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".
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.
The area known as Provo Bench became Orem before the city's incorporation in 1919
Wyoming
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".)
Logan, William Bryant; Muse, Vance (1989). Kennedy, Roger G. (ed.). The Deep South. The Smithsonian Guide to Historic America. New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang.
ISBN1-55670-068-7.
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.
ISBN0385503490.
^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.
^Powell, William Stevens; Hill, Michael R. (2010). The North Carolina Gazetteer (2nd ed.). Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press. p. 168.
ISBN978-0-8078-3399-5 – via EBSCOhost.
^Thomas, Madalaine (2015). "From Running Touchdowns to Running Away with the Casket: Thorpe v. Borough of Jim Thorpe". DePaul Journal of Art, Technology and Intellectual Property Law. 26 (1): 61–62 – via Hein Online.
^Edgar, Walter (1998). South Carolina: A History. Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press. p. 587.
ISBN1570032556.
OCLC38964188.
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".
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.
The area known as Provo Bench became Orem before the city's incorporation in 1919
Wyoming
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".)
Logan, William Bryant; Muse, Vance (1989). Kennedy, Roger G. (ed.). The Deep South. The Smithsonian Guide to Historic America. New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang.
ISBN1-55670-068-7.
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.
ISBN0385503490.
^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.
^Powell, William Stevens; Hill, Michael R. (2010). The North Carolina Gazetteer (2nd ed.). Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press. p. 168.
ISBN978-0-8078-3399-5 – via EBSCOhost.
^Thomas, Madalaine (2015). "From Running Touchdowns to Running Away with the Casket: Thorpe v. Borough of Jim Thorpe". DePaul Journal of Art, Technology and Intellectual Property Law. 26 (1): 61–62 – via Hein Online.
^Edgar, Walter (1998). South Carolina: A History. Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press. p. 587.
ISBN1570032556.
OCLC38964188.