List of American Places Named After People - W

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• Waddington, California – Alexander Waddington (local merchant)
• Wade, California – Pinkston Wade (first postmaster)
• Wadsworth, Ohio – General Elijah Wadsworth
• Waite, Maine – Benjamin Waite (lumberman)
• Waitsfield, Vermont – General Benjamin Wait (founder)
• Wakefield, Massachusetts – Cyrus Wakefield (wicker furniture manufacturer)
• Waldo, Maine – General Samuel Waldo (proprietor)
• Waldo, Wisconsin – O.H. Waldo (railroad company president)
• Waldo Junction, California – William Waldo (early settler)
• Waldoboro, Maine – General Samuel Waldo
• Wales, Massachusetts – James Lawrence Wales (benefactor)
• Wallace, California – John Wallace (surveyor)
• Wallace, Idaho – Colonel W.R. Wallace (landowner)
• Walong, California – W.A. Long (railroad official)
• Walpole, Massachusetts and Walpole, New Hampshire – Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford
• Walsenburg, Colorado – Fred Walsen (store owner)
• Wardner, Idaho – James Wardner (promoter of a local mine)
• Wardsboro, Vermont – William Ward (grantee)
• Warner, New Hampshire – Jonathan Warner (leading Portsmouth citizen)
• Warren, 6 places in Connecticut/Maine/Massachusetts/New York/Pennsylvania/Vermont – Major General Joseph Warren
• Warren, New Hampshire and Warren, Rhode Island – Admiral Sir Peter Warren (British naval hero)
• Warren, Ohio – Moses Warren (surveyor)
• Warrenville, Illinois – Julius Warren (settler)
• Warwick, Rhode Island – Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick
• Washington (U.S. state) and Washington, D.C. – George Washington
• Washington, 14 places in Georgia/Illinois/Indiana/Iowa/Kansas/Maine/Massachusetts/Michigan/Missouri/New Jersey/New Hampshire/New York/North Carolina/Pennsylvania – George Washington
• Washington Court House, Ohio – George Washington
• Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania – George Washington
• Washington Terrace, Utah – George Washington
• Washingtonville, New York and Washingtonville, Pennsylvania – George Washington
• Waterboro, Maine – Colonel Joshua Waters (proprietor)
• Wayland, Massachusetts – Dr. Francis Wayland (president of Brown University)
• Wayne, Maine – Revolutionary War General Anthony Wayne
• Weare, New Hampshire – Meshech Weare (the town's first clerk)
• Webster, Massachusetts and Webster, New Hampshire – Daniel Webster
• Weimar, California – a local Maidu chief
• Welcome, Minnesota – Alfred M. Welcome (homesteader)
• Weld, Maine – Benjamin Weld (proprietor)
• Weldon, California – William B. Weldon (rancher)
• Wellington, Colorado – C. L. Wellington (employee of the Colorado and Southern Railway)
• Wellington, Maine – Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
• Wells, Minnesota – the wife of Clark W. Thompson
• Wendell, Massachusetts – Judge Oliver Wendell of Boston
• Wentworth, New Hampshire – Governor Benning Wentworth
• Wesley, Maine – John Wesley (founder of the English Methodist movement)
• West Gardiner, Maine – Dr. Sylvester Gardiner (Boston physician) (indirectly, via Gardiner, Maine)
• West Lafayette, Indiana and West Lafayette, Ohio – Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette
• West Richland, Washington – Nelson Rich (state legislator and land developer) (indirectly, via Richland, Washington)
• West Virginia – Virgin Queen
• West Warwick, Rhode Island – Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick (indirectly, via Warwick, Rhode Island)
• Westbrook, Maine – Colonel Thomas Westbrook (early settler)
• Westmoreland, New Hampshire – John Fane, 7th Earl of Westmorland
• Westville, California – George C. West (first postmaster)
• Whately, Massachusetts – Thomas Whately (Member of Parliament)
• Wheelock, Vermont – Eleazar Wheelock (founder of Dartmouth College)
• White, South Dakota – W.H. White (settler)
• Whitefield, Maine and Whitefield, New Hampshire – George Whitefield (English evangelist)
• Whiting, Maine – Timothy Whiting (settler)
• Whiting, Vermont – John Whiting (landholder)
• Whitingham, Vermont – Nathan Whiting (landholder)
• Whitinsville, Massachusetts – Paul C. Whitin (cotton mill owner)
• Whitlow, California – Albert Whitlow (first postmaster)
• Whitman, Massachusetts – Augustus Whitman (landowner)
• Whitney, California – Joel Parker Whitney (rancher)
• Whitneyville, Maine – Colonel Joseph Whitney (mill owner)
• Wibaux, Montana – Pierre Wibaux (cattle rancher)
• Wible Orchard, California – Simon William Wible (early settler)
• Wickenburg, Arizona – Henry Wickenburg (discoverer of the Vulture Mine)
• Wicks Corner, California – Moses Wick (first postmaster)
• Wiest, California – Daniel W. Wiest (early settler)
• Wiggins, Colorado – Oliver P. Wiggins (frontiersman)
• Wilkes County, Georgia – John Wilkes
• Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania – John Wilkes and Isaac Barre
• Willet, New York – Colonel Marinus Willet
• Williams, California – W.H. Williams (planner of the townsite)
• Williams Bay, Wisconsin – Captain Israel Williams (settler who fought in the War of 1812)
• Williamsburg, Virginia – William III of England
• Williamstown, Massachusetts – Ephraim Williams
• Williston, Vermont – Samuel Willis (landholder)
• Willits, California – Hiram Willits (landowner, early settler)
• Willoughby, Ohio – Dr. Westel Willoughby, Jr. (U.S. Representative from New York)
• Willoughby Hills, Ohio – Dr. Westel Willoughby, Jr.
• Wilmette, Illinois – Antoine Ouilmette (French-Canadian fur trader)
• Wilmington, 3 places in Delaware/North Carolina/Vermont – Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington
• Wilmot, New Hampshire – Dr. James Wilmot (English clergyman)
• Wilseyville, California – Lawrence A. Wilsey (corporate executive)
• Wilsie, California – W.E. Wilsie (early farmer)
• Wilton, New Hampshire – Sir Joseph Wilton (English sculptor)
• Winchester, Massachusetts – Colonel William P. Winchester
• Winchendon, Massachusetts Sir Francis Bernard, his family seat was Nether Winchendon House, Buckinghamshire, England
• Winchester, New Hampshire – Charles Paulet, 3rd Duke of Bolton, 8th Marquess of Winchester, and constable of the Tower of London
• Windham, New Hampshire – Sir Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont (note spelling)
• Windom, Minnesota – Senator William Windom
• Windsor, Colorado – Rev. Samuel Asa Windsor
• Winn, Maine – John M. Winn (landholder)
• Winnie, Texas – Fox Winnie (railroad contractor)
• Winslow, Maine – General John Winslow
• Winston-Salem, North Carolina – Joseph Winston
• Winters, California – Theodore W. Winters (landowner)
• Winthrop, Maine – John Winthrop (first Governor of Massachusetts)
• Winthrop, Massachusetts – Deane Winthrop (son of John Winthrop, the first Governor of Massachusetts)
• Wofford Heights, California – I.L. Wofford (founder)
• Wolcott, Vermont – General Oliver Wolcott (a signer of the Declaration of Independence)
• Wolfeboro, New Hampshire – English General James Wolfe
• Woodfords, California – Daniel Woodford (early settler)
• Woodleaf, California – James Wood (property owner)
• Woodville, Texas – George Tyler Wood (governor of Texas)
• Woody, California – Dr. Sparrell Walter Woody (local rancher)
• Worthington, Minnesota – the maiden name of the wife of A.P. Miller (founder)
• Wurtsboro, New York – Maurice and William Wurts (builders of the Delaware and Hudson Canal)
• Wyandanch, New York – Wyandanch (sachem of the Montaukett Native American tribe in the mid 17th century)
• Wytheville, Virginia – George Wythe (a signer of the Declaration of Independence)