ENGLISH PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES

A large number of places in the U.S were named after places in England as a result of English settlers and explorers. Some names were carried over directly and are found throughout the country (such as Manchester), others carry the New- prefix, i.e. New York is named after the James Duke of York, brother of King Charles II, who became the proprietor of the colony and so it was that the state and the city become called New York. There are also many US towns and cities called Rochester which are named for Rochester, Kent.

Contents

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Connecticut

Colorado

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minneapolis

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

Miscellaneous

See also

Alabama

★ Birmingham

★ Camden

★ Chelsea

★ Hartford

★ Leeds

★ Lincoln

★ Oxford

★ Sheffield

★ York

Alaska

★ Bristol Bay

Arizona

★ London

Arkansas

★ Bradford

★ Camden

★ Carlisle

★ Charleston

★ Chester

★ England

★ Everton

★ Hempstead

★ Lincoln

★ London

California

★ Acton

★ Bakersfield

★ Berkeley

★ Bradbury

★ Brentwood

★ Chester

★ Claremont

★ Colton

★ Elmhurst, Oakland

★ Elmhurst, Sacramento

★ Essex

★ Hillsborough

★ Inglewood

★ Kensington

★ Lancaster

★ Lincoln

★ London

★ Manchester

★ Plymouth

★ Westminster

Connecticut

★ Birmingham

★ Bolton

★ Bristol

★ Colebrook

★ Chester

★ Enfield

★ Essex

★ Glastonbury

★ Greenwich

★ Hartford

★ Kent

★ Manchester

★ Plymouth

★ Stafford

Colorado

★ Denver

★ Wellington

Delaware

★ Camden

★ Dover

★ Elmhurst

★ Kent

★ Lincoln

★ Sussex County

Florida

★ Bradford County

★ Bristol

★ Hillsborough

★ Wellington

Georgia

★ Bainbridge

★ Birmingham

★ Boston

★ Camden

★ Chester, Georgia

★ Cumberland

★ Manchester

Illinois

★ Bradford

★ Bristol

★ Chester

★ Elmhurst

★ Essex

★ Kensington

★ Kent

★ Lincoln

★ Manchester

★ Plymouth

★ Alabama

★ Wellington, Illinois

Indiana

★ Bainbridge

★ Bristol

★ Boston

★ Camden

★ Cumberland

★ Elmhurst

★ Kent

★ London

★ Plymouth

★ Stockwell

Iowa

★ Birmingham

★ Bradford

★ Chester

★ Cumberland, Iowa

★ Essex

★ Kent

★ Lincoln

★ Manchester

★ Sheffield

Kansas

★ Elmhurst

★ Manchester

★ Stafford

★ Wellington

Kentucky

★ Boston, Louisville

★ Boston, Nelson County

★ Bromley

★ Cumberland, Kentucky

★ Kenton County

★ London

★ Manchester

★ Wellington

Maine

★ Bradford

★ Bristol

★ Camden

★ Chelsea

★ Chester

★ Cumberland

★ Leeds

★ Lincoln

★ Manchester

★ Waltham

★ Wellington

Maryland

★ Bainbridge

★ Bristol

★ Chester, Maryland

★ Cumberland

★ Essex

★ Hillsborough

★ Kensington

★ Kent

★ Nottingham

Massachusetts

★ Bolton

★ Boston

★ Bradford

★ Bristol

★ Chelsea

★ Chester

★ Essex County

★ Essex

★ Islington

★ Leeds

★ Leicester

★ Lincoln

★ Manchester

★ Northampton

★ Plymouth

★ Sheffield

★ Southampton

★ Suffolk County

★ Sunderland

★ Waltham

★ Worcester

Michigan

★ Birmingham

★ Camden

★ Chelsea

★ Elmhurst

★ Elmhurst, Detroit

★ Kensington

★ Kent (county)

★ Kent City

★ Lincoln

★ Manchester

★ Plymouth

Minneapolis

★ Camden

Minnesota

★ Bristol Township

★ Kensington

★ Kent

★ London

★ Manchester

★ Plymouth

★ Waltham

★ Waltham Township

Mississippi

★ Plymouth

★ Suffolk

Missouri

★ Birmingham

★ Everton

★ Essex

★ Lincoln

★ London

★ Manchester

★ Wellington

Montana

★ Chester

★ Lincoln

★ Suffolk

Nebraska

★ Chester

★ Lincoln

Nevada

★ Wellington

New Hampshire

★ New Hampshire

★ Bath

★ Bedford

★ Bradford

★ Brentwood

★ Bristol

★ Canterbury

★ Chatham

★ Chesham

★ Chester

★ Chesterfield

★ Chichester

★ Concord

★ Croydon

★ Dorchester

★ Dover

★ Durham

★ Enfield

★ Epping

★ Epsom

★ Exeter

★ Groton

★ Hampstead

★ Hampton

★ Haverhill

★ Holderness

★ Kensington

★ Lancaster

★ Lincoln

★ Litchfield

★ Lyme

★ Lyndeborough

★ Manchester

★ Marlborough

★ Marlow

★ Meriden

★ New Boston

★ New Durham

★ New Hampton

★ New Ipswich

★ New London

★ Newbury

★ Newington

★ Newmarket

★ Northumberland

★ Nottingham

★ Orford

★ Plaistow

★ Plymouth

★ Portsmouth

★ Richmond

★ Rye

★ Salisbury

★ Sandown

★ Sandwich

★ Stratford

★ Stratham (from Streatham)

★ Surry (from Surrey)

★ Sutton

★ Tamworth

★ Wakefield

★ Westmoreland

★ Wilton

★ Winchester

★ Windsor

★ Woodstock

New Jersey

★ Birmingham

★ Bloomsbury

★ Camden

★ Camden County

★ Chester

★ Cumberland County

★ Essex County

★ Manchester

★ Middlesex

★ Ridgewood

★ Southampton

★ Sussex

★ Sussex County

New Mexico

★ Lincoln

New York

★ Allerton

★ Bainbridge (town)

★ Bainbridge (village)

★ Belfast Strictly speaking N. Ireland, part of the UK]

★ Bradford

★ Bristol

★ Camden (town)

★ Camden (village)

★ Chester (town)

★ Chester (village)

★ Chichester

★ Chester, Warren County

★ Colton

★ Chelsea

★ Cumberland County

★ Elmhurst, Chautauqua County

★ Elmhurst, Queens

★ Fordham

★ Greenwich (town)

★ Greenwich (village)

★ Greenwich Village

★ Kensington

★ Kensington, Brooklyn

★ Kent

★ Kingsbridge

★ Leeds

★ Leicester (town)

★ Leicester (village)

★ Lincoln

★ Liverpool

★ Manchester

★ Middlesex

★ New York (State)

★ New York City

★ New York County

★ Northumberland

★ Plymouth

★ Ridgewood

★ Rochester, Monroe County]]

★ Rochdale

★ Southampton

★ Stafford

★ Suffolk County

★ Walworth

★ Whitestone

North Carolina

★ Camden County

★ Cumberland County

★ Hillsborough

★ Leicester

★ Middlesex

★ Plymouth

North Dakota

★ Leeds

★ Lincoln

★ New England

★ Surrey

Ohio

★ Bainbridge, Geauga County

★ Bainbridge, Ross County

★ Bexley

★ Birmingham

★ Bradford

★ Chester

★ Cumberland

★ Kensington

★ Kent

★ Kenton

★ London, Madison County

★ London, Richland County

★ Manchester

★ Nottingham Township

★ Plymouth

★ Sheffield

★ Wellington

Oklahoma

★ Chelsea

★ Manchester

Oregon

★ Colton

★ Kent

★ Kenton

Pennsylvania

★ Birmingham, Chester County

★ Birmingham, Huntingdon County

★ Bradford

★ Bradford County

★ Bristol

★ Bristol Township

★ Chester

★ Croydon

★ Cumberland County

★ Devon

★ Elmhurst

★ Kensington

★ Lincoln

★ Liverpool

★ London

★ Manchester

★ Mayfair

★ Northumberland

★ Northumberland County

★ Nottingham Township

★ Plymouth

★ Sheffield

★ Southampton

★ Southwark

Rhode Island

★ Bradford

★ Bristol

★ Bristol County

★ Cumberland

★ Elmhurst

★ Kent

★ Lincoln

South Carolina

★ Camden

★ Chester

★ Lancaster

South Dakota

★ Bristol

★ Colton

★ Manchester

Tennessee

★ Bradford

★ Bristol

★ Camden

★ Kenton

★ London

★ Manchester

Texas

★ Bristol

★ Chester

★ Kent

★ Liverpool

★ London

★ Manchester

★ Southampton, Houston

★ Stafford

★ Wellington

Utah

★ Croydon

★ Leeds

★ Wellington

Vermont

★ Bradford

★ Bristol

★ Chelsea, Vermont

★ Chester

★ Essex

★ Essex County

★ Leicester

★ Lincoln

★ Manchester

★ Middlesex

★ Plymouth

★ Sheffield

★ Waltham

Virginia

★ Bristol

★ Chester

★ Cumberland County

★ Elmhurst

★ Essex County, Virginia

★ Lincoln

★ Manchester

★ New Kent

★ Northumberland County

★ Richmond

★ Shadwell

★ Southampton

★ Stafford

★ Stafford County

★ Suffolk

★ Sussex County

Washington

★ Bainbridge Island

★ Colton

★ Manchester

★ Wellington

West Virginia

★ Chester

★ Elmhurst

★ London

Wisconsin

★ Bradford

★ Bristol, Dane County

★ Bristol, Kenosha County

★ Chester

★ Cumberland

★ Elmhurst

★ Leeds

★ Lincoln (12 places)

★ Manchester, Green Lake County

★ Manchester, Jackson County

★ New Chester

★ Plymouth

★ Plymouth, Juneau County

★ Plymouth, Rock County

★ Plymouth, Sheboygan County

★ Sussex

★ Walworth County

★ Wellington

Wyoming

★ Sussex

Miscellaneous

★ New England

See also

★ Anglo America

★ Anglosphere

★ English colonization of the Americas

★ English place names in other countries