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This is list of locations in the United States named after places in Wales. A number of places in the U.S have been named after places in Wales by Welsh settlers and explorers. and are mainly in the 13 eastern states which used to be the Thirteen Colonies in the British Empire.
This is a list of places in the United States named for places in Wales. ... Locations in the United States with a Welsh name This page was last edited on 4 March ...
Numerous Welsh immigrants settled in the town of Freedom and surrounding townships in Cattaraugus County in southwestern New York during the 19th century. In 1848, The lexicorapher John Russell Bartlett noted that Oneida County had a number of Welsh language newspapers and magazines, as well as Welsh churches.
The Welsh Tract, also called the Welsh Barony, was a portion of the Province of Pennsylvania, a British colony in North America (today a U.S. state), settled largely by Welsh-speaking Quakers in the late 17th century. The region is located to the west of Philadelphia.
Dolavon - from Dolafon, the Welsh for 'meadow by the river'. Puerto Madryn - named after the Welsh estate of Sir Love Jones-Parry. Trelew - named after Welsh settler Lewis Jones. Trevelin - from Trefelin, the Welsh for 'Mill Town'.
There's a certain charm to small-town America. From scenic places in Maine, Alaska, California, and beyond, we've got the scoop on some of the nation's smallest towns.
In Wales, as in England and Northern Ireland, a town is any settlement which has received a charter of incorporation, more commonly known as a town charter, approved by the monarch [citation needed]. Fifty-five boroughs in Wales were given parliamentary representation in 1536, but the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 recognised only 20 Welsh ...
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