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

Virginia

  • Amissville
  • Barboursville
  • Basye
  • Bavon
  • Belmont
  • Belle Isle State Park
  • Belvoir
  • Bertrand (A common French given name)
  • Boissevain
  • Bon Air
  • Botetourt County
  • Capron
  • Caret
  • Cedon
  • Champlain
  • Chantilly, named after Chantilly, France
  • Clary
  • Crozet
  • Delaplane
  • Dogue
  • Fauquier County
  • Fort Belvoir ("see well")
  • Fremont
  • La Crosse
  • Lagrange
  • Macon
  • Manquin
  • Mauzy
  • Montpelier
  • Orange County
  • Orlean
  • Paris
  • Raphine
  • Renan
  • Richmond, from "riche mont", a name given first to the castle founded in North Yorkshire by a Breton family, and from there to Richmond near London
  • Rochelle
  • Sabot
  • Turbeville

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