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This is a list of places in the United States named for places in Wales. Bangor. Places named after Bangor, Gwynedd: Bangor, Alabama ...
A number of US towns such as Newport and Newtown maybe named after the similarly names Welsh towns or may have been named solely because of their location. Only those places where there is an evidential link with Wales are included here. Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania named after Bala, Gwynedd; Berwyn Township, Custer County, Nebraska named after Berwyn
Many Quakers from Wales emigrated to Pennsylvania in the 17th century with a promise from William Penn that they would be allowed to set up a Welsh colony there. The Welsh Tract was to have been a separate county whose local government would use the Welsh language, since many of the settlers spoke no English.
New South Wales - Captain James Cook originally called it 'New Wales', later adding the 'South'. [1] Aberdare; Aberglasslyn - likely corruption of Aberglaslyn; Abermain; Allynbrook - from River Alyn; Bangor - named after the birthplace of the landowner. Cardiff - name suggested by a Welsh settler in 1889. Llanarth - suburb of Bathurst, from ...
The list of standardised Welsh place-names is a list compiled by the Welsh Language Commissioner to recommend the standardisation of the spelling of Welsh place-names, particularly in the Welsh language and when multiple forms are used, although some place-names in English were also recommended to be matched with the Welsh.
Jones, William D. Wales in America: Scranton and the Welsh, 1860-1920 (University of Wales Press, 1997). Jones, Aled, and William D. Jones. Welsh Reflections: Y Drych and America, 1851–2001 (Gwasg Gomer, 2001). Knowles, Anne Kelly. "Immigrant trajectories through the rural-industrial transition in Wales and the United States, 1795–1850."
For the purposes of this list, place means any named location that is smaller than a county or equivalent: cities, towns, villages, hamlets, neighborhoods, municipalities, boroughs, townships, civil parishes, localities, census-designated places, and some districts. Also included are country homes, castles, palaces, and similar institutions.
The area is now part of Montgomery, Chester, and Delaware counties. Many towns in the area still bear Welsh names. Some, such as North Wales, Lower Gwynedd, Upper Gwynedd, Lower Merion, Upper Merion, Narberth, Bala Cynwyd, Radnor, Berwyn, and Haverford Township, are named after places in Wales.