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Coolidge, Arizona – 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 – General John Cooper (landowner) [156] Cooper River (South Carolina) – Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury [156] Cooperstown, New York – William Cooper
This is a list of US places named after non-US places.In the case of this list, place means any named location that's smaller than a county or equivalent: cities, towns, villages, hamlets, neighborhoods, municipalities, boroughs, townships, civil parishes, localities, census-designated places, and some districts.
The Romance of Wisconsin Place Names. Madison: Wisconsin Historical Society Press. ISBN 9780870207075. Hamilton, William B. (1978). The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names. Toronto: Macmillan. ISBN 9780770515249. Overman, W.D. (1951). Ohio Place Names: The Origin of the Names of Over 500 Cities, Towns, and Villages.
Some names were carried over directly and are found throughout the country (such as Manchester, Birmingham and Rochester). Others carry the prefix "New"; for example, the largest city in the US, New York, was named after York because King Charles II gave the land to his brother, James, the Duke of York (later James II).
This is a list of U.S. cities (or census-designated areas) named for the state in which they are located. Locations which are no longer functioning cities (including former cities and present ghost towns) are marked with an asterisk (*). Alabama City, Alabama* (Now part of Gadsden, AL zip code) Arizona City, Arizona; Arkansas City, Arkansas
There are a number of places named after famous people. For more on the general etymology of place names see toponymy . For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see eponym .
By Jerry Kronenberg You know that Washington, D.C., is named for America's first president, but did you know that Harrison City, Pa., (population 134) honors ninth president William Henry Harrison ...
Many places throughout the United States take their names from the languages of the indigenous Native American/American Indian tribes. The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions whose names are derived from these languages.