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

Nebraska

  • Barada (named after Antoine Barada, whose father was French fur trapper and interpreter Michel Barada)
  • Bellevue ("Beautiful Sight")
  • Cabanné's Post
  • Chadron, Nebraska
  • Decatur
  • Du Bois ("of the Woods")
  • Fontanelle, Fontenelle Forest, Fontenelle Boulevard, Hotel Fontenelle, Logan Fontenelle Housing Project (Named after Logan Fontenelle, Omaha Tribe chief who was the son of a Creole and Omahan mother)
  • Fremont (named for John C. Frémont, French-American pioneer and politician)
  • Grand Island
  • Loup County, Loup River ("Wolf", named after the Skidi Pawnee people who called themselves the Wolf People)]
  • Loup River
  • Papillion (from papillon, "butterfly")
  • Platte County
  • Platte River ("flat river")
  • Sarpy County (named after Peter Abadie Sarpy, a fur trader of French origin born in New Orleans, Louisiana)
  • St. Deroin (named after a family called Du Roins).

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