List of place names of Spanish origin in the United States

As a result of former Spanish and, later, Mexican sovereignty over lands that are now part of the United States, there are many places in the country, mostly in the southwest, with names of Spanish origin. Florida and Louisiana also were at times under Spanish control, as were California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and portions of western Colorado. There are also several places in the United States with Spanish names as a result of other factors, some of these preserved ancient writing.

Authenticity and origin[]

Not all Spanish place name etymologies in the United States originate from the Spanish colonial period or from the Spanish language. Spanish-sounding place names are classified into four categories:

Colonial: Spanish names that were given during the Spanish colonial period, or adaptations of names originally given in the colonial period to the same place or to nearby related places. (Ex: Los Angeles, Salamanca, or California)
Post-colonial: Spanish place names that have no history of being used during the colonial period for the place in question or for nearby related places. (Ex: Lake Buena Vista, Florida, named in 1969 after a street in Burbank, California)
Non-Spanish: Place names originating from non-Spaniards or in non-historically Spanish areas.
Faux: Fabricated Spanish place names, typically by non-Spanish speakers. (Ex: Sierra Vista)

States[]

California (from the name of a fictional island country in Las sergas de Esplandián, a popular Spanish chivalric romance by Garci Rodríguez de Mon talvo)
Colorado (meaning "red [colored]", "ruddy" or "colored" in masculine form. Named after Colorado City; now called Old Colorado City.)
Florida Meaning ""Flowery" or "Florid", because it was discovered by Ponce de León on Easter Sunday, called Pascua Florida to distinguish this holiday, which occurs in springtime when flowers are abundant, from other Christian holidays called Pascua in Spanish, such as Christmas and Epiphany.
Montana from Latinized Spanish meaning "mountainous", also in Spanish "montaña" is the name of "mountain"
Nevada comes from the Spanish Sierra Nevada (which is also a mountain range in Spain), meaning snowy mountain range (Nevada is the Spanish feminine form of snowy).
New Mexico, named after the Valley of Mexico.
Texas, from the Spanish name for the Caddo, derived from the word táyshaʼ meaning 'friend'.^[1]
Utah derives from the Spanish name given to the Ute People by early explorers to the area. The Utes refer to themselves as Noochee, which in Spanish was changed to Yuta.^[2]

Territories[]

North Mariana Islands (after queen Mariana, regent at the time)
Puerto Rico (Spanish for "Rich Port")
US Virgin Islands (Christopher Columbus named the Virgin Islands after Santa Ursula y las Once mil Virgenes (English: St. Ursula and the 11,000 Virgins), shortened to las Vírgenes (the Virgins))

Counties and parishes[]

Alameda County, California ("Boulevard with Poplars")
Alamosa County, Colorado ("Shaded with Poplars or Cottonwoods")
Amador County, California (named for José María Amador, amador is a Spanish word for "lover", not widely used)
Angelina County, Texas (From "Angelina," a Spanish given name. Its English equivalent is "Angeline")
Archuleta County, Colorado (From "Archuleta," a Spanish surname)
Atascosa County, Texas ("Boggy")
Baca County, Colorado (named in honor of pioneer and Colorado territorial legislator Felipe Baca)
Bandera County, Texas ("Flag")
Bastrop County, Texas
Bernalillo County, New Mexico
Bexar County, Texas (Béxar is an ancient form for Béjar)
Blanco County, Texas ("White")
Bosque County, Texas ("Forest")
Brazos County, Texas ("Arms")
Buena Vista County, Iowa ("Good View")
Calaveras County, California (named after the Calaveras River; Spanish word for "Skulls")
Cerro Gordo County, Iowa ("Fat/large Mountain")
Chaves County, New Mexico (similar to "llaves"-"Keys")
Cimarron County, Oklahoma (maroon)
Colusa County, California (from two Mexican land grants; Coluses (1844) and Colus (1845))
Comal County, Texas
Concho County, Texas ("shell")
Conejos County, Colorado (named after the Conejos River meaning "Rabbits")
Contra Costa County, California ("Opposite coast" or "back coast" in Spanish; in reference to its location in the San Francisco Bay Area)
Costilla County, Colorado (named after the Costilla River, meaning "Little Coast" or "Rib")
DeSoto County, Florida (named after the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto)
DeSoto County, Mississippi (named after the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto)
Del Norte County, California ("Northern" in Spanish, also the northernmost county in California. This county was actually named and pioneered by portuguese settlers, and is pronounced differently than would be expected in Spanish)
Dolores County, Colorado (derived from "Nuestra Señora de los Dolores", Spanish name for Our Lady of Sorrows)
Doña Ana County, New Mexico (Mrs. Anne)
El Dorado County, California (From the mythical El Dorado, The Gilded One, significant to El Dorado County's importance in the California Gold Rush)
El Paso County, Colorado ("The step" or "the pass")
El Paso County, Texas ("The step" or "the pass")
Escambia County, Florida (named for the Escambia River, whose name comes from a Spanish word for "barter" or "trade")
Esmeralda County, Nevada ("Emerald")
Fresno County, California (From Fresno Creek. In Spanish, fresno means "ash tree".)
Frio County, Texas ("Cold")
Garza County, Texas (named in honor to the family of landowner José Antonio de la Garza).
Gonzales County, Texas
Guadalupe County, Texas
Hernando County, Florida (named after Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto)
Hidalgo County, New Mexico (after Villa de Guadalupe Hidalgo, where the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed)
Hidalgo County, Texas (after Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican national hero)
Huerfano County, Colorado (named for the Huerfano Butte, a local landmark. From the Spanish huérfano, meaning orphan)
Las Animas County, Colorado (named after the Animas River, derived from Río de las Ánimas Perdidas, which means "River of the Lost Souls")
La Paz County, Arizona ("Peace")
La Plata County, Colorado (called so for La Plata River, in Colorado. From the Spanish plata, meaning "silver")
Lampasas County, Texas
Laredo, Texas ("scree")
Lavaca County, Texas ("La vaca", literally "the cow")
Leon County, Florida (named for Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León; it is his surname, which means lion, as well as the name of a Spanish city, León, Spain
Leon County, Texas
Los Alamos County, New Mexico ("The white poplars")
Los Angeles County, California (Spanish for "the Angels", from one of the 28 settlements founded by the Spanish, El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula)
Madera County, California ("Wood" or "Timber")
Matagorda County, Texas ("Fat shrub")
Maricopa County, Arizona
Mariposa County, California ("Butterfly")
Medina County, Texas (from Arabic "town, city")
Mendocino County, California (from Cape Mendocino, named probably for either Antonio de Mendoza or Lorenzo Suárez de Mendoza, viceroys of New Spain)
Mesa County, Colorado (table)
Merced County, California (from the Merced River, a shortened version of the original name El Río de Nuestra Señora de la Merced (River of Our Lady of Mercy); named in 1806 by an expedition headed by Gabriel Moraga)
Monterey County, California (from Monterey Bay—the name is composed of the Spanish words Monte ("Hill") and Rey ("King"), historically because the viceroy of New Spain (Mexico) that supported the expedition of California, was from Monterey, Galicia, Spain)
Mora County, New Mexico (Blackberry or Moor woman)
Natrona County, Wyoming ("Natron")
Navarro County, Texas (it could come either from the surname "Navarro", or from the Spanish region of Navarre)
Nevada County, California ("Snowy")
New Madrid County, Missouri (called so after the Spanish capital Madrid)
Nueces County, Texas (named after the Nueces River, meaning "nuts", derived from pecan nuts)
Otero County, Colorado (the county was named for Miguel Antonio Otero (born 1829), one of the founders of the town of La Junta and a member of a prominent Hispanic family)
Otero County, New Mexico (named for Miguel Antonio Otero (born 1829) whose son Miguel Antonio Otero (born 1859) who was a New Mexico territorial governor)
Palo Alto County, Iowa - (of Spanish "tall stick"; It is named for the first battlefield victory in the Mexican–American War).
Palo Pinto County, Texas ("Colored stick")
Pecos County, Texas ("freckles")
Pinellas County, Florida (named after "La Punta de Piñal de Jimenez", which means "Jimenez's Point of Pines", after the entrance to Tampa Bay by Spanish explorers in 1757)
Plumas County, California (for the Feather River. Plumas is the Spanish word for feathers.)
Pueblo County, Colorado (village)
Presidio County, Texas ("Prison")
Refugio County, Texas ("Shelter")
Rio Arriba County, New Mexico ("Upstream", referring to the stream of a river)
Rio Grande County, Colorado ("Big River")
Sabine County, Texas
Sacramento County, California (from the Sacramento River, itself named for the Santísimo Sacramento (Spanish for Most Holy Sacrament), a reference to the Eucharist)
San Augustine County, Texas (Presidio de San Agustin de Ahumada)
San Benito County, California (in honor of San Benedicto (Saint Benedict); "Benito" is the diminutive of Benedicto)
San Bernardino County, California (Saint Bernardino of Siena)
St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana (called so after St. Bernard, the patron saint of Spanish colonial governor of Louisiana in 1780s Bernardo de Gálvez).
San Diego County, California (from the city of San Diego, itself named after Saint Didacus of Alcalá, or San Diego de Alcalá in Spanish)
Sandoval County, New Mexico (Named for the Sandoval family, prominent seventeenth-century Spanish landowners)
San Francisco County, California (from the city of San Francisco, itself named after Francis of Assisi (1181–1226), a Roman Catholic saint and founder of the Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans))
San Jacinto County, Texas (for Saint Hyacinth)
San Joaquin County, California (for Saint Joachim)
San Juan County, Colorado
San Juan County, New Mexico
San Juan County, Utah (named after the San Juan River, meaning "St. John")
San Juan County, Washington (named for Count Juan Vicente de Güemes of , Viceroy of New Spain)
San Luis Obispo County, California (for St. Louis, the Bishop)
San Mateo County, California (for Saint Matthew)
San Miguel County, Colorado (from the San Miguel River in Colorado)
San Miguel County, New Mexico
San Patricio County, Texas (for Saint Patrick)
San Saba County, Texas
Sanpete County, Utah, a nickname related to San Pedro, allegedly given to a Native American by the Domínguez–Escalante expedition in the 1770s
Santa Ana, California
Santa Barbara County, California (for Saint Barbara)
Santa Clara County, California (for Saint Clare, for the Santa Clara Valley and the mission town of Santa Clara)
Santa Fe County, New Mexico (Saint Faith)
Santa Cruz County, Arizona
Santa Cruz County, California (Spanish for "Holy/Sacred Cross")
Santa Rosa County, Florida (named after Santa Rosa Island, which means "Saint Rose")
Sebastian County, Arkansas
Sierra County, California ("Mountain range")
Solano County, California (the county derives its name directly from an Amerindian Chief, Chief Solano of the Suisun people, a Native American tribe of the region and Vallejo's close ally. The Chief was given the Spanish name Francisco Solano during baptism at the Catholic Mission, and is named after the Spanish Franciscan missionary, Father Francisco Solano. "Solano" is a common surname in the north of Spain, especially in Navarra, Zaragoza, and La Rioja)
Stanislaus County, California (named after the Stanislaus River which is named after who was named after the Polish Saint Stanislaus
Utah County, Utah (from the Spanish name Yuta, given to the Ute People by early explorers to the area.)
Uvalde County, Texas (Named after Juan de Ugalde)
Valencia County, New Mexico (Spanish city of Valencia)
Val Verde County, Texas (Valverde)
Ventura County, California (named after the county seat, the city of Ventura which is named after "Saint Bonaventure," a Catholic medieval mystic)
Victoria County, Texas (Spanish family name, meaning "victory")
Ysleta Mission, Texas ("Little Island")
Zapata County, Texas (Spanish family name, "Espadrille")
Zavala County, Texas

Populated cities[]

Cities[]

A[]

Agua Dulce, El Paso County, Texas ("sweet water")
Agua Dulce, Nueces County, Texas
Ajo, Arizona ("garlic")
Alamogordo, New Mexico ("fat cottonwood"), seat of Otero County, New Mexico
Alamosa, Colorado ("of cottonwood")
Alba, Missouri ("dawn")
Albuquerque, New Mexico (in honor of Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 10th Duke of Alburquerque, duke of the town of Alburquerque in Spain)
Alameda, California ("Poplar Grove")
Aledo, Illinois (named after of Aledo, Murcia, in Spain)
Alhambra, California (named after of Alhambra, in Spain)
Aliso Viejo, California ("old alder")
Alta, Iowa, a city in Buena Vista County, Iowa (tall in female)
Altamonte Springs, Florida ("High Mountain" Springs)
Altavista, Virginia ("tall" view)
Altura, Minnesota (called after of Altura, Castellón, in Spain)
Alvarado, Texas (named after Alvarado, Veracruz, in Mexico)
Alvarado, Virginia
Amador City, California (named for José María Amador; amador means "lover" in Spanish)
Amarillo, Texas ("yellow"), seat of Potter County, Texas
Andalusia, Alabama (named after the Spanish region of Andalusia)
Anna Maria, Florida (Juan Ponce de León was said to have named the island for Maria Anna of Neuburg, queen of Carlos II of Spain)
Arroyo Grande, California ("Large Creek")
Atascadero, California ("Mudhole")
Aventura, Florida ("Adventure")

B[]

Bandera, Texas ("Flag")
Belen, New Mexico (founded as Nuestra Señora de Belén by a group of Spanish colonists led by Diego Torres and Antonio Salazar)
Benavides, Texas (named after Plácido Benavides, 1837–1919)
Blanco, Texas (white)
Boca Del Mar, Florida ("Mouth of the Sea")
Boca Pointe, Florida ("Mouth [inlet]")
Boca Raton, Florida ("Thieves Inlet", also "Mouse Mouth". Ratón in Spanish is "mouse", not "rat".)
Bogata, Texas
Bonanza, Oregon (“prosperity”)
Bonita Springs, Florida ("beautiful" springs)
Brazos Bend, Texas ("arms" bend)
Brea, California ("Tar")
Buena Park, California ("Good")
Buena Vista, Virginia ("good view")

C[]

Cadiz, Kentucky (named after the Spanish city Cádiz)
Calabasas, California (from "calabaza", "Squash")
Calera, Alabama ("Limestone")
Camarillo, California ("Way")
Camargo, Kentucky (named after Camargo Municipality, Tamaulipas, in Mexico)
Campo, Colorado ("Countryside")
Cañon City, Colorado ("Canyon City")
Cañones, New Mexico ("Canyons")
Cape Canaveral, Florida (the name Cañaveral in Spanish means canebrake and was given to the area by Spanish explorers for the cane vegetation, or canebrake on the cape. The name translates as "Cape of Canes", or "Cabo Cañaveral")
Carlos, Minnesota ("Charles")
Carpinteria, California (called so for the soldiers of the Portola expedition in 1769 because that the Amerindians have many canoes, and at the time were building one) ("Carpentry")
Carrizo Springs, Texas ("reed")
Casa Grande, Arizona ("Big House")
Cerritos, California ("Little Hills")
Chico, California ("Small", derived from "Rancho del Arroyo Chico", meaning "Small Stream Ranch")
Chromo, Colorado ("Chrome")
Chula Vista, California ("Beautiful View")
Cibolo, Texas ("Cyber")
Cimarron, Kansas ("maroon")
Cordova, Alabama (after Córdoba, Veracruz, Mexico)
Cordova, Alaska (named after the Spanish admiral Luis de Córdova y Córdova)
Cordova, Nebraska (after Córdoba, Spain)
Cortez, Colorado
Corona, California ("Crown")
Coronado, California ("Crowned")
Costa Mesa, California ("Mesa Coast")
Corunna, Michigan (named after A Coruña, Spain)
Cruz Bay, a city on the island of St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands ("cross")
Cuba, Missouri
Cuba, New Mexico
Cuba, New York
Cuero, Texas (hide)

D[]

DeCordova, Texas (named after Jacob Raphael De Cordova)
De Leon, Texas (named after the Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon)
Del Mar, California ("Of the Sea")
DeSoto, Texas
De Soto, Iowa
De Soto, Georgia
De Soto, Kansas (named for sixteenth-century Spanish explorer, Hernando De Soto)
De Soto, Missouri (the city, organized in 1857, was named for the explorer Hernando De Soto, who claimed the Louisiana Territory for Spain)
DeSoto, Texas (named so for Thomas Hernando DeSoto Stewart, a doctor of Spanish partially descent dedicated to the community)
Diaz, Arkansas
Delray, Michigan (after Molino del Rey, location of a Mexican–American War battle)
Delray Beach, Florida (named most immediately from Delray, Michigan)
Dos Palos, California ("Two Sticks")
Durango, Colorado (named after Durango, Mexico), seat of La Plata County, Colorado

E[]

El Cajon, California ("The box")
El Campo, Texas ("The Camp")
El Cenizo, Texas ("The Ash")
El Centro, California ("The Center")
El Cerrito, California ("Little Hill")
El Dorado, Arkansas ("The Golden One")
El Dorado, Kansas
Eldorado, Texas
El Monte, California ("The Mountain" or "The Meadow")
El Nido, California ("The Nest")
El Paso, Texas ("The Pass"), seat of El Paso County, Texas
El Paso, Illinois
El Reno, Oklahoma ("The Reindeer")
El Segundo, California ("The Second", second Standard Oil refinery on the West Coast located here)
Encinitas, California ("Little Oaks")
Escalante, Utah (in honor of Silvestre Vélez de Escalante, Spanish missionary that explored Utah)
Escobares, Texas
Escondido, California ("Hidden")
Española, New Mexico ("Spanish Woman")

F[]

Fernandina, Florida (founded by Florida Spanish governor Enrique White in honor of the Catholic monarch Ferdinand VII of Spain).
Floresville, Texas – Named after San Antonio's Spanish settler Francisco Flores de Abrego (early settler)
Fresno, California ("Ash Tree")
Frisco, Texas (named in honor of the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway)

G[]

Galveston, Texas (named after governor Bernardo de Gálvez)
Ganado, Texas ("Livestock")
Goleta, California ("Schooner")
Goliad, Texas (believed to be an anagram of Hidalgo (omitting the silent initial "H"), in honor of the patriot priest Miguel Hidalgo, the father of the Mexican War of Independence)
Gonzales, California
Gonzales, Louisiana (named so after of mayor of this municipally, Joseph Gonzales)
Gonzales, Texas (named so after of Rafael Gonzales, Governor of Mexican Texas between 1824 and 1826)
Gordo, Alabama, town in Pickens County, Alabama ("Fat, Big, Huge")
Granada, Minnesota
Guadalupe, California

H[]

Havana, Arkansas (named after Havana, Cuba, known in Spanish as La Habana)
Havana, Illinois
Havana, Kansas
Havana, North Dakota
Hermosa Beach, California ("Beautiful Beach")
Hernando, Mississippi (named so for the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto, discoverer of the Mississippi River)
Hidalgo, Texas (after Hidalgo County, which in turn was named after Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla)

I[]

Iberia, Missouri (after Latin name of Iberian Peninsula (Spain & Portugal))
Indio, California ("Indian")

J[]

Jacinto City, Texas (derived from a Spanish given name)
Joaquin, Texas (Joachim)

K[]

Key West, Florida (Spanish Cayo Hueso, "Bone Key")

L[]

La Cañada Flintridge, California (La cañada is Spanish for "the canyon, gorge, or ravine"; Flintridge was named after its developer, United States Senator Frank P. Flint.)
La Grulla, Texas (the crane (bird))
Laguna Beach, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, and Laguna Woods, all in Orange County, California ("lagoon"; Niguel is a Spanish spelling of a Native American word)
La Habra, California
La Joya, Texas ("The Jewel")
La Junta, Colorado (the junction)
Lake Buena Vista, Florida
La Mesa, California ("The Table")
La Mirada, California ("The Look")
La Plata, Missouri ("Silver")
La Plata, Maryland
La Puente, California ("The Bridge")
La Quinta, California ("The Farm")
La Palma, California (originally called Dairyland because his dairy, when the dairies moved east in 1965, the name of the community was changed to La Palma, after the region's Spanish heritage and its main thoroughfare, La Palma Avenue)
La Verkin, Utah (The Virgin)
La Villa, Texas ("The Village")
Laredo, Texas (named after the Spanish city of Laredo)
La Vista, Nebraska (the view)
Las Cruces, New Mexico ("The Crosses")
Las Vegas, Nevada ("The Meadows")
Las Vegas, New Mexico
Leon, Iowa
Leon, Kansas (it was named after Leon, Iowa)
Lima, Ohio
Little Havana, Miami, Florida
Los Alamitos, California ("The Cottonwoods")
Los Alamos, New Mexico ("the poplars")
Los Angeles, California ("The Angels", a shortened version of the original name Nuestra Señora Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncola, "Our Lady Queen of Angels of Porziuncola"), seat of Los Angeles County, California
Los Banos, California (from Los Baños, "The baths", as in hot springs)
Los Fresnos, Texas ("the ash trees")
Los Gatos, California ("The Cats", referring to the cougars that are indigenous to the foothills in which the town is located)
Los Ybanez, Texas

M[]

Madera, California ("Wood")
Madrid, Iowa
Manteca, California ("Lard")
Manzanita, Oregon (“Little Apple”)
Marquez, Texas (named for María de la Marquez)
Maricopa, Arizona
Maricopa, California
Martinez, California
Merced, California ("Mercy")
Mercedes, Texas ("Mercies")
Mesa, Arizona ("Table")
Mesa, Washington
Mexia, Texas (Named after General José Antonio Mexía, a Mexican hero for the Republic of Texas Army during the Texas Revolution)
Mexico, Missouri
Miramar, Florida (named after a town in Granma Province, Cuba, it means "sea view" or "sea-sight". There is a village called Miramar in Valencia, Spain, where could lie the origins of all the cities in America with that name, as there are registries of the town before the year 1527.)
Modesto, California ("Modest")
Monterey, California ("King's Mountain")
Montevallo, Alabama
Montevideo, Minnesota, a city in the United States (Montevideo)
Moro, Oregon (Blackberry or Moor man)
Moreno Valley, California ("dark-colored")
Morro Bay, California (Morro Rock was named in 1542 by Portuguese navigator Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, who explored the Pacific Coast for Spain. Cabrillo called the rock "El Moro" because it resembled the head of a Moor, the people from North Africa known for the turbans they wore. However, the dictionary definition for the Spanish word morro ("pebble") is also consistent with the butte-like shape of the rock, and so the term morro is frequently used wherever such a distinctive rock-like mountain is found within the Spanish speaking world.)
Murrieta, California (derived from a Spanish family name)

N[]

Nevada, Texas ("Snow-covered")
Nevada City, seat of Nevada County, California
New Iberia, Louisiana (named after Iberian Peninsula)
New Madrid, Missouri (named after the Spanish capital, Madrid)
Nogales, Arizona ("Walnut Trees")

O[]

Ola, Arkansas (Wave)
Oviedo, Florida (named after the Spanish city of Oviedo)

P[]

Palacios, Texas ("the palace")
Palo Alto, California ("tall tree" or "tall stick")
Palo Pinto, Texas (roughly translates to "painted stick")
Palos Verdes Estates, California ("green stick")
Panama City, Florida
Panama City Beach, Florida
Panama, Iowa
Panama, Nebraska
Pasco, Washington (named after Cerro de Pasco, Peru)
Paso Robles, California (shortened version of El Paso de Robles, which means "pass of the oaks"; named for the abundance of oak trees in the area)
Penalosa, Kansas (called so since 1887, in honor of a Spanish explorer)
Peñasco, New Mexico ("boulder")
Peñitas, Texas, a city in Hidalgo County
Perdido Beach, Alabama, a town located on the northern shore of Perdido Bay ("lost")
Pico Rivera, California ("Rivera Peak")
Pinellas Park (derived from Pinellas, meaning "pine forest")
Plano, Texas ("flat")
Point Arena, California (formerly, Punta Arenas and Puntas Arenas) ("sand")
Port Angeles, Washington (from "Puerto de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles")
Portola, California (named after Spanish explorer Gaspar de Portolà)
Potosi, Missouri (named after Potosi, Bolivia)
Presidio, Texas ("fort", "penitentiary")
Progreso, Texas ("progress")
Pueblo, Colorado ("village")
Punta Gorda, Florida ("fat point" or "fat tip"), seat of Charlotte County, Florida

R[]

Rancho Cucamonga, California (ranch)
Rancho Mirage, California, resort city ("mirage ranch")
Rancho Palos Verdes, California (a shortened version of the Mexican land grant Rancho de los Palos Verdes which means "range of green trees")
Rancho Santa Margarita, California
Rancho Santa Margarita, California (named for Rancho Santa Margarita y Las Flores)
Raton, New Mexico (mouse)
Redondo Beach, California ("Round Beach")
Refugio, Texas (named for the mission established there, "Our Lady of Refuge,")
Resaca, Georgia (“dry river bed”)
Rio Grande City, Texas
Rio Rancho, New Mexico ("Ranch River")
Rio Vista, California ("River View")
Rio Vista, Texas

S[]

Sacramento, California ("Sacrament")
Salamanca, New York (named for the Spanish executive of the railroad that built the place)
Salida, Colorado, Statutory City that is the county seat and city of Chaffee County, Colorado ("exit")
Salina, Utah a city in Sevier County, Utah ()
Salinas, California a city in Monterey County, California ()
San Angelo, Texas
San Antonio, Florida ("Saint Anthony")
San Antonio, Texas, seat of Bexar County, Texas
Saint Augustine, Florida (originally San Agustín: Augustine of Hippo)
Saint Augustine Beach, Florida
San Benito, Texas
San Bernardino, California ("Saint Bernardine"), seat of San Bernardino County, California
San Bruno, California, a city in San Mateo County, California
San Buenaventura, California (named after "Saint Bonaventure," a Catholic medieval mystic. The city is commonly known as "Ventura".)
San Carlos, California, city in San Mateo County
San Clemente, California ("Saint Clement")
San Diego, California (named after San Diego de Alcalá, a Spanish Franciscan)
San Diego, Texas
San Dimas, California (named in Spanish after Saint Dismas)
San Elizario, Texas
San Fernando, California
San Francisco, California ("Saint Francis")
San Gabriel, California (named after the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, founded by Junipero Serra)
San Jacinto, California ("Saint Hyacinth")
San Joaquin, California (Saint Joachim)
San Jose, California ("Saint Joseph")
San Juan, Texas
San Juan Bautista, California ("Saint John the Baptist")
San Juan Capistrano, California ("Saint John of Capistrano")
San Leandro, California ("Saint Leonard")
San Luis, Arizona ("Saint Louis")
San Luis Obispo, California (Spanish for "Saint Louis of Toulouse" or San Luis Obispo)
San Marcos, California ("Saint Mark")
San Marcos, Texas
San Mateo, California ("Saint Matthew")
San Pablo, California ("Saint Paul")
San Perlita, Texas
San Rafael, California ("Saint Raphael")
San Ramon, California ("Saint Raymond")
San Saba, Texas
Santa Ana, California ("Saint Anne"), seat of Orange County, California
Santa Barbara, California ("Saint Barbara")
Santa Clara, California ("Saint Claire")
Santa Clara, Texas, a city in Guadalupe County, Texas
Santa Clara, Utah, a city in Washington County, Utah
Santa Clarita, California ("Saint Claire")
Santa Cruz, California ("Holy Cross")
Santa Fe, New Mexico (Holy Faith)
Santa Fe, Texas
Santa Fe Springs, California
San Marcos, Texas
Santa Anna, Texas
Santa Maria, California ("Saint Mary")
Santa Monica, California ("Saint Monica")
Santaquin, Utah variation of ("Saint Quentin")
Santa Rita Park, California ("Saint Rita")
Santa Rosa, California ("Saint Rose")
Santa Rosa, New Mexico
Sausalito, California (derived from Spanish word sauzalito, meaning "small willow grove")
Sebastian, Florida (named St. Sebastian, after Saint Sebastian)
Seguin, Texas
Seville, Ohio (named after the Spanish city of Seville)
Sierra Madre, California (after the mountain range dividing California and Nevada)
Sierra Vista, Arizona ("Mountain View")
Socorro, Texas ("Help")
Solana Beach, California ("warm wind")
Soledad, California ("Solitude")
Sonora, California (founded by Mexican miners—reminiscent of the state of Sonora, Mexico—during the California Gold Rush)
Sonora, Kentucky
Sonora, Texas
South El Monte, California (south "the mountain")
Spanish Fork, Utah (its name derives from a visit to the area by two Franciscan friars from Spain, Silvestre Vélez de Escalante and Francisco Atanasio Domínguez in 1776, who followed the stream down Spanish Fork canyon with the objective of opening a new trail from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to the Spanish missions in California, along a route later followed by fur trappers).

T[]

Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico ("Yellow Land")
Todos Santos, California ("All Saints", original name for Concord, California)
Trinidad, California (the area was named la Santísima Trinidad for Trinity Sunday, 11 June, date in which the Spanish explorers Bruno de Heceta and Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra took possession of place)
Trinidad, Colorado
Trinidad, Texas (trinity)
Tucson, Arizona (derived from the Spanish word Tucsón)^[3]

U[]

Uvalde, Texas (called so after Spanish governor Juan de Ugalde)
Uvalda, Georgia (called also after Juan de Ugalde)

V[]

Vacaville, California ("Cow town", called so after Juan Manuel Cabeza Vaca (1782-1856), who with Juan Felipe Pena received in 1843 the Rancho Los Putos Mexican land grant, which included the peak that now bears Vaca's name)
Valdez, Alaska (named after the Spanish naval officer Antonio Valdés y Fernández Bazán)
Vallejo, California (derived from a Spanish family name "Little Valley")
Val Verda, Utah (derived from "valle verde", meaning "green valley")
Vega, Texas ("meadow")
Ventura, California ("Venture", "Luck", "Fortune", or "Happiness". Common name of San Buenaventura, California; Saint Bonaventure)
Valparaiso, Florida ("Paradise Valley")
Valparaiso, Indiana
Victoria, Texas ("Victory", named after the first Mexican President Guadalupe Victoria)
Villa Rica, Georgia, city in Carroll and Douglas counties in the state of Georgia (Rich Villa)
Vista, California (view)

Y[]

Yorba Linda, California (hierba linda, "lovely grass")

Z[]

Zapata, Texas (derived from a Spanish family name)
Zavalla, Texas

Native American reservations[]

Cimarron Lake, a reservoir in Mohave County, Arizona (maroon)
San Felipe Pueblo, New Mexico
San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico (partly in Santa Fe County)
Sandia Pueblo, New Mexico (partly in Bernalillo County)
Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico
Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico (partly in Rio Arriba and Santa Fe Counties)
Santo Domingo Pueblo (partly in Santa Fe County)
San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation, Arizona
Santa Clara Indian Reservation, New Mexico

Census-designated places (CDP) and unincorporated communities[]

Agua Caliente, California, part of Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente, California (a census-designated place) in Sonoma County, California; means "hot water," from the area's natural hot springs
Agua Dulce, California, a census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California (literally "sweet water"; means "freshwater")
Agua Linda, Arizona an unincorporated community within Amado, Arizona (a census-designated place) in Santa Cruz County, Arizona
Agua Nueva, Texas, an unincorporated community in Jim Hogg County, Texas (new water)
Aguila, Arizona, a census-designated place in Maricopa County, Arizona (eagle)
Alamo, California, a census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California ("Poplar")
Alcalde, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico (mayor)
Alhambra Valley, California, a census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California (the word alhambra is part of a phase that means to travel in time back to medieval Arab Spain)
Almeria, Nebraska, an unincorporated community in Loup County, Nebraska (named after a city in Spain which was named an Arabic word meaning "the Watchtower")
Algodones, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Sandoval County, New Mexico (cottons)
Alta, California, a census-designated place in Placer County, California (tall [feminine])
Alta, Fayette County, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia
Alta, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia
Alta, Wyoming, a census-designated place in Teton County, Wyoming
Altamont, California, an unincorporated community in Alameda County, California
Alto, California, a census-designated place adjacent to Mill Valley in Marin County, California (tall [masculine])
Alto Bonito Heights, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas (tall beautiful)
Alto, New Mexico, an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, New Mexico
Alto Bonito, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
Amada Acres, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
Amado, a census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, Arizona
Amigo, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia (friend)
Anacua, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
Anza, California, a census-designated place in southern Riverside County, California, in the Anza Valley
Arboles, Colorado, a census-designated place in Archuleta County, Colorado (trees)
Arroyo Del Agua, New Mexico, an unincorporated community in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
Arroyo Gardens, Texas (creek Gardens), a census-designated place in Cameron County, Texas (stream).
Asuncion, California, an unincorporated community in San Luis Obispo County, California (assumption)
Bahia, California, an unincorporated community in Solano County, California ("bay")
Ballena, California, an unincorporated community in San Diego County, California (whale)
Barco, North Carolina, an unincorporated community in Currituck County, North Carolina (boat).
Barrera, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas (barrier or gate)
Bayo Vista, California, an unincorporated community in Contra Costa County, California (bay view)
Benjamin Perez, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
Boca Del Mar, Florida, a census-designated place in Palm Beach County, Florida (mouth of sea)
Boca Pointe, Florida, a census-designated place in Palm Beach County, Florida (mouth)
Boca Raton, Florida, a census-designated place near Boca Raton in Palm Beach County (from Boca Ratón: derives from the Spanish word boca [mouth], which was often used to describe an inlet/mouth of a river, while ratón (literally mouse) was used by Spanish sailors to describe rocks that gnawed at a ship's cable, or mouse was a term for a cowardly thief)
Bonanza, Utah, a census-designated place in Uintah County, Utah
Bonita, California, a census-designated place in southern San Diego County, California (beautiful or pretty [feminine])
Bonita, Madera County, California, an unincorporated community in Madera County, California
Bonita, Kansas, an unincorporated community in Johnson County, Kansas
Bonita, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community in the town of Mountain, Wisconsin, Oconto County, Wisconsin
Brazos, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
Brazos, Texas, an unincorporated community in Palo Pinto County, Texas
Brito, California, an unincorporated community in Merced County, California
Buena Vista, California, the name (and former name) of a census-designated place and multiple unincorporated communities in California ("Good view")
Buena Vista, Michigan - an unincorporated community within Buena Vista Charter Township, Saginaw County in Michigan (named for the place where Zachary Taylor had recently won a victory in the Mexican–American War).^[4]
Buena Vista, New Mexico - an unincorporated community located in Mora County, New Mexico
Buena Vista, Oregon, unincorporated community in Polk County (after the Battle of Buena Vista in the Mexican–American War)
Buena Vista, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
Caballo, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Sierra County, New Mexico ("Horse")
Cadiz, California, an unincorporated community in the Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County, California
Cadiz, Illinois, an unincorporated community in Hardin County, Illinois
Caliente, California, an unincorporated community in Kern County, California ("hot")
Callao, Utah, small farming community in northern Snake Valley, Utah (named after Callao, Peru)
Camino, California, a census-designated place in El Dorado County, California (road, path, or way)
Camino Tassajara, California, a census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California
Campo, California, a census-designated place in the Mountain Empire area of southeastern San Diego County, California (camp or field)
Campo Verde, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas (freen field)
Canjilon, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
Cañoncito, New Mexico, the name of six different unincorporated communities in six counties of New Mexico
Canova, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Rio Arribea County, New Mexico (sluice)
Canyon, California, an unincorporated community near the border of Contra Costa and Alameda counties, in California (taken from cañón)
Capitan, Louisiana, an unincorporated community in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana (captain)
Carlos, Maryland, a census-designated place in Allegany County, Maryland (Charles)
Carmen, Arizona, an unincorporated community in Santa Cruz County, Arizona
Carthagena, Ohio, an unincorporated community in Mercer County, Ohio (named after Cartagena, Spain)
Casa Blanca, Starr County, Texas, a census-designated place located in Starr County, Texas (white house)
Casa Piedra, Arizona, a populated place situated in Santa Cruz County, Arizona (rock house)
Casas, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas (houses)
Casas Adobes, Arizona, a census-designated place in the northern metropolitan area of Tucson, Arizona (adobe houses)
Castro Valley, California, a census-designated place in Alameda County ("Valley of Castles". Named after soldier and rancher Guillermo Castro)
Cazadero, California, a census-designated place in western Sonoma County, California ("hunting ground")
Cebolla, New Mexico, an unincorporated community in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico (onion)
Cedro, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Bernalillo County, New Mexico (cedar)
Cesar Chavez, Texas, a census-designated place in Hidalgo County, Texas
Chalco, Nebraska, a census-designated place in northern Sarpy County, Nebraska (named after Chalco de Díaz Covarrubias, state of Mexico)
Chamita, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
Chaparrito, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
Chimayo, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Rio Arriba and Taos Counties, New Mexico
Cimarron, Colorado, an unincorporated community and U.S. Post Office in Montrose County, Colorado
Cimarron Hills, Colorado, a census-designated place in El Paso County, Colorado
Cimarron, Texas, an unincorporated community in Harris County, Texas
Colonia, New Jersey, a census-designated place within Woodbridge Township, in Middlesex County, New Jersey (colony)
Colyell, Louisiana, an unincorporated community in Livingston Parish, Louisiana (received its name after of Francisco Collell, Spanish sub-lieutenant and Commandant of Galvez, Louisiana (in 1779). Probably was the mispronunciation of name which changed the spelling from "Collell" to "Colyell")
Concepcion, Texas, a census-designated place in Duval County, Texas
Conejo, California, an unincorporated community in Fresno County, California (rabbit)
Conejos, Colorado, a census-designated place, a U.S. Post Office, and the county seat of Conejos County, Colorado ("Rabbits")
Contra Costa Centre, California, a census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California (Opposite Coast)
Cordova, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
Corona, Tennessee, an unincorporated community in Tipton County, Tennessee (crown)
Coronado, Kansas, an unincorporated community in Wichita County, Kansas (crowned)
Corte Madera, California, an incorporated community in Marin County, California ("Cut Wood")
Cortez, California, an unincorporated community in Merced County, California
Coto de Caza, California, a census-designated place and guard-gated private community in Orange County, California ("Wildlife preserve")
Coyote, New Mexico, a census-designated place and an unincorporated community in New Mexico
Cuba, Indiana, an unincorporated community in Allen County, Indiana
Cuchara, Colorado, an unincorporated community in Huerfano County, Colorado (spoon)
Cuzco, Indiana, an unincorporated community in Columbia Township, Dubois County, Indiana. Named after Cusco, Peru
Del Rey, California, a census-designated place in Fresno County, California (Of the king)
De Soto, Nebraska, an unincorporated community in Washington County, Nebraska (it was named in honor of the sixteenth-century Spanish explorer, Hernando De Soto)
Descanso, California, a census-designated place in the Cuyamaca Mountains, within the Mountain Empire area of southeastern San Diego County, California (rest)
Dulzura, California, an unincorporated community in San Diego County, California (gentleness)
Dinero, Texas, an unincorporated community in eastern Live Oak County, Texas (money)
Dos Cabezas, Arizona, an unincorporated community in Cochise County, Arizona (two heads)
Dos Palos Y, California, a census-designated place in Merced County, California
Dulce, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
East Alto Bonito, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
East Lopez, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
East Verde Estates, Arizona, a census-designated place in Gila County, Arizona (East Green Estates).
El Capitán, a census-designated place in Gila County, Arizona (The Captain)
El Castillo, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas (Castle)
El Chaparral, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
El Dorado, California, an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California (the golden one)
El Duende, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
El Nido, Merced County, California, a census-designated place in Merced County, California (the nest)
El Rancho, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico (of Spanish The Ranch)
El Rancho Vela, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
El Refugio, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas (the refuge)
El Rito, New Mexico, an unincorporated community in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
El Sobrante, California, a census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California ("the surplus")
El Socio, Texas, a census-designated place located in Starr County, Texas (the Partner)
Elias-Fela Solis, Texas, a census-designated place located in Starr County, Texas
Embudo, New Mexico, an unincorporated community in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico (funnel)
Ensenada, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
Escobar I, Texas, a census-designated place located in Starr County, Texas
Espanola, Florida, an unincorporated community in Flagler County, Florida (Spanish Woman)
Espanola, Washington, an unincorporated community, in Spokane County in the state of Washington.
Eugenio Saenz, Texas, a census-designated place located in Starr County, Texas
Falcon Heights, Texas, a Census-designated place located in Starr County, Texas
Falcon Village, Texas, a Census-designated place located in Starr County, Texas
Falconaire, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
Fernando Salinas, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente, a census-designated place in Sonoma Valley, Sonoma County, California
Flor del Rio, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas (Flower of River)
Fronton, Texas, a census-designated place (CDP) in Starr County, Texas (pediment)
Galisteo, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico
Gallina, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico (hen)
Galvez, Louisiana, an unincorporated community in Ascension Parish, Louisiana (named after governor Bernardo de Gálvez)
Ganado, Arizona, a chapter (municipality) of the Navajo Nation and census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona (livestock)
Garcia, Colorado, an unincorporated community and a U.S. Post Office located in Costilla County, Colorado
Garciasville, Texas, a census-designated place located in Starr County, Texas
Gardnerville Ranchos, Nevada, a census-designated place in Douglas County, Nevada
Garza-Salinas II, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
Gaviota, California, an unincorporated community in Santa Barbara County, California ("seagull")
Golondrinas, New Mexico, an unincorporated community in Mora County, New Mexico (the Swallows)
Gomez, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in Elliott County, Kentucky
Gonzalez, Florida, a census-designated place in Escambia County, Florida
Guadalupe-Guerra, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
Guerra, Texas, a census-designated place in Jim Hogg County, Texas (literally "war")
Campo Verde, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
Halchita, Utah, a census-designated place in San Juan County, Utah
Havana, Alabama, an unincorporated community in Hale County, Alabama
Havana, Ohio, an unincorporated community in Huron County, Ohio
Havana, Oregon, an unincorporated community in Umatilla County, Oregon
Havana, Texas, a census-designated place in Hidalgo County, Texas
Havana, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia
Hernando, Florida, a census-designated place in Citrus County, Florida
Hernandez, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
Huerfano, New Mexico, a census-designated place in San Juan County, New Mexico (Orphan)
Indio, Texas, a census-designated place located in Starr County, Texas (Indian)
Isla Vista, California, a census-designated place in Santa Barbara County, California (island view)
Isleta Village Proper, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Bernalillo County, New Mexico ("Little Island")
Jacinto, Nebraska, an unincorporated community in Kimball County, Nebraska
Jardin de San Julian, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas (Garden of Saint Julian)
JF Villarreal, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
Juntura, Oregon, an unincorporated community in Malheur County, Oregon (Juncture)
La Blanca, Texas, a census-designated place in Hidalgo County, Texas ("The White One")
La Carla, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
La Casita-Garciasville, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas (the little house)
La Cienega, Arizona, an unincorporated community in Gila County, Arizona
La Chuparosa, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
La Escondida, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
La Esperanza, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas (The Hope)
Las Flores, California, a census-designated place in Orange County, California ("The Flowers")
La Gloria, Starr County, Texas, an unincorporated community in Starr County, Texas (the glory)
La Homa, Texas, a census-designated place in Hidalgo County, Texas
La Madera, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
La Mesilla, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
La Puerta, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas (the door)
La Reforma, Texas, an unincorporated community in Starr County, Texas (the reforms)
La Rosita, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas (the little rose)
La Victoria, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas (the victory)
La Loma de Falcon, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
La Sal, Utah, a census-designated place in San Juan County, Utah, meaning The Salt
La Villita, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
Las Lomas, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
Las Lomitas, Texas, a census-designated place in Jim Hogg County, Texas
Las Palmas-Juarez, Texas, a census-designated place in Cameron County, Texas
Las Tablas, New Mexico, an unincorporated community in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
Las Trampas, New Mexico, or Trampas, is a small unincorporated community in Taos County, New Mexico (the traps)
Laguna, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Cibola County, New Mexico (Small lake)
Laguna Beach, Florida, a Census-designated place in Bay County, Florida
Lagunitas, California, an unincorporated community in Marin County, California
Lagunitas-Forest Knolls, California, a census-designated place in the western half of the San Geronimo Valley in Marin County, California
Laguna Seca, Texas, a census-designated place in Hidalgo County, Texas ("Dry Lake")
Lajitas, Texas, an unincorporated community in Brewster County, Texas ("Little Flat Rocks")
La Minita, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas (The little mine)
La Paloma Ranchettes, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
Lago Vista, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas (Seen Lake)
La Minita, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas (The little mine)
Lima, Pennsylvania, a census-designated place in Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Lima (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community in Lima, Pepin County, Wisconsin
Lima Center, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community in Lima, Rock County, Wisconsin
Linda, California, a census-designated place in Yuba County, California (cute)
Llano Grande, Texas, a census-designated place in Hidalgo County, Texas ("Great Plain")
Loma Linda East, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
Loma Vista, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
Longoria, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
Los Alvarez, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
Los Arrieros, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
Los Barreras, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
Los Berros, California, a census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California (the Watercress in plural)
Los Ebanos, Starr County, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
Los Luceros, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
Los Ojos, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
Los Osos, California, a census-designated place along the Pacific Coast of San Luis Obispo County, California ("The Bears")
Los Ranchos, California, a census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California (The Ranches)
Los Villareales, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
Lopezville, Texas, a census-designated place in Hidalgo County, Texas
Los Ebanos, Hidalgo County, Texas, a census-designated place in Hidalgo County, Texas ("The Ebony trees")
Loxa, Illinois, an unincorporated community in Coles County, Illinois (called after Loja, Granada, in Spain
Madera Canyon, Arizona an unincorporated community situated in Santa Cruz County, Arizona
Madrid, Maine, unincorporated community in East Central Franklin, in Franklin County, Maine
Madrid, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico
Madrid, New York, a census-designated place in St. Lawrence County, New York
Malaga, New Jersey, an unincorporated community in Franklin Township, in Gloucester County, New Jersey (called after Malaga, Spain).
Manuel Garcia, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
Manuel Garcia II, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
Manzano, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Torrance County, New Mexico (of Spanish Appletree Spring)
Manzano Springs, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Torrance and Bernalillo counties, New Mexico
Marina del Rey, California, an affluent census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California ("King's Navy")
Mariposa, California, a census-designated place in and the county seat of Mariposa County, California (butterfly)
Marrero, Louisiana, a census-designated place in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana (named after the Spanish American politician Louis H. Marrero)
Martinez, Georgia, a census-designated place in Columbia County, Georgia
Martinez, Texas, an unincorporated community in eastern Bexar County, Texas
Martinez, Starr County, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
Matagorda, Texas, an unincorporated community in Matagorda County, Texas
Matamoras, Indiana, an unincorporated community in the northeast portion of Harrison Township, Blackford County, Indiana (named after the Mexican town of Matamoros ("kill the Moors"), which was the first to be occupied by U.S. troops during the Mexican–American War)
Medanales, New Mexico, an unincorporated community in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
Mendocino, California, an unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California (adjectival form of the family name of Mendoza)
Mesa, California, a census-designated place in Inyo County, California (table)
Mesa, Colorado, an unincorporated community and a U.S. Post Office in Mesa County, Colorado
Mesa del Caballo, a census-designated place in Gila County, Arizona (Table of horse)
Mesa Vista, California, a census-designated place in Alpine County, California ("Table view")
Mexican Hat, Utah a census-designated place along the San Juan River in San Juan County, Utah
Mexico, Indiana, a census-designated place in Miami County, Indiana
Mexico, Kentucky, an unincorporated community, in Crittenden County, Kentucky
Mexico, Allegany County, Maryland, an unincorporated community, in Allegany County, Maryland
Mexico, Carroll County, Maryland, an unincorporated community in Carroll County, Maryland
Mexico, Ohio, an unincorporated community in northeastern Tymochtee Township, Wyandot County, Ohio
Mexico, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, a census-designated place within Walker Township in Juniata County, Pennsylvania
Mexico, Montour County, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community in Montour County, Pennsylvania
Mexico, Texas, a historical unincorporated community in Hunt County, Texas
Mi Ranchito Estate, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas (My Little Ranch Estate)
Mier, Indiana, a census-designated place in Richland Township, Grant County, Indiana (named after Ciudad Mier, Tamaulipoas, Mexico)
Miranda, California, an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California
Miranda, South Dakota, an unincorporated community in Faulk County
Modena, Utah, an unincorporated community in Iron County, Utah, near the Nevada border
Montana, Kansas, an unincorporated community in Labette County, Kansas
Montana City, Montana, a census-designated place in Jefferson County, Montana
Montana (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community within Montana in Buffalo County, Wisconsin
Monte Alto, Texas, a census-designated place in Hidalgo County, Texas ("High Mountain")
Montecito, California, a census-designated place in Santa Barbara County, California ("Little Mountain")
Montezuma Creek, a census-designated place in San Juan County, Utah
Mora, Louisiana, an unincorporated community in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana (Blackberry or Moor woman)
Mora, New Mexico (also called Santa Gertrudis de lo de Mora), a census-designated place in and the county seat of Mora County, New Mexico
Mosca, Colorado, an unincorporated community in Alamosa County, Colorado (named for the nearby Mosca Pass, which was named for the Spanish explorer, Luis de Moscoso Alvarado. It also means fly).
Mount Vista, Washington, a census-designated place in Clark County, Washington (view)
Naranja, Florida, census-designated place in Miami-Dade County, Florida (orange)
Narciso Pena, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
New Almaden, California, an unincorporated community in Santa Clara County, California (named after Almadén, in Spain
New Santa Fe, Indiana, an unincorporated community within Butler Township, Miami County, Indiana
North Escobares, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
North Lima, Ohio, an unincorporated community in central Mahoning County, Ohio
North San Juan, California, a census-designated place in Nevada County, California
Nunez, Louisiana, an unincorporated community in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana
Oceano, California, a census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California (ocean)
Ojo Caliente, New Mexico, an unincorporated community in Rio Arriba and Taos Counties, New Mexico
Ojo Sarco, New Mexico, an unincorporated community in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
Ola, Georgia, an unincorporated community in Henry County, Georgia (Wave)
Ola, Idaho, an unincorporated community in Gem County, Idaho
Ola, South Dakota, a census-designated place in Brule County, South Dakota
Old Escobares, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
Olivia Lopez de Gutierrez, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
Oljato, Utah, a census-designated place in San Juan County, Utah
Oro Blanco, an unincorporated community in Santa Cruz County, Arizona
Oso, Washington, a census-designated place in Snohomish County, Washington (bear)
Pablo Pena, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas (Pablo Pain)
Pacheco, California, a census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California
Pajaro, California, a census-designated place in Monterey County, California (bird)
Pajaro Dunes, California, a census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California
Pajarito Mesa, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Bernalillo County, New Mexico (Little bird Mesa)
Palo Blanco, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas (White stick)
Palo Pinto, Texas, an unincorporated community in Palo Pinto County, Texas
Palomar Mountain, California, an unincorporated community in San Diego County, California (pigeon roost")
Palominas, Arizona, a census-designated place in Cochise County, Arizona
Panama, California (formerly named Rio Bravo after the Spanish name for the Kern River, Rio Bravo de San Felipe), an unincorporated community in Kern County, California
Pedro, Ohio, an unincorporated community in central Elizabeth Township, Lawrence County, Ohio
Pena, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas (pain)
Peña Blanca, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Sandoval County, New Mexico (white peña)
Peñasco, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Taos County, New Mexico
Perote, Alabama, an unincorporated community in Bullock County, Alabama (named after Perote, Veracruz)
Petaca, New Mexico, an unincorporated community in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
Pie, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia (foot)
Piedra, California, an unincorporated community in Fresno County, California (stone)
Pilar, New Mexico, a small unincorporated community in Taos County, New Mexico
Pintura, Utah, an unincorporated community in Washington County, Utah (painting)
Plumas Eureka, census-designated place in Plumas County, California (feathers)
Plumas Lake, California, master-planned exurb and census-designated place in Yuba County, California
Ponderosa, California, a census-designated place in Tulare County, California.
Ponderosa Pine, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Bernalillo County, New Mexico
Port Mahon, Delaware, an unincorporated community in Kent County, Delaware (named after Mahon, in Menorca, Spain)
Pozo, California, an unincorporated community in San Luis Obispo County, California (Water well)
Pueblito, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
Pueblo of Sandia Village, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Sandoval County, New Mexico
Quesada, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
Quito, Mississippi, an unincorporated community located in Leflore County, Mississippi
Ramirez, Texas, an unincorporated community in southern Duval County, Texas
Ramirez-Perez, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
Ramos, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
Rancho Alegre, Texas, a Census-designated place in Jim Wells County, Texas (cheerful ranch)
Rancho Banquete, Texas, a census-designated place in Nueces County, Texas (Banquet ranch)
Rancho Chico, Texas, a census-designated place in San Patricio County, Texas (Little ranch)
Rancho de la Parita, Texas, a small unincorporated community in northwestern Jim Wells County, Texas
Ranchos Penitas West, Texas, a census-designated place in Webb County, Texas
Rancho San Diego, California, a census-designated place in San Diego County, California (named after San Diego de Alcalá, a Spanish Franciscan)
Rancho Santa Fe, California, a census-designated place in San Diego County, California
Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Taos County, New Mexico
Ranchitos del Norte, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas (Little Ranches of the North)
Rancho Viejo, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas (Old Ranch)
Raso, Arizona, an unincorporated community in Cochise County, Arizona (flat plain)
Regino Ramirez, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
Relampago, Texas, a census-designated place in Hidalgo County, Texas ("Lightning flash")
Rio Chiquito, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
Rio Creek, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin
Rio Grande, New Jersey, a census-designated place within Middle Township in Cape May County, New Jersey
Rio Rico, Arizona, a census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, Arizona ("rich river")
Rio Verde, Arizona, a census-designated place in Maricopa County, Arizona (green river)
Rios, Texas, an unincorporated community in Duval County, Texas (rivers)
Rivera, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
Rodeo, California, a census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California (round up)
Rodeo, New Mexico, an unincorporated community in Hidalgo County, New Mexico
Salida, California, a census-designated place in Stanislaus County, California
Salineño, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
Salineño North, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
Saltillo, Nebraska, an unincorporated community in Lancaster County, Nebraska (likely named so after the city of Saltillo, Mexico)
Saltillo, Ohio, an unincorporated community in Perry County, Ohio
Saltillo, Texas, an unincorporated community in Hopkins County, Texas
Sammy Martinez, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
San Antonito, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Bernalillo County, New Mexico
San Carlos, Arizona, a census-designated place in Gila County, Arizona ("Saint Charles")
San Carlos, Texas, a census-designated place in Hidalgo County, Texas
San Carlos Park, Florida, a census-designated place in Lee County, Florida
San Cristobal, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Taos County, New Mexico
San Fernando, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
San Gregorio, California, an unincorporated community in San Mateo County, California ("Saint Gregory")
San Isidro, Texas, a census-designated place (CDP) in Starr County, Texas
San Jose, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
San Jose, New Mexico, a census-designated place in San Miguel County, New Mexico
San Juan, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
San Juan, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
San Lorenzo, California, a census-designated place in the San Francisco Bay Area in Alameda County, California ("Saint Lawrence")
San Lorenzo, New Mexico, the name of three unincorporated communities in Grant, Rio Arriba, and Sandoval Counties, New Mexico
San Lucas, California, a census-designated place in Monterey County, California (named so for the Rancho San Lucas Mexican land grant)
San Martin, California, a census-designated place in Santa Clara County, California
San Miguel, Contra Costa County, California, a census designated place in Contra Costa, California
San Miguel, San Luis Obispo County, California, a census designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California
San Pablo, Colorado, an unincorporated community in Costilla County, Colorado
San Pedro, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico
San Ramon Village, California, an unincorporated community in Alameda County, California
San Simeon, California, a census designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California
San Simon, Arizona, a census-designated place in Cochise County, Arizona
Sandia, California, a census-designated place in Imperial County, California (watermelon)
Sandia Park, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Bernalillo County, New Mexico
Sandia, Texas, a census-designated place in Jim Wells County, Texas
Sandoval, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
Sangre de Cristo Ranches, Colorado, an unincorporated community located near Fort Garland in Costilla County, Colorado
Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Sandoval County, New Mexico
Santa Anna, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
Santa Catarina, Texas, an unincorporated community in Starr County, Texas
Santa Cruz, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico
Santa Cruz, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
Santa Cruz, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
Santa Elena, Texas, an unincorporated community in Starr County, Texas
Santa Rita Park, an unincorporated community in Merced County, California
Santa Rosa, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
Santa Fe, Missouri, an unincorporated community in southeastern Monroe County, Missouri
Santa Fe, Ohio, an unincorporated community on the border of Clay Township in Auglaize County and Stokes Township in Logan County, Ohio
Santa Fe, Miami County, Indiana, an unincorporated community in Butler Township, Miami County, Indiana
Santa Fe, Spencer County, Indiana, an unincorporated community in Spencer County, Indiana
Santa Fe, Tennessee, an unincorporated community in Maury County, Tennessee
Santa Maria, Texas, a census-designated place, in Cameron County, Texas
Santa Margarita, California, a census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California ("Saint Margaret")
Santa Monica, Florida, an unincorporated community in Bay County, Florida
Santa Nella, California, a census-designated place in Merced County, California
Santa Susana, California, a census-designated place in Ventura County, California
Santa Rosa, Arizona, a census-designated place in Pima County, Arizona
Santa Ysabel, California, an unincorporated community in the Santa Ysabel Valley of eastern San Diego County, California (Saint Elizabeth)
Santo, Texas, an unincorporated community in Palo Pinto County, Texas
Saragossa, Alabama, an unincorporated community in Walker County, Alabama (named after Zaragoza, Spain)
Sarita, Texas, a census-designated place in and the county seat of Kenedy County, Texas
Sebastian, Ohio (also St. Sebastian), an unincorporated community in northern Marion Township, Mercer County, Ohio
Sebastian, Texas, a census-designated place in Willacy County, Texas
Seville, Florida, an unincorporated community in Volusia County, Florida
Sierra Blanca, Texas, a census-designated place in and the county seat of Hudspeth County, Texas
San Simeon, California, a census-designated place on the Pacific Coast of San Luis Obispo County, California
Seboyeta, a census-designated place in Cibola County, New Mexico (spring onion)
Sobrante, California, an unincorporated community in Contra Costa County, California, ("wealthy")
Spanish Valley, Utah a census-designated place in San Juan County, Utah
Sunol, California, a census-designated place in Alameda County, California (derived from a Spanish surname, Suñol)
Tassajara, California, an unincorporated community in Contra Costa County, California (probably from tasajera or tasajara a kind of "slaughterhouse")
Terlingua, Texas, a mining district and census-designated place in southwestern Brewster County, Texas ("Three Tongues")
Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico, a small unincorporated community and county seat (near the Carson National Forest) in the Rio Arriba County, New Mexico (yellow earth)
Tierra Del Mar, Oregon, an unincorporated community in Tillamook County, Oregon
Tierra Dorada, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas (Golden Land)
Tome-Adelino, New Mexico, a former census-designated place in Valencia County, New Mexico. It was called after the governor of New Mexico between 1664 and 1664 Tomé Domínguez de Mendoza.
Toro Canyon, California, a census-designated place in Santa Barbara County, California ("Bull")
Trinidad, Washington, an unincorporated community and ghost town in Grant County, Washington (trinity).
Truchas, New Mexico, an unincorporated community in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
, an unincorporated community in Fresno County, California (grape)
Uvalde Estates, Texas, a census-designated place in Uvalde County, Texas
Valdez, Florida, an unincorporated community in southwest Volusia County, Florida
Valencia West, Arizona, a census-designated place in Pima County, Arizona
Valencia, New Mexico, census-designated places in Santa Fe County and Valencia County, New Mexico
Valle Hermoso, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas (Beautiful valley)
Valle Vista, California, a census-designated place in Riverside County, California (Valley view)
Valle Vista, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
Vallecitos, New Mexico, an unincorporated community in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
Val Verde, California, a census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California
Val Verde Park, Texas, census-designated place in Val Verde County, Texas
Velarde, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
Vera Cruz, Missouri, an unincorporated community in central Douglas County, Missouri (called so after Veracruz, Mexico)
Veyo, Utah a census-designated place in Washington County, Utah
Victor, California, a census-designated place in San Joaquin County, California
Victoria Vera, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
Vida, Montana, an unincorporated village in northern McCone County, Montana (life)
Vida, Oregon, an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon
Vida, Missouri, an unincorporated community in Phelps County, Missouri
Villarreal, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
Vista Center, New Jersey, a census-designated place within Jackson Township, in Ocean County, New Jersey (view)
Vista West, Wyoming, a census-designated place in Natrona County, Wyoming
Villanueva, New Mexico, a census-designated place in San Miguel County, New Mexico
Villas, Florida, a census-designated place in Lee County, Florida
Vista Santa Rosa, California, a census-designated place in Riverside County, California
Washington-on-the-Brazos (also known as Washington), an unincorporated area along the Brazos River in Washington County, Texas
West Alto Bonito, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas
West Lima, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community in Bloom, Richland County, Wisconsin
White Mesa, Utah, a census-designated place in San Juan County, Utah, (White Table)
Yucatan Landing, Louisiana, an unincorporated community in Tensas Parish, Louisiana
Yucatan, Minnesota, an incorporated community in Yucatan Township, Houston County, Minnesota
Yucatan, Missouri, an unincorporated community in Callaway County, Missouri
Zamora, California, an unincorporated community in Yolo County, California

Districts and boroughs[]

Armada Road Multi-Family District, a U.S. historic district in Venice, Florida (army)
Bogota, New Jersey, a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey
Corona del Mar, a community within Newport Beach, Orange County, California, meaning "crown of the sea"
Matamoras, Pennsylvania, borough in Pike County, Pennsylvania
North Villa Rica Commercial Historic District, in Villa Rica, Georgia
Saltillo, Pennsylvania, a borough in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (named so after the Mexican War Battle of Saltillo of 23 October 1840)
San Ysidro, California, district of the City of San Diego
Raton Downtown Historic District, a Registered Historic District in Raton, New Mexico (mouse)
Valencia, Pennsylvania, a borough in Butler County, Pennsylvania

Neighborhoods[]

Alta Vista (Salt Lake County), a neighborhood within Sandy, Utah.
Alta Vista (Weber County), Utah, a neighborhood in Ogden's northeast side.
Andalusia, Pennsylvania, historical neighborhood in Bensalem Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Casa Linda Estates, Dallas, Texas (Cute house)
Colonia, Oxnard, California (colony)
Corona, Queens, a lower middle class to middle-class neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens (crown)
Del Cerro, San Diego, a hilly neighborhood in the city of San Diego, California (of the hill)
Delray, Michigan, a neighborhood and former incorporated village, located on the southwest side of Detroit, Michigan (from Del Rey, "of the King", Mexico)
Del Rey, Los Angeles, California, a small district in the west side of Los Angeles (of the king)
Del Ruby, Sandy, Utah
El Rey Park, a neighborhood in Salt Lake City's East Bench
El Sereno, Los Angeles (the Serene)
Encanto, San Diego, a hilly urban neighborhood located in the southeastern region of San Diego, California (charm)
Estrella, Goodyear, a mixed-use master-planned community located in Goodyear, Arizona (star)
Granada Hills, Los Angeles, California
Guadalupe, Utah, within Salt Lake City's 3rd district
Joaquin, Utah, a neighborhood in Provo, Utah, named after a Ute translator that aided the Domínguez-Escalante expedition in exploring the area in the 18th century.
Laguna Honda (also called Forest Hill), San Francisco, California (deep small lake)
La Barranca, Cottonwood Creek Valley, Utah
La Cresta, Cottonwood Heights, Utah
La Jolla, California, neighborhood in San Diego, California (a combination of a Spanish and a Luiseno word)
La Joya Heights, Utah, neighborhood within greater Salt Lake City
Las Palmas, Fresno, California, neighborhood (and former unincorporated community) in Fresno County, California
Los Feliz, Los Angeles, in California (the happy)
Little Havana, neighborhood of Miami, Florida
Little Mexico, neighborhood of Dallas, Texas
, a neighborhood in North Ogden, Utah
Mira Mesa, San Diego, a neighborhood in the northern part of the city of San Diego, California (table view)
Miramar, San Diego, a neighborhood in the northern part of the city of San Diego, California (sea view)
Montecito Heights, Los Angeles (small mount)
Monterey Hills, Los Angeles
Playa del Rey, Los Angeles, a beachside community in Los Angeles, California
Rancho Peñasquitos, San Diego, a community in the northeastern part of the city of San Diego, California (ranch little cliffs)
San Carlos, San Diego, neighborhood in San Diego, California
San Pedro, Los Angeles, neighborhood within the City of Los Angeles, California
San Roque, California, residential neighborhood in Santa Barbara, California
Santa Clara, Eugene, Oregon, a neighborhood in Eugene, Oregon
Santa Fe, Oakland, California, a small neighborhood in North Oakland, California.
South El Rancho, a neighborhood in Ogden, Utah
Spanish Town, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, neighborhood in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
The Castro, San Francisco, a neighborhood in San Francisco, California
Tierrasanta, San Diego, a neighborhood in the city of San Diego, California (holy land)
Trinidad, Washington, D.C., neighborhood located in Ward 5, in the northeast quadrant of Washington, D.C. (the area got its name from 19th century speculator James Barry, who had once lived on the Caribbean island, whose name is of Spanish origin. Trinity)
Valencia, California, neighborhood of Santa Clarita in Los Angeles County, California
Val Verda, Utah, a neighborhood of Bountiful, Utah. Formerly independent of Bountiful, the area was annexed into the city's limits in the 1990s.
Valverde, Denver, a neighborhood in the City and Denver County, Colorado
, a neighborhood within Magna, Utah
Vista Plat, a neighborhood adjacent to South Valley Regional Airport in West Jordan, Utah

Towns and townships[]

Acala, Texas, a ghost town in Hudspeth County, Texas (named after Acala Municipality, Chiapas, Mexico)
Agua Caliente, Arizona, in Maricopa County, Arizona, a place north of the Gila River near Hyder, Arizona ( "hot water". The place is nearby hot springs which were originally used by the local Indians)
Alamo, Indiana, a town in Montgomery County, Indiana, after for the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas
Alta, Indiana, a town in Vermillion County, Indiana
Alta, Utah, a town in Salt Lake County, Utah (tall in female)
Altamont, Utah, a town in northeastern Utah
Alto, Arizona, a ghost town in Santa Cruz County, Arizona
Alto, Georgia, town in Banks, Habersham, and Hall counties in the U.S. state of Georgia (tall in male)
Alto, Texas, a town in Cherokee County, Texas
Annabella, Utah, a town in Sevier County, Utah
Anahuac, Texas (name has various meanings, including "center", "world", and "city", but it also means "capital")
Arinosa, Utah a ghost town in Utah's expansive Great Salt Lake Desert
Arispie Township, Bureau County, Illinois (named after Arizpe, Sonora, in Mexico)
Arriba, Colorado, a Statutory Town located in Lincoln County, Colorado (top)
Armada Township, Buffalo County, Nebraska (Army)
Avilla, Indiana, a town in Allen Township, Noble County, in Indiana (named after Ávila, Spain)
Barro, Utah, a ghost town in Utah's Great Salt Lake Desert
Bexar, Alabama, a rural, mostly agricultural town in extreme west Marion County, Alabama (after Béjar, Salamanca)
Blanca, Colorado, a Statutory Town in Costilla County, Colorado (white in female)
Boca Grande, Florida, a town on Gasparilla Island, Florida (big mouth)
Calabasas, Arizona, a ghost town in Rio Rico, a suburb of Nogales in Santa Cruz County, Arizona (Spanish for "pumpkins")
Camp Verde, Arizona, town in Yavapai County, Arizona (green)
Campo, Colorado, a Statutory Town located in Baca County, Colorado (camp)
Canelo, Arizona, ghost town in eastern Santa Cruz County, Arizona (derivative of the Spanish world "canela" (cinnamon))
Casa, Arkansas, town in Perry County, Arkansas (house)
Cadiz, Indiana, town in Harrison Township, Henry County, Indiana
Castile (town), in Wyoming County, New York
Chino Valley, Arizona, a town in Yavapai County, Arizona ("Curvy Valley")
Churubusco, Indiana, a town in Whitley County, Indiana, after the Battle of Churubusco
Cimarron City, Oklahoma, is a town in Logan County, Oklahoma (maroon)
Cimarron Township, Gray County, Kansas
Cinco Bayou, Florida, a town in Okaloosa County, Florida ("Five Bayou")
Cisco, Utah, a ghost town in Grand County, Utah
Corona, South Dakota, a town in Roberts County, South Dakota (crown)
Cuba, Alabama, a town in Sumter County, Alabama
Cuchillo, New Mexico, a ghost town in Sierra County, New Mexico (knife)
Del Norte, Colorado, a Statutory Town in and the county seat of Rio Grande County, Colorado (From North)
Dolores, Colorado, Statutory Town in Montezuma County, Colorado
Ebro, Florida, a town in Washington County, Florida (named after the Ebro River area in Spain)
Granada, Colorado, a Statutory Town in Prowers County, Colorado (named after the city of Granada, Spain, itself Spanish for "pomegranate")
Gomez, Texas, a small town in Terry County, Texas
Guadalupe, Arizona, a town in Maricopa County, Arizona
Granada, Colorado, a Statutory town in Prowers County, Colorado
Havana, Florida, a town in Gadsden County, Florida
Huachuca City, Arizona, a town in Cochise County, Arizona
Hermosa, South Dakota, a town in Custer County, South Dakota (beautiful)
Ignacio, Colorado, a Statutory Town in La Plata County, Colorado
Jalapa, Indiana, a town in Grant County, Indiana, after Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
La Jara, Colorado, a Statutory Town in Conejos County, Colorado ("The Rockrose")
La Panza, California, formerly a gold boom town, a Ghost towns in San Luis Obispo County, California (The belly)
La Paz, Indiana, a town in North Township, Marshall County, Indiana (called after La Paz, Bolivia)
Leon, New York, town in Cattaraugus County, New York (the name is derived from the former Kingdom of León in Spain)
Leon, Oklahoma, town in Love County, Oklahoma
Leon, West Virginia, a town in Mason County, West Virginia
Lima, New York, town in Livingston County, New York
Lima, Montana, town in Beaverhead County, Montana
Lima, Grant County, Wisconsin, a town in Wisconsin
Lima, Pepin County, Wisconsin, a town in Wisconsin
Lima, Rock County, Wisconsin, a town in Wisconsin
Lima, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, a town
Limon, Colorado, Statutory Town that is the most populous town in Lincoln County, Colorado (Lemon)
Lobo, Texas, a ghost town in Culberson County, Texas (wolf)
Los Gatos, California (Spanish for "The Cats"), an incorporated town in Santa Clara County, California
Madrid, Alabama, a town in Houston County, Alabama (named after the Spanish capital city Madrid)
Madrid, Colorado, a ghost town in Las Animas County, Colorado
Madrid, New York, a town in St. Lawrence County, New York
Marana, Arizona, a town in Pima County, Arizona, located northwest of Tucson, with a small portion in Pinal County, Arizona (derived from maraña, meaning "thicket")
Mariposa Township, Saunders County, Nebraska (butterfly)
Mexico, Maine, a town in Oxford County, Maine (the name was inspired by local sympathy for Mexico's 1810–1821 fight for independence from Spain)
Mexico, New York, town in the northeast part of Oswego County, New York
Mogollon, former mining town located in the Mogollon Mountains in Catron County, New Mexico. The place was called after the governor of colonial New Mexico Juan Ignacio Flores Mogollon (1712 - 1715)
Montana, Wisconsin, a town in Buffalo County, Wisconsin
Monterey, Indiana, town in Tippecanoe Township, Pulaski County, Indiana
Moraga, California, suburban incorporated town located in Contra Costa County, California
Moro Township, Madison County, Illinois (Blackberry of Moor man Township)
Panama, Oklahoma, town in Le Flore County, Oklahoma
Patagonia, Arizona, a town in Santa Cruz County, Arizona
Pedro, South Dakota, a ghost town
Perla, Arkansas, town in Hot Spring County, Arkansas (Pearl)
Pila Blanca, Texas, a ghost town in Duval County
Ponce de Leon, Florida, a town in Holmes County, Florida (named after Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León)
Ponce Inlet, Florida, a town in Volusia County, Florida
Rancho Viejo, Texas, a town in Cameron County, Texas (of Spanish old ranch)
Rio, Florida, a small town in Martin County, Florida
Rosa, Alabama, town in Blount County, Alabama (rose)
Refugio, Texas, in Refugio County, Texas ("Shelter")
Salduro, Utah (also Salduro Siding), a ghost town located in Tooele County, Utah.
Salero, Arizona, a ghost town in the Santa Rita Mountains of Santa Cruz County, Arizona
Sandoval Township, Marion County, Illinois
San Felipe de Austin, a town in Austin County, Texas. The town was named that way by the governor of the Mexican Texas Luciano García.
San Simeon, California, a town and census-designated place on the Pacific coast of San Luis Obispo County, California ("Saint Simeon")
Santa Anna, Texas, a town in Coleman County, Texas
Santa Clara, New York, a town in Franklin County, New York
Santa Fe Township, Clinton County, Illinois
Santa Rosa, Texas, a town in Cameron County, Texas
Salamanca (town), New York, in Cattaraugus County, New York
Saltillo, Indiana, a town in Brown Township, Washington County, Indiana (named so in commemoration of Saltillo, Mexico, the location of a battle in the Mexican–American War)
Saltillo, Mississippi, a town in Lee County, Mississippi.
Saltillo, Tennessee, a town in Hardin County, Tennessee
Seville Township, Michigan, in Gratiot County, Michigan
Superior, Colorado, a Statutory Town in Boulder County, Colorado (top)
Tiburon, California, an incorporated town in Marin County, California ("shark")
Vera Cruz, Indiana, a town in Harrison Township, Wells County, Indiana
Yucatan Township, Houston County, Minnesota

Villages[]

Alhambra, Illinois, a village in Madison County, Illinois (named after the Spanish palace of la Alhambra)
Andalusia, Illinois ("Andalucia")
Arena, Wisconsin, a village in Iowa County, Wisconsin (sand)
Armada, Michigan, a small village in Macomb County, Michigan (army)
Bonita, Louisiana, a village in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana (beautiful)
Cadiz, Ohio, a village in Harrison County, Ohio
Capitan, New Mexico, a village in Lincoln County, New Mexico (captain)
Camargo, Illinois, a village in Douglas County, Illinois (named after Camargo, Chihuahua, in Mexico)
Castile (village), Wyoming County, New York
Cerro Gordo, Illinois, village in Piatt County, Illinois ("Fat Hill")
Cimarron, New Mexico, a village in Colfax County, New Mexico (maroon)
Cordova, Nebraska, a village in Seward County, Nebraska (called after Cordova, Spain)
Coleta, Illinois, a village in Whiteside County, Illinois (pigtail)
Corrales, New Mexico, a village in Sandoval County, New Mexico
Corona, New Mexico, a village in Lincoln County, New Mexico (crown)
De Soto, Illinois (named for Hernando de Soto, the discoverer of the Mississippi River)
De Soto, Wisconsin, a village straddling Vernon and Crawford counties in Wisconsin.
El Portal, Florida, a village in Miami-Dade County, Florida ("The big Gate", also can mean "The Portal")
Estral Beach, Michigan, village in Monroe County, Michigan ("Star")^[5] (from (d)estral, "Small Hatchet")
Hidalgo, Illinois, village in Jasper County, Illinois ("Nobleman of the lowest grade")
Lima, Illinois, village in Adams County, Illinois
Lima (village), New York, village in Livingston County, New York
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, New Mexico (the ranches)
Madrid, Nebraska, a village in Perkins County, Nebraska
Matamoras, Ohio, a village in Washington County, Ohio
Mexico (village), New York, a village in Oswego County, New York
Modesto, Illinois, a village in Macoupin County, Illinois
Palos Park, Illinois, affluent village in Cook County, Illinois (called after Palos de la Frontera, Spain)
Panama, Illinois, village in Montgomery and Bond counties, Illinois
Panama, Nebraska, village in Lancaster County, Nebraska
Panama, New York, village in Chautauqua County, New York
Parral, Ohio, a village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio (named after Parral, Chihuahua, in Mexico)
Rio, Illinois, a village in Knox County, Illinois (river)
Rio, West Virginia, a village in Hampshire County, West Virginia
Rio, Wisconsin, a village in Columbia County, Wisconsin
Rio Grande, Ohio, a village in Gallia County, Ohio
Roca, Nebraska, village in Lancaster County, Nebraska (rock)
San Jose, Illinois, village in Logan County and Mason counties, Illinois
Sandoval, Illinois, in Marion County, Illinois
Santa Clara, New Mexico, a village in Grant County, New Mexico
Seville, Ohio, in Medina County, Ohio
Spanish Lake community, in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
Tijeras, New Mexico, in Bernalillo County, New Mexico (scissors)
Valparaiso, Nebraska, a village in Saunders County, Nebraska
Vista, Missouri, a village in St. Clair County, Missouri (view)

Former settlements[]

Agua Mansa, California, a former settlement in San Bernardino County, California ("Gentle Water")
Alisal, California, was a Californio settlement located on the lands of the Rancho Santa Rita near the site of an Indian ranchera ("The Sycamores")
Arinosa, Utah, a former settlement in the Great Salt Lake Desert, supposedly only a few miles east of the Tree of Utah
Alvarado, California, former settlement in and former county seat of Alameda County, California, now annexed to Union City (possibly named for the Spanish conquistador Pedro de Alvarado)
Barro, Utah, a former settlement in Utah's expansive west desert. (Mud)
Boca, California, a former settlement in Nevada County, California (named by the railroad Boca (Spanish for "mouth" and "river mouth") because it was near the mouth of the Little Truckee River)
, a former settlement and mining camp in Amador County, California ("The place of dwarf oaks")
Cisco, Utah a former settlement in Grand County, Utah
Hacienda, California, former settlement in Alameda County, California ("[Big] Farm")
La Placita, California, former settlement in Riverside County, California ("The Small Plaza")
Merienda, California, former settlement in Niles Canyon, in Alameda County, California (Snack)
Rio Bravo (former settlement), California, former settlement in Kern County, California
Salduro, Utah, a former settlement located in Utah's west desert
San Carlos, Inyo County, California, former settlement in Inyo County, California
San Miguel de los Noches, California, former settlement in Kern County (Saint Michael of the Nights)
San Salvador, California, a former settlement replaced by La Placita, California, and Agua Mansa, California, both of which are also ghost towns
Santa Rosa de Lima, New Mexico, a former settlement in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
, a former settlement and mining camp in Amador County, California ("secret")
Tres Alamos, Arizona, a former settlement in Cochise County, Arizona
, former settlement in Fresno County, California (wine)

Historic places (still standing)[]

Forts[]

Castillo de San Marcos, in Saint Augustine, Florida
Fort Barrancas, Florida
Fort Buenaventura, Utah
Fort Matanzas National Monument, Florida
Los Adaes, Texas

Missions[]

Alamo Mission in San Antonio, Texas
Diego Sepúlveda Adobe, California
Las Flores Estancia, California
La Purisima Mission, California
Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad, California
Mission San Antonio de Padua, California
Mission San Cayetano de Calabazas, Arizona
Mission Santa Clara de Asís, California
Mission Concepcion, Texas
Mission Los Santos Ángeles de Guevavi, Arizona
Mission Santa Barbara, California
Mission San Buenaventura, California
Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, California
Mission San Fernando Rey de España, California
Mission San Francisco de Asís, California
Mission San Francisco de la Espada, Texas
Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, California
Mission Santa Inés, California
Mission San José (California)
Mission San José (Texas)
Mission San José de Tumacácori, Arizona
Mission San Juan Bautista, California
Mission San Juan Capistrano (Texas)
Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, California
Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, California
Santa Margarita de Cortona Asistencia, California
Mission San Miguel Arcángel, California
Mission San Xavier del Bac, Arizona
Nombre de Dios (mission), Florida
Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de Tolomato, Georgia
San Antonio de Pala Asistencia, California
San Estevan Del Rey Mission Church, New Mexico
San Pedro y San Pablo Asistencia, California
Socorro Mission, Texas

Presidios[]

Presidio La Bahía, in Goliad, Texas
Presidio San Antonio de Bexar, San Antonio, Texas
Presidio Santa Cruz de Terrenate, Arizona
Presidio of Santa Barbara, California
Presidio of Monterey, California
Presidio of San Diego, California
Presidio of San Sabá, Texas

Ranchos and Spanish lands[]

Atrisco Land Grant, New Mexico
Rancho El Alisal, in Salinas, Monterey, California
Rancho San Antonio (Lugo), in San Antonio, Texas
Rancho Calleguas, in Ventura, California
La Habra, in Orange, California
Rancho Posa de los Ositos, in Monterey, California
Rancho San Rafael, in Los Angeles, California
Rancho San Vicente, in Soledad, Monterey, California
San Miguel del Vado Land Grant, New Mexico

Islands[]

Alameda Island, California ("Poplar Grove")
Alcatraz Island, California ("Pelican")
Angel Island (California) (derived of his original Spanish name Isla de los Ángeles)
Año Nuevo Island, Northern California ("New Year" Island)
Asuncion Island, one of the Northern Mariana Islands
Bahia Honda Key, an island in the Florida Keys (deep bay)
Brazos Island, a barrier island on the Gulf Coast of Texas
Boca Chica Key, Florida ("Small Mouth" Key)
Camano Island, Washington (after explorer Jacinto Caamaño)
Dry Tortugas, a group of islands in the Florida Keys in the United States (Dry turtle)
Farallon Islands, in San Francisco, California (from Farallones: "High Cliffs")
Farallon de Medinilla, an uninhabited small island in the Northern Mariana Islands (Medinilla ´s Rock)
Farallon de Pajaros, also known as Urracas, a small uninhabited volcanic island, the northernmost island in the Northern Mariana Islands chain (Birds´ Rock or Magpies)
Fidalgo Island, Washington (named after the Spanish explorer and cartographer Salvador Fidalgo)
Key West, Florida (Anglicized from Cayo Hueso: "Bone Cay")
Key Largo, Florida ("Wide Key")
Lopez Island, in San Juan Islands, Washington
Matagorda Island, a barrier island on the coast of Texas
Perdido Key, Florida ("Lost Key")
Revillagigedo Island, Alaska (after viceroy of New Spain Juan Vicente de Güemes, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo)
San Clemente Island, California
San Juan Islands (Alaska)
San Juan Islands, in the Washington state
San Juan Island, the second-largest and most populous of the San Juan Islands, in Washington
San Miguel Island, the westernmost of California's Channel Islands
San Nicolas Island, California
Santa Barbara Island, California
Santa Catalina Island, California
Santa Cruz Island, California
Santa Rosa Island, California
Santa Rosa Island, Florida ("St. Rose" Island)
Spanish Harbor Key, island in the lower Florida Keys.
Sutil Island, California
Yerba Buena Island, sits in the San Francisco Bay between San Francisco and Oakland, California (named after the former name of the city of San Francisco, Yerba Buena, which was changed in 1847. From the Spanish Good herb)

Natural places[]

Bays and inlets[]

Bodega Bay, California
Castro Cove, an embayment of the San Pablo in Richmond, California
Matagorda Bay, a large estuary bay on the Texas coast
Matanzas Bay, in St. Johns County, Florida
Matanzas Inlet, a channel in Florida
Monterey Bay, California
Nueces Bay, a northwestern extension of Corpus Christi Bay in the San Patricio and Nueces counties of Texas
Padre Bay, located in Kane and San Juan counties, Utah. The bay is the largest expanse of open water in Lake Powell
Perdido Bay, in Perdido River, a designated Outstanding Florida Waters river, in Baldwin County, Alabama and Escambia County, Florida, United States ("Lost")
San Carlos Bay
San Francisco Bay, California
San Pablo Bay, California
San Pedro Bay (California)
Strait of Juan de Fuca, in the northwest
Haro Strait, between the Strait of Georgia and the Strait of Juan de Fuca, in the northwest.
Rosario Strait, in northern Washington state
Santa Rosa Sound, Florida

Forest[]

De Soto National Forest, in Mississippi
Los Padres National Forest, a United States national forest in southern and central California (the parents)
Manti-La Sal National Forest, Utah
San Juan National Forest, Colorado
San Isabel National Forest, in central Colorado
Santa Fe National Forest (part), New Mexico
Sierra National Forest, in California, United States
Plumas National Forest, California
Rio Grande National Forest, Colorado (Big River)
San Bernardino National Forest, in San Bernardino County, California

Mountains, hills, rock, ranges, caves and volcanos[]

Abajo Mountains, also called the Blue Mountains, is a small mountain range west of Monticello, Utah (below)
Abajo Peak, the highest peak in the Abajo Range, located in San Juan County, Utah
Blanca Peak, a mountain in Colorado (White Peak)
Brazos Mountains, a range in far northern Rio Arriba County, New Mexico (arms)
Caballo Mountains, New Mexico (Horse Mountains)
Caja del Rio, a dissected plateau, of volcanic origin, which covers approximately 84,000 acres of land in northern Santa Fe County, New Mexico (box of the river)
Canelo Hills, a range of low mountains or hills in eastern Santa Cruz County, Arizona (Brown Hills)
Capitan Mountains, a mountain range in Lincoln County, New Mexico (captain)
Ciervo Hills, low mountain range in west Fresno County, California (Deer Hills)
Cimmaron Range, in southwest Colorado (maroon)
Corona Arch, a sandstone arch in Moab, Utah
Delano Peak, a prominent peak in the Tushar Mountain Range, in central Utah
Dos Cabezas Mountains, in southeasternmost Arizona (Two heads)
El Capitan, California, a rock formation (the Captain)
El Capitan (Texas), a peak in Culberson County, Texas
Frisco Peak, a peak in the San Francisco Mountain Range located in western Utah
Grand Mesa, a large mesa in western Colorado
Guadalupe Mountains, a mountain range located in West Texas and southeastern New Mexico (named after Guadalupe, Cáceres, Spain)
Huerfano Butte, an isolated volcanic neck in Huerfano County, Colorado (named "Huerfano" by early Spanish explorers of southern Colorado. Of Spanish Orphan).
Jemez Mountains, a volcanic group of mountains in New Mexico
La Panza Range, a mountain range in the Central Coast of California
La Plata Mountains, small subrange of the San Juan Mountains in the southwestern part of Colorado (silver)
La Sal Mountains, in Grand and San Juan County counties, Utah along the Utah/Colorado border (The Salt Mountains)
Little Rincon Mountains, small range of mountains, lying to the east of the Rincon Mountains, at Tucson, Arizona ("Corner")
Little San Bernardino Mountains, in California
Luna Peak (Washington), a mountain in the US (moon)
Manzano Mountains, a small mountain range in the central part of New Mexico (apple tree)
Manzano Peak, the highest peak in the Manzano Mountains
Mesa Arch, a prominent natural arch and tourist destination in Canyonlands National Park, Utah.
Mesa de Maya, volcanic tableland in Colorado
Mogollon Mountains, of the San Francisco River in Grant and Catron counties of southwestern New Mexico. These Mountains were named for the governor of Spanish New Mexico Juan Ignacio Flores Mogollon.
Monte Cristo Range, a mountain range in northeastern Utah
Mosquito Range, Rocky Mountains range in central Colorado
Mosquito Pass, a high mountain pass in the Mosquito Range
Mount Vaca, located in northern California (was named so for Juan Manuel Cabeza Vaca (1782-1856), who with Juan Felipe Pena received in 1843 the Rancho Los Putos Mexican land grant, which included the peak that now bears Vaca's name)
Nacimiento Mountains, New Mexico, also called San Pedro Mountains (Birth Mountains or Saint Peter Mountains)
Negro Mountain, Pennsylvania and Maryland, United States (Black Mountain)
Palomar Mountain, a mountain ridge in the Peninsular Ranges in northern San Diego County, California (pigeon roost)
Palos Verdes Hills, California (Green Stick)
Patagonia Mountains, a 15 mile long mountain range south of the Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona.
Pinto Arch, a sandstone arch near Moab, Utah
Puente Hills, a chain of hills, one of the lower Transverse Ranges, in an unincorporated area in eastern Los Angeles County, California
Raton Pass - mountain pass on the Santa Fe Trail along the Colorado-New Mexico border in the United States (Mouse Pass)
Redonda Mesa, a tall mesa located in the Southern Santa Ana Mountains near the Pacific Ocean (round table)
Rincon Mountains, mountain range east of Tucson, Arizona ("Corner", "Nook")
Robledo Mountains, a mountain range in Doña Ana County, New Mexico just northwest of Las Cruces
Sacramento Mountains (California) (are also named for the Sacramento Wash and Sacramento Valley (Arizona))
Sacramento Mountains (New Mexico), a mountain range in the south-central part of New Mexico
San Bernardino Mountains, high mountain range in Southern California
San Emigdio Mountains, part of the Transverse Ranges in Southern California
San Francisco Mountains, a mountain range located in western Utah
San Gabriel Mountains, mountain range located in northern Los Angeles County and western San Bernardino County, California
San Gorgonio Pass, a gap on the rim of the Great Basin between the San Bernardino Mountains to the north and the San Jacinto Mountains to the south
San Gorgonio Mountain, also known locally as Mount San Gorgonio, or Old Greyback, is the highest peak in Southern California and the Transverse Ranges (Spanish missionaries in the area during the early 17th century named the peak after Saint Gorgonius)
San Jacinto Mountains, a mountain range east of Los Angeles in southern California
San Joaquin Hills, in Orange County, California
San Jose Hills, a part of the Transverse Ranges located in Eastern Los Angeles County, California, marking the border between the San Gabriel Valley and the Pomona Valley in the Inland Empire
San Juan Mountains, in southwestern Colorado
San Luis Mountains, in Pima County, Arizona
San Mateo Peak, at the western end of the ridge running west then northwest from Elsinore Peak to Morrell Canyon, California
San Pedro Arroyo Formation, a geologic formation in New Mexico (creek)
San Pitch Mountains, a mountain range located in Sanpete and Juab counties, Utah
San Rafael Hills, mountain range in Los Angeles County, California
San Rafael Reef, a large geological feature in the central Utah desert
Sandia Mountains, a mountain range located in Bernalillo and Sandoval counties, New Mexico (watermelon)
Sangre de Cristo Mountains, the southernmost subrange of the Rocky Mountains. They are located in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico in the United States (Blood of Christ).
Sangre de Cristo Range, called also the East Range, is located in the San Luis Valley, is mountain range of the Rocky Mountains in southern Colorado.
Santa Ana Mountains, a short mountain range near Santa Ana, California (saint)
Santa Catalina Mountains, north, and northeast of Tucson, Arizona
Santa Clara Volcano, a volcanic field and lava flow in southwest Utah.
Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Santa Lucia Mountains, a mountain range in coastal central California
Santa Margarita Mountains, California
Santa Rosa Range, in northern Nevada
Santa Rita Mountains, southeast of Tucson, Arizona
Santa Rosa Mountains (California)
Santa Susana Mountains, a transverse range of mountains in Southern California, north of the city of Los Angeles
Santa Ynez Mountains, west coast of North America
Santos Trail System, a network of mountain bike trails outside of Ocala, Florida (saints)
Sierra Blanca (Colorado), a mountain range
Sierra Blanca (New Mexico), a mountain range (White Mountain saw)
Sierra Madre Mountains (California), a mountain range in northern Santa Barbara County, California
Sierra Madre Range (Wyoming), a mountain range in the south central portion of the state
Sierra Nevada, between the Central Valley of California and the Basin and Range Province
Sierra Valley, in Plumas and Sierra counties, California
Tejon Pass, a mountain pass, between the southwest end of the Tehachapi Mountains and northeastern San Emigdio Mountains (badger)
Temblor Range, a mountain range within the California Coast Ranges, at the southwestern extremity of the San Joaquin Valley in California (tremor)
Uinta Mountain Range, a prominent range in northeastern Utah, originally named "La Sierra Blanca de Los Lagunas" by the Dominguez and Escalante Expedition in the 1770s
Vaca Mountains, a mountain range in Napa County, California (was named so for the Vaca family, who, along with their partners the Pena family, were among the earliest white settlers in the area)
Vaqueros sandstone, a sedimentary rock formation in the western United States
Valles Caldera National Preserve (part), volcanic caldera in the Jemez Mountains of northern New Mexico (Boiler Valley)
Ventana Cave, a National Historic Landmark in Arizona, U.S.
Ventana Double Cone, a twin mountaintop in the Ventana Wilderness (window. Early explorers gave the Ventana Double Cone its name because near its summit is a ledge that forms a small slot, or window)
Verdugo Mountains, a small, rugged mountain range of the Transverse Ranges system, located just south of the western San Gabriel Mountains in Los Angeles County, Southern California (executioner)
Yegua Formation, a geologic formation in Texas (mare or female horse)

Regions[]

This is not an exhaustive list.

Albuquerque Basin, one of the largest and deepest of the structural basins in the Rio Grande rift and contains the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Brazos Valley, a region in Texas (a subsection of the larger Central Texas region)
Canyons of the Escalante, a desert region surrounding the Escalante River and its tributaries in southern Utah
Cape Canaveral, Florida (Anglicized from Cabo Cañaveral)
Cape Nuñez, a headland of Nunez Peninsula
Cimarron National Grassland, in southwest Kansas (maroon)
Gulf of Santa Catalina, between California and Baja California (Mexico)
High Sierra Trail, in California, United States
Llano Estacado, Southwestern United States, between the East of New Mexico and Northern Texas ("Staked Plain")
Los Angeles Basin, coastal sediment-filled plain located at the north end of the Peninsular Ranges province
Marquez crater, an impact crater in the US state of Texas
Mogollon Rim a topographical and geological feature cutting across Arizona. It was called for the governor of Spanish New Mexico Juan Ignacio Flores Mogollon.
Nueces Strip or Wild Horse Desert is the area of south Texas between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande (nuts)
Raton Basin, Colorado (mouse basin)
Rincon Bayou, in the Nueces River delta, and located northwest of Corpus Christi, Texas (corner)
Rio Grande rift, north-trending continental rift zone between Colorado and Chihuahua, Mexico (big river)
Rio Grande Valley, a location in south Texas
San Andreas Fault, continental transform fault that extends roughly 810 miles (1,300 km) through California
San Francisco Bay Area, a populated region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California
San Joaquin (soil), an officially designated state insignia, the state soil of California (Sain Joachim)
San Juan Basin, in the Southwestern United States
San Lucas AVA, an American Viticultural Area located in Monterey County, California
San Rafael Swell, a large geological feature in the central Utah desert
Sangre de Cristo Formation, a geologic formation in Colorado.
Santa Ana Canyon, California
Santa Clara Valley AVA, California wine region in Santa Clara County
Santa Maria Valley AVA, California wine region
Tijeras Canyon, a prominent canyon in the central part of New Mexico

Rivers and lakes[]

Arroyo de la Laguna, California (Creek of the little Lake)
Arroyo Seco (Los Angeles County) (dry stream) seasonal river, canyon, watershed, and cultural area in Los Angeles County, California.
Arroyo Seco (Salinas River tributary), a major tributary of the Salinas River in central California.
Blanca Lake, Washington state (white)
Bonita Creek, in Newport Beach, Orange County, California (pretty)
Bonita Creek, in San Bernardino National Forest
Bosque River, Texas (forest)
Brazos River, localized between New Mexico and Texas (called the Rio de los Brazos de Dios by early Spanish explorers (translated as "The River of the Arms of God")) (Arms River)
Caballo Lake, New Mexico (horse)
Cadiz Dry Lake, nearby of Cadiz, California
Calabazas Creek (Santa Clara County), California (pumpkin)
Calabazas Creek (Sonoma County), California
Calaveras Creek, in Texas (skulls)
Calaveras Creek (California), a northward-flowing stream in Alameda and Santa Clara counties of California
Calaveras Lake (Texas), a reservoir on Calaveras Creek
Calaveras River, in the California Central Valley (called so by Spanish explorer Gabriel Moraga when he found many skulls of Native Americans along its banks. skulls)
Carquinez Strait, narrow tidal strait in northern California (named after the Karkin, a linguistic division of the Ohlone Native Americans who resided on both sides of the strait. From the Spanish karkin)
Castro Creek, a creek in Richmond, California
Cimarron River (Arkansas River tributary), a tributary of the Arkansas River with headwaters in New Mexico (maroon)
Cimarron River (Canadian River tributary), a tributary of the Canadian River entirely within New Mexico
Cimarron River (Gunnison River tributary), a tributary of the Gunnison River in Colorado
Conejos River, a tributary of the Rio Grande, in south-central Colorado (rabbits)
Cristianitos Creek, California (little Christians)
Cuchillo Negro Creek, stream in Sierra County, New Mexico (Black knife Creek)
Escalante River, a tributary of the Colorado River in southern Utah
Estrella River, river in eastern San Luis Obispo County, California (star)
Green River (Colorado River tributary) (the Spanish friars Escalante and Domínguez had originally named this river "Río Buenaventura" (Buenaventura River) in his expedition in Utah in 1775, but in the early nineteenth century, the Spanish and Mexicans named it "Río Verde", or Green River)
Guadalupe River (California)
Huerfano River, tributary of the Arkansas River that flows from a source on Blanca Peak in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of Colorado (orphan).
Key Vaca, an island in the middle Florida Keys (cow)
Laguna Blanca (California) (white little lake)
Laguna Creek, Elk Grove, California (little lake)
Laguna Creek (San Mateo County), a tributary of San Mateo Creek in San Mateo County, California
Laguna Creek (Santa Cruz County), California
Laguna Lake (California), a lake in northern California
Lake Barco, a lake in Putnam County, Florida (boat)
La Plata River (San Juan River tributary), in Colorado (silver)
Lobos Creek, a stream in San Francisco, California (wolves Creek)
Lopez River, in Monroe County, Florida
Los Alamos Canyon Creek
Los Angeles River, in Los Angeles Country, California.
Los Vaqueros Reservoir, a man-made lake near Brentwood, California
Matanzas River, Florida
Maravillas Creek, Texas (wonders creek)
Montezuma Creek, a tributary of the San Juan River in central and southern Utah
Mora River, a river in northeastern New Mexico, tributary of the Canadian River (blackberry)
Mosquito Lagoon, Florida
Mosquito Creek (British Columbia), a creek in the Cariboo region of British Columbia.
Mosquito Creek (Feather River), a California tributary of the North Fork Feather River
Mosquito Creek (Lake Oroville), a California tributary of the Feather River source
Mosquito Creek (Pennsylvania), a tributary of the West Branch Susquehanna River
Mosquito Creek (Virginia), a tributary of Chincoteague Bay
Mosquito Creek Lake, reservoir in Trumbull County, northeast Ohio
Nacimiento River, river in southern Monterey County and northern San Luis Obispo County, California (birth)
Nueces River, a river in Texas (nuts. Early settlers named the river after the numerous pecan trees along its banks)
Pajaro River, in California (Bird River)
Patagonia Lake, between southwest of Patagonia, Arizona, and northeast of Nogales, Arizona
Perdido River, localized between the states of Alabama and Florida (Lost River)
Piedra River (Colorado), a tributary of the San Juan River (Colorado River tributary) (stone)
Rio Brazos (New Mexico), a tributary of the Chama River (Rio Grande), New Mexico (River Arms)
Rio Grande, localized between the southwest of United States and Mexico (Big River)
Salinas River (California) ("Salt mines")
Sacramento River, the principal river of Northern California
Sacramento Wash, a major drainage of Mohave County, Arizona
San Antonio River (California), river in southern Monterey County, California
San Antonio River, a major waterway that originates in central Texas in a cluster of springs in Midtown San Antonio
San Carlos Lake, Arizona
San Diego River, in San Diego County, California (named for Saint Didacus of Alcalá)
San Fernando Creek, Texas
San Gabriel River (California), through southern Los Angeles County, California
San Joaquin River, the largest river of Central California
San Juan Creek, California
San Juan River (California)
San Juan River, Utah
San Leandro Creek, in Northern California (formerly Arroyo de San Leandro)
San Lorenzo Creek, California
San Luis Rey River, California (from the mission named for Saint Louis, King of France)
San Mateo Creek (Southern California)
San Mateo Creek (San Francisco Bay Area)
San Miguel River (Colorado)
San Pedro River (Arizona)
San Pitch River, Utah
San Rafael River, a tributary of the Green River in central Utah
San Saba River (Texas), named by governor of Spanish Texas Juan Antonio Bustillo y Ceballos in 1732. He called it Río de San Sabá de las Nueces (San Saba River of the walnuts)
San Sebastian River, a tidal channel which flows into Matanzas Bay, Florida
Santa Ana River, the largest river in Southern California, flows through Santa Ana
Santa Clara River (California), north of Los Angeles
Santa Clara River (Utah)
Santa Cruz River (Arizona), river in southern Arizona, and northern Sonora, Mexico, ("Holy Cross River")
Spanish Fork River, in northern Utah, originally named "El Rio de Aguas Calientes" by the Dominguez-Escalante Expedition in the 1770s
Uvas Creek, river of California (grapes creek)
Verde River, Arizona and Utah (Green River)
Verdugo Wash, river in the Glendale area of Los Angeles County, California (executioner)
Yegua Creek, a river in Central Texas and part of the Brazos River drainage basin (mare of female horse)
Yuba Lake, a reservoir in Sanpete and Juab counties in central Utah

Springs and waterfalls[]

Bonita Falls, a set of waterfalls in the San Bernardino National Forest, formed by Bonita Creek
DeSoto Falls (Alabama), waterfall located on the West Fork of the Little River near Mentone, Alabama (they are named after Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto)
DeSoto Falls (Georgia), located in Lumpkin County, Georgia along Frogtown Creek (are named for Spanish explorer Hernando deSoto, who passed through Georgia around 1540)
San Marcos Springs, Texas
San Pedro Springs, Texas

Valleys[]

Anza Valley, located in southern Riverside County, California
Conejo Valley, in region spanning both southeastern Ventura County and northwestern Los Angeles County, Southern California (rabbit)
Juab Valley, in Juab County, Utah
Sacramento Valley, portion of the Central Valley (California)
Sacramento Valley (Arizona), between north–south trending valley west and southwest of Kingman in Mohave County.
Salinas Valley, west of the San Joaquin Valley and south of San Francisco Bay and the Santa Clara Valley—Silicon Valley, California
San Fernando Valley, in the Los Angeles metropolitan area of southern California
San Gabriel Valley, Southern California, lying generally to the east of the city of Los Angeles.
San Jacinto Valley, in south western Riverside County, California
San Juan Valley, a valley in southeastern Utah, sometimes called the Dry Valley
San Joaquin Valley, area of the Central Valley (California)
San Luis Valley, extensive high-altitude basin in Colorado with a small portion overlapping into New Mexico
San Pedro Valley (Arizona), in western Cochise County, Arizona
Sanpete Valley, a valley in Sanpete County, Utah
San Rafael Valley, in eastern Santa Cruz County, Arizona
San Rafael Valley, in central Utah
Santa Clara Valley, runs south-southeast from the southern end of San Francisco Bay in Northern California
Santa Clara River Valley, a valley in Ventura County, California
Santa Clarita Valley, part of the upper watershed of Santa Clara River in Southern California.
Spanish Valley, a valley in San Juan County, Utah, just south of Moab, Utah
Utah Valley, in northern Utah. Based on a Spanish designation for the Ute People, "Yuta", by the Dominguez-Escalante Expedition in the 1770s. The valley and surrounding area itself were originally named "Nuestra Senora de los Timpanogotiz"
Verde Valley, in central Arizona (green valley)

Wilderness, deserts and dunes[]

Algodones Dunes, a large erg (sand dune field) located in the southeastern portion of California, near the border with Arizona and the Mexican state of Baja California (cottons).
Escalante Desert, a desert region located in southwestern Utah
Manzano Wilderness, in western Torrance County and eastern Valencia County, New Mexico (the region received the name when early Spanish settlers discovered ancient apple trees growing a few miles east of the present-day wilderness)
San Gorgonio Wilderness, in the San Bernardino Mountains
San Pedro Parks Wilderness, located in southern Rio Arriba County in northern New Mexico and part of the Santa Fe National Forest
San Rafael Reef Wilderness, a desert region in central Utah
Sandia Mountain Wilderness, part of Cibola National Forest, is located east of Albuquerque, New Mexico (watermelon)
Spanish Peaks Wilderness, in Huerfano County and Las Animas County, Colorado
Sonoran Desert, a desert in northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States
South San Juan Wilderness, a Wilderness area located east of Pagosa Springs, Colorado
Ventana Wilderness, a Federally designated wilderness located in the Santa Lucia Mountains along the Central Coast of California (window)

Wildlife refuges and protected areas[]

Blanca Wetlands, Area of Critical Environmental Concern, or Blanca Wildlife Habitat Area, is an area of the San Luis Valley in Colorado, United States, that serves as a refuge for birds, fish and other wildlife (white)
Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge
Canelo Hills Cienega Reserve, a protected area in Canelo Hills, Arizona (brown)
Grand Staircase-Escalente National Monument, the largest national monument in the United States, near Kanab, Utah
Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area, in Colorado (blood of Christ)
San Rafael Reef Wilderness, a recently protected wilderness area in central Utah

Parks[]

Agua Caliente County Park, park with geothermally heated springs. The park is located just west of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, in eastern San Diego County, California
Alta Lake State Park, a park in the northwest interior of the state of Washington (tall in female)
Alta Plaza Park, in San Francisco's Pacific Heights neighborhood
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, state park located within the Colorado Desert of southern California. The park takes its name from 18th-century Spanish explorer Juan Bautista de Anza and borrego, the Spanish word for bighorn sheep.
Brazos Bend State Park, a state park along the Brazos River in Needville, Texas (arms)
Coronado Heights, hill in Lindsborg, Kansas (named after of Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, already that it is alleged to be near the place where Francisco Vásquez de Coronado gave up his search for the seven cities of gold and turned around to return to Mexico).
Del Norte Park, West Covina, California
Del Rey Beach State Recreation Site, a state park in Oregon (of king)
De Soto National Memorial, in Bradenton, Florida
DeSoto Site Historic State Park, a Florida state park located in Tallahassee, Florida
Dry Tortugas National Park - National park localized west of Key West, Florida
Eldorado Park,
Encanto Park, Duarte, California
Fort Buenaventura State Park, in Ogden, Utah
Fort De Soto Park, in St. Petersburg, Florida (named for Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto)
Fort Verde State Historic Park, in Camp Verde, Arizona
Grijalva Park, Orange, California
Guadelupe Park, Salt Lake City, Utah
Escalante Petrified Forest State Park, in Escalante, Utah
Louis H Marrero Park, in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana (founded in honor to Spanish American politician Louis H. Marrero).
Mesa Verde National Park, in Montezuma County, Colorado
Modesto Park, Salt Lake City, Utah
Palomar Mountain State Park, in San Diego County, California (pigeon roost)
Plumas Park, Reno, Nevada
Plumas-Eureka State Park, California state park located in the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Range in Plumas County, California
Presidio of San Francisco, California (former Presidio and, at present, a park)
Rancho San Rafael Regional Park, in Reno, Nevada
San Juan Island National Historical Park, on San Juan Island in the state of in Washington
San Pedro Springs Park, in San Antonio, Texas
Unidad Park, Los Angeles, California
Verdugo Park, park in the Verdugo Mountains in the eastern San Fernando Valley of Southern California (executioner)
Vista Park, Salt Lake City, Utah
Vista Hermosa Park, Los Angeles, California
Yuba State Park, a state park in Utah's Sanpete and Juab counties

Peninsulas[]

Matagorda Peninsula, narrow spit of land on the southeastern coast of Texas
Palos Verdes Peninsula, California
San Francisco Peninsula, California
Tiburon Peninsula, California (of Spanish "Shark")

Other[]

Acequia Madre de Valero (San Antonio) ("main ['mother'] irrigation canal of Valero")
El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, New Mexico (part), is a part of the United States National Historic Trail system, that was a 1,600-mile (2560-kilometer) long trade route between Mexico City and San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico, from 1598 to 1882 (The Royal Road of the Interior Land)
Havana on the Hudson, nickname derived from the capital of Cuba, Havana, and the geographic proximity to the Hudson River to describe the northern part of Hudson County, New Jersey.
Los Serranos, Chino Hills, California, a subdivision neighborhood within the city of Chino Hills in San Bernardino County, California
Rincon (surfspot), a surf spot located at the Ventura and Santa Barbara County line in Southern California (angle or corner)
Tabasco, New York, a hamlet in Ulster County, New York
Valverde, New Mexico, the site of the Battle of Valverde during the American Civil War

References[]

^ Davis, Lucile (2003). The Caddo of Texas. Rosen Publishing. p. 5. ISBN 9780823964352.
^ Carvajal, Guillermo (January 13, 2014). El Desconocido Origen Español del Nombre de Ocho Estados de Norteamérica [The unknown Spanish origin of the name of eight States of North America].ABC. Archived from the original on June 3, 2016. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
^ Bright, William (2004). Native American placenames of the ... - William Bright - Google Libros. ISBN 9780806135984. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
^ Walter Romig, Michigan Place Names, p. 86
^ Walter Romig, Michigan Place Names, p. 187

External links[]

[1] Davis, Lucile (2003). The Caddo of Texas. Rosen Publishing. p. 5. ISBN 9780823964352.

[2] Carvajal, Guillermo (January 13, 2014). El Desconocido Origen Español del Nombre de Ocho Estados de Norteamérica [The unknown Spanish origin of the name of eight States of North America].ABC. Archived from the original on June 3, 2016. Retrieved January 16, 2021.

[3] Bright, William (2004). Native American placenames of the ... - William Bright - Google Libros. ISBN 9780806135984. Retrieved 2011-11-12.

[4] Walter Romig, Michigan Place Names, p. 86

[5] Walter Romig, Michigan Place Names, p. 187

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