A large number of places in the U.S were named after places in England as a result of English settlers and explorers. These are mainly the 13 eastern states which used to be the Thirteen Colonies in the British Empire, especially in the six known collectively as New England.
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). 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.
Video Locations in the United States with an English name
Alabama
- Birmingham
- Leeds
- Woodstock
- Sheffield
- York
- Chelsea
- Oxford
- Pelham
Maps Locations in the United States with an English name
Arkansas
- England
- London
- Carlisle
California
- Brentwood
- Chatsworth
- Chester
- Exeter
- Kensington
- Lancaster
- Lincoln
- Manchester
- Newcastle
- Richmond
- Ryde
- Westminster
- Windsor
Connecticut
Delaware
- Dover
- Kent
- Sussex
- Newark
- Lewes
- Wilmington
Middletown,Delaware
Florida
- Dundee
- Plymouth
- Windermere
Georgia
- Hull
- Manchester
- Warwick
- Oxford
Illinois
- Birmingham Township, Schuyler County
- Chester
- Cumberland County
- Enfield
- Hull
- Manchester
- Truro Township, Knox County
Indiana
- Carlisle
- Manchester
- Manchester Township, Dearborn County
- New Carlisle
Iowa
- Birmingham
- Carlisle
- Leeds
- Manchester
- Matlock
Kansas
- Manchester
- Stafford
Kentucky
- Birmingham
- Boston, Louisville
- Boston, Nelson County
- Bromley
- Cambridge
- Carlisle
- Cumberland County
- Cumberland Falls
- Cumberland Gap
- Cumberland Plateau
- Cumberland River
- Dover
- Falmouth
- London
- Manchester
- Middlesboro
- Williba
- Winchester
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
- Bude
- Oxford
- Plymouth
- Suffolk
Missouri
- Birmingham
- Brentwood
- Chesterfield
- Essex
- Everton
- London
- Manchester
- Salisbury
- Shrewsbury
- Wellington
- Windsor
Nebraska
- Amherst
- Burwell
- Cambridge
- Crawford
- Crofton
- Danbury
- Exeter
- Hartington
- Hastings
- Hampton
- Lancaster County
- Lincoln
- Lexington
- London
- Oxford
- Sutton
- Wakefield
- Washington
- Weston
- York
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
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)
North Dakota
- Berwick
- Leeds
- New England
- Norwich
- Rugby
- Surrey
- Tunbridge
- Warwick
- Watford City
- York
Ohio
Oklahoma
- Blackburn
- Chelsea
- Manchester (disputed; see footnote)
- Warwick
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
- Carlisle
- Lancaster
- Westminster
- York
South Dakota
- Brentford
- Bristol
- Ipswich
Tennessee
- Bradford
- Bransford
- Brentwood
- Bristol
- Cumberland County
- Fairfield
- Huntingdon
- London
- Manchester
- Portland
- Springfield
- Westmoreland
- Winchester
- Woodbury
Texas
Utah
- Croydon
- Leamington, Utah
- Leeds
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
- The state itself is named after the first U.S. President, George Washington, whose surname was due to his family holding land in Washington, County Durham.
- Bellingham
- Kent
- Manchester
- Matlock
- Newcastle
West Virginia
- Chester
- Elmhurst
- New Cumberland
- New Manchester
- London
- Romney
- St. Albans
Wisconsin
Wyoming
- Bedford
- Newcastle
- Sussex
Miscellaneous
- New England
See also
- Anglo-America
- British colonization of the Americas
- List of places named after places in the United States
- List of non-US cities with a US namesake
References
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