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Not to be confused with List of places named after places in the United States.
This is a list of places in the United States which are named after people. If not cited here, the etymology is generally referenced in the article about the person or the place.
A
- Aaronsburg, Pennsylvania β Aaron Levy (founder)
- Abbot, Maine β John Abbot (treasurer of Bowdoin College)
- Abbott, Texas β Joseph Abbott (Texas politician)
- Abbottstown, Pennsylvania β John Abbott (founder)
- Abernathy, Texas β Monroe Abernathy (one of the developers of the town)
- Abington, Massachusetts β Anne Venables Bertie, Countess of Abington, Cambridgeshire
- Ableman, Wisconsin β S.V.R. Ableman (settler)
- Ackley, Iowa β J.W. Ackley (founder)
- Acworth, New Hampshire β Jacob Acworth (British naval officer)
- Ada Township, Michigan β Ada Smith (daughter of postmaster)
- Adairville, Kentucky β John Adair (governor of Kentucky)
- Adams, California β Charles Adams (landowner)
- Adams, Massachusetts β Samuel Adams
- Adams, Nebraska β J.O. Adams (settler)
- Adams, New York β John Adams
- Adams, Oregon β John F. Adams (homesteader)
- Adams, Tennessee β Reuben Adams (landowner)
- Adamsboro, Indiana β George E. Adams (founder)
- Adamsburg, Pennsylvania β John Adams
- Adams Station, California β Marie Adams Peacock (tavern owner)
- Adamstown, California β George Adams (founder)
- Adamstown, Pennsylvania β John Adams
- Adamsville, Arizona β Charles S. Adams (original settler)
- Addison, 4 places in Maine, New York, Pennsylvania, and Vermont β Joseph Addison (English essayist, poet, playwright and politician)
- Addison, West Virginia β Addison McLaughlin (local lawyer)
- Adin, California β Adin McDowell (founder)
- Adrian, Michigan β Roman Emperor Hadrian
- Adrian, Minnesota β Mrs. Adrian Iselin (mother of Adrian C. Iselin, a director of the Sioux City and St. Paul Railroad Company)
- Aguilar, Colorado β JosΓ© RamΓ³n Aguilar (cattleman and pioneer)
- Aiken, South Carolina β William Aiken Jr. (governor of South Carolina)
- Ainsworth, Iowa β D.H. Ainsworth (civil engineer)
- Ainsworth, Washington β J.C. Ainsworth (railroader)
- Albany, New Hampshire β James of York and Albany (indirectly, via Albany, New York)
- Albany, New York β James of York and Albany
- Albemarle, North Carolina β George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle
- Alberhill, California β C.H. Albers, James and George Hill (landowners)
- Albert Lea, Minnesota β Albert Miller Lea (engineer, soldier, and topographer with the United States Dragoons)
- Alberton, Montana β Albert J. Earling (president of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad)
- Albuquerque, New Mexico β Francisco FernΓ‘ndez de la Cueva, 8th Duke of Alburquerque
- Alburgh, Vermont β Ira Allen (landowner)
- Alcester, South Dakota β Colonel Alcester of the British army
- Alden, California β S.E. Alden (farmer and landowner)
- Alden, Iowa β Henry Alden (settler)
- Alderson, West Virginia β John Alderson (settler and local minister)
- Alexander, New York β Alexander Rea (settler and state senator)
- Alexander, Maine β Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton
- Alexandria, Nebraska β S.J. Alexander (secretary of state)
- Alexandria, New York and Alexandria Bay, New York β Alexander Le Ray (son of local settler)
- Alexandria, New Hampshire β John Alexander (indirectly, via Alexandria, Virginia)
- Alexandria, South Dakota β Alexander Mitchell (railroad president)
- Alexandria, Virginia β John Alexander (settler)
- Alford, Massachusetts β Colonel John Alford
- Alfordsville, Indiana β James Alford (settler)
- Alfred, Maine β King Alfred the Great
- Alger, Ohio β Russell A. Alger
- Alice, Texas β Alice Gertrudis King Kleberg (daughter of Richard King, who established the King Ranch)
- Allendale, Oakland, California β Charles E. Allen (real estate broker)
- Allendale, South Carolina β Allen family (settlers)
- Allenstown, New Hampshire β Samuel Allen (father of landowner and governor of New Hampshire)
- Allentown, Georgia β J.W. Allen (postmaster)
- Allentown, Pennsylvania β William Allen
- Alloway Township, New Jersey β Chief Alloway
- Alma, Colorado β Alma James (wife of local merchant)
- Almont, Michigan β Juan Almonte
- Alstead, New Hampshire β Johann Heinrich Alsted (compiled an early encyclopedia that was popular at Harvard College) (note spelling)
- Altheimer, Arkansas β Joseph and Louis Altheimer (founders)
- Alton, California β Alton Easton (indirectly, via Alton, Illinois)
- Alton, Illinois β Alton Easton (son of founder Rufus Easton)
- Alva, Florida β Thomas Alva Edison (inventor)
- Alvarado, California β Juan Alvarado (Mexican governor of California)
- Alvin, Texas β Alvin Morgan (settler)
- Amador City, California β Jose Maria Amador (early gold prospector)
- Ambler, Pennsylvania β Joseph Ambler (settler)
- Amelia Court House, Virginia β Princess Amelia of Great Britain
- Ames, New York β Fisher Ames
- Amherst, New Hampshire -- Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (also Massachusetts and Maine)
- Anaheim, California β Saint Anne (indirectly, via the Santa Ana River)
- Anastasia Island, Florida β Saint Anastasia
- Anderson, Indiana β Chief William Anderson
- Anderson, Kansas β Joseph C. Anderson (state legislator)
- Anderson, South Carolina β Gen. Robert Anderson
- Andersonia, California β Jeff Anderson (sawmill owner)
- Andrade, California β Mexican General Guillermo Andrade
- Angelica, New York β Angelica Schuyler Church
- Angels Camp, California β Henry P. Angel (early settler and merchant)
- Ankeny, Iowa β John Fletcher Ankeny
- Anna, Illinois β Anna Davis (landowner's wife)
- Annapolis, Maryland β Anne, Queen of Great Britain
- Ann Arbor, Michigan β Ann Allen and Ann Rumsey (settlers' wives)
- Annsville, New York β Ann Bloomfield (settler's wife)
- Anson, Maine β George Anson, 1st Baron Anson
- Anson, Wisconsin - Anson Burlingame (abolitionist, legislator, diplomat)
- Ansonia, Connecticut β Anson Greene Phelps
- Ansted, West Virginia β David T. Ansted (geologist and landowner)
- Antis Township, Pennsylvania β Frederick Antes (colonel who fought during the Revolutionary War) (note spelling)
- Anthony, Kansas β George T. Anthony (7th Governor of Kansas)
- Applebachsville, Pennsylvania β Gen. Paul Applebach
- Applegate, California β Lisbon Applegate (early settler)
- Appleton, Maine and Appleton, Wisconsin β Samuel Appleton (father-in-law of Amos Lawrence, founder of Lawrence University)
- Appling, Georgia β Col. Dan Appling
- Arbuckle, California β Tacitus R. Arbuckle (early landowner and settler)
- Archdale, North Carolina β John Archdale
- Arco, Idaho β Georg von Arco
- Arenzville, Illinois β Francis A. Arenz (founder)
- Arietta, New York β Arietta Rensselaer (wife of Rensselaer van Rensselaer)
- Arlington, Texas β Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington (indirectly, via Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial)
- Armourdale, Kansas β Armour brothers (founders of Armour and Company)
- Arnold, California β Bob and Bernice Arnold (early local merchants)
- Arnold Heights, California β General Henry H. Arnold
- Arundel, Maine β Lord Arundel
- Arvada, Colorado β Hiram Arvada Haskin (brother-in-law of settler Mary Wadsworth)
- Arvin, California β Arvin Richardson (pioneer)
- Asbury Park, New Jersey β Francis Asbury
- Ashburnham, Massachusetts β John Ashburnham, 2nd Earl of Ashburnham
- Ashbyburg, Kentucky β Gen. Stephen Ashby
- Asheboro, North Carolina β Samuel Ashe (governor of North Carolina)
- Asherville, Indiana β John Asher (founder)
- Ashford, Alabama β Thomas Ashford
- Ashley, Michigan β H.W. Ashley (manager of the Ann Arbor Railroad)
- Ashley River (South Carolina) β Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury
- Astor, Florida and Astor Park, Florida β William Backhouse Astor, Sr.
- Astoria, Oregon β John Jacob Astor
- Atchison, Kansas β David Rice Atchison (Missouri Senator)
- Aten, Nebraska β John Aten (state senator)
- Athol, Massachusetts β James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl
- Atkinson, Maine β Judge Atkinson (landholder)
- Atkinson, New Hampshire β Theodore Atkinson (landowner)
- Atwater, California β Marshall D. Atwater (farmer, landowner)
- Atwater, Minnesota β Isaac Atwater (settler of St. Paul)
- Atwater Township, Ohio β Amzi Atwater (surveyor)
- Atwood, Kansas β Attwood Matheny (founder's son)
- Auberry, California β Al Yarborough
- Audubon, Minnesota β John James Audubon
- Augusta, Georgia β Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha
- Augusta, Kansas β Augusta James (trader's wife)
- Augusta, Maine β Augusta Dearborn (daughter of Henry Dearborn)
- Ault, Colorado β Alexander Ault (flour mill owner)
- Aurelius, New York β Marcus Aurelius (Roman emperor)
- Austin, Minnesota β Austin Nichols (settler)
- Austin, Texas β Stephen F. Austin
- Ave Maria, Florida β Mary, mother of Jesus
- Averill, Vermont β Samuel Averill (landholder)
- Avery, California β George J. Avery (first postmaster)
- Averys Gore, Vermont β Samuel Avery (Westminster deputy sheriff and jailkeeper)
- Axtell, Kansas β Dr. Jesse Axtell (officer of the St. Joseph and Grand Island Railway)
- Ayer, Massachusetts β Dr. James Cook Ayer (patent-medicine manufacturer)
B
- Bagby, California β Benjamin A. Bagby (merchant, hotelier, innkeeper)
- Bainbridge, New York β Commodore William Bainbridge
- Baird, Texas β Matthew Baird (president of Baldwin Locomotive Works)
- Baker, Montana β A.G. Baker (engineer with the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad)
- Baker City, Oregon β Senator Edward D. Baker (indirectly via Baker County, Oregon)
- Baker County, Florida β James McNair Baker, judge and Confederate Senator
- Bakersfield, California β Colonel Thomas Baker
- Bakersfield, Vermont β Joseph Baker (landowner)
- Baldwin, Georgia β Abraham Baldwin (U.S. Senator)
- Baldwin, Maine β Colonel Loammi Baldwin (namesake of the Baldwin apple)
- Baldwin, Michigan β Governor Henry P. Baldwin
- Baldwin, Chemung County, New York β Isaac, Thomas, and Walter Baldwin (settlers)
- Baldwin, Wisconsin β D.A. Baldwin (settler)
- Baldwin City, Kansas β John Baldwin
- Baldwinsville, New York β Dr. Jonas Baldwin (settler)
- Ballantine, Montana β E.P. Ballantine (homesteader)
- Ballston, New York and Ballston Spa, New York β Rev. Eliphalet Ball (settler)
- Baltimore, Maryland β Lord Baltimore
- Banning, California β Phineas Banning, stagecoach line owner and Father of the Port of Los Angeles.
- Baraboo, Wisconsin β Jean Baribault (settler)
- Baraga, Michigan β Bishop Friedrich Baraga
- Barber, California β O. C. Barber (president of the Diamond Match Company)
- Barberton, Ohio β O. C. Barber (president of the Diamond Match Company)
- Barboursville, West Virginia β Philip P. Barbour (governor of Virginia)
- Bard, California β Thomas R. Bard (irrigation district official)
- Bardstown, Kentucky β David Bard, who obtained the original town site from the governor of Virginia, and his brother William Bard, who surveyed the site
- Bargersville, Indiana β Jefferson Barger
- Baring Plantation, Maine β Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton
- Barker, Broome County, New York β John Barker (settler)
- Barlow, Oregon β John L. Barlow (settler)
- Barnard, Vermont β Sir Francis Bernard (landholder) (note spelling)
- Barnes, Kansas β A.S. Barnes (publisher)
- Barnum, Denver, Colorado β P. T. Barnum (landowner)
- Barnwell, South Carolina β Barnwell family
- Barraque Township, Arkansas β Antoine Barraque (landowner)
- Barre, Massachusetts, Barre, New York, Barre (city), Vermont and Barre (town), Vermont β Isaac BarrΓ© (Irish soldier and politician)
- Barrington, New Hampshire and Barrington, Rhode Island β John Shute Barrington, 1st Viscount Barrington (brother of Samuel Shute, governor of Massachusetts)
- Barron, Wisconsin β Henry D. Barron (judge)
- Barstow, California β William Barstow Strong (ATSF president)
- Bartlett, Illinois β Luther Bartlett
- Bartlett, New Hampshire β Dr. Josiah Bartlett
- Bartlett Springs, California β Green Bartlett (resort owner)
- Barton, Vermont β General William Barton
- Bartow, Florida and Bartow, Georgia β Francis S. Bartow (Confederate general)
- Bastrop, Louisiana and Bastrop, Texas β Felipe Enrique Neri, Baron de Bastrop (Dutch embezzler who falsely claimed to be a nobleman)
- Batesville, Arkansas β James Woodson Bates
- Batesville, Ohio β Rev. Timothy Bates
- Bath, New Hampshire β William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath
- Bath, New York β Henrietta Pulteney, Countess of Bath
- Battleboro, North Carolina β James S. and Joseph Battle (railroaders)
- Bayard, West Virginia β Thomas F. Bayard (U.S. Senator from Delaware)
- Bayfield, Wisconsin β Rear Admiral Henry Wolsey Bayfield
- Bay St. Louis, Mississippi β Louis IX of France
- Beacon, Iowa β Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconfield
- Beals, Maine β Manwaring Beal (settler)
- Bealville, California β Edward Fitzgerald Beale (landowner)
- Beardstown, Illinois β Thomas Beard (settler)
- Beatrice, Humboldt County, California β Beatrice White (first postmaster)
- Beattie, Kansas β A. Beattie (mayor of St. Joseph, Missouri)
- Beattyville, Kentucky β Samuel Beatty (settler)
- Beaufort, North Carolina and Beaufort, South Carolina β Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort
- Beauregard, Mississippi β P. G. T. Beauregard (Confederate general)
- Beaumont, Texas β Jefferson Beaumont (early settler and public official)
- Becker, Minnesota β George Loomis Becker (mayor of Saint Paul)
- Beckley, West Virginia β Gen. Alfred Beckley (settler)
- Beckwourth, California β James Beckwourth, adventurer and early settler
- Bedford, Massachusetts β Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford
- Bedford, New Hampshire and Bedford, Virginia β John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford
- Bedford, Tennessee β Thomas Bedford
- Beebe, Arkansas β Roswell Beebe (settler)
- Beecher City, Illinois β Charles A. Beecher (railroader)
- Beekman, New York β Henry Beekman (landowner)
- Beekmantown, New York β William Beekman (landowner)
- Beeville, Texas β 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 β Jonathan Belcher (governor of Massachusetts and New Jersey)
- Belden, California β Robert Belden (first postmaster)
- Belleville, Kansas β Arabelle Tutton (landowner's wife)
- Bellingham, Massachusetts β Governor Richard Bellingham
- Bellingham, Washington β Sir William Bellingham, 1st Baronet
- Bellmont, New York β William Bell (landowner)
- Bellows Falls, Vermont β Colonel Benjamin Bellows (landowner)
- Bellwood, Nebraska β D.J. Bell (landowner)
- Belmont, Missouri and Belmont, New Hampshire β August Belmont (financier)
- Belton, Texas β Governor Peter Hansborough Bell
- Beltrami, Minnesota β Giacomo Beltrami
- Belva, West Virginia β Belva Ann Lockwood
- Belzoni, Mississippi β Giovanni Battista Belzoni
- Bemis Heights, New York β Jonathan Bemis (innkeeper)
- Benedicta, Maine β Bishop Benedict Fenwick (landowner)
- Benicia, California β Francisca Benicia Carillo de Vallejo (wife of Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo)
- Benner Township, Pennsylvania β General Phillip Benner (ironmaster)
- Bennett, Iowa β Chet Bennett (railroader)
- Bennettville, California β Thomas Bennett (mining company president)
- Bennington, New Hampshire β colonial governor Benning Wentworth (indirectly, via Bennington, Vermont)
- Bennington, Vermont β colonial governor Benning Wentworth
- Benton, 7 places in Arkansas, California, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, and New Hampshire β Senator Thomas Hart Benton
- Benton, New York β Levi Benton (settler)
- Benton Hot Springs, California β Senator Thomas Hart Benton
- Bentonia, Mississippi β Bentonia Green (resident)
- Bentonville, Arkansas β Senator Thomas Hart Benton
- Benwood, West Virginia β Benjamin Latrobe II
- Beresford, South Dakota β Lord Charles Beresford
- Berkeley, California β Bishop George Berkeley
- Berkeley Springs, West Virginia β colonial governor William Berkeley
- Berkley, Massachusetts β Bishop George Berkeley (The extra 'e' was apparently dropped by mistake when officially registered by the State House)
- Berkley, Virginia β Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt
- Bermuda, 5 places in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina, and Tennessee β Juan de BermΓΊdez (indirectly, after Bermuda)
- Bernards Township, New Jersey β Sir Francis Bernard of Nether Winchendon House, England
- Bernardston, Massachusetts β Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet
- Berrien Township, Michigan β John M. Berrien
- Berryville, Arkansas β Governor James H. Berry
- Berthoud, Colorado β Edward L. Berthoud (railroad surveyor and engineer)
- Bessemer, Alabama, Bessemer, Michigan, and Bessemer City, North Carolina β Henry Bessemer (English inventor of a steel making process)
- Beveridge, California β John Beveridge
- Beverly, West Virginia β William Beverly (landowner)
- Bevier, Kentucky and Bevier, Missouri β Col. Robert Bevier
- Bexar, 4 places in Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Texas (county) β Ferdinand VI of Spain (originally the Duke of Bexar)
- Bieber, California β Nathan Bieber (early settler and first postmaster)
- Bienville, Louisiana β Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
- Billings, Montana β Frederick H. Billings
- Billingsport, New Jersey β Edward Byllynge (merchant and colonial governor) (note the spelling)
- Biltmore Forest, North Carolina β George Washington Vanderbilt II
- Bingham, Maine β William Bingham (landowner)
- Binghamton, New York β William Bingham
- Birchville, California β L. Birch Adsit
- Birdsall, New York β John Birdsall (judge)
- Birdsboro, Pennsylvania β William Bird (landowner)
- Bishop, California β Samuel Addison Bishop (settler) (indirectly, via Bishop Creek)
- Bismarck, Missouri and Bismarck, North Dakota β Otto von Bismarck
- Blacksburg, Virginia β William Black (landowner)
- Blackstone, Massachusetts β Rev. William Blaxton (settler) (spelling variant)
- Blackwells Corner, California β George Blackwell (merchant)
- Bladenboro, North Carolina β Martin Bladen
- Blaine, Maine β James G. Blaine
- Blair, Nebraska β John Insley Blair (official of the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad)
- Blairsden, California β James A. Blair (financier of the Western Pacific Railroad)
- Blairstown, Iowa and Blairstown, New Jersey β John Insley Blair (railroad magnate and one of the 19th century's wealthiest men)
- Blairsville, Pennsylvania β John Blair (resident)
- Blakely, Georgia β Captain Johnston Blakeley, U.S. Navy
- Blanchard, California β Rosie M. Blanchard (first postmaster)
- Blanchard, Maine β Charles Blanchard (landowner)
- Blanco, Monterey County, California β Tom White (settler); "Blanco" is "White" in Spanish
- Blandford, Massachusetts β John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (also held the title Marquess of Blandford)
- Blandville, Kentucky β Capt. Bland Ballard
- Bleecker, New York β Rutger Jansen Bleecker (landowner)
- Blissfield, Michigan β Henry Bliss (landowner)
- Blocksburg, California β Benjamin Blockburger (merchant and founder)
- Bloomfield, New Jersey β Governor Joseph Bloomfield
- Blossburg, Pennsylvania β Aaron Bloss (settler)
- Blountsville, Indiana β Andrew Blount (founder)
- Blythe, California β Thomas Henry Blythe; San Francisco capitalist
- Boardman, Ohio β Frederick Boardman (landowner)
- Bodfish, California β George H. Bodfish (early settler)
- Bodie, California β W.S. Bodey (prospector)
- Boerne, Texas β Louis Boerne (German writer)
- Bolivar, 4 places in Missouri, Mississippi, New York, and Tennessee β SimΓ³n Bolivar
- Bolton, Massachusetts β Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton
- Bonaparte, Iowa β Napoleon Bonaparte
- Bonds Corner, California β Dr. J.L. Bond (homesteader)
- Bondurant, Iowa β A.C. Bondurant
- Bonham, Texas β Col. J.B. Bonham
- Bonner Springs, Kansas β Robert E. Bonner (editor of the New York Ledger)
- Bonneville, Oregon β Benjamin Bonneville (explorer)
- Booge, South Dakota β C.A. Booge
- Boone, North Carolina, Boone Station, Kentucky, and Boonville, North Carolina β Daniel Boone
- Boonville, California β W.W. Boone (merchant)
- Boonton, New Jersey β Thomas Boone (colonial governor)
- Boonville, New York β Gerrit Boon (land agent)
- Borden, California β Dr. James Borden (civic leader)
- Borden, Texas β Gail Borden (customs official)
- Bordentown, New Jersey β Joseph Borden (founder)
- Boscawen, New Hampshire β Lord Edward Boscawen
- Bossier City, Louisiana β Pierre Bossier (general)
- Bostic, North Carolina β George T. Bostic
- Bottineau, North Dakota β Pierre Bottineau (settler)
- Bouckville, New York β Governor William C. Bouck
- Bourbon, Indiana β House of Bourbon
- Bourne, Massachusetts β Jonathan Bourne Sr. (son of Richard Bourne, who served in the Massachusetts General Court)
- Bowdoin, Maine β James Bowdoin (governor of Massachusetts)
- Bowdoinham, Maine β William Bowdoin (landowner)
- Bowerstown, New Jersey β Michael B. Bowers (iron foundry owner)
- Bowie, Maryland β Colonel William D. Bowie
- Bowie, Texas β James Bowie
- Bowman, California β Harry Bowman (fruit grower)
- Boyd, Kentucky β Lt. Governor Linn Boyd
- Boylston, New York β Thomas Boylston (doctor)
- Bozeman, Montana β John Bozeman
- Braddock, Pennsylvania β Gen. Edward Braddock
- Bradford County, Florida β Capt. Richard Bradford, first Confederate officer from Florida to die in the Civil War
- Bradford, Pennsylvania β Attorney General William Bradford
- Bradfordsville, Kentucky β Peter Bradford (settler)
- Bradley, California β Bradley V. Sargent (landowner)
- Bradley, Maine β Bradley Blackman (settler)
- Bradley Beach, New Jersey β James A. Bradley (landowner)
- Bradshaw City, Arizona β William D. Bradshaw
- Bradys Bend, Pennsylvania β Capt. Samuel Brady
- Bradtmoore, California β Bradley T. Moore (founder)
- Brainerd, Kansas β E.B. Brainerd (landowner)
- Brainerd, Minnesota β David Brainerd (missionary)
- Brandon, Mississippi β Governor Gerard Brandon
- Brant, New York β Joseph Brant
- Brandt, South Dakota β Rev. P.O. Brandt
- Branscomb, California β Benjamin Franklin Branscomb (early settler)
- Brasher, New York β Philip Brasher (landowner)
- Brattleboro, Vermont β Colonel William Brattle, Jr. (proprietor)
- Breckenridge - John C. Breckinridge, 4 places in
- Breedsville, Michigan β Silas Breed (settler)
- Breese, Illinois β Lt. Governor Sidney Breese
- Brevard County, Florida and Brevard, North Carolina β Ephraim J. Brevard (possible author of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence)
- Brewer, Maine β Colonel John Brewer (settler)
- Brewster, Massachusetts β Elder William Brewster
- Brewster, Minnesota β Elder William Brewster (indirectly, via Brewster, Massachusetts)
- Brewster, New York β Walter and James Brewster (two early farmer landowners)
- Briceburg, California β William M. Brice (merchant)
- Briceland, California β John C. Briceland (landowner)
- Bricelyn, Minnesota β John Brice (landowner)
- Bridger, Montana β Jim Bridger (frontiersman)
- Bridgton, Maine β Moody Bridges (settler)
- Briensburg, Kentucky β James Brien (state legislator)
- Brigham City, Utah β Brigham Young
- Briscoe, Texas β Andrew Briscoe (Texian patriot)
- Bristol (village), Wisconsin β Rev. Ira Bristol (settler)
- Broadus, Montana β Broaddus family (early settlers) (note spelling)
- Brockport, New York β Hiel Brockway (settler)
- Brockton, Massachusetts β Isaac Brock (British Army officer and administrator) (indirectly, after a local merchant heard of Brockville, Ontario, on a trip to Niagara Falls)
- Brockway, California β Nathaniel Brockway (uncle of postmaster)
- Broderick, California β U.S. Senator David C. Broderick
- Bronson, Kansas β Ira D. Bronson (prominent resident of Fort Scott)
- the Bronx, New York City β Jonas Bronck (settler)
- Brooks, Maine β John Brooks (Federalist candidate for Governor of Massachusetts)
- Brooks County, Georgia β Congressman Preston Brooks
- Brooksville, Florida β Congressman Preston Brooks
- Brookville, Indiana β Jesse Brook Thomas (proprietor)
- Brown, California β George Brown (hotelier)
- Brownfield, Maine β Captain Henry Young Brown (served in the French and Indian War)
- Brownington, Vermont β Daniel and Timothy Brown (landholders)
- Brownstown, Indiana, Brownsville, Kentucky, and Brownsville, Tennessee β Jacob Jennings Brown (American army officer)
- Browns Valley, Minnesota β Joseph Brown (founder)
- Brownsville, Maryland β Tobias Brown (early settler)
- Brownsville, Pennsylvania β Thomas and Basil Brown (landowners)
- Brownsville, Texas β Major Jacob Brown
- Browntown, Wisconsin β William G. Brown (settler)
- Brownville, Maine β Francis Brown (mill owner and trader)
- Brownville, Nebraska β Richard Brown (settler)
- Brownville, New York β John Brown (settler and father of General Jacob Jennings Brown)
- Brownwood, Texas β Henry S. Brown (settler)
- Bruceville, Indiana β William Bruce (landowner)
- Brunswick, Maine β House of Brunswick
- Brunswick, Vermont β from one of the titles for Prince Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand of Brunswick-Lunenburg
- Brushton, New York β Henry N. Brush (landowner)
- Brutus, 4 places in Kentucky, Michigan, New York, and Virginia β Marcus Junius Brutus
- Bryan, Ohio β John A. Bryan (state auditor)
- Bryan, Texas β William Joel Bryan
- Bryson City, North Carolina β T.D. Bryson (state legislator and landowner)
- Bryte, California β Mike Bryte (local farmer and landowner)
- Buchanan, Michigan β James Buchanan
- Buchanan, Virginia β John Buchanan (settler)
- Buckfield, Maine β Abijah Buck (settler)
- Buckner, Missouri β 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 β Isaac Buck (settler)
- Buckskin Joe, Park County, Colorado β Joseph Higginbotham (frontiersman nicknamed "Buckskin Joe")
- Bucksport, California β David A. Buck (founder)
- Bucksport, Maine β Colonel Jonathan Buck (grantee)
- Bucoda, Washington β J.M. Buckley, Samuel Coulter, and John B. David (businessmen)
- Buels Gore, Vermont β Major Elias Buel (landholder)
- Bullittsville, Kentucky β Alexander Scott Bullitt
- Bullochville, Georgia β Archibald Bulloch
- Buna, Texas β Buna Corley (cousin of the Carroll family, prominent Beaumont lumbermen and industrialists)
- Bunceton, Missouri β Harvey Bunce (resident)
- Buntingville, California β A.J. Bunting (merchant)
- Burbank, California β David Burbank (dentist)
- Burden, Kansas β Robert F. Burden (landowner)
- Burdell, California β Dr. Galen Burdell (dentist, landowner)
- Bureau County, Illinois and Bureau Junction, Illinois β Pierre de Buero (trader) (note the spelling)
- Burgaw, North Carolina β Burgaw family (residents)
- Burke (town), New York and Burke, Vermont β Edmund Burke
- Burleson, Texas β Edward Burleson (Texian patriot)
- Burlingame, California - Anson Burlingame (abolitionist, legislator, diplomat)
- Burlingame, Kansas β Anson Burlingame (abolitionist, legislator, diplomat)
- Burlington, 5 places in Kansas, Iowa, Michigan, Vermont, and Wisconsin β 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 β Governor David G. Burnet
- Burnsville, Indiana β Brice Bruns (founder)
- Burnsville, North Carolina β Otway Burns (boat captain)
- Burrel, California β Cuthbert Burrel (local rancher)
- Burrillville, Rhode Island β James Burrill, Jr. (state attorney general and U.S. senator)
- Burrton, Kansas β I.T. Burr (Vice President of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway)
- Burson, California β David S. Burson (railroad man)
- Bushnell, South Dakota β Frank E. Bushnell (landowner)
- Busti, New York β Paolo Busti (landowner)
- Butler, Missouri β General William O. Butler
- Buxton, Oregon β Henry Buxton (settler)
- Byers, Colorado β W.N. Byers (Denver resident)
- Bynumville, Missouri β Dr. Joseph Bynum (settler)
- Byron, 3 places in Georgia, Maine, and New York β Lord Byron (English poet)
C
- Cable, Illinois β Ransom R. Cable (railroader)
- Cabot, Vermont β named by settler Lyman Hitchcock for his intended bride
- Cadillac, Michigan β Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
- Cadott, Wisconsin β Baptiste Cadotte (resident) (note the spelling)
- Caldwell, Kansas β Alexander Caldwell (U.S. Senator)
- Caldwell, New Jersey β Rev. James Caldwell
- Caldwell, Ohio β Joseph and Samuel Caldwell (landowners)
- Caldwell, Texas β Mathew Caldwell (Texian patriot)
- Calhoun, Kentucky β John Calhoun (judge)
- Callaway, Missouri β Capt. James Callaway
- Callensburg, Pennsylvania β Hugh Callen (founder)
- Calvert, Maryland β Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore
- Camano Island, Washington β Jacinto CaamaΓ±o (explorer) (note the spelling)
- Camden, 4 places in Maine, New Jersey, New York, and North Carolina β Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden
- Cameron, 3 places in Louisiana, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia β Simon Cameron
- Cameron, Missouri β Malinda Cameron (maiden name of wife of Samuel McCorkle, who platted the town of Somerville, Missouri)
- Cameron, New York β Dugald Cameron (land agent)
- Cameron, South Carolina β J. Donald Cameron (U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania)
- Cameron, Texas β Ewen Cameron (Texian patriot)
- Camillus, New York β Marcus Furius Camillus (Roman military leader)
- Camp Connell, California β John F. Connell (landowner and first postmaster)
- Camp Douglas, Wisconsin β James Douglas (established a camp along the Milwaukee Road to provide wood for the locomotives)
- Camp Pardee, California β George Pardee (governor of California)
- Camp Richardson, California β Alonzo L. Richardson (first postmaster)
- Campbell, California β Benjamin Campbell (founder)
- Campbell, New York β Campbell family (settlers)
- Campbellsville, Kentucky β Andrew Campbell (founder)
- Campion, Colorado β John F. Campion (hard rock mine owner and established the sugar beet industry)
- Camptonville, California β Robert Campton (town blacksmith)
- Canal Lewisville, Ohio β T.B. Lewis (founder)
- Canby, California and Canby, Oregon β General Edward Canby
- Canfield, Ohio β Jonathan Canfield (proprietor)
- Cannonsburg, Michigan β Le Grand Cannon (resident of Troy, New York)
- Cannonsville, New York β Benjamin Cannon (landowner)
- Canonsburg, Pennsylvania β John Cannon (founder) (note the spelling)
- Canova, South Dakota β Antonio Canova (Italian sculptor)
- Canterbury, New Hampshire β William Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Capac, Michigan β Manco CΓ‘pac (Incan emperor)
- Cape Elizabeth, Maine β Elizabeth of Bohemia (sister of King Charles I of England)
- Cape Girardeau, Missouri β Jean Baptiste de Girardot (French soldier)
- Cape May, New Jersey β Cornelius Jacobsen May (explorer)
- Cape Vincent, New York β Vincent, son of Jacques-Donatien Le Ray de Chaumont
- Captain Cook, Hawaii β Captain James Cook (English explorer)
- Cardwell, Missouri β Frank Cardwell (resident of Paragould, Arkansas)
- Caribou, California β Johnny Caribou (early miner)
- Carlinville, Illinois β Governor Thomas Carlin
- Carlisle, Massachusetts β Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle
- Carlotta, California β Carlotta Vance (founder's daughter)
- Carnegie, Pennsylvania β Andrew Carnegie
- Carnesville, Georgia β Col. T.P. Carnes
- Carolina, Rhode Island β Caroline Hazard (wife of Rowland G. Hazard, mill owner)
- Carondelet, St. Louis, Missouri β Francisco Luis HΓ©ctor de Carondelet
- Carol Stream, Illinois β (named for founder's daughter)
- Carr, Colorado β Robert E. Carr (managed the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad rail line through the town)
- Carroll, New Hampshire β Charles Carroll (a signer of the Declaration of Independence)
- Carroll Plantation, Maine β Daniel Carroll (a signer of the U.S. Constitution)
- Carrollton, New York β G. Carroll (landowner)
- Carson City, Nevada β Kit Carson
- Carson Hill, California β Sergeant James H. Carson
- Carter, Kentucky β William G. Carter (state senator)
- Carter, Tennessee β Gen. Landon Carter
- Carteret, New Jersey β George Carteret (proprietor of New Jersey) and Philip Carteret (first royal governor of New Jersey)
- Cartersville, Georgia β Col. F. Carter
- Caruthers, California β W.A. Caruthers (local farmer)
- Caruthersville, Missouri β Samuel Caruthers
- Carver, Massachusetts β John Carver (first Governor of Plymouth Colony)
- Carver, Minnesota β Capt. Jonathan Carver (explorer)
- Cary, North Carolina β Samuel Fenton Cary (Prohibition advocate)
- Caseyville, Kentucky β Col. William Casey
- Cashion, Oklahoma β Roy Cashion (member of the Rough Riders)
- Caspar, California β Siegfried Caspar (founder)
- Casper, Wyoming β Lieutenant Caspar Collins (killed by a group of Indian warriors) (note spelling)
- Casselton, North Dakota β Gen. George W. Cass (director of the Union Pacific Railroad)
- Cassville, Wisconsin β Lewis Cass
- Castine, Maine β Baron Jean-Vincent de St. Castin
- Castroville, California β Simeon Nepomuceno Castro (landowner)
- Castroville, Texas β Henri Castro (settler)
- Catharine, New York β Catherine Montour (note the spelling)
- Catheys Valley, California β Andrew Cathey (early settler)
- Cato (town), New York β either Cato the Elder or Cato the Younger
- Cavalier, North Dakota β Charles Cavalier (settler)
- Cavendish, Vermont β William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire
- Cawker City, Kansas β E.H. Cawker
- Cazenovia, 4 places in Illinois, Minnesota, New York, and Wisconsin β 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 β Col. Joseph Senter (settler) (note the spelling)
- Chadds Ford Township, Pennsylvania β Francis Chadsey (proprietor)
- Chalfant Valley, California β Arthur Chalfant (newspaper publisher)
- Chamberlain, South Dakota β Selah Chamberlain (railroad director)
- Chambersburg, Pennsylvania β Benjamin Chambers (founder)
- Chambers Lodge, California β David H. Chambers (lodge builder)
- Champion, New York β Gen. Henry Champion (settler)
- Champlain, New York β Samuel de Champlain
- Chandler, Arizona β Dr. Alexander John Chandler
- Chandlerville, Illinois β Dr. Charles Chandler (founder)
- Chandler's Purchase, New Hampshire β Jeremiah Chanler (landowner) (note the spelling)
- Chanute, Kansas β O. Chanute (engineer with the Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston Railroad)
- Chaplin, Connecticut β Deacon Benjamin Chaplin (early settler)
- Chapman, Pennsylvania β William Chapman (slate mine owner)
- Chardon, Ohio β Peter Chardon Brooks (proprietor)
- Charles Town, West Virginia β Charles Washington (founder; younger brother of George Washington)
- Charleston, Maine β Charles Vaughan (settler)
- Charleston, Mississippi β King Charles II of England (indirectly, via Charleston, South Carolina)
- Charleston, South Carolina β King Charles II of England
- Charleston, West Virginia β Charles Clendenin (father of Colonel George Clendenin, a landholder who built Fort Lee here)
- Charlestown, New Hampshire β Admiral Sir Charles Knowles, 1st Baronet of the British Royal Navy
- Charlestown, Rhode Island β King Charles II of England
- Charlevoix, Michigan β Francis X. Charlevoix (missionary)
- Charlotte, Maine β Charlotte Vance (wife of legislator William Vance)
- Charlotte, New York and Charlottesville, Virginia β Princess Charlotte of Wales
- Charlotte, North Carolina and Charlotte, Vermont β Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (wife of King George III)
- Charlotte Amalie β Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel)
- Charlton, Massachusetts β Sir Francis Charlton, 2nd Baronet
- Chartiers Township, Pennsylvania β Peter Chartier (trader)
- Chatfield, Minnesota β Judge Andrew Chatfield
- Chatham, 4 places in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and New York β William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (Prime Minister of Great Britain)
- Chaumont, New York β Jacques-Donatien Le Ray de Chaumont (proprietor)
- Cheney, Kansas β P.B. Cheney (stockholder of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway)
- Cheney, Washington β Benjamin P. Cheney (founder of the Northern Pacific Railway)
- Cheneyville, Louisiana β William Cheney (settler)
- Chester, Vermont β 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 β Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
- Chichester, New Hampshire β Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Earl of Chichester
- Childress, Texas β George Childress (Texian patriot)
- Chittenden, Vermont β Thomas Chittenden (one of the Green Mountain Boys and later governor)
- Chivington, Colorado β John Chivington (soldier and perpetrator of the Sand Creek massacre)
- Choteau, Montana β Auguste and Pierre Chouteau (founders of St. Louis, Missouri) (note the spelling)
- Christiana, Delaware and Christiana, Pennsylvania β Queen Christina of Sweden
- Christiansted β Christian VI of Denmark
- Churchville, New York β Samuel Church (settler)
- Cicero, Illinois β Cicero (indirectly, via Cicero, New York)
- Cicero, New York β Cicero
- Cincinnati, Ohio β Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (indirectly, via the Society of the Cincinnati)
- Cincinnatus, New York β Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus
- Cisco, California β John J. Cisco (treasurer of the railroad)
- Cisco Grove, California β John J. Cisco (treasurer of the railroad)
- Clanton, Alabama β James Holt Clanton (Confederate general)
- Clapper, Missouri β Henry Clapper (railroader)
- Claraville, California β Clara Munckton (first white woman there)
- Clarence, Missouri β Clarence Duff (son of John Duff, settler)
- Clark Fork, Idaho β Governor William Clark
- Clarkia, Idaho β Governor William Clark
- Clarks, Nebraska β S.H.H. Clark (superintendent of the Union Pacific Railroad)
- Clarksburg, California β Robert C. Clark (early settler)
- Clarksburg, Massachusetts β Nicholas Clark (early settler)
- Clarksburg, West Virginia β Gen. George Rogers Clark
- Clarkston, Washington β Governor William Clark
- Clarkesville, Georgia β Governor John Clarke
- Clarksville, Indiana β Gen. George Rogers Clark
- Clarksville, Missouri β Governor William Clark
- Clarksville, New Hampshire β Benjamin Clark
- Clarkton, Missouri β Henry E. Clark (contractor)
- Clay, 4 places in Florida (county), Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky β Henry Clay (United States Secretary of State in the 19th century)
- Clayton, California β Joel Henry Clayton (founder)
- Clayton, Delaware β Thomas Clayton (U.S. senator)
- Clayton, Georgia β Augustin Smith Clayton (U.S. congressman)
- Clayton, Missouri β Ralph Clayton
- Clayton, New York and Clayton, North Carolina β John M. Clayton (U.S. Senator from Delaware)
- Cleburne, Texas β Patrick Cleburne (Confederate general)
- Clendenin, West Virginia β Charles Clendenin (father of Colonel George Clendenin)
- Cleveland, North Carolina and Cleveland, Tennessee β Colonel Benjamin Cleveland
- Cleveland, Ohio β Moses Cleaveland (note spelling)
- Cleveland, Texas β Charles Lander Cleveland (local judge)
- Cleveland, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin β Grover Cleveland
- Clifford, Michigan β Clifford Lyman (first child born there)
- Clinton β DeWitt Clinton, 16 places in
- Arkansas β Connecticut β Illinois β Indiana β Iowa β Louisiana β Maine β Massachusetts β Michigan β Minnesota β Mississippi β Missouri β New Jersey β New York (city and county) β Ohio β Wisconsin
- Clinton, Kansas β DeWitt Clinton (indirectly, via Clinton, Illinois)
- Clinton, Montana β General Sir Henry Clinton
- Clinton, Nebraska β DeWitt Clinton (indirectly, via Clinton, Iowa)
- Clinton, Dutchess County, New York β George Clinton (early governor of New York)
- Clinton, Oneida County, New York β George Clinton (early governor of New York)
- Clinton, North Carolina β American Revolution General Richard Clinton
- Clinton, Oklahoma β Clinton Irwin (territorial judge)
- Clinton, South Carolina β Henry Clinton Young (Laurens lawyer who helped lay out the first streets)
- Clinton, Washington β DeWitt Clinton (indirectly, via Clinton, Lenawee County, Michigan)
- Clockville, New York β John Klock (landowner) (note the spelling)
- Clovis, California β Clovis Cole (local farmer)
- Clymers, Indiana β George Clymer (founder)
- Clymer, New York β George Clymer (signer of the Declaration of Independence)
- Coatesville, Pennsylvania β Moses Coates (settler)
- Cochran, Georgia β Arthur E. Cochran (judge)
- Cockeysville, Maryland β Thomas Cockey (settler)
- Coeymans, New York β Barent Peterse Coeymans (landowner)
- Coffeeville, Mississippi β Gen. John Coffee
- Coffeyville, Kansas β A.M. Coffey (state legislator)
- Cokesbury, South Carolina β Bishops Thomas Coke and Francis Asbury
- Colby, Kansas β J.R. Colby (settler)
- Colby, Wisconsin β Charles Colby (president of the Wisconsin Central Railroad)
- Colchester, Vermont β Earl of Colchester
- Colden, New York β Cadwallader D. Colden (state legislator)
- Colebrook, New Hampshire β Sir George Colebrooke (landowner) (note the spelling)
- Coleman, Texas β R.M. Coleman (Texas Ranger)
- Coleville, California β Cornelius Cole (US Senator)
- Colesville, New York β Nathaniel Cole (settler)
- Colfax, 5 places in California, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, and Washington β Schuyler Colfax (US Vice President)
- Collettsville, North Carolina β Colletts family (residents)
- Collier County, Florida β Barron Collier
- Collinsville, Illinois β Collins brothers (founders)
- Colrain, Massachusetts β Lord Coleraine (note spelling)
- Colquitt, Georgia and Colquitt County, Georgia β U.S. Senator Walter T. Colquitt
- Colton, New York β Jesse Colton Higley (settler)
- Columbia, South Carolina β Christopher Columbus
- Columbus, Georgia and Columbus, Ohio β Christopher Columbus (Italian explorer)
- Communipaw, New Jersey β Michael Reyniersz Pauw (director of the Dutch West India Company) (note the spelling)
- Compton, California β Griffith D. Compton (settler)
- Conklin, New York β Judge John Conklin
- Connellsville, Pennsylvania β Zachariah Connell (founder)
- Connersville, Indiana β John Conner (founder)
- Connersville, Kentucky β Lewis Conner
- Conroe, Texas β Isaac Conroe (Union Cavalry officer)
- Constable, New York and Constableville, New York β William Constable (proprietor)
- Conway, Arkansas β Henry Wharton Conway (territorial delegate to Congress)
- Conway, Massachusetts and Conway, New Hampshire β General Henry Seymour Conway (Commander in Chief of the British Army)
- Conway, South Carolina β Gen. Robert Conway (resident)
- Cooksburg, New York β Thomas B. Cook (landowner)
- Coolidge, Kansas β Thomas Jefferson Coolidge (president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway)
- Coolidge, Arizona β 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 β General John Cooper (landowner)
- Cooper River (South Carolina) β Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury
- Cooperstown, New York β William Cooper
- Cooperstown, Pennsylvania β William Cooper (founder)
- Coopersville, Clinton County, New York β Ebenezer Cooper (mill owner)
- Cope, Colorado β Jonathan Cope (founder)
- Cope, South Carolina β J. Martin Cope (founder)
- Coraopolis, Pennsylvania β Cora Watson (wife of landowner)
- Corbett, Oregon β U.S. Senator Henry W. Corbett
- Corinna, Maine β Corinna Warren (daughter of Dr. John Warren, landowner)
- Corinne, Utah β Corinne Williamson (daughter of General J.A. Williamson)
- Cornelius, Oregon β Col. Thomas R. Cornelius
- Cornettsville, Indiana β Myer and Samuel Cornett (founders)
- Corning (city), New York and Corning, Kansas β Erastus Corning (politician)
- Cornish, New Hampshire β Vice-Admiral Samuel Cornish of the British Royal Navy
- Cornplanter Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania β Cornplanter (Native American chief)
- Coronado, California and Coronado, Kansas β Francisco VΓ‘zquez de Coronado (explorer)
- Corpus Christi, Texas β Jesus Christ (Body of Christ)
- Corrigan, Texas β Pat Corrigan (train conductor)
- Corry, Pennsylvania β Hiram Corry (landowner)
- Corsicana, Texas β Corcisana Navarro (wife of landowner)
- Cortland, New York, Cortlandt, New York, and Cortlandville, New York β Pierre Van Cortlandt (first Lieutenant Governor of New York)
- Corwin, Ohio β Thomas Corwin (Governor and U.S. Senator)
- Cottleville, Missouri β Lorenzo Cottle (settler)
- Cottrell Key, Florida β Jeremiah Cottrell (lighthouse keeper)
- Coulter, Pennsylvania β Eli Coulter (settler)
- Coulterville, California β George W. Coulter (early settler)
- Coupeville, Washington β Captain Thomas Coupe (founder)
- Courtland, Kansas β Pierre Van Cortlandt (indirectly, via Cortland, New York) (note the spelling)
- Coutolenc, California β Eugene Coutolenc (early merchant)
- Covington, 3 places in Georgia, Kentucky, and New York β Gen. Leonard Covington
- Cowell, California β Joshua Cowell (landowner)
- Cowles, Nebraska β W.D. Cowles (railroader)
- Cozad, Nebraska β John J. Cozad (landowner)
- Crabtree, California β John F. Crabtree (homesteader)
- Crabtree, Oregon β John J. Crabtree (settler)
- Craftsbury, Vermont β Ebenezer Crafts (landholder)
- Craig, Colorado β Rev. Bayard Craig
- Cranesville, Pennsylvania β Fowler Crane (founder)
- Crannell, California β Levi Crannell (lumber company president)
- Cranston, Rhode Island β Gov. Samuel Cranston
- Crawford, Georgia and Crawford, Maine β William H. Crawford (U.S. Senator, Secretary of War, and Secretary of the Treasury)
- Crawford's Purchase, New Hampshire β Ethan A. Crawford (landowner)
- Crawfordsville, Indiana β William H. Crawford (U.S. Senator, Secretary of War, and Secretary of the Treasury)
- Crawfordsville, Oregon β George F. Crawford (settler)
- Crawfordville, Georgia β William H. Crawford (U.S. Senator, Secretary of War, and Secretary of the Treasury)
- Cresson, Pennsylvania and Cressona, Pennsylvania β Elliott Cresson (Philadelphia merchant)
- Cressey, California β Calvin J. Cressey (landowner)
- Creswell, North Carolina β Postmaster General John Creswell
- Crittenden, Kentucky β U.S. Senator John J. Crittenden
- Crockett, California β Joseph B. Crockett (California Supreme Court judge)
- Crockett, Texas β Davy Crockett
- Croghan (town), New York β Col. George Croghan
- Crook, Colorado β General George Crook (officer during the Civil War and the Indian Wars)
- Crosbyton, Texas β Stephen Crosby (land office commissioner)
- Croswell, Michigan β Gov. Charles Croswell
- Crowley, Polk County, Oregon β Solomon K. Crowley (settler)
- Crugers, New York β Col. John P. Cruger
- Cudahy, California β Michael Cudahy
- Cudahy, Wisconsin β Patrick Cudahy (meatpacker)
- Cullman, Alabama β Gen. John G. Cullmann (note the spelling)
- Culloden, Georgia β William Culloden (settler)
- Cullom, Illinois β Shelby Moore Cullom (U.S. Senator)
- Culpeper, Virginia β Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper (note the spelling)
- Cumberland, Maryland and Cumberland, Rhode Island β Prince William, Duke of Cumberland
- Cumming, Georgia β Col. William Cumming
- Cummings, Mendocino County, California β Jonathan Cummings (early settler)
- Cummington, Massachusetts β Colonel John Cummings (landholder)
- Cumminsville, Nebraska β J.F. Cummings (county clerk) (note the spelling)
- Cumminsville, Ohio β David Cummins (settler)
- Cupertino, California β Joseph of Cupertino
- Curry Village, California β David A. Curry (founder)
- Curryville, Missouri β Perry Curry (founder)
- Curwensville, Pennsylvania β John Curwen
- Cushing, Maine β Thomas Cushing (statesman and lieutenant governor of Massachusetts)
- Custer, 5 places in Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, and South Dakota β Gen. George Armstrong Custer
- Cuthbert, Georgia β Col. John Alfred Cuthbert (congressman)
- Cutler, Maine β Joseph Cutler (settler)
- Cynthiana, Kentucky β Cynthia and Anna Harris (daughters of landowner)
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- Dacono, Colorado β Daisy Baum, Cora Van Vorhies and Nona (or Nora) Brooks (local residents)
- Dade City, Florida β Major Francis L. Dade
- Dadeville, Alabama β Major Francis L. Dade
- Daggett, Indiana β Charles Daggett (resident)
- Dagsboro, Delaware β Sir John Dagworthy
- Daisetta, Texas β Daisy Barrett and Etta White (early residents)
- Dallas, North Carolina and Dallas, Texas β George M. Dallas
- Dallas Center, Iowa β George M. Dallas
- Dalton, Massachusetts and Dalton, New Hampshire β Tristram Dalton (Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives)
- Dalton, Missouri β William Dalton
- Dandridge, Tennessee β Martha Washington (nΓ©e Dandridge)
- Danforth, Maine β Thomas Danforth (proprietor)
- Danielsville, Georgia β Gen. Allen Daniel Jr.
- Dansville, Michigan β Daniel L. Crossman (resident)
- Dansville, Livingston County, New York and Dansville, Steuben County, New York β Daniel P. Faulkner (founder)
- Danvers, Massachusetts β Danvers Osborn family
- Danville, California β Daniel Inman (local landowner)
- Danville, Georgia β Daniel G. Hughes (father of U.S. Representative Dudley Mays Hughes)
- Danville, Indiana β Daniel Bales (proprietor)
- Danville, Kentucky β Walker Daniel (founder)
- Danville, Missouri β Daniel M. Boone (landowner and son of Daniel Boone)
- Danville, Pennsylvania β Gen. Daniel Montgomery Jr.
- Danville, Vermont β Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville
- Darkesville, West Virginia β Gen. William Darke
- Darlington, Pennsylvania β S.P. Darlington (Pittsburgh merchant)
- Darrah, California β Richard Darrah (first postmaster)
- Darwin, California β Dr. Darwin French
- Darwin, Illinois β Charles Darwin
- Daulton, California β Henry C. Daulton (landowner and politician)
- Davenport, Iowa β Colonel George Davenport
- Davenport, Nebraska β Colonel George Davenport (indirectly, via Davenport, Iowa)
- Davenport, New York β John Davenport (settler)
- Davidson, North Carolina β Gen. William Lee Davidson
- Davie, Florida β Randolph P. Davie (developer)
- Davis, California β Jerome C. Davis (local farmer)
- Davis, West Virginia β Henry Gassaway Davis (U.S. Senator)
- Dawson, Illinois β John Dawson (member of "The Long Nine", a group of legislators from Sangamon County)
- Dawson, Nebraska β Joshua Dawson (settler)
- Dawsonville, Georgia β William Crosby Dawson (U.S. Senator)
- Dayton, Maine and Dayton, Ohio β Jonathan Dayton
- Dayton, Texas β I. C. Day (landowner) (combination of Day's Town)
- Daytona Beach, Florida β Matthias Day
- Dearborn, Michigan and Dearborn, Missouri β Henry Dearborn (Revolutionary War general and Secretary of War)
- Deblois, Maine β T.A. Deblois (president of the Bank of Portland)
- Decatur, 4 places in Georgia, Illinois, Mississippi, and New York β Stephen Decatur (War of 1812 naval hero)
- Decatur, Nebraska β Stephen Decatur (one of the village's incorporators)
- Decorah, Iowa β Decorie (Native American chief)
- Decoto, California β Ezra Decoto (landowner)
- Deering, New Hampshire β Frances Deering Wentworth (the maiden name of Governor John Wentworth's wife)
- Delancey, New York β James De Lancey (landowner)
- DeLand, Florida β Henry Addison DeLand (founder, also founded Stetson University)
- Delano, California β Columbus Delano
- Delavan, Wisconsin β Edward C. Delavan (temperance leader in Albany, New York)
- Delaware β Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr (note the spelling)
- De Leon, Texas and DeLeon Springs, Florida β Juan Ponce de LeΓ³n
- Denison, Iowa β J.W. Denison (founder)
- Denison, Texas β Rev. C.W. Denison (abolitionist)
- Denmark, South Carolina β B.A. Denmark (railroader)
- Denning, New York β William Denning (land purchaser)
- Dennis, Massachusetts β Josiah Dennis (resident minister)
- Dennison, Ohio β Gov. William Dennison Jr.
- Denton, Maryland β Sir Robert Eden, 1st Baronet, of Maryland (colonial governor) (According to Gannett (1902, p. 92), Denton is a short version of the town's original name, Eden Town).
- Denton, Texas β Capt. John B. Denton
- Denver, Colorado β James W. Denver
- Depauville, New York β Francis Depau (proprietor)
- Depew, New York β Chauncey Depew
- De Peyster, New York β Frederic de Peyster
- DeSabla, California β Eugene De Sabla (engineer)
- De Smet, Idaho and De Smet, South Dakota β Pierre-Jean De Smet (missionary)
- DeSoto, 4 places in Florida (county), Georgia, Louisiana (parish), and Mississippi (county) β Hernando de Soto
- Devens, Massachusetts β Charles Devens (Civil War general and jurist)
- Devine, Texas β Thomas J. Devine (prominent resident of San Antonio)
- Dewees, Texas β Thomas Dewees and John O. Dewees, Texas cattlemen
- Deweyville, Texas β Admiral George Dewey (victorious in the Battle of Manila Bay)
- DeWitt, Illinois and De Witt, Missouri β DeWitt Clinton (governor of New York)
- DeWitt, New York β Major Moses DeWitt (judge and soldier)
- Dexter, Maine β Samuel Dexter (early statesman)
- Dexter, Michigan β Samuel W. Dexter (settler)
- Dexter, Minnesota β Dexter Parrity (early settler)
- Dexter, New York β S. Newton Dexter (businessman from Whitesboro, New York)
- D'Hanis, Texas β William D'Hanis (land agent for Henri Castro)
- Di Giorgio, California β Joseph Di Giorgio (agricultural entrepreneur)
- Diamondville, California β James Diamond
- Dickey, North Dakota β George H. Dickey (state legislator)
- Dickinson, North Dakota β W.S. Dickinson (founder)
- Dickson, Tennessee β William Dickson
- Dighton, Kansas β Francis Deighton (surveyor) (note the spelling)
- Dighton, Massachusetts β Frances Dighton Williams (wife of Richard Williams, town elder)
- Diller, Nebraska β H.H. Diller (settler)
- Dillon, Montana β Sidney Dillon (railroader)
- Dillon Beach, California β George Dillon (founder)
- Dillsboro, Indiana β Gen. James Dill (settler)
- Dillsboro, North Carolina β George W. Dill (settler)
- Dimond, California β Hugh Dimond (Gold Rush miner and landowner)
- Dinwiddie, Virginia β Robert Dinwiddie (colonial governor)
- District of Columbia β Christopher Columbus
- Dixfield, Maine and Dixmont, Maine β Dr. Elijah Dix (landowner)
- Dixon, California β Thomas Dickson (donor of land for a railroad depot) (error in the address of the first rail shipment to here stuck)
- Dixon, Illinois β John Dixon (founder)
- Dixon, Kentucky β Archibald Dixon
- Dixville, New Hampshire β Timothy Dix, Jr. (grantee)
- Dobbins, California β William M. and Mark D. Dobbins (early settlers)
- Dobson, North Carolina β W.P. Dobson (state legislator)
- Dodge Center, Minnesota and Dodgeville, Wisconsin β Gov. Henry Dodge
- Dolph, Oregon β Joseph N. Dolph (U.S. Senator)
- Donaldsonville, Louisiana β William Donaldson
- Doniphan, 3 places in Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska β Col. Alexander William Doniphan
- Donner, California β Donner Party (ill-fated emigrant group)
- Doral, Florida β Alfred Kaskel and his wife Doris Bernstein (1906β1988)
- Dormansville, New York β Daniel Dorman (innkeeper)
- Dougherty, California β James Witt Dougherty (founder)
- Douglas, Massachusetts β Dr. William Douglas (Boston physician)
- Douglas, Wyoming β Stephen A. Douglas
- Douglas Flat, California β Tom Douglas (early merchant)
- Douglass, Kansas β Joseph Douglass (founder)
- Dover-Foxcroft, Maine β Joseph E. Foxcroft (proprietor)
- Downers Grove, Illinois β Pierce Downer (settler)
- Downey, California β John G. Downey
- Downingtown, Pennsylvania β Thomas Downing
- Downs, Kansas β William F. Downs (Atchison resident)
- Downsville, New York β Abel Downs (tanner)
- Doyle, Lassen County, California β Oscar Doyle (landowner)
- Doylestown, Ohio β William Doyle
- Doylestown, Pennsylvania β William Doyle (settler)
- Drakesbad, California β Edward R. Drake (settler and lodge owner)
- Drakesville, Iowa β John A. Drake (founder)
- Dresbach Township, Minnesota β George B. Dresbach (founder)
- Drewry's Bluff, Virginia β Maj. Augustus Drewry
- Dryden, New York β John Dryden
- Duane, New York and Duanesburg, New York β James Duane (grantee)
- DuBois, Pennsylvania β John Dubois (founder)
- Dubuque, Iowa β Julien Dubuque (early resident)
- Dudley, Georgia β Dudley Mays Hughes (U.S. Representative)
- Dudley, Massachusetts β Paul and William Dudley (landowners)
- Duluth, Georgia β Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut (indirectly, via Duluth, Minnesota)
- Duluth, Minnesota β Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut
- Dummer, New Hampshire and Dummerston, Vermont β William Dummer (Massachusetts Governor)
- Dumont, Colorado β John M. Dumont (mine operator)
- Dunbar, Nebraska β John Dunbar (landowner)
- Duncombe, Iowa β J.F. Duncombe
- Dunlap, California β George Dunlap Moss (teacher)
- Dunlap, Kansas β Joseph Dunlap (trader and founder)
- Dunlapsville, Indiana β John Dunlap (settler)
- Dunmore, West Virginia β John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore (colonial governor)
- Dunnigan, California β A. W. Dunnigan (early settler)
- Dunnsville, New York β Christopher Dunn (landowner)
- Duplin County, North Carolina β Thomas Hay, Viscount Dupplin
- Duquesne, Pennsylvania β Michel-Ange Duquesne de Menneville (indirectly, via Fort Duquesne)
- Durand, Michigan β George H. Durand (U.S. Representative)
- Durand, Wisconsin β Miles Durand Prindle (settler)
- Durant, Iowa β Thomas Durant
- Durham, California β W.W. Durham (member of the California State Assembly)
- Durham, North Carolina β Bartlett S. Durham (landowner)
- Duval County, Florida β William Pope DuVal, Governor of Florida Territory from 1822 to 1834
- Dycusburg, Kentucky β William E. Dycus (founder)
- Dyersburg, Tennessee β Col. Henry Dyer
- Dyersville, Iowa β James Dyer (landowner)
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- Earling, Iowa β Albert J. Earling, Milwaukee Road officer
- Earl Park, Indiana β Adams Earl (founder)
- Earlville, Iowa β G.M. Earl (settler)
- Earlville, New York β Jonas Earll Jr. (canal commissioner) (note the spelling)
- East Fallowfield Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania β Lancelot Fallowfield (landowner)
- Eastland, Texas β M.W. Eastland
- Eastman, Georgia β W.P. Eastman
- Easton, Massachusetts β John Easton (colonial governor of Rhode Island)
- East St. Louis, Illinois β Saint Louis
- Eaton, Colorado β Benjamin H. and Aaron J. Eaton (millers)
- Eaton, New Hampshire β Connecticut Governor Theophilus Eaton
- Eaton, New York and Eaton, Ohio β Gen. William Eaton
- Eatonton, Georgia β Gen. William Eaton
- Ebensburg, Pennsylvania β Eben Lloyd (died in childhood)
- Eckley, California β Commodore John L. Eckley
- Eckley, Colorado β Amos Eckles (cattlehand)
- Eddington, Maine β Colonel Jonathan Eddy (officer in the American Revolution)
- Eddyville, Iowa β J.P. Eddy (postmaster)
- Eden, Texas β Fred Ede (landowner)
- Edgartown, Massachusetts β Edgar Stuart, Duke of Cambridge
- Edgecomb, Maine β George Edgcumbe, 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (a supporter of the colonists) (note the spelling)
- Edgerton, Ohio β Alfred Peck Edgerton
- Edgerton, Wisconsin β E.W. Edgerton (settler)
- Edison, 3 places in Georgia, New Jersey, and Ohio β Thomas Edison
- Edmeston, New York β Robert Edmeston (founder)
- Edna, Kansas β Edna Gragery (child who lived there)
- Edroy, Texas β Ed Cubage and Roy Miller (co-founders)
- Edwards, Mississippi β Dick Edwards (Jackson hotelier)
- Edwards, New York β Edward McCormack (founder's brother)
- Edwardsport, Indiana β Edwards Wilkins
- Edwardsville, Illinois β Ninian Edwards (territorial governor)
- Effingham, Illinois and Effingham County, Illinois β Gen. Edward Effingham
- Effingham, Kansas β Effingham Nichols (railroader)
- Effingham, New Hampshire β Howard family, who were Earls of Effingham
- Egremont, Massachusetts β Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont
- Ehrenberg, Arizona β Herman Ehrenberg (founder)
- El Macero, California β Bruce Mace (local landowner)
- Elberton, Georgia and Elbert County, Georgia β Gov. Samuel Elbert
- Elbridge, New York β Elbridge Gerry
- Elizabeth, New Jersey and Elizabethtown, North Carolina β Lady Elizabeth Carteret (wife of colonial proprietor and statesman George Carteret)
- Elizabeth, Pennsylvania β Elizabeth Bayard (founder's wife)
- Elizabeth, West Virginia β Elizabeth Beauchamp
- Elizabeth City, North Carolina β Elizabeth I
- Elizabethton, Tennessee β Elizabeth MacLin Carter and Elizabeth McNabb (wives of two early settlers)
- Elizabethtown, Indiana β Elizabeth Branham (founder's wife)
- Elizabethtown, Kentucky β Elizabeth Hynes (wife of early settler Andrew Hynes)
- Elkader, Iowa β Abd el-Kader (Algerian patriot)
- Elkins, West Virginia β Stephen Benton Elkins (U.S. Senator)
- Ellenburg, New York β Ellen Murray (landowner's daughter)
- Ellendale, Delaware β Ellen Prettyman (founder's wife)
- Ellensburg, Washington β Mary Ellen Shoudy (wife of John A. Shoudy, purchaser of local trading post and founder)
- Ellenville, New York β Ellen Snyder (settler)
- Ellery, New York β William Ellery
- Ellicott, New York and Ellicottville, New York β Joseph Ellicott (agent of the Holland Land Company)
- Ellicott City, Maryland β John, Andrew, and Joseph Ellicott (founders)
- Ellinwood, Kansas β Col. John R. Ellinwood (engineer for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway)
- Ellisburg, New York β Lyman Ellis (founder)
- Ellisville, Mississippi β Powhatan Ellis (U.S. Senator)
- Ellsworth, Kansas β Lt. Allen Ellsworth
- Ellsworth, Maine and Ellsworth, New Hampshire β Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth
- Elmendorf, Texas β Henry Elmendorf (mayor of San Antonio)
- Elmira, New York β Elmira Teall (tavernkeeper's daughter)
- Elmore, Vermont β Colonel Samuel Elmore (landowner)
- Elsie, Michigan β Elsie Tillotson (pioneer's daughter)
- Elsie, Nebraska β Elsie Perkins
- Elyria, Ohio β Heman Ely (1817)
- Emerick, Nebraska β John Emerick (settler)
- Emery, South Dakota β S.M. Emery (landowner)
- Emeryville, California β Joseph Stickney Emery (local landowner)
- Emlenton, Pennsylvania β Emlen Fox (landowner's wife)
- Emmett, Michigan and Emmetsburg, Iowa β Robert Emmet (Irish nationalist)
- Emmitsburg, Maryland β William Emmitt (founder) (note the spelling)
- Enfield, Massachusetts β Robert Field
- Ennis, Montana β William Ennis (settler)
- Enosburgh, Vermont β Roger Enos (landowner)
- Errol, New Hampshire β James Hay, 15th Earl of Erroll
- Erving, Massachusetts β John Erving (early farmer landowner)
- Erwin, New York β Col. Arthur Erwin
- Eskridge, Kansas β C.V. Eskridge (landowner)
- Essexville, Michigan β Ransom Essex (settler)
- Estes Park, Colorado β Joel Estes (founder)
- Estherville, Iowa β Esther Ridley (landowner's wife)
- Estill, Kentucky β Capt. James Estill
- Estill, Missouri β Col. John R. Estill
- Ethel, Mississippi β Ethel McConnico
- Euclid, Ohio β Euclid (Greek mathematician)
- Eudora, Kansas β Eudora Fish
- Eugene, Oregon β Eugene Franklin Skinner (settler)
- Eunice, Louisiana β Eunice Pharr Duson (second wife of Curley Duson, the founder of the city)
- Eustis, Maine β Charles L. Eustis (early proprietor)
- Evans, Colorado, Evanston, Illinois, and Evanston, Wyoming β Gov. John Evans
- Evans, New York β David Ellicott Evans (agent of the Holland Land Company)
- Evans Mills, New York β Ethni Evans (mill owner)
- Evansville, Indiana β Robert Morgan Evans (founder)
- Evansville, Wyoming β W.T. Evans (blacksmith)
- Evart, Michigan β Frank Evart (pioneer)
- Everett, Massachusetts and Everett, Pennsylvania β Edward Everett (politician and educator)
- Everett, Washington β Everett Colby (son of Charles Colby, local booster)
- Ewing Township, New Jersey β Charles Ewing (Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court)
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- Fairbanks, Alaska β Charles W. Fairbanks
- Fairfax, California β Charles S. Fairfax
- Fairfax, Virginia and Fairfax County, Virginia β Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
- Fallon, California β Luke and James Fallon (early settlers)
- Fallowfield, Pennsylvania β Lancelot Fallowfield (landowner)
- Fannin, Texas β Col. James Fannin (Texian patriot)
- Fannett, Texas β B. J. Fannett (local landowner who opened a general store there in the 1890s)
- Fargo, North Dakota β William Fargo
- Faribault, Minnesota β Jean-Baptiste Faribault (settler)
- Farley, Mendocino County, California β Jackson Farley (early settler)
- Farnham, New York β Le Roy Farnham (merchant)
- Farragut, Iowa and Farragut, Tennessee β David Farragut
- Farrandsville, Pennsylvania β William P. Farrand (founder)
- Farwell, Michigan β Samuel B. Farwell (railroader)
- Fayette, 12 places in Alabama, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Utah, West Virginia, and Wisconsin β 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 β Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette
- Fayette City, Pennsylvania β Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette
- Felix Township, Grundy County, Illinois and Felix Township, Grundy County, Iowa β Felix Grundy (U.S. Senator from Tennessee)
- Fellows, California β Charles A. Fellows (railroad contractor)
- Fell's Point, Baltimore, Maryland β William Fell (landowner)
- Felts Mills, New York β John Felt (proprietor)
- Fenner, New York β Rhode Island Governor Arthur Fenner
- Fennville, Michigan β Ethan Fenn (founder)
- Fenton, New York β Governor Reuben Fenton
- Ferdinand, Vermont β from one of the titles for Prince Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand of Brunswick-Lunenburg
- Fernandina Beach, Florida β King Ferdinand VII of Spain
- Ferrisburgh, Vermont β Benjamin Ferris (founder)
- Fields Landing, California β Waterman Field (early settler)
- Fieldville, New Jersey β John Field (early settler)
- Fincastle, Virginia β George Murray, 5th Earl of Dunmore (son of colonial governor Lord Dunmore and also known by the title Lord Fincastle)
- Findlay, Ohio β Col. James Findlay (indirectly, via Fort Findlay)
- Findlay Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania β Gov. William Findley (note the spelling)
- Fine, New York β John Fine (landowner)
- Finley, California β Samuel Finley Sylar (early settler)
- Firebaugh, California β Andrew D. Firebaugh
- Firestone, Colorado β Jacob Firestone (landowner)
- Fitchburg, Massachusetts β John Fitch (settler)
- Fithian, Illinois β Dr. William Fithian
- Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire β William Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam (cousin of Governor John Wentworth)
- Flagler County, Florida β Henry Flagler, built the Florida East Coast Railway
- Flandreau, South Dakota β Charles Eugene Flandrau
- Fleming, New York β Gen. George Fleming (resident)
- Flemingsburg, Kentucky β Col. John Fleming
- Flora, Mississippi β Flora Jones (resident)
- Florence, Kansas β Florence Crawford
- Florence, Kentucky β Florence Conner (wife of early settler)
- Florence, Omaha, Nebraska β Florence Kilbourn
- Florence, South Carolina β Florence Hartlee (daughter of a railroad president who lived in the area)
- Floresville, Texas β Don Francisco Flores de Abrego (early settler)
- Floyd, Iowa β Charles Floyd (explorer with Lewis and Clark)
- Floyd, New York β William Floyd (Founding Father)
- Floyd, Virginia β John Floyd (Virginia politician)
- Floydada, Texas β Dolphin Floyd (died while defending the Alamo) and Ada Price (wife of a local landholder) (indirectly, via Floyd County, Texas)
- Fluhr, California β C.G. Fluhr (railroad official)
- Fonda, New York β Douw Fonda
- Forbestown, California β B.F. Forbes (local store owner)
- Ford, Kansas β Col. James Hobart Ford
- Forsyth, Georgia β Gov. John Forsyth
- Forsyth, Montana β General James W. Forsyth
- Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin β Gen. Henry Atkinson
- Fort Benton, Montana β Thomas Hart Benton
- Fort Bragg, California - American Army officer and Confederate general Braxton Bragg
- Fort Collins, Colorado β Colonel William O. Collins
- Fort Covington, New York β Gen. Leonard Covington
- Fort Dodge, Iowa β Henry Dodge (U.S. senator from Wisconsin) (indirectly, after the fort named after him)
- Fort Edward (town), New York β Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany
- Fort Fairfield, Maine β Gov. John Fairfield
- Fort Fetterman, Wyoming β Lt. Col. William J. Fetterman
- Fort Frederica, Georgia β Frederick, Prince of Wales
- Fort Gaines, Alabama and Fort Gaines, Georgia β Gen. Edmund P. Gaines
- Fort Hamilton, New York β Alexander Hamilton
- Fort John, California β John Stuart
- Fort Johnston, North Carolina β Gabriel Johnston, 6th Governor of North Carolina
- Fort Kent, Maine β Edward Kent (governor of Maine)
- Fort Lauderdale, Florida β Major William Lauderdale
- Fort Leavenworth, Kansas β Gen. Henry Leavenworth
- Fort Lee, New Jersey β Charles Lee
- Fort Lupton, Colorado β Lieutenant Lancaster Lupton (built a trading post here)
- Fort Madison, Iowa β James Madison
- Fort Morgan, Colorado β Colonel Christopher A. Morgan
- Fort Myers, Florida and Fort Myers Beach, Florida β Col. Abraham C. Myers
- Fort Pierre, South Dakota β Pierre Chouteau Jr.
- Fort Romie, California β Charles Romie (landowner)
- Fort Scott, Kansas β Gen. Winfield Scott
- Fort Seward, California β William H. Seward
- Fort Sheridan, Illinois β Gen. Philip Sheridan
- Fort Wayne, Indiana β Anthony Wayne
- Fort Worth, Texas β William Jenkins Worth
- Foster, Rhode Island β U.S. Senator Theodore Foster
- Fostoria, Ohio β Gov. Charles Foster
- Fouts Springs, California β John F. Fouts (discoverer of the springs)
- Fowler, California β Thomas Fowler (California State Senator)
- Fowler, Michigan β John N. Fowler
- Fowler, New York β Theodocius Fowler (landowner)
- Fowlerville, Michigan β Ralph Fowler (settler)
- Fowlerville, Livingston County, New York β Wells Fowler (settler)
- Foxburg, Pennsylvania β H.M. Fox (landowner)
- Foxborough, Massachusetts β Charles James Fox
- Francestown, New Hampshire β Frances Deering Wentworth (Governor John Wentworth's wife)
- Franceville, Colorado β Matt France
- Frankfort, Kansas β Frank Schmidt (landowner)
- Frankfort, Kentucky β Benjamin Franklin
- Frankfort (town), New York β Lawrence Frank (settler)
- Franklin β Benjamin Franklin, 36 places in
- Alabama β Arkansas β Sacramento County, California β Connecticut β Georgia β Idaho β Illinois β Indiana β Iowa β Kentucky β Louisiana β Maine β Massachusetts β Michigan β Minnesota β Missouri β Nebraska β New Hampshire β New Jersey β Franklin County, New York β Macon County, North Carolina β Surry County, North Carolina β Ohio β Cambria County, Pennsylvania β Venango County, Pennsylvania β Tennessee β Texas β Vermont β Virginia β West Virginia β Jackson County, Wisconsin β Kewaunee County, Wisconsin β Manitowoc County, Wisconsin β Milwaukee County, Wisconsin β Sauk County, Wisconsin β Vernon County, Wisconsin
- Franklin, Delaware County, New York β William Temple Franklin
- Franklin Lakes, New Jersey β Benjamin Franklin
- Franklin Park, New Jersey β Benjamin Franklin
- Franklin Township β Benjamin Franklin, 77 places in
- DeKalb County, Illinois β DeKalb County, Indiana β Floyd County, Indiana β Grant County, Indiana β Harrison County, Indiana β Hendricks County, Indiana β Henry County, Indiana β Johnson County, Indiana β Kosciusko County, Indiana β Marion County, Indiana β Montgomery County, Indiana β Owen County, Indiana β Pulaski County, Indiana β Putnam County, Indiana β Randolph County, Indiana β Ripley County, Indiana β Washington County, Indiana β Wayne County, Indiana β Allamakee County, Iowa β Appanoose County, Iowa β Bremer County, Iowa β Cass County, Iowa β Clarke County, Iowa β Decatur County, Iowa β Story County, Iowa β Bourbon County, Kansas β Edwards County, Kansas β Franklin County, Kansas β Jackson County, Kansas β Clare County, Michigan β Houghton County, Michigan β Lenawee County, Michigan β Wright County, Minnesota β Bergen County, New Jersey β Gloucester County, New Jersey β Hunterdon County, New Jersey β Somerset County, New Jersey β Warren County, New Jersey β Rowan County, North Carolina β Surry County, North Carolina β Adams County, Ohio β Brown County, Ohio β Clermont County, Ohio β Columbiana County, Ohio β Coshocton County, Ohio β Darke County, Ohio β Franklin County, Ohio β Fulton County, Ohio β Harrison County, Ohio β Jackson County, Ohio β Licking County, Ohio β Mercer County, Ohio β Monroe County, Ohio β Morrow County, Ohio β Portage County, Ohio β Richland County, Ohio β Ross County, Ohio β Shelby County, Ohio β Tuscarawas County, Ohio β Warren County, Ohio β Wayne County, Ohio β Adams County, Pennsylvania β Beaver County, Pennsylvania β Bradford County, Pennsylvania β Butler County, Pennsylvania β Carbon County, Pennsylvania β Chester County, Pennsylvania β Columbia County, Pennsylvania β Erie County, Pennsylvania β Fayette County, Pennsylvania β Greene County, Pennsylvania β Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania β Luzerne County, Pennsylvania β Lycoming County, Pennsylvania β Snyder County, Pennsylvania β Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania β York County, Pennsylvania
- Franklinton, Louisiana and Franklinton, North Carolina β Benjamin Franklin
- Frankstown Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania β Stephen Franks (trader)
- Franktown, Colorado β J. Frank Gardner (resident)
- Fraser, Delaware County, New York β Hugh Frazer (landowner) (note the spelling)
- Frederic Township, Michigan β Frederick Barker (pioneer)
- Frederick, Colorado β Frederick A. Clark (landholder)
- Frederick, Maryland β Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore
- Fredericksburg, Virginia β Frederick, Prince of Wales
- Fredericktown, Missouri β George Frederick Bollinger (state legislator)
- Frederiksted, U.S. Virgin Islands β Frederick V of Denmark
- Freeborn, Minnesota β William Freeborn (town councillor)
- Freelandville, Indiana β Dr. John F. Freeland
- Freemansburg, Pennsylvania β Jacob Freeman
- Fremont, California, and numerous other Fremonts β John C. FrΓ©mont
- Frenchburg, Kentucky β Richard French (judge)
- French Mills, New York β Abel French (factory owner)
- Friant, California β Thomas Friant (lumber company executive)
- Frye Island, Maine β Captain Joseph Frye
- Fryeburg, Maine β Captain Joseph Frye
- Fulford, Colorado β A.H. Fulford (pioneer)
- Fullerton, California β George H. Fullerton (president of the Pacific Land and Improvement Company)
- Fullerton, Nebraska β Randall Fuller (stockman)
- Fulton, South Dakota β Robert Fulton (inventor of the first commercially successful steamboat)
- Funk, Nebraska β P.C. Funk
- Funkstown, Maryland β Jacob Funk (landowner)
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- Gadsden, Alabama β James Gadsden
- Gagetown, Michigan β James Gage (settler)
- Gaines, New York β Gen. Edmund P. Gaines
- Gainesboro, Tennessee β Gen. Edmund P. Gaines
- Gainesville, 4 places in Florida, Georgia, New York, and Texas β Gen. Edmund P. Gaines
- Galen, New York β Galen
- Galesburg, Illinois β George Washington Gale (founder)
- Galesville, Wisconsin β George Gale (founder)
- Gallatin River β Albert Gallatin
- Gallatin, New York and Gallatin, Tennessee β Albert Gallatin
- Gallaway, Tennessee β J.M. Gallaway (mill owner)
- Gallitzin, Pennsylvania β Pierre Gallitzin (founder)
- Galveston, Texas β Bernardo de GΓ‘lvez y Madrid, Count of GΓ‘lvez, JosΓ© de GΓ‘lvez, 1st Marquess of Sonora, MatΓas de GΓ‘lvez y Gallardo
- Gambier, Ohio β James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier (benefactor of Kenyon College)
- Gansevoort, New York β Col. Peter Gansevoort (resident)
- Garberville, California β Jacob C. Garber (first postmaster)
- Gardiner, Maine β Dr. Sylvester Gardiner (Boston physician)
- Gardiner, New York β Lieutenant Governor Addison Gardiner
- Gardiners Island, New York β Lion Gardiner (settler)
- Gardner, Kansas β Henry Gardner, Governor of Massachusetts
- Gardner, Massachusetts β Colonel Thomas Gardner (killed during the Battle of Bunker Hill)
- Garfield, 6 places in Illinois, Kansas, Maine, New Jersey, Mahoning County, Ohio, and Oregon β James A. Garfield
- Garibaldi, Oregon β Giuseppe Garibaldi
- Garland, Maine β Joseph Garland (settler)
- Garland, Texas β Attorney General Augustus Hill Garland
- Garlock, California β Eugene Garlock (early businessman)
- Garnett, Kansas β W.A. Garnett (resident of Louisville, Kentucky)
- Garrett, Indiana and Garrett, Pennsylvania β John W. Garrett (president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad)
- Garretson, South Dakota β A. S. Garretson (banker)
- Garrison, Texas β Z.B. Garrison (settler)
- Gary, Indiana β Elbert Henry Gary
- Garysburg, North Carolina β Roderick B. Gary
- Gastonia, North Carolina β William Gaston (judge)
- Gasquet, California β Horace Gasquet (first postmaster)
- Gates, New York and Gatesville, North Carolina β Gen. Horatio Gates
- Gaylesville, Alabama β George W. Gayle
- Gaylord, Kansas β C.E. Gaylord (resident of Marshall County)
- Gayoso, Missouri β Manuel Gayoso de Lemos (colonial governor)
- Geary, Kansas β Gov. John W. Geary
- Geddes, New York β James Geddes (early settler)
- Gentry, Missouri β Col. Richard Gentry
- George, Washington β George Washington
- George West, Texas β George Washington West (founder)
- Georgetown, California β George Phipps (founder)
- Georgetown, Colorado β George Griffith (clerk of court)
- Georgetown, Delaware β George Mitchell (resident)
- Georgetown, Kentucky and Georgetown, Massachusetts β George Washington
- Georgetown, Maine and Georgetown, South Carolina β George I of Great Britain
- Georgetown, Washington, D.C. β George II of Great Britain
- Georgia (U.S. state) β King George II of Great Britain
- German, New York β Gen. Obadiah German (landowner)
- Gerry, New York β Elbridge Gerry
- Gervais, Oregon β Joseph Gervais (pioneer)
- Gettysburg, Pennsylvania β Samuel Gettys (settler)
- Gibbon River β Gen. John Gibbon
- Gibbon, Oregon β Gen. John Gibbon
- Gibbonsville, Idaho β Gen. John Gibbon
- Gibson, Tennessee β Col. Thomas Gibson
- Gilbert, Arizona β William "Bobby" Gilbert
- Gilberton, Pennsylvania β John Gilbert (mine owner)
- Gilchrist County, Florida β Albert W. Gilchrist Governor of Florida from 1909 to 1913
- Gilford, New Hampshire β S.S. Gillman (settler)
- Gill, Massachusetts β Moses Gill (lieutenant governor of Massachusetts)
- Gillette, Wyoming β Weston Gillette (surveyor and civil engineer)
- Gilman, Colorado β H.H. Gilman (resident)
- Gilsum, New Hampshire β Samuel Gilbert and his son-in-law, Thomas Sumner (proprietors)
- Girard, Pennsylvania β Stephen Girard
- Girardville, Pennsylvania β Stephen Girard
- Gladstone, Michigan and Gladstone, North Dakota β William Ewart Gladstone
- Gladwin, Michigan β Maj. Henry Gladwin
- Glen, New York β Jacob Glen (resident)
- Glen Burnie, Maryland β Elias Glenn (district attorney) and his descendants
- Glens Falls, New York β John Glenn (discoverer)
- Glennville, California β James M. Glenn (blacksmith)
- Glocester, Rhode Island β Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester (note spelling)
- Glover, Vermont β Brigadier General John Glover (proprietor)
- Goddard, Kansas β J.F. Goddard (manager of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway)
- Godfrey, Illinois β Capt. Benjamin Godfrey
- Goff, Kansas β Edward H. Goff
- Goffstown, New Hampshire β Colonel John Goffe (settler) (note spelling)
- Goldsboro, North Carolina β M.T. Goldsboro
- Goodhue, Minnesota β James M. Goodhue (journalist)
- Gorham, Maine and Gorham, New Hampshire β Captain John Gorham (The town in New Hampshire was named for the one in Maine).
- Gorham, New York β Nathaniel Gorham
- Gorman Township, Otter Tail County, Minnesota β Gov. Willis A. Gorman
- Gosnold, Massachusetts β Bartholomew Gosnold (settler)
- Gouldsboro, Maine β Robert Gould (landholder)
- Gouverneur, New York β Gouverneur Morris
- Gove City, Kansas β Capt. Grenville L. Gove
- Governors Island (Massachusetts) β Gov. John Winthrop (landowner)
- Governors Island (New York) β Gov. Wouter van Twiller (landowner)
- Grafton, Massachusetts β Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton
- Grafton, New Hampshire β Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (relative of colonial governor Benning Wentworth)
- Graham, North Carolina β William Alexander Graham (U.S. Senator)
- Granby, Massachusetts β John Manners, Marquess of Granby (hero of the Seven Years' War)
- Granby, Vermont β Marquis of Granby
- Granger, Washington β Walter Granger (superintendent of the Washington Irrigation Company)
- Grant, 4 places in Humboldt County, California, Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska β Ulysses S. Grant
- Grantsville, West Virginia β Ulysses S. Grant
- Grantham, New Hampshire β Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham
- Gratiot, Wisconsin β Col. Henry Gratiot
- Grattan Township, Michigan β Henry Grattan
- Gravette, Arkansas β E.T. Gravette
- Gray, Maine β Thomas Gray (proprietor)
- Grays Harbor, Washington β Capt. Robert Gray (explorer)
- Grayson, Kentucky β Col. Robert Grayson
- Graysville, Indiana β Joe Gray (founder)
- Great Barrington, Massachusetts β William Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington
- Greeley, Colorado and Greeley, Kansas β Horace Greeley (editor of the New York Tribune)
- Greeley Center, Nebraska β Peter Greeley
- Greene, Iowa β George Green (judge) (note the spelling)
- Greene, Maine and Greene, New York β Nathanael Greene
- Greeneville, Tennessee β Nathanael Greene
- Greenleaf, Kansas β A.W. Greenleaf (treasurer of the Union Pacific Railroad)
- Greensboro, North Carolina β Nathanael Greene
- Greensboro, Vermont β Timothy Green (landowner)
- Greensburg, Kansas β Col. D.R. Green
- Greenup, Kentucky β Gov. Christopher Greenup
- Greenville, Kentucky and Greenville, North Carolina β Nathanael Greene
- Greenville, Michigan β John Green (settler)
- Greenwood, Arkansas β Moses Greenwood (merchant)
- Greenwood, El Dorado County, California β John Greenwood (early settler)
- Greenwood, Mississippi β Greenwood LeFlore (Choctaw chief)
- Greenwood, Nebraska β J.S. Green (settler)
- Greig, New York β John Greig (U.S. representative)
- Grestley, California β James Grestley
- Gridley, California β George W. Gridley (founder)
- Gridley, Illinois β Asahel Gridley
- Griffin, Georgia β Gen. Lewis Lawrence Griffin (president of the Macon and Western Railroad)
- Grimes, Iowa β James W. Grimes (U.S. Senator)
- Grimesland, North Carolina β Gen. Bryan Grimes
- Grinnell, Iowa β W.H. Grinnell (resident)
- Griswold, Connecticut β Governor Roger Griswold
- Grover, North Carolina and Grover, South Carolina β Grover Cleveland
- Grundy Center, Iowa β Felix Grundy (U.S. Senator from Tennessee)
- Guilford, Maine β Moses Guilford Law (first white child born here)
- Guilford, Vermont β Francis North, 1st Earl of Guilford
- Gunnison, Colorado β Capt. John Williams Gunnison (explorer)
- Gunnison Island, Utah β Capt. John Williams Gunnison (explorer)
- Gunnison River β Capt. John Williams Gunnison (explorer)
- Guntown, Mississippi β James G. Gunn (early settler)
- Gurnee, Illinois β Walter S. Gurnee (mayor of Chicago)
- Gustine, California β Augusta Miller, daughter of Henry Miller (rancher)
- Guthrie Center, Iowa β Capt. Edwin B. Guthrie
- Guttenberg, Iowa and Guttenberg, New Jersey β Johannes Gutenberg (note the spelling)
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- Hackettstown, New Jersey β Samuel Hackett (early settler)
- Haddonfield, New Jersey β Elizabeth Haddon) (landowner)
- Haddon Township, New Jersey β Elizabeth Haddon (landowner)
- Hagerstown, Maryland β Jonathan Hager
- Hahns Peak and Hahns Peak Village, Colorado β Joe Hahn (settler)
- Halcott, New York β George W. Halcott (sheriff)
- Hale, Missouri β John P. Hale (Carrollton resident)
- Halifax, Massachusetts and Halifax, Vermont β George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax
- Hallowell, Maine β Benjamin Hallowell (landowner)
- Hallstead, Pennsylvania β William F. Hallstead (general manager of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad)
- Hallsville, New York β Capt. Robert Hall
- Hallsville, Texas β Robert Burton Hall (railroader)
- Halstead, Kansas β Murat Halstead (journalist)
- Hamden, Connecticut β John Hampden (English statesman) (note spelling)
- Hamersville, Ohio β Gen. Thomas L. Hamer
- Hamilton, Georgia β James Hamilton Jr. (Governor of South Carolina)
- Hamilton, Massachusetts and Hamilton, Ohio β Alexander Hamilton
- Hamilton, Montana β J.W. Hamilton (provided the right-of-way to the railroad)
- Hamilton City, California β J.G. Hamilton (sugar company president)
- Hamilton County, 7 places in Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, New York, Ohio, and Tennessee β Alexander Hamilton
- Hamlin, Kansas β Vice President Hannibal Hamlin
- Hammond, Illinois β Charles Goodrich Hamilton (railroader)
- Hammond, Indiana β George H. Hammond (Detroit butcher who founded a meat-packing plant here)
- Hammond, New York β Abijah Hammond (landowner)
- Hammonton, California β W.P. Hammond (gold mine official)
- Hampden, Maine and Hampden, Massachusetts β John Hampden (English patriot)
- Hampton, South Carolina β Gen. Wade Hampton I
- Hancock, 6 places in Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont β John Hancock
- Hanford, California β James Madison Hanford (railroad executive)
- Hankamer, Texas β I. A. Hankamer (early settler)
- Hannibal, Missouri and Hannibal, New York β Hannibal
- Hanson, Massachusetts β Alexander C. Hanson (Maryland newspaper publisher and U.S. Senator)
- Haralson, Georgia and Haralson County, Georgia β Gen. Hugh A. Haralson (U.S. representative)
- Harbeson, Delaware β Harbeson Hickman (landowner)
- Harbin Springs, California β James M. Harbin (discoverer of the springs)
- Harbine, Nebraska β Col. John Harbine
- Hardenburgh, New York β Johannes Hardenburgh (landowner)
- Hardin, Missouri β Gov. Charles Henry Hardin
- Hardin, Montana β Samuel Hardin (friend of developer Charles Henry Morrill)
- Hardinsburg, Kentucky β Capt. William Hardin (pioneer)
- Hardwick, Massachusetts β Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (note the spelling)
- Harlan, Iowa β James Harlan (United States Senator)
- Harlan, Kansas β John C. Harlan (settler)
- Harlan, Kentucky β Maj. Silas Harlan
- Harlowton, Montana β Richard A. Harlow (president of the Montana Railroad)
- Harney, Oregon β Gen. William S. Harney
- Harpers Ferry, West Virginia β Robert Harper (ferry owner)
- Harpersfield, New York β Joseph Harper (landowner)
- Harperville, Mississippi β G.W. Harper (resident)
- Harrietstown, New York β Harriet Duane (wife of James Duane)
- Harriman, New York β E. H. Harriman (president of the Union Pacific Railroad)
- Harrington, Delaware β Samuel M. Harrington (judge)
- Harrisburg, Inyo County, California β Shorty Harris (gold discoverer)
- Harrisburg, New York β Richard Harrison
- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania β John Harris, Sr. (founder)
- Harrison, Maine β Harrison Gray Otis (landowner)
- Harrison, New Jersey β William Henry Harrison
- Harrison, New York β John Harrison (Quaker leader)
- Harrison Township, New Jersey β William Henry Harrison
- Harrisonburg, Virginia β Thomas Harrison (early settler who founded the community)
- Harrisville, New Hampshire β Milan Harris (mill owner)
- Harrisville, New York β Fosket Harris (settler)
- Harrisville, Ohio β Meigs Harris (pioneer)
- Harrisville, West Virginia β Thomas Harris
- Harrodsburg, Kentucky β Col. James Harrod (settler)
- Hart's Location, New Hampshire β Colonel John Hart
- Hartsville, Indiana β Gideon B. Hart (pioneer)
- Hartwick, New York β Christopher Hartwick (landowner)
- Harvard, Illinois β John Harvard (indirectly, via Harvard University)
- Harvard, Massachusetts β John Harvard
- Hastings, Michigan β Eurotas Hastings (state auditor)
- Hathaway Pines, California β Robert B. Hathaway (first postmaster)
- Hattiesburg, Mississippi β Hattie Hardy (wife of pioneer lumberman and civil engineer William H. Hardy)
- Haugan, Montana β H. G. Haugan (land commissioner of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad)
- Havensville, Kansas β Paul E. Havens (Leavenworth resident)
- Hawesville, Kentucky β Richard Hawes (U.S. representative)
- Hawkeye, Iowa β Chief Hawkeye
- Hawley, Massachusetts β Joseph Hawley (local leader in the American Revolution)
- Hawthorne, New Jersey β Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Hayden, Colorado β Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden (geologist)
- Hayden Hill, California β Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden (geologist)
- Hayes, California β William J. Hayes (first postmaster)
- Hayesville, North Carolina β George W. Hayes (state senator)
- Hays, Kansas β Gen. William Hays
- Hayward, California β William Dutton Hayward (early settler)
- Hayward, Minnesota β David Hayward (settler)
- Hazard, Kentucky β Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry (hero of the War of 1812)
- Hazardville, Connecticut β Colonel Augustus George Hazard (gunpowder manufacturer)
- Hazelton, California β Hazelton Blodget (son of Hugh A. Blodget, oilman)
- Hazelton, Kansas β Rev. J.H. Hazelton (founder)
- Hazelrigg, Indiana β H.G. Hazlerigg (founder) (note the spelling)
- Healdsburg, California β Col. Harmon Heald (settler)
- Hearst, California β George Hearst
- Heath, Massachusetts β General William Heath
- Heber, California β A.H. Heber (development company president)
- Heber City, Utah β Heber C. Kimball (Mormon leader)
- Heceta Beach, Oregon β Bruno de Heceta (explorer)
- Helena, New York β Helena Pitcairn
- Helm, California β William Helm (early rancher)
- Henderson, Nevada β U.S. Senator Charles B. Henderson
- Henderson, Kentucky and Henderson, Tennessee β Col. Richard Henderson
- Henderson, Nebraska β David Henderson (settler)
- Henderson, New York β William Henderson (landowner)
- Hendersonville, North Carolina β North Carolina Chief Justice Leonard Henderson
- Hendry County, Florida β Major Francis A. Hendry
- Hennepin, Illinois β Louis Hennepin (explorer)
- Hennessey, Oklahoma β Pat Hennessey (freighter)
- Henniker, New Hampshire β John Henniker, 1st Baron Henniker
- Henrietta, New York β Laura Pulteney, 1st Countess of Bath
- Henrietta, North Carolina β Henrietta Tanner
- Hensley, Arkansas β William B. Hensley (founder and landowner)
- Hepburn, Iowa β William Peters Hepburn (U.S. representative)
- Hepler, Kansas β B.F. Hepler (resident of Fort Scott)
- Herington, Kansas β M.D. Herington (founder)
- Herkimer, New York β Nicholas Herkimer (militia general in the American Revolutionary War)
- Herlong, California β Capt. Henry W. Herlong (World War II casualty)
- Herman, Nebraska β Samuel Herman (railroad conductor)
- Hermann, Missouri β Arminius (Germanic chief)
- Hernando, Mississippi β Hernando de Soto
- Hernando County, Florida β Hernando de Soto
- Hershey, Pennsylvania β Milton S. Hershey (Chocolatier)
- Hertford County, North Carolina β Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford
- Heuvelton, New York β Jacob van Heuvel
- Hewes Point, Maine β Paola Hewes (settler)
- Heyburn, Idaho β Senator Weldon Brinton Heyburn
- Hickman, Kentucky β Capt. Paschal Hickman
- Hickory, Mississippi and Hickory, North Carolina β Andrew Jackson (nicknamed "Old Hickory")
- Hicksville, New York β Charles Hicks (Quaker cleric)
- Hicksville, Ohio β Henry W. Hicks (founder)
- Hildreth, California β Tom Hildreth (founder and merchant)
- Higginsport, Ohio β Col. Robert Higgins (founder)
- Hildebran, North Carolina β Pope Gregory VII (nΓ© Hildebrand)
- Hill, New Hampshire β Isaac Hill (governor of New Hampshire)
- Hillrose, Colorado β Rose Hill Emerson (daughter of early landholder)
- Hillsboro, Kansas β John G. Hill (mayor)
- Hillsborough, New Hampshire and Hillsborough, North Carolina β Sir Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire and 1st Earl of Hillsborough
- Hillsborough County, Florida β Sir Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire and 1st Earl of Hillsborough
- Hinesburg, Vermont β Abel Hine (town clerk)
- Hinesville, Georgia β Charlton Hines
- Hinsdale, Massachusetts β Rev. Theodore Hinsdale (woolen mill owner)
- Hinsdale, New Hampshire β Colonel Ebenezer Hinsdale
- Hinsdale, New York β Colonel Ebenezer Hinsdale (indirectly, via Hinsdale, New Hampshire)
- Hiram, Maine β Hiram I (biblical king of Tyre)
- Hobart, New York β Bishop John Henry Hobart
- Hobergs, California β Gustave Hoberg (founder, resort owner)
- Hodgdon, Maine β John Hodgdon (landowner)
- Hodgenville, Kentucky β Robert Hodgen
- Hodson, California β J.J. Hodson (copper mining financier)
- Hoffman Estates, Illinois β Sam and Jack Hoffman (builders)
- Hoisington, Kansas β A.J. Hoisington (resident of Great Bend)
- Holbrook, Massachusetts β Elisha N. Holbrook (benefactor)
- Holden, Massachusetts β Samuel Holden (banker)
- Holderness, New Hampshire β Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness
- Holland, Massachusetts β Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland (English statesman)
- Holland Patent, New York β Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland (landowner)
- Holley, New York β Myron Holley (canal commissioner)
- Holliday, Missouri β Samuel Holliday (resident of St. Louis)
- Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania β Adam and William Holliday (founders)
- Hollis, New Hampshire β John Holles, Earl of Clare (ancestor of colonial governor Benning Wentworth) (note the spelling)
- Holliston, Massachusetts β Thomas Hollis, Esq. of London, England (a benefactor of Harvard College)
- Holmesville, Nebraska β L.M. Holmes (founder)
- Holmesville, Ohio β Maj. Andrew Holmes
- Holt, Missouri β Jerry Holt (landowner)
- Holton, Kansas β Edward Holton
- Holts Summit, Missouri β Timothy Holt
- Holyoke, Massachusetts β Elizur Holyoke, (colonist, scribe and surveyor)
- Homer, New York β Homer (Greek poet)
- Honesdale, Pennsylvania β Philip Dale (canal builder)
- Hood River, Oregon β Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport
- Hookstown, Pennsylvania β Matthias Hook (resident)
- Hookton, California β John Hookton (founder)
- Hoover, Alabama β William H. Hoover (1890β1979), a local insurance of Alabama
- Hoover, Indiana β Riley Hoover (founder)
- Hoover Town, West Virginia β Herbert Hoover
- Hopkinsville, Kentucky β General Samuel Hopkins
- Hopkinton, Massachusetts β Edward Hopkins (benefactor of Harvard University)
- Hopkinton, New Hampshire β Edward Hopkins (benefactor of Harvard University) (indirectly, via Hopkinton, Massachusetts)
- Hopkinton, New York β Roswell Hopkins (settler)
- Hopkinton, Rhode Island β Gov. Stephen Hopkins
- Horace, Kansas β Horace Greeley
- Hornbeak, Tennessee β Frank Hornbeak (store owner, postmaster)
- Hornby, New York β John Hornby (landowner)
- Hornellsville, New York β George Hornell (settler)
- Hornersville, Missouri β William H. Horner (founder)
- Horstville, California β E. Clemons Horst (rancher)
- Horton, Kansas β A.H. Horton (judge)
- Houlton, Maine β Joseph Houlton (settler)
- Hounsfield, New York β Ezra Hounsfield (landowner)
- Houston, Delaware β John W. Houston
- Houston, Minnesota, Houston, Mississippi, and Houston, Texas β Sam Houston
- Houstonia, Missouri β Sam Houston
- Howard, Kansas β General Oliver Otis Howard
- Howard, Brown County, Wisconsin and Howard, Chippewa County, Wisconsin β Brigadier General Benjamin Howard (officer in the War of 1812)
- Howard Springs, California β C.W. Howard (resort owner)
- Howards Grove, Wisconsin β H.B. Howard (hotelier and postmaster)
- Howell, Evansville, Indiana β Capt. Lee Howell (railroader)
- Howell Township, New Jersey β Gov. Richard Howell
- Howland, Maine β John Howland (Mayflower passenger)
- Hoxie, Kansas β H.M. Hoxie (general manager of the Missouri Pacific Railroad)
- Hubbard, Nebraska β Asahel W. Hubbard (judge)
- Hubbardston, Massachusetts β Thomas Hubbard (Massachusetts Speaker of the House of Representatives and landowner)
- Hubbardton, Vermont β Thomas Hubbard (landholder)
- Hudson, Maine β Charles Hudson (indirectly, via Hudson, Massachusetts)
- Hudson, Massachusetts β Charles Hudson (United States Representative)
- Hudson, New York β Henry Hudson
- Hudson, Ohio β David Hudson (settler)
- Hudson River β Henry Hudson
- Hugoton, Kansas β Victor Hugo
- Hull, Iowa β John Hull
- Humble, Texas β Pleasant Smith "Plez" Humble (postmaster)
- Humboldt, Kansas and Humboldt, South Dakota β Alexander von Humboldt (German scientist, explorer and diplomat)
- Hummelstown, Pennsylvania β Frederick Hummel (founder)
- Humphrey, New York β Charles Humphrey (state legislator)
- Humphreys Station, California β John W. Humphreys (pioneer)
- Humphreysville, Connecticut β David Humphreys
- Hunnewell, Kansas and Hunnewell, Missouri β H.H. Hunnewell (banker)
- Hunter, New York β John Hunter (landowner)
- Huntingdon, Pennsylvania β Selena Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon
- Huntingdon, Tennessee β Memucan Hunt (landowner)
- Huntington, Massachusetts β Charles P. Huntington
- Huntington, Oregon β J.B. Huntington (landowner)
- Huntington, Vermont β Josiah, Charles and Marmaduke Hunt (landholders)
- Huntington, West Virginia β Collis P. Huntington
- Huntington Beach, California β Henry E. Huntington
- Huntley, Montana β S.O. Huntley (partner in the stagecoach firm of Clark & Huntley)
- Huntsville, Alabama β John Hunt (settler)
- Huntsville, Missouri β David Hunt (settler)
- Hurley, New York β Francis Lovelace, Baron Hurley of Ireland
- Hustisford, Wisconsin β John Hustis (settler)
- Hutchinson, Kansas β C.C. Hutchinson (founder)
- Hyannis, Massachusetts β Iyannough (sachem of the Cummaquid Native American tribe)
- Hyde Park, Vermont β Captain Jedediah Hyde (landowner)
- Hydesville, California β John Hyde (local landowner)
- Hysham, Montana β Charlie J. Hysham (cattleman)
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- Iliff, Colorado β John Wesley Iliff (cattleman)
- Ingalls, Oklahoma β John James Ingalls (U.S. Senator from Kansas)
- Inman, Kansas β Maj. Henry Inman
- Inman, Nebraska β W.H. Inman (settler)
- Iola, Kansas β Iola Colborn
- Ira, Vermont β Ira Allen (one of the Green Mountain Boys and brother of Ethan Allen)
- Irasburg, Vermont β Ira Allen (landholder, one of the Green Mountain Boys and brother of Ethan Allen)
- Ireland, Texas - John Ireland
- Irvine, California β James Irvine I (landowner)
- Irvine, Kentucky β Col. William Irvine
- Irving, Kansas β Washington Irving
- Irving Park, Chicago - Washington Irving
- Irvington, New Jersey and Irvington, New York β Washington Irving
- Irwin, California β W.A. Irwin (founder)
- Irwinton, Georgia β Gov. Jared Irwin
- Isabella, California, Isabella County, Michigan & Isabella Township, Michigan - Isabella I of Castile
- Isle La Motte, Vermont β Captain La Motte (established Fort Sainte Anne on this island)
- Ives Grove, Wisconsin - Joseph Ives
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- Jackson, California β Colonel Alden Jackson
- Jackson, Maine β General Henry Jackson
- Jackson, Burnett County, Wisconsin β Stonewall Jackson
- Jackson, Wyoming β Davey Jackson
- Jackson β Andrew Jackson, 14 places in
- Alabama β Georgia β Kentucky β Louisiana β Michigan β Minnesota β Mississippi β Missouri β New Hampshire β New Jersey β New York β Ohio β Tennessee β Washington County, Wisconsin
- Jacksonville, Arkansas β Nicholas and Elizabeth Jackson (landowners)
- Jacksonville, Texas β Jackson Smith (soldier)
- Jacksonville β Andrew Jackson, 7 places in
- Alabama β Florida β Illinois β Missouri β North Carolina β Oregon β Pennsylvania
- Jacobs Corner, California β Mattie Jacobs (first postmaster)
- Jaffrey, New Hampshire β George Jaffrey (member of a wealthy Portsmouth family)
- Jamesburg, California β John James (founder)
- Jamestown, Indiana β James Mattock (founder)
- Jamestown, Kansas β James P. Pomeroy (railroader)
- Jamestown, New York β James Prendergast (settler)
- Jamestown, Rhode Island β James II of England
- Jamestown, Virginia β James I of England
- Jamesville, New York β James De Witt
- Janesville, California β Jane Bankhead (early settler)
- Janesville, Wisconsin β Henry Janes (early settler and first postmaster)
- Jasonville, Indiana β Jason Rogers (founder)
- Jasper, 3 places in Georgia, New York, and Texas β William Jasper (American Revolution hero)
- Jay, Maine, Jay, New York, and Jay, Vermont β John Jay (the first chief justice of the Supreme Court)
- Jean, Nevada β Jean Fayle (wife of postmaster George Fayle)
- Jefferson, Maine, Jefferson, New Jersey, and Jefferson, New Hampshire β Thomas Jefferson
- Jefferson City, Missouri β Thomas Jefferson
- Jefferson County, Thomas Jefferson, 19 places in
- Arkansas β Colorado β Florida β Georgia β Illinois β Indiana β Iowa β Kansas β Kentucky β Mississippi β Missouri β Montana β New York β Pennsylvania β Tennessee β Washington β West Virginia β Wisconsin
- Jeffersonville, Georgia β Thomas Jefferson
- Jekyll Island, Georgia β Sir Joseph Jekyll
- Jenny Lind, California β Jenny Lind
- Jeromesville, Ohio β John Baptiste Jerome (trader)
- Jesup, Iowa β Morris Ketchum Jesup
- Jesus Maria, California β Jesus Maria (local farmer)
- Jetmore, Kansas β Col. A.B. Jetmore
- Jewell, California β Omar Jewell (local rancher)
- Jewell, Kansas β Lt. Col. Lewis R. Jewell
- Jewett, New York β Freeborn G. Jewett (judge)
- Jewett, Ohio β T.M. Jewett (railroader)
- Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania β Jim Thorpe
- Joaquin, Texas β Joaquin Morris (grandson of Benjamin Franklin Morris, who donated the land for the site)
- Joe, Montana β Joe Montana
- Joe Walker Town, California β Joe Walker
- Johnsburg, New York β John Thurman (settler)
- Johnson, Nebraska β Julius A. Johnson (landowner)
- Johnson, Vermont β William Samuel Johnson (landowner)
- Johnson City, Kansas β Col. Alexander S. Johnson
- Johnston, Rhode Island β Augustus Johnston (colonial attorney general)
- Johnston County, North Carolina β Gabriel Johnston, 6th Governor of North Carolina
- Johnstonville, California β Robert Johnston (town developer)
- Johnstown, Colorado β John Parish (father of Harvey J. Parish, who platted the town)
- Johnstown (city), New York β Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet (founder)
- Johnstown, Pennsylvania β Joseph Jahns (settler) (note the spelling)
- Joliet, Illinois β Louis Jolliet (note the spelling)
- Jonesboro, Maine β John Coffin Jones (landholder)
- Jonesborough, Tennessee β William Jones (statesman)
- Jonesport, Maine β John Coffin Jones (landholder)
- Jonesville, Indiana β Benjamin Jones (founder)
- Jonesville, Virginia β Frederick Jones (landowner)
- Joplin, Missouri β Rev. H.G. Joplin (resident) (indirectly, via Joplin Creek)
- Joplin Creek, Missouri β Rev. H.G. Joplin (resident)
- Jordan, Montana β Arthur Jordan (founder)
- Judith River β Judith Hancock
- Judsonia, Arkansas β Rev. Adoniram Judson (missionary)
- Judsonville, California β Egbert Judson (part owner of local mine)
- Julesburg, Colorado β Jules Beni (established a trading post here)
- Jump-off Joe β Joe McLaughlin (trapper)
- Juneau, Alaska β Joe Juneau (prospector)
- Juneau, Wisconsin β Solomon Juneau (founder of Milwaukee)
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- Kamrar, Iowa β J.L. Kamrar (judge)
- Kanawyers, California β Peter Apoleon Kanawyer (founder)
- Kaneville, Illinois β Gen. Thomas L. Kane
- Karnes City, Texas β Henry Karnes (Texas patriot)
- Kaufman, Texas β David S. Kaufman (U.S. representative)
- Kearney, Missouri β Charles E. Kearney, the president of the Hannibal and Saint Joseph Railroad
- Kearney, Nebraska β Gen. Philip Kearny (note the spelling)
- Kearny, New Jersey β Gen. Philip Kearny
- Keene, California β James R. Keene (financier)
- Keene, New Hampshire β Sir Benjamin Keene (English minister to Spain and West Indies trader)
- Keenesburg, Colorado β Les Keene (settler)
- Keeseville, New York β Richard Keese (founder)
- Keizer, Oregon β Thomas Dove Keizur
- Kelleys Island, Ohio β Datus and Irad Kelly (landowners) (note the spelling)
- Kellogg, Idaho β Noah Kellogg (prospector)
- Kelsey, California β Benjamin Kelsey (founder)
- Kelso, California β Napoleon B. Kelso (first postmaster)
- Kenansville, North Carolina β James Kenan (U.S. representative)
- Kendall, New York β Postmaster General Amos Kendall
- Kennard, Nebraska β Thomas P. Kennard (secretary of state of Nebraska)
- Kenedy, Texas β Mifflin Kenedy (rancher, steamboat owner and railroad investor)
- Kenner, Louisiana β Duncan F. Kenner (lawyer)
- Kensington, New Hampshire β Edward Rich, 8th Earl of Warwick and Baron Kensington (owner of Kensington Palace in London)
- Kent, Ohio β Marvin Kent
- Kentfield, California β Albert Emmet Kent (landowner)
- Kenton, Ohio β Gen. Simon Kenton
- Keough Hot Springs, California β Philip P. Keough (resort owner)
- Keokuk, Iowa β Keokuk (Sauk leader)
- Kerman, California β W.G. Kerckhoff and Jacob Mansar (promoters)
- Kettleman City, California β Dave Kettleman (early rancher)
- Keyesville, California β Richard M. Keyes (gold discoverer in Kern County)
- Kiester, Minnesota β Jacob Kiester (county historian)
- Kilbourn City, Wisconsin β Byron Kilbourn (pioneer)
- Kilbuck Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania β chieftain of the Lenape
- Kimball, South Dakota β J.W. Kimball (surveyor)
- Kincaid, Kansas β Robert Kincaid (resident of Mound City)
- King City, California β Charles King (founder)
- King County, Washington - Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King (originally for Vice President William R. King)
- King of Prussia, Pennsylvania β after a local tavern named after Frederick II of Prussia
- Kingfield, Maine β William King (future governor of Maine)
- Kingman, Kansas β Samuel Austin Kingman (judge)
- Kingman, Maine β R.S. Kingman
- Kingsbury Plantation, Maine β Judge Sanford Kingsbury (landowner)
- Kingsley, Michigan β Judson Kingsley (landowner)
- Kingston, Georgia β J.P. King (resident of Augusta)
- Kingston, Massachusetts β Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull
- Kingston, Missouri β Gov. Austin Augustus King
- Kingsville, Missouri β Gen. William M. King (resident)
- Kingsville, Texas β Captain Richard King (owner of the King Ranch)
- Kinman Pond, California β Seth Kinman (settler)
- Kinsley, Kansas β W.E.W. Kinsley (resident of Boston, Massachusetts)
- Kinston, North Carolina β George III
- Kirbyville, Texas β John Henry Kirby (lumber businessman)
- Kirkland, New York β Rev. Samuel Kirkland
- Kirklin, Indiana β Nathan Kirk (founder)
- Kirksville, Missouri β Jesse Kirk
- Kirkwood, California β Zack Kirkwood (rancher and early settler)
- Kirkwood, Delaware and Kirkwood, Ohio β Maj. Robert Kirkwood (officer in the American Revolutionary War)
- Kirtland, Ohio β Turhand Kirtland (principal of the Connecticut Land Company)
- Kirwin, Kansas β Col. John Kirwin
- Kiryas Joel, New York β Joel Teitelbaum (rabbi of Satmar)
- Kit Carson, California and Kit Carson, Colorado β Kit Carson
- Klej Grange, Maryland β Katherine (1866-1918), Lucy (1867-1943), Elizabeth (1868-1944), and Josephine Drexel (1878-1966) (daughters of Joseph William Drexel)
- Kneeland, California β John A. and Tom Kneeland (first settlers)
- Knights Landing, California β Dr. William Knight (early settler)
- Knightsen, California β George W. Knight (town founder) and his wife Christina Christensen
- Knightsville, Indiana β A.W. Knight (founder)
- Knowles, California β F.E. Knowles (granite quarry owner)
- Knox, Maine β General Henry Knox
- Knoxville, California β Ranar B. Knox, first postmaster
- Knoxville, 4 places in Georgia, Mississippi, Albany County, New York, and Tennessee β Henry Knox
- Knoxville, Pennsylvania β John C. Knox (judge)
- Kokomo, Indiana β Ma-Ko-Ko-Mo (Miami tribal chief)
- Kortright, New York β Lawrence Kortright (patentee)
- Kosciusko, Mississippi β Tadeusz KoΕciuszko
- Kossuth, Mississippi and Kossuth, Ohio β Lajos Kossuth
- Kotzebue, Alaska β Otto von Kotzebue
- Kountze, Texas β Herman and Augustus Kountze (financial backers of the Sabine and East Texas Railroad)
- Kranzburg, South Dakota β Nicholas Friedrich Wilhelm, Johann, Mathais, and Paul Ferdinand Kranz (settlers)
- Kyle, Texas β Captain Fergus Kyle (founder)
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For a list of places named after the Marquis de Lafayette, see List of places named for the Marquis de Lafayette.
- Laceyville, Ohio β Maj. John S. Lacey
- Laclede, Missouri β Pierre LaclΓ¨de (founder of St. Louis)
- La Conner, Washington β J.J. Connor (settler) (note the spelling)
- Laddonia, Missouri β Amos Ladd (settler)
- Laddville, California β Alphonso Ladd (founder)
- Lafayette, Colorado β Lafayette Miller (settler and husband of Mary Miller, who platted the town)
- Lairds Landing, California β George and Charles Laird (early settlers)
- Lairdsville, New York β Samuel Laird (settler)
- Lake Ann, Michigan β Ann Wheelock (settler's wife)
- Lake Charles, Louisiana β Charles Sallier
- Lake Helen, Florida β Helen DeLand (founder's daughter)
- Lake Lanier (Georgia) β Sidney Lanier (poet)
- Lake Wilson, Minnesota β Jonathan E. Wilson (landowner)
- Lakin, Kansas β David L. Lakin (resident of Topeka)
- Missouri - Mirabeau B. Lamar
- Lamar, 3 places in Colorado and Mississippi β L.Q.C. Lamar
- Lamar River (Wyoming) β L.Q.C. Lamar
- Lamartine, Wisconsin β Alphonse de Lamartine (French historian)
- Lambertville, New Jersey β John Lambert (settler)
- Lamoine, Maine β DeLamoine (early landowner)
- Lamy, New Mexico β Archbishop Jean-Baptiste Lamy
- Lanare, California β L.A. Nares (developer)
- Landaff, New Hampshire β Bishop of Llandaff (Llandaff is the spelling of the name on the town charter)
- Landisburg, Pennsylvania β James Landis (founder)
- Lanesborough, Massachusetts β James Lane, 2nd Viscount Lanesborough
- Lanesboro, Pennsylvania β Martin Lane (settler)
- Langdon, New Hampshire β Governor John Langdon
- Langhorne, Pennsylvania β Jeremiah Langhorne (jurist)
- Lanier, Georgia β Clement Lanier
- Lansingburgh, New York β Abraham Lansing (founder)
- Laramie River (Ohio) β Pierre-Louis de Lorimier (French fur trader)
- Laramie, Wyoming β Jacques La RamΓ©e (French-Canadian fur trader)
- Larned, Kansas β Gen. B.F. Larned
- Larrabee, Iowa β Gov. William Larrabee
- LaSalle, Illinois β RenΓ©-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (explorer)
- Lassen Peak (California) β Peter Lassen (explorer)
- Latrobe, California and Latrobe, Pennsylvania β Benjamin Henry Latrobe, II
- Latty, Ohio β A.S. Latty (settler)
- Lauderdale, Mississippi β Col. James Lauderdale
- Laughlin, California β James H. Laughlin, Jr. (landowner)
- Laughlin, Nevada β Don Laughlin (founder)
- Laurens, South Carolina β Henry Laurens
- Lavers' Crossing, California β David Lavers (founder)
- Lawrence, Kansas β Amos Lawrence
- Lawrence, Massachusetts β Abbott Lawrence (founder)
- Lawrenceburg, Tennessee β Capt. James Lawrence
- Lawrenceville, Georgia β Capt. James Lawrence
- Lawson, Colorado β Alexander Lawson (innkeeper)
- Lawton, Michigan β Nathaniel Lawton (landowner)
- Laytonville, California β F.B. Layton (founder)
- Le Claire, Iowa β Antoine Le Claire (founder of Davenport)
- Le Grand, California β William Legrand Dickinson
- Le Mars, Iowa β Lucy Underhill, Elizabeth Parson, Mary Weare, Anna Blair, Rebecca Smith and Sarah Reynolds (the first initials of six women aboard on a railroad excursion)
- Le Ray, New York β Le Ray Chaumont
- Le Raysville, Pennsylvania β Vincent le Ray (landowner's son)
- Leakesville, Mississippi β Gov. Walter Leake
- Leavenworth, Kansas β Gen. Henry Leavenworth (indirectly, via Fort Leavenworth)
- Leavitt, California β May F. Leavitt (first postmaster)
- Lebec, California β Peter Lebeck (killed by a bear nearby in 1837)
- Lecompton, Kansas β Judge D.S. Lecompte
- Ledyard, Connecticut β Col. William Ledyard (state militiaman)
- Ledyard, New York β Benjamin Ledyard (land agent)
- Lee, California β Dick Lee (discoverer of gold at the site)
- Lee, Maine β Stephen Lee (settler)
- Lee, Massachusetts, Lee, New Hampshire, and Lee, New York β General Charles Lee
- Leechburg, Pennsylvania β David Leech
- Lee Vining, California β Leroy Vining (founder)
- Leesville, California β Lee Harl (local landowner)
- Leicester, Massachusetts β Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
- Leitchfield, Kentucky β Maj. David Leitch
- Leland, Illinois β Edwin S. Leland
- Lemoore, California β Dr. Lovern Lee Moore (early settler)
- Lempster, New Hampshire β from one of the titles of Sir Thomas Farmer of a "Lempster" in England
- Lennox, South Dakota β Ben Lennox (railroad official)
- Lenoir, North Carolina β Gen. William Lenoir
- Lenora, Kansas β Lenora Hauser
- Lenox, Massachusetts β Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond (note the spelling)
- Leon, Iowa β David Camden de Leon
- Leon, Kansas β Juan Ponce de LeΓ³n or after the Iowan town
- Leonard, Michigan β Leonard Rowland
- Leonardville, Kansas β Leonard T. Smith (railroader)
- Leopold, Indiana β Leopold I of Belgium
- Le Roy, New York β Herman Le Roy (landowner)
- Letcher, California β F.F. Letcher (county supervisor)
- Leverett, Massachusetts β John Leverett (twentieth governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony)
- Levittown, 2 places in New York and Pennsylvania β William Levitt
- Lewis and Clark River (Oregon) β Capt. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark (explorers)
- Lewis, Vermont β Nathan, Sevignior and Timothy Lewis (landholders)
- Lewisboro, New York β John Lewis (resident)
- Lewisburg, West Virginia β Samuel Lewis
- Lewiston, Idaho β Meriwether Lewis
- Lewiston, Minnesota β Johnathan Smith Lewis (settler)
- Lewiston (town), New York β Gov. Morgan Lewis
- Lewistown, Ohio β Capt. John Lewis (Shawnee chief)
- Lewistown, Pennsylvania β William Lewis
- Lila C, California β Lila C. Coleman (mine owner's daughter)
- Lillis, California β Simon C. Lillis (ranch superintendent)
- Ligonier, Pennsylvania β John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier
- Lillington, North Carolina β Col. Alexander Lillington
- Limon, Colorado β John Limon (or Lymon) (railroad construction supervisor)
- Lincklaen, New York β John Lincklaen (landowner)
- Lincoln, Alabama and Lincoln, Vermont β Major General Benjamin Lincoln
- Lincoln, California β Charles Lincoln Wilson (one of the organizers and directors of the California Central Railroad)
- Lincoln, Illinois, Lincoln, Nebraska, and Lincoln, Rhode Island β Abraham Lincoln
- Lincoln, Maine β Enoch Lincoln (Maine's sixth governor)
- Lincoln, New Hampshire β Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 2nd Duke of Newcastle, 9th Earl of Lincoln
- Lincoln Center, Kansas β Abraham Lincoln (indirectly, via Lincoln County, Kansas)
- Lincolnton, Georgia and Lincolnton, North Carolina β Major General Benjamin Lincoln
- Lincolnville, Maine β Major General Benjamin Lincoln (landowner)
- Lincolnville, South Carolina β Abraham Lincoln
- Lindley, New York β Col. Eleazar Lindley
- Linn, Missouri β Lewis F. Linn (U.S. Senator)
- Linneus, Missouri β Lewis F. Linn (U.S. Senator)
- Litchfield, California β Thomas Litch (pioneer)
- Litchfield, New Hampshire β George Henry Lee, Earl of Litchfield
- Littleton, Colorado β Richard S. Little
- Littleton, Massachusetts β George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton (note the spelling)
- Littleton, New Hampshire β Col. Moses Little
- Livermore, California β Robert Livermore
- Livermore, Maine β Deacon Elijah Livermore (early settler)
- Livermore Falls, Maine β Deacon Elijah Livermore (early settler)
- Livingston, California β Charles C. Livingston (railroad official)
- Livingston, Montana β Johnston Livingston (Northern Pacific Railway stockholder and director)
- Livingston, New Jersey β William Livingston
- Locke, New York β John Locke
- Lockwood, 3 places in California, New York, and West Virginia β Belva Ann Lockwood
- Logan Creek Dredge (Nebraska) β Logan Fontenelle (Omaha chief)
- Logan, Montana β Captain William Logan (died in the Battle of the Big Hole)
- Logansport, Indiana β Captain Logan (Native American chief)
- Longmont, Colorado β Stephen Harriman Long (explorer) (indirectly, via Longs Peak)
- Longs Peak (Colorado) β Stephen Harriman Long (explorer)
- Longville, California β W.B. Long (early hotel and saw mill owner)
- Loomis, California β Jim Loomis (railroad agent, postmaster)
- Lorenzo, Texas β Lorenzo Dow
- Los Angeles β Our Lady the Queen of the Angels
- Loudon, New Hampshire β John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun (note spelling)
- Louisa, Virginia β Princess Louisa of Great Britain
- Louisiana β Louis XIV (King of France)
- Louisiana, Missouri β Louisiana Basye (daughter of local settlers)
- Louisville, Kansas β Louis Wilson (landowner's son)
- Louisville, Kentucky β Louis XVI of France
- Louisville, Mississippi β Col. Louis Wiston (settler)
- Loveland, Colorado β William A.H. Loveland (president of the Colorado Central Railroad)
- Lovell, Maine β Captain John Lovewell (note spelling)
- Lovelock, California β George Lovelock (early merchant)
- Lowell, Maine β Lowell Hayden (first person born in the town)
- Lowell, Massachusetts, Lowell, Michigan, and Lowell, North Carolina β Francis Cabot Lowell
- Lowville, New York β Nicholas Low
- Lubbock, Texas β Thomas Saltus Lubbock
- Lucas, Iowa β Robert Lucas (territorial governor)
- Ludington, Michigan β James Ludington (businessman)
- Ludlow, Kentucky β Israel Ludlow (pioneer)
- Lufkin, Texas β Abraham P. Lufkin (cotton merchant and Galveston city councilman)
- Lumpkin, Georgia β Gov. Wilson Lumpkin
- Lundy, California β W.J. Lundy (sawmill owner)
- Lunenburg, Massachusetts β from one of the titles of King George II of Great Britain, Duke of Brunswick-LΓΌneburg
- Lunenburg, Vermont β from one of the titles for Prince Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand of Brunswick-Lunenburg
- Lusk, Wyoming β Frank S. Lusk (rancher and Wyoming Central Railway stockholder)
- Lutesville, Missouri β Eli Lutes (founder)
- Luther, Michigan β B.T. Luther (sawmill owner)
- Luthersburg, Pennsylvania β W.H. Luther (resident)
- Lutherville, Maryland β Martin Luther (16th century German reformer)
- Lykens, Pennsylvania β Andrew Lycan (note the spelling)
- Lyman, Maine β Theodore Lyman (merchant)
- Lyman, New Hampshire β General Phineas Lyman (commander in the French and Indian War)
- Lyndeborough, New Hampshire β Benjamin Lynde (Chief Justice of Massachusetts after town was named)
- Lyndon, Vermont β Josias Lyndon (governor of Rhode Island)
- Lyons, Colorado β Edward S. Lyon (founder)
- Lyons, Kansas β Truman J. Lyon (landowner)
- Lyons, Nebraska β Waldo Lyon (resident)
- Lyonsdale, New York β Calen Lyon (settler)
- Lysander, New York β Lysander (Spartan military leader)
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- Mabbettsville, New York β James Mabbett (landowner)
- Macclenny, Florida β H.C. Macclenny (founder)
- Macksville, Kansas β George Mack (postmaster)
- Macomb, New York β Gen. Alexander Macomb
- Macon, 5 places in Georgia, Illinois, Mississippi, Missouri, and North Carolina β Nathaniel Macon
- Madelia, Minnesota β Madelia Hartshorn (deceased daughter of founder Philander Hartshorn)
- Madison, 5 places in Georgia, Kansas, Maine, New Hampshire and Wisconsin β James Madison
- Madison, South Dakota β James Madison (indirectly, via Madison, Wisconsin)
- Madison County β James Madison, 18 places in
- Mahomet, Illinois β Muhammad (antiquated spelling)
- Mahon, Mississippi β John Mahon
- Mamajuda Island, Michigan β Mamajuda (Native American woman)
- Mamakating, New York β Mamakating (Native American chief)
- Mamaroneck, New York β Mamaroneck (Native American chief)
- Mancelona, Michigan β Mancelona Andrews (settler's daughter)
- Manchester, Vermont β Robert Montagu, 3rd Duke of Manchester
- Mandeville, Louisiana β Antoine James de Marigny de Mandeville
- Manlius, New York β Manlius (Roman general)
- Manly, North Carolina β Gov. Charles Manly
- Mannsville, New York β Col. H.B. Mann
- Mansfield, Connecticut β Moses Mansfield (mayor of New Haven)
- Mansfield, Massachusetts β William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield
- Mansfield, Ohio β Jared Mansfield (U.S. Surveyor General)
- Mansfield, Pennsylvania β Asa Mann (landowner) (note the spelling)
- Mansfield, Texas β R.S. Man and Julian Feild (settlers) (note spelling)
- Manteo, North Carolina β Manteo (Native American chief)
- Manton, Michigan β George Manton (settler)
- Manuelito, New Mexico β Manuelito (Navajo chief)
- Marcellus, Michigan and Marcellus, New York β Marcus Claudius Marcellus
- Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania β Maarte (Native American chief)
- Marcy, New York β Gov. William L. Marcy
- Margarettsville, North Carolina β Margaret Ridley
- Margaretville, New York β Margaret Lewis (landowner)
- Marias River (Montana) β Maria Wood
- Mariaville, Maine β Maria Matilda (daughter of landholder William Bingham)
- Mariaville Lake, New York β Maria Duane (daughter of James Duane)
- Marietta, Ohio β Marie Antoinette
- Marilla, New York β Marilla Rogers
- Marinette, Wisconsin β Marie Antoinette Chevalier (common-law wife of an early fur trader)
- Marion β Francis Marion (Revolutionary War hero), 14 places in
- Alabama β Illinois β Indiana β Iowa β Kansas β Kentucky β Louisiana β Massachusetts β Mississippi β New York β North Carolina β Ohio β South Carolina β Virginia
- Marion, North Dakota β Marion Mellen (daughter of Charles Sanger Mellen)
- Marion, Oregon β Francis Marion (Revolutionary War hero) (indirectly, via Marion County, Oregon)
- Marion, South Dakota β Marion Merrill (daughter of S.S. Merrill, railroad official)
- Marion, Texas β Marion Dove (granddaughter of Joshua W. Young, owner of a plantation that the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway passed through)
- Marion County β General Francis Marion of South Carolina, guerilla fighter and hero of the American Revolutionary War, 17 places in
- Marionville, Missouri β Gen. Francis Marion
- Marklee Village, California β Jacob Marklee (early settler)
- Markleeville, California β Jacob Marklee (early settler)
- Marlboro, Vermont β John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough
- Marlborough, Massachusetts and Marlborough, New York β John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough
- Marlborough, New Hampshire β John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough (indirectly, via Marlborough, Massachusetts)
- Marquam, Oregon β Philip Augustus Marquam (resident of Portland)
- Marquette β 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 β John Marsh
- Marshall, Colorado β Joseph M. Marshall (coal miner)
- Marshall, Minnesota β Gov. William Rainey Marshall
- Marshall, Texas β John Marshall
- Marshallton, Delaware β John Marshall (mill owner)
- Marshfield, Vermont β Capt. Isaac Marsh (landowner)
- Martensdale, California β Harry J. Marten (founder)
- Martin County, Florida β John W. Martin 24th Governor of Florida
- Martinez, California β Don Ygnacio MartΓnez
- Martinsburg, Nebraska β Jonathan Martin (settler)
- Martinsburg, West Virginia β Col. Thomas Bryan Martin (landowner)
- Martins Ferry, California β John F. Martin (first postmaster and ferry operator)
- Martin's Location, New Hampshire β Thomas Martin (grantee)
- Martinsville, Indiana β John Martin (commissioner)
- Maryland β Queen Henrietta Maria of France
- Maryland, New York β Queen Henrietta Maria of France (indirectly, via the state of Maryland)
- Marysville, California β Mary Murphy Covillaud (Donner Party survivor)
- Marysville, Kansas β Mary Marshall (wife of Francis J. Marshall, namesake of Marshall County)
- Maryville, Missouri β Mary Graham (wife of Amos Graham, county clerk)
- Masaryktown, Florida β TomΓ‘Ε‘ Garrigue Masaryk (Czechoslovak President)
- Mason, Illinois β Roswell B. Mason (railroader)
- Mason, New Hampshire β Captain John Mason (New Hampshire's founder)
- Masonville, New York β Rev. John M. Mason (landholder)
- Massena, New York β AndrΓ© MassΓ©na (French military officer)
- Massillon, Ohio β Jean Baptiste Massillon (French cleric)
- Matoaca, Virginia β Pocahontas (Matoaca was her name in her native language).
- Mathis, Texas β Thomas Henry Mathis (proprietor)
- Matteson, Illinois β George Joel Aldrich Mattison (note the spelling)
- Mattoon, Illinois β William Mattoon
- Maupin, Oregon β Howard Maupin (settler who established a farm and ferry here)
- Mauriceville, Texas β Maurice Miller (son of the first president of the Orange and Northwestern Railway)
- Mauston, Wisconsin β Milton M. Maughs (founder) (note the spelling)
- Mayer, Arizona β Joe Mayer (founder)
- Mayersville, Mississippi β David Meyers (landowner) (note the spelling)
- Maynard, Massachusetts β Amory Maynard (mill owner)
- Mays Landing, New Jersey β Cornelius Jacobsen May
- Maysville, Kentucky β John May (landowner)
- McAdenville, North Carolina β R.Y. McAden (state legislator)
- McAllen, Texas β John McAllen (settler)
- McArthur, Ohio β Gen. Duncan McArthur
- McClellandville, Delaware β William McClelland (settler)
- McColl, South Carolina β D.D. McColl (businessman)
- McConnelsville, Ohio β Robert McConnel
- McCool, Mississippi β James F. McCool
- McCracken, Kansas β William McCracken (railroader)
- McCune, Kansas β Isaac McCune (founder)
- McDonough, 3 places in Delaware, Georgia, and New York β Thomas Macdonough (naval officer) (note the spelling)
- McFarland, California β J.B. McFarland (founder)
- McGraw, New York β Samuel McGraw
- McGregor, Iowa β Alexander McGregor (landowner)
- McHenry, Illinois β William McHenry
- McKee, Kentucky β George R. McKee (judge)
- McKeesport, Pennsylvania β David McKee (ferry owner)
- McKinleyville, California β President William McKinley
- McKittrick, California β Capt. William McKittrick (local landowner and rancher)
- McMechen, West Virginia - the McMechen family (pioneers)
- McMinnville, Tennessee βGov. Joseph McMinn
- McPherson, Kansas β Major Gen. James B. McPherson
- Mead, Colorado β Dr. Martin Luther Mead (landowner)
- Meade, Kansas β Gen. George Meade
- Meadville, Mississippi β Cowles Mead (territorial official)
- Meadville, Pennsylvania β Gen. David Mead (founder)
- Mebane, North Carolina β Gen. Alexander Mebane
- Medary, South Dakota β Samuel Medary (territorial governor of Kansas)
- Meeker, Colorado β Nathan Meeker (journalist)
- Mendenhall Springs, California β William M. Mendenhall (health spa proprietor)
- Mendoza, Texas β Antonio de Mendoza (colonial governor)
- Menifee, California β Luther Menifee Wilson (gold miner)
- Mercer, Maine β Brigadier General Hugh Mercer (Revolutionary War hero)
- Mercersburg, Pennsylvania β Brigadier General Hugh Mercer (Revolutionary War hero)
- Mercey Hot Springs, California β J.N. Mercy (early settler)
- Meredith, New Hampshire β Sir William Meredith, 3rd Baronet (member of British Parliament)
- Meredith, New York β Samuel Meredith (merchant)
- Merrill, Wisconsin β S.S. Merrill (railroader)
- Merritt, California β Hiram P. Merritt (early settler)
- Methuen, Massachusetts β Sir Paul Methuen (British diplomat)
- Mettler, California β W.H. Mettler (local agriculturalist)
- Metz, California β W.H.H. Metz (first postmaster)
- Meyers, California β George Henry Dudley Meyers (early landowner)
- Mianus, Connecticut β Mayanno (Native American chief)
- Micanopy, Florida β Micanopy, leading chief of Seminoles, led the tribe during the Second Seminole War
- Middleton, New Hampshire β Sir Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham
- Milan, New Hampshire β Milan Harris (mill owner)
- Milbank, South Dakota β Jeremiah Milbank (railroad director)
- Milburn, Kentucky β William Milburn
- Milesburg, Pennsylvania β Col. Samuel Miles (founder)
- Miles City, Montana β General Nelson A. Miles
- Miley, California β Julian J. Miley (first postmaster)
- Millard, Omaha, Nebraska β Ezra Millard (founder)
- Millbrae, California β Darius Ogden Mills
- Milledgeville, Georgia β Gov. John Milledge
- Miller, Nebraska β Capt. J.M. Miller (settler)
- Miller Place, New York β Andrew Miller (pioneer)
- Millersburg, Missouri β Thomas Miller (settler)
- Millersburg, Ohio β Charles Miller (founder)
- Millersburg, Pennsylvania β Daniel Miller (founder)
- Millerton, New York β Samuel G. Miller (railroad contractor)
- Milliken, Colorado β John D. Milliken (railroad official)
- Millis, Massachusetts β Lansing Millis (railroad executive)
- Millsfield, New Hampshire β Sir Thomas Mills
- Millspaugh, California β Almon N. Millspaugh (first postmaster)
- Milo, Maine β Milo of Croton (famous athlete from Ancient Greece)
- Milton, California β Milton Latham (railroad engineer)
- Milton, 4 places in Ulster County, New York, North Carolina, Vermont, and West Virginia β John Milton
- Miltonvale, Kansas β Milton Tootle (landowner)
- Minkler, California β Charles O. Minkler (local farmer)
- Minor Creek (California) β Isaac Minor
- Minot, Maine β Judge Minot of the General Court (aided in the town's incorporation)
- Minturn, California β Jonas and Thomas Minturn (local farmers)
- Mitchell, Colorado β George R. Mitchell
- Mitchell, Iowa β John Mitchel (Irish patriot) (note the spelling)
- Mitchell, Oregon β U.S. Senator John H. Mitchell
- Mitchell, South Dakota β Alexander Mitchell (president of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad)
- Mitchellville, Iowa β Thomas Mitchell
- Moberly, Missouri β Col. William E. Moberly
- Modesto, California β William Chapman Ralston, reputed for being a modest man
- Moffat, Colorado β David Moffat (president of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad)
- Moira, New York β Earl of Moira
- Monroe β James Monroe, 12 places in
- Connecticut β Georgia β Maine β Massachusetts β Michigan β New Hampshire β New Jersey β New York β North Carolina β Ohio β Utah β Washington
- Monroe City, Indiana β Monroe Alton (founder)
- Monroeville, California β U.P. Monroe (founder)
- Monroeville, New Jersey β Rev. S.T. Monroe
- Monroeville, Pennsylvania β Joel Monroe (first postmaster)
- Monson, Maine β Sir John Monson, 2nd Baron Monson (indirectly, via Monson, Massachusetts)
- Monson, Massachusetts β Sir John Monson, 2nd Baron Monson
- Montague, Massachusetts β Capt. William Montague
- Monterey, California β Gaspar de ZΓΊΓ±iga, 5th Count of Monterrey (colonial governor)
- Monterey, Massachusetts β Gaspar de ZΓΊΓ±iga, 5th Count of Monterrey (indirectly, via Monterrey, Mexico) (The town was named during the Mexican War to commemorate the battle fought there).
- Montezuma, Colorado β Moctezuma I (note the spelling)
- Montgomery, 4 places in Alabama, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and New York β General Richard Montgomery
- Montgomery, Indiana β Valentine B. Montgomery (founder)
- Montgomery, Texas β Andrew J. Montgomery (trading post establisher)
- Montrose, Pennsylvania β Dr. Robert H. Rose
- Mooers, New York β Gen. Benjamin Mooers
- Mooney Flat, California β Thomas Mooney (trading post and hotel establisher)
- Moorcroft, Wyoming β Alexander Moorcroft (settler)
- Moorefield, West Virginia β Conrad Moore
- Moores Flat, California β H.M. Moore (first settler)
- Mooresville, Indiana β Samuel Moore (founder)
- Mooresville, Missouri β W.B. Moore (founder)
- Moorhead, Minnesota β Gen. James K. Moorhead
- Moorhead, Montana β W.G. Moorehead (railroader) (note the spelling)
- Moosup, Connecticut and Moosup River (Connecticut) β Moosup (Native American chief)
- Moraga, California β Joaquin Moraga (explorer and landowner)
- Moran, Kansas β Daniel Moran (businessman)
- Moreau, New York β Jean Victor Marie Moreau (French general)
- Morehead, Kentucky β Gov. James Turner Morehead
- Morehead City, North Carolina β Gov. John Motley Morehead
- Moreno Valley, California β Frank E Brown (Moreno is Spanish for brown); Land developer
- Morgan, Utah β Jedediah Morgan Grant (a leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
- Morgan, Vermont β John Morgan (landholder)
- Morganfield, Kentucky β Gen. Daniel Morgan
- Morganton, North Carolina β Gen. Daniel Morgan
- Morgan's Point, Texas β Emily West Morgan (known as The Yellow Rose of Texas)
- Morgantown, West Virginia β Zackquill Morgan (landowner)
- Morganville, Kansas β Ebenezer Morgan (founder)
- Morrill, Kansas β Gov. Edmund Needham Morrill
- Morrill, Maine β Anson P. Morrill (governor of Maine)
- Morrilton, Arkansas β E.J. and George H. Morrill (settlers) (note the spelling)
- Morris, Connecticut β James Morris III (Revolutionary War soldier)
- Morris, New York β General Jacob Morris (son of Lewis Morris, a signer of the Declaration of Independence)
- Morrisania, New York, New York β Lewis Morris (statesman)
- Morris Plains, New Jersey β Lewis Morris (the first royal governor of New Jersey)
- Morris Township, New Jersey β Lewis Morris
- Morristown, New Jersey β Lewis Morris
- Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania β Robert Morris (financier)
- Morrow, Ohio β Gov. Jeremiah Morrow
- Morton Grove, Illinois β Levi P. Morton
- Moses Lake, Washington β Chief Moses (Native American chief of the Sinkiuse-Columbia)
- Moss, Monterey County, California β Charles Moss (wharf owner)
- Moss Landing, California β Charles Moss (wharf owner)
- Moultonborough, New Hampshire β Colonel Jonathan Moulton and others in his family
- Moultrie, Georgia β Gen. William Moultrie
- Moultrieville, South Carolina β Gen. William Moultrie
- Mount Bullion, Mariposa County, California β Senator Thomas Hart Benton (nicknamed "Old Bullion")
- Mount Madison (New Hampshire) β James Madison
- Mount Marcy (New York) β Gov. William L. Marcy
- Mount Mitchell (North Carolina) β Elisha Mitchell (surveyor)
- Mount Monroe (New Hampshire) β James Monroe
- Mount Moran (Wyoming) β Thomas Moran (artist)
- Mount Morris, New York β Thomas Morris (resident of Philadelphia)
- Mount Pulaski, Illinois β Casimir Pulaski (Revolutionary War hero)
- Mount Vernon, Missouri β Admiral Edward Vernon (indirectly, via Mount Vernon)
- Mount Washington, Kentucky and Mount Washington, Massachusetts β George Washington
- Muir, Michigan β W.K. Muir (railroader)
- Muldrow, Oklahoma β Henry L. Muldrow (politician)
- Mullan, Idaho β John Mullan (builder of Mullan Road, a wagon route)
- Mulvane, Kansas β John R. Mulvane (resident of Topeka)
- Mundy Township, Michigan β Lt. Gov. Edward Mundy
- Munfordville, Kentucky β Richard I. Munford (landowner)
- Munnsville, New York β Asa Munn (storekeeper)
- Murdo, South Dakota β Murdo MacKenzie (Texas cattleman)
- Murfreesboro, North Carolina and Murfreesboro, Tennessee β Col. Hardy Murfree
- Muroc, California β Ralph and Clifford Corum (early settlers) β Muroc is Corum spelled backwards
- Murphy, North Carolina β A.D. Murphy (judge)
- Murphys, California β Daniel and John Murphy (early miners and settlers)
- Murray, California β David Murray (olive industry figure)
- Murray, Kentucky β John L. Murray (former Congressman from the area who had died two years before the city's incorporation in 1844)
- Murray, Utah β Eli Murray (territorial governor of Utah)
- Murrieta, California β Juan Murrieta (Rancher)
- Myerstown, Pennsylvania β Isaac Myers (founder)
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- Naperville, Illinois β Joseph Naper
- Napoleon, Michigan β Napoleon Bonaparte
- Napoleon, Missouri β Napoleon Bonaparte
- Nashmead, California β J. Nash (first postmaster)
- Nashville, North Carolina and Nashville, Tennessee β Gen. Francis Nash
- Nashville, Ohio β Simon Nash (judge)
- Neals Diggins, California β Sam Neal (founder)
- Neligh, Nebraska β John Neligh
- Nelson, California β A.D. Nelson (early settler)
- Nelson, Nebraska β C. Nelson Wheeler (landowner)
- Nelson, New Hampshire β Viscount Horatio Nelson (British admiral and naval hero)
- Nelsonville, New York β Elisha Nelson (settler)
- New Brunswick, New Jersey β George II of Great Britain (also Duke of Brunswick)
- New Florence, Missouri β Florence Lewis (settler's daughter)
- New Franklin, Missouri and New Franklin, Ohio β Benjamin Franklin
- New Marlborough, Massachusetts β John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough (indirectly, via Marlborough, Massachusetts)
- New Orleans, Louisiana β Philippe II, Duke of OrlΓ©ans
- New Port Richey, Florida β Captain Aaron M. Richey
- New York City and New York (state) β James of York and Albany
- Newberry, Michigan β John A. Newberry (railroader)
- Newcastle, Maine β Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- New Coeln, Milwaukee - Christopher Columbus
- Newell, California β Frederick Haynes Newell
- Newellton, Louisiana β Edward D. Newell
- Newfane, Vermont β John Fane, 7th Earl of Westmorland
- Newnan, Georgia β Gen. Daniel Newnan
- Newnansville, Florida β Gen. Daniel Newnan
- Newport, New Hampshire β Henry Newport (English soldier and statesman)
- Newport News, Virginia β Christopher Newport and William Newce (sea captains) (note the spelling for the latter)
- Newton, Georgia and Newton, Texas β John Newton (soldier of the American Revolutionary War)
- Nicholasville, Kentucky β Col. George Nicholas
- Nichols, California β William H. Nichols (landowner)
- Nick's Cove, California β Nick Kojich (restaurateur)
- Nickerson, Kansas β Thomas Nickerson (ATSF president)
- Nicollet, Minnesota β Joseph Nicollet (explorer)
- Nielsburg, California β Arthur C. Neill (first postmaster)
- Niles, Fremont, California β Addison Niles
- Nobleboro, Maine β James Noble (settler)
- Noblesville, Indiana β Gov. Noah Noble
- Norden, California β Charles Van Norden (water company official)
- Norman, Oklahoma β Abner E. Norman (surveyor)
- Normans Kill (New York) β Albert de Norman (settler)
- Norristown, Pennsylvania β Isaac Norris (Mayor of Philadelphia in 1724)
- North, South Carolina β John F. North (founder)
- North Adams, Massachusetts β Samuel Adams (indirectly, via Adams, Massachusetts)
- North Anna River (Virginia) β Anne, Queen of Great Britain
- North Carolina β Charles I of England (King of Great Britain, Carolinus is Latin for Charles)
- North Cleveland, Texas β Charles Lander Cleveland (local judge) (indirectly, via Cleveland, Texas)
- North Dansville, New York β Daniel P. Faulkner (settler)
- North Fort Myers, Florida β Col. Abraham C. Myers
- North Webster, Indiana β Daniel Webster
- Norton, Kansas β Capt. Orloff Norton
- Norton Sound (Alaska) β Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley
- Nortonville, California β Noah Norton (founder)
- Norwell, Massachusetts β Henry Norwell (dry goods merchant)
- Notleys Landing, California β Godfrey Notley (founder)
- Nottingham, New Hampshire β Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham
- Novato, California β a local Miwok leader who had probably been given the name of Saint Novatus at his baptism
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- O'Fallon, Missouri β Col. John O'Fallon
- O'Neals, California β Charles O'Neal (merchant and first postmaster)
- O'Neill, Nebraska β Gen. John O'Neil (settler)
- Oakley, Kansas β Eliza Oakley Gardner
- Oatman Flat (Arizona) β Royce Oatman (Oatman and his family were killed by a group of Apaches here).
- Oberlin, Ohio β J. F. Oberlin (philanthropist)
- Ockenden, California β Thomas J. Ockenden (first postmaster)
- Odem, Texas β David Odem (San Patricio County sheriff)
- Odenton, Maryland β Oden Bowie (Governor of Maryland)
- Ogden, Kansas β Maj. E.A. Ogden
- Ogden, New York β William Ogden (landowner's son-in-law)
- Ogden, Utah β Peter Skene Ogden
- Ogilby, California β E.R. Ogilby (mine promoter)
- Oglesby, Illinois β Gov. Richard J. Oglesby
- Oglethorpe, Georgia β James Oglethorpe (colonial leader)
- Ogletown, Delaware β Thomas Ogle (landowner)
- Ogontz, 3 places in Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania β Ogontz (Native American chief)
- Oketo, Kansas β Arktatetah (Native American chief)
- Old Ornbaun Hot Springs, California β John S. Ornbaun (early settler and rancher)
- Olean, New York β Olean Shephard (the first white child born here)
- Oleander, California β William Oleander Johnson (first postmaster)
- Oleona, Pennsylvania β Ole Bull (settler)
- Orange, 5 places in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Vermont, and Virginia β William, Prince of Orange
- Orange, Ohio β William, Prince of Orange (indirectly, via Orange, Connecticut)
- Orangeburg, South Carolina β William, Prince of Orange
- Orbisonia, Pennsylvania β William Orbison (settler)
- Ord, Nebraska β Gen. Edward Ord
- Ordbend, California β Edward Ord
- Ordway, Colorado β George N. Ordway (Denver politician)
- Orem, Utah β Walter C. Orem (President of the Salt Lake and Utah Electric Urban Railroad)
- Orford, New Hampshire β Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford
- Orinda, California β Katherine Philips (a poet whose nickname was "Matchless Orinda")
- Orlando, Florida β Orlando Reeves
- Orleans, Massachusetts β Louis Philippe II, Duke of OrlΓ©ans
- Orono, Maine β Chief Joseph Orono of the Penobscot Nation
- Orrick, Missouri β John C. Orrick (resident of St. Louis)
- Orrs Springs, California β Samuel Orr (early settler)
- Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania β Peter Orwig (founder)
- Osborne, Kansas β Vincent Osborne (member of the Second Kansas Cavalry)
- Osburn, Idaho β Bill Osborne (trading post establisher) (note spelling)
- Osceola, 5 places in Arkansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, and Wisconsin β Indian leader Osceola, whose name means "Black Drink Cry"
- Osceola County, 3 places in Florida, Iowa, and Michigan β Indian leader Osceola, whose name means "Black Drink Cry"
- Oskaloosa, Iowa and Oskaloosa, Kansas β Oskaloosa (wife of the Native American chief Mahaska)
- Oshkosh, Wisconsin β Chief Oshkosh
- Otis, Maine β James Otis Jr. (proprietor)
- Otis, Massachusetts β Harrison Gray Otis
- Otisfield, Maine β James Otis, Jr. (grantee)
- Otisville, Michigan β Byron Otis (settler)
- Otisville, New York β Isaac Otis (settler)
- Otto, New York β Jacob S. Otto (land agent)
- Ouray, Colorado β Ouray (Ute chief)
- Ovid, Colorado β Newton Ovid (local resident)
- Ovid, Michigan and Ovid (town), New York β Ovid (poet)
- Owensboro, Kentucky β Abraham Owen
- Owingsville, Kentucky β Col. T.D. Owings
- Oxnard, California β Henry, Ben, James and Robert Oxnard
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- Pacheco, California β Salvio Pacheco
- Paddock, Holt County, Nebraska β Algernon Paddock (U.S. Senator)
- Paducah, Kentucky and Paducah, Texas β Chief Paduke
- Painesville, Ohio β General Edward Paine (early settler)
- Palmer, Massachusetts β Thomas Palmer (judge)
- Palmer, Michigan β Waterman Palmer (founder)
- Palmer Lake, Colorado β Gen. William Jackson Palmer
- Pamelia, New York β Pamelia Brown (wife of Gen. Jacob Brown)
- Papinville, Missouri β Pierre Papin
- Paragould, Arkansas β W.J. Paramore and Jay Gould (railroaders)
- Pardeeville, Wisconsin β John S. Pardee (founder)
- Paris, New York β Isaac Paris (merchant)
- Parish, New York β David Parish (landowner)
- Parishville, New York β David Parish (landowner)
- Parker, Kansas β J.W. Parker (landowner)
- Parkersburg, West Virginia β Alexander Parker
- Parkman, Maine β Samuel Parkman (proprietor)
- Parkman, Wyoming β Francis Parkman (historian)
- Parkston, South Dakota β R.S. Parke (landowner) (note spelling)
- Parkville, Missouri β George S. Park (founder)
- Parlier, California β I.N. Parlier (first postmaster)
- Parry Peak (Colorado) β Charles Christopher Parry (botanist)
- Parsons, Kansas β Levi Parsons (judge and railroader)
- Parsonsfield, Maine β Thomas Parsons (proprietor)
- Pasco County, Florida β Samuel Pasco, United States Senator from Florida
- Paterson, New Jersey β William Paterson
- Patten, Maine β Amos Patten (settler)
- Patterson, New York β Matthew Paterson (early farmer) (note spelling)
- Patton Township, Pennsylvania β Colonel John Patton (co-owner)
- Paulding, Mississippi and Paulding, Ohio β John Paulding (Revolutionary War soldier)
- Paulsboro, New Jersey β Samuel Phillip Paul (son of a settler)
- Pawling, New York β Catherine Pauling (a misprint caused the U to change to a W and the name stuck)
- Paxton, Massachusetts β Charles Paxton
- Paxton, Nebraska β W.A. Paxton
- Payne, Ohio β Henry B. Payne (U.S. Senator)
- Payson, Arizona β Levi Joseph Payson (Illinois congressman)
- Peabody, Kansas β F.H. Peabody
- Peabody, Massachusetts β George Peabody (philanthropist)
- Peekskill, New York β Jan Peek (mariner)
- Pelham, Massachusetts β Henry Pelham (Prime Minister of the United Kingdom)
- Pelham, New Hampshire β Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle
- Pelham, New York β Pelham Burton (tutor of Thomas Pell)
- Pembroke, Georgia β Pembroke Whitfield Williams (early resident)
- Pembroke, New Hampshire β Henry Herbert, ninth Earl of Pembroke
- Pendleton, Indiana β Thomas M. Pendleton (landowner)
- Pendleton, New York β Sylvester Pendleton Clark
- Pendleton, Oregon β George H. Pendleton (Democratic candidate for Vice-President in the 1864 presidential campaign)
- Pendleton, South Carolina β Henry Pendleton (judge)
- Penfield, Georgia β Josiah Penfield
- Penfield, New York β Daniel Penfield (settler)
- Pennsylvania β William Penn (Penn's Woods)
- Pepperell, Massachusetts β Sir William Pepperrell (hero of the Battle of Louisburg)
- Perham, Maine β Gov. Sidney Perham
- Perham, Minnesota β Josiah Perham (officer of the Northern Pacific Railway)
- Perinton, New York β Glover Perrin (settler) (note the spelling)
- Perkins Township, Maine β Thomas Handasyd Perkins
- Perris, California β Frederick Thomas Perris (chief engineer of the California Southern Railroad)
- Perry, Kansas β John D. Perry (railroader)
- Perry, Maine, Perry, New York and Perry, Ohio β Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry (hero of the War of 1812)
- Perry, Florida β Madison Stark Perry, fourth Governor of the State of Florida, Confederate States Army colonel
- Perrysburg (town), New York and Perrysburg, Ohio β Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry
- Perryville, Missouri and Perryville, New Jersey β Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry
- Perth Amboy, New Jersey β James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth (The article The Amboys contains the etymology)
- Peterboro, New York β Peter Smith
- Peterborough, New Hampshire β Lieutenant Peter Prescott (land speculator)
- Petersburg, Alaska β Peter Buschmann (Norwegian immigrant)
- Petersburg, California β Peter Gardett (early merchant)
- Petersburg, Delaware β Peter Fowler
- Petersburg, Indiana β Peter Brenton (settler)
- Petersburg, Pennsylvania β Peter Fleck (settler)
- Petersburg, Virginia β Peter Jones (co-founder)
- Petersburgh, New York β Peter Simmons (early settler)
- Petersham, Massachusetts β William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, Viscount Petersham
- Petersville, Indiana β Peter T. Blessing (founder)
- Peytona, West Virginia β William M. Peyton
- Pheba, Mississippi β Pheba Robinson
- Phelps, Missouri β Gov. John S. Phelps
- Phelps, New York β Oliver Phelps (proprietor)
- Pharr, Texas - Henry Newton Pharr (1872-1966)
- Phil Campbell, Alabama β Phil Campbell (Railroad engineer)
- Philippi, West Virginia β Philip P. Barbour (judge)
- Phillips, California β Joseph Wells Davis Phillips (founder)
- Phillips, Maine β Jonathan Phillips (grantee)
- Phillips, Wisconsin β Elijah B. Phillips (railroader)
- Philipsburg, Montana β Philip Deidesheimer (mining engineer)
- Philipsburg, Pennsylvania β James and Henry Philips (settlers)
- Phillipston, Massachusetts β William Phillips, Jr. (lieutenant governor of Massachusetts)
- Philipstown, New York β Adolphus Philipse (patentee)
- Phillipsville, California β George Stump Philipps (early settler)
- Phippsburg, Maine β Sir William Phips (colonial governor of Massachusetts) (note spelling)
- Phoenix, New York β Alexander Phoenix
- Pickens, Mississippi β James Pickens (landowner)
- Pickens, South Carolina β Gen. Andrew Pickens
- Pickensville, Alabama β Gen. Andrew Pickens
- Pierce, Texas β Thomas W. Pierce (railroader)
- Pierceton, Indiana β Franklin Pierce
- Piercy, California β Sam Piercy (early settler)
- Pierre's Hole (Idaho) β Pierre (Iroquois chief)
- Pierre, South Dakota β Pierre Chouteau, Jr.
- Pierrepont, New York β Hezekiah Pierrepont (proprietor)
- Pierrepont Manor, New York β William C. Pierrepont (resident)
- Pierson, Michigan β O.A. Pierson (settler)
- Pieta, California β Chief Pieta (local chief)
- Piffard, New York β David Piffard (settler)
- Pike, New Hampshire β Alonzo Pike (producer of sharpening stones and tool and cutter grinders)
- Pike, New York β Zebulon Pike (American soldier and explorer)
- Pikes Peak (Colorado) β Zebulon Pike (American soldier and explorer)
- Pikesville, Maryland β Zebulon Pike (American soldier and explorer)
- Pillsbury, Minnesota β Gov. John S. Pillsbury (businessman)
- Pinckney, New York β Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
- Pine Hill, California β Safford E. Pine (local dairy farmer)
- Pinkham's Grant, New Hampshire β Daniel Pinkham (grantee)
- Pishelville, Nebraska β Anton Pishel (postmaster)
- Pitcairn, New York β Joseph Pitcairn (proprietor)
- Pitcher, New York β Lt. Gov. Nathaniel Pitcher
- Pitkin, Colorado β Gov. Frederick Walker Pitkin
- Pittsboro, North Carolina β William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
- Pittsburg, New Hampshire β William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania β William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
- Pittsfield, Maine β William Pitts (proprietor)
- Pittsfield, 3 places in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont β William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
- Pittsfield, Illinois and Pittsfield, New York β William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (indirectly, via Pittsfield, Massachusetts)
- Pittsford, New York β William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (indirectly, named by Colonel Caleb Hopkins after his hometown of Pittsford, Vermont)
- Pittsford, Vermont β William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
- Pittston, Maine β John Pitt (judge)
- Plant City, Florida β Henry B. Plant
- Plattsburgh (city), New York and Plattsburgh (town), New York β Zephaniah Platt (landowner)
- Pleasanton, California and Pleasanton, Kansas β Alfred Pleasonton (Union Army general)
- Pocahontas, Illinois and Pocahontas, Missouri β Pocahontas
- Pocatello, Idaho β Chief Pocatello
- Pokagon Township, Michigan β Chief Pokagon (Pottawattomie leader)
- Poland, Maine β Chief Poland
- Poland, Ohio β George Poland (proprietor)
- Polk County β James K. Polk, 11 places:
- Polkton, North Carolina β Bishop Leonidas Polk
- Polo, Illinois β Marco Polo
- Pomeroy, Ohio β Samuel Wyllis Pomeroy (proprietor)
- Pomins, California β Frank J. Pomin (first postmaster)
- Pompey, New York β Pompey (Roman general)
- Pontiac, Illinois and Pontiac, Michigan β Chief Pontiac
- Pontotoc, Mississippi β Pontotoc (Chickasaw chief)
- Pooler, Georgia β Robert William Pooler (railroad employee)
- Pope Valley, California β William Pope (land grantee)
- Poplarville, Mississippi β "Poplar" Jim Smith (storekeeper)
- Port Alsworth, Alaska - Leon "Babe" Alsworth (1909-2004), and Mary Alsworth (1923-1996)
- Port Arthur, Texas β Arthur Edward Stilwell (founder)
- Port Clinton, Ohio β DeWitt Clinton (father of the Erie Canal)
- Port Clinton, Pennsylvania β DeWitt Clinton (father of the Erie Canal)
- Port Colden, New Jersey β Cadwallader D. Colden (president of the Morris Canal and Banking Company)
- Port Dickinson, New York β Daniel S. Dickinson (U.S. Senator)
- Port Gibson, Mississippi β David Gibson (landowner)
- Port Kenyon, California β John Gardner Kenyon (founder)
- Port Jervis, New York β John Bloomfield Jervis (engineer with the Delaware and Hudson Canal)
- Port Morris, Bronx, New York β Gouverneur Morris
- Port Murray, New Jersey β James Boyles Murray (third president of the Morris Canal and Banking Company)
- Port Orford, Oregon β George Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford
- Port Penn, Delaware β William Penn
- Port Richey, Florida β Captain Aaron M. Richey
- Port Townsend, Washington β George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend
- Porter, Indiana β Commodore David Porter
- Porter, Maine β Dr. Aaron Porter (proprietor)
- Portola, California β Gaspar de PortolΓ
- Portola Valley, California β Gaspar de PortolΓ
- Poseyville, Indiana β Gen. Thomas Posey (governor)
- Post Falls, Idaho β Frederick Post (lumber mill builder)
- Posts, California β William Brainard Post (homesteader)
- Potter, New York β Arnold Potter (proprietor)
- Potter Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania β Gen. James Potter
- Potter Valley, California β William and Thomas Potter (early settlers)
- Pottersville, Michigan β George N. Potter
- Potts Camp, Mississippi β Col. E.F. Potts
- Pottstown, Pennsylvania β John Potts (landowner)
- Pottsville, Pennsylvania β John Potts (landowner) (This is the same John Potts as Pottstown).
- Poultney, Vermont β William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath (note spelling)
- Powellton, California β R.P. Powell (early settler)
- Powhattan, Kansas β Chief Powhatan (note the spelling)
- Pownal, Maine and Pownal, Vermont β Thomas Pownall (royal governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony) (note spelling)
- Poynette, Wisconsin β Peter Paquette (The present name arose from a clerical error).
- Prather, California β Joseph L. Prather (early rancher)
- Pratt, Kansas β Caleb S. Pratt (Civil War soldier)
- Prattsburgh, New York β Capt. Joel Pratt (settler)
- Prattsville (town), New York β Zadock Pratt
- Preble, New York β Commodore Edward Preble
- Prentice, Wisconsin β Alexander Prentice (postmaster)
- Prentiss, Maine β Henry Prentiss (landowner)
- Prescott, Arizona β William H. Prescott (historian)
- Prescott, Kansas β C.H. Prescott (railroader)
- Prescott, Massachusetts β Col. William Prescott (Revolutionary War officer)
- Presho, South Dakota β J. S. Presho (early settler)
- Preston, Minnesota β Luther Preston (millwright)
- Preston Township, Pennsylvania β Samuel Preston (judge and settler)
- Prestonsburg, Kentucky β James Patton Preston (governor of Virginia)
- Prestonville, Kentucky β James Patton Preston (governor of Virginia)
- Preston-Potter Hollow, New York β Preston family and Samuel Potter
- Pribilof Islands (Alaska) β Gavriil Pribylov (navigator)
- Prince Frederick, Maryland β Frederick, Prince of Wales
- Prince's Lakes, Indiana β Howard Prince (founder)
- Princeton, Indiana β William Prince
- Princeton, Maine β Rev. Thomas Prince (indirectly, via Princeton, Massachusetts)
- Princeton, Massachusetts β Rev. Thomas Prince
- Princetown, New York β John Prince (politician)
- Proctor, Kentucky β Rev. Joseph Proctor
- Proctor, Minnesota β J. Proctor Knott
- Proctor, Vermont β Senator Redfield Proctor
- Prophetstown, Illinois β Tenskwatawa Native American leader ("the Shawnee Prophet")
- Prosser, Washington β Colonel William Farrand Prosser (homesteader)
- Provo, Utah β Γtienne Provost
- Puget Sound (Washington) β Peter Puget (explorer)
- Pulaski, 6 places in Georgia, Illinois, New York, Tennessee, Virginia, and Brown County, Wisconsin β Casimir Pulaski (Revolutionary War hero)
- Pulaski Township, Ohio β Casimir Pulaski (Revolutionary War hero)
- Pullman, 3 places in Michigan, Washington, and West Virginia β George Pullman
- Pullman, Chicago β George Pullman and Solon S. Beman
- Pulteney, New York and Pultneyville, New York (note spelling) β Sir William Pulteney, 5th Baronet, British land speculator
- Pushmataha County, Oklahoma β Chief Pushmataha (Choctaw leader during the War of 1812)
- Putnam, Connecticut β Israel Putnam
- Putnam County, Florida β Benjamin A. Putnam, Florida legislator, first president β Florida Historic Society
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- Quanah, Texas β Quanah Parker (the last Comanche chief)
- Queens, New York City β Catherine of Braganza
- Quenemo, Kansas β Quenemo (Native American resident)
- Quincy, Illinois and Quincy, Michigan β John Quincy Adams
- Quincy, Massachusetts β Colonel John Quincy
- Quincy, Washington β John Quincy Adams (indirectly, via Quincy, Illinois)
- Quinlan, Texas β G.A. Quinlan (vice president of the Houston and Texas Central Railway)
- Quintana, Texas β AndrΓ©s Quintana Roo
- Quitman, 4 places in Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri, and Texas β Gen. John A. Quitman (also governor of Mississippi)
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- Rackerby, California β William M. Rackerby (first postmaster)
- Radford, Virginia β William Radford
- Rahway, New Jersey β Rahway (Native American chief)
- Rainier, Oregon β Peter Rainier (British admiral)
- Rainsville, Indiana β Isaac Rains (proprietor)
- Raleigh, 3 places in North Carolina, Mississippi, and Memphis, Tennessee β Sir Walter Raleigh
- Ralston, California β William C. Ralston (mine owner)
- Ralston, Pennsylvania β Matthew C. Ralston
- Ramseur, North Carolina β Gen. Stephen Dodson Ramseur
- Randalls and Wards Islands (New York) β Jonathan Randall (owner)
- Randolph, Maine β Peyton Randolph (indirectly, via Randolph, Massachusetts)
- Randolph, Massachusetts β Peyton Randolph (first president of the Continental Congress)
- Randolph, Nebraska β Jasper Randolph (postman)
- Randolph, New Hampshire β John Randolph (Virginia congressman and senator)
- Randolph, New York β Edmund Randolph (indirectly, via Randolph, Vermont)
- Randolph, Vermont β Edmund Randolph
- Rangeley, Maine β Squire James Rangeley, Jr. (proprietor)
- Rangeley Plantation, Maine β Squire James Rangeley, Jr. (proprietor)
- Ransom Township, Michigan β Gov. Epaphroditus Ransom
- Ransomville, New York β Clark Ransom (settler)
- Rapidan River (Virginia) β Anne, Queen of Great Britain (The name is a conjunction of the phrase "Rapid Anne").
- Rathbone, New York β Gen. Ransom Rathbone (settler)
- Rayl, California β David Rayl (hotelier and merchant)
- Raymond, California β Raymond Whitcomb (travel official)
- Raymond, Maine β Captain William Raymond
- Raymond, New Hampshire β John Raymond (grantee)
- Raymondville, New York β Benjamin Raymond (land agent)
- Raysville, Indiana β Gov. James B. Ray
- Readington Township, New Jersey β John Reading (governor of the Province of New Jersey)
- Readsboro, Vermont β John Reade (landholder) (note spelling)
- Rector, Arkansas β Wharton or Elias W. Rector (politicians)
- Red Cloud, Nebraska β Red Cloud (Lakota chief)
- Redding, Connecticut β John Read (landholder) (the spelling was changed to better reflect its pronunciation)
- Redfield, Arkansas β Jared E. Redfield (railroad executive)
- Redmond, Oregon β Frank and Josephine Redmond (homesteaders)
- Red Shirt, South Dakota β Red Shirt (Lakota chief)
- Red Wing, Minnesota β Red Wing (Native American chief)
- Reedley, California β Thomas Law Reed (founder and landowner)
- Reedsburg, Wisconsin β David C. Reed (settler)
- Reeseville, Wisconsin β Samuel Reese (settler)
- Reidsville, Georgia β Robert R. Reid (territorial governor of Florida)
- Reidsville, North Carolina β Gov. David Settle Reid
- Reiff, California β John Reiff (first postmaster)
- Remsen, New York β Henry Remsen (patentee)
- Reno, Nevada β Jesse L. Reno
- Rensselaer, New York β Kiliaen van Rensselaer
- Revere, Massachusetts β Paul Revere
- Revillagigedo Islands (Alaska) β Count of Revilla Gigedo (Viceroy of New Spain)
- Reynoldsburg, Ohio β Jeremiah N. Reynolds (author and newspaper editor)
- Rhinebeck (village), New York β William Beekman (founder) (also named for Rhineland, Germany (Beekman's home))
- Rheem, California β Donald I. Rheem (developer)
- Ricardo, California β Richard Hagen
- Richardson Springs, California β J.H. and Lee Richardson (early developers)
- Richburg, New York β Alvan Richardson (settler)
- Richland, Washington β Nelson Rich (state legislator and land developer)
- Richmond, Maine β Ludovic Stewart, 1st Duke of Richmond
- Richmond, Massachusetts and Richmond, New Hampshire β Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond
- Richmond, Rhode Island β Edward Richmond (colonial attorney general)
- Richville, New York β Salmon Rich (settler)
- Ridgway, Pennsylvania β John Jacob Ridgway (landowner)
- Ridleys Ferry, California β Thomas E. Ridley (ferry operator)
- Rienzi, Mississippi β Cola di Rienzo
- Rindge, New Hampshire β Captain Daniel Rindge (one of the original grant holders)
- Ripley, Maine and Ripley, New York β Brigadier General Eleazer Wheelock Ripley (of the War of 1812)
- Rippey, Iowa β C.M. Rippey (settler)
- Rising City, Nebraska β A.W. and S.W. Rising (landowners)
- Rivanna River (Virginia) β Anne, Queen of Great Britain
- Ritzville, Washington β Philip Ritz (settler)
- Robbinston, Maine β Edward H. and Nathaniel J. Robbins (landowners)
- Robert Lee, Texas β Robert E. Lee (US Civil War General)
- Robidoux Pass (Nebraska) β Antoine Robidoux (trader)
- Robinson, Kansas β Gov. Charles L. Robinson
- Robstown, Texas β Robert Driscoll Jr. (landowner)
- Rochester, New Hampshire and Rochester, Ulster County, New York β Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester (brother-in-law to James II of England)
- Rochester, Minnesota β Colonel Nathaniel Rochester (indirectly, via Rochester, New York)
- Rochester, New York β Colonel Nathaniel Rochester
- Rockingham, Vermont β Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
- Rockwood, California β Charles R. Rockwood (irrigation promoter)
- Rodman, New York β Daniel Rodman
- Rohnerville, California β Henry Rohner (founder)
- Rolfe, Iowa β John Rolfe (settler of Virginia)
- Rollinsford, New Hampshire β descendants of Judge Ichabod Rollins (first probate judge for New Hampshire)
- Rollinsville, Colorado β John Q.A. Rollins
- Romulus, Michigan and Romulus, New York β Romulus
- Roodhouse, Illinois β John Roodhouse (founder)
- Roosevelt, New Jersey β Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Root, New York β Erastus Root (politician)
- Rose, New York β Robert L. Rose (congressman)
- Roseboom, New York β Abraham Roseboom (settler)
- Ross, California β James Ross (early settler)
- Ross Corner, California β W.C. Ross (early settler and merchant)
- Rossie, New York β Rossie Parish (proprietor's sister)
- Rossville, Kansas β W.W. Ross (Indian agent)
- Rossville, Tennessee β John Ross (Cherokee chief)
- Roswell, Colorado β Roswell P. Flower (governor of New York)
- Roswell, Georgia β Roswell King (founder)
- Rothville, Missouri β John Roth (settler)
- Rowe, Massachusetts β John Rowe (Boston merchant)
- Rowesville, South Carolina β Gen. William Rowe
- Rowletts, Kentucky β John P. Rowlett
- Royalston, Massachusetts β Isaac Royal (landowner)
- Ruckersville, Virginia - John Rucker (founder)
- Rulo, Nebraska β Charles Rouleau (note the spelling)
- Rumford, Maine β Benjamin Thompson (also known as Count Rumford)
- Rumney, New Hampshire β Robert Marsham, 2nd Baron Romney (note spelling)
- Rumsey, California β Capt. D.C. Rumsey (early settler)
- Rumsey, Kentucky β Edward Rumsey
- Rushmore, Minnesota β S.M. Rushmore (pioneer)
- Rushville, Indiana and Rushville, Illinois β Dr. Benjamin Rush (Founding Father)
- Rusk, Texas β Thomas Jefferson Rusk (signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence)
- Russell, Kansas β Capt. Avra Russell
- Russell, New York β Russell Atwater (proprietor)
- Russell City, California β Frederick James Russell (town planner)
- Rutherford, New Jersey β John Rutherford (landowner)
- Rutherfordton, North Carolina β Gen. Griffith Rutherford
- Ryan, California β John Ryan (borax company official)
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- Sabattus, Maine β Sabattus (Anasagunticook Indian chief)
- Sackets Harbor, New York β Augustus Sacketts (settler) (note the spelling)
- Safford, Arizona β Anson P. K. Safford (territorial governor)
- Sageville, Iowa β Hezekiah Sage
- St. Anthony, Minnesota β Anthony of Padua (indirectly, via Saint Anthony Falls)
- Saint Anthony Falls (Minnesota) β Anthony of Padua
- St. Augustine, Florida β Saint Augustine
- St. Augustine, Maryland β Augustine Herman (explorer)
- St. Clair, Michigan β Clare of Assisi (note the spelling)
- St. Clair, Pennsylvania β Gen. Arthur St. Clair
- St. Clairsville, Ohio β Gen. Arthur St. Clair
- St. Clement, Missouri β Clement Grote (settler)
- St. Deroin, Nebraska β Joseph Deroin (Otoe chief)
- Ste. Genevieve, Missouri β Genevieve
- St. George, Maine β Saint George
- St. George, Vermont β George III of Great Britain
- St. George, West Virginia β St. George Tucker (state legislator)
- Saint James, Indiana β Saint James
- St. James, 5 places in Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, and North Carolina β Saint James
- St. John, Kansas β Gov. John St. John
- St. Johns, Michigan β John Swegles Jr. (founder)
- St. Johnsbury, Vermont β J. Hector St. John de CrΓ¨vecΕur (diplomat)
- St. Johns River (Florida) β John the Baptist
- St. Joseph, Michigan β Saint Joseph (indirectly, via the St. Joseph River)
- St. Joseph, Missouri β Joseph Robidoux IV (founder)
- St. Joseph River (Lake Michigan) β Saint Joseph
- St. Lawrence River β Saint Lawrence
- St. Louis, Missouri β Saint Louis
- St. Nazianz, Wisconsin β Gregory of Nazianzus
- St. Paul, Minnesota β Saint Paul
- St. Paul, Nebraska β J.N. and N.J. Paul (settlers)
- St. Pete Beach, Florida β Saint Peter (indirectly, via St. Petersburg, Russia)
- St. Petersburg, Florida β Saint Peter (indirectly, via St. Petersburg, Russia)
- St. Marys River (MichiganβOntario) β Mary, mother of Jesus
- St. Vrain Creek (Colorado) β Ceran St. Vrain (fur trader)
- Salamanca (city), New York and Salamanca (town), New York β Don JosΓ© de Salamanca y Mayol, Marquis of Salamanca
- Salisbury, Missouri β Lucius Salisbury (resident)
- Sallis, Mississippi β Dr. James Sallis (landowner)
- Salyersville, Kentucky β Samuel Salyer (state legislator)
- Samsonville, New York β Gen. Henry A. Sampson (note the spelling)
- San Andreas, California β Saint Andrew
- San Angelo, Texas β Carolina Angela DeWitt (wife of the city's founder Bartholomew J. DeWitt)
- San Antonio, Florida and San Antonio, Texas β Saint Anthony of Padua
- San Bernardino, California β Saint Bernardine of Siena
- San Bruno, California β Saint Bruno of Cologne (indirectly, via the San Bruno Creek)
- San Diego, California β Saint Didacus
- San Francisco, California β Saint Francis
- San Jose, California β Saint Joseph
- San Juan Capistrano, California β Saint John Capistrano
- San Leandro, California β Saint Leander of Seville
- San Lorenzo, California β Saint Lawrence
- San Lucas, California β Luke the Evangelist (indirectly, from the Spanish land grant)
- San Luis Obispo, California β Saint Louis of Toulouse
- San Luis Rey, California β Saint Louis
- San Mateo, California β Saint Matthew
- San Miguel, San Luis Obispo County, California β Saint Michael
- San Pablo, California β Saint Paul
- Sanborn, Iowa β George W. Sanborn (railroader)
- Sanbornton, New Hampshire β John Sanborn (grantee)
- Sanders, California β Charlotte E. Sanders (first postmaster)
- Sandisfield, Massachusetts β Samuel Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys (note the spelling)
- Sanford, Florida β Henry Shelton Sanford (diplomat and founder)
- Sanford, Maine β Peleg Sanford (proprietor)
- Sanger, California β Joseph Sanger Jr. (Railroad Yardmaster Association secretary-treasurer)
- Sangerfield, New York β Jedediah Sanger (judge)
- Sangerville, Maine β Colonel Calvin Sanger (landowner)
- Santa Ana, California and Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico β Saint Anne
- Santa Barbara, California β Saint Barbara
- Santa Clara, California β Saint Clare of Assisi
- Santa Monica, California β Saint Monica
- Santa Ynez, California β Saint Agnes
- Sapinero, Colorado β Sapinero (Native American chief)
- Saranap, California β Sara Napthaly (mother of a railroad man)
- Sarcoxie, Missouri β Sarcoxie (Native American chief)
- Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan β Mary, mother of Jesus (indirectly, after the St. Marys River)
- Sauvie Island (Oregon) β Jean Baptiste Sauve (dairy owner)
- Sayre, Pennsylvania β R.S. Sayre (railroader)
- Schererville, Indiana β Nicholas Scherer (German settler)
- Schoolcraft, Michigan β Henry Schoolcraft (anthropologist)
- Schroeppel, New York β Henry W. Schroeppel (resident)
- Schuyler, Nebraska β Vice President Schuyler Colfax
- Schuylerville, New York β Gen. Philip Schuyler
- Schwaub, California β Charles M. Schwab (note the spelling)
- Scipio, New York β Scipio Africanus (Roman general)
- Scott, New York β General Winfield Scott
- Scottdale, Georgia β George Washington Scott
- Scottdale, Pennsylvania β Thomas A. Scott (railroader)
- Scotts, California β Charles A. Scott (first postmaster)
- Scottsboro, Georgia β Gen. John Scott
- Scottsburg, New York β Matthew and William Scott (settlers)
- Scotts Corner, California β Thomas Scott, Sr. (local merchant)
- Scottsdale, Arizona β Chaplain Winfield Scott
- Scottsville, Kentucky β Gen. Charles Scott (also served as governor of Kentucky)
- Scottsville, New York β Isaac Scott (settler)
- Scranton, Pennsylvania β Selden T. and George W. Scranton (founders of the Lackawanna Steel Company and, later, the city)
- Scriba, New York β George Scriba (proprietor)
- Searsmont, Maine β David Sears (proprietor)
- Searsport, Maine β David Sears (proprietor)
- Seattle, Washington β Chief Seattle
- Sedgwick, Arkansas β Union Major General John Sedgwick
- Sedgwick, Colorado β Union Major General John Sedgwick (indirectly, via Fort Sedgwick)
- Sedgwick, Kansas β Union Major General John Sedgwick (indirectly, via Sedgwick County)
- Sedgwick, Maine β Major Robert Sedgwick
- Sedona, Arizona β Sedona Miller Schnebly (wife of the city's first postmaster)
- Seeley, California β Henry Seeley (developer of Imperial County)
- Seguin, Texas β Juan Seguin (Texas political figure and Texas Revolution patriot)
- Seigler Springs, California β Thomas Seigler (discoverer of the springs)
- Selby, California β Prentiss Selby (first postmaster)
- Selma, California β Selma Michelsen (wife of railroad employee)
- Sempronius, New York β Tiberius and Gaius Sempronius Gracchus (Roman tribunes and agrarian reformers)
- Senath, Missouri β Senath Douglass (settler's wife)
- Sergeant Bluff, Iowa β Sergeant Charles Floyd
- Seward, Alaska, Seward, Nebraska, and Seward, New York β William H. Seward
- Seymour, Connecticut β Governor Thomas H. Seymour
- Shafter, California β Gen. William Rufus Shafter
- Shaftsbury, Vermont β Earl of Shaftesbury (note spelling)
- Shakopee, Minnesota β Shakopee (Native American chief)
- Shapleigh, Maine β Major Nicholas Shapleigh (proprietor)
- Sharon, California β William Sharon (financier)
- Sharpsburg, Kentucky β Moses Sharp
- Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania β James Sharp (proprietor)
- Shaver Lake, California β C.B. Shaver (irrigation company founder)
- Shaver Lake Heights, California β C.B. Shaver (irrigation company founder)
- Sheffield, Iowa β James Sheffield (railroad contractor)
- Shelburne, 3 places in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont β William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne
- Shelby, New York β Gen. Isaac Shelby
- Shelbyville, 3 places in Illinois, Indiana, and Missouri β Gen. Isaac Shelby
- Shepherd, Michigan β I.N. Shepherd (founder)
- Shepherdstown, West Virginia β Capt. Thomas Shepherd
- Sheridan, Montana and Sheridan, Wyoming β General Philip Sheridan (Union cavalry leader in the American Civil War)
- Sherman, Michigan β Gen. William T. Sherman
- Sherman, New York β Roger Sherman (Founding Father)
- Sherman, Texas β Sidney Sherman (Texian patriot)
- Shirley, Maine β William Shirley (indirectly, via Shirley, Massachusetts)
- Shirley, Massachusetts β William Shirley (governor of Massachusetts)
- Shirleysburg, Pennsylvania β William Shirley (governor of Massachusetts)
- Shoup, Idaho β George L. Shoup (U.S. Senator)
- Shreveport, Louisiana β Captain Henry Shreve, who opened the Red River, which runs through Shreveport, to marine navigation
- Shrewsbury, Massachusetts β George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury
- Shrewsbury, Vermont β Earl of Shrewsbury
- Shullsburg, Wisconsin β Jesse W. Shull (settler)
- Shutesbury, Massachusetts β Samuel Shute (governor of Massachusetts)
- Sicard Flat, California β Theodore Sicard (early settler)
- Sidney, Iowa β Sir Phillip Sidney (English author) (indirectly, after Sidney, Ohio)
- Sidney, Maine and Sidney, Ohio β Sir Philip Sidney (English author)
- Sidney, Montana β Sidney Walters (son of settlers)
- Sidney, Nebraska β Sidney Dillon (railroad attorney)
- Sidney, New York β Admiral Sir Sidney Smith
- Sigel, Illinois β Gen. Franz Sigel
- Sigourney, Iowa β Lydia Sigourney (poet)
- Sikeston, Missouri β John Sikes (founder)
- Silsbee, California β Thomas Silsbee (local rancher)
- Silsbee, Texas β Nathaniel D. Silsbee (railroad investor)
- Simpsonville, Kentucky β John Simpson (U.S. representative)
- Sinclairville, New York β Samuel Sinclair (settler)
- Sinton, Texas β David Sinton
- Skilesville, Kentucky β James R. Skiles
- Slates Hot Springs, California β Thomas B. Slate (owner, founder)
- Slatersville, Rhode Island β Samuel Slater (founder)
- Slaughters, Kentucky β G.G. Slaughter (settler)
- Slayton, Minnesota β Charles Slayton (founder)
- Sleepy Eye, Minnesota β Ishanumbak (Native American chief whose eyes were said "to have the appearance of sleep.")
- Sloan, Iowa β Samuel Sloan (railroad official)
- Sloansville, New York β John R. Sloan (settler)
- Sloat, California β John D. Sloat (Naval commodore who claimed California for the United States)
- Sly Park, California β James Sly (pioneer)
- Smartsville, California β Jim Smart (Gold Rush settler and merchant)
- Smethport, Pennsylvania β Theodore Smeth (friend of proprietor)
- Smith's Ferry, California β James Smith (founder)
- Smith Center, Kansas β J. Nelson Smith (soldier) (indirectly, via Smith County)
- Smithfield, Maine β Rev. Henry Smith (settler)
- Smithfield, New York β Peter Smith
- Smithfield, North Carolina β John Smith (state legislator)
- Smithflat, California β Jeb Smith (pioneer rancher)
- Smith River (Montana) β Robert Smith (Secretary of State)
- Smithtown, New York β Richard Smith (proprietor)
- Smithville, Missouri β Humphrey Smith (settler)
- Smithville, New York β Jesse Smith (lumber dealer)
- Snydertown, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania β Gov. Simon Snyder
- Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee β William Sodder (trading post proprietor) and Daisy Parks (daughter of a coal company manager)
- Solon, Maine and Solon, New York β Solon (statesman and poet of Ancient Greece)
- Somers, Connecticut β Lord John Somers of England
- Somers, New York β Capt. Richard Somers
- Somersville, California β Francis Somers (coal mine founder)
- Somerville, Massachusetts β Capt. Richard Somers
- Soperton, Georgia β Benjamin Franklin Soper (railroad engineer)
- South Amboy, New Jersey β James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth (The article The Amboys contains the etymology)
- South Anna River (Virginia) β Anne, Queen of Great Britain
- South Burlington, Vermont β Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington (indirectly, via Burlington, Vermont)
- South Carolina β Charles I of England (King of Great Britain, Carolinus is Latin for Charles)
- South Euclid, Ohio β Euclid (Greek mathematician)
- South Padre Island, Texas β JosΓ© NicolΓ‘s BallΓ (Padre BallΓ) (Catholic priest and settler)
- South Thomaston, Maine β General John Thomas (indirectly, via Thomaston, Maine)
- Spafford, New York β Horatio Spafford
- Spalding, Missouri β Robert Marion Spalding owner of Spalding Springs
- Spalding Tract, California β John S. Spalding (founder)
- Sparks, Nevada β John Sparks
- Spearville, Kansas β Alden Speare (resident of Boston)
- Spencer, Indiana β Capt. Spier Spencer
- Spencer, Massachusetts β Spencer Phips (acting governor of Massachusetts)
- Spencerport, New York β William H. Spencer (settler)
- Spivey, Kansas β R.M. Spivey (landowner)
- Sprague, Washington β General John W. Sprague (railroad executive)
- Spreckels, California β Claus Spreckels (sugar magnate)
- Stacy, California β Stacy Spoon
- Stafford, Humboldt County, California β Judge Cyrus G. Stafford
- Stafford, Kansas β Lewis Stafford (soldier)
- Standish, California and Standish, Maine β Myles Standish
- Stanfield, Oregon β Senator Robert N. Stanfield
- Stanley, North Carolina β Elwood Stanley (U.S. representative)
- Stannard, Vermont β George J. Stannard
- Stanton, Michigan β Edwin Stanton (Secretary of War)
- Stark, Kansas β General John Stark (indirectly, via Stark County, Illinois)
- Stark, New Hampshire and Stark, New York β General John Stark (author of New Hampshire's motto, "Live Free or Die")
- Starkey, New York β John Starkey (settler)
- Starks, Maine β General John Stark
- Starksboro, Vermont β General John Stark
- Starkville, Colorado β Albert G. Stark (coal mine owner)
- Starkville, Mississippi β General John Stark
- Stege, California β Richard Stege (founder and landowner)
- Stephenson, Michigan β Robert Stephenson
- Stephentown, New York β Stephen Van Rensselaer (Lieutenant Governor of New York)
- Sterling, Kansas β Sterling Rosan (settlers' father)
- Sterling, Massachusetts β General William "Lord Stirling" Alexander (Scottish expatriate) (note spelling)
- Stetson, Maine β Amasa Stetson (landowner)
- Steuben, Maine and Steuben, New York β Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
- Steubenville, Ohio β Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
- Stevens Point, Wisconsin β J.D. Stevens (missionary)
- Stevensville, Michigan β Thomas L. Stevens (founder)
- Stevensville, Montana β Isaac Stevens (1st governor of Washington Territory)
- Stevinson, California β James J. Stevinson (landowner)
- Stewartstown, New Hampshire β Sir John Stuart (the town was incorporated following the Scottish spelling of the name)
- Stewartsville, Missouri β Gov. Robert Marcellus Stewart
- Stewartville, California β William Stewart (local coal mine owner)
- Stickney, South Dakota β J.B. Stickney (railroad official)
- Stilesville, Indiana β Jeremiah Stiles (proprietor)
- Stinson Beach, California β Nathan H. Stinson (landowner)
- Stockton, 3 places in California, Missouri, and New York β Robert F. Stockton
- Stoddard, New Hampshire β Colonel Sampson Stoddard (grantee of territory)
- Stokes Landing, California β James Johnstone Stokes (founder)
- Stonewall, North Carolina β Stonewall Jackson (Confederate general)
- Stoughton, Massachusetts β William Stoughton (first chief justice of Colonial Courts)
- Stoughton, Wisconsin β Luke Stoughton (Englishman from Vermont)
- Stoutsville, Missouri β Robert P. Stout
- Stoystown, Pennsylvania β John Stoy (settler)
- Strafford, New Hampshire and Strafford, Vermont β Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford
- Stratham, New Hampshire β Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford, Baron Howland of Streatham (note spelling)
- Stratton, Vermont β Samuel Stratton (settler)
- Strong, Maine β Caleb Strong (governor of Massachusetts)
- Strong City, Kansas β William Barstow Strong (ATSF president)
- Strother, Missouri β French Strother (professor)
- Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania β Col. Jacob Stroud (settler)
- Struthers, Ohio β Captain John Struthers (founder)
- Stuart, Nebraska β Peter Stuart (settler)
- Sturgeon, Missouri β Isaac Sturgeon (resident of St. Louis)
- Sturgis, Michigan β Judge John Sturgis (settler)
- Stuyvesant, New York β Peter Stuyvesant (colonial governor)
- Suffern, New York β John Suffern (first Rockland County judge)
- Sullivan, Indiana β Daniel Sullivan (soldier)
- Sullivan, Maine β Daniel Sullivan (settler)
- Sullivan, Missouri β General John Sullivan (indirectly, via Sullivan County, Tennessee)
- Sullivan, New Hampshire and Sullivan, New York β General John Sullivan
- Sumner, Maine β Increase Sumner (governor of Massachusetts)
- Sumter, South Carolina β Gen. Thomas Sumter
- Sunderland, Massachusetts β Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland
- Sunol, California β Antonio SuΓ±ol (Californio ranchero)
- Surry, New Hampshire β Charles Howard, Earl of Surrey
- Sutro, Nevada β Adolph Sutro
- Susanville, California β Susan Roop (daughter of Isaac Roop)
- Sutter, California β John A. Sutter (pioneer of the California Gold Rush)
- Sutter Creek, California β John A. Sutter
- Sutter Hill, California β John A. Sutter
- Swainsboro, Georgia β Stephen Swain (state senator)
- Swan's Island, Maine β Colonel James Swan of Fife, Scotland (land purchaser)
- Sweetland, California β Sweetland brothers (early settlers)
- Swepsonville, North Carolina β George William Swepson (capitalist)
- Symmes Township, Hamilton County, Ohio β John Cleves Symmes (judge)
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- Taft, California β William Howard Taft
- Talbott, Tennessee β Col. John Talbott
- Talbotton, Georgia β Gov. Matthew Talbot
- Talmadge, Maine β Benjamin Talmadge (landowner)
- Talmage, California β Junius Talmage (early settler)
- Tamworth, New Hampshire β British Admiral Washington Shirley, Viscount Tamworth
- Tancred, California β Tancred, Prince of Galilee
- Taopi, Minnesota β Taopi (Native American chief)
- Tarkington Prairie, Texas β Burton Tarkington (early settler)
- Tarpey, California β Arthur B. Tarpey
- Tatamy, Pennsylvania β Tatamy (Native American chief)
- Taylor, New York β Zachary Taylor
- Taylor County, 4 places in Florida, Georgia, Iowa, and Kentucky β Zachary Taylor, twelfth President of the United States of America
- Taylor Ridge (Georgia) β Richard Taylor (Cherokee chief)
- Taylorsville, Indiana β Zachary Taylor
- Taylorsville, Kentucky β Richard Taylor (proprietor)
- Taylorsville, North Carolina β John Louis Taylor (judge)
- Taylorville, California β Samuel P. Taylor (paper mill owner)
- Tazewell, Georgia and Tazewell, Virginia β Henry Tazewell (U.S. Senator from Virginia)
- Tecopa, California β Chief Tecopa (Paiute chief)
- Tecumseh, 3 places in Michigan, Nebraska, and Oklahoma β Tecumseh (Native American leader)
- Tekonsha, Michigan β Tekonsha (Native American chief)
- Temple, New Hampshire β John Temple (lieutenant governor to colonial governor John Wentworth)
- Temple, Texas β Bernard Moore Temple (civil engineer)
- Templeton, Massachusetts β Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple
- Terry, Mississippi β Bill Terry (resident)
- Terry, Montana β General Alfred Howe Terry
- Thacher Island (Massachusetts) β Anthony Thacher (sailor shipwrecked there)
- Thayer, Kansas β Nathaniel Thayer
- Thetford, Vermont β Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, 4th Earl of Arlington and 4th Viscount Thetford
- Thibodaux, Louisiana β Gov. Henry S. Thibodaux
- Thomaston, Connecticut β Seth Thomas (clockmaker)
- Thomaston, Georgia β Gen. Jett Thomas
- Thomaston, Maine β General John Thomas of the Continental Army
- Thomasville, Georgia β Gen. Jett Thomas
- Thompson, Connecticut β Sir Robert Thompson (English landholder)
- Thorndike, Maine β Israel Thorndike (landowner)
- Thornton, Colorado β Governor Dan Thornton
- Thornton, Mississippi β Dr. C.C. Thornton (landowner)
- Thornton, New Hampshire β Dr. Matthew Thornton (grantee and signer of the Declaration of Independence)
- Throggs Neck, Bronx, New York β John Throckmorton (patentee)
- Throop, New York β Gov. Enos T. Throop
- Thurman, New York β John Thurman
- Thurston, New York β William R. Thurston (landowner)
- Tiffin, Ohio β Gov. Edward Tiffin
- Tilton, New Hampshire β Nathaniel Tilton (iron foundry owner and hotelier)
- Tinley Park, Illinois β Samuel Tinley, Sr. (railroad station agent)
- Tipton, Indiana β John Tipton (U.S. Senator)
- Titusville, Pennsylvania β Jonathan Titus (landowner)
- Todd Valley, California β Dr. F. Walton Todd (store owner)
- Tomah, Wisconsin β Tomah (Menominee chief)
- Tome, New Mexico β Saint Thomas
- Tompkins, New York β Daniel D. Tompkins (Vice President and governor of New York)
- Tompkinsville, Kentucky and Tompkinsville, Staten Island, New York β Daniel D. Tompkins (Vice President and governor of New York)
- Toms Place, California β Tom Yernby (resort owner)
- Toms River, New Jersey β Capt. William Tom (settler)
- Tormey, California β Patrick Tormey (landowner)
- Torrance, California β Jared Sidney Torrance
- Torrey, New York β Henry Torrey
- Tower City, North Dakota and Tower City, Pennsylvania β Charlemagne Tower
- Towle, California β George and Allen Towle (local lumbermen)
- Townsend, Delaware β Samuel Townsend (landowner)
- Townsend, Massachusetts β Charles Townshend (British cabinet minister) (note spelling)
- Townshend, Vermont β the Townshend family (powerful figures in British politics)
- Towson, Maryland β Ezekial Towson (hotelier)
- Trenton, New Jersey β William Trent (landholder)
- Trexlertown, Pennsylvania β John Trexler
- Troy, North Carolina β Matthew Troy (lawyer)
- Truesdale, Missouri β William Truesdale (landowner)
- Trumbull, Connecticut β Jonathan Trumbull (governor of Connecticut)
- Truxton, New York β Commodore Thomas Truxton (naval officer of the American Revolution)
- Tryon, North Carolina β William Tryon (colonial governor)
- Tuftonboro, New Hampshire β John Tufton Mason (owner of the town)
- Tully, New York β Marcus Tullius Cicero
- Tunbridge, Vermont β William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford, Viscount Tunbridge, Baron Enfield and Colchester
- Tupman, California β H.V. Tupman (landowner)
- Turner, Maine β Reverend Charles Turner (agent, later became minister of the town)
- Turners Falls, Massachusetts β Captain William Turner
- Tuscola, Illinois β Tusco (Native American chief)
- Tustin, California β Columbus Tustin
- Tusten, New York β Col. Benjamin Tusten
- Tuttle, California β R.H. Tuttle (railroad executive)
- Twain Harte, California β Mark Twain and Bret Harte
- Two Strike, South Dakota β Two Strike (Lakota chief)
- Tygart Valley River (West Virginia) β David Tygart (settler)
- Tyler, Texas β John Tyler
- Tyngsborough, Massachusetts β Colonel Jonathan Tyng (landowner)
- Tyringham, Massachusetts β 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
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- Udall, Kansas β Cornelius Udall
- Ulysses, Kansas and Ulysses, Nebraska β Ulysses S. Grant
- Uncasville, Connecticut β Uncas (Native American chief)
- Underhill, Wisconsin β William Underhill (settler from Vermont)
- Urban, California β Eva L. Urban (first postmaster)
- Uvalde, Texas β Juan de Ugalde (Spanish governor of Coahuila) (indirectly, via Uvalde County, Texas)
- Uxbridge, Massachusetts β Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge
V
- Vacaville, California β Juan Manuel Vaca (founder)
- Vade, California β Sieera Nevada "Vade" Phillips (founder's daughter)
- Valdez, Alaska β Antonio ValdΓ©s y BasΓ‘n (Spanish naval officer)
- Valdosta, Georgia β Augustus (indirectly, via Aosta, Italy)
- Vallejo, California β Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo
- Van Buren, New York β Martin van Buren
- Van Lear, Kentucky β Van Lear Black (businessman)
- Van Nuys, California β Isaac Newton Van Nuys (landowner)
- Vanceboro, Maine β William Vance (landowner)
- Vanceboro, North Carolina β Zebulon Baird Vance (governor and U.S. Senator)
- Vancouver, Washington β George Vancouver (explorer)
- Van Etten, New York β James B. Van Etten (state legislator)
- Vassalboro, Maine β Florentins Vassall (patentee)
- Vaugine Township, Arkansas β Major Francis Vaugine (landowner)
- Veazie, Maine β General Samuel Veazie (businessman)
- Vergennes, Vermont β Charles Gravier, Comte de Vergennes
- Verplanck, New York β Philip Verplanck
- Vicksburg, Mississippi β Neivitt Vick (founder)
- Victoria, Texas β General Guadalupe Victoria (first president of Mexico)
- Victorville, California β Jacob Nash Victor
- Vidalia, Louisiana β Don JosΓ© Vidal (colonial governor)
- Vidor, Texas β Charles Shelton Vidor (owner of the Miller-Vidor Lumber Company)
- Vinalhaven, Maine β John Vinal (Boston merchant who helped settlers obtain title to the land)
- Vining, Kansas β E.P. Vining (railroader)
- Vinton, California β Vinton Bowen (daughter of a railroad official)
- Viola, Wisconsin β Viola Buck
- Virgil, New York β Virgil (Roman poet)
- Virgilia, California β Virgilia Bogue (daughter of railroad executive Virgil Bogue)
- Virginia β Elizabeth I of England, the "Virgin Queen"
- Virginia City, Nevada β Elizabeth I of England, the "Virgin Queen" (indirectly, via Virginia)
- Volney, New York β Constantin FranΓ§ois de ChassebΕuf, comte de Volney (philosopher)
- Votaw, Texas β Clark M. Votaw (vice president of the Santa Fe Townsite Company, which laid out the town lots)
- Voorheesville, New York β Theodore Voorhees (railroader)
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- Wabasha, Minnesota β Wabasha (Native American chief)
- Wabaunsee, Kansas β Waubonsie (Native American chief) (note the spelling)
- Wacouta, Minnesota β Wacouta (Native American chief)
- Waddington, California β Alexander Waddington (local merchant)
- Waddington, New York β Joshua Waddington (proprietor)
- Wadesboro, North Carolina β Col. Thomas Wade
- Wadsworth, Ohio β General Elijah Wadsworth
- Wagener, South Carolina - George Wagener (Charleston merchant and railroad company president)
- Waite, Maine β Benjamin Waite (lumberman)
- Waitsfield, Vermont β General Benjamin Wait (founder)
- WaKeeney, Kansas β A.E. Warren and J.F. Keeney (founders)
- Wakefield, Kansas β Rev. Richard Wake (founder)
- Wakefield, Massachusetts β Cyrus Wakefield (wicker furniture manufacturer)
- Wakefield, North Carolina β Margaret Wake Tryon (colonial governor's wife) (indirectly, via Wake County)
- Wake Forest, North Carolina β Margaret Wake Tryon (colonial governor's wife) (indirectly, via Wake County)
- Walden, New York β Jacob T. Walden
- Waldo, Maine β General Samuel Waldo (proprietor)
- Waldo, Wisconsin β O.H. Waldo (railroad company president)
- Waldo Junction, California β William Waldo (early settler)
- Waldoboro, Maine β General Samuel Waldo
- Waldron Island (Washington) β W.T. Waldron (sailor)
- Wales, Massachusetts β James Lawrence Wales (benefactor)
- Walesboro, Indiana β John P. Wales (founder)
- Walker Pass (California) β Joseph R. Walker (explorer)
- Walker River (Nevada) β Joseph R. Walker (explorer)
- Wallace, California β John Wallace (surveyor)
- Wallace, Idaho β Colonel W.R. Wallace (landowner)
- Wallington, New Jersey β Walling van Winkle (landowner)
- Walpole, Massachusetts and Walpole, New Hampshire β Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford
- Walsenburg, Colorado β Fred Walsen (store owner)
- Walthall, Mississippi β Gen. Edward C. Walthall
- Walton (town), New York β William Walton (landowner)
- Walworth, New York β Reuben H. Walworth (politician)
- Ward, Indiana β Thomas B. Ward (U.S. representative)
- Wardner, Idaho β James Wardner (promoter of a local mine)
- Wardsboro, Vermont β William Ward (grantee)
- Wards Island (New York) β Jasper and Bartholomew Ward (landowners)
- Waresboro, Georgia β Nicholas Ware (U.S. Senator)
- Warner, New Hampshire β Jonathan Warner (leading Portsmouth citizen)
- Warnerville, New York β Capt. George Warner (settler)
- Warren, 6 places in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, and Vermont β Major General Joseph Warren
- Warren, New Hampshire and Warren, Rhode Island β Admiral Sir Peter Warren (British naval hero)
- Warren, Ohio β Moses Warren (surveyor)
- Warrenton, North Carolina β Major General Joseph Warren
- Warrenville, Illinois β Julius Warren (settler)
- Warwick, Rhode Island β Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick
- Washburn, Maine β Governor Israel Washburn Jr.
- Washington (state) and Washington, D.C. β 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 β George Washington
- Washington Court House, Ohio β George Washington
- Washington Crossing, New Jersey and Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania β George Washington
- Washington Terrace, Utah β George Washington
- Washingtonville, New York and Washingtonville, Pennsylvania β George Washington
- Waterboro, Maine β Colonel Joshua Waters (proprietor)
- Wathena, Kansas β Wathena (Native American chief)
- Watkins Glen, New York β Dr. Samuel Watkins (founder)
- Watkinsville, Georgia β Col. Robert Watkins (state legislator)
- Watrous, New Mexico β Samuel B. Watrous (settler)
- Watson, New York β James Watson (proprietor)
- Watson, West Virginia β Joseph Watson (landowner)
- Wattsburg, Pennsylvania β David Watts (settler)
- Wauponsee, Illinois β Waubonsie (Native American chief) (note the spelling)
- Wauseon, Ohio β Wauseon (Native American chief)
- Wayland, Massachusetts and Wayland, New York β Dr. Francis Wayland (president of Brown University)
- Waymansville, Indiana β Charles L. Wayman (founder)
- Wayne, Maine β Revolutionary War General Anthony Wayne
- Waynesboro, 3 places in Georgia, Mississippi, and Pennsylvania β Revolutionary War General Anthony Wayne
- Waynesburg, Pennsylvania and Waynesburg, Ohio β Revolutionary War General Anthony Wayne
- Waynesfield, Ohio β Revolutionary War General Anthony Wayne
- Waynesville, North Carolina and Waynesville, Ohio β Revolutionary War General Anthony Wayne
- Weare, New Hampshire β Meshech Weare (the town's first clerk)
- Weatherford, Texas β Jefferson Weatherford (settler)
- Webster, Massachusetts and Webster, New Hampshire β Daniel Webster
- Webster Groves, Missouri β Daniel Webster
- Weedsport, New York β Elisha and Edward Weed (settlers)
- Weedville, Arizona β Ora Rush Weed (founder)
- Weimar, California β a local Maidu chief
- Weir, Kansas β T.M. Weir (founder)
- Weissport, Pennsylvania β Col. Jacob Weiss (settler)
- Welch, West Virginia β Capt. J.A. Welch
- Welcome, Minnesota β Alfred M. Welcome (homesteader)
- Weld, Maine β Benjamin Weld (proprietor)
- Weldon, California β William B. Weldon (rancher)
- Wellington, Colorado β C. L. Wellington (employee of the Colorado and Southern Railway)
- Wellington, Kansas and Wellington, Maine β Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
- Wells, Minnesota β the wife of Clark W. Thompson
- Wells, New York β Joshua Wells (settler)
- Wellsboro, Pennsylvania β Henry Wells Morris (resident)
- Wellsburg, West Virginia β Alexander Wells
- Wellsville, Kansas β D.L. Wells (railroad contractor)
- Wellsville, Ohio β William Wells (founder)
- Wendell, Massachusetts β Judge Oliver Wendell of Boston
- Wentworth, New Hampshire β Governor Benning Wentworth
- Wesley, Maine and Wesley Township, Washington County, Ohio β John Wesley (founder of the English Methodist movement)
- Wesson, Mississippi β Col. J.M. Wesson (founder)
- West Gardiner, Maine β Dr. Sylvester Gardiner (Boston physician) (indirectly, via Gardiner, Maine)
- West Lafayette, Indiana and West Lafayette, Ohio β Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette
- West Richland, Washington β Nelson Rich (state legislator and land developer) (indirectly, via Richland, Washington)
- West Virginia β Virgin Queen
- West Warwick, Rhode Island β Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick (indirectly, via Warwick, Rhode Island)
- Westbrook, Maine β Colonel Thomas Westbrook (early settler)
- Westby, Wisconsin β O.T. Westby (settler)
- Westerlo, New York β Rev. Eilardus Westerlo
- Westmoreland, New Hampshire β John Fane, 7th Earl of Westmorland
- Westport, Oregon β John West
- Westville, California β George C. West (first postmaster)
- Westville, Mississippi β Col. Cato West
- Westville, Missouri β Dr. William S. West (postmaster)
- Wetmore, Kansas β W.T. Wetmore (railroader)
- Weyers Cave, Virginia β Bernard Weyer
- Wharton, New Jersey β Joseph Wharton (co-founder of Bethlehem Steel)
- Wharton, Texas β William H. Wharton and John A. Wharton (politicians)
- Whately, Massachusetts β Thomas Whately (Member of Parliament)
- Wheeler, New York β Capt. Silas Wheeler (settler)
- Wheelock, Vermont β Eleazar Wheelock (founder of Dartmouth College)
- Whipple Mountains (California) β Amiel Weeks Whipple (military engineer)
- White, South Dakota β W.H. White (settler)
- White Cloud Township, Mills County, Iowa and White Cloud, Kansas β Ma-Hush-Kah (Native American chief)
- Whitefield, Maine and Whitefield, New Hampshire β George Whitefield (English evangelist)
- White Haven, Pennsylvania β Josiah White
- Whitesboro, New York β Judge Hugh White (settler)
- Whitestown, New York β Judge Hugh White (settler)
- Whiteville, North Carolina β James B. White (state legislator)
- Whiting, Iowa β Charles Whiting (judge)
- Whiting, Maine β Timothy Whiting (settler)
- Whiting, Vermont β John Whiting (landholder)
- Whitingham, Vermont β Nathan Whiting (landholder)
- Whitinsville, Massachusetts β Paul C. Whitin (cotton mill owner)
- Whitman, Massachusetts β Augustus Whitman (landowner)
- Whitman, Washington β Dr. Marcus Whitman (missionary)
- Whitney, California β Joel Parker Whitney (rancher)
- Whitney Point, New York β Thomas Whitney (postmaster)
- Whitneyville, Connecticut β Eli Whitney (founder)
- Whitneyville, Maine β Colonel Joseph Whitney (mill owner)
- Whittier, Alaska β John Greenleaf Whittier (Poet)
- Whittier, California β John Greenleaf Whittier (Poet)
- Wibaux, Montana β Pierre Wibaux (cattle rancher)
- Wickenburg, Arizona β Henry Wickenburg (discoverer of the Vulture Mine)
- Wiggins, Colorado β Oliver P. Wiggins (frontiersman)
- Wilber, Nebraska β C.D. Wilber (founder)
- Wilcox, Pennsylvania β A.I. Wilcox
- Wilcox Township, Michigan β S.N. Wilcox
- Wildomar, California β Wil β William Collier, Do β Donald Graham, Mar β Margaret Collier (city founders)
- Wilkes County, Georgia and Wilkes County, North Carolina β John Wilkes
- Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania β John Wilkes and Isaac BarrΓ©
- Wilkesboro, North Carolina β John Wilkes
- Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania β William Wilkins (Secretary of War)
- Willet, New York β Colonel Marinus Willet
- Williams, California β W.H. Williams (planner of the townsite)
- Williams Bay, Wisconsin β Captain Israel Williams (settler who fought in the War of 1812)
- Williamsburg, Ohio β Gen. William Haines Lytle (founder)
- Williamsburg, Virginia β William III of England
- Williamsport, Indiana β Gov. James D. Williams
- Williamsport, Pennsylvania β William Hepburn (judge)
- Williams River (Vermont) β Rev. John Williams
- Williamson, New York β Charles Williamson (land agent)
- Williamson River (Oregon) β Lt. Robert S. Williamson (explorer)
- Williamston, South Carolina β Col. James Williams
- Williamstown, Kentucky β William Arnold (settler)
- Williamstown, Massachusetts β Ephraim Williams
- Williamstown, Vermont β Ephraim Williams (indirectly, via Williamston, Mass.)
- Williamsville, Missouri β Asa E. Williams (founder)
- Williamsville, New York β Jonas Williams (settler)
- Willis, Kansas β Martin Cleveland Willis (settler)
- Williston, North Dakota β Associate Justice Lorenzo P. Williston
- Williston, Vermont β Samuel Willis (landholder)
- Willits, California β Hiram Willits (landowner, early settler)
- Willoughby, Ohio β Dr. Westel Willoughby, Jr. (U.S. Representative from New York)
- Willoughby Hills, Ohio β Dr. Westel Willoughby, Jr.
- Wilmette, Illinois β Antoine Ouilmette (French-Canadian fur trader)
- Wilmington, 4 places in Delaware, Massachusetts, North Carolina, and Vermont β Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington
- Wilmot, New Hampshire β Dr. James Wilmot (English clergyman)
- Wilseyville, California β Lawrence A. Wilsey (corporate executive)
- Wilson, Kansas β Hiero T. Wilson (merchant from Fort Scott)
- Wilson (town), New York β Reuben Wilson (settler)
- Wilson and Wilson County, North Carolina β Colonel Louis D. Wilson (state senator)
- Wilton, New Hampshire β Sir Joseph Wilton (English sculptor)
- Winchester, Massachusetts β Colonel William P. Winchester
- Winchester, New Hampshire β Charles Paulet, 3rd Duke of Bolton, 8th Marquess of Winchester, and constable of the Tower of London
- Windham, New Hampshire β Sir Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont (note spelling)
- Windom, Kansas and Windom, Minnesota β Senator William Windom
- Windsor, Colorado β Rev. Samuel Asa Windsor
- Winfield, Kansas β Chaplain Winfield Scott
- Winfield (town), New York β Gen. Winfield Scott
- Winn, Maine β John M. Winn (landholder)
- Winnie, Texas β Fox Winnie (railroad contractor)
- Winnsboro, South Carolina β Gen. Richard Winn (founder)
- Winslow, Maine β General John Winslow
- Winston-Salem, North Carolina β Joseph Winston
- Winters, California β Theodore W. Winters (landowner)
- Winthrop, Maine β John Winthrop (first Governor of Massachusetts)
- Winthrop, Massachusetts β Deane Winthrop (son of John Winthrop, the first Governor of Massachusetts)
- Wofford Heights, California β I.L. Wofford (founder)
- Wolcott, Connecticut β Frederick Wolcott
- Wolcott, New York and Wolcott, Vermont β General Oliver Wolcott (a signer of the Declaration of Independence)
- Wolfeboro, New Hampshire β English General James Wolfe
- Womelsdorf, Pennsylvania β Joseph Wommelsdorf (founder) (note the spelling)
- Woodbury, Vermont β Col. Ebenezer Wood (grantee)
- Woodfords, California β Daniel Woodford (early settler)
- Woodhull, New York β Gen. Nathaniel Woodhull
- Woodleaf, California β James Wood (property owner)
- Woodsfield, Ohio β Archibald Woods (resident of Wheeling, West Virginia)
- Woodsonville, Kentucky β Thomas Woodson (senator)
- Woodville, Texas β George Tyler Wood (governor of Texas)
- Woody, California β Dr. Sparrell Walter Woody (local rancher)
- Wooster, Ohio β Gen. David Wooster
- Worth, New York β Gen. William J. Worth
- Worthington, Massachusetts β Col. John Worthington (proprietor)
- Worthington, Minnesota β the maiden name of the wife of A.P. Miller (founder)
- Wray, Colorado β John Wray (foreman)
- Wright, New York β Silas Wright (politician)
- Wright City, Missouri β Dr. H.C. Wright (settler)
- Wrightsboro, Georgia β Augustus R. Wright (judge)
- Wrightstown, Wisconsin β H.S. Wright (ferry owner)
- Wrightsville, Pennsylvania β Samuel Wright (settler)
- Wurtsboro, New York β Maurice and William Wurts (builders of the Delaware and Hudson Canal)
- Wyandanch, New York β Wyandanch (sachem of the Montaukett Native American tribe in the mid 17th century)
- Wytheville, Virginia β George Wythe (a signer of the Declaration of Independence)
Y
- Yankee Jims, California β a criminal with that nickname
- Yale, Michigan β Elihu Yale (indirectly, via Yale University)
- Yaquina Bay (Oregon) β Yaquina (Native American chief)
- Yates Center, Kansas β Abner Yates (landowner)
- Ybor City, Tampa, Florida β Vicente Martinez Ybor
- Yellville, Arkansas β Governor Archibald Yell
- Yonkers, New York β Adriaen van der Donck (landowner who known locally as the Jonkheer)
- Yorba Linda, California β Bernardo Yorba (built Yorba Hacienda near here)
- York, Maine β James II of England (known as the Duke of York before ascending the throne)
- York Center, Illinois - Samuel York
- Yorkville, California β R.H. York (Founder)
- Yorkville, Wisconsin - Samuel York
- Youngs, California β Morgan W. Youngs (first postmaster)
- Youngs Bay (Washington) β Sir Charles Young (naval officer)
- Youngstown, New York β John Young (merchant)
- Youngstown, Ohio β John Young (Founder)
- Ypsilanti, Michigan β Demetrius Ypsilanti (hero in the Greek War of Independence)
Z
- Zanesfield, Ohio β Isaac Zane (younger brother of Ebenezer Zane)
- Zanesville, Ohio β Ebenezer Zane (founder)
- Zapata, Texas β Colonel Jose Antonio de Zapata
- Zavalla, Texas β Lorenzo de Zavala (note spelling)
- Zebulon, Georgia β Zebulon Pike
- Zenda, Wisconsin - Anthony Hope , author of The Prisoner Of Zenda
- Zillah, Washington β Miss Zillah Oakes (daughter of Thomas Fletcher Oakes, president of the Northern Pacific Railway)
- Zionsville, Indiana β William Zion (pioneer)
- Zwingle, Iowa β Huldrych Zwingli (Protestant reformer)
Former names
- Adams was the name of Corte Madera, California β Jerry Adams (first postmaster)
- Adele was the name of Fields Landing, California β Adele Haughwout (first European child born there)
- Alexander's Corner was the name of Weedpatch, California β Cal Alexander (early resident)
- Allen's Camp was the name of Caliente, California β Gabriel Allen (early settler)
- Arp's' was the name of Riverview, Kern County, California β James H. Arp (real estate developer)
- Barker House was the name of Woodleaf, California β Charles Barker (early settler)
- Barrons Landing was the name of Eden Landing, California β Richard Barron (landowner)
- Barrow was the name of UtqiaΔ‘vik, Alaska β Sir John Barrow
- Beal's Landing was the name of Westport, California β Samuel Beal (early settler)
- Bells Harbor was the name of Little River, California β Lloyd and Samuel Bell (early settlers)
- Benton Mills was the name of Ridleys Ferry, California β Senator Thomas Hart Benton
- Biddle's Camp and Biddleville were names of Bear Valley, Mariposa County, California β William C. Biddle (early settler)
- Black's was the name of Zamora, California β J.J. Black (early settler)
- Boust City was the name of Taft Heights, California β E.J. Boust (oilman, town founder)
- Bowman's Point was the name of West End, Alameda, California β Charles C. Bowman (early settler)
- Brannan Springs was the name of Woodfords, California β Samuel Brannan (Gold Rush figure)
- Brown's was the name of North Fork, California β Milton Brown (early settler)
- Brown's Mill was the name of Stafford, Humboldt County, California β Percy Brown (lumber mill owner)
- Brownsville was the name of Samoa, California β James D.H. Brown (dairy farmer)
- Brownsville was the name of Tecopa, California β William D. and Robert D. Brown (founders)
- Buckingham was the name of Unity, New Hampshire β John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire
- Bucktooth was the name of Salamanca (town), New York β Bucktooth (notable Native American who lived in the area)
- Bulwinkle was the name of Crannell, California β Conrad Bullwinkle (landowner)
- Burns' Camp and Burns' Ranch were names of Quartzburg, Mariposa County, California β Robert and John Burns (founders)
- Burrville was the name of Clinton, Tennessee β Aaron Burr
- Cabarker was the name of El Centro, California β C.A. Barker (landowner's friend)
- Cantu was the name of Andrade, California β Col. Esteban Cantu (Mexican regional governor)
- Cardigan was the name of Orange, New Hampshire β George Brudenell, fourth Earl of Cardigan
- Carson's Creek was the name of Angels Camp, California β Kit Carson
- Charley's Flat was the name of Dutch Flat, California β Charles Dornbach (founder)
- Clark's Station and Clark's Ranch were names of Wawona, California β Galen Clark (founder)
- Clifton was the name of Del Rey, California β Clift Wilkinson (town founder)
- Cochran's Crossing was the name of Yolo, California β Thomas Cochran (early settler)
- Cockermouth was the name of Groton, New Hampshire β Charles Wyndham, Baron Cockermouth and Earl of Egremont
- Collis was the name of Kerman, California β Collis Potter Huntington
- Converse Ferry was the name of Friant, California β Charles Converse (ferryman)
- Cowan Station was the name of Dunmovin, California β James Cowan (homesteader)
- Crabtown was the name of Helena, Montana β John Crab (early gold prospector)
- Crumville was the name of Ridgecrest, California β James and Robert Crum (local dairymen)
- Dewey and Deweyville were names of Wasco, California β Adm. George Dewey
- Dorris Bridge was the name of Alturas, California β Pressley and James Dorris (early settlers)
- Dow's Prairie was the name of McKinleyville, California β Joe Dow (founder)
- Drapersville was the name of Kingsburg, California β Josiah Draper (founder)
- Dupplin was the name of Lempster, New Hampshire β Scottish lord Thomas Hay, Viscount Dupplin
- Durkee's Ferry was the name of Weitchpec, California β Clark W. Durkee (ferry operator)
- Dutch Charlie's Flat was the name of Dutch Flat, California β Charles Dornbach (founder)
- Dykesboro was the name of Cochran, Georgia β B. B. Dykes (settler)
- Eastland was the name of Mill Valley, California β 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 β Robert Field (early settler)
- Etter was the name of Ettersburg, California β Albert F. Etter (homesteader)
- Fassking's Station was the name of Encinal, Alameda, California β Frederick Louis Fassking (pioneer)
- Fletcher was the name of Aurora, Colorado β Donald Fletcher (businessman)
- Foremans was the name of Fourth Crossing, California β David Foreman (town founder)
- Franklin Township was the name of Nutley, New Jersey β 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 β John Campbell, Duke of Greenwich
- Grenville was the name of Newport, New Hampshire β George Grenville (Prime Minister of the United Kingdom)
- Hamilton's was the name of Buck Meadows, California β Alva Hamilton (founder)
- Hamptonville was the name of Friant, California β William R. Hampton (first postmaster)
- Hans Lof's was the name of Toms Place, California β Hans Lof (resort owner)
- Hansen was the name of Alton, California β Mads P. Hansen (first postmaster)
- Harrisberry was the name of Harrisburg, Inyo County, California β Shorty Harris and Pete Auguerreberry (gold discoverers)
- Harrisburgh was the name of Warm Springs, Fremont, California β Abram Harris (early settler)
- Haydenville was the name of Bear Valley, Mariposa County, California β David, Charles, and William Hayden (gold miners)
- Hearst was the name of Hacienda, California β Phoebe Hearst
- Hopkins and Hopkins Springs was the name of Soda Springs, Nevada County, California β Mark Hopkins (railroad baron who built a resort there)
- Hunter Flat and Hunters Camp were names of Whitney Portal, California β William L. Hunter (pioneer)
- Hupp and Hupps Mill were names of DeSabla, California β John Hupp (early sawmill owner)
- Hutton's Ranch was the name of Yolo, California β James A. Hutton (early hotel owner)
- Jacksonville was the name of Floyd, Virginia β President Andrew Jackson
- Jewetta' was the name of Saco, California β Solomon and Philo D. Jewett (pioneers)
- Joe was the name of Ismay, Montana β Joe Montana, (American Football player)
- Johnson's Diggings was the name of Birchville, California β David Johnson (first prospector at the site)
- Johnsonville was the name of Bear Valley, Mariposa County, California β John F. Johnson (early settler)
- Jones Ferry was the name of Friant, California β J.R. Jones (early merchant)
- Kellyvale was the name of Lowell, Vermont β John Kelley (grantee)
- Kendall's City was the name of Boonville, California β Alonzo Kendall (early hotelier)
- Kents Landing was the name of Little River, California β W.H. Kent (early settler, landowner)
- Kenyon was the name of Pineridge, California β Silas W. Kenyon (first postmaster)
- Kunze was the name of Greenwater, California β Arthur Kunze (founder)
- Langville was the name of Capay, California β John Arnold Lang (early settler)
- Laphams was the name of Stateline, California β William W. Lapham (hotel owner)
- Levittown and Levittown Township were names of Willingboro Township, New Jersey (from 1958 to 1963) β William Levitt
- Lewisville was the name of Greenwood, El Dorado County, California β Lewis B. Meyer (early settler)
- Lisbon was the name of Applegate, California β Lisbon Applegate (early settler)
- Maltermoro was the name of Sunnyside, Fresno County, California β George H. Malter (postmaster)
- Marthasville was the name of Atlanta, Georgia β Martha Lumpkin (daughter of Governor Wilson Lumpkin)
- Marsh was the name of Avon, Contra Costa County, California β John Marsh
- Marshall was the name of Lotus, California β James W. Marshall
- Marshs Landing was the name of Antioch, California β John Marsh
- Maxwell's Creek was the name of Coulterville, California β George Maxwell (early settler)
- McKinney was the name of Chambers Lodge, California β John McKinney (early settler)
- Meiggstown was the name of Mendocino, California β Henry Meiggs
- Michaels was the name of Coarsegold, California β Charles Michaels (merchant)
- Mingusville was the name of Wibaux, Montana β Minnie and Gus Grisy (postmasters)
- Minorsville was the name of McKinleyville, California β Isaac Minor (founder)
- Moores was the name of Riverton, California β John M. Moore (operator of a local toll road)
- Moores Station was the name of Honcut, California β John C. Moore (first postmaster)
- Norris was the name of Lake Delton, Wisconsin β Edward Norris (surveyor)
- Old Lovelock was the name of Coutolenc, California β George Lovelock (early merchant)
- Partridgefield was the name of Hinsdale, Massachusetts β Oliver Partridge (one of the purchasers of the town)
- Peacock's was the name of Warm Springs, Fremont, California β George W. Peacock (first postmaster)
- Peterman's Landing was the name of Eden Landing, California β Henry Louis and Mary F. Peterman (salt company officials)
- Phillipsburg was the name of Hollis, Maine β Major William Phillips (proprietor)
- Phipps-Canada was the name of Jay, Maine β Captain Joseph Phipps
- Pollasky was the name of Friant, California β Marcus Pollasky (railroad official)
- Portersville was the name of Valparaiso, Indiana β Commodore David Porter
- Powellville was the name of Blocksburg, California β 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 β Colonel William Prescott
- Putnam's was the name of Independence, California β Charles Putnam (early merchant)
- Ralston City was the name of Shakespeare, New Mexico β William Chapman Ralston
- Ralston Point was the name of Arvada, Colorado β Lewis Ralston (prospector from Georgia)
- Randall was the name of White Hall, California β Albert B. Randall (first postmaster)
- Rolph was the name of Fairhaven, California β James Rolph (governor of California)
- Rooptown was the name of Susanville, California β Isaac Roop (settler)
- Ross Landing was the name of Kentfield, California β James Ross (founder)
- Ross's Camp was the name of Melbourne Camp, California β William Ross (operator)
- Rust was the name of El Cerrito, Contra Costa County, California β William R. Rust (first postmaster)
- Ryan was the name of Lila C, California β John Ryan (borax company official)
- Scodie was the name of Onyx, California β William Scodie (early merchant)
- Sherburne was the name of Killington, Vermont β Colonel Benjamin Sherburne (landholder)
- Simpsonville was the name of Bear Valley, Mariposa County, California β Robert Simpson (local merchant)
- Smith's Landing was the name of Antioch, California β William and Joseph Smith (early settlers)
- Smithville was the name of Loomis, California β L.G. Smith (store owner)
- Sotoville was the name of Santa Rita, Monterey County, California β Jose Manuel Soto (landowner, founder)
- Spoonville was the name of Edgemont, Lassen County, California β Lorella A. Spoon
- Stantonville was the name of Chilton, Wisconsin β Moses and Catherine Stanton (early residents)
- Stratton was the name of Stratford, California β William Stratton (developer)
- Stubbs was the name of Clearlake Oaks, California β Charles Stubbs (landowner)
- Surrattsville was the name of Clinton, Maryland β Surratt family (18th century settlers)
- Swauger was the name of Loleta, California β Samuel A. Swauger (landowner)
- Taylors Landing was the name of Bijou, California β Almon M. Taylor (founder)
- Tinkers Station was the name of Soda Springs, Nevada County, California β J.A. Tinker (local freight hauler)
- Townsend was the name of Boothbay, Maine and Southport, Maine β Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend (note spelling)
- Trecothick was the name of Ellsworth, New Hampshire β 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 β Peter Turner (early restaurateur)
- Vaughn was the name of Bodfish, California β Edward Vaughn (first postmaster)
- Villa de San Agustin de Laredo was the name of Laredo, Texas β Saint Augustine
- Warnersville was the name of Trinidad, California β R.V. Warner (early settler)
- Washington was the name of South River, New Jersey β George Washington
- Washington Township was the name of Robbinsville Township, New Jersey β George Washington
- Wells was the name of Keene, California β Madison P. Wells (early rancher)
- Wendell was the name of Sunapee, New Hampshire β John Wendell (proprietor)
- Weringdale was the name of Woody, California β Joseph Weringer (town planner)
- Wheelersborough was the name of Hampden, Maine β Benjamin Wheeler (settler)
- Whitley's Ford was the name of Lookout, California β James W. Whitley (early hotelier)
- Williamsburg was the name of Old Town, Kern County, California β James E. Williams (businessman)
- Woods Dry Diggings was the name of Auburn, California β John S. Wood
- Yanks was the name of Meyers, California β Ephraim "Yank" Clement (early landowner)
See also
- List of places named after people
- Buildings and structures 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
- Fulmore (1915, pp. 10β12) identifies any of these three as the city's namesake. Gannett (1902, p. 117) identifies only Jose de Galvez.
- There is also a town in North Carolina called Hertford. Gannett (1902, p. 135) identifies the Marquess as this town's namesake as well, while Powell & Hill (2010, p. 238) identify the namesake of the town as the town in England.
- May also have been named for Henry Jackson, a merchant from St. Paul. See Upham (1920, p. 260).
- Possibly also Elias Kent Kane, for whom Kane County was named. (Kaneville is in Kane County).
- While Gannett names Thomas Pelham-Holles as the town's namesake, the New Hampshire state government identifies Henry Pelham as the town's namesake.
- Gannett (1902, p. 262) identifies F.W. Wagener, a relative of George Wagener, as the town's namesake.
- Gannett (1902, p. 275) claims the town in New Hampshire is named for a town in England.
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