Locations in the United States with an English name

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A large number of places in the U.S were named after places in England largely as a result of English settlers and explorers of the Thirteen Colonies.

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Some names were carried over directly and are found throughout the country (such as Manchester, Birmingham and Rochester). Others carry the prefix "New"; for example, the largest city in the US, New York, was named after York because King Charles II gave the land to his brother, James, the Duke of York (later James II).[1][2] Some places, such as Hartford, Connecticut, bear an archaic spelling of an English place (in this case Hertford).

Washington, D.C., the federal capital of the U.S., is named after the first U.S. President George Washington, whose surname was due to his family holding land in Washington, Tyne and Wear.

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Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

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Delaware

Florida

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Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

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The English county name "Cumberland" is commonly replicated in Appalachia, such as at Cumberland River (pictured).[22]

Louisiana

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Maine

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Maryland

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Massachusetts

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Michigan

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Minnesota

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Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

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New Jersey

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New Mexico

New York

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North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

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Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

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Rhode Island

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South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

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Utah

Vermont

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Virginia

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Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

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Wyoming

Other

See also

References

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  6. ↑ a b c Gudde, Erwin and Bright, William. California Place Names: The Origin and Etymology of Current Geographical Names. University of California Press, 2004.
  7. ↑ "History", City of Exeter website. Retrieved 2012-Jan-11.
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  10. ↑ "Avon Facts in Brief", Avon, Connecticut website. Retrieved 2012-Jan-11.
  11. ↑ "Bolton History Summary", Bolton, Connecticut website. Retrieved 2012-Jan-11.
  12. ↑ Norton, Milo Leon. "Bristol", The Connecticut magazine: an illustrated monthly, Volume 5. The Connecticut Magazine Co., 1899, p.4
  13. ↑ "About Colchester", Colchester, Connecticut website. Retrieved 2012-Jan-11.
  14. ↑ "City of Hartford History", City of Hartford website. Retrieved 2012-Jan-12.
  15. ↑ Capace, Nancy. "Dictionary of Places", Encyclopedia of Delaware, North American Book Dist LLC, 2001, p.331.
  16. ↑ Morris, Allen Covington and Morris, Joan Perry. Florida Place Names: Alachua to Zolfo Springs. Pineapple Press Inc, 1995, p.198.
  17. ↑ a b Morris, Allen Covington and Morris, Joan Perry. Florida Place Names: Alachua to Zolfo Springs. Pineapple Press Inc, 1995, p.256.
  18. ↑ "A Bit of a Chester History Lesson", City of Chester website. Retrieved 2012-Jan-12.
  19. ↑ Savage, Tom. A dictionary of Iowa place-names. University of Iowa Press, 2007.
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  21. ↑ Named after Bromley, the birthplace of Charles Collins, a pharmacist who laid out the town in Kentucky in 1848. Script error: No such module "Footnotes"..
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  23. ↑ Possibly named after Dover, believed to be the birthplace of the founder's father. Script error: No such module "Footnotes"..
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  25. ↑ Manchester's founders envisioned it would become a large industrial city like Manchester, England.Script error: No such module "Footnotes"..
  26. ↑ Believed to have been originally named after Willoughby, England, from where the ancestors of the area's settler's were thought to have emigrated; the name "Williba" was supposedly a corruption adopted by its first postmaster to fit the name on a rubber stamp. Script error: No such module "Footnotes"..
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  28. ↑ Named after Old Boothby in Lincolnshire. Script error: No such module "Footnotes"..
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  31. ↑ History of Cambridge, Maine.
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  33. ↑ Named after the manor of Kittery Court, located on Kittery Point in Kingswear, the birthplace of founder Alexander Shapleigh. Script error: No such module "Footnotes"..
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  46. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". ("The name came from the parish housing the Kilbourne family estate in Kent, England.").
  47. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". ("Railroad official Charles Peach named the site for his native Chelsea, England.").
  48. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". ("Historian George Shirk asserts that the town was named for Manchester, England, while Charles Gould claims it refers to a former hometown in the East.").
  49. ↑ Debated. Possibly named in reference to Westerleigh, South Gloucestershire, or simply for its position at the westernmost edge of the state. See Westerly, Rhode Island#History.
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