List of renamed places in the United States

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These are the list of renamed places in the United States --- various political and physical entities in the U.S. that have had their names changed, though not by merger, split, or any other process which was not one-to-one. It also generally does not include differences due to a change in status, for example, a "River Bluff Recreation Area" the becomes "River Bluff State Parkway".

Alaska[]

  • Mount McKinley National Park was renamed Denali National Park and Preserve in 1980 (the eponymous mountain itself was renamed Denali by the state government in 1975,[1] but was not officially renamed Denali by the federal government until 2015[2])
  • Barrow was renamed Utqiaġvik in 2016, after its original Iñupiaq name.[3]
  • Black River was renamed Draanjik River after its original Gwich'in name in 2014.[4]
  • Chandalar River was renamed and as replacements for the North and Middle forks of the river in 2015.[4]
  • Sheldon Point was renamed Nunam Iqua in 1999, after its original Yup'ik name.
  • Willoughby District in Juneau was renamed to Aakw Kwaan Village District in 2019.[5]

California[]

Connecticut[]

Delaware[]

  • Willington was changed in 1739 to Wilmington in honor of Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington

Florida[]

  • Cape Canaveral was renamed Cape Kennedy between 1963 and 1973
  • Cowford (1763–1822) is now Jacksonville
  • Dade County (1836–1997) is now Miami-Dade County
  • Flagler was changed to Miami before becoming official
  • Ocean City (1913–1923) is now Flagler Beach (there is another Ocean City, Florida elsewhere)

Georgia[]

Illinois[]

Indiana[]

Kentucky[]

  • Limestone was named Maysville after , a surveyor, clerk and land owner in the area in 1787 when the town was formed. The post office opened as "Limestone" and kept that name from 1794 to 1799.

Massachusetts[]

Minnesota[]

Mississippi[]

  • Gumpond (to 1860s) is now Tupelo

Nebraska[]

New Jersey[]

New Mexico[]

New York[]

North Carolina[]

  • The towns of Leaksville, Spray, and Draper were consolidated and became the city of Eden in 1967.

Ohio[]

Pennsylvania[]

South Carolina[]

Tennessee[]

  • Coal Creek became Lake City in 1936, after the completion of Norris Dam, which created Norris Lake.

Texas[]

Utah[]

  • The territory that became Utah was known as Deseret when first settled by Latter-Day Saints in 1847
  • Parley's Park City became shortened to Park City
  • Fort Utah became Provo
  • The area known as Provo Bench became Orem before the city's incorporation in 1919

Wyoming[]

  • Jackson's Hole was changed to Jackson Hole and is now simply Jackson

 

References[]

  • Logan, William Bryant; Muse, Vance (1989). Kennedy, Roger G. (ed.). The Deep South. The Smithsonian Guide to Historic America. New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang. ISBN 1-55670-068-7.
  1. ^ Wyden, Ron (US Senator) (September 10, 2013). "Senate Report 113-93, Designation of Denali in the State of Alaska". US Government Publishing Office. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  2. ^ Campbell, Jon (November 8, 2015). "Old Name Officially Returns to Nation's Highest Peak". U.S. Board on Geographic Names (U.S. Geological Survey). Retrieved August 31, 2015.
  3. ^ Hersher, Rebecca (1 December 2016). "Barrow, Alaska, Changes Its Name Back To Its Original 'Utqiagvik'". The Two-Way. NPR. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "More pushback against Native names". Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  5. ^ "Juneau assembly votes to give district new Native name". The Seattle Times. 2019-06-25. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  6. ^ Logan & Vance 1989, p. 307
  7. ^ Roark, H. Randal (1975). "Atlanta: Urban Patterns". The American Institute of Architects Guide to Atlanta. Atlanta Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. p. 13.
  8. ^ Logan & Vance 1989, p. 288
  9. ^ https://www.orlandhills.org/government/historical-information
  10. ^ Edgar, Walter (1998). South Carolina: A History. Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press. p. 587. ISBN 1570032556. OCLC 38964188.
  11. ^ "City of Austin - Austin History Center: Our Collections".
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