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This is a list of place names in the United States that either are Dutch, were translated from Dutch, or were heavily inspired by a Dutch name or term. Many originate from the Dutch colony of New Netherland .
There are several towns and cities named Boston in the US, but this is the only one named after the one in England. All the others were named after this city or a person named Boston. [10] Bowdon, Greater Manchester (historically in Cheshire) Bowdon, North Dakota [22] Boxford, Suffolk: Boxford, Massachusetts [10] Bradford, West Yorkshire
Amsterdam Island, Spitsbergen; Amsterdam Island, Southern Indian Ocean; Bear Island, Norway; Bedloe's Island, now Liberty Island, New York-NJ, USA; Block Island ...
And up the river in New York State Piermont, Orangeburg, Blauvelt and Haverstraw, just to name a few places. In the Hudson Valley region there are many places and waterways whose names incorporate the word -kill , Dutch for "stream" or "riverbed", including the Catskill Mountains, Peekskill, and the Kill van Kull.
The list of places named after places in the United States identifies namesake places and the eponymic United States place for which they are named.
Brunswick County, Virginia - George I, King of Great Britain and Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Caroline County, Virginia - Queen Caroline. Charles City County, Virginia - King Charles II of England. Charleston County, South Carolina - King Charles II of England. Charlotte County, Florida - The Bay of Charlotte Harbor, which was named after Queen ...
Others carry the prefix "New"; for example, the largest city in the US, New York, was named after York because King Charles II gave the land to his brother, James, the Duke of York (later James II). [1] [2] Some places, such as Hartford, Connecticut, bear an archaic spelling of an English place (in this case Hertford).
The mill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018. The City of Holland erected a State Historic Marker at De Zwaan in 2019. The text on one side reads: In 1961 Castle Park resort owner Carter P. Brown proposed the idea of creating a public park with "an authentic Dutch windmill," a symbol of Holland's Dutch heritage.