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• Pasco County, Florida – Samuel Pasco, United States Senator from Florida
• Menifee, California – Luther Menifee Wilson (gold miner)
• Garland, Maine – Joseph Garland (settler)
• Daby's Ferry, California – S. Daby (ferry operator)
• Crawford, Maine – William H. Crawford (U.S. Senator, Secretary of War, and Secretary of the Treasury)
• Scottdale, Georgia – George Washington Scott
• Saranap, California – Sara Napthaly (mother of a railroad man)
  
• Alexandria, California – Alexander C. McSwain (first postmaster)
• Auberry, California – Al Yarborough
• Waldo Junction, California – William Waldo
• Mercey Hot Springs, California – J.N. Mercy
• Rumney, New Hampshire – Robert Marsham, 2nd Baron Romney (note spelling)
• Rooptown was the name of Susanville, California – Isaac Roop (settler)
• Hookton, California – John Hookton (founder)
• Shirley, Maine – William Shirley (indirectly, via Shirley, Massachusetts)
• Clinton, North Carolina – American Revolution General Richard Clinton
• Clinton, Washington – DeWitt Clinton (indirectly, via Clinton, Lenawee County, Michigan)
• Polk County, Florida–11th President of the United States, James Knox Polk
• Knightsen, California – George W. Knight (town founder) and his wife Christina Christensen
• Rangeley, Maine – Squire James Rangeley, Jr.
• Victoria, Texas – General Guadalupe Victoria (first president of Mexico)
• Clay County, Florida – Henry Clay (United States Secretary of State in the 19th century)
• Rindge, New Hampshire – Captain Daniel Rindge (one of the original grant holders)
• Bodfish, California – George H. Bodfish
• Anderson, Indiana – Chief William Anderson
• Orono, Maine – Chief Joseph Orono of the Penobscot Nation
• Stockton, California – Robert F. Stockton
• Whitinsville, Massachusetts – Paul C. Whitin (cotton mill owner)
• Salsig, California – Edgar Budd Salsig (lumber company owner)
• Orlando, Florida – Orlando Reeves
• Fort Collins, Colorado – Colonel William O. Collins
• Trumbull, Connecticut – Jonathan Trumbull (governor of Connecticut)
• Euclid, Ohio – Euclid (Greek mathematician)
• McCann, California – William O. McCann (lumber mill operator)
• Everett, Massachusetts – Edward Everett (politician and educator)
• Bentonville, Arkansas – Senator Thomas Hart Benton
• Prince's Lakes, Indiana Howard Prince Founder
• Fort Lee, New Jersey – Charles Lee
• Crook, Colorado – General George Crook (officer during the Civil War and the Indian Wars)
• Osburn, Idaho – Bill Osborne (trading post establisher) (note spelling)
• Newellton, Louisiana – Edward D. Newell
• Starksboro, Vermont – General John Stark
• Wolfeboro, New Hampshire – English General James Wolfe
  
• Phillips, California – Joseph Wells Davis Phillips (founder)
• Marinette, Wisconsin – Marie Antoinette Chevalier (common-law wife of an early fur trader)
• Colfax, California – Schuyler Colfax (US Vice President)
• Georgia (U.S. state) – King George II of Great Britain
• Ybor City, Tampa, Florida – Vicente Martinez Ybor
• Black's was the name of Zamora, California – J.J. Black
• Franklin Township – Benjamin Franklin, 77 places in
• Sicard Flat, California – Theodore Sicard
• Sherburne was the name of Killington, Vermont – Colonel Benjamin Sherburne (landholder)
• Proctor, Minnesota – J. Proctor Knott
• Washington Terrace, Utah – George Washington
• Huntington, Vermont – Josiah, Charles and Marmaduke Hunt (landholders)
• Wheelock, Vermont – Eleazar Wheelock (founder of Dartmouth College)
• Cincinnati, Ohio – Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (indirectly, via the Society of the Cincinnati)
• Hinsdale, New Hampshire – Colonel Ebenezer Hinsdale
• Gorham, Maine and Gorham, New Hampshire – Captain John Gorham
• Wiest, California – Daniel W. Wiest
• Spalding Tract, California – John S. Spalding (founder)
• Whitneyville, Maine – Colonel Joseph Whitney (mill owner)
• Minturn, California – Jonas and Thomas Minturn (local farmers)
• Waite, Maine – Benjamin Waite (lumberman)
• Nottingham, New Hampshire – Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham
• Jeram was the name of Carey, California – Father Jeram (community leader)
• Winters, California – Theodore W. Winters (landowner)
• Marshall, Texas – John Marshall
• San Bernardino, California – Saint Bernardine of Siena
• Clinton, South Carolina – Henry Clinton Young (Laurens lawyer who helped lay out the first streets)
• Wiggins, Colorado – Oliver P. Wiggins (frontiersman)
• Fort Myers, Florida – Col. Abraham C. Myers
• Owensboro, Kentucky – Abraham Owen
• Joe, Montana – Joe Montana
• Fitchburg, Massachusetts – John Fitch (settler)
• Lubbock, Texas – Thomas Saltus Lubbock
• Alberton, Montana – Albert J. Earling (president of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad)
• Kasson, California – Amasa C. Kasson (investor in the site)
• Newton, Texas – John Newton (soldier of the American Revolutionary War)
• Scottsdale, Arizona – Chaplain Winfield Scott
• Blackwells Corner, California – George Blackwell (merchant)
• Grenville was the name of Newport, New Hampshire – George Grenville (Prime Minister of the United Kingdom)
• Blairsden, California – James A. Blair (financier of the Western Pacific Railroad)
• Bucksport, Maine – Colonel Jonathan Buck (grantee)
• Cressey, California – Calvin J. Cressey (landowner)
• Pelham, Massachusetts – Henry Pelham (Prime Minister of the United Kingdom)
• Downers Grove, Illinois – Pierce Downer (settler)
  
• Smithflat, California – Jeb Smith (pioneer rancher)
• Patton Township, Pennsylvania – Colonel John Patton (co-owner)
• Terry, Montana – General Alfred Howe Terry
• Stanfield, Oregon – Senator Robert N. Stanfield
• Harlan, Iowa – :James Harlan (United States Senator)
• Milbank, South Dakota – Jeremiah Milbank (railroad director)
• Ebensburg, Pennsylvania – Eben Lloyd (died in childhood)
• Buels Gore, Vermont – Major Elias Buel (landholder)
• Bonds Corner, California – Dr. J.L. Bond (homesteader)
• Jackson, California – Colonel Alden Jackson
• Hill, New Hampshire – Isaac Hill (governor of New Hampshire)
• Alice, Texas – Alice Gertrudis King Kleberg (daughter of Richard King, who established the King Ranch)
• North Carolina – Charles I of England (King of Great Britain, Carolinus is Latin for Charles)
• Ross's Camp was the name of Melbourne Camp, California – William Ross (operator)
• Pike, New Hampshire – Alonzo Pike (producer of sharpening stones and tool and cutter grinders)
• Hammond, Indiana – George H. Hammond (Detroit butcher who founded a meat-packing plant here)
• Orleans, Massachusetts – Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
• Middleton, New Hampshire – Sir Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham
• Ellicott City, Maryland – John, Andrew, and Joseph Ellicott (founders)
• Johnson's Diggings was the name of Birchville, California – David Johnson (first prospector at the site)
• Florence, Kentucky – Florence Conner (wife of early settler)
• Stinson Beach, California – Nathan H. Stinson (landowner)
• Jefferson, Maine, Jefferson, New Jersey Jefferson, New Hampshire – Thomas Jefferson
• Darwin, California – Dr. Darwin French
• Warnersville was the name of Trinidad, California – R.V. Warner
• Sunol, California – Antonio Sunol (landowner)
• Pollasky was the name of Friant, California – Marcus Pollasky (railroad official)
• Naperville, Illinois – Joseph Naper
• Bismarck, North Dakota – Otto von Bismarck
• Carson City, Nevada – Kit Carson
• Wilsie, California – W.E. Wilsie (early farmer)
• Brownfield, Maine – Captain Henry Young Brown (served in the French and Indian War)
• Piercy, California – Sam Piercy
• Elmendorf, Texas – Henry Elmendorf (mayor of San Antonio)
• Fowler, California – Thomas Fowler (California State Senator)
• Wales, Massachusetts – James Lawrence Wales (benefactor)
  
• Adams, Oregon – John F. Adams (homesteader)
• Morris Plains, New Jersey – Lewis Morris (the first royal governor of New Jersey)
• Weare, New Hampshire – Meshech Weare (the town's first clerk)
• Clark's Station and Clark's Ranch were names of Wawona, California – Galen Clark (founder)
• Lebec, California – Peter Lebecque or Lebeck (killed by a bear nearby in 1837)
• O'Neals, California – Charles O'Neal (merchant and first postmaster)
• Moores Flat, California – H.M. Moore (first settler)
• Lairds Landing, California – George and Charles Laird
• Waldoboro, Maine – General Samuel Waldo
• Gilchrist County, Florida – Albert W. Gilchrist Governor of Florida from 1909 to 1913
• Barrow was the name of Utqiagvik, Alaska – Sir John Barrow
• Luther, Michigan – Martin Luther (16th century German reformer)
• Phil Campbell, Alabama – Phil Campbell (Railroad engineer)
• Marquette (town), Wisconsin - Marquette County, Wisconsin
• Masaryktown, Florida – Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (Czechoslovak President)
• Phillipsville, California – George Stump Philipps
• Orinda, California – Katherine Philips (a poet whose nickname was "Matchless Orinda")
• Denning, New York – William Denning (land purchaser)
• Scarface, California – Scarface Charlie (a Native American warrior in the Modoc War)
• Kensington, New Hampshire – Baron Kensington (owner of Kensington Palace in London)
• Beatrice, Humboldt County, California – Beatrice White (first postmaster)
• Pendleton, Oregon – George H. Pendleton (Democratic candidate for Vice-President in the 1864 presidential campaign)
• Boust City was the name of Taft Heights, California – E.J. Boust (oilman, town founder)
• Bennington, Vermont – colonial governor Benning Wentworth
• Pittsfield, 4 places in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont – William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
• Curry Village, California – David A. Curry (founder)
• Greensboro, Vermont – Timothy Green (landowner)
• Bradford Siding, California – Johnnie Bradford (clay businessman)
• Crumville was the name of Ridgecrest, California – James and Robert Crum (local dairymen)
• Stoughton, Wisconsin – Luke Stoughton (Englishman from Vermont)
• Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania – Adam and William Holliday (founders)
• Winston-Salem, North Carolina – Joseph Winston
• Tyler, Texas – John Tyler
• Milliken, Colorado – John D. Milliken (railroad official)
• Camp Pardee, California – George Pardee (governor of California)
  
• Watkins Glen, New York – Dr. Samuel Watkins (founder)
• Pope Valley, California – William Pope (land grantee)
• Eunice, Louisiana – Eunice Pharr Duson (second wife of Curley Duson, the founder of the city)
• Jasper, Texas – William Jasper (American Revolution hero)
• Fallon, California – Luke and James Fallon
• Fort Johnston, North Carolina – Gabriel Johnston, 6th Governor of North Carolina
• Minkler, California – Charles O. Minkler (local farmer)
• Bradtmoore, California – Bradley T. Moore (founder)
• Barstow, California – William Barstow Strong (ATSF president)
• Hampden, Maine – John Hampden (English patriot)
• Prather, California – Joseph L. Prather (early rancher)
• Cummings, Mendocino County, California – Jonathan Cummings
• Aguilar, Colorado – José Ramón Aguilar (cattleman and pioneer)
• Methuen, Massachusetts – Sir Paul Methuen (British diplomat)
• Caruthers, California – W.A. Caruthers (local farmer)
• Georgetown, Kentucky and Georgetown, Massachusetts – George Washington
• Brewster, Minnesota – Elder William Brewster (indirectly, via Brewster, Massachusetts)
• Cordua Bar, California – Theodore Cordua (local merchant)
• Emery, South Dakota – S.M. Emery (landowner)
• Osceola County, Florida – Indian leader Osceola, whose name means "Black Drink Cry"
• Stratton was the name of Stratford, California – William Stratton (developer)
• Tinkers Station was the name of Soda Springs, Nevada County, California – J.A. Tinker (local freight hauler)
• Vinalhaven, Maine – John Vinal (Boston merchant who helped settlers obtain title to the land)
• Sidney, Montana – Sidney Walters (son of settlers)
• Diamondville, California – James Diamond
• Rockingham, Vermont – Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
• Isabella, California – Queen Isabella of Spain
• DeKalb County, Illinois
• Lewistown, Pennsylvania – William Lewis
• Helm, California – William Helm (early rancher)
• Virginia – Virgin Queen
• Beresford, South Dakota – Lord Charles Beresford
• Pikesville, Maryland – Zebulon Pike (American soldier and explorer)
• Dacono, Colorado – Daisy Baum, Cora Van Vorhies and Nona (or Nora) Brooks (local residents)
• Paducah, Kentucky and Paducah, Texas – Chief Paduke
• Bradley, Maine – Bradley Blackman (settler)
• Humboldt, South Dakota – Alexander von Humboldt (German scientist, explorer and diplomat)
• Wilmington, 3 places in Delaware, North Carolina, and Vermont – Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington
• Thomaston, Connecticut – Seth Thomas (clockmaker)
• Peabody, Massachusetts – George Peabody (philanthropist)
• Pontiac, Illinois and Pontiac, Michigan – Chief Pontiac
  
• Frye Island, Maine – Captain Joseph Frye
• Perrysburg, Ohio – Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry
• Talmage, California – Junius Talmage
• Cudahy, Wisconsin – Patrick Cudahy
• Alvin, Texas – Alvin Morgan (settler)
• Milton, California – Milton Latham (railroad engineer)
• Washington Township was the name of Robbinsville Township, New Jersey – George Washington
• Durham, California – W.W. Durham (member of the California State Assembly)
• Rangeley Plantation, Maine – Squire James Rangeley, Jr.
• Grantham, New Hampshire – Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham
• Whitlow, California – Albert Whitlow (first postmaster)
• Hupp and Hupps Mill were names of DeSabla, California – John Hupp (early sawmill owner)
• O'Fallon, Missouri – John O. Fallon
• Posts, California – William Brainard Post (homesteader)
• Brooksville, Florida – Congressman Preston Brooks
• Metz, California – W.H.H. Metz (first postmaster)
• Waterboro, Maine – Colonel Joshua Waters
• Steuben, Maine – Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
• Maupin, Oregon – Howard Maupin (settler who established a farm and ferry here)
• Dummer, New Hampshire – William Dummer (Massachusetts Governor)
• Durkee's Ferry was the name of Weitchpec, California – Clark W. Durkee (ferry operator)
• Blanco, Monterey County, California – Tom White (settler); "Blanco" is "White" in Spanish
• Holderness, New Hampshire – Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness
• Wardsboro, Vermont – William Ward (grantee)
• Bridgton, Maine – Moody Bridges
• Livermore, California – Robert Livermore
• Carson's Creek was the name of Angels Camp, California – Kit Carson
• Alexandria, New Hampshire – John Alexander (indirectly, via Alexandria, Virginia)
• Mullan, Idaho – John Mullan (builder of Mullan Road, a wagon route)
• Billings, Montana – Frederick H. Billings
• Heath, Massachusetts – General William Heath
• Strong City, Kansas – William Barstow Strong (ATSF president)
• Harriman, New York – E. H. Harriman (president of the Union Pacific Railroad)
• Phipps-Canada was the name of Jay, Maine – Captain Joseph Phipps
• Kneeland, California – John A. and Tom Kneeland (first settlers)
• Jordan, Montana – Arthur Jordan (founder)
• Warrenville, Illinois – Julius Warren (settler)
• Janesville, Wisconsin – Henry Janes (early settler and first postmaster)
• Sidney, Maine and Sidney, Ohio – Sir Philip Sidney (English author)
• Vergennes, Vermont – Charles Gravier, Comte de Vergennes
• Alva, Florida – Thomas Alva Edison (inventor)
• Wolcott, Vermont – General Oliver Wolcott (a signer of the Declaration of Independence)
• Barre, Massachusetts, Barre (city), Vermont and Barre (town), Vermont – Isaac Barré (Irish soldier and politician)
• Franklin Township was the name of Nutley, New Jersey – Benjamin Franklin
• Fargo, North Dakota – William Fargo
  
• Allendale, Oakland, California – Charles E. Allen (real estate broker)
• Harrisonburg, Virginia – Thomas Harrison (early settler who founded the community)
• Windom, Minnesota – Senator William Windom
• Tarpey, California – Arthur B. Tarpey
• DeKalb County, Indiana
• Clinton, Dutchess County, New York – George Clinton (early governor of New York)
• Lowell, Massachusetts – Francis Cabot Lowell
• Ferdinand, Vermont – from one of the titles for Prince Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand of Brunswick-Lunenburg
• Blocksburg, California – Benjamin Blockburger (merchant)
• Nashville, Tennessee – Francis Nash
• Doral, Florida – Alfred Kaskel and his wife Doris Bernstein (1906–1988)
• Canterbury, New Hampshire – William Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury
• Plant City, Florida – Henry B. Plant
• Nelson, California – A.D. Nelson
• Canfield, California – Charles W. Canfield (founder)
• Oleander, California – William Oleander Johnson (first postmaster)
• Gertrude, California – Gertrude Haley (first postmaster)
• Thetford, Vermont – Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, 4th Earl of Arlington and 4th Viscount Thetford
• Philipsburg, Montana – Philip Deidesheimer (mining engineer)
• Louisiana, Missouri – Louisiana Basye (daughter of local settlers)
• Cardigan was the name of Orange, New Hampshire – George Brudenell, fourth Earl of Cardigan
• Niles, Fremont, California – Addison Niles
• Austin, Texas – Stephen F. Austin
• Lippitt, California – Col. Francis J. Lippitt (founder)
• Minot, Maine – Judge Minot of the General Court (aided in the town's incorporation)
• Hillsborough County, Florida – Sir Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire and 1st Earl of Hillsborough
• Flandreau, South Dakota – Charles Eugene Flandrau
• San Angelo, Texas – Carolina Angela DeWitt (wife of the city's founder Bartholomew J. DeWitt)
• Dunlap, California – George Dunlap Moss (teacher)
• Pullman, Chicago – George Pullman and Solon S. Beman
• Tamworth, New Hampshire – British Admiral Washington Shirley, Viscount Tamworth
• Browns Valley, Minnesota – Joseph Brown (founder)
• Quanah, Texas – Quanah Parker (the last Comanche chief)
• Alexander's Corner was the name of Weedpatch, California – Cal Alexander (early resident)
• Franklin – Benjamin Franklin, 37 places in
• Lovell, Maine – Captain John Lovewell (note spelling)
• Brown's Mill was the name of Stafford, Humboldt County, California – Percy Brown (lumber mill owner)
• Washington (state) and Washington, D.C. – George Washington
• Bushnell, South Dakota – Frank E. Bushnell (landowner)
• Hershey, Pennsylvania – Milton S. Hershey (Chocolatier)
• Acorn, Humboldt County, California – Alonzo and Elizabeth Acorn
• Kunze was the name of Greenwater, California – Arthur Kunze (founder)
• Alvarado, California – Juan Alvarado (Mexican governor of California)
  
• Votaw, Texas – Clark M. Votaw (vice president of the Santa Fe Townsite Company, which laid out the town lots)
• Brown's was the name of North Fork, California – Milton Brown
• Columbus, Georgia and Columbus, Ohio – Christopher Columbus (Italian explorer)
• Pembroke, New Hampshire – Henry Herbert, ninth Earl of Pembroke
• Barnard, Vermont – Sir Francis Bernard (landholder) (note spelling)
• Gustine, California – Augusta Miller, daughter of Henry Miller (rancher)
• Arnold, California – Bob and Bernice Arnold (early local merchants)
• Parsonsfield, Maine – Thomas Parsons
• Suffern, New York – John Suffern (first Rockland County judge)
• Wickenburg, Arizona – Henry Wickenburg (discoverer of the Vulture Mine)
• For list of places named after General Robert E. Lee, see List of memorials to Robert E. Lee.
• Fort Dodge, Iowa – Henry Dodge (U.S. senator from Wisconsin) (indirectly, after the fort named after him)
• Lockwood, 3 places in California, New York, and West Virginia – Belva Ann Lockwood
• Stetson, Maine – Amasa Stetson (landowner)
• Kingfield, Maine – William King (future governor of Maine)
• Edgartown, Massachusetts – Edgar Stuart, Duke of Cambridge
• Jenny Lind, California – Jenny Lind
• Woodleaf, California – James Wood (property owner)
• Houlton, Maine – Joseph Houlton (settler)
• Worthington, Minnesota – the maiden name of the wife of A.P. Miller (founder)
• Erving, Massachusetts – John Erving (early farmer landowner)
• Barber, California – O. C. Barber (president of the Diamond Match Company)
• Stafford, Humboldt County, California – Judge Cyrus G. Stafford
• Dresbach Township, Minnesota – George B. Dresbach (founder)
• Spoonville was the name of Edgemont, Lassen County, California – Lorella A. Spoon
• Dayton, Texas – I. C. Day (landowner) (combination of Day's Town)
• Temple, Texas – Bernard Moore Temple (civil engineer)
• Karnes City, Texas – Henry Karnes (Texas patriot)
• Cumberland, Rhode Island – Prince William, Duke of Cumberland
• Lincoln Center, Kansas – Abraham Lincoln (indirectly, via Lincoln County, Kansas)
• New Port Richey, Florida – Captain Aaron M. Richey
• Port Arthur, Texas – Arthur Edward Stilwell (founder)
• Bath, New Hampshire – William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath
• Seymour, Connecticut – Governor Thomas H. Seymour
• Rallsville, California – George W. Ralls (first postmaster)
• Brunswick, Vermont – from one of the titles for Prince Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand of Brunswick-Lunenburg
• Fort Myers Beach, Florida – Col. Abraham C. Myers
• Somers, Connecticut – Lord John Somers of England
• Allentown, Georgia – J.W. Allen (postmaster)
• Redmond, Oregon – Frank and Josephine Redmond (homesteaders)
• Westmoreland, New Hampshire – John Fane, 7th Earl of Westmorland
• Fellows, California – Charles A. Fellows (railroad contractor)
  
• Baltimore, Maryland – Lord Baltimore
• Homer, New York – Homer (Greek poet)
• Wilseyville, California – Lawrence A. Wilsey (corporate executive)
• Lincoln, New Hampshire – Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 2nd Duke of Newcastle, 9th Earl of Lincoln
• Hurley, New York – Francis Lovelace, Baron Hurley of Ireland
• Weld, Maine – Benjamin Weld
• Wells was the name of Keene, California – Madison P. Wells (early rancher)
• Knoxville, California – Ranar B. Knox, first postmaster
• Lillis, California – Simon C. Lillis (ranch superintendent)
• Stanfield Hill, California – William Stanfield (founder)
• Georgetown, Washington, D.C. – George II of Great Britain
• Keyesville, California – Richard M. Keyes (gold discoverer in Kern County)
• Taylor, New York – Zachary Taylor
• Colfax, Washington – Schuyler Colfax (US Vice President)
• Cutler, Maine – Joseph Cutler (settler)
• Harrisville, New Hampshire – Milan Harris (mill owner)
• Brannan Springs was the name of Woodfords, California – Samuel Brannan (Gold Rush figure)
• Princeton, Maine – Rev. Thomas Prince (indirectly, via Princeton, Massachusetts)
• Clinton, Lassen County, California – DeWitt Clinton (indirectly, via Clinton, Maine, home town of its first postmaster)
• Mount Pulaski, Illinois – Casimir Pulaski (Revolutionary War hero)
• South Euclid, Ohio – Euclid (Greek mathematician)
• Cuttens, California – Charles R. Cuttens (first postmaster)
• Bartlett Springs, California – Green Bartlett (resort owner)
• Rheem, California – Donald I. Rheem (developer)
• Jacksonville, Texas – Jackson Smith (soldier)
• Livingston, California – Charles C. Livingston (railroad official)
• Kendall's City was the name of Boonville, California – Alonzo Kendall (early hotelier)
• Garretson, South Dakota – A.S. Garretson (banker)
• Holyoke, Massachusetts — Elizur Holyoke, (colonist, scribe and surveyor)
• Townshend, Vermont – the Townshend family (powerful figures in British politics)
• Charlestown, New Hampshire – Admiral Sir Charles Knowles, 1st Baronet of the British Royal Navy
• Paulsboro, New Jersey – Samuel Phillip Paul (son of a settler)
• Rollinsford, New Hampshire – descendants of Judge Ichabod Rollins (first probate judge for New Hampshire)
• Jean, Nevada – Jean Fayle (wife of postmaster George Fayle)
• Livingston, New Jersey – William Livingston
• Lyman, New Hampshire – General Phineas Lyman (commander in the French and Indian War)
• Lincoln, Maine – Enoch Lincoln (Maine's sixth governor)
• Estes Park, Colorado – Joel Estes (founder)
• Lyman, Maine – Theodore Lyman (merchant)
• Preston, Minnesota – Luther Preston (millwright)
• Hayward, California – William Dutton Hayward
• Wible Orchard, California – Simon William Wible
  
• St. Louis, Missouri – Saint Louis
• Hershey, California – David N. Hershey (California assembly member)
• Sanger, California – Joseph Sanger Jr. (Railroad Yardmaster Association secretary-treasurer)
• Bergman, California – Jacob Bergman (stage coach driver)
• Villa de San Agustin de Laredo was the name of Laredo, Texas – Saint Augustine
• Corrigan, Texas – Pat Corrigan (train conductor)
• Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee – William Sodder (trading post proprietor) and Daisy Parks (daughter of a coal company manager)
• Danville, Vermont – Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville
• Hobergs, California – Gustave Hoberg (founder, resort owner)
• Pittsburg, New Hampshire – William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
• Orange, 4 places in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Virginia – William, Prince of Orange
• Mansfield, Ohio – Jared Mansfield (U.S. Surveyor General)
• Pierre, South Dakota – Pierre Chouteau, Jr.
• Stevensville, Montana – Isaac Stevens(1st governor of Washington Territory)
• Lorenzo, Texas – Lorenzo Dow
• Lanare, California – L.A. Nares (developer)
• Cisco, California – John J. Cisco (treasurer of the railroad)
• Lusk, Wyoming – Frank S. Lusk (rancher and Wyoming Central Railway stockholder)
• Mariaville, Maine – Maria Matilda (daughter of landholder William Bingham)
• Baring Plantation, Maine – Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton
• Clinton, Montana – General Sir Henry Clinton
• Buchanan, Michigan – James Buchanan (fifteenth president)
• Winnie, Texas – Fox Winnie (railroad contractor)
• Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania – John Wilkes and Isaac Barre
• Canby, California – General Edward Canby
• Orange, Ohio – William, Prince of Orange (indirectly, via Orange, Connecticut)
• Ralston Point was the name of Arvada, Colorado – Lewis Ralston (prospector from Georgia)
• Seward, Nebraska – William H. Seward
• Sparks, Nevada – John Sparks
• Marthasville was the name of Atlanta, Georgia – Martha Lumpkin (daughter of Governor Wilson Lumpkin)
• Winfield, Kansas – Chaplain Winfield Scott
• Fremont, California, and numerous other Fremonts – John C. Frémont
• Harrisburg, Inyo County, California – Shorty Harris (gold discoverer)
• Sutter Creek, California – John A. Sutter
• Elmore, Vermont – Colonel Samuel Elmore (landowner)
• Port Kenyon, California – John Gardner Kenyon (founder)
• Douglas, Wyoming – Stephen A. Douglas
• Fields Landing, California – Waterman Field
• Annapolis, Maryland – Anne, Queen of Great Britain
• Shaver Lake, California – C.B. Shaver (irrigation company founder)
• Prosser, Washington – Colonel William Farrand Prosser (homesteader)
  
• Hinesburg, Vermont – Abel Hine (town clerk)
• Lewisville was the name of Greenwood, El Dorado County, California – Lewis B. Meyer
• Lake Marquette, a lake in Minnesota
• Millerton, New York – Sidney Miller (railroad contractor)
• Weimar, California – a local Maidu chief
• Rust was the name of El Cerrito, Contra Costa County, California – William R. Rust (first postmaster)
• Sedgwick, Arkansas – Union Major General John Sedgwick
• Birchville, California – L. Birch Adsit
• Danvers, Massachusetts – Danvers Osborn family
• Burlington, Wisconsin – Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington (indirectly, via Burlington, Vermont)
• Tarkington Prairie, Texas – Burton Tarkington
• Kountze, Texas – Herman and Augustus Kountze (financial backers of the Sabine and East Texas Railroad)
• Randolph, New Hampshire – John Randolph (Virginia congressman and senator)
• Mooney Flat, California – Thomas Mooney (trading post and hotel establisher)
• Jackson – Andrew Jackson, 14 places in
• Wendell was the name of Sunapee, New Hampshire – John Wendell
• Astor, Florida and Astor Park, Florida – William Backhouse Astor, Sr.
• Hamden, Connecticut – John Hampden (English statesman) (note spelling)
• Swan's Island, Maine – Colonel James Swan of Fife, Scotland (land purchaser)
• Doyle, Lassen County, California – Oscar Doyle (landowner)
• Stevinson, California – James J. Stevinson (landowner)
• Brownington, Vermont – Daniel and Timothy Brown (landholders)
• Millspaugh, California – Almon N. Millspaugh (first postmaster)
• Van Buren, New York – Martin van Buren
• Whitingham, Vermont – Nathan Whiting (landholder)
• Buna, Texas – Buna Corley (cousin of the Carroll family, prominent Beaumont lumbermen and industrialists)
• Arco, Idaho – Georg von Arco
• Warwick, Rhode Island – Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick
• Berthoud, Colorado – Edward L. Berthoud (railroad surveyor and engineer)
• Port Clinton, Ohio – DeWitt Clinton (father of the Erie Canal)
• Abbot, Maine – John Abbot (treasurer of Bowdoin College)
• DeSabla, California – Eugene De Sabla (engineer)
• Evansville, Indiana – Robert Morgan Evans
• Lamoine, Maine – DeLamoine (early landowner)
• Millsaps, California – George W. Millsaps
• Lennox, South Dakota – Ben Lennox (railroad official)
• Parkston, South Dakota – R.S. Parke (landowner) (note spelling)
• Surry, New Hampshire – Charles Howard, Earl of Surrey
• Torrance, California – Jared Sidney Torrance
• Twain Harte, California – Mark Twain and Bret Harte
• Whiting, Vermont – John Whiting (landholder)
• Seattle, Washington – Chief Seattle
• Alberhill, California – C.H. Albers, James and George Hill (landowners)
• Jackson, Burnett County, Wisconsin – Stonewall Jackson
• Woody, California – Dr. Sparrell Walter Woody (local rancher)
• Branscomb, California – Benjamin Franklin Branscomb
  
• Wayland, Massachusetts – Dr. Francis Wayland (president of Brown University)
• Wilmette, Illinois – Antoine Ouilmette (French-Canadian fur trader)
• Joplin, Missouri – a Methodist minister in the new city
• Bozeman, Montana – John Bozeman
• Randall was the name of White Hall, California – Albert B. Randall (first postmaster)
• Juneau, Alaska – Joe Juneau (prospector)
• Atwater, California – Marshall D. Atwater (farmer, landowner)
• Reno, Nevada – Jesse L. Reno
• Colchester, Vermont – Earl of Colchester
• Hammonton, California – W.P. Hammond (gold mine official)
• Kingsville, Texas – Captain Richard King (owner of the King Ranch)
• Chanz, California – George A. Chanz (first postmaster)
• Camptonville, California – Robert Campton (town blacksmith)
• Benton, 4 places in Arkansas, California, Maine, and New Hampshire – Senator Thomas Hart Benton
• Harrison, New York – John Harrison (Quaker leader)
• Saint James, Indiana – Saint James
• Wendell, Massachusetts – Judge Oliver Wendell of Boston
• Nielsburg, California – Arthur C. Neill (first postmaster)
• Keene, California – James R. Keene (financier)
• Lila C, California – Lila C. Coleman (mine owner's daughter)
• Gridley, California – George W. Gridley (founder)
• Minear, California – John J. Minear (first postmaster)
• Haydenville was the name of Bear Valley, Mariposa County, California – David, Charles, and William Hayden (gold miners)
• Cummington, Massachusetts – Colonel Cummings (landholder)
• For a list of places named after the Marquis de Lafayette, see List of places named for the Marquis de Lafayette.
• Livermore Falls, Maine – Deacon Elijah Livermore
• Bowman's Point was the name of West End, Alameda, California – Charles C. Bowman
• Provo, Utah – Étienne Provost
• Willoughby Hills, Ohio – Dr. Westel Willoughby, Jr.
• Lewiston, Minnesota – Johnathan Smith Lewis (settler)
• Chatfield, Minnesota – Judge Andrew Chatfield
• Byron, Maine – Lord Byron (English poet)
• Taylors Landing was the name of Bijou, California – Almon M. Taylor (founder)
• Bartlett, New Hampshire – Dr. Josiah Bartlett
• Old Lovelock was the name of Coutolenc, California – George Lovelock (early merchant)
• Chesterfield, New Hampshire – Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
• Slayton, Minnesota – Charles Slayton (founder)
  
• Hendry County, Florida – Major Francis A. Hendry
• Baldwin, Maine – Colonel (namesake of the Baldwin apple)
• Landaff, New Hampshire – Bishop of Llandaff (Llandaff is the spelling of the name on the town charter)
• Broderick, California – U.S. Senator David C. Broderick
• Carey, California – George R. Carey (first postmaster)
• Old Ornbaun Hot Springs, California – John S. Ornbaun (early settler and rancher)
• Sprague, Washington – General John W. Sprague (railroad executive)
• Herkimer, New York – Nicholas Herkimer (militia general in the American Revolutionary War)
• Harrison, Maine – Harrison Gray Otis (landowner)
• Hayward, Minnesota – David Hayward (settler)
• New Orleans, Louisiana – Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
• Yankee Jims, California – a criminal with that nickname
• Charlotte, North Carolina and Charlotte, Vermont – Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (wife of King George III)
• Ankeny, Iowa – John Fletcher Ankeny
• Williamsburg, Virginia – William III of England
• Taylorville, California – Samuel P. Taylor (paper mill owner)
• Kent, Ohio – Marvin Kent
• Albany, New Hampshire – James of York and Albany (indirectly, via Albany, New York)
• Bennington, New Hampshire – colonial governor Benning Wentworth (indirectly, via Bennington, Vermont)
• North Fort Myers, Florida – Col. Abraham C. Myers
• Smartsville, California – Jim Smart (Gold Rush settler and merchant)
• Jamesan, California – J.G. James (first postmaster)
• Hans Lof's was the name of Toms Place, California – Hans Lof (resort owner)
• Sloat, California – John D. Sloat (Naval commodore who claimed California for the United States)
• Emeryville, California – Joseph Stickney Emery (local landowner)
• King of Prussia, Pennsylvania – after a local tavern named after Frederick II of Prussia
• Briceland, California – John C. Briceland (landowner)
• Jewetta' was the name of Saco, California – Solomon and Philo D. Jewett (pioneers)
• Haugan, Montana – H. G. Haugan (land commissioner of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad)
• Kellogg, Idaho – Noah Kellogg (prospector)
• Kokomo, Indiana – Ma-Ko-Ko-Mo(Miami tribal chief)
• Abernathy, Texas – Monroe Abernathy (one of the developers of the town)
• Chamberlain, South Dakota – Selah Chamberlain (railroad director)
• Perkins Township, Maine – Thomas Handasyd Perkins
• Mower, California – Lloyd W. Mower (first postmaster)
• Cameron, California – George W. Cameron
• Culpeper, Virginia – Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper
  
• North Adams, Massachusetts – Samuel Adams (indirectly, via Adams, Massachusetts)
• Glen Burnie, Maryland – Elias Glenn (district attorney) and his descendants
• Hiram, Maine – Hiram I (biblical king of Tyre)
• Crosbyton, Texas – Stephen Crosby (land office commissioner)
• Dupplin was the name of Lempster, New Hampshire – Scottish lord Thomas Hay, Viscount Dupplin
• Bishop, California – Samuel Addison Bishop (settler) (indirectly, via Bishop Creek)
• Brownsville, Maryland – Tobias Brown
• Keizer, Oregon – Thomas Dove Keizur
• Mount Washington, Kentucky and Mount Washington, Massachusetts – George Washington
• Gardiner, Maine – Dr. Sylvester Gardiner (Boston physician)
• Keene, New Hampshire – Sir Benjamin Keene (English minister to Spain and West Indies trader)
• Shutesbury, Massachusetts – Samuel Shute (governor of Massachusetts)
• Corinna, Maine – Corinna Warren (daughter of Dr. John Warren, landowner)
• Gasquet, California – Horace Gasquet (first postmaster)
• Hallowell, Maine – Benjamin Hallowell (landowner)
• Murrieta, California – Juan Murrieta (Rancher)
• Kirkwood, California – Zack Kirkwood (rancher and early settler)
• Rumsey, California – Capt. D.C. Rumsey
• Port Clinton, Pennsylvania – DeWitt Clinton (father of the Erie Canal)
• Danville, Georgia – Daniel G. Hughes (father of U.S. Representative Dudley Mays Hughes)
• Gardner, Massachusetts – Colonel Thomas Gardner (killed during the Battle of Bunker Hill)
• Sheridan, Wyoming – General Philip Sheridan (Union cavalry leader in the American Civil War)
• St. Augustine, Florida – Saint Augustine
• Bainbridge, New York – Commodore William Bainbridge
• Carson Hill, California – Sergeant James H. Carson
• Henniker, New Hampshire – John Henniker, 1st Baron Henniker
• Murdo, South Dakota – Murdo MacKenzie (Texas cattleman)
• Greenwood, El Dorado County, California – John Greenwood
• St. Augustine, Maryland – Augustine Herman (explorer)
• Hamilton County, Ohio – Alexander Hamilton
• Pownal, Maine and Pownal, Vermont – Thomas Pownall (royal governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony) (note spelling)
• Cortlandville, New York – Pierre Van Cortlandt
• New York City, New York – James of York and Albany
• Brownsville, Tennessee – Jacob Jennings Brown (American army officer)
• Averys Gore, Vermont – Samuel Avery (Westminster deputy sheriff and jailkeeper)
• Trenton, New Jersey – William Trent (landholder)
• Salamanca (city), New York and Salamanca (town), New York – Don José de Salamanca y Mayol, Marquis of Salamanca
• Ennis, Montana – William Ennis (settler)
• Claraville, California – Clara Munckton (first white woman there)
  
• Floresville, Texas – Don Francisco Flores de Abrego
• Temple, New Hampshire – John Temple (lieutenant governor to colonial governor John Wentworth)
• Ritzville, Washington – Philip Ritz (settler)
• Frederick, Colorado – Frederick A. Clark (landholder)
• Ricardo, California – Richard Hagen
• DeHaven, California – John J. De Haven
• Pelham, New Hampshire – Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle
• Shrewsbury, Vermont – Earl of Shrewsbury
• Phillipsburg was the name of Hollis, Maine – Major William Phillips
• Bagby, California – Benjamin A. Bagby (merchant, hotelier, innkeeper)
• Holliston, Massachusetts – Thomas Hollis, Esq. of London, England (a benefactor of Harvard College)
• Dubuque, Iowa – Julien Dubuque (early resident)
• Lee, Massachusetts and Lee, New Hampshire – General Charles Lee
• Bedford, New Hampshire – Lord John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford
• Cape Girardeau, Missouri – Jean Baptiste de Girardot (French soldier)
• Boscawen, New Hampshire – Lord Edward Boscawen
• Cockermouth was the name of Groton, New Hampshire – Charles Wyndham, Baron Cockermouth and Earl of Egremont
• Anaheim, California – Saint Anne (indirectly, via the Santa Ana River)
• Simpsonville was the name of Bear Valley, Mariposa County, California – Robert Simpson (local merchant)
• Woodville, Texas – George Tyler Wood (governor of Texas)
• Hardin, Montana – Samuel Hardin (friend of developer Charles Henry Morrill)
• Charlestown, Rhode Island – King Charles II of England
• Maryville, Missouri – Mary Graham (wife of Amos Graham, county clerk)
• Jamestown, Virginia – James I of England
• Kimball, South Dakota – J.W. Kimball (surveyor)
• Winn, Maine – John M. Winn (landholder)
• Gary, Indiana – Elbert Henry Gary
• Lufkin, Texas – Abraham P. Lufkin (cotton merchant and Galveston city councilman)
• Glocester, Rhode Island – Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester (note spelling)
• Tecopa, California – Chief Tecopa (Paiute chief)
• Hoover, Alabama – William H. Hoover (1890–1979), a local insurance of Alabama
• Lee Vining, California – Leroy Vining (founder)
• Rogersville, California – Lovely Rogers (local gold discoverer)
• Franklin Park, New Jersey – Benjamin Franklin
• Maxwell's Creek was the name of Coulterville, California – George Maxwell
• Dover-Foxcroft, Maine – Joseph E. Foxcroft
• Briceburg, California – William M. Brice (merchant)
• Benton Hot Springs, California – Senator Thomas Hart Benton
  
• St. Petersburg, Florida – Saint Peter (indirectly, via St. Petersburg, Russia)
• Swauger was the name of Loleta, California – Samuel A. Swauger (landowner)
• Dixville, New Hampshire – Timothy Dix, Jr. (grantee)
• Anthony, Kansas – George T. Anthony (7th Governor of Kansas)
• Firebaugh, California – Andrew D. Firebaugh
• Patten, Maine – Amos Patten (settler)
• Dudley, Massachusetts – Paul and William Dudley (landowners)
• Langhorne, Pennsylvania – Jeremiah Langhorne Pennsylvania jurist
• Muroc, California – Ralph and Clifford Corum – Muroc is Corum spelled backwards
• Keenesburg, Colorado – Les Keene (settler)
• Sedgwick, Maine – Major Robert Sedgwick
• Lyndeborough, New Hampshire – Benjamin Lynde (Chief Justice of Massachusetts after town was named)
• Bowdoinham, Maine – James Bowdoin (governor of Massachusetts)
• Pittsford, Vermont – William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
• Hamilton's was the name of Buck Meadows, California – Alva Hamilton (founder)
• Albuquerque, New Mexico – Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 8th Duke of Alburquerque
• Randolph, Maine – Peyton Randolph (indirectly, via Randolph, Massachusetts)
• Miley, California – Julian J. Miley (first postmaster)
• Binghamton, New York – William Bingham
• Baker City, Oregon – Senator Edward D. Baker (indirectly via Baker County, Oregon)
• Robstown, Texas – Robert Driscoll Jr. (landowner)
• Arlington, Texas – Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington (indirectly, via Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial)
• Bieber, California – Nathan Bieber (early settler and first postmaster)
• Youngs Hill, California – William Young and his brother (discoverers of gold at the place)
• Royalston, Massachusetts – Isaac Royal (landowner)
• Devens, Massachusetts – Charles Devens (Civil War general and jurist)
• Philipsburg, Pennsylvania – James and Henry Philips (settlers)
• Alabama – Florida – Illinois – North Carolina – Oregon – Pennsylvania
• Maryland, New York – Queen Henrietta Maria of France (indirectly, via the state of Maryland)
• Charleston, Merced County, California – Charles Bambauer (first postmaster)
• Clarkston, Washington – Governor William Clark
• Murphys, California – Daniel and John Murphy (early miners and settlers)
• Haddonfield, New Jersey – Elizabeth Haddon (local landowner)
• Wayne, Maine – Revolutionary War General Anthony Wayne
• Whiting, Maine – Timothy Whiting (settler)
• West Warwick, Rhode Island – Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick (indirectly, via Warwick, Rhode Island)
• Crannell, California – Levi Crannell (lumber company president)
• Bard, California – Thomas R. Bard (irrigation district official)
• Guilford, Maine – Moses Guilford Law (first white child born here)
• Alcester, South Dakota – Colonel Alcester of the British army
• Hyannis, Massachusetts – Iyannough (sachem of the Cummaquid Native American tribe)
• Warner, New Hampshire – Jonathan Warner (leading Portsmouth citizen)
  
• Dow's Prairie was the name of McKinleyville, California – Joe Dow (founder)
• Lee, California – Dick Lee (discoverer of gold at the site)
• Payson, Arizona – Levi Joseph Payson (Illinois congressman)
• Port Jervis, New York – John Bloomfield Jervis (engineer with the Delaware and Hudson Canal)
• Whitley's Ford was the name of Lookout, California – James W. Whitley (early hotelier)
• Stickney, South Dakota – J.B. Stickney (railroad official)
• Quincy, Illinois – John Quincy Adams
• Johnston, Rhode Island – August Johnston (colonial attorney general)
• Millbrae, California – Darius Ogden Mills
• Roosevelt, New Jersey – Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Rowe, Massachusetts – John Rowe (Boston merchant)
• Haddon Township, New Jersey – Elizabeth Haddon (local landowner)
• Pembroke, Georgia – Pembroke Whitfield Williams (early resident)
• Zanesville, Ohio – Ebenezer Zane
• Shelburne, 3 places in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont – William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne
• Knox, Maine – General Henry Knox
• Fulton, South Dakota – Robert Fulton (inventor of the first commercially successful steamboat)
• Partridgefield was the name of Hinsdale, Massachusetts – Oliver Partridge (one of the purchasers of the town)
• Blakely, Georgia – Captain Johnston Blakeley, U.S. Navy
• Alford, Massachusetts – Colonel John Alford
• Miles City, Montana – General Nelson A. Miles
• Collier County, Florida – Barron Collier
• Phillips, Maine – Jonathan Phillips (grantee)
• Hernando County, Florida – Hernando de Soto
• Longville, California – W.B. Long (early hotel and saw mill owner)
• Dobbins, California – William M. and Mark D. Dobbins
• Wentworth, New Hampshire – Governor Benning Wentworth
• Chesterfield, Massachusetts – Earl of Chesterfield
• Coutolenc, California – Eugene Coutolenc (early merchant)
• Minorsville was the name of McKinleyville, California – Isaac Minor (founder)
• Baldwinsville, New York – Dr. Jonas Baldwin (settler)
• Hackettstown, New Jersey – Samuel Hackett
• Newport, New Hampshire – Henry Newport (English soldier and statesman)
• Loveland, Colorado – William A.H. Loveland (president of the Colorado Central Railroad)
• Urban, California – Eva L. Urban (first postmaster)
• Cabot, Vermont – named by settler Lyman Hitchcock for his intended bride
• Michaels was the name of Coarsegold, California – Charles Michaels (merchant)
• Judsonville, California – Egbert Judson (part owner of local mine)
• St. George, Vermont – Saint George
• Allen's Camp was the name of Caliente, California – Gabriel Allen
• Cazenovia, New York – Theophilus Cazenove
• Eastland was the name of Mill Valley, California – Joseph G. Eastland (developer)
• Hildreth, California – Tom Hildreth (founder and merchant)
• El Macero, California – Bruce Mace (local landowner)
  
• Morris, Connecticut – James Morris III (Revolutionary War soldier)
• Phillipston, Massachusetts – William Phillips, Jr. (lieutenant governor of Massachusetts)
• Kyle, Texas – Captain Fergus Kyle (founder)
• Berkeley, California – Bishop George Berkeley
• Ewing Township, New Jersey – Charles Ewing (Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court)
• Pooler, Georgia – Robert William Pooler (railroad employee)
• Hazelton, California – Hazelton Blodget (son of Hugh A. Blodget, oilman)
• Raymond, Maine – Captain William Raymond
• Keough Hot Springs, California – Philip P. Keough (resort owner)
• Cantu was the name of Andrade, California – Col. Esteban Cantu (Mexican regional governor)
• Laramie, Wyoming – Jacques La Ramée (French-Canadian fur trader)
• Orford, New Hampshire – Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford
• Ralston City was the name of Shakespeare, New Mexico – William Chapman Ralston
• Cicero, New York – Cicero
• Murray, California – David Murray (olive industry figure)
• Moss Landing, California – Charles Moss (wharf owner)
• Arvada, Colorado – Hiram Arvada Haskin (brother-in-law of settler Mary Wadsworth)
• Camp Richardson, California – Alonzo L. Richardson (first postmaster)
• Fleener, California – Sam Fleener (homesteader)
• Franklin Lakes, New Jersey – Benjamin Franklin
• Hamilton, Ohio – Alexander Hamilton
• Hart's Location, New Hampshire – Colonel John Hart
• Hydesville, California – John Hyde (local landowner)
• Madison, South Dakota – James Madison (indirectly, via Madison, Wisconsin)
• Morgan, California – Charles Morgan
• Mercer, Maine – Brigadier General Hugh Mercer (Revolutionary War hero)
• Sutter, California – John A. Sutter (pioneer of the California Gold Rush)
• Cadenasso, California – Nicolo Cadenasso
• Brattleboro, Vermont – Colonel William Brattle, Jr.
• Randolph, Massachusetts – Peyton Randolph (first president of the Continental Congress)
• Odenton, Maryland – Oden Bowie (Governor of Maryland)
• Shafter, California – Gen. William Rufus Shafter
• Strong, Maine – Caleb Strong (governor of Massachusetts)
• Hillsborough, New Hampshire – Sir Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire and 1st Earl of Hillsborough
• Barnes Settlement, California – Thomas Barnes (founder)
• Macon, 3 places in Georgia, Missouri, and North Carolina – Nathaniel Macon
• Lanesborough, Massachusetts – Countess of Lanesborough
• Hutton's Ranch was the name of Yolo, California – James A. Hutton (early hotel owner)
• Isle La Motte, Vermont – Captain La Motte (established Fort Sainte Anne on this island)
• Adams was the name of Corte Madera, California – Jerry Adams (first postmaster)
  
• Bernardston, Massachusetts – Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet
• Dorris Bridge was the name of Alturas, California – Pressley and James Dorris
• Adams Station, California – Marie Adams Peacock (tavern owner)
• Bowman, California – Harry Bowman (fruit grower)
• Marklee Village, California – Jacob Marklee