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Oct 21 2010
1 New York City, New York – James of York and Albany 65788
2 Los Angeles – Our Lady the Queen of the Angels 37825
3 San Francisco, California – Saint Francis 22382
4 Pennsylvania – William Penn (Penn's Woods) 19794
5 Seattle, Washington – Chief Seattle 16231
6 New Orleans, Louisiana РPhilippe II, Duke of Orl̩ans 14984
7 Virginia – Virgin Queen 14959
8 Maryland – Queen Henrietta Maria of France 14784
9 Georgia (U.S. state) – King George II of Great Britain 13366
10 St. Louis, Missouri – Saint Louis 10800
11 San Diego, California – Saint Didacus 10751
12 Austin, Texas – Stephen F. Austin 9964
13 Washington (U.S. state) and Washington, D.C. – George Washington 8749
14 Nashville, Tennessee – Francis Nash 8465
15 West Virginia – Virgin Queen 7727
16 Orlando, Florida – Orlando Reeves 7664
17 Charlotte, North Carolina and Charlotte, Vermont – Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (wife of King George III) 7618
18 Dearborn, Michigan and Dearborn, Missouri – Henry Dearborn (Revolutionary War general and Secretary of War) 6572
19 San Jose, California – Saint Joseph 6165
20 Jamestown, Virginia – James I of England 5960
21 Louisville, Kentucky – Louis XVI of France 5652
22 Charleston, South Carolina – King Charles II of England 5227
23 Raleigh, North Carolina – Sir Walter Raleigh 5169
24 Albuquerque, New Mexico – Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 8th Duke of Alburquerque 5032
25 Rochester, New York – Colonel Nathaniel Rochester 4870
26 Albany, New York – James of York and Albany 4667
27 Knoxville, Tennessee – Henry Knox 3459
28 Compton, California – Griffith D. Compton (settler) 3387
29 Reno, Nevada – Jesse L. Reno 3360
30 Fort Worth, Texas – William Jenkins Worth 3168
31 St. Paul, Minnesota – Saint Paul 3151
32 Santa Monica, California – Saint Monica 3105
33 Dayton, Ohio – Jonathan Dayton 2991
34 Berkeley, California – Bishop George Berkeley 2926
35 Santa Barbara, California – Saint Barbara 2870
36 Fort Lauderdale, Florida – Major William Lauderdale 2648
37 Eugene, Oregon – Eugene Franklin Skinner 2640
38 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – John Harris, Sr. 2605
39 Bakersfield, California – Colonel Thomas Baker 2538
40 Anaheim, California – Saint Anne (indirectly, via the Santa Ana River) 2351
41 Scranton, Pennsylvania – Selden T. and George W. Scranton (founders of the Lackawanna Steel Company and, later, the city) 2309
42 Juneau, Alaska – Joe Juneau (prospector) 2299
43 Gary, Indiana – Elbert Henry Gary 2236
44 Greensboro, North Carolina – Nathanael Greene 2161
45 Barrow, Alaska – Sir John Barrow 2154
46 Trenton, New Jersey – William Trent (landholder) 2108
47 St. Petersburg, Florida – Saint Peter (indirectly, via St. Petersburg, Russia) 2102
48 Alexandria, Virginia – John Alexander (settler) 2097
49 Burlington, Vermont – Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington 2050
50 Burbank, California – David Burbank (dentist) 2039
51 Corpus Christi, Texas – Jesus Christ (Body of Christ) 2029
52 Fairbanks, Alaska – Charles W. Fairbanks 1952
53 Lubbock, Texas – Thomas Saltus Lubbock 1892
54 Winston-Salem, North Carolina – Joseph Winston 1852
55 Fort Wayne, Indiana – Anthony Wayne 1836
56 Yonkers, New York – Adriaen van der Donck (landowner who known locally as the Jonkheer) 1828
57 Durham, North Carolina – Bartlett S. Durham 1820
58 Huntsville, Alabama – John Hunt (settler) 1814
59 Stockton, California – Robert F. Stockton 1810
60 Arlington, Texas – Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington (indirectly, via Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial) 1788
61 Duluth, Minnesota – Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut 1787
62 Fargo, North Dakota – William Fargo 1756
63 Fort Collins, Colorado – Colonel William O. Collins 1741
64 Charleston, West Virginia – Charles Clendenin (father of Colonel George Clendenin, a landholder who built Fort Lee here) 1718
65 Annapolis, Maryland – Anne of Great Britain 1702
66 Allentown, Pennsylvania – William Allen 1692
67 San Bernardino, California – Saint Bernardine of Siena 1690
68 Billings, Montana – Frederick H. Billings 1616
69 Galveston, Texas – Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid, Count of Gálvez 1590
70 Daytona Beach, Florida – Matthias Day 1553
71 Scottsdale, Arizona – George Washington Scott 1551
72 Augusta, Georgia – Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha 1517
73 Modesto, California – William Chapman Ralston, reputed for being a modest man 1514
74 Youngstown, Ohio – John Young (early settler) 1462
75 Evansville, Indiana – Robert Morgan Evans 1455
76 Binghamton, New York – William Bingham 1428
77 San Luis Obispo, California – Saint Louis of Toulouse 1391
78 Santa Ana, California and Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico – Saint Anne 1370
79 Huntington Beach, California – Henry E. Huntington 1362
80 Williamsburg, Virginia – William III of England 1354
81 Columbus, Georgia and Columbus, Ohio – Christoper Columbus 1339
82 Georgetown, Washington, D.C. – George II of Great Britain 1333
83 Carson City, Nevada – Kit Carson 1307
84 Fremont, California, and numerous other Fremonts РJohn C. Fr̩mont 1299
85 Sedona, Arizona – Sedona Miller Schnebly (wife of the city's first postmaster) 1274
86 Evanston, Illinois – John Evans 1266
87 Torrance, California – Jared Sidney Torrance 1246
88 McAllen, Texas – John McAllen (settler) 1235
89 Beaumont, Texas – Jefferson Beaumont (early settler and public official) 1196
90 Vallejo, California – Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo 1190
91 Lowell, Massachusetts – Francis Cabot Lowell 1175
92 Santa Clara, California – Saint Clare of Assisi 1163
93 Huntington, West Virginia – Collis P. Huntington 1158
94 Bozeman, Montana – John Bozeman 1157
95 Tyler, Texas – John Tyler 1123
96 Oxnard, California – Henry, Ben, James and Robert Oxnard 1095
97 Brownsville, Texas – Major Jacob Brown 1094
98 Laramie, Wyoming РJacques La Ram̩e (French-Canadian fur trader) 1085
99 Henderson, Nevada – U.S. Senator Charles B. Henderson 1082
100 Alton, Illinois – Alton Easton (son of founder Rufus Easton) 1079
101 Naperville, Illinois – Joseph Naper 1077
102 Provo, Utah – Étienne Provost 1040
103 Bismarck, North Dakota – Otto von Bismarck 1032
104 Paterson, New Jersey – William Paterson 1013
105 Zapata, Texas – Colonel Jose Antonio de Zapata 1009
106 Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania – John Wilkes and Isaac Barre 1004
107 Elizabeth, New Jersey – Elizabeth Carteret (wife of colonial proprietor and statesman George Carteret) 1002
108 Bodie, California – W.S. Bodey (prospector) 991
109 Morgantown, West Virginia – Zackquill Morgan 990
110 Fredericksburg, Virginia – Frederick, Prince of Wales 989
111 East St. Louis, Illinois – Saint Louis 986
112 Ogden, Utah – Peter Skene Ogden 949
113 Jefferson City, Missouri – Thomas Jefferson 926
114 Davis, California – Jerome C. Davis (local farmer) 915
115 Rochester, Minnesota – Colonel Nathaniel Rochester (indirectly, via Rochester, New York) 906
116 Davenport, Iowa – Colonel George Davenport 906
117 Astoria, Oregon – John Jacob Astor 879
118 Quincy, Massachusetts – Colonel John Quincy 858
119 San Bruno, California – Saint Bruno of Cologne (indirectly, via the San Bruno Creek) 852
120 Frederick, Maryland – Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore 843
121 San Mateo, California – Saint Matthew 822
122 Decatur, Illinois – Stephen Decatur (War of 1812 naval hero) 810
123 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania – Samuel Gettys (settler) 810
124 Dubuque, Iowa – Julien Dubuque 801
125 Owensboro, Kentucky – Abraham Owen 793
126 Anderson, Indiana – Chief William Anderson 792
127 Casper, Wyoming – Lieutenant Caspar Collins (killed by a group of Indian warriors) (note spelling) 788
128 Ypsilanti, Michigan – Demetrius Ypsilanti (hero in the Greek War of Independence) 785
129 Jackson, Wyoming – Davey Jackson 778
130 Downey, California – John G. Downey 777
131 Hattiesburg, Mississippi – Hattie Hardy (wife of pioneer lumberman and civil engineer William H. Hardy) 770
132 Norman, Oklahoma – Abner E. Norman (surveyor) 763
133 Fullerton, California – George H. Fullerton (president of the Pacific Land and Improvement Company) 745
134 King of Prussia, Pennsylvania – After a local tavern named after Frederick II of Prussia 720
135 Morristown, New Jersey – Lewis Morris 717
136 Blacksburg, Virginia – William Black (landowner) 709
137 Joplin, Missouri – a Methodist minister in the new city 703
138 Harrisonburg, Virginia – Thomas Harrison (early settler who founded the community) 703
139 Augusta, Maine – Augusta Dearborn (daughter of Henry Dearborn) 702
140 Hagerstown, Maryland – Jonathan Hager 701
141 Foxborough, Massachusetts – Charles James Fox 700
142 Lake Charles, Louisiana – Charles Sallier 699
143 Paducah, Kentucky and Paducah, Texas – Chief Paduke 698
144 Hayward, California – William Dutton Hayward (early settler) 698
145 Lawrence, Massachusetts – Abbott Lawrence (founder) 694
146 West Lafayette, Indiana and West Lafayette, Ohio – Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette 692
147 Bentonville, Arkansas – Senator Thomas Hart Benton 668
148 Mansfield, Ohio – Jared Mansfield (U.S. Surveyor General) 665
149 Cooperstown, New York – William Cooper 664
150 Barstow, California – William Barstow Strong (ATSF president) 661
151 Pleasanton, California – Alfred Pleasonton (Union Army general) 652
152 Greeley, Colorado – Horace Greeley (editor of the New York Tribune) 648
153 Victorville, California – Jacob Nash Victor 629
154 Chandler, Arizona – Dr. Alexander John Chandler 628
155 Brockton, Massachusetts – Isaac Brock (British Army officer and administrator) (indirectly, after a local merchant heard of Brockville, Ontario on a trip to Niagara Falls) 622
156 Garland, Texas – Attorney General Augustus Hill Garland 616
157 Pocatello, Idaho – Chief Pocatello 611
158 Arvada, Colorado – Hiram Arvada Haskin (brother-in-law of settler Mary Wadsworth) 604
159 Livermore, California – Robert Livermore 594
160 Hillsborough County, Florida – Sir Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire and 1st Earl of Hillsborough 594







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