike Bryte, local farmer and landowner
*Burbank, California – David Burbank (dentist)
*Campbell, California – Benjamin Campbell (founder)
*Carson City, Nevada – Kit Carson
*Charles Town, West Virginia – Charles Washington (founder; younger brother of George Washington)
*Charlotte, North Carolina – Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
*Cicero, New York – Cicero
*Cincinnati, Ohio – Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (indirectly, via the Society of the Cincinnati)
*Christiana, Delaware – Queen Christina of Sweden
*Cleveland, Ohio – Moses Cleaveland (note spelling)
*Compton, California – Griffith D. Compton (settler)
*Cooperstown, New York – William Cooper
*Cudahy, California – Michael Cudahy
*Cudahy, Wisconsin – Patrick Cudahy
*Dallas, Texas – George M. Dallas
*Davenport, Iowa – Col. George Davenport
*Davie, Florida – Randolph P. Davie (developer)
*Davis, California – Jerome C. Davis (local farmer)
*Dayton, Ohio – Jonathan Dayton
*Daytona Beach, Florida – Matthias Day
*Denver, Colorado – James W. Denver
*Downers Grove, Illinois – Pierce Downer (settler)
*Downey, California – John G. Downey
*Dubuque, Iowa – Julien Dubuque
*Duluth, Minnesota – Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut
*Edison, Georgia, Edison, New Jersey – Thomas Edison
*Edwardsville, Illinois – Ninian Edwards
*El Macero, California – Bruce Mace, local landowner
*Eugene, Oregon – Eugene Franklin Skinner
*Evanston, Illinois – John Evans
*Evansville, Indiana – Robert Morgan Evans
*Fairbanks, Alaska – Charles W. Fairbanks
*Fargo, North Dakota – William Fargo
*Farragut, Tennessee, and other Farraguts – David Farragut
*Fayetteville, North Carolina and other Fayettevilles – Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette
*Fitchburg, Massachusetts – John Fitch (settler)
*Florence, Kentucky – Florence Conner (wife of early settler)
*Florence, South Carolina – Florence Hartlee (daughter of a railroad president who lived in the area)
*Fort Collins, Colorado – Col. William O. Collins
*Fort Lauderdale, Florida – William Lauderdale (major)
*Fort Lee, New Jersey – Charles Lee
*Fort Wayne, Indiana – Anthony Wayne
*Fort Worth, Texas – William Jenkins Worth
*Fredericksburg, Virginia – Frederick, Prince of Wales
*Fremont, California, and numerous other Fremonts – John C. Frémont
*Fullerton, California – George H. Fullerton, president of the Pacific Land and Improvement Company
*Galesburg, Illinois – George Washington Gale
*Gallatin, Tennessee and other Gallatins – Albert Gallatin
*Gary, Indiana – Elbert Henry Gary
*Georgetown, Washington, D.C. – George II of Great Britain
*Gettysburg, Pennsylvania – Samuel Gettys (settler)
*Greensboro, North Carolina – Nathanael Greene
*Gurnee, Illinois – Walter S. Gurnee
*Hagerstown, Maryland – Jonathan Hager
*Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – John Harris, Sr.
*Hayward, California – William Hayward
*Hoffman Estates, Illinois – Sam and Jack Hoffman (builders)
*Hopkinsville, Kentucky – Samuel Hopkins (general)
*Houston, Texas - Sam Houston
*Huntington, West Virginia – Collis P. Huntington
*Huntington Beach, California – Henry E. Huntington
*Huntsville, Alabama – John Hunt (settler)
*Jackson, Michigan – Andrew Jackson
*Jacksonville, Florida – Andrew Jackson
*Jefferson City, Missouri – Thomas Jefferson
*Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania – Jim Thorpe
*Joe, Montana – Joe Montana
*Joplin, Missouri – a Methodist minister in the new city
*Juneau, Alaska – Joe Juneau
*Knoxville, Tennessee – Henry Knox
*Kosciusko, Mississippi – Tadeusz Kościuszko
*Lafayette, Louisiana and other Lafayettes – Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette
*Lake Charles, Louisiana – Charles Sallier
*Levittown, New York and other Levittowns – William Levitt
*Lincoln, Nebraska – Abraham Lincoln
*Livermore, California – Robert Livermore
*Livingston, New Jersey – William Livingston
*Los Angeles – Our Lady the Queen of the Angels
*Louisville, Kentucky – Louis XVI
*Lubbock, Texas – Thomas Saltus Lubbock
*Madison, Wisconsin – James Madison
*Marshall, Texas – John Marshall
*McAllen, Texas – John McAllen (settler)
*McHenry, Illinois – William McHenry
*McMinnville, Tennessee – Joseph McMinn
*Modesto, California – William Chapman Ralston, reputed for being a modest man
*Montgomery, Alabama and Montgomery, Minnesota – Richard Montgomery
*Morgantown, West Virginia – Zackquill Morgan
*Morton Grove, Illinois – Levi P. Morton
*Naperville, Illinois – Joseph Naper
*Nashville, Tennessee – Francis Nash
*Nickerson, Kansas – Thomas Nickerson (ATSF president)
*Norman, Oklahoma – Abner E. Norman (surveyor)
*O'Fallon, Missouri – John O. Fallon
*Orlando, Florida – Orlando Reeves
*Owensboro, Kentucky – Abraham Owen
*Paterson, New Jersey – William Paterson
*Perris, California – Fred T. Perris
*Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – William Pitt the Elder
*Pittsfield, Massachusetts – William Pitt
*Provo, Utah – Étienne Provost
*Pulaski, Tennessee and other Pulaskis – Kazimierz Pułaski
*Pullman, 3 places in Michigan/Washington/West Virginia, named after George Pullman
*Pullman, Chicago – George Pullman and Solon S. Beman
*Putnam, Connecticut – Israel Putnam
*Quincy, Massachusetts – Colonel John Quincy
*Raleigh, North Carolina – Sir Walter Raleigh
*Roswell, Georgia – Roswell King, founder.
*St. Louis, Missouri – Saint Louis
*St. Paul, Minnesota – Saint Paul
*San Antonio, Texas – Saint Anthony of Padua
*San Diego, California – Saint James
*San Francisco, California – Saint Francis
*San Jose, California – Saint Joseph
*San Luis Obispo, California – Saint Louis of Toulouse
*San Mateo, California – Saint Matthew
*Schererville, Indiana – Nicholas Scherer (German settler)
*Seattle, Washington – Chief Seattle
*Seward, Alaska – William H. Seward
*Sparks, Nevada – John Sparks
*Stockton, California – Robert F. Stockton
*Strong City, Kansas – William Barstow Strong (ATSF president)
*Sutter, California – John A. Sutter (pioneer of the California Gold Rush)
*Temple, Texas – Bernard Moore Temple (civil engineer)
*Tinley Park, Illinois – Samuel Tinley, Sr. (railroad station agent)
*Torrance, California – Jared Sidney Torrance
*Twain Harte, California – Mark Twain and Bret Harte
*Vacaville, California – Juan Manuel Vaca
*Vallejo, California – Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo
*Victorville, California – Jacob Nash Victor
*Warrenville, Illinois – Julius Warren (settler)
*Washington, D.C. – George Washington
*Webster, Massachusetts – Daniel Webster
*Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania – John Wilkes and Isaac Barre
*Williamstown, Massachusetts – Ephraim Williams
*Wilmette, Illinois – Antoine Ouilmette (French-Canadian fur trader)

ee also

*List of places named after people
**List of country subdivisions named after people
**List of lakes named after people
**List of islands named after people
*Buildings and structures named after people
**List of eponyms of airports
**List of eponyms of stadiums
**List of convention centers named after people
**List of railway stations named after people
*Lists of places by eponym
*List of eponyms
*Lists of etymologies