Locations in the United States with an English name
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A large number of places in the U.S were named after places in England largely as a result of English settlers and explorers of the Thirteen Colonies.
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).[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.
Alabama
- Ashford
- Avon
- Birmingham[3]
- Brent
- Brighton
- Chelsea
- Leeds[4]
- New London
- Oxford
- Sheffield
- Woodstock[5]
- York
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
- Benton
- Bradford
- Camden
- Chester
- Carlisle
- Dover
- England
- Everton
- Hampton
- Hartford
- Hatfield
- Haynes
- Lincoln (Named after Abraham Lincoln, whose last name originates from the city of Lincoln in England)
- London
- Mansfield
- Melbourne
- Newark
- Newcastle
- Oxford
- Shirley
California
- Brentwood[6]
- Cardiff
- Chatsworth[6]
- Chester
- Compton
- Exeter[7]
- Hanford
- Hollywood
- Kensington[6]
- Lancaster
- Manchester[8]
- Newcastle
- Richmond
- Ryde
- Westminster
- Windsor
- Stockton
Colorado
Connecticut
- Andover[9]
- Ashford[9]
- Avon[10]
- Berkshire[9]
- Bolton[11]
- Bristol[12]
- Canterbury[9]
- Cheshire[9]
- Chester[9]
- Chesterfield[9]
- Colchester[13]
- Colebrook[9]
- Cornwall[9]
- Coventry[9]
- Danbury[9]
- Derby[9]
- Durham[9]
- East Hampton[9]
- East Windsor[9]
- Easton[9]
- Ellington[9]
- Enfield[9]
- Essex[9]
- Farmington[9]
- Glastonbury[9]
- Granby[9]
- Greenwich[9]
- Guilford[9]
- Hampton[9]
- Hartford[14]
- Kent[9]
- Killingworth[9]
- Litchfield[9]
- Manchester[9]
- Mansfield[9]
- Marlborough[9]
- Meriden[9]
- Middlesex County
- Milford[9]
- New Britain[9]
- New London[9]
- Newington[9]
- Norfolk[9]
- Norwich[9]
- Oxford[9]
- Plymouth[9]
- Portland[9]
- Preston[9]
- Salisbury[9]
- Stafford[9]
- Stamford[9]
- Stratford[9]
- Tolland[9]
- Torrington[9]
- Wallingford[9]
- Waterford[9]
- Weston[9]
- Westport[9]
- Willington[9]
- Wilton[9]
- Winchester[9]
- Windsor[9]
- Windsor Locks[9]
- Woodstock[9]
Delaware
- Arden
- Camden
- Canterbury
- Dover[15]
- Harrington
- Kent County
- Lancashire
- Lewes
- Lincoln
- Middletown
- Milford
- Milton
- Newark
- Seaford
- Sussex County
- Townsend
- Warwick
- Wilmington
Florida
- Aldrige
- Alford
- Alton
- Amesbury Circle
- Amelia Island
- Andover
- Arlington
- Ashbury Lane
- Avon Park
- Banbury
- Bath Lane
- Baxter
- Beauclerc
- Bedford Road
- Beechwood
- Berkshire Lakes
- Beresford
- Beverly Beach
- Bloxham
- Boston Street
- Brentwood
- Bridgewater
- Brighton Bay
- Bristol
- Buckingham
- Burlington Heights
- Burlington Oaks
- Caldwell Terrace
- Cambridge Road
- Camden Square
- Canterbury
- Carlisle
- Carlton, Pinellas County
- Carlton, St. Lucie County
- Charlotte Beach
- Charlotte County
- Charlotte Harbor
- Charlotte Park
- Charlotte Square
- Chatham
- Chelsea
- Chelsea Place
- Cheshire Drive
- Chester
- Chesterfield Heights
- Chichester
- Colchester Court
- Concord, Gadsden County
- Concord, Leon County
- Cornwall
- Cornwell
- Covington Park
- Crawford
- Cumberland
- Cuxham Drive
- Darlington
- Davenport
- Denham
- Derby Woods
- Dorset
- Dorchester
- Dover
- Dovercourt Lane
- Durham
- Eastbrook
- Eastgate, Orange County
- Eastgate, Manatee County
- Eastgate, Sarasota County
- East Hill
- Essington Lane
- Essex Lane
- Essex Street
- Ewell
- Exeter
- Falmouth
- Faringdon Drive
- Fort Pierce
- Glastonbury Circle
- Gloucester Court
- Greenacres
- Greenfield, Columbia County
- Greenfield, Duval County
- Greenfield, Pasco County
- Greenhead
- Greenwich
- Grimsby Lane
- Guilford
- Halifax River
- Hampshire
- Hampshire Hills
- Hampstead Lane
- Hampton
- Harpswell Drive
- Harrington
- Harrington Lake
- Harwich Circle
- Haverhill
- Haynes
- Heathrow
- Hillsboro Beach
- Hillsborough County
- Hillsborough River
- Holly Hill
- Hollywood
- Horton Shores
- Huntington, Marion County
- Huntington, Putnam County
- Hyde Park
- Inwood
- Kensington Park
- Kent
- Keswick
- Kingsford
- Kingsland
- Kingsley Plantation
- King Charles Circle
- King Edward Drive
- King George Estates
- King Henry Avenue
- King Henry Road
- King Richard Lane
- Kingston
- Lake George
- Lancaster
- Langdon Beach
- Lavenham Circle
- Layton
- Lexington
- Lincoln
- Liverpool
- Liverpool Island
- Lockwood, Levy County
- Lockwood, Orange County
- London Drive
- Londonderry
- Longwood
- Lundy
- Manchester
- Manchester Lakes
- Mansfield Heights
- Margate
- Marlborough
- Melbourne
- Middlesex Road
- Mulburry
- Newberry
- Newburn
- Newcastle
- Newmarket
- New River, Broward County
- Norfolk Street
- Northwood, Alachua County
- Northwood, Palm Beach County
- Norwich Circle
- Nottingham
- Nottingham Street
- Oxford
- Parham Heights
- Pembridge Avenue
- Plymouth[16]
- Port Charlotte
- Portland
- Portsmouth Lane
- Prince John Lane
- Prince Michael Lane
- Queen Anne Boulevard
- Queen Anne Court
- Queen Anne Road
- Queen Elizabeth Court
- Queen Elizabeth Way
- Queen Victoria Avenue
- Queen Victoria Drive
- Queens Park
- Ramsey Beach
- Reading Road
- Richmond
- Ridgewood
- Riverdale
- Runnymede
- Rutland
- Salisbury Road
- Saxton
- Scarborough
- Sheffield Circle
- Sherwood Forest
- Shrewsbury Lane
- Shrewsbury Road
- Southbank
- Southend
- Southgate
- Southminster Circle
- Southport
- Southside
- Springfield
- St. Catherine
- Sudbury Lane
- Suffolk Road
- Sussex
- Sussex Place
- Templeton Lane
- Tisbury Lane
- Upshire Path
- Walsingham
- Warrington
- Warwick Hills
- Washington County
- Watergate
- Wellington
- Wesley Chapel
- Westbury
- Westchester
- Westminster
- Westmoreland
- Westside
- Wickham Park
- Winchester Estates
- Windermere[17]
- Windlesham Court
- Windsor, Alachua County
- Windsor, Indian River County
- Woodburn[17]
- Woodstock
- Worthington Springs
- Victoria Park
- York
- Yorkshire
Georgia
- Bainbridge
- Barwick
- Boston
- Chatsworth
- Claxton
- Covington
- Hull
- Manchester
- Mansfield
- Oxford
- Preston
- Putney
- Royston
- Warwick
- Washington
- Winchester
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
- Birmingham Township
- Chester[18]
- Chesterfield
- Colchester
- Cumberland County
- Enfield
- Hull
- Huntley
- Manchester
- Truro Township
- White Hall
- Winchester
- Woodstock
Indiana
- Avon
- Bedford
- Bristol
- Carlisle
- Cumberland
- Darlington
- Manchester
- Manchester Township
- New Carlisle
- New London
- Oxford
- Plymouth
- Washington
- Winchester
- Worthington
Iowa
- Abingdon
- Ackworth
- Alton
- Bedford
- Birmingham[19]
- Brighton
- Cambridge
- Carlisle
- Chatsworth
- Chelsea
- Cumberland
- Derby
- Dorchester
- Ely
- Epworth
- Essex
- Hampton
- Hartley
- Hull
- Keswick
- Leeds
- Manchester
- Matlock
- New London
- Otley
- Oxford
- Radcliffe
- Sheffield
- Stockport
- Washington
- Waterloo
Kansas
- Alton
- Bentley
- Berwick
- Buxton
- Clayton
- Derby
- Devon
- Effingham
- Farlington
- Kensington
- Lancaster
- Lincoln
- Manchester
- Oxford
- Richmond
- Stafford
- Wakefield
- Washington
- Westmoreland
- Winchester
Kentucky
- Barnsley
- Birmingham[20]
- Boston, Louisville
- Boston, Nelson County
- Bromley[21]
- Cambridge
- Carlisle
- Cumberland County
- Cumberland Falls
- Cumberland Gap
- Cumberland Plateau
- Cumberland River
- Dover[22]
- Falmouth
- London[23]
- Manchester[24]
- Middlesboro
- Richmond
- Somerset
- Williba[25]
- Winchester
Louisiana
- Hoyland Common
- Elsecar 2
Maine
- Acton
- Alton
- Andover
- Avon
- Bath[26]
- Beddington
- Berwick
- Biddeford
- Boothbay[27]
- Bradford
- Bristol[28]
- Buxton[29]
- Cambridge[30]
- Chelsea
- Cumberland
- Cumberland County
- Durham[31]
- Exeter
- Falmouth
- Harpswell
- Kittery[32]
- Leeds
- Limington
- Manchester
- New Gloucester
- Oxford
- Portland
- Scarborough[33]
- Waltham
- Wells
- Yarmouth
- York[34]
- York County[35]
Maryland
Massachusetts
- Abington
- Acton
- Amesbury
- Andover
- Arlington
- Attleboro
- Avon
- Barnstable
- Bedford
- Berkley
- Beverly
- Billerica
- Blandford
- Bolton
- Boston
- Boxford
- Bradford
- Braintree
- Bridgewater
- Bridgewater (CDP)
- East Bridgewater
- West Bridgewater
- Brighton
- Brimfield
- Bristol
- Burlington (Bridlington)
- Cambridge
- Carlisle
- Chatham
- Chelmsford
- Chelsea
- Chester
- Chesterfield
- Chilmark
- Concord
- Dartmouth
- Dedham
- Dorchester
- Dover
- Dunstable
- Duxbury
- Duxbury (CDP)
- South Duxbury
- Essex
- Essex County
- Falmouth
- Falmouth (CDP)
- East Falmouth
- North Falmouth
- West Falmouth
- Framingham
- Gloucester
- Grafton
- Great Barrington
- Groton
- Hadley
- Halifax
- Harwich
- Hardwick
- Hatfield
- Haverhill
- Hingham
- Hingham (CDP)
- Hull
- Hyde Park
- Ipswich
- Islington
- Kingston
- Leeds
- Lancaster
- Leicester
- Leominster
- Lexington
- Lincoln
- Ludlow
- Lynn
- Malden
- Manchester
- Mansfield
- Marlborough
- Marshfield
- Medford
- Medway
- Middleborough
- Middlesex County
- Milford
- Milton
- Needham
- Newbury
- New Ashford
- New Bedford
- Newton
- Norfolk
- Norfolk County
- Northampton
- Norton
- Norwood
- Oakham
- Oxford
- Petersham
- Plymouth
- Plymouth Beach
- Plymouth Center
- Plymouth County
- North Plymouth
- South Plymouth
- West Plymouth
- Plympton
- Raynham
- Reading
- Rochester
- Rowley
- Rutland
- Salisbury
- Sandwich
- Sheffield
- Shrewsbury
- Somerset
- Southampton
- Springfield
- Stockbridge
- Stoneham
- Stoughton
- Stow (Stowe)
- Sturbridge (Stourbridge)
- Sudbury
- Suffolk County
- Sunderland
- Sutton
- Taunton
- Templeton
- Tewksbury
- Tisbury
- West Tisbury
- Topsfield
- Truro
- North Truro
- Upton
- Uxbridge
- Wakefield
- Waltham
- Wareham
- Wareham Center
- West Wareham
- Warwick
- Westfield
- Westport
- Westwood
- Weymouth
- Wilbraham
- Winchester
- Windsor
- Woburn
- Worcester
- Wrentham
- Yarmouth
Michigan
- Avon
- Baltimore Township
- New Baltimore
- Bath
- Berkley
- Birmingham
- Brighton
- Camden
- Chelsea
- Chesterfield
- Dearborn
- Elmhurst
- Farmington
- Garden City
- Hastings
- Houghton
- Kensington
- Kent County
- Lansing
- Lincoln
- Lincoln Park
- Macomb County
- Manchester
- Milford
- New Boston
- New Haven
- Oxford
- Plymouth
- Richmond
- Rochester
- Rockwood
- Roscommon
- Rothbury
- Royal Oak
- Shelby Township
- Somerset Township
- Sterling Heights
- Surrey Township
- Warren
- Wales Township
- Washington Township
- Waterford
- Waverly
- Wayne County
- Windsor
- Wexford
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
- Alton
- Birmingham
- Bosworth
- Brentwood
- Chesterfield
- Clayton
- Essex
- Everton
- Farmington
- Lancaster
- Lincoln
- Manchester
- Mansfield
- New London
- Plymouth
- Salisbury
- Shrewsbury
- Stockton
- Washington
- Weatherby
- Wellington
- Winchester
- Windsor
- Worthington
Montana
Nebraska
- Amherst
- Burwell
- Cambridge
- Crawford
- Crofton
- Danbury
- Exeter
- Hartington
- Hastings
- Hampton
- Lancaster County
- Lincoln
- Lexington
- London
- Oxford
- Sutton
- Wakefield
- Washington
- Weston
- York
Nevada
New Hampshire
- New Hampshire — named after Hampshire by governor John Mason.[43]
- Alton
- Andover
- Barrington
- Bath
- Bedford
- Bradford
- Brentwood
- Bridgewater
- Bristol
- Canterbury
- Chatham
- Chesham
- Chester
- Chichester
- Concord
- Croydon
- Derry
- Dorchester
- Dover
- Durham
- Epping
- Epsom
- Exeter
- Hampstead
- Hampton
- Kensington
- Lancaster
- Lincoln
- Litchfield
- Londonderry
- Lyme
- Manchester
- Marlborough
- Marlow
- New Castle
- New Ipswich
- New London
- Newington
- Newmarket
- Northumberland
- Nottingham
- Plaistow
- Portsmouth
- Richmond
- Rochester
- Rye
- Sandown
- Stratham (from Streatham)
- Strafford (from Stratford)
- Surry (from Surrey)
- Tamworth
- Wakefield
- Westmoreland
- Wilton
- Woodstock
New Jersey
- New Jersey itself
- Barrington
- Bedminster
- Birmingham
- Bloomsbury
- Bridgewater
- Camden, New Jersey
- Chester
- Clifton
- Cumberland County
- Dover
- Essex County
- Evesham Township
- Gloucester City
- Gloucester County
- Gloucester Township
- Greenwich
- Lyndhurst
- Manchester
- Margate City
- Middlesex
- Middlesex County
- Newark
- Ridgewood
- Ringwood
- Shrewsbury
- Shrewsbury Township
- Southampton
- Stockton
- Stafford Township
- Stratford
- Somerset
- Somerset County
- Sussex
- Sussex County
- Ventnor
- Washington
- Weymouth
- Woodbury
- Woolwich
New Mexico
New York
- New York itself
- Albany county
- Allerton
- Andover
- Ardsley
- Bath
- Bedford
- Bedford Hills
- Boston
- Bradford
- Brentwood
- Bridgehampton
- Bridgewater (town)
- Bridgewater (village)
- Brighton, Erie County
- Brighton, Franklin County
- Brighton, Monroe County
- Brighton Beach
- Bristol
- Calverton
- Cambridge
- Carlisle
- Chatham
- Chelsea
- Chester, Orange County
- Chester, Warren County
- Chesterfield
- Chichester
- Colchester
- Cornwall
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
- Coventry
- Cumberland County
- Durham
- Elmhurst, Chautauqua County
- Elmhurst, Queens
- Essex
- Fordham
- Garden City
- Gravesend
- Greenwich
- Greenwich Village
- Hastings-on-Hudson
- Hempstead (town)
- Hempstead (village)
- Huntington (CDP)
- Huntington (town)
- Hyde Park
- Islip (CDP)
- Islip (town)
- Kensington, Nassau County
- Kensington, Brooklyn
- Kew Gardens
- Kingsbridge
- Kingston
- Lancaster
- Leeds
- Leicester
- Lincoln
- Liverpool
- Manchester
- Middlesex
- New Brighton
- New Castle
- New Hartford
- New Hyde Park
- New Suffolk
- New Windsor
- New York City
- Norfolk
- Northampton, Fulton County
- Northampton, Suffolk County
- Northumberland
- Norwich
- Oxford
- Plymouth
- Reading
- Ridge
- Riverhead (CDP)
- Riverhead (town)
- Rochdale
- Rochester
- Roxbury
- Rutland
- Rye
- Salisbury
- St. Albans
- Scarborough
- Scarsdale
- Seaford
- Shoreham
- Somerset
- Southampton
- South Bristol
- Southold (CDP)
- Southold (town)
- Springfield
- Stafford
- Stamford
- Stamford (village)
- Suffolk County
- Upton
- Wainscott
- Warwick
- Warwick (village)
- Waterloo (town)
- Westbury
- West Brighton
- Windsor
- Woodbury, Nassau County
- Woodbury, Orange County
- Woodstock
- Worcester
- York
- Yorkshire
- Yorktown
North Carolina
- Bath
- Burlington
- Camden
- Camden County
- Chatham County
- Cumberland County
- Dalton
- Danbury
- Durham
- Enfield
- Guilford County
- Hertford
- Hertford County
- Hillsborough
- Leicester
- Lincoln County
- Macclesfield
- Middlesex
- Mount Pleasant
- New London
- Oxford
- Plymouth
- Raleigh
- Richmond County
- Rockingham
- Salisbury
- Southport
- Surry (Surrey)
- Wentworth
- Warrenton (Warrington, Cheshire)
- Wilmington
North Dakota
- Berwick
- Harlow
- Leeds[44]
- New England
- Norwich
- Rugby
- Surrey
- Tunbridge
- Warwick
- Watford City
- York
Ohio
- Amberley
- Andover
- Avon
- Avon Lake
- Bath, Allen County
- Bath, Greene County
- Bath, Summit County
- Bedford
- Bedford Heights
- Berwick
- Bexley[45]
- Birmingham, Erie County
- Birmingham, Guernsey County
- Bradford
- Brighton
- Bristol
- Camden
- Carlisle
- Cheshire
- Chatham
- Chester
- Cleveland
- Coventry
- Cumberland
- Derby
- Dorset
- Dover
- Dover Township, Athens County
- Dover Township, Fulton County
- Dover Township, Tuscarawas County
- Dover Township, Union County
- Durham Township
- East Liverpool
- Essex
- Grafton
- Greenwich
- Guilford
- Kensington
- Kettering
- Litchfield
- Liverpool Township, Medina County
- Liverpool Township, Columbiana County
- London
- New Carlisle
- New London
- Lyme
- Malvern
- Manchester
- Mansfield
- Mayfield
- Mayfield Heights
- New Lyme Township
- Nottingham Township
- Norwich
- Oxford
- Plymouth
- Portsmouth
- Reading
- Rochester Township
- Salisbury
- Sheffield
- Somerset
- Truro Township
- Windsor
- York Township
Oklahoma
- Blackburn
- Chelsea[46]
- Manchester (disputed; see footnote)[47]
- Newcastle
- Warwick
Oregon
- Portland
Pennsylvania
- Alden (derived from Alden Valley, Lancashire)
- Andreas (from Andreas, Isle of Man)
- Aston
- Barnsley
- Bath
- Bedford
- Bedminster
- Berks County (short for "Berkshire")
- Berwick
- Birmingham, Chester County
- Birmingham, Huntingdon County
- Black Heath (derived from either Blackheath, London or Blackheath, West Midlands)
- Brentwood
- Brighton
- Bristol
- Bristol Township
- Buckingham
- Bucks County (short for "Buckinghamshire")
- Carlisle
- Cheltenham
- Cheltenham Township
- Chester
- Cheswick
- Croydon
- Cumberland County
- Darby (from the phonetic pronunciation of "Derby")
- Darlington
- Devon
- Dover
- Easton (derived from Easton Neston, a estate in Northamptonshire)
- East Huntingdon Township
- East York
- Elmhurst
- Emsworth
- Exeter
- Essington
- Falmouth
- Freeland
- Grantham
- Halifax
- Hereford
- Hereford Township
- Horsham
- Huntingdon
- Huntington
- Hyde Park
- Kensington
- Kidder Township (derived from Kidderminster, Worcestershire)
- Kingston
- Lancaster
- Lancaster County
- Lancaster Township, Butler County
- Lancaster Township, Lancaster County
- Liverpool
- Liverpool Township
- Lowhill Township (derived from Low Hill, Wolverhampton, West Midlands)
- Lynn Township (derived from King's Lynn, Norfolk)
- Malvern
- Manchester
- Mayfair
- Middlesex Township
- New Brighton
- New Castle
- New Cumberland
- New Kensington
- New London
- New Oxford
- New Stanton
- New Wilmington
- Northampton
- Northampton County
- Northumberland
- Northumberland County
- Norwood
- Nottingham
- Nottingham Township
- Olney
- Oxford
- Plymouth
- Reading
- Richmond Township
- Rochester
- Romney
- Salisbury Township
- Sheffield
- Shrewsbury
- Somerset
- Southampton
- Southwark
- South Huntingdon Township
- Sunbury (derived from Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey)
- Telford
- Trafford
- Warminster
- Warrington Township, Bucks County
- Warrington Township, York County
- Warwick Township, Bucks County
- Warwick Township, Chester County
- Warwick Township, Lancaster County
- Washington
- Westmoreland County
- Whitehall
- Yeadon
- York
Rhode Island
South Carolina
- Barnwell
- Beaufort
- Camden
- Carlisle
- Chesterfield
- Darlington
- Dorchester
- Edgefield
- Effingham
- Gresham
- Hampton
- Lancaster
- Newberry
- Westminster
- Willington
- Windsor
- York
South Dakota
- Andover
- Arlington
- Avon
- Bath
- Brentford
- Bristol
- Chelsea
- Chester
- Hereford
- Ipswich
- Manchester
- Mansfield
- Oldham
- Rutland
- Selby
- Wentworth
- Worthing
Tennessee
- Bradford
- Bransford
- Brentwood
- Bristol
- Cumberland County
- Fairfield Glade (derived from Fairfield, Bedfordshire)
- Harrogate
- Huntingdon
- London
- Manchester
- Portland
- Springfield
- Westmoreland
- Winchester
- Woodbury
Texas
Utah
- Croydon
- Leamington, Utah[49]
- Leeds[49]
Vermont
- Andover
- Barnet
- Berkshire
- Bradford
- Brighton
- Bridgewater
- Bristol
- Burlington
- Cambridge
- Chelsea
- Chester
- Chittenden
- Colchester
- Coventry
- Cumberland County
- Derby
- Derby Center
- Derby Line
- Dorset
- Essex
- Essex County
- Guilford
- Kirby
- Leicester
- Maidstone
- Manchester
- Milton
- Norwich
- Middlesex
- Plymouth
- Putney
- Reading
- Richmond
- Rochester
- Rutland
- Salisbury
- Sheffield
- Shrewsbury
- St Albans
- Stamford
- Stockbridge
- Stowe
- Sudbury
- Tunbridge
- Wells
- Weybridge
- Westminster
- Windham County
- Woodstock
Virginia
- Abingdon
- Arlington
- Ashland
- Bedford
- Bristol
- Charles City County
- Chester
- Chesterfield
- Crewe
- Cumberland County
- Cumberland Mountains
- Dendron
- Dover
- Elmhurst
- Essex County, Virginia
- Falmouth
- Gloucester
- Gloucester County
- Gloucester Courthouse
- Gloucester Point
- Hampton
- Loudoun County
- Manchester
- Manchester, Chesterfield County
- Midlothian
- New Kent
- Norfolk
- Northumberland County
- Prince William County
- Richmond
- Shadwell
- Southampton
- Stafford
- Suffolk
- Sussex County
- Portsmouth
- Surry
- Isle of Wight County
- Northampton County
- Northumberland County
- Middlesex County
- Sussex
- Buckingham
- Wakefield
- Waverly
- Westmoreland County
- Woodstock
- Winchester
- Yorkshire
- Yorktown
Washington
- The state itself is named after the first U.S. President, George Washington, whose surname was due to his family owning Washington Old Hall and land in Washington, Tyne and Wear.
- Bellingham
- Covington
- Darrington
- Harrington
- Hatton
- Hamilton
- Kelso, Washington
- Kent
- Langley
- Malden
- Manchester
- Mansfield
- Matlock
- Newcastle
- Port Townsend
- Waverly
- Winthrop
West Virginia
Wisconsin
- Appleton
- Bradford
- Bristol, Dane County
- Bristol, Kenosha County
- Cambridge
- Cumberland
- Dorchester
- Gillingham
- Hull, Marathon County
- Hull, Portage County
- Ipswich
- Lancaster
- Leeds
- Manchester, Green Lake County
- Manchester, Jackson County
- Middleton
- New Chester
- New London
- Oxford
- Plymouth
- Plymouth, Juneau County
- Plymouth, Rock County
- Plymouth, Sheboygan County
- Ripon
- Somerset
- Stoughton
- Sussex
- Waterloo
- Wellington
Wyoming
Other
See also
- Anglo-America
- British colonization of the Americas
- List of places named after places in the United States
- List of non-US places that have a US place named after them
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- ^ Possibly named after Dover, believed to be the birthplace of the founder's father. Rennick 1988, p. 84.
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- ^ Named after Old Boothby in Lincolnshire. Chadbourne 1955, p. 71.
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- ^ Named after the manor of Kittery Court, located on Kittery Point in Kingswear, the birthplace of founder Alexander Shapleigh. Chadbourne 1955, p. 47.
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- ^ Debated. Possibly named in reference to Westerleigh, South Gloucestershire, or simply for its position at the westernmost edge of the state. See Westerly, Rhode Island#History.
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