List of American Places Named After People - O

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  • O'Fallon, Missouri – John O. Fallon
  • O'Neals, California – Charles O'Neal (merchant and first postmaster)
  • Ockenden, California – Thomas J. Ockenden (first postmaster)
  • Odem, Texas – David Odem (San Patricio County sheriff)
  • Odenton, Maryland – Oden Bowie (Governor of Maryland)
  • Ogden, Utah – Peter Skene Ogden
  • Ogilby, California – E.R. Ogilby (mine promoter)
  • Old Ornbaun Hot Springs, California – John S. Ornbaun (early settler and rancher)
  • Olean, New York – Olean Shephard (the first white child born here)
  • Oleander, California – William Oleander Johnson (first postmaster)
  • Orange, 4 places in Connecticut/Massachusetts/New Jersey/Virginia – William, Prince of Orange
  • Orange, Ohio – William, Prince of Orange (indirectly, via Orange, Connecticut)
  • Ordbend, California – Edward Ord
  • Orem, Utah – Walter C. Orem (President of the Salt Lake and Utah Electric Urban Railroad)
  • Orford, New Hampshire – Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford
  • Orinda, California – Katherine Philips (a poet whose nickname was "Matchless Orinda")
  • Orlando, Florida – Orlando Reeves
  • Orleans, Massachusetts – Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
  • Orloff, California – Orloff Miller (early settler)
  • Ornbaun, California – John S. Ornbaumn (early settler and rancher)
  • Orono, Maine – Chief Joseph Orono of the Penobscot Nation
  • Orrs Springs, California – Samuel Orr (early settler)
  • Orwood, California – Orville Y. Woodward (promoter)
  • Osburn, Idaho – Bill Osborne (trading post establisher) (note spelling)
  • Osceola County, Florida – Indian leader Osceola, whose name means "Black Drink Cry"
  • Otis, Massachusetts – Harrison Gray Otis
  • Otisfield, Maine – James Otis, Jr. (grantee)
  • Ovid, Colorado – Newton Ovid (local resident)
  • Owensboro, Kentucky – Abraham Owen
  • Oxnard, California – Henry, Ben, James and Robert Oxnard

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