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This is a list of places in the United States which are named after people. If not cited here, the etymology is generally referenced in the article about the person or the place. A Aaronsburg, Pennsylvania – Aaron Levy (founder) Abbot, Maine – John Abbot (treasurer of Bowdoin College) Abbott, Texas – Joseph Abbott (Texas politician) Abbottstown, Pennsylvania – John Abbott (founder) Abernathy, Texas – Monroe Abernathy (one of the developers of the town) Abington, Massachusetts – Anne Venables Bertie, Countess of Abington, Cambridgeshire Ableman, Wisconsin – S.V.R. Ableman (settler) Ackley, Iowa – J.W. Ackley (founder) Acworth, New Hampshire – Jacob Acworth (British naval officer) Ada Township, Michigan – Ada Smith (daughter of postmaster) Adairville, Kentucky – John Adair (governor of Kentucky) Adams, California – Charles Adams (landowner) Adams, Massachusetts – Samuel Adams Adams, Nebraska – J.O. Adams (settler) Adams, New York – John Adams Adams, Oregon – John F. Adams (homesteader) Adams, Tennessee – Reuben Adams (landowner) Adamsboro, Indiana – George E. Adams (founder) Adamsburg, Pennsylvania – John Adams Adams Station, California – Marie Adams Peacock (tavern owner) Adamstown, California – George Adams (founder) Adamstown, Pennsylvania – John Adams Adamsville, Arizona – Charles S. Adams (original settler) Addison, 4 places in Maine, New York, Pennsylvania, and Vermont – Joseph Addison (English essayist, poet, playwright and politician) Addison, West Virginia – Addison McLaughlin (local lawyer) Adin, California – Adin McDowell (founder) Adrian, Michigan – Roman Emperor Hadrian Adrian, Minnesota – Mrs. Adrian Iselin (mother of Adrian C. Iselin, a director of the Sioux City and St. Paul Railroad Company) Aguilar, Colorado – José Ramón Aguilar (cattleman and pioneer) Aiken, South Carolina – William Aiken Jr. (governor of South Carolina) Ainsworth, Iowa – D.H. Ainsworth (civil engineer) Ainsworth, Washington – J.C. Ainsworth (railroader) Albany, New Hampshire – James of York and Albany (indirectly, via Albany, New York) Albany, New York – James of York and Albany Albemarle, North Carolina – George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle Alberhill, California – C.H. Albers, James and George Hill (landowners): 1387  Albert Lea, Minnesota – Albert Miller Lea (engineer, soldier, and topographer with the United States Dragoons) Alberton, Montana – Albert J. Earling (president of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad) Albuquerque, New Mexico – Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 8th Duke of Alburquerque Alburgh, Vermont – Ira Allen (landowner) Alcester, South Dakota – Colonel Alcester of the British army Alden, California – S.E. Alden (farmer and landowner) Alden, Iowa – Henry Alden (settler) Alderson, West Virginia – John Alderson (settler and local minister) Alexander, New York – Alexander Rea (settler and state senator) Alexander, Maine – Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton Alexandria, Nebraska – S.J. Alexander (secretary of state) Alexandria, New York and Alexandria Bay, New York – Alexander Le Ray (son of local settler) Alexandria, New Hampshire – John Alexander (indirectly, via Alexandria, Virginia) Alexandria, South Dakota – Alexander Mitchell (railroad president) Alexandria, Virginia – John Alexander (settler) Alford, Massachusetts – Colonel John Alford Alfordsville, Indiana – James Alford (settler) Alfred, Maine – King Alfred the Great Alger, Ohio – Russell A. Alger Alice, Texas – Alice Gertrudis King Kleberg (daughter of Richard King, who established the King Ranch) Allendale, Oakland, California – Charles E. Allen (real estate broker) Allendale, South Carolina – Allen family (settlers) Allenstown, New Hampshire – Samuel Allen (father of landowner and governor of New Hampshire) Allentown, Georgia – J.W. Allen (postmaster) Allentown, Pennsylvania – William Allen Alloway Township, New Jersey – Chief Alloway Alma, Colorado – Alma James (wife of local merchant) Almont, Michigan – Juan Almonte Alstead, New Hampshire – Johann Heinrich Alsted (compiled an early encyclopedia that was popular at Harvard College) (note spelling) Altheimer, Arkansas – Joseph and Louis Altheimer (founders) Alton, California – Alton Easton (indirectly, via Alton, Illinois) Alton, Illinois – Alton Easton (son of founder Rufus Easton) Alva, Florida – Thomas Alva Edison (inventor) Alvarado, California – Juan Alvarado (Mexican governor of California) Alvin, Texas – Alvin Morgan (settler) Amador City, California – Jose Maria Amador (early gold prospector) Ambler, Pennsylvania – Joseph Ambler (settler) Amelia Court House, Virginia – Princess Amelia of Great Britain Ames, New York – Fisher Ames Amherst, New Hampshire -- Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (also Massachusetts and Maine) Anaheim, California – Saint Anne (indirectly, via the Santa Ana River) Anastasia Island, Florida – Saint Anastasia Anderson, Indiana – Chief William Anderson Anderson, Kansas – Joseph C. Anderson (state legislator) Anderson, South Carolina – Gen. Robert Anderson Andersonia, California – Jeff Anderson (sawmill owner) Andrade, California – Mexican General Guillermo Andrade Angelica, New York – Angelica Schuyler Church Angels Camp, California – Henry P. Angel (early settler and merchant) Ankeny, Iowa – John Fletcher Ankeny Anna, Illinois – Anna Davis (landowner's wife) Annapolis, Maryland – Anne, Queen of Great Britain Ann Arbor, Michigan – Ann Allen and Ann Rumsey (settlers' wives) Annsville, New York – Ann Bloomfield (settler's wife) Anson, Maine – George Anson, 1st Baron Anson Anson, Wisconsin - Anson Burlingame (abolitionist, legislator, diplomat) Ansonia, Connecticut – Anson Greene Phelps Ansted, West Virginia – David T. Ansted (geologist and landowner) Antis Township, Pennsylvania – Frederick Antes (colonel who fought during the Revolutionary War) (note spelling) Anthony, Kansas – George T. Anthony (7th Governor of Kansas) Applebachsville, Pennsylvania – Gen. Paul Applebach Applegate, California – Lisbon Applegate (early settler): 444  Appleton, Maine and Appleton, Wisconsin – Samuel Appleton (father-in-law of Amos Lawrence, founder of Lawrence University) Appling, Georgia – Col. Dan Appling Arbuckle, California – Tacitus R. Arbuckle (early landowner and settler) Archdale, North Carolina – John Archdale Arco, Idaho – Georg von Arco Arenzville, Illinois – Francis A. Arenz (founder) Arietta, New York – Arietta Rensselaer (wife of Rensselaer van Rensselaer) Arlington, Texas – Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington (indirectly, via Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial) Armourdale, Kansas – Armour brothers (founders of Armour and Company) Arnold, California – Bob and Bernice Arnold (early local merchants) Arnold Heights, California – General Henry H. Arnold: 1390  Arundel, Maine – Lord Arundel Arvada, Colorado – Hiram Arvada Haskin (brother-in-law of settler Mary Wadsworth) Arvin, California – Arvin Richardson (pioneer) Asbury Park, New Jersey – Francis Asbury Ashburnham, Massachusetts – John Ashburnham, 2nd .... Discover the Paul Hazard Anthony Grafton J Lewis May popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Paul Hazard Anthony Grafton J Lewis May books.