List of renamed places in the United States

These are 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" the becomes "River Bluff State Parkway".

Alaska
  • Mount McKinley National Park was renamed Denali National Park and Preserve in 1980 (the eponymous 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])
  • Barrow was renamed Utqiaġvik in 2016, after its original Iñupiaq name.[3]
  • Black River was renamed Draanjik River after its original Gwich'in name in 2014.[4]
  • Chandalar River was renamed Ch'iidrinjik River and Teedrinjik River as replacements for the North and Middle forks of the river in 2015.[4]
  • Sheldon Point was renamed Nunam Iqua in 1999, after its original Yup'ik name.
  • Willoughby District in Juneau was renamed to Aakw Kwaan Village District in 2019.[5]

California

Connecticut

Florida

Georgia

Illinois

Indiana

Massachusetts

Mississippi

Nebraska

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina
  • The towns of Leaksville, Spray, and Draper were consolidated and became the city of Eden in 1967.

Ohio

Pennsylvania

South Carolina

Tennessee
  • Coal Creek became Lake City in 1936, after the completion of Norris Dam, which created Norris Lake.

Texas

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
  • Logan, William Bryant; Muse, Vance (1989). Kennedy, Roger G. (ed.). The Deep South. The Smithsonian Guide to Historic America. New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang. ISBN 1-55670-068-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Hersher, Rebecca (1 December 2016). "Barrow, Alaska, Changes Its Name Back To Its Original 'Utqiagvik'". The Two-Way. NPR. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  4. "More pushback against Native names". Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  5. "Juneau assembly votes to give district new Native name". The Seattle Times. 2019-06-25. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  6. Logan & Vance 1989, p. 307
  7. Roark, H. Randal (1975). "Atlanta: Urban Patterns". The American Institute of Architects Guide to Atlanta. Atlanta Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. p. 13.
  8. Logan & Vance 1989, p. 288
  9. Edgar, Walter (1998). South Carolina: A History. Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press. p. 587. ISBN 1570032556. OCLC 38964188.
  10. http://www.austinlibrary.com/ahc/briefhistory.htm
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