List of places named for Lewis Cass

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This is a list of places in the United States named for Lewis Cass:

Counties[]

In addition, Bartow County, Georgia was formerly Cass County, until after the American Civil War. (Cass County, North Dakota is not named for Lewis Cass but for railroad executive George Washington Cass.)

Cities, towns, or villages[]

Townships[]

Geographical features[]

Buildings[]

Note: The Elliott-Larsen Building in Lansing, Michigan had been named for Lewis Cass until 2020, when Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer renamed the building for two Michigan civil rights pioneers, rather than Cass, a slaveholder who supported the expansion of slavery and expulsion of Native Americans from their lands.[3]

Other[]

Note: Southwest Heritage Intermediate School District in Cass County, Michigan had been named Cass County ISD until 2021. The school board renamed the district after a historical reevaluation of namesake Lewis Cass.[5]

Streets[]

  • Cass Street, Exeter, New Hampshire
  • Cass Place, Walnut Park, California
  • Cass Avenue, Bay City, Michigan
  • Cass Avenue, Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • Cass Avenue, Detroit, Michigan
  • Cass Avenue, Macomb County, Michigan
  • Cass Street, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
  • Cass Street, San Diego, California[6]
  • Cass Street, Omaha, Nebraska
  • Cass Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • Cass Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri[7]
  • Cass Street, Albion, Michigan
  • Cass Street, Dresden, Ohio

Note: Cass Street in Traverse City, Michigan and in Cadillac, Michigan were named for Lewis Cass's nephew, George Washington Cass.

Notes[]

  1. ^ Cass Lake Chamber of Commerce
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/MIEOG/2020/06/30/file_attachments/1485253/EO%202020-139%20Elliott-Larsen%20Building.pdf
  4. ^ Wood 1916, pp. 56–57
  5. ^ https://www.woodtv.com/news/southwest-michigan/good-time-to-change-isd-gets-rid-of-cass-name/
  6. ^ Locker 1976
  7. ^ St. Louis Street Index

References[]

  • Cass Lake Chamber of Commerce, History of the Cass Lake Area
  • Locker, Zelma B. (1976), "Whatever Happened to Izard Street?", The Journal of San Diego History, 26 (2)
  • Wood, Edwin O. (1916), History of Genesee County, Michigan: Her People, Industries and Institutions, Federal Publishing
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