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

Nevada

  • Frenchman
  • Frenchman Flat
  • Lamoille
  • Montreux
  • Pioche, named after François Louis Alfred Pioche, a financier who purchased the town in 1869
  • Reno, named after Major General Jesse Lee Reno, a Union officer killed in the American Civil War. (Reno's family name was a modified version of the French surname "Renault")

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