Locations in the United States with an English name

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A large number of places in the U.S were named after places in England largely as a result of English settlers and explorers of the Thirteen Colonies.

Some names were carried over directly and are found throughout the country (such as Manchester, Birmingham and Rochester). Others carry the prefix "New"; for example, the largest city in the US, New York, was named after York because King Charles II gave the land to his brother, James, the Duke of York (later James II).[1][2] Some places, such as Hartford, Connecticut, bear an archaic spelling of an English place (in this case Hertford).

The American capital Washington, D.C. is named after the first U.S. President George Washington, whose surname was due to his family holding land in Washington, County Durham.

Alabama[]

  • Ashford
  • Avon
  • Birmingham[3]
  • Brent
  • Leeds[4]
  • Woodstock[5]
  • Sheffield[6]
  • York
  • Chelsea
  • Oxford
  • Brighton

Arkansas[]

California[]

  • Brentwood[7]
  • Chatsworth[7]
  • Chester
  • Compton
  • Exeter[8]
  • Hanford
  • Kensington[7]
  • Lancaster
  • Manchester[9]
  • Newcastle
  • Richmond
  • Ryde
  • Westminster
  • Windsor

Colorado[]

Connecticut[]

Delaware[]

Florida[]

Georgia[]

  • Bainbridge
  • Barwick
  • Boston
  • Chatsworth
  • Claxton
  • Covington
  • Hull
  • Manchester
  • Mansfield
  • Oxford
  • Preston
  • Putney
  • Warwick
  • Washington
  • Winchester

Illinois[]

Indiana[]

Iowa[]

Kansas[]

Kentucky[]

Louisiana[]

Maine[]

Maryland[]

Sunderland

Massachusetts[]

  • Acton
  • Amesbury
  • Andover
  • Abington
  • Arlington
  • Attleboro
  • Avon
  • Barnstable
  • Bedford
  • Berkley
  • Beverly
  • Billerica
  • Blandford
  • Bolton
  • Boston
  • Boxford
  • Bradford
  • Braintree
  • Bridgewater
  • Bridgewater (CDP)
  • Brighton
  • Bristol
  • Brimfield
  • Burlington (Bridlington)
  • Cambridge
  • Carlisle
  • Chatham
  • Chelmsford
  • Chelsea
  • Chester
  • Chesterfield
  • Chilmark
  • Concord
  • Dartmouth
  • Dedham
  • Dorchester
  • Dover
  • Dunstable
  • Duxbury
  • Duxbury (CDP)
  • East Bridgewater
  • East Falmouth
  • Essex County
  • Essex
  • Falmouth
  • Falmouth (CDP)
  • Framingham
  • Gloucester
  • Grafton
  • Great Barrington
  • Groton
  • Hadley
  • Halifax
  • Hardwick
  • Harwich
  • Haverhill
  • Hatfield
  • Hingham
  • Hingham (CDP)
  • Hull
  • Hyde Park
  • Ipswich
  • Islington
  • Kingston
  • Leeds
  • Lancaster
  • Leicester
  • Leominster
  • Lexington
  • Lincoln
  • Ludlow
  • Lynn
  • Malden
  • Marlborough
  • Manchester
  • Mansfield
  • Marshfield
  • Medford
  • Medway
  • Middleborough
  • Middlesex County
  • Milford
  • Milton
  • Needham
  • Newbury
  • New Ashford
  • New Bedford
  • Newton
  • Norfolk
  • Norfolk County
  • Northampton
  • North Falmouth
  • North Plymouth
  • North Truro
  • Norton
  • Norwood
  • Oakham
  • Oxford
  • Petersham
  • Plymouth
  • Plymouth Beach
  • Plymouth Center
  • Plymouth County
  • Plympton
  • Raynham
  • Reading
  • Rochester
  • Rowley
  • Rutland
  • Salisbury
  • Sandwich
  • Sheffield
  • Shrewsbury
  • Somerset
  • Southampton
  • South Duxbury
  • South Plymouth
  • Springfield
  • Stockbridge
  • Stoneham
  • Stoughton
  • Stow (Stowe)
  • Sturbridge (Stourbridge)
  • Sudbury
  • Suffolk County
  • Sunderland
  • Sutton
  • Taunton
  • Templeton
  • Tewksbury
  • Tisbury
  • Topsfield
  • Truro
  • Upton
  • Uxbridge
  • Wakefield
  • Waltham
  • Wareham
  • Wareham Center
  • Warwick
  • Westfield
  • Westport
  • West Tisbury
  • Westwood
  • West Bridgewater
  • West Falmouth
  • West Plymouth
  • West Wareham
  • Weymouth
  • Wilbraham
  • Winchester
  • Windsor
  • Woburn
  • Worcester
  • Wrenthams
  • Yarmouth

Michigan[]

  • Avon
  • Berkley
  • Beverly Hills
  • Birmingham
  • Brighton
  • Dearborn
  • Dearborn Heights
  • Camden
  • Chelsea
  • Chesterfield
  • Elmhurst
  • Farmington
  • Kensington
  • Kent County
  • Lincoln
  • Manchester
  • Milford
  • New Boston
  • New Haven
  • Oxford
  • Plymouth
  • Richmond
  • Rochester
  • Rothbury
  • Somerset Township
  • Surrey Township
  • Warren
  • Washington Township
  • Waterford

Minnesota[]

Mississippi[]

Missouri[]

  • Alton
  • Birmingham
  • Bosworth
  • Brentwood
  • Chesterfield
  • Clayton
  • Essex
  • Everton
  • Farmington
  • Lancaster
  • Lincoln
  • Manchester
  • Mansfield
  • New London
  • Plymouth
  • Salisbury
  • Shrewsbury
  • Stockton
  • Washington
  • Weatherby
  • Wellington
  • Winchester
  • Windsor
  • Worthington

Nebraska[]

New Hampshire[]

  • New Hampshire — named after Hampshire by governor John Mason.[45]
  • Alton
  • Andover
  • Barrington
  • Bath
  • Bedford
  • Bradford
  • Brentwood
  • Bridgewater
  • Bristol
  • Canterbury
  • Chatham
  • Chesham
  • Chester
  • Chichester
  • Concord
  • Croydon
  • Dorchester
  • Dover
  • Durham
  • Epping
  • Epsom
  • Exeter
  • Hampstead
  • Hampton
  • Kensington
  • Lancaster
  • Lincoln
  • Lyme
  • Manchester
  • Marlborough
  • Marlow
  • New Castle
  • New Ipswich
  • New London
  • Newington
  • Newmarket
  • Northumberland
  • Nottingham
  • Plaistow
  • Portsmouth
  • Richmond
  • Rochester
  • Rye
  • Sandown
  • Stratham (from Streatham)
  • Strafford (from Stratford)
  • Surry (from Surrey)
  • Tamworth
  • Wakefield
  • Westmoreland
  • Wilton
  • Woodstock

New Jersey[]

  • New Jersey itself
  • Barrington
  • Bedminster
  • Birmingham
  • Bloomsbury
  • Bridgewater
  • Camden, New Jersey
  • Chester
  • Clifton
  • Cumberland County
  • Dover
  • Essex County
  • Gloucester City
  • Gloucester County
  • Gloucester Township
  • Greenwich
  • Lyndhurst
  • Manchester
  • Margate City
  • Middlesex
  • Middlesex County
  • Newark
  • Ridgewood
  • Ringwood
  • Shrewsbury
  • Shrewsbury Township
  • Southampton
  • Stockton
  • Stafford Township
  • Stratford
  • Somerset
  • Somerset County
  • Sussex
  • Sussex County
  • Ventnor
  • Washington
  • Weymouth
  • Woodbury
  • Woolwich

New Mexico[]

  • Clayton
  • Farmington

New York[]

  • New York itself
  • Albany county
  • Allerton
  • Andover
  • Ardsley
  • Bath
  • Bedford
  • Bedford Hills
  • Boston
  • Bradford
  • Brentwood
  • Bridgehampton
  • Bridgewater (town)
  • Bridgewater (village)
  • Brighton, Erie County, New York
  • Brighton, Franklin County, New York
  • Brighton, Monroe County, New York
  • Brighton Beach
  • Bristol
  • Calverton
  • Cambridge
  • Carlisle
  • Chatham
  • Chelsea
  • Chester, Orange County
  • Chester, Warren County
  • Chesterfield
  • Chichester
  • Colchester
  • Cornwall
  • Cornwall-on-Hudson
  • Coventry
  • Cumberland County
  • Durham
  • Elmhurst, Chautauqua County
  • Elmhurst, Queens
  • Essex
  • Fordham
  • Garden City
  • Gravesend, Brooklyn
  • Greenwich
  • Greenwich Village
  • Hastings-on-Hudson
  • Hempstead (town)
  • Hempstead (village)
  • Huntington (CDP)
  • Huntington (town)
  • Hyde Park
  • Islip (CDP)
  • Islip (town)
  • Kensington, Nassau County
  • Kensington, Brooklyn
  • Kew Gardens
  • Kingsbridge
  • Kingston
  • Lancaster
  • Leeds
  • Leicester
  • Lincoln
  • Liverpool
  • Manchester (village)
  • Middlesex
  • New Brighton, Staten Island
  • New Castle
  • New Hartford
  • New Hyde Park
  • New Suffolk
  • New Windsor
  • New York City
  • Norfolk
  • Northampton, Fulton County
  • Northampton, Suffolk County
  • Northumberland
  • Norwich
  • Oxford
  • Plymouth
  • Reading
  • Ridge
  • Riverhead (CDP)
  • Riverhead (town)
  • Rochdale
  • Rochester
  • Roxbury
  • Rutland
  • Rye
  • Salisbury
  • St. Albans
  • Scarborough
  • Scarsdale
  • Seaford
  • Shoreham
  • Somerset
  • Southampton
  • South Bristol
  • Southold (CDP)
  • Southold (town)
  • Springfield
  • Stafford
  • Stamford
  • Stamford (village)
  • Suffolk County
  • Upton
  • Wainscott, Suffolk County
  • Warwick
  • Warwick (village)
  • Waterloo (town)
  • Waterloo (village)
  • West Brighton, Staten Island
  • Windsor
  • Woodbury, Nassau County
  • Woodbury, Orange County
  • Woodstock
  • Worcester
  • York
  • Yorkshire (town)
  • Yorktown

North Carolina[]

  • Cumberland County
  • Durham
  • Enfield
  • Hertford
  • Hertford County
  • Hillsborough
  • Leicester
  • Macclesfield
  • Middlesex
  • Mount Pleasant
  • Oxford
  • Plymouth
  • New London
  • Rockingham
  • Southport
  • Surry (Surrey)
  • Wentworth
  • Warrenton (Warrington, Cheshire)
  • Wilmington

North Dakota[]

  • Berwick
  • Leeds[46]
  • New England
  • Norwich
  • Rugby
  • Surrey
  • Warwick
  • Watford City
  • York

Ohio[]

Oklahoma[]

Newcastle

Pennsylvania[]

  • Chester
  • Cheswick
  • Croydon
  • Cumberland County
  • Darby (from the phonetic pronunciation of "Derby")
  • Darlington
  • Devon
  • Dover
  • Easton (derived from Easton Neston, a estate in Northamptonshire)
  • East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County
  • East York
  • Elmhurst
  • Emsworth
  • Exeter
  • Essington, Tinicum Township
  • Falmouth
  • Freeland
  • Grantham
  • Halifax
  • Hereford
  • Hereford Township, Berks County
  • Horsham
  • Huntingdon
  • Huntington
  • Hyde Park
  • Kensington
  • Kidder Township (derived from Kidderminster, Worcestershire)
  • Kingston
  • Lancaster
  • Lancaster County
  • Lancaster Township, Butler County
  • Lancaster Township, Lancaster County
  • Liverpool
  • Liverpool Township, Perry County
  • Lowhill Township (derived from Low Hill, Wolverhampton, West Midlands)
  • Lynn Township (derived from King's Lynn, Norfolk)
  • Malvern
  • Manchester
  • Mayfair
  • Middlesex Township
  • New Brighton
  • New Castle
  • New Cumberland
  • New Kensington
  • New London
  • New Oxford
  • New Stanton
  • New Wilmington
  • Northampton
  • Northampton County
  • Northumberland
  • Northumberland County
  • Norwood
  • Nottingham
  • Nottingham Township
  • Olney
  • Oxford
  • Plymouth
  • Reading
  • Richmond Township
  • Rochester
  • Romney
  • Salisbury Township
  • Sheffield
  • Shrewsbury
  • Somerset
  • Southampton
  • Southwark
  • South Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County
  • Sunbury (derived from Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey)
  • Telford
  • Trafford
  • Warminster
  • Warrington
  • Warwick Township, Bucks County
  • Warwick Township, Chester County
  • Warwick Township, Lancaster County
  • Washington
  • Westmoreland County

Rhode Island[]

  • Barrington
  • Bradford
  • Bristol
  • Bristol County
  • Coventry
  • Cumberland
  • East Greenwich
  • Exeter
  • Elmhurst
  • Gloucester
  • Kent County
  • Lincoln
  • Little Compton
  • New Shoreham
  • Portsmouth
  • Smithfield
  • Tiverton
  • Warren
  • Warwick
  • Washington County
  • West Greenwich
  • West Warwick
  • Westerly[50]
  • Wickford

South Carolina[]

  • Barnwell
  • Camden
  • Carlisle
  • Chesterfield
  • Darlington
  • Effingham
  • Hampton
  • Lancaster
  • Westminster
  • Windsor
  • York

South Dakota[]

Tennessee[]

  • Bradford
  • Bransford
  • Brentwood
  • Bristol
  • Cumberland County
  • Fairfield
  • Harrogate
  • Huntingdon
  • Manchester
  • Portland
  • Springfield
  • Westmoreland
  • Winchester
  • Woodbury

Texas[]

Utah[]

Vermont[]

  • Andover
  • Barnet
  • Berkshire
  • Bradford
  • Brighton
  • Bridgewater
  • Bristol
  • Burlington
  • Cambridge
  • Chelsea, Vermont
  • Chester
  • Chittenden
  • Colchester
  • Coventry
  • Cumberland County
  • Derby
  • Derby Center
  • Derby Line
  • Essex
  • Essex County
  • Guilford
  • Kirby
  • Leicester
  • Maidstone
  • Manchester
  • Milton
  • Norwich
  • Middlesex
  • Plymouth
  • Putney
  • Reading
  • Richmond
  • Rochester
  • Rutland
  • Salisbury
  • Sheffield
  • Shrewsbury
  • Stamford
  • Stockbridge
  • Stowe
  • Sudbury
  • Tunbridge
  • Wells
  • Weybridge
  • Westminster
  • Windham County
  • Woodstock

Virginia[]

  • Abingdon
  • Arlington
  • Ashland
  • Bedford
  • Bristol
  • Charles City County
  • Chester
  • Chesterfield
  • Crewe
  • Cumberland County
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Dendron
  • Dover
  • Elmhurst
  • Essex County, Virginia
  • Falmouth
  • Gloucester
  • Gloucester County
  • Gloucester Courthouse
  • Gloucester Point
  • Hampton
  • Loudoun County
  • Manchester
  • Manchester, Chesterfield County
  • Midlothian
  • New Kent
  • Norfolk
  • Northumberland County
  • Prince William County
  • Richmond
  • Shadwell
  • Southampton
  • Stafford
  • Suffolk
  • Sussex County
  • Portsmouth
  • Surry
  • Isle of Wight County
  • Northampton County
  • Northumberland County
  • Middlesex County
  • Sussex
  • Buckingham
  • Wakefield
  • Waverly
  • Westmoreland County
  • Woodstock, Virginia
  • Winchester
  • Yorkshire
  • Yorktown

Washington[]

  • The state itself is named after the first U.S. President, George Washington, whose surname was due to his family owning Washington Old Hall and land in Washington, Tyne and Wear.
  • Bellingham
  • Covington
  • Darrington
  • Harrington
  • Hatton
  • Hamilton
  • Kent
  • Langley
  • Malden
  • Manchester
  • Mansfield
  • Matlock
  • Newcastle
  • Waverly
  • Winthrop
  • Kelso, Washington

West Virginia[]

Wisconsin[]

Wyoming[]

  • Bedford
  • Newcastle
  • Sussex

Miscellaneous[]

  • New England

Ely, Nevada

See also[]

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  50. ^ Debated. Possibly named in reference to Westerleigh, South Gloucestershire, or simply for its position at the westernmost edge of the state. See Westerly, Rhode Island#History.
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