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There are several towns and cities named Boston in the US, but this is the only one named after the one in England. All the others were named after this city or a person named Boston. [10] Bowdon, Greater Manchester (historically in Cheshire) Bowdon, North Dakota [22] Boxford, Suffolk: Boxford, Massachusetts [10] Bradford, West Yorkshire
Jarvis Island was named after three people named "Jarvis" in 1821 (when they discovered the island). [127] Johnston Atoll was named for Captain Charles Johnston in 1807. [128] Kingman Reef was named for Captain W. E. Kingman in 1853. [129] Midway Atoll was named in the 19th century for its location being approximately halfway between North ...
Indians have influenced Barbadian cuisine, music, and culture. Barbados is also home to expatriates from other countries who mainly come from the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States. [14] The largest ethnic groups in Barbados is black (92.4%) or mixed (3.1%). 2.7% of Barbados' population is white and 1.3% South Asian.
Powhatan Point - name of an Algonquian tribe from Virginia. The first Shawnee split away from them in the mid-1600s. Shawnee - Named for the Shawnee people Shawnee Hills (Greene County) Shawnee Hills (Delaware County) Texas - Named for the state, which derives its name from taysha, in Caddoan Native American language. Allegedly means friend.
These are lists of U.S. county name etymologies.Many U.S. states have counties named after U.S. presidents such as Washington, Madison, Polk, Jefferson, etc. Counties are also commonly named after famous individuals, local Native American tribes once in the area (Washoe County, Nevada), cities located within the county, and land or water features (Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, meaning "Fat Hill ...
Mantario, Saskatchewan (Manitoba and Ontario), named after two provinces in imitation of nearby Alsask [3] Michillinda Lodge, Michigan (Michigan, Illinois, and Indiana) [9]: 148 Ohiowa, Nebraska (Ohio and Iowa), settled by people from both states. [66] Ovapa, West Virginia (Ohio, Virginia, Pennsylvania) [20]: 465
Chillicothe – from Shawnee Chala·ka·tha, referring to members of one of the five divisions of the Shawnee people: Chalaka (name of the Shawnee group, of unknown meaning) + -tha 'person'; [67] the present Chillicothe is the most recent of seven places in Ohio that have held that name, because it was applied to the main town wherever the ...
Columbus (/ k ə ˈ l ʌ m b ə s /, kə-LUM-bəs) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Ohio.With a 2020 census population of 905,748, [10] it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest (after Chicago), and the third-most populous U.S. state capital (after Phoenix, Arizona, and Austin, Texas).