US places named for regions

Factual Questions
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Since my thread thread about US cities named for non-US cities was such a success, I’m going to followup with a thread on non-US regions with US namesakes.

The Wikipage has been submitted for that topic, and they changed my sandbox page to have a link to the draft version of that page. But at the rate they’re approving new pages, it’s going to be a week or more before they get to mine.

But I found that I can still change my sandbox. I left the link in there at the top and, for all I know, their approval process will wipe out any changes I make there. So I’ll have to make a copy of it every time I change it. Right now, it has a partial list of regions and I still have a bunch left to put in. But you can give me any additions here.

As far as what I want, any non-US geographic entity that’s not a city or municipality that has a US city or county named for it. Or even maybe some other US region. I prefer those that are confirmed to be actually named after the foreign place, but if you have one that you don’t know if it is or isn’t, you can give that.

Finally, I want to give thanks to everyone who contributed to the other thread. You guys were a great help. Especially Kimstu.

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I suspect that you could find a place in the US named after most of the English counties.

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Suffolk County in NY, MA, and VA,

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Peru, NY (I think there are a few others as well – Illinois, maybe?).

I confirmed that the NY one, at least, was named for the country.

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Laconia, N.H., after the region in Greece

Rhodes, Michigan, possibly after the Greek island (the one in Iowa is named for a person)

There are lots of places called Lebanon. I know the one in Maine is named for the country because early settlers found cedar trees growing there.

There are lots of places named Hanover (Germany), Wales (UK), and Piedmont (Italy).

There are places called Crete in ND, NE, IL, and ND

Samos, VA, possibly after the Greek island.

Mecklenburg counties in VA and NC, after the German region

Arabi, GA, possibly after the Arabian peninsula

There are places called Lorraine in KS and NY possibly after the French region. Also some others called Lorain or Loraine.

Flanders NY and Flanders Village CT possibly after the region in Belgium

Galilee, RI, after the biblical region.

Normandy TX and Normandy Beach NJ, possibly after the French region.

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If mountains and mountain ranges count, then there are lots of places named after biblical peaks like Mount Carmel, Pisgah, Mount Horeb, Mount Hermon, Mount Zion, and Sinai.

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Little Canada, Minnesota

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Finland, Minnesota

Jutland, New Jersey

Lapland, Indiana

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British Columbia … a two-fer … named after Britain and Columbia

Portland, Maine …

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Darien, Connecticut, after the region in Panama.

Panama City, Florida, is apparently named after the country, rather than the capital city of Panama.

The various “Jamaicas” in the northeastern US are mostly derived from a Native American word meaning “beaver” or other Native American terms. There are Jamaicas in Illinois and Iowa, and a Jamaica Beach in Texas, that could be named after the island.

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Perhaps I’m being whooshed and this was intended as a joke, but the South American country is spelled Colombia. Both places are independently named after Christopher Columbus.

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Mexico NY
Scotia NY (after Scotland)
Moravia NY possibly from the region in the Czech Republic
Bohemia NY from the region in the Czech Republic
Cuba NY
Java NY
Sweden ME
Siberia, IN
Sumatra FL
Brazil IN
Guinea VA
Zeeland MI after the Dutch province

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Ontario CA after the Canadian province

There are places called Quebec in CT and MT but I don’t know if they’re named for the city or the province.

There are several towns called Yukon but it’s hard to tell which are named after the river and which after the territory.

Vineland MN and Vinland WI for Vinland, the Viking colony in eastern Canada.

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The whoosh was the second entry … the OP severely scolded me on the other thread for mentioning Portland, Maine … as Portland is a rock connected by a spit to mainland Britain … and not a city per se … I guess I shouldn’t be so butthurt about that but as a West Coast resident just about all our cities that would superficially match the OP’s criteria are in fact named after East Coast cities … thus don’t match at all … and I feel left out and ignored … spurned even …

British Virgin Islands …

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Luxemburg, WI. Named after the country Luxembourg, and apparently originally spelled “Luxumbourg”, as well; settled by emigrants from Luxembourg.

Belgium, WI. Named after Belgium, but apparently also settled by ethnic Luxembourgers, from a part of that country which had been annexed by Belgium.

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Cuba and Japan in Missouri. Texas County should also count, because it was named after Texas while Texas was still an independent republic, and California was named while that state was still a Mexican territory.

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To nitpick myself, British Columbia was actually named after the Columbia River, which in turn was named after the ship Columbia Rediviva. So the connection to Columbus is indirect.

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According to Wikipedia:

However, there are more than a dozen other “Cubas” in the US, at least some of which must have been named after the island.

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Mars, PA :smiley:

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New Russia Township in Lorain County, Ohio. Heck, Lorain county, city and many streets from Lorraine, France.

Dennis