Scottish place names in the United States

This is a list of names of Scottish origin which have subsequently been applied to parts of the United States by Scottish emigrants or explorers.

Unfortunately many of these placenames are now wrongly pronounced in the US e.g. Elgin wrongly pronounced "Eljin" in the US and correctly pronounced with the "g" as in give!

Contents 1 Alabama 2 Alaska 3 Arizona 4 Arkansas 5 California 6 Colorado 7 Connecticut 8 Delaware 9 District of Columbia 10 Florida 11 Georgia 12 Hawaii 13 Idaho 14 Illinois 15 Indiana 16 Iowa 17 Kansas 18 Kentucky 19 Louisiana 20 Maine 21 Maryland 22 Massachusetts 23 Michigan 24 Minnesota 25 Mississippi 26 Missouri 27 Montana 28 Nebraska 29 Nevada 30 New Hampshire 31 New Jersey 32 New Mexico 33 New York 34 North Carolina 35 North Dakota 36 Ohio 37 Oklahoma 38 Oregon 39 Pennsylvania 40 Rhode Island 41 South Carolina 42 South Dakota 43 Tennessee 44 Texas 45 Utah 46 Vermont 47 Virginia 48 Washington 49 West Virginia 50 Wisconsin 51 Wyoming 52 See also 53 References 54 External links

Alabama

• Anderson
• Ardmore (Àrd Mòr meaning great height)
• Barbour County
• Douglas
• Gordon
• Gordonville
• Inverness, Bullock County
• Inverness, Shelby County
• Kennedy
• Lauderdale County
• McIntosh
• McKenzie

Alaska

• Anderson
• Houston
• Kincaid Park
• McKinley Park
• Point MacKenzie

Note Minto is a native name, and not related to the place in Scotland of the same name.

Arizona

• Cameron
• Elgin
• Glendale

Arkansas

• Baxter County
• Crawford County
• Dallas County
• Fordyce
• Knoxville
• Lake Hamilton
• McDougal
• McNab
• McNeil
• McRae
• Scott

California

• Albany
• Ben Lomond Mountain AVA & Ben Lomond, California
• Bonny Doon
• Cheviot Hills
• Denny (Denny, Falkirk)
• Glendale
• Inverness
• Irvine
• Kelso
• Loch Lomond (Reservoir nr Ben Lomond)
• Scotts Valley
• Stewartville

Colorado

• Ault (originally called McAllister - both Scottish names)
• Crawford
• Fleming
• Fraser
• Lochbuie
• Moffat

Connecticut

• Scotland

Delaware

• Houston

District of Columbia

• Logan Circle
• McLean Gardens

Florida

• Dundee
• Dunedin, from Dun Eideann, Scottish Gaelic for Edinburgh
• Fort Lauderdale
• Inverness

Georgia

• Argyle (old spelling of Argyll)
• Culloden
• Lenox (Lennox)
• Livingston
• McIntyre
• Montrose

Hawaii

• Falls of Clyde (museum ship)

Idaho

• Aberdeen
• Drummond
• McCammon
• Mackay
• Wallace

Illinois

• Bannockburn
• Crawford County
• Dundee Township
• East Dundee
• Elgin
• Glencoe
• Hamilton County
• Highland Park
• Inverness
• Logan County
• Midlothian
• West Dundee

Indiana

• Edinburgh
• Hamilton County
• Mount Ayr
• New Albany (named after Albany, New York, in turn named after Alba)
• Ossian (after MacPherson's Ossian)
• Scottsburg
• Scott County

Iowa

• Armstrong
• Ayrshire
• Baxter
• Blairsburg
• Blairstown
• Buchanan County
• Coulter
• Craig
• Crawfordsville
• Dundee
• Dysart
• Elgin
• Hamilton
• Henderson
• Hepburn
• Lenox
• Logan
• McCallsburg
• McCausland
• McClelland
• McGregor
• McIntire
• Maxwell
• Malcom
• Montrose
• Mount Ayr
• Ossian (Ossian)
• Paton
• Patterson
• Ruthven
• Scott County
• Stuart
• Tennant
• Williamson

Kansas

• Athol (Atholl)
• Logan County
• Scott County

Kentucky

• Glasgow

Louisiana

• Cameron & Cameron Parish
• Gretna
• Livingston & Livingston Parish
• Scott

Maine

• North Berwick

Maryland

• Aberdeen
• Chevy Chase, Maryland
• Glen Burnie
• Glenelg
• Midlothian, Allegany County

Massachusetts

• Athol (Atholl)
• Lenox (Lennox)
• Lenox Dale
• Melrose
• South Hamilton

Michigan

• Caledonia Township (three townships)
• Hamilton Township (three townships)

Minnesota

• Albany
• Annandale
• Argyle
• Caledonia
• Caledonia Township
• Dundas
• Dundee
• Edina^[1]
• Elgin
• Fergus Falls
• Glencoe
• Harris
• Iona
• Montrose
• Nevis
• Rothsay

Mississippi

• Aberdeen
• Inverness

Missouri

• Dallas County
• Glasgow
• Scotland County

Montana

• Ballantine
• Busby
• Fergus County
• Forsyth
• Frazer
• Glasgow
• Glendive
• Hamilton
• Huntley (Huntley, Scottish Borders)
• Inverness
• Kerr
• Lake McDonald
• Livingston

Nebraska

• Elgin

Nevada

• Blair and Logan Springs
• Logan

New Hampshire

• Dunbarton
• Glen
• Glencliff
• Glendale
• Stewartstown

New Jersey

• Galloway Township
• Hamilton Township (two places)
• Perth Amboy (only half Scottish;^[2] the other half was originally the Lenape word "Ompoge", which meant "elbow", "point", or "bowl"^[3])

New Mexico

• Glenrio (from Scots "glen" + Spanish "rio" (meaning "river").)
• Melrose

New York

• Albany (ultimately from Alba, Gaelic for Scotland)
• Buchanan
• Caledonia
• Campbell
• Edinburg
• Glenmore
• Glen Spey
• Livingston
• MacDougall
• McLean
• Melrose
• Monroe
• Montrose
• Murray
• Newburgh
• New Scotland
• Perth
• Scotia
• Selkirk

North Carolina

• Aberdeen
• Davidson
• Davidson County
• Forsyth County
• McDonald
• McDowell County
• McFarlan
• Rutherford
• Rutherfordton
• Scotland County
• Wallace

North Dakota

• Abercrombie
• Ayr
• Balfour
• Bathgate
• Buchanan
• Elgin
• Elliot
• Fingal ("Fingal" is the Scottish form of Finn MacCool)
• Glen Ullin
• Grant County
• Hamilton
• Leith
• Logan County
• McHenry County
• McIntosh County
• McKenzie County
• McLean County
• Morton County
• Perth
• Perth Township

Ohio

• Galloway
• Ross Township (four places)
• Scott Township (four places)

Oklahoma

• Carnegie
• Chisholm Trail
• Davidson
• Douglas
• Duncan
• Hunter
• Lamont
• Logan County
• Macomb
• McAlester
• McClain County
• McCurtain County
• McIntosh County
• McLoud
• Midlothian, Lincoln County
• Morris
• Morrison
• Newkirk (Kirk meaning "church")
• Stuart

Oregon

• Albany
• Burns
• Douglas County
• Dundee
• Glasgow

Pennsylvania

Aberdeen (Two Counties) Ache Alba Albany Alexandria Alford Alloway Creek Annandale Ardmore Armstrong Ayr Township Baxter Ben Avon Berwick Blackburn Blackrock Blackwood Bonnie Brook Bower Broadford Broughton Bute Cairnbrook Caledonia (Two Counties) Cameron Campbell Campbelltown (Two Counties) Carnegie Carnwath Ceres Charleston (Two Counties) Charlestown (Three Counties) Clyde (Two Counties) Coaltown (Two Counties) Coulter Craigs Crawford County Cromby Crown Dallas Dean Dee Donaldson Douglas Drummond Dunbar Dysart Earlston Edenburg Edinboro Edinburg Elgin Eyer Flemington Frazer Township, Allegheny County Fordyce Fulton County Gifford Gilmore Glasgow (Three Counties) Glen Burn Glen Campbell Glen Eden Glen Moore Glen Side Glencoe Glendale (Four Counties) Glenloch Glenruadh Gordon Grampian Grant Green Hill Greenock Gretna Hamilton (Three Counties) Hamilton Township (five places) Harris Island Hermitage Hieland (Helen) Furnace Highland (Five Counties) Highland Fling Highland Park (Two Counties) Highland Township (Four Counties) Hilltown Houston Huntley Iona (Two Counties) Irvine Jamestown (Three Counties) Kelly Kerr Kinlock Lanark Lee Leith Lenox Lewis Township (Three Counties) Linn Linn Run Linwood Lock Haven Lock Lomond Lockport Lockvale Lynn (Three Counties) Lyon Lyon Valley Macbeth Marionville, now spelled Marienville Mayfield McAllisterville McKean County Melrose Middletown Millport (Two Counties) Milltown (Four Counties) Milton (Two Counties) Montrose (Two Counties) Muir Newtown Newport North Edinburg Oakley Overton Paisley Pitcairn Preston Red Hill Renfrew Renton Riverside (Four Counties) Ross Ross Township (three places) Rosslyn Roxborough Rutherford Scotch Hill Scotch Hollow Scotch Valley Scotia, also known as "Benore" (named by Andrew Carnegie) Scotland Scot Run Scott Scott Glen Scott Township (five places) Selkirk Silverton Smithton Springfield (Three Counties) Standing Stone Township Sterling (Two Counties) Stewarton Stone House (Three Counties) Summerville Town Hill Upland Upper Glasgow Wallace West Hill Westfield White Hill Wick Woodlawn

Rhode Island

• Blackrock
• Charlestown
• Glendale
• Hope
• Jamestown
• Kingston
• Middletown
• Newport
• Riverside

South Carolina

• Anderson
• Cameron
• Dunbarton (Dumbarton)
• Elgin, Kershaw County
• Elgin, Lancaster County
• McBee
• McClellanville
• McColl
• McConnells
• McCormick
• McCormick County
• Scotia

South Dakota

• Aberdeen
• Ardmore
• Geddes
• Gretna
• Kyle
• Lennox
• Montrose
• Pollock
• Scotland

Tennessee

• Burns
• Campbell County
• Claiborne County
• Davidson County
• Erwin
• Houston County
• Knoxville
• McKenzie
• McMinn County
• Polk County
• Scott County

Texas

• Abercrombie
• Abernathy
• Albany
• Argyle
• Armstrong
• Bowie
• Camden
• Cameron
• Crawford
• Cumings
• Dallas
• Damon
• Douglas
• Edinburg
• Elgin
• Glenn Heights
• Gordon
• Graham
• Highlands
• Houston
• (Kelso)
• Kyle
• Lake Dallas
• Livingston
• McAllen
• McLennon County (Waco)
• McGirk
• McGregor
• McKinney
• McLeod
• McNeil
• Midlothian, Ellis County
• Millican
• Montrose
• Ochiltree
• Scotsville

Utah

• Bryce
• Bryce Canyon
• Logan

Vermont

• Caledonia County
• Clyde River

Virginia

• Dumfries
• James City County
• James River
• Jamestown, Virginia (for King James, formerly James VI of Scots)
• Kilmarnock
• Midlothian, Chesterfield County
• Scotland
• Scott County

Washington

• Aberdeen
• Blaine
• Cathcart
• Cunningham
• Douglas
• Elgin
• Fife
• Finley
• Graham
• Kelso
• Kenmore
• Lake McMurray
• McMillan
• McNeil Island
• Monroe
• Sinclair Island

West Virginia

• Glasgow
• Glenville
• Henderson
• McDowell County
• Montrose

Wisconsin

• Anderson (two places)
• Argyle
• Armstrong Creek
• Burnett County
• Burns
• Burnside
• Caledonia (four places)
• Cameron
• Campbell
• Clyde
• Dallas
• Douglas
• Douglas County
• Drummond
• Dunbar
• Dunn (two places)
• Dunn County
• Elcho (Earl of Wemyss and March)
• Ettrick
• Galloway
• Glen Haven
• Glencoe
• Glendale
• Glenmore
• Glenwood
• Gordon (three places)
• Grant (six places)
• Grantsburg
• Hamilton
• Lamont
• Lanark
• McKinley (two places)
• McMillan
• Norrie
• Reid
• Scott (seven places)

Wyoming

• Burns
• Campbell County
• Douglas
• McKinnon

See also

• Scottish place names in Australia
• Scottish place names in Canada
• Scottish place names in New Zealand

References

• Phillips, James W., Washington State Place Names, (Seattle, 1971)

2 The Surnames of Scotland - George F. Black

External links

• Scottish placenames around the world