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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.
Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi.University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.; Bright, William (1998). 1500 California Place Names : Their Origin and Meaning.
[1] [2] Some places, such as Hartford, Connecticut, bear an archaic spelling of an English place (in this case Hertford). Washington, D.C., the federal capital of the U.S., is named after the first U.S. President George Washington, whose surname was due to his family holding land in Washington, Tyne and Wear.
Robertsganj – Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts. Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district – Ajit Singh (Sikhism) Sant Kabir Nagar district – Sant Kabir, poet. Santhome – locality in Mylapore, named after the Apostle, Saint Thomas. Secunderabad – Named after Sikandar Jah, the third Nizam of the Asaf Jahi dynasty.
A recent analysis from GoBankingRates ranked the best places to retire in the US, assessing cost of living, accessibility of transportation and healthcare in the 100 largest cities in the country ...
The name "United States Minor Outlying Islands" started to be used in 1986. [124] Previously, some of the islands were included in a group called "United States Miscellaneous Pacific Islands". Baker Island was named for Michael Baker in 1832. [125] Howland Island was named after a whaling vessel in 1842. [126]
The United States Postal Service has published a list of the most common city and post office [2] names within the United States, as of 2020: Cities. Post offices. 1 Franklin (31) 1 Clinton (26) 2 Clinton, Washington (29 each) 2 Madison (25)