List of renamed places in the United States
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 Ch'iidrinjik River and Teedrinjik River 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
- Todos Santos, is now Concord, California
- Grover City (1959-1992) is now Grover Beach
- Surf City (1927-1991) is now Huntington Beach
- Orange County Airport (1923-1979) is now John Wayne Airport in honor of the actor John Wayne, who lived in nearby Newport Beach.
- Mines Field (1930-1941) is now Los Angeles International Airport, a change that took place years after the city's purchase of the airfield.
Connecticut
- Chatham became East Hampton in 1915.
- Dorchester became Windsor in 1637
- Huntington became Shelton in 1919
- New Roxbury became Woodstock in 1690
- Newe Town became Hartford in 1637
- Saybrook became Deep River in 1947
- Watertown became Wethersfield in 1635
- Westbury is now Watertown
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
- Big Shanty (to 1860s) is now Kennesaw[6]
- Cass County (to 1860s) is now Bartow County
- Crossroads is now Vinings
- Franklin is now West Point (there is now another Franklin nearby)
- Hammond is now Sandy Springs
- Harnageville (1832–1880) is now Tate
- Jonesborough is now Jonesboro
- Lovejoy's Station is now Lovejoy
- Marble Works (to 1832) is now Tate
- Marthasville (late 1840s) is now Atlanta[7]
- New Prospect Camp Ground is now Alpharetta
- Northcutt Station (1840–1843) is now Acworth
- Paces is now Vinings
- Rough and Ready is now Mountain View
- Ruff's Station is now Smyrna
- Terminus (mid-1840s) was later Atlanta[8]
- Tunnelsville (1848–1856) is now Tunnel Hill
- Varner's Station is now Smyrna
Illinois
- Park Forest South is now University Park
- East Chicago Heights is now Ford Heights
Indiana
- Hudson in DeKalb County is now Sedan (there is another Hudson in neighboring Steuben County)
- Iba was also a previous name for Sedan
- Jervis or Jarvis in DeKalb County is now Butler
- Kekionga, the capital of the Miami tribe, is now Fort Wayne.
- Newport in Wayne County is now Fountain City (there is another Newport in Vermillion County)
- Vienna in DeKalb County is now Newville.
Massachusetts
- Cold Spring (1731-1761) became Belchertown (1761-Present).
- Manchester (1645-1989) became Manchester-By-The-Sea (1989–Present).
Nebraska
- Lancaster (1856-1869) is now Lincoln in honor of Abraham Lincoln.
New Jersey
- New Orange is now Kenilworth
- German Valley is now Long Valley
- Vernon Valley is now Verona
New Mexico
- Hot Springs is now Truth or Consequences
New York
- Idlewild Airport is now John F. Kennedy International Airport
- New Amsterdam (17th century) is now New York
- Nieuw Amersfoort is now Flatlands, Brooklyn
- Pigtown, Brooklyn is now Wingate, Brooklyn
- North Tarrytown is now Sleepy Hollow
North Carolina
- Hamburgh (later Hamburg) is now Glenville
- The towns of Leaksville, Spray, and Draper were consolidated and became the city of Eden in 1967.
Ohio
- Losantiville (prior to 1790) is now Cincinnati
Pennsylvania
- Mauch Chunk (prior to 1953) is now Jim Thorpe
South Carolina
- Charles Town (colonial period) is now Charleston.[9]
Tennessee
- Coal Creek became Lake City in 1936, after the completion of Norris Dam, which created Norris Lake.
Texas
- Waterloo was renamed Austin after Stephen F. Austin in 1839 when it was chosen to be the capital of the new Republic of Texas.[10]
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Hersher, Rebecca (1 December 2016). "Barrow, Alaska, Changes Its Name Back To Its Original 'Utqiagvik'". The Two-Way. NPR. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- "More pushback against Native names". Retrieved 2020-05-04.
- "Juneau assembly votes to give district new Native name". The Seattle Times. 2019-06-25. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
- Logan & Vance 1989, p. 307
- 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.
- Logan & Vance 1989, p. 288
- Edgar, Walter (1998). South Carolina: A History. Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press. p. 587. ISBN 1570032556. OCLC 38964188.
- http://www.austinlibrary.com/ahc/briefhistory.htm
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