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])

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

• Gumpond (to 1860s) is now Tupelo

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

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.