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[edit]

* 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[edit]

* Acalanes is now Lafayette
* Agua Caliente is now Warner Springs
* Alvarado is now Union City
* Amador is now Dublin
* Arroyo de las Campanas is now Bell Creek
* Arroyo Salado is now Salt Creek
* Bella Vista is now Bay Point
* Botellas is now Jackson
* Branciforte County is now Santa Cruz County
* Buena Vista County is now Kern County
* Cañada de la Molina Vallejo is now Niles Canyon
* Cañada de San Diego is now Mission Valley
* Cascada is now Big Creek
* Cuesta de los Gatos is now Patchen Pass
* Dos Pueblos is now Naples
* El Alisal is now Pleasanton
* El Toro is now Lake Forest
* Río de los Reyes is now Kings River
* Laguna Grande is now Lake Elsinore
* La Mineta is now Mount Bullion
* Leodocia is now Red Bluff
* Maltermoro is now Sunnyside
* Merienda is now Dresser
* Mission San José is now Fremont
* Monte Santa Isabel is now Mount Hamilton
* Monte Vista is now Montclair
* Moro is now Taft
* Nueva Almadén is now New Almaden
* Oleta is now Fiddletown
* Oneida is now Martell
* Oro Groso is now Coarse Gold
* Pino is now Loomis
* Port Ballona is now Playa del Rey
* Portezuela de Buenos Ayres is now Corral Hollow Pass
* Punta Arena is now Point Arena
* Rancho de la Nación is now National City
*   * Río de los Americanos is now American River
* Río de San Felipe is now Kern River
* Río de San Pedro is now Tule River
* Río Estanislao is now Stanislaus River
* Río Porciúncula is now Los Angeles River
* San Gorgonio is now Beaumont
* San Justo is now Hollister
* San Luis Rey is now Oceanside
* San Ysidro is now Gilroy
* Santa Ynez is now Solvang
* Sepúlveda is now North Hills
* Todos Santos is now Concord
* Valle de Mocho is now Blackbird Valley
* Valle de San José is now Livermore Valley
* Vallecitos is now Rainbow
* Yerba Buena is now San Francisco

## Connecticut[edit]

* 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

## Delaware[edit]

* Willington was changed in 1739 to Wilmington in honor of Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington.[6]

## Florida[edit]

* Cape Canaveral was renamed Cape Kennedy between 1963 and 1973.[7][8]
* Cowford (1763–1822) is now Jacksonville
* Dade County (1836–1997) is now Miami-Dade County.[9]
* Flagler was changed to Miami before becoming official
* Ocean City (1913–1923) is now Flagler Beach (there is another Ocean City, Florida elsewhere)

## Georgia[edit]

* Big Shanty (to 1860s) is now Kennesaw[10]
* 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[11]
* 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[12]
* Tunnelsville (1848–1856) is now Tunnel Hill
* Varner's Station is now Smyrna

## Illinois[edit]

* Park Forest South is now University Park.[13]: 354
* East Chicago Heights is now Ford Heights.[13]: 124
* Westhaven is now Orland Hills[14]

## Indiana[edit]

* Hudson in DeKalb County is now Sedan.[citation needed] (There is another Hudson in neighboring Steuben County).
* Iba was also a previous name for Sedan.[15]
* Jervis or Jarvis in DeKalb County is now Butler. The town was also previously known as Oak Hill and Norristown.[16]
* Kekionga, the capital of the Miami tribe, is now Fort Wayne.[17]
* Newport in Wayne County is now Fountain City. It was originally called New Garden.[17] (There is another Newport in Vermillion County).
* Vienna in DeKalb County is now Newville.[18]

## Kansas[edit]

* Calhoun County is now Jackson County
* Lykins County is now Miami County
* Richardson County is now Wabaunsee County
* Shirley County is now Cloud County
* Weller County is now Osage County
* Wise County is now Morris County

## Kentucky[edit]

* Limestone was named Maysville after John May, 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[edit]

* Cold Spring (1731–1761) became Belchertown (1761–Present).
* Gay Head (1870-1998) became Aquinnah (1998–Present) after residents voted to approve the name change in 1997.[19]
* Manchester (1645–1989) became Manchester-By-The-Sea (1989–Present).
* Trimountaine (1625-1630) became Boston (1630-Present).[20]

## Minnesota[edit]

* Lake Calhoun is now Bde Maka Ska.[21]

## Mississippi[edit]

* Gumpond (to 1860s) is now Tupelo

## Nebraska[edit]

* Calhoun County is now Saunders County
* Greene County is now Seward County
* Izard County is now Stanton County
* L'Eau Qui Court County is now Knox County
* Lancaster (1856–1869) is now Lincoln in honor of Abraham Lincoln.
* Shorter County is now Lincoln County

## New Jersey[edit]

* New Orange is now Kenilworth
* German Valley is now Long Valley
* Vernon Valley is now Verona

## New Mexico[edit]

* Hot Springs is now Truth or Consequences.[22]

## New York[edit]

* Breuckelen is now Brooklyn.[23]
* Gravesende is now Gravesend.[23]
* Idlewild Airport is now John F. Kennedy International Airport.[24]
* Heemstede is now Hempstead.[23]
* Middelburgh was renamed Newtown.[23] It is now called Elmhurst, Queens.[25]
* Midwout, also known as Vlackebos is now Flatbush.[23]
* New Amsterdam (17th century) is now New York.[26]
* Nieuw Amersfoort is now Flatlands, Brooklyn.[23]
* Pigtown, Brooklyn is now Wingate, Brooklyn.
* North Tarrytown is now Sleepy Hollow.[27]

## North Carolina[edit]

* Hamburgh (later Hamburg) is now Glenville.
* The towns of Leaksville, Spray, and Draper were consolidated and became the city of Eden in 1967.[28]

## Ohio[edit]

* Losantiville (prior to 1790) is now Cincinnati.[29]
* Port Columbus International Airport (prior to 2016) is now John Glenn Columbus International Airport.[30]

## Pennsylvania[edit]

* Mauch Chunk (prior to 1953) is now Jim Thorpe.[31]
* Hickory Township (prior to 1972) is now Hermitage.

## South Carolina[edit]

* Charles Town (colonial period) is now Charleston.[32]

## South Dakota[edit]

* Shannon County (prior to May 2015) is now Oglala Lakota County.

## Tennessee[edit]

* Coal Creek became Lake City in 1936, after the completion of Norris Dam, which created Norris Lake. Later, it was renamed to Rocky Top.

## Texas[edit]

* Waterloo was renamed Austin after Stephen F. Austin in 1839 when it was chosen to be the capital of the new Republic of Texas.[33]

## Utah[edit]

* 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[edit]

* The valley in which the town of Jackson is located was originally known as Jackson's Hole and is now Jackson Hole. (The town's name has never contained the word "Hole".)

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## References[edit]

* Baker, Ronald L. (1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. ISBN 0253328667.
* 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.
* Shorto, Russell (2004). The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan & the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America. New York: Doubleday. ISBN 0385503490.

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