List of place names of Scottish origin in the United States

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Following is a list of placenames of Scottish origin which have subsequently been applied to parts of the United States by Scottish emigrants or explorers.

Alabama[]

Alaska[]

  • Anderson
  • Hope
  • Houston
  • Kincaid Park
  • Point MacKenzie

Arizona[]

  • Arlington
  • Black Rock
  • Burnside
  • Cameron
  • Charleston
  • Clifton
  • Duncan
  • Elgin
  • Glendale
  • Hope
  • Kirkland
  • McMillianville
  • Saint Johns

Arkansas[]

  • Crawford County
  • Dallas County
  • Fordyce
  • Knoxville
  • Lake Hamilton
  • McDougal
  • McNab
  • McNeil
  • McRae
  • Scotia
  • Scott

California[]

  • Albany
  • Ben Lomond Mountain AVA & Ben Lomond, California
  • Bonny Doon
  • Cheviot Hills
  • Denny (Denny, Falkirk)
  • Glendale
  • Inverness
  • Irvine
  • Kelso
  • Loch Lomond (Reservoir nr Ben Lomond)
  • Montrose
  • Scotia
  • Scotts Valley
  • Stewartville
  • Sunny Brae

Colorado[]

  • Adams County
  • Arlington
  • Avon
  • Burns
  • Clifton
  • Craig
  • Crawford
  • Dallas
  • Duncan
  • Dunton
  • Fort Lyon
  • Fleming
  • Fraser
  • Garfield
  • Georgetown
  • Glendale
  • Gleneagle
  • Glenwood Springs
  • Greenland
  • Hamilton
  • Henderson
  • Hillside
  • Inverness
  • Jamestown
  • Kirk
  • Lochbuie
  • McCoy
  • Middleton
  • Moffat
  • Montrose
  • Morrison
  • Orchard
  • Roxborough Park
  • Sawpit
  • Springfield
  • Sterling
  • Waverly

Connecticut[]

  • Scotland

Delaware[]

  • Adams Crossroads
  • Andersons Corner
  • Arden
  • Armstrong
  • Clayton
  • Drummond Hill
  • Dunleith
  • Faulkland
  • Fenwick Island
  • Garfield Park
  • Georgetown
  • Glasgow
  • Glasgow Station
  • Halls Landing
  • Hamilton Park
  • Houston
  • Kirkwood
  • McClellandville
  • McDonalds Crossroads
  • McKays Corners
  • Milltown
  • Milton
  • Monroe Park
  • Murrays Corner
  • New Market
  • Newport
  • Oakley
  • Red Lion
  • Ross
  • Scotts Corner
  • Thompson

District of Columbia[]

  • Douglass
  • Dumbarton Park
  • Dunbar
  • Garfield Heights
  • Georgetown
  • Logan Circle
  • Marshall Heights
  • McLean Gardens
  • Montrose Park
  • Mount Vernon

Florida[]

  • Aberdeen
  • Campbellton
  • Clifton
  • Dundee
  • Dunedin, from Dun Eideann, Scottish Gaelic for Edinburgh
  • Fort Lauderdale
  • Hamilton County
  • Highland Park
  • Highlands County
  • Interlachen
  • Inverness
  • Lake Hamilton
  • Lee County
  • Macclenny
  • McIntosh
  • Milton
  • Paisley
  • Paxton
  • Port Richey

Georgia[]

  • Aberdeen
  • Albany
  • Argyle (old spelling of Argyll)
  • Arlington
  • Buchanan
  • Campbell County
  • Campbellton
  • Clarkston
  • Clayton
  • Clyde this is a place in a city in Scotland
  • Crawford
  • Crawford County
  • Culloden
  • Dalton
  • Darien (see Darien scheme)
  • Dawson County
  • Douglas
  • Dunbar
  • Duncan Ridge
  • East Albany
  • Ellerslie
  • Flemington
  • Fort Gordon
  • Fort McAllister
  • Fort McIntosh
  • Fort McPherson
  • Fort Stewart
  • Fulton County
  • Georgetown (2 Counties)
  • Gibson
  • Glenloch
  • Glenwood
  • Gordon
  • Greenwood
  • Hamilton
  • Harris County
  • Houston County
  • Hunter Hills
  • Johnson County
  • Kingston
  • Kirkwood
  • Lake Sinclair
  • Lenox (Lennox)
  • Leslie
  • Livingston
  • Lyons
  • Mansfield
  • McDuffie County
  • McIntosh County
  • McIntyre
  • McRae
  • McWhorter
  • Meigs
  • Monroe County
  • Montgomery County
  • Montrose
  • Morningside
  • Mount Vernon
  • Murray County
  • New Hope
  • Newton
  • New Town
  • Norman Park
  • Oakwood
  • Patterson
  • Royston
  • Scotland
  • Scotts Crossing
  • Stewart County
  • Turner County
  • Waverly
  • Whitfield County
  • Williamson
  • Young Harris

Idaho[]

  • Aberdeen
  • Drummond
  • McCall
  • McCammon
  • Mackay
  • Wallace

Illinois[]

  • Albany
  • Bannockburn
  • Bellmont
  • Bonnie
  • Broughton
  • Caledonia
  • Croft
  • Dundee Township (2 counties)
  • Dunfermline
  • East Dundee
  • East Gillespie
  • Elgin (named after a Scottish hymn)
  • Glasgow
  • Glencoe
  • Glenwood[1]
  • Inverness
  • Lanark
  • Midlothian
  • West Dundee

Indiana[]

  • Aberdeen, Ohio County
  • Aberdeen, Porter County
  • Abington
  • Adams
  • Albany
  • Alexandria
  • Alford
  • Ashley
  • Avon
  • Ayrshire
  • Barr Township
  • Barrick Corner
  • Belmont
  • Blaine
  • Bloomfield
  • Bridgeton
  • Buchanan
  • Burns City
  • Caledonia
  • Campbell Township
  • Campbelltown
  • Castleton
  • Charlestown
  • Clifton
  • Colburn
  • Cowan
  • Craig
  • Douglas
  • Dunbar Bridge
  • Duncan
  • Dundee
  • Dunlap
  • Edinburgh
  • Elliott
  • Fincastle
  • Georgetown
  • Gifford
  • Glen Eden
  • Glendale
  • Glenwood
  • Green Hill
  • Greenfield
  • Guthrie
  • Hamilton County
  • Harwood
  • Hope
  • Hough Creek
  • Houston
  • Inverness
  • Iona
  • Jamestown
  • Keith Ridge
  • Kelso Township
  • Kennedy
  • Kingsford Heights
  • Kingston
  • Kirk Hill
  • Kyle
  • Lake Bruce
  • Lewis
  • Linwood
  • Logan
  • Lynn
  • Lyons
  • Mackey
  • Mackie
  • Mansfield
  • Markle
  • Marshall
  • McAllister Bridge
  • McCallister Hill
  • McCameron
  • McClelland
  • McClures Lake
  • McCormicks Creek
  • McCracken Creek
  • McCrea Hill
  • McCutchanville
  • McFadden Creek
  • McIntyre Creek
  • McKillip Ditch
  • McKinley
  • Milltown
  • Milport
  • Milton
  • Monroe
  • Morton
  • Mount Ayr
  • Mount Sterling
  • Mount Vernon
  • Mull
  • Murray
  • New Albany (named after Albany, New York, in turn named after Alba)
  • New Hope
  • Newburgh
  • Newton Stewart
  • North Highland
  • Oak Hill
  • Oakley
  • Ossian (after MacPherson's Ossian)
  • Perth
  • Preston
  • Rob Roy
  • Ross
  • Rutherford
  • Scotchtown
  • Scotland
  • Scott
  • Scott Corner
  • Scott County
  • Scotts Ridge
  • Scottsburg
  • South Martin
  • Stanley
  • Sterling Heights
  • Stewart
  • Upland
  • Wallace
  • Waverly
  • West Middleton
  • Winfield
  • Youngs Corner

Iowa[]

  • Adams
  • Albany
  • Allerton
  • Alloway Creek
  • Anderson
  • Andrews
  • Angus
  • Argyle
  • Arlington
  • Armstrong
  • Ashton
  • Avon
  • Ayrshire
  • Barclay
  • Barnes
  • Bell Creek
  • Belmont
  • Berwick
  • Blaine
  • Blairsburg
  • Blairstown
  • Bluebell Creek
  • Bruce
  • Buchanan County
  • Burnett Creek
  • Burnside
  • Caledonia
  • Cameron
  • Campbell Creek
  • Ceres
  • Charleston
  • Clayton
  • Clyde
  • Coulter
  • Covington
  • Craig(s)
  • Crawford
  • Crawfordsville
  • Crombie
  • Dale
  • Dallas
  • Dean
  • Dewar
  • Douglas Township
  • Dumfries
  • Dunbar
  • Duncan
  • Dundee
  • Dunlap
  • Dysart
  • Edinburg
  • Elgin
  • Elrick Junction
  • Fraser
  • Fulton
  • Garfield Township
  • Gifford
  • Glasgow
  • Glenwood
  • Greenfield
  • Hamilton
  • Harris
  • Henderson
  • Hepburn
  • Highland Township
  • Howe
  • Humeston
  • Jamestown
  • Kennedy
  • Kingston
  • Kinross
  • Kirkville
  • Lake MacBride
  • Lamont
  • Lenox
  • Leslie
  • Lewis
  • Littleton
  • Livingston
  • Loch Ayr
  • Loch Burns
  • Logan
  • Lynn
  • Lyon
  • MacKey
  • Magill Creek
  • Malcom
  • Marshall
  • Maud
  • Maxwell
  • McCallsburg
  • McClelland
  • McClure Creek
  • McCreath Creek
  • McFarland Park
  • McGregor
  • McGruder Creek
  • McIntire
  • McIntosh Woods State Park
  • McMaster Creek
  • McNeil Ditch
  • McPherson
  • Melrose
  • Milton
  • Monroe
  • Montrose
  • Morningside
  • Morton
  • Mount Ayr
  • Mount Sterling
  • Mount Vernon
  • Murray
  • New Albany
  • Newton
  • Ossian (Ossian)
  • Paton
  • Patterson
  • Rock Glen
  • Ross
  • Ruthven
  • Scotch Grove
  • Scotch Glen
  • Scott
  • Scott County
  • Scott Township
  • Sinclair
  • Stanhope
  • Stanley
  • Sterling
  • Stewart Creek
  • Stuart
  • Tennant
  • Wick
  • Williamson

Kansas[]

  • Athol (Atholl)
  • Logan County
  • Scott County

Kentucky[]

Louisiana[]

  • Albany
  • Alexandria
  • Bernice
  • Cameron & Cameron Parish
  • Clayton
  • Gretna
  • Henderson
  • Livingston & Livingston Parish
  • Lockport
  • Mansfield
  • Martin
  • McNary
  • Monroe
  • Scott
  • Simpson
  • South Mansfield
  • Stanley
  • Wallace

Maine[]

  • North Berwick

Maryland[]

  • Aberdeen
  • Abington
  • Arden on the Severn
  • Ashton
  • Athol
  • Belhaven Beach
  • Benfield
  • Birkwood Estates
  • Blackwater
  • Bonnie Brae
  • Bonnie Brook
  • Braeburn
  • Burnside Acres
  • Bushwood
  • Campbell
  • Carmichael
  • Castleton
  • Chapel Woods
  • Charleston
  • Charlestown
  • Charlton
  • Chevy Chase (see "The Ballad of Chevy Chase")
  • Church Hill
  • Clayton Manor
  • Clifton Beach
  • Clydesdale Acres
  • Collison Corner
  • Cove
  • Craigtown
  • Dalton
  • Drummond
  • Dunwood
  • Ellerslie
  • Elliot
  • Fenwick
  • Ferguson
  • Furnace
  • Gilmore
  • Glen
  • Glen Burnie
  • Glen Farms
  • Glenarden
  • Glenarm
  • Glencoe
  • Glenelg
  • Glenn Dale
  • Green Hill
  • Greenfield Estates
  • Greenock
  • Hamilton
  • Harris
  • Harwood
  • Highfield
  • Highland
  • Highland Park
  • Highlandtown
  • Hope
  • Hutton
  • Kilburnie
  • Kings Park
  • Kingston
  • Kirkwood
  • Knollwood
  • Leslie
  • Lewis
  • Lime Kiln
  • Linton Springs
  • Loch Haven
  • Loch Lynn Heights
  • Lochearn
  • Longridge
  • Longwoods
  • Lyons Creek
  • Mayfield
  • McAlpine
  • McCleans Corner
  • McComas Beach
  • McConchie
  • McCoole
  • McCoys Ferry
  • McDaniel
  • McDonald
  • McGhiesport
  • McHenry
  • McKay Beach
  • McKenzie
  • Melrose
  • Midlothian, Maryland
  • Milton
  • Montrose
  • Morningside
  • Mount Vernon
  • Muirkirk
  • New Market
  • Newburg
  • Oakley
  • Oakwood
  • Oldtown
  • Park Hall
  • Preston
  • Red Hill
  • Red Point
  • Redhouse
  • Redland
  • Scarff
  • Scotland
  • Scotland Beach
  • Scots Fancy
  • St. Andrews
  • Stanley
  • Starr
  • Walston
  • Waverly
  • Whiteford
  • Wilton Farm
  • Wolf Hill
  • Woolford

Massachusetts[]

  • Aberdeen
  • Alford
  • Ashfield
  • Athol (Atholl)
  • Belmont
  • Blackburn
  • Brodie Mountain
  • Campbell Falls
  • Charlestown
  • Clayton
  • Cunningham Park
  • Dalton
  • Douglas
  • East Douglas
  • East Mansfield
  • Farr River
  • Fife Brook
  • Greenfield
  • Glendale
  • Glenwood
  • Hamilton
  • Highland
  • Highland Park
  • Howe
  • Lamberton Brook
  • Lenox (Lennox)
  • Lenox Dale
  • Lewis Island
  • Linwood
  • Littleton
  • Longwood
  • Lynn
  • Mansfield
  • Marshall Corner
  • McDonald Brook
  • McIver Brook
  • McKnight
  • McLean Reservoir
  • Melrose
  • Middleton
  • Milton
  • Monroe
  • Montrose
  • Mount Sterling
  • Mount Vernon
  • Mungo Corner
  • New Lenox
  • Paxton
  • Renfrew
  • Riverside
  • Salisbury
  • Scott Corners
  • South Athol
  • South Hamilton
  • South Westport
  • Southfield
  • Stanley
  • Sterling
  • Wallace Pond
  • Ward Hill
  • Waverley
  • West Brookfield
  • West Mansfield
  • West Newton
  • West Northfield
  • West Sterling

Michigan[]

  • Adams Township
  • Alba
  • Arden
  • Argyle
  • Arlington Township
  • Armstrong Corners
  • Ashton
  • Ayr
  • Barnes Lake
  • Belmont
  • Bloomfield
  • Brookfield
  • Bruce Crossing
  • Buchanan
  • Burnside
  • Burnside
  • Calderwood
  • Caledonia
  • Caledonia Township (three townships)
  • Campbell
  • Castleton Township
  • Charleston
  • Chester
  • Churchill Township
  • Clarkston
  • Clayton
  • Clifton Mill
  • Clyde
  • Covington
  • Crawford
  • Crossroads
  • Dale
  • Douglas
  • Drummond
  • Dryburg
  • Duncan Township
  • Dundee
  • East Highland
  • Ewen
  • Fenwick
  • Ferguson Corners
  • Fife Lake
  • Fulton
  • Galloway
  • Glencoe
  • Glendale
  • Glengary, Commerce Township, Michigan
  • Glenwood
  • Gordon
  • Grant
  • Greenfield Village
  • Guthrie
  • Gregory, Undilla Township
  • Hamilton
  • Hamilton Township (three townships)
  • Harris
  • Hatton
  • Henderson
  • Highland
  • Inverness Township
  • Jamestown
  • Kelso Junction
  • Kingford
  • Kingston
  • Kinross
  • Lenox Township
  • Leslie
  • Lewiston
  • Linwood
  • Livingston
  • Lockport
  • Lockwood
  • Lyons
  • Mansfield
  • Martin
  • Mayfield
  • McBain
  • McBrides
  • McClain State Park
  • McClure
  • McComb Corner
  • McDonald
  • McFarland
  • McGregor
  • McIntyre Landing
  • McIvor
  • McKain Corners
  • McKinley
  • McLeods Corner
  • McMillan
  • Melrose Township
  • Middleton
  • Milton
  • Moffatt Township
  • Monroe
  • Montrose
  • Morey
  • Mount Vernon
  • Muir
  • Munroe Township
  • Murray Lake
  • New Dalton
  • Newburg
  • Newfield Township
  • Newhaven Township
  • Newkirk Township
  • Newport
  • North Adams
  • North Leslie
  • Oakley
  • Paxton
  • Preston Corners
  • Redford
  • Riverside
  • Ross
  • Royston
  • Saint Johns
  • Salisbury
  • Scott Lake
  • Scottdale
  • Scotts
  • South Greenwood
  • South Lyon
  • South Monroe
  • Stanley Corners
  • Sterling
  • Stirlingville
  • Stronach
  • Temple
  • Wallace
  • Waverly
  • West Highland

Minnesota[]

  • Albany
  • Annandale
  • Argyle
  • Caledonia
  • Caledonia Township
  • Dumfries
  • Dundas
  • Dundee
  • Edina[2]
  • Elgin
  • Fergus Falls
  • Glasgow Township, Wabasha County
  • Glencoe
  • Harris
  • Iona
  • Lismore
  • Montrose
  • Nevis
  • Rothsay

Mississippi[]

  • Aberdeen
  • Belmont
  • Bruce
  • Caledonia
  • Covington County
  • Crawford
  • Duncan
  • Fulton
  • Inverness

Missouri[]

  • Adams Township
  • Alba
  • Albany
  • Alexandria
  • Allendale
  • Allenton
  • Anderson
  • Angus
  • Arden
  • Argyle
  • Arlington
  • Armstrong
  • Ashley
  • Ashton
  • Athol
  • Avon
  • Barnes Creek
  • Baxter Ponds
  • Berwick Township
  • Blackburn
  • Blackwater
  • Blair Ridge
  • Bloomfield
  • Bridgeton
  • Buchanan County
  • Burns
  • Bute
  • Caledonia
  • Cameron
  • Campbell
  • Campbellton
  • Carrington
  • Celt
  • Charlton
  • Charleston
  • Clarkton
  • Clayton
  • Cliff
  • Clifton
  • Clyde
  • Corry
  • Cove
  • Covington
  • Cowan Bluff
  • Craig
  • Crawford County
  • Crossroads
  • Crown Center
  • Cunningham Township
  • Dallas County
  • Dalton
  • Dean
  • Douglas County
  • Drum
  • Duncan
  • Dundee
  • Dunlap
  • Dunn
  • Dye
  • Dykes
  • East Dallas Township
  • East Fulton Township
  • Fenwick
  • Ferguson
  • Flemington
  • Forbes
  • Ford City
  • Fort Davidson
  • Fulton
  • Furnace Creek
  • Galloway
  • Georgetown
  • Glasgow
  • Glasgow Village
  • Glen Town
  • Glenaire
  • Glenallen
  • Glencoe
  • Glendale
  • Glenwood
  • Gordon Creek
  • Grant City
  • Greenfield
  • Greenwood
  • Gretna
  • Guthrie Township
  • Halls
  • Hamilton
  • Harris
  • Hartwell
  • Harwood
  • Halton
  • Hecla (see Hecla, South Uist, Scotland)
  • Henderson
  • Hermitage
  • Highland Township
  • Hope
  • Houston
  • Hume
  • Hunter
  • Jamestown
  • Jedburg
  • Kelso
  • Kenmoor
  • Kinloch
  • Kirk
  • Kirkwood
  • Kyle
  • Lenox
  • Leslie
  • Lewis County
  • Linn
  • Little Burns Mountain
  • Livingston County
  • Loch Leonard Lake
  • Lockwood
  • Logan
  • Lynn
  • Mansfield
  • Marshall
  • Maud
  • Mayfield
  • McAllister Springs
  • McBaine
  • McBride
  • McClure Cave
  • McCormick Cave
  • McCracken
  • McDaniel Lake
  • McDonald County
  • McDowell
  • McGill Creek
  • McHenry Hollow
  • McIntosh
  • McKee Spring
  • McKenzie Creek
  • McKinley
  • McKinney Creek
  • McLean Creek
  • McMinn Spring
  • McMullin
  • McMurry Spring
  • McMurtrey
  • McQueen Bend
  • McWilliams Creek
  • Melrose
  • Mercer
  • Middleton Township
  • Midland Township
  • Monroe County
  • Montrose
  • Mount Sterling
  • Mount Vernon Township
  • Murray Township
  • North Galloway Township
  • North Patton
  • Oakwood Park
  • Old Monroe
  • Orchard
  • Patterson
  • Patton
  • Piper
  • Preston
  • Rea
  • Redford
  • Riverside
  • Rose Hill Township
  • Ross Lake
  • Russell Mountain
  • Rutherford Cave
  • Saline County
  • Salisbury
  • Scotia
  • Scotland
  • Scotland County
  • Scotsdale
  • Scott City
  • Scotts Corner
  • Smithton
  • South Gifford
  • South Greenfield
  • South Galloway Township
  • Stanley
  • Sterling
  • Stewart
  • Sutherland
  • Swinton
  • Thompson
  • Wallace
  • West Dallas Township
  • West Fulton Township
  • West Glasgow
  • Weston
  • Westwood
  • Whiteside
  • Wilton

Montana[]

  • Ballantine
  • Busby
  • Fergus County
  • Forsyth
  • Frazer
  • Glasgow
  • Glendive
  • Hamilton
  • Huntley (Huntley, Scottish Borders)
  • Inverness
  • Kerr
  • Lake McDonald
  • Livingston

Nebraska[]

Nevada[]

  • Adams Creek
  • Anderson Homestead
  • Arden Siding
  • Ashton
  • Auld Lang Syne Peak
  • Bannock
  • Barclay Siding
  • Belmont
  • Black Rock
  • Blair and Logan Springs
  • Bonnie Claire
  • Burns Creek
  • Campbell Valley
  • Castle Rock
  • Charleston
  • Clan Alpine
  • Clayton Valley
  • Clifton
  • Craig Station
  • Currie
  • Dalton Canyon
  • Davidson Peak
  • Douglas
  • Dunlap Mill
  • Elgin
  • Fife Mountain
  • Fort McDermitt
  • Glendale
  • Hamilton
  • Highland Peak
  • Jamestown
  • Kennedy
  • Kingston
  • Lewis
  • Lockwood
  • Logan
  • Lynn Creek
  • Lyon Peak
  • Mac Canyon
  • Mackay Mansion
  • Martin Ridge
  • McBride Flat
  • McCall Creek
  • McConnell Peak
  • McCoy
  • McCutcheon Creek
  • McDonald Creek
  • McDuffy Gulch
  • McFarland Peak
  • McGhee Mountain
  • McGill
  • McIntyre Summit
  • McKinney Mountains
  • McKissick Canyon
  • McLeans
  • McLeod
  • McMaughn Canyon
  • Milton Ranch
  • Monroe Canyon
  • Morey
  • Mount Charleston
  • Mount Duncan
  • Mount Grant
  • Mount Hope
  • Mount Scott
  • Mount Stirling
  • Piper Peak
  • Preston
  • Ralston
  • Ross Creek
  • Royston Hills
  • Scott Pass
  • Stewart
  • Thompson Creek
  • Wallace Canyon

New Hampshire[]

  • Adams Point
  • Albany
  • Balloch
  • Bannock Hill
  • Belmont
  • Blair
  • Burns Hill
  • Campbell Hill
  • Carleton Hill
  • Castle Hill
  • Charlestown
  • Churchill Brook
  • Colburn Hill
  • Cove Hill
  • Crawford Pond
  • Crawford's Purchase Township
  • Crown Hill
  • Cummings Mountain
  • Cunningham Hill
  • Dalton
  • Dunbar Hill
  • Dunbarton
  • Duncan Lake
  • Dundee
  • East Kingston
  • Ferguson Brook
  • Forbes Mountain
  • Fulton Pond
  • Garfield Hill
  • Gilmore State Forest
  • Glen
  • Glencliff
  • Glendale
  • Gordon Hill
  • Grant Hill
  • Green Hill
  • Green's Grant Township
  • Greenfield
  • Highlands
  • Hillside Brook
  • Howe Park
  • Iona Lake
  • Kelton Crag
  • Kennedy Hill
  • Kingston
  • Lewis Hill
  • Littleton
  • Loch Lyndon
  • Lochmere
  • Lochehaven
  • Lynn
  • MacDowell County
  • McClelland
  • McCoy Mountain
  • McGregors Pond
  • McIntosh College
  • Melrose Corner
  • Middleton
  • Milton
  • Monroe
  • Montgomery Brook
  • Morningside Park
  • Morrison Hill
  • Murray Park
  • North Charlestown
  • Park Hill
  • Preston Brook
  • Red Hill
  • Scotland
  • Scotland Brook
  • Scott
  • Scott Bog
  • Scott Brook
  • Scott Mountain
  • South Charlestown
  • Stewart Hill
  • Stewartstown
  • Thistle Brook
  • West Stewartstown

New Jersey[]

  • Aberdeen Township
  • Adams
  • Albion
  • Anderson
  • Annandale
  • Avon Park
  • Bishops Wood
  • Blackwood
  • Braeburn Heights
  • Bridgeton
  • Bridgewater
  • Brookfield
  • Campbells Corners
  • Carlton Hill
  • Chapel Hill
  • Charleston
  • Charleston East
  • Charlestown
  • Chester
  • Clifton
  • Clyde
  • Dunbarton
  • Dundee Canal
  • Dunellen
  • East Rutherford
  • Edinburg
  • Edinburg Park
  • Fairfield
  • Fenwick
  • Flemington
  • Galloway Township
  • Gillespie
  • Glen Cove
  • Glen Ridge
  • Glen Rock
  • Glendale
  • Glenmoore
  • Glenside
  • Gordons Corner
  • Green Hill
  • Grenloch
  • Hamilton
  • Hamilton Park
  • Hamilton Township (two places)
  • Harris Harbor
  • Highland Park
  • Highlands
  • Hillside
  • Hope
  • Iona
  • Kanouse Mountain
  • Kennedys
  • Kerrs Corners
  • Kingston
  • Kirkwood
  • Lake Rutherford
  • Lewis Point
  • Linwood
  • Livingston
  • Loch Arbour
  • Lockwood
  • Low Moor
  • Lyons
  • MacArthur Manor
  • Mansfield
  • Martins
  • McAfee
  • McCrea Mills
  • McDonald
  • McKee City
  • McPherson
  • Melrose
  • Milltown
  • Monroe
  • Muirhead
  • New Albany
  • New Gretna
  • Newport
  • Newstead
  • Newton
  • Newtown
  • Northfield
  • Oakwood Park
  • Ormond
  • Paisley
  • Perth Amboy (only half Scottish;[3] the other half was originally the Lenape word "Ompoge", which meant "elbow", "point", or "bowl"[4])
  • Pipers Corner
  • Port Murray
  • Port Warren
  • Raven Rock
  • Riverside
  • Ross Corner
  • Roxburg
  • Rutherford
  • Scotch Bonnet
  • Scotch Plains
  • Scotland Run
  • Scotts Corners
  • Scotts Mountain
  • Silverton
  • Springside
  • Stanhope
  • Sterling Hill
  • Stirling
  • Strathmore
  • Tennent
  • Wallace Mill
  • Westfield
  • Weston
  • Westwood
  • Whitehall
  • Whitehouse
  • Wick House

New Mexico[]

  • Blackrock
  • Garfield
  • Glenrio (from Scots "glen" + Spanish "rio" (meaning "river").)
  • Glenwood
  • Grant
  • Hope
  • Kingston
  • Logan
  • McIntosh
  • McKinley
  • Melrose
  • Torrance

New York[]

  • Albany (ultimately from Alba, Gaelic for Scotland)
  • Allendale
  • Alloway
  • Angus
  • Arden
  • Argyle
  • Armstrong Corners
  • Arrochar
  • Avon
  • Belmont
  • Bolton
  • Bonnie Crest
  • Boswell Corners
  • Braeside
  • Brookfield
  • Buchanan
  • Burns
  • Burnside
  • Buskirk
  • Caledonia
  • Camby
  • Cameron
  • Campbell
  • Carnegie
  • Ceres
  • Chapel Corners
  • Charleston
  • Charlton
  • Cheviot
  • Clifton
  • Clyde
  • Covington
  • Cowan Corner
  • Craigs
  • Crawford
  • Cross Hill
  • Cross Roads
  • Cullen
  • Dalton
  • Dean
  • Douglas Crossing
  • Dunbar
  • Dunbarton
  • Dundee
  • East Avon
  • East Buskirk
  • East Campbell
  • East Hamilton
  • East Hills
  • East Pitcairn
  • East Whitehall
  • Edinburg
  • Elgin
  • Fairfield
  • Fraser
  • Fulton
  • Furnace Village
  • Gifford
  • Glasgow Mills
  • Glen
  • Glenburnie
  • Glencairn
  • Glendale
  • Glenmore
  • Glenwood
  • Glen Spey
  • Gordon Heights
  • Gretna
  • Greystone
  • Hamilton
  • Harris
  • Hecla
  • Henderson
  • Hermitage
  • Highland
  • Highland Falls
  • Highland Lake
  • Highland Park
  • Hillside
  • Hope
  • Hume
  • Hunter
  • Huntly Corners
  • Inverness
  • Jamestown
  • Kilmartin Corners
  • Kirk
  • Kirkwood
  • Lamberton
  • Lamont
  • Lewis
  • Lewiston
  • Linwood
  • Lithgow
  • Livingston
  • Loch Sheldrake
  • Lockwood
  • Logan
  • Lyons
  • MacDougall
  • Marshall
  • Martin
  • Mayfield
  • McClure
  • McConnell Corners
  • McDuffie Town
  • McEwens Corner
  • McIntyre
  • McKinley
  • McKinneys
  • McKnight Corners
  • McLean
  • McMaster Corners
  • McMillan Corners
  • McPherson Point
  • Melrose
  • Millport
  • Milltown
  • Milton
  • Monroe
  • Montrose
  • Morey Park
  • Morton
  • Murray
  • Netherwood
  • New Scotland
  • North Argyle
  • North Avon
  • North Highland
  • North Sterling
  • Oakley Corners
  • Oakwood
  • Ormiston
  • Perth
  • Pitcairn
  • Preston
  • Riverside
  • Rock Glen
  • Rosebank
  • Roslyn
  • Ross Corners
  • Rossburg
  • Saltaire
  • Scotch Bush
  • Scotch Church
  • Scotch Hill
  • Scotchtown
  • Scotia
  • Scott
  • Scotts Corners
  • Scottsburg
  • Scottsville
  • Selkirk
  • South Albany
  • South Argyle
  • South Avon
  • South Cameron
  • South Hamilton
  • South Highland
  • St. Andrew
  • Stanley
  • Star Corners
  • Sterling
  • Stewart Corners
  • Stirling
  • Stow
  • Summerville
  • Sunny Brae
  • The Glen
  • Thorn Hill
  • Thornton
  • Treadwell
  • Waverly
  • Wellwood
  • West Albany
  • West Cameron
  • West Monroe
  • West Mount Vernon
  • West Perth
  • Westfield
  • Weston
  • Westwood Corners
  • Whitelaw
  • Whiteside Corners
  • Whitestone
  • Wicks Corners
  • Willow Glen
  • Wilton

North Carolina[]

  • Aberdeen
  • Clyde
  • Cumnock
  • Davidson
  • Davidson County
  • Dundarrach
  • Forsyth County
  • Glencoe
  • Highlands
  • Inverness
  • McDonald
  • McDowell County
  • McFarlan
  • Roxboro
  • Rutherford
  • Rutherfordton
  • Scotland County
  • Wallace

North Dakota[]

  • Abercrombie
  • Ayr
  • Balfour
  • Bathgate
  • Buchanan
  • Elgin
  • Elliot
  • Fingal ("Fingal" is the Scottish form of Finn MacCool)
  • Glen Ullin
  • Grant County
  • Hamilton
  • Leith
  • Logan County
  • McHenry County
  • McIntosh County
  • McKenzie County
  • McLean County
  • Morton County
  • Perth
  • Perth Township

Ohio[]

  • Aberdeen
  • Albany
  • Alexandria
  • Anderson
  • Angus
  • Arlington
  • Armadale
  • Armstrong
  • Ashton
  • Avon
  • Bannock
  • Barclay
  • Barnhill
  • Barrick
  • Belmont
  • Bernice
  • Blacktop
  • Broughton
  • Buchanan
  • Caldwell
  • Caledonia
  • Cameron
  • Campbell
  • Campbellstown
  • Carrington
  • Chapel Hill
  • Charlestown
  • Cheviot
  • Churchill
  • Clayton
  • Clifton
  • Clyde
  • Coulter
  • Cove
  • Covington
  • Craigton
  • Crawford
  • Crown City
  • Cunningham
  • Dalton
  • Dipple
  • Douglas
  • Dunbar
  • Duncanwood
  • Dundee
  • East Clayton
  • East Mansfield
  • East Monroe
  • Edinburg
  • Elgin
  • Fincastle
  • Flushing
  • Fort McKinley
  • Fulton County
  • Galloway
  • Garfield
  • Georgetown
  • Gilmore
  • Glasgow
  • Glen Roy
  • Glenbyrne Center
  • Glencoe
  • Glendale
  • Glenmoor
  • Gordon
  • Greenfield
  • Gretna
  • Hamilton
  • Harris
  • Hartwell
  • Hatton
  • Hazelton Corners
  • Hecla
  • Hepburn
  • Highland
  • Highland County
  • Highland Park
  • Highlandtown
  • Hope
  • Houston
  • Hunter
  • Jamestown
  • Keith
  • Kerr
  • Kingston
  • Kirkwood
  • Knollwood Village
  • Leith
  • Linwood
  • Lock Port
  • Lockwood Corners
  • Logan
  • Lynn
  • Lyons
  • Mansfield
  • Maud
  • Mayfield
  • McArthur
  • McClure
  • McComb
  • McConnelsville
  • McCracken Corners
  • McCuneville
  • McCutchenville
  • McDaniel Crossroad
  • McDonald
  • McFarlands Corners
  • McGaw
  • McGill
  • McGuffey
  • McIntyre
  • McKay
  • McKays Corners
  • McKendree
  • McLeish
  • McMorran
  • Melrose
  • Middleton
  • Middleton Corner
  • Millport
  • Milton Center
  • Monroe
  • Montrose
  • Mount Hope
  • Mount Sterling
  • Munroe Falls
  • Murray City
  • New Albany
  • Newburgh Heights
  • Newkirk
  • Newton Falls
  • Oakley
  • Peebles
  • Port William
  • Red Lion
  • Ross
  • Ross County
  • Ross Township (four places)
  • Rossburg
  • Scotch Ridge
  • Scotland
  • Scott
  • Scott Corners
  • Scotts Crossing
  • Scott Township (four places)
  • Scottown
  • South Charleston
  • Stanhope
  • Stanley
  • Starr
  • Sterling
  • Stewart
  • Struthers
  • Thompson
  • Upland Heights
  • Waverly
  • Weems
  • West Alexandria
  • West Charleston
  • West Chester
  • West Covington
  • West Hill
  • West Mansfield
  • West Milton
  • West Newton
  • Westfield
  • Westhill Heights
  • Westhope
  • Weston
  • Westwood
  • Whitehall
  • Whitehouse
  • Wick
  • Winfield

Oklahoma[]

  • Carnegie
  • Chisholm Trail
  • Davidson
  • Douglas
  • Duncan
  • Hunter
  • Lamont
  • Logan County
  • Macomb
  • McAlester
  • McClain County
  • McCurtain County
  • McIntosh County
  • McLoud
  • Midlothian, Oklahoma
  • Morris
  • Morrison
  • Stuart

Oregon[]

  • Albany
  • Burns
  • Douglas County
  • Dundee
  • Glasgow
  • Paisley

Pennsylvania[]

  • Abbott Township
  • Addison
  • Alba
  • Albany
  • Alexandria
  • Armstrong County
  • Ashley
  • Austin
  • Avon
  • Ayr Township
  • Bart Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
  • Bell Township
  • Belmont
  • Berwick
  • Black Township
  • Blackrock
  • Blair County
  • Bloomfield
  • Boswell
  • Brighton Township
  • Broadford
  • Brown Township
  • Bruceton
  • Burnside
  • Campbelltown
  • Carnegie
  • Corry
  • Coulter
  • Cowan
  • Crawford County
  • Dallas
  • Dalton
  • Dawson
  • Dean
  • Dormont
  • Drums
  • Dunbar
  • Duncan Township
  • Duncansville
  • Dunmore
  • Dysart
  • East Cameron Township
  • Edinboro
  • Elgin
  • Ferguson Township
  • Flemington
  • Ford City
  • Frazer Township, Allegheny County
  • Fulton County
  • Georgetown
  • Gibson Township
  • Gifford
  • Glasgow
  • Glen Campbell
  • Glen Hope
  • Glen Lyon
  • Glenside
  • Glenwood
  • Gordon
  • Graham Township
  • Grampian
  • Hamilton Township
  • Hawthorne
  • Highland Park
  • Highland Township
  • Hilltown
  • Houston
  • Howard
  • Jamestown
  • Kingston
  • Kirkwood
  • Knox (formerly Edenburg)
  • Lanark
  • Lansdale
  • Lawrence County
  • Lewis Run
  • Lewis Township
  • Linwood
  • Lock Haven
  • Lower Paxton Township
  • Manor
  • Mansfield
  • Marienville (formerly spelled Marionville)
  • Mayfield
  • McAlisterville
  • McCalmont Township
  • McClure (Two Counties)
  • McConnellsburg
  • McConnellstown
  • McDonald
  • McHenry Township
  • McIntyre Township
  • McKean County
  • McKees Rocks
  • McKeesport
  • McMurray
  • McVeytown
  • Mercer
  • Milroy
  • Monroe County
  • Montgomery
  • Montrose
  • Morris
  • Morton
  • Moscow
  • Nelson Township
  • New Albany
  • Newton Hamilton
  • Newtown
  • Nixon
  • North Abington Township
  • North Middleton Township
  • Oakwood
  • Oliver
  • Olyphant
  • Patterson Township
  • Patton
  • Pen Argyl
  • Pitcairn
  • Radnor
  • Red Hill
  • Red Lion
  • Redstone
  • Renfrew
  • Robinson Township
  • Ross Township
  • Roxborough
  • Russell
  • Rutherford
  • Rye Township
  • Scotch Hill
  • Scotia
  • Scotland
  • Scott Township
  • Scottdale
  • Simpson
  • Slateford
  • Smithton
  • South Abington Township
  • South Newton Township
  • Spring Garden
  • Spring Hill
  • Summerhill
  • Summerville
  • Thompson
  • Upland
  • Upper Paxton Township
  • West Abington Township
  • West Cameron Township
  • Wilson
  • Wood Township
  • Young Township

Rhode Island[]

  • Blackrock
  • Charlestown
  • Glendale
  • Jamestown
  • Kingston
  • Middletown
  • Riverside

South Carolina[]

  • Anderson
  • Cameron
  • Dunbarton (Dumbarton)
  • Elgin, Kershaw County
  • Elgin, Lancaster County
  • McBee
  • McClellanville
  • McColl
  • McConnells
  • McCormick
  • McCormick County
  • Scotia

South Dakota[]

  • Aberdeen
  • Alexandria
  • Arlington
  • Avon
  • Brown County
  • Campbell County
  • Dallas
  • Douglas County
  • Eden
  • Fulton
  • Geddes
  • Grant County
  • Gretna
  • Hecla
  • Kyle
  • Lennox
  • Mansfield
  • Marshall County
  • Martin
  • McCook County
  • McIntosh
  • McPherson County
  • Milltown
  • Monroe
  • Montrose
  • Mount Vernon
  • Pollock
  • Roslyn
  • Scotland
  • Stanley County
  • Wallace
  • Waverly, Codington County

Tennessee[]

  • Adams
  • Arlington
  • Baxter
  • Big Sandy
  • Blair
  • Burns
  • Calderwood
  • Campbell County
  • Campbells Station
  • Charleston
  • Church Hill
  • Claiborne County
  • Clifton
  • Cowan
  • Crawford
  • Crossroads
  • Davidson County
  • Dunlap
  • Erwin
  • Fulton
  • Gibson
  • Green Hill
  • Greenfield
  • Halls
  • Houston
  • Houston County
  • Hunter
  • Jamestown
  • Kelso
  • Kingston
  • Knoxville
  • Livingston
  • Martin
  • McEwen
  • McKenzie
  • McMinn County
  • Polk County
  • Rutherford
  • Scott County
  • South Fulton
  • Spring Hill
  • Thorn Hill
  • Waverly
  • Whiteside
  • Winfield

Texas[]

  • Abernathy
  • Albany
  • Argyle
  • Armstrong
  • Bowie
  • Camden
  • Cameron
  • Crawford
  • Cumings
  • Dallas
  • Damon
  • Douglas
  • Edinburg
  • Elgin
  • Glenn Heights
  • Gordon
  • Graham
  • Highlands
  • Houston
  • Kyle
  • Lake Dallas
  • Lanark
  • Livingston
  • McAllen
  • McGirk
  • McGregor
  • McKinney
  • McLennan County
  • McLeod
  • McNeil
  • Midlothian, Ellis County
  • Millican
  • Montrose
  • Ochiltree
  • Archer County
  • Scottsville

Utah[]

  • Alton
  • Alta
  • Altamont
  • Ballard
  • Blanding
  • Bryce
  • Bryce Canyon
  • Elsinore
  • Glendale
  • Highland
  • Ivins
  • Logan
  • Nibley
  • North Logan
  • Oakley
  • Ogden - named after Scottish trapper Peter Skene Ogden
  • Sterling
  • Torrey

Vermont[]

  • Albany
  • Arlington
  • Caledonia County
  • Castleton
  • Charleston
  • Clyde River

Virginia[]

  • Airlie
  • Alanton
  • Alexandria
  • Annandale
  • Armstrong
  • Avon
  • Battlefield Park
  • Belmont
  • Blackford
  • Blackridge
  • Bonny Blue
  • Caledonia
  • Calvin
  • Campbell
  • Camptown
  • Celt
  • Ceres
  • Chester
  • Church Hill
  • Clifton
  • Covington
  • Cowie Corner
  • Crawfords Store
  • Cullen
  • Cunningham
  • Daltons
  • Deans
  • Douglas Park
  • Drummonds Corner
  • Dry Bridge
  • Dryburg
  • Dumbarton
  • Dumfries
  • Dunbar
  • Duncan
  • Dundas
  • Dundee
  • Dunlap Beach
  • Dunlop
  • Dye
  • East Highland Park
  • Edinburg
  • Elgin Corner
  • Ettrick
  • Fife
  • Fincastle
  • Ford
  • Furnace
  • Georgetown
  • Gillespie
  • Gilmerton
  • Glasgow
  • Glenbrook Hills
  • Glendale
  • Glenmore
  • Glenwood Park
  • Grant
  • Gretna
  • Hamilton
  • Hartwood
  • Highland
  • Highland Park
  • Hunters
  • Huntly
  • James City County
  • James River
  • Jamestown, Virginia (for King James, formerly James VI of Scots)
  • Keen Mountain
  • Keith
  • Kelso Mill
  • Kilmarnock
  • Kilmarnock Wharf
  • Kings Crossing
  • Kingston
  • Leithtown
  • Leslie
  • Lime Hill
  • Littleton
  • Logan
  • Lyons
  • Maidens
  • Marionville
  • Maryton
  • Maxie
  • Mayfield
  • McAdam
  • McCall Gap
  • McClure
  • McConnell
  • McCoy
  • McCready
  • McDonalds Mill
  • McDowell
  • McDuff
  • McHenry
  • McIvor
  • McKinley
  • McKnights Mill
  • McLean
  • McLean Hamlet
  • McMullen
  • McRae
  • Melrose
  • Midlothian
  • Monroe
  • Montrose Heights
  • Morningside Hills
  • Moscow
  • Mount Vernon
  • Mt. Crawford
  • Murrayfield
  • New Glasgow
  • Newington
  • Orkney Springs
  • Patna
  • Perth
  • Pipers Gap
  • Preston
  • Reston
  • Riverdale
  • Roslyn Hills
  • Rosslyn
  • Rumford
  • Ruther Glen
  • Rutherford
  • Scotchtown
  • Scotland
  • Scott Addition
  • Scott County
  • Scotts Crossroad
  • Scottsburg
  • Scottswood
  • Sinclair Farms
  • Stanley
  • Sterling
  • Sutherland
  • Wallace
  • Waverly
  • Weems
  • White Hill

Washington[]

  • Aberdeen
  • Blaine
  • Cunningham
  • Douglas
  • Elgin
  • Fife
  • Finley
  • Graham
  • Kelso
  • Lake McMurray
  • McMillan
  • McNeil Island
  • Monroe

West Virginia[]

  • Aberdeen
  • Glasgow
  • Glenville
  • McDowell County
  • Montrose

Wisconsin[]

  • Albany
  • Allenton
  • Anderson (two places)
  • Angus
  • Argyle
  • Arlington
  • Armstrong
  • Armstrong Creek
  • Ashley
  • Ashton
  • Avon
  • Beechwood
  • Bell
  • Belmont
  • Blaine
  • Blair
  • Bruce
  • Burnett County
  • Burns
  • Burnside
  • Caldwell
  • Caledonia (four places)
  • Cameron
  • Campbell
  • Camp Douglas
  • Carnegie
  • Castle Rock
  • Chester(s)
  • Clayton
  • Clifton
  • Clyde
  • Colburn
  • Crawford County
  • Cullen
  • Dallas
  • Dalton
  • Douglas
  • Douglas County
  • Drummond
  • Dunbar
  • Dunn (two places)
  • Dunn County
  • Dunbarton
  • Dundee
  • Elcho (Earl of Wemyss and March)
  • Ettrick
  • Fairburn
  • Fort McCoy
  • Fulton
  • Galloway
  • Glen Haven
  • Glencoe
  • Glendale
  • Glenmore
  • Glenwood
  • Gordon (three places)
  • Grant (six places)
  • Grantsburg
  • Greenbush
  • Greenfield
  • Greenwood
  • Guthrie
  • Hamilton
  • Harris
  • Hayton
  • Highland
  • Highland Park
  • Hunter
  • Irvine
  • Keene
  • Kelly
  • Kingston
  • Lamont
  • Lanark
  • Lennox
  • Leslie
  • Lewis
  • Lewiston
  • Linton
  • Linwood
  • Livingston
  • Longwood
  • Lynn
  • Lyons
  • MacIntire Creek
  • Marshall
  • Mayfield
  • McAllister
  • McDonald Creek
  • McFarland
  • McKays Spur
  • McKenzie Creek
  • McKinley (two places)
  • McMillan
  • Melrose
  • Middleton
  • Milltown
  • Milton
  • Monroe
  • Montrose
  • Morton Corner
  • Mount Sterling
  • Mount Vernon
  • Murry
  • Norrie
  • North Clayton
  • Oakley
  • Oakwood
  • Reid
  • Ross
  • Scott (seven places)
  • Scott Junction
  • Springfield
  • Stanley
  • Sterling
  • Sutherland
  • Thornton
  • Union Grove
  • Waverly
  • Westfield
  • Weston
  • Woodlawn

Wyoming[]

  • Burns
  • Campbell County
  • Douglas
  • McKinnon

See also[]

  • List of Scottish place names in Canada
  • List of Scottish place names in other countries
  • Scottish place names in Australia
  • Scottish place names in New Zealand
  • List of non-US places that have a US place named after them

References[]

  1. ^ "Glenwood". Belly Ballot. Retrieved 14 July 2015. Glenwood is a Scottish name, derived from the ancient Celtic words “glyn”, which means 'valley', and “wode” which means 'wood'.
  2. ^ From Settlement to Suburb: The History of Edina, Minnesota by Paul Hesterman, Published by the Edina Historical Society, 1988
  3. ^ "Journal of Nicholas Cresswell". memory.loc.gov. Dial Press. 1924.
  4. ^ Nova Caesaria and Ompoge Point Which Later Became New Jersey and Perth Amboy, by Harold E. Pickersgill, ISBN 9781893582019

Sources[]

  • Phillips, James W., Washington State Place Names, (Seattle, 1971)
  • The Surnames of Scotland - George F. Black

External links[]

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