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US Cities Named for British and Irish Places/People

Name every American city out of the top 1000 most populous that is named directly for a place in the British Isles or for a British/Irish person.
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Last updated: November 30, 2023
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Places
Lincolnshire town
B
Boston
MA
654,776
Nottinghamshire town
N
Newark
NJ
307,220
Channel island
J(C)
Jersey City
283,927
East Anglian county
N
Norfolk
VA
235,089
Borough of London
R
Richmond
226,604
West Midlands city / county town
W
Worcester
MA
205,918
West Midlands city
B
Birmingham
AL
197,575
Essex village
S
Springfield
MA
154,789
Lincolnshire town
Stamford
CT
136,309
Southeastern county
K
Kent
WA
134,835
Home counties county town
H
Hartford
CT
120,576
University of _________
C
Cambridge
MA
117,090
Northwestern city
M
Manchester
NH
115,462
Borough of London
W
Westminster
CO
114,561
Scottish capital
E
Edinburg
TX
102,338
King's ____
L
Lynn
MA
100,843
Hampshire city
P
Portsmouth
VA
97,840
East Anglian county
S
Suffolk
96,194
Berkshire town
R
Reading
PA
94,844
Essex village
D
Danbury
CT
86,759
Midlands county town
W
Warwick
RI
83,011
Island of three nations
(N)B
New Britain
CT
73,841
County Mayo village
T
Turlock
CA
72,682
Irish capital
D
Dublin
71,674
Suffolk town
F
Framingham
MA
71,265
Dorset island
P
Portland
ME
68,313
Suffolk town
H
Haverhill
MA
67,361
Essex town
M
Malden
65,074
Essex town
B
Brentwood
CA
64,870
_______ Abbey
W
Waltham
MA
64,015
Southwestern city
B
Bristol
CT
60,661
Warwickshire / West Midlands village
M
Meriden
60,517
Somerset county town
T
Taunton
MA
59,600
Hemel _________
H
Hempstead
NY
58,734
Dorset town
W
Weymouth
MA
57,670
Northwestern county town
L
Lancaster
PA
57,503
Surrey village
M
Milford
CT
50,541
Devon town
B
Barnstable
MA
49,583
Irish capital
D
Dublin
OH
49,085
Norfolk town
A
Attleboro
MA
46,580
Northern cathedral city
Y
York
PA
44,834
Herefordshire town
L
Leominster
MA
43,613
East Riding town
B
Beverly
42,446
Wiltshire town
M
Marlborough
41,110
Bedfordshire town
W
Woburn
41,056
County Kilkenny estate
MJ
Mount Juliet
TN
40,766
East Anglian county town
N
Norwich
CT
40,014
 
 
 
 
 
People
James, Duke of ___, later King
(N)Y
New York
NY
8,467,513
Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron ________
B
Baltimore
MD
576,598
Sir Walter ______, explorer
R
Raleigh
NC
469,124
James _____, Gold Rush merchant
I
Irvine
CA
309,031
William ___ the Elder, prime minister
P
Pittsburgh
PA
300,431
Richard _________, Patriot major-general
M
Montgomery
AL
198,665
George _________, explorer
V
Vancouver
WA
192,169
William _______, judge, governor, Founding Father
P
Paterson
NJ
157,794
Frank P. ______, railroad official
K
Killeen
TX
156,261
King _____ II
C
Charleston
SC
151,612
John ______, ranch owner
M
McAllen
TX
143,920
Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Sout______
H
Hampton
VA
137,746
________ Carteret, wife of prominent royalist
E
Elizabeth
NJ
135,407
Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of _________
W
Wilmington
NC
117,643
George _______, bishop, philosopher
B
Berkeley
CA
117,145
John G. ______, governor
D
Downey
111,645
George _________, frontiersman, soldier, merchant
Davenport
IA
101,009
James, Duke of _____, later King
A
Albany
NY
98,617
Sir William _________, politician, navy official
B
Bellingham
WA
92,289
Peter ___, businessman
K
Kirkland
92,107
William ____, merchant
T
Trenton
NJ
90,457
Robert ________, ranch owner
L
Livermore
CA
86,798
Christopher _____, Mormon patriarch
Layton
UT
83,291
Fred T. _____, railroad engineer
P
Perris
CA
79,835
Luke Mc______, Gold Rusher, sheriff, representative
R
Redmond
WA
76,354
Charles Pratt, 1st Earl ______
C
Camden
NJ
71,773
Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of _________
W
Wilmington
DE
70,750
Patrick _____, farmer, town chairman
E
Eagan
MN
68,642
William _____, settler, town chairman
B
Burnsville
63,943
Juan Bautista _____, rancher, community leader
G
Gilroy
CA
58,101
James Drummond, 4th Earl of ____
P(A)
Perth Amboy
NJ
55,291
Sir Paul ______, diplomat, politician
M
Methuen
MA
52,798
John _____ Sr., businessman
H
Harrisburg
PA
50,135
John _____, radical journalist, politician
W
Wilkes-Barre
44,453
Isaac ____, soldier, politician
B
William ___ the Elder, prime minister
P
Pittsfield
MA
43,641
James ______ I, sea captain
O(B)
Ormond Beach
FL
43,517
George ______, financier
C
Coppell
TX
42,221
Charles ___, Patriot general
(F)L
Fort Lee
NJ
39,871
 
 
 
 
 
Miscellaneous
Tune about a Moray town
E
Elgin
IL
113,911
Dukes of _______
(N)B
New Bedford
MA
100,941
1643 theological assembly
W
Westminster
CA
90,195
woshiwaiguoren
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Level 70
Jul 6, 2023
Beautiful quiz! Does New London not make the list in Connecticut?
timshorts
+1
Level 55
Jul 6, 2023
I lived in one of those places and drive past two to go to work and back most days, but didn't get any of them.
RealBillGates
+1
Level 76
Jul 6, 2023
You could add bangor, as there is a bangor, maine, and a bangor, wales.
XYU
+1
Level 62
Jul 7, 2023
Brilliant quiz; you could have included towns indirectly named after places, so ones like Durham and Rochester would have worked, but still a terrific effort.
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