List of American Places Named After People - R

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• Rackerby, California – William M. Rackerby (first postmaster)
• Raleigh, North Carolina – Sir Walter Raleigh
• Rallsville, California – George W. Ralls (first postmaster)
• Ralston, California – William C. Ralston (mine owner)
• Randolph, Maine – Peyton Randolph (indirectly, via Randolph, Massachusetts)
• Randolph, Massachusetts – Peyton Randolph (first president of the Continental Congress)
• Randolph, New Hampshire – John Randolph (Virginia congressman and senator)
• Randolph, New York – Edmund Randolph (indirectly, via Randolph, Vermont)
• Randolph, Vermont – Edmund Randolph
• Rangeley, Maine – Squire James Rangeley, Jr. (proprietor)
• Rangeley Plantation, Maine – Squire James Rangeley, Jr. (proprietor)
• Rayl, California – David Rayl (hotelier and merchant)
• Raymond, California – T. Raymond (travel official)
• Raymond, Maine – Captain William Raymond
• Readsboro, Vermont – John Reade (landholder) (note spelling)
• Redding, Connecticut – John Read (landholder) (the spelling was changed to better reflect its pronunciation)
• Redmond, Oregon – Frank and Josephine Redmond (homesteaders)
• Redwine, California – Ida Redwine (first postmaster)
• Reed, California – John Reed (landowner)
• Reedley, California – Thomas Law Reed (founder and landowner)
• Reedsburg, Wisconsin – David C. Reed (settler)
• Reidsville, Georgia – Robert R. Reid (territorial governor of Florida)
• Reiff, California – John Reiff (first postmaster)
• Reno, Nevada – Jesse L. Reno
• Rensselaer, New York – Kiliaen van Rensselaer
• Revere, Massachusetts – Paul Revere
• Rheem, California – Donald I. Rheem (developer)
• Ricardo, California – Richard Hagen
• Richardson Springs, California – J.H. and Lee Richardson (early developers)
• Richland, Washington – Nelson Rich (state legislator and land developer)
• Richmond, Maine – Ludovic Stewart, 1st Duke of Richmond
• Richmond, Massachusetts and Richmond, New Hampshire – Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond
• Ridleys Ferry, California – Thomas E. Ridley (ferry operator)
• Rienzi, Mississippi – Cola di Rienzo
• Rindge, New Hampshire – Captain Daniel Rindge (one of the original grant holders)
• Ripley, Maine – Brigadier General Eleazer Wheelock Ripley (of the War of 1812)
• Ritzville, Washington – Philip Ritz (settler)
• Robstown, Texas – Robert Driscoll Jr. (landowner)
• Rochester, New Hampshire – Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester (brother-in-law to James II of England)
• Rochester, Minnesota – Colonel Nathaniel Rochester (indirectly, via Rochester, New York)
• Rochester, New York – Colonel Nathaniel Rochester
• Rockingham, Vermont – Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
• Rockwood, California – Charles R. Rockwood (irrigation promoter)
• Rogersville, California – Lovely Rogers (local gold discoverer)
• Rohnerville, California – Henry Rohner (founder)
• Rollinsford, New Hampshire – descendants of Judge Ichabod Rollins (first probate judge for New Hampshire)
• Ross, California – James Ross (early settler)

Matthew Cambpell California; Matthew Campbell, A local huligan

• Ross Corner, California – W.C. Ross (early settler and merchant)
• Roswell, Georgia – Roswell King (founder)
• Rowe, Massachusetts – John Rowe (Boston merchant)
• Royalston, Massachusetts – Isaac Royal (landowner)
• Rumney, New Hampshire – Robert Marsham, 2nd Baron Romney (note spelling)
• Rumsey, California – Capt. D.C. Rumsey (early settler)
• Rushmore, Minnesota – S.M. Rushmore (pioneer)
• Rusk, Texas – Thomas Jefferson Rusk (signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence)
• Russell City, California – Frederick James Russell (town planner)
• Ryan, California – John Ryan (borax company official)