List of American Places Named After People - H

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• Hagerstown, Maryland – Jonathan Hager
• Halifax, Vermont – Earl of Halifax
• Hall Station, California – John Hall (local landowner)
• Hallowell, Maine – Benjamin Hallowell (landowner)
• Hamden, Connecticut – John Hampden (English statesman) (note spelling)
• Hamilton, Massachusetts – Alexander Hamilton
• Hamilton, Montana – J.W. Hamilton (provided the right-of-way to the railroad)
• Hamilton City, California – J.G. Hamilton (sugar company president)
• Hamilton County, Florida – Alexander Hamilton
• Hammond, Indiana – George H. Hammond (Detroit butcher who founded a meat-packing plant here)
• Hammonton, California – W.P. Hammond (gold mine official)
• Hampden, Maine – John Hampden (English patriot)
• Hancock, 5 places in Maine/Massachusetts/Michigan/New Hampshire/Vermont – John Hancock
• Hanford, California – James Madison Hanford (railroad executive)
• Hankamer, Texas – I. A. Hankamer (early settler)
• Hanson, Massachusetts – Alexander C. Hanson (Maryland newspaper publisher and U.S. Senator)
• Harbin Springs, California – James M. Harbin (discoverer of the springs)
• Hardenburgh, New York – Johannes Hardenburgh (landowner)
• Hardin, Montana – Samuel Hardin (friend of developer Charles Henry Morrill)
• Harlan, Iowa – :James Harlan (United States Senator)
• Harlowton, Montana – Richard A. Harlow (president of the Montana Railroad)
• Harriman, New York – E. H. Harriman (president of the Union Pacific Railroad)
• Harrisburg, Inyo County, California – Shorty Harris (gold discoverer)
• Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – John Harris, Sr.
• Harrison, Maine – Harrison Gray Otis (landowner)
• Harrison, New Jersey – William Henry Harrison
• Harrison, New York – John Harrison (Quaker leader)
• Harrison Township, New Jersey – William Henry Harrison
• Harrisonburg, Virginia – Thomas Harrison (early settler who founded the community)
• Harrisville, New Hampshire – Milan Harris (mill owner)
• Hart's Location, New Hampshire – Colonel John Hart
• Hathaway Pines, California – Robert B. Hathaway (first postmaster)
• Hattiesburg, Mississippi – Hattie Hardy (wife of pioneer lumberman and civil engineer William H. Hardy)
• Haugan, Montana – H. G. Haugan (land commissioner of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad)
• Hawley, Massachusetts – Joseph Hawley (local leader in the American Revolution)
• Hayes, California – William J. Hayes (first postmaster)
• Hayward, California – William Dutton Hayward (early settler)
• Hayward, Minnesota – David Hayward (settler)
• Hazard, Kentucky – Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry (hero of the War of 1812)
• Hazardville, Connecticut – Colonel Augustus George Hazard (gunpowder manufacturer)
• Hazelton, California – Hazelton Blodget (son of Hugh A. Blodget, oilman)
• Hearst, California – George Hearst
• Heath, Massachusetts – General William Heath
• Heber, California – A.H. Heber (development company president)
• Helm, California – William Helm (early rancher)
• Henderson, Nevada – U.S. Senator Charles B. Henderson
• Hendry County, Florida – Major Francis A. Hendry
• Henniker, New Hampshire – John Henniker, 1st Baron Henniker
• Herkimer, New York – Nicholas Herkimer (militia general in the American Revolutionary War)
• Herlong, California – Capt. Henry W. Herlong (World War II casualty)
• Hernando County, Florida – Hernando de Soto
• Hershey, California – David N. Hershey (California assembly member)
• Heyburn, Idaho – Senator Weldon B. Heyburn
• Hildreth, California – Tom Hildreth (founder and merchant)
• Hill, New Hampshire – Isaac Hill (governor of New Hampshire)
• Hillrose, Colorado – Rose Hill Emerson (daughter of early landholder)
• Hillsborough, New Hampshire – Sir Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire and 1st Earl of Hillsborough
• Hillsborough County, Florida – Sir Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire and 1st Earl of Hillsborough
• Hinesburg, Vermont – Abel Hine (town clerk)
• Hinsdale, Massachusetts – Rev. Theodore Hinsdale (woolen mill owner)
• Hinsdale, New Hampshire – Colonel Ebenezer Hinsdale
• Hinsdale, New York – Colonel Ebenezer Hinsdale (indirectly, via Hinsdale, New Hampshire)
• Hiram, Maine – Hiram I (biblical king of Tyre)
• Hobergs, California – Gustave Hoberg (founder, resort owner)
• Hodson, California – J.J. Hodson (copper mining financier)
• Hoffman Estates, Illinois – Sam and Jack Hoffman (builders)
• Holbrook, Massachusetts – Elisha N. Holbrook (benefactor)
• Holderness, New Hampshire – Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness
• Holland, Massachusetts – Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland (English statesman)
• Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania – Adam and William Holliday (founders)
• Hollis, New Hampshire – John Holles, Earl of Clare (ancestor of colonial governor Benning Wentworth) (note spelling)
• Holliston, Massachusetts – Thomas Hollis, Esq. of London, England (a benefactor of Harvard College)
• Homer, New York – Homer (Greek poet)
• Hookton, California – John Hookton (founder)
• Hopkinsville, Kentucky – General Samuel Hopkins
• Hopkinton, Massachusetts – Edward Hopkins (benefactor of Harvard University)
• Hopkinton, New Hampshire – Edward Hopkins (benefactor of Harvard University) (indirectly, via Hopkinton, Massachusetts)
• Hopkinton, New York – early settlers with the name Hopkins
• Horstville, California – E. Clemons Horst (rancher)
• Horton, California – Ben Horton (railroad official)
• Houlton, Maine – Joseph Houlton (settler)
• Houston, Minnesota and Houston, Texas – Sam Houston
• Howard, Brown County, Wisconsin and Howard, Chippewa County, Wisconsin – Brigadier General Benjamin Howard (officer in the War of 1812)
• Howard Springs, California – C.W. Howard (resort owner)
• Howards Grove, Wisconsin – H.B. Howard (hotelier and postmaster)
• Howland, Maine – John Howland (Mayflower passenger)
• Hubbardston, Massachusetts – Thomas Hubbard (Massachusetts Speaker of the House of Representatives and landowner)
• Hubbardton, Vermont – Thomas Hubbard (landholder)
• Hudson, Maine – Charles Hudson (indirectly, via Hudson, Massachusetts)
• Hudson, Massachusetts – Charles Hudson (United States Representative)
• Hudson, New York – Henry Hudson
• Humble, Texas – Pleasant Smith "Plez" Humble (postmaster)
• Humboldt, South Dakota – Alexander von Humboldt (German scientist, explorer and diplomat)
• Humphreys Station, California – John W. Humphreys (pioneer)
• Huntington, Vermont – Josiah, Charles and Marmaduke Hunt (landholders)
• Huntington, West Virginia – Collis P. Huntington
• Huntington Beach, California – Henry E. Huntington
• Huntley, Montana – S.O. Huntley (partner in the stagecoach firm of Clark & Huntley)
• Huntsville, Alabama – John Hunt (settler)
• Hurley, New York – Francis Lovelace, Baron Hurley of Ireland
• Hutchins, California – T.B. Hutchins (local landowner)
• Hyannis, Massachusetts – Iyannough (sachem of the Cummaquid Native American tribe)
• Hyde Park, Vermont – Captain Jedediah Hyde (landowner)
• Hydesville, California – John Hyde (local landowner)
• Hylandville, California – L.C. Hyland (founder)
• Hysham, Montana – Charlie J. Hysham (cattleman)