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Alcoa → Alorton — in St. Clair County; Allin → Stanford — in McLean County; Amity → Pocohontas — in Bond County; name also used for an old plat in Cornell, Livingston County; Ardmore → Villa Park — in DuPage County; Area → Mundelein — in Lake County; Athens → New Athens — in St. Clair County; name now used by Athens ...
Dade County (1836–1997) is now Miami-Dade County. [48] Flagler was changed to Miami before becoming official; Ocean City (1913–1923) is now Flagler Beach ...
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The City and County of Denver, capital of the U.S. state of Colorado, has 78 official neighborhoods used for planning and administration. [1] The system of neighborhood boundaries and names dates to 1970 when city planners divided the city into 73 groups of one to four census tracts, called "statistical neighborhoods," most of which are ...
Following controversy over the namesake of Dundas Street, Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, who delayed the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, [6] Toronto City Council voted in 2021 to rename Dundas Street and other civic assets named after Dundas – such as Dundas station. [7] A new name will be chosen in April 2022. [7]
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The City Council voted unanimously to rename the park, which is within the Springfield neighborhood of Jacksonville, Florida. [240] Mohrenstraße: Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Straße: Berlin: Be: De: Aug 20, 2020 — The District Assembly of Berlin's Mitte district decided to rename the street, which uses a term considered to be a racial slur.
Amid the protests following the murder of George Floyd in 2020, over 10,000 people signed a petition calling for the city to rename Dundas Street, due to Henry Dundas's "involvement in supporting the gradual abolition of the slave trade in the British Empire in the 18th century" as opposed to immediate abolition.