List of U.S. Place Names of French Origin - Kentucky

Kentucky

Cities

  • Bellefonte
  • Bellemeade
  • Bellevue ("Beautiful Sight")
  • Frenchburg
  • La Center
  • La Grange
  • LaFayette
  • Louisville (named in honor of King Louis XVI in 1778)
  • Paris
  • Versailles

Counties

  • Bourbon County (name for House of Bourbon, European Royal House)
  • Fayette County (named for Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette)
  • Gallatin County (named for Albert Gallatin, Swiss American and Secretary of State)
  • Larue County (named for John LaRue early Kentucky settler)
  • Marion County (named for Francis Marion, a hero of the American Revolution of French Huguenot ancestry)

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