American cities named for European nobility
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Provided below is list of those American. cities and towns that are named for European nobility. The list does not include places named after other places that happen to be named for European nobility. For example, Fayetteville, Arkansas is named for Fayetteville, Tennessee, which is in turn named for Fayetteville, North Carolina. Two other examples are West Lafayette, Indiana and East St. Louis, Illinois.
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Albany, New York – Duke of York/James II of England and Ireland/James VII of Scotland: the Duke of Albany (Great Britain)
Albuquerque, New Mexico – Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, the Duke of Alburquerque (Spain)
Amelia Court House, Virginia – Princess Amelia (Great Britain)
Anna Maria, Florida – Queen Maria Anna (Spain)
Annapolis, Maryland – Lady Anne Arundel (England)
Augusta, Georgia – Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha/Princess of Wales (England)
Baltimore, Maryland – Cecil Calvert, 2nd Lord of Baltimore (England)
Brunswick, Maine – King George I and the House of Brunswick (England)
Cape Elizabeth, Maine – Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia
Charleroi, Pennsylvania – King Charles II (Spain)
Charleston, Mississippi – King Charles II (England)
Charleston, South Carolina – King Charles II (England)
Charlestown, Maryland – Charles Calvert, the 5th Lord Baron of Baltimore
Charlestown, Rhode Island – King Charles II (England)
Charlotte, North Carolina – Queen Consort Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (England)
Charlottesville, Virginia – Princess Charlotte of Wales (England)
Chester, Vermont – King George IV/the Earl of Chester (England)
Chichester, New Hampshire – Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (England)
Christiana, Delaware – Queen Christina (Sweden)
Christiana, Pennsylvania – Queen Christina (Sweden)
Cumberland, Maryland – Prince William/Duke of Cumberland (Great Britain)
Cumberland, Rhode Island – Prince William/Duke of Cumberland (Great Britain)
Fairfax, Virginia – Lord Fairfax of Cameron (Great Britain)
Fayetteville, Georgia – Marquis de Lafayette (France0
Fayetteville, North Carolina – Marquis de Lafayette (France)
Fernandina Beach, Florida – King Ferdinand VII (Spain)
Fort Ann, New York – Queen Anne (Great Britain)
Frederick, Maryland – Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore/Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales (Great Britain)
Fredericksburg, Texas – Prince Frederick of Prussia/Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig (Germany)
Fredericksburg, Virginia – Prince Frederick (Wales)
Hampton, Virginia – Henry Wriothesley, the 3rd Earl of Southampton (England)
Jamestown, Rhode Island – King James II (England)
Jamestown, Virginia – King James I (Great Britain)
King George, Virginia – King George I (Great Britain)
Kinston, North Carolina – King George III (Great Britain)
LaFayette, Georgia – Marquis de Lafayette (France)
Lafayette, Indiana – Marquis de Lafayette (France)
LaFayette, Kentucky – Marquis de Lafayette ( France)
Lafayette, Louisiana – Marquis de Lafayette (France)
Lafayette, Tennessee – Marquis de Lafayette (France)
Louisa, Virginia – Princess Louisa (Great Britain)
Louisville, Georgia – King Louis XVI (France)
Louisville, Kentucky – King Louis XVI (France)
Lunenburg, Massachusetts – King George II/Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Great Britain)
Lunenburg, Vermont – Prince Charles William Ferdinand/Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Great Britain)
Marietta, Ohio – Marie Antonette, Queen of France
Napoleon, Ohio – French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte (France)
Napoleonville, Louisiana – French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte (France)
New Brunswick, New Jersey – King George I/Duke of Brunswick (Great Britain)
Newcastle, Maine – Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (Great Britain)
New Orleans, Louisiana – Philippe II, the Duke of Orleans (France)
New York City, New York – The Duke of York/King James II (England)
Orange, Connecticut – William III, Prince of Orange/King William III of England (England)
Orange, Massachusetts – William III, Prince of Orange/King William III (England)
Orangeburg, South Carolina – William III, Prince of Orange/King William III (England)
Orleans, Massachusetts – Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (France)
Prince Frederick, Maryland – Prince Frederick (Wales)
Rochester, New Hampshire – Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester (England)
Queen Anne, Maryland – Queen Anne (Great Britain)
Raleigh, North Carolina – Sir Walter Raleigh (England)
St. Louis, Missouri – King Louis IX (France)
Victoria, Kansas – Queen Victoria (Great Britain)
Victoria, Virginia – Queen Victoria (Great Britain)
Warwick, Rhode Island – 2nd Earl of Warwick (England)
Williamsburg, Virginia – King William III (England)
Wilmington, Delaware – Spencer Compton, the Earl of Wilmington (England)
Wilmington, North Carolina – Spenser Compton, the Earl of Wilmington (England)
York, Maine – The Duke of York, James/King James II (England)
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