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])

California

• City of Grover City (1959-1992) is now Grover Beach

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

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

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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