Iowa
- Audubon
- Belle Plaine
- Belleville
- Bellevue
- Belmond
- Belmont
- Bennezette
- Bonaparte
- Bondurant
- Boyer
- Chariton
- Clutier
- Decatur City
- Decatur County
- Des Moines (from Rivière des Moines, "River of the Monks", the river flowing through the city)
- Dubuque (named after explorer Julien Dubuque)
- Durant (French surname)
- Fayette (town and county, named after the French Marquis de LaFayette who served in the Revolutionary War)
- Fontanelle
- Fort de la Trinité
- Fremont
- Giard, Iowa
- Lafayette
- La Grange ("The Barn")
- La Motte
- La Porte ("The Door")
- Le Claire
- Le Grand ("The Great")
- Le Mars
- Le Roy ("The King")
- Lyons, Iowa (named after the French city, Lyon)
- Marion, Iowa (named after Francis Marion, Revolutionary War hero of a S. Carolinian French Huguenot family)
- Marquette
- Martelle
- Mondamin
- Montpelier
- Muscatine
- Orleans (French city)
- Paris
- Platte
- Prairie
- Rinard
- Tête des Morts ("Head of the Dead Ones")
Read more about this topic: List Of U.S. Place Names Of French Origin
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