List of renamed places in the United States
- List of renamed places in the United States
This is the list of renamed places in the United States --- various political and physical entities in the U.S. that have had their names changed, though "not" by merger, split, or any other process which was not one-to-one. It also generally does not include differences due to a change in status, for example, a "River Bluff Recreation Area" that becomes "River Bluff State Park".
Alaska
*Mount McKinley National Park was renamed Denali National Park and Preserve (the mountain itself was renamed Denali by the state government, but not the federal, after its native name)
Florida
*Cowford (1763-1822) is now Jacksonville
*Dade County (1836-1997) is now Miami-Dade County
*Flagler was changed to Miami before becoming official
*Ocean City (1913-1923) is now Flagler Beach (there is another Ocean City, Florida elsewhere)
=Georgia=
*Big Shanty (to 1860s) is now Kennesaw
*Cass County (to 1860s) is now Bartow County
*Crossroads is now Vinings
*Franklin is now West Point (there is now another Franklin nearby)
*Hammond is now Sandy Springs
*Harnageville (1832-1880) is now Tate
*Jonesborough is now Jonesboro
*Lovejoy's Station is now Lovejoy
*Marble Works (to 1832) is now Tate
*Marthasville (late 1840s) is now Atlanta
*New Prospect Camp Ground is now Alpharetta
*Northcutt Station (1840-1843) is now Acworth
*Paces is now Vinings
*Rough and Ready is now Mountain View
*Ruff's Station is now Smyrna
*Terminus (mid-1840s) was later Atlanta
*Tunnelsville (1848-1856) is now Tunnel Hill
*Varner's Station is now Smyrna
Indiana
*Hudson in DeKalb County is now Sedan (there is another Hudson in neighboring Steuben County)
*Iba was also a previous name for Sedan
*Jervis or Jarvis in DeKalb County is now Butler
*Kekionga, the capital of the Miami tribe, is now Fort Wayne.
*Newport in Wayne County is now Fountain City (there is another Newport in Vermillion County)
*Vienna in DeKalb County is now Newville.
Mississippi
*Gumpond (to 1860s) is now Tupelo
New York
*New Amsterdam (17th century) is now New York
North Carolina
*Hamburgh (later Hamburg) is now Glenville
Ohio
*Losantiville (prior to 1790) is now Cincinnati
South Carolina
*Charles Town (colonial period) is now Charleston
Wyoming
*Jackson's Hole was changed to Jackson Hole and is now simply Jackson
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