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Help!! I need a list of cities in the U.S.A named after famous people?

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Help!! I need a list of cities in the U.S.A named after famous people?

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  1. This is a list of places in the United States of America which are named after people.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_politica...  


  2. Cincinnati, OH

    Jacksonville, FL

    Washington DC

    Jefferson City, MO

    Hancock, MA

    Flagler Beach, FL

    Adams/N.Adams, MA

    Columbus,OH

    Amherst, MA

    Jackson, MS

    Lincoln, NE

    Bismarck, ND

    Seneca, NY/OH

    Houston, TX

    Austin, TX

    Astoria, OR

    Winthrop, MA


  3. Linclon,illinois-Abraham Linclon

  4. This is a list of places in the United States of America which are named after people.

    Albuquerque, New Mexico – Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 8th Duke of Alburquerque

    Alexandria, Virginia – John Alexander (settler)

    Allentown, Pennsylvania – William Allen

    Anderson, Indiana – Chief William Anderson

    Anderson, South Carolina – Gen. Robert Anderson

    Ankeny, Iowa – John Fletcher Ankeny

    Annapolis, Maryland – Anne of Great Britain

    Ansonia, Connecticut – Anson Greene Phelps

    Astoria, Oregon – John Jacob Astor

    Atlanta – Atlas (indirectly via the Western and Atlantic Railroad and the Atlantic Ocean)

    Austin, Texas – Stephen F. Austin

    Baird, Texas – Matthew Baird (president of Baldwin Locomotive Works)

    Bakersfield, California – Col. Thomas Baker

    Baltimore, Maryland – Lord Baltimore

    Barrow, Alaska – Sir John Barrow

    Bartlett, Illinois – Luther Bartlett

    Barstow, California – William Barstow Strong (ATSF president)

    Beltrami County, Minnesota – Giacomo Beltrami

    Belzoni, Mississippi – Giovanni Battista Belzoni

    Benicia, California – Francisca Benicia Carillo de Vallejo

    Billings, Montana – Frederick H. Billings

    Binghamton, New York – William Bingham

    Bismarck, North Dakota – Otto von Bismarck

    Bowie, Maryland – William D. Bowie (colonel)

    Broderick, California – David C. Broderick (U.S. senator)

    Bryan, Texas – William Joel Bryan

    Bryte, California – Mike Bryte, local farmer and landowner

    Burbank, California – David Burbank (dentist)

    copied from the website already given in the answer

  5. Austin, Texas – Stephen F. Austin

    Baltimore, Maryland – Lord Baltimore

    Dallas, Texas – George M. Dallas

    Jacksonville – Andrew Jackson

    Houston – Sam Houston

    Los Angeles – Our Lady the Queen of the Angels

    Pittsburgh – William Pitt the Elder

    San Antonio – Saint Anthony of Padua

    San Diego – Didacus of Alcalá, better known as San Diego

    San Francisco, California – Saint Francis

    San Jose, California – Saint Joseph

    This link contains many more cities with the cities' namesake.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pla...

  6. That would be nearly every one of them.

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