English Place Names in The United States
(left) Boston, MA is named after Boston, England. (center) The city of Pittsburgh, is named after Englishman William Pitt. (right) The State of Pennsylvania is named after William Penn.There are many places in the United States named after places in England as a result of the many English settlers and explorers. These include New York (after the Duke of York), New Hampshire (after Hampshire), New Jersey after the British Crown Dependency of Jersey. Manchester, Boston, Southampton, Gloucester and the region of New England. In addition, some places were named after the English royal family. The name Virginia was first applied by Queen Elizabeth I (the "Virgin Queen") and Sir Walter Raleigh in 1584., the Carolinas were named after King Charles I and Maryland named so for his wife, Queen Henrietta Maria (Queen Mary) and also Georgia was named after King George II
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