List of renamed places in the United States
This is 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" that becomes "River Bluff State Park".
Alaska
- Mount McKinley National Park was renamed Denali National Park and Preserve (the mountain itself was renamed Denali by the state government in 1975,[1] but was not officially renamed Denali by the federal government until 2015[2])
California
- City of Grover City (1959-1992) is now Grover Beach
Connecticut
- Westbury is now Watertown
Florida
- Cape Canaveral was renamed Cape Kennedy between 1963 and 1973
- Cowford (1763–1822) is now Jacksonville
- Dade County (1836–1997) is now Miami-Dade County
- Flagler was changed to Miami before becoming official
- Ocean City (1913–1923) is now Flagler Beach (there is another Ocean City, Florida elsewhere)
Georgia
- Big Shanty (to 1860s) is now Kennesaw
- Cass County (to 1860s) is now Bartow County
- Crossroads is now Vinings
- Franklin is now West Point (there is now another Franklin nearby)
- Hammond is now Sandy Springs
- Harnageville (1832–1880) is now Tate
- Jonesborough is now Jonesboro
- Lovejoy's Station is now Lovejoy
- Marble Works (to 1832) is now Tate
- Marthasville (late 1840s) is now Atlanta
- New Prospect Camp Ground is now Alpharetta
- Northcutt Station (1840–1843) is now Acworth
- Paces is now Vinings
- Rough and Ready is now Mountain View
- Ruff's Station is now Smyrna
- Terminus (mid-1840s) was later Atlanta
- Tunnelsville (1848–1856) is now Tunnel Hill
- Varner's Station is now Smyrna
Indiana
- Hudson in DeKalb County is now Sedan (there is another Hudson in neighboring Steuben County)
- Iba was also a previous name for Sedan
- Jervis or Jarvis in DeKalb County is now Butler
- Kekionga, the capital of the Miami tribe, is now Fort Wayne.
- Newport in Wayne County is now Fountain City (there is another Newport in Vermillion County)
- Vienna in DeKalb County is now Newville.
Massachusetts
- Manchester (1645-1989) became Manchester-By-The-Sea (1989–Present).
Mississippi
New Jersey
- New Orange is now Kenilworth, New Jersey
- German Valley is now Long Valley, New Jersey
New Mexico
- Hot Springs is now Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
New York
- New Amsterdam (17th century) is now New York
- Pigtown, Brooklyn is now Wingate, Brooklyn
- Nieuw Amersfoort is now Flatlands, Brooklyn
North Carolina
- Hamburgh (later Hamburg) is now Glenville
Ohio
- Losantiville (prior to 1790) is now Cincinnati
Pennsylvania
- Mauch Chunk (prior to 1953) is now Jim Thorpe
South Carolina
- Charles Town (colonial period) is now Charleston.
Tennessee
- Coal Creek became Lake City in 1936, after the completion of Norris Dam, which created Norris Lake.
Utah
- The territory that became Utah was known as Deseret when first settled by Latter-Day Saints in 1847
- Parley's Park City became shortened to Park City
- Fort Utah became Provo
- The area known as Provo Bench became Orem before the city's incorporation in 1919
Wyoming
- Jackson's Hole was changed to Jackson Hole and is now simply Jackson
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References
- ↑ Wyden, Ron (US Senator) (September 10, 2013). "Senate Report 113-93, Designation of Denali in the State of Alaska". US Government Publishing Office. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
- ↑ Campbell, Jon (November 8, 2015). "Old Name Officially Returns to Nation's Highest Peak". U.S. Board on Geographic Names (U.S. Geological Survey). Retrieved August 31, 2015.
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