List of renamed places in the United States These are the list of renamed places in the United States --- various political and physical entities in the U.S. that have had their names changed, though not by merger , split, or any other process which was not one-to-one. It also generally does not include differences due to a change in status, for example, a "River Bluff Recreation Area" the becomes "River Bluff State Parkway".Mount McKinley National Park was renamed Denali National Park and Preserve in 1980 Barrow was renamed Utqiaġvik in 2016, after its original Iñupiaq name.Black River was renamed Draanjik River after its original Gwich'in name in 2014. Chandalar River was renamed Ch'iidrinjik River and Teedrinjik River as replacements for the North and Middle forks of the river in 2015.Sheldon Point was renamed Nunam Iqua in 1999 , after its original Yup'ik name. Willoughby District in Juneau was renamed to Aakw Kwaan Village District in 2019.City of Grover City is now Grover Beach City of Surf City is now Huntington Beach Orange County Airport is now John Wayne Airport in honor of the actor John Wayne , who lived in nearby Newport Beach.Mines Field is now Los Angeles International Airport , a change that took place years after the city's purchase of the airfield.Chatham became East Hampton in 1915.Dorchester became Windsor in 1637Huntington became Shelton in 1919New Roxbury became Woodstock in 1690Newe Town became Hartford in 1637Saybrook became Deep River in 1947Watertown became Wethersfield in 1635Westbury is now WatertownCape Canaveral was renamed Cape Kennedy between 1963 and 1973Cowford is now Jacksonville Dade County is now Miami-Dade County Flagler was changed to Miami before becoming officialOcean City is now Flagler Beach Georgia ">Georgia (U.S. state)">GeorgiaBig Shanty is now Kennesaw Cass County is now Bartow County Crossroads is now Vinings Franklin is now West Point Hammond is now Sandy Springs Harnageville is now Tate Jonesborough is now Jonesboro Lovejoy's Station is now Lovejoy Marble Works is now TateMarthasville is now Atlanta New Prospect Camp Ground is now Alpharetta Northcutt Station is now Acworth Paces is now ViningsRough and Ready is now Mountain View Ruff's Station is now Smyrna Terminus was later AtlantaTunnelsville is now Tunnel Hill Varner's Station is now SmyrnaPark Forest South is now University Park East Chicago Heights is now Ford Heights Hudson in DeKalb County is now Sedan Iba was also a previous name for SedanJervis or Jarvis in DeKalb County is now Butler Kekionga , the capital of the Miami tribe , is now Fort Wayne .Newport in Wayne County is now Fountain City Vienna in DeKalb County is now Newville .Cold Spring became Belchertown .Manchester became Manchester-By-The-Sea .Gumpond is now Tupelo Lancaster is now Lincoln in honor of Abraham Lincoln .New Orange is now Kenilworth German Valley is now Long Valley Hot Springs is now Truth or Consequences New York ">New York (state)">New YorkIdlewild Airport is now John F. Kennedy International Airport New Amsterdam is now New York Nieuw Amersfoort is now Flatlands, Brooklyn Pigtown, Brooklyn is now Wingate, Brooklyn North Tarrytown is now Sleepy Hollow Hamburgh is now Glenville The towns of Leaksville, Spray, and Draper were consolidated and became the city of Eden in 1967. Losantiville is now Cincinnati Mauch Chunk is now Jim Thorpe Charles Town is now Charleston . Coal Creek became Lake City in 1936, after the completion of Norris Dam , which created Norris Lake . Waterloo was renamed Austin after Stephen F. Austin in 1839 when it was chosen to be the capital of the new Republic of Texas . The territory that became Utah was known as Deseret when first settled by Latter-Day Saints in 1847 Parley's Park City became shortened to Park City Fort Utah became Provo The area known as Provo Bench became Orem before the city's incorporation in 1919 Jackson's Hole was changed to Jackson Hole and is now simply Jackson ----
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