List of American Places Named After People - J

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• Jackson, California – Colonel Alden Jackson
• Jackson, Maine – General Henry Jackson
• Jackson, Burnett County, Wisconsin – Stonewall Jackson
• Jackson, Wyoming – Davey Jackson
• Jackson – Andrew Jackson, 14 places in
  • Alabama – Georgia – Kentucky – Louisiana – Michigan – Minnesota – Mississippi – Missouri – New Hampshire – New Jersey – New York – Ohio – Tennessee – Washington County, Wisconsin
• Jacksonville, Arkansas – Nicholas and Elizabeth Jackson (landowners)
• Jacksonville, Texas – Jackson Smith (soldier)
• Jacksonville – Andrew Jackson, 5 places in
  • Alabama – Florida – Illinois – North Carolina – Oregon
• Jacobs Corner, California – Mattie Jacobs (first postmaster)
• Jaffrey, New Hampshire – George Jaffrey (member of a wealthy Portsmouth family)
• Jamesan, California – J.G. James (first postmaster)
• Jamesburg, California – John James (founder)
• Jamestown, New York – James Prendergast (settler)
• Jamestown, Rhode Island – James II of England
• Jamestown, Virginia – James I of England
• Janesville, California – Jane Bankhead (early settler)
• Janesville, Wisconsin – Henry Janes (early settler and first postmaster)
• Jasper, Texas – William Jasper (American Revolution hero)
• Jay, Maine and Jay, Vermont – John Jay (the first chief justice of the Supreme Court)
• Jean, Nevada – Jean Fayle (wife of postmaster George Fayle)
• Jefferson, Maine and Jefferson, New Hampshire – Thomas Jefferson
• Jefferson City, Missouri – Thomas Jefferson
• Jefferson County, Florida – Thomas Jefferson
• Jeffersonville, Georgia – Thomas Jefferson
• Jenny Lind, California – Jenny Lind
• Jesus Maria, California – Jesus Maria (local farmer)
• Jewell, California – Omar Jewell (local rancher)
• Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania – Jim Thorpe
• Joaquin, Texas – Joaquin Morris (grandson of Benjamin Franklin Morris, who donated the land for the site)
• Joe, Montana – Joe Montana
• Joe Walker Town, California – Joe Walker
• Johnson, Vermont – William Samuel Johnson
• Johnston, Rhode Island – August Johnston (colonial attorney general)
• Johnstonville, California – Robert Johnston (town developer)
• Johnstown, Colorado – John Parish (father of Harvey J. Parish, who platted the town)
• Jonesboro, Maine – John Coffin Jones (landholder)
• Jonesport, Maine – John Coffin Jones (landholder)
• Jonesville, Virginia – Frederick Jones (landowner)
• Joplin, Missouri – a Methodist minister in the new city
• Jordan, Montana – Arthur Jordan (founder)
• Judsonville, California – Egbert Judson (part owner of local mine)
• Julesburg, Colorado – Jules Beni (established a trading post here)
• Juneau, Alaska – Joe Juneau (prospector)