Scottish place names in the United States

This is a list of placenames in Scotland which have subsequently been applied to parts of the United States by Scottish emigrants or .

Alabama

*Anderson
*Ardmore (Àrd Mòr meaning great height)
*Barbour County
*Douglas, Alabama
*Glen Allen, Alabama
*Gordon, Alabama
*Gordonville, Alabama
*Inverness, Shelby County
*Inverness, Bullock County
*Kennedy, Alabama
*Lauderdale County (Lauderdale)
*McIntosh, Alabama
*McKenzie, Alabama

Alaska

*Anderson
*Houston
*Kincaid Park
*McKinley Park
*Point MacKenzie, Alaska"Note Minto is a native name, and not related to the place in Scotland of the same name."

Arizona

*Cameron
*Elgin
*Glendale

Arkansas

*Baxter County
*Crawford County
*Dallas County
*Fordyce (Fordyce)
*Knoxville
*Lake Hamilton
*McCaskill
*McDougal
*McNab
*McNeil
*McRae
*Scott

California

*Albany
* Ben Lomond Mountain AVA & Ben Lomond, California
*Bonny Doon
*Cheviot Hills
*Denny (Denny)
*Glendale
*Inverness
*Irvine
*Kelso
*Loch Lomond (Reservoir nr Ben Lomond)
*Scotts Valley
*Stewartville

Colorado

*Ault (originally called McAllister - both Scottish names)
*Crawford
*Fleming, Colorado
*Fraser, Colorado
*Lochbuie
*Moffat

Connecticut

*Scotland

Delaware

*Houston

Florida

*Dunedin, from "Dun Eideann", Scottish Gaelic for Edinburgh
*Inverness

Georgia

*Argyle, Georgia (old spelling of Argyll)
*Lenox, Georgia (Lennox)
*Livingston, Georgia
*McIntyre, Georgia
*Montrose, Georgia

Hawaii

*Falls of Clyde (museum ship)

Idaho

*Aberdeen
*Drummond
*McCammon
*Mackay
*Wallace

Illinois

*Crawford County, Illinois
*Elgin, Illinois
*Glencoe, Illinois
*Hamilton County, Illinois
*Highland Park, Illinois
*Inverness
*Logan County, Illinois

Indiana

*Edinburgh
*Hamilton County, Indiana
*Mount Ayr, Indiana
*New Albany, Indiana (named after Albany NY, in turn named after Alba)
*Ossian, Indiana (after MacPherson's "Ossian")
*Scottsburg, Indiana
*Scott County, Indiana

Iowa

*Armstrong, Iowa
*Ayrshire, Iowa
*Baxter, Iowa
*Blairsburg, Iowa
*Blairstown, Iowa
*Buchanan County, Iowa
*Coulter, Iowa
*Craig, Iowa
*Crawfordsville, Iowa
*Dundee, Iowa
*Dysart, Iowa
*Elgin, Iowa
*Hamilton, Iowa
*Henderson, Iowa
*Hepburn, Iowa
*Lenox, Iowa
*Logan, Iowa
*McCallsburg, Iowa
*McCausland, Iowa
*McClelland, Iowa
*McGregor, Iowa
*McIntire, Iowa
*Maxwell, Iowa
*Malcom, Iowa
*Montrose, Iowa
*Mount Ayr, Iowa
*Ossian, Iowa (Ossian)
*Paton, Iowa
*Patterson, Iowa
*Ruthven, Iowa
*Scott County, Iowa
*Stuart, Iowa
*Tennant, Iowa
*Williamson, Iowa

Kansas

*Athol, Kansas (Atholl)
*Logan County, Kansas
*Scott County, Kansas

Kentucky

*Barbourmeade, Kentucky
*Barbourville, Kentucky
*McKee, Kentucky
*Glasgow

Louisiana

*Cameron, Louisiana & Cameron Parish, Louisiana
*Gretna, Louisiana
*Livingston, Louisiana & Livingston Parish, Louisiana
*Scott, Louisiana

Maine

*North Berwick, Maine

Maryland

*Aberdeen
*Glenelg

Maryland also has a Glen Burnie, a Glasgow and an Erskine, as well as numerous street names that are Scottish, as well as British names like Westminster and Hagerstown.

Massachusetts

*Lenox, Massachusetts (Lennox)
*Lenox Dale, Massachusetts
*Melrose, Massachusetts
*South Hamilton, Massachusetts

Michigan

*Caledonia Township, Shiawassee County, Michigan
*Caledonia Township, Kent County, Michigan
*Caledonia Township, Alcona County, Michigan
*Hamilton Township, Clare County, Michigan
*Hamilton Township, Gratiot County, Michigan
*Hamilton Township, Van Buren County, Michigan

Minnesota

*Albany
*Annandale
*Argyle
*Caledonia
*Caledonia Township
*Dundas
*Dundee
*Edina"From Settlement to Suburb: The History of Edina, Minnesota" by Paul Hesterman, Published by the Edina Historical Society, 1988] :
*Elgin
*Glencoe
*Harris
*Iona
*Montrose
*Nevis
*Rothsay

Mississippi

*Aberdeen
*Inverness

Missouri

*Dallas County, Missouri
*Glasgow, Missouri
*Scotland County, Missouri

Montana

*Ballantine, Montana
*Busby, Montana
*Fergus County, Montana
*Forsyth, Montana
*Frazer, Montana
*Glasgow, Montana
*Glendive, Montana
*Hamilton, Montana
*Huntley, Montana (Huntley, Scottish Borders)
*Inverness
*Kerr, Montana
*Lake McDonald
*Livingston, Montana

Nebraska

*Elgin, Nebraska

Nevada

*Blair, Nevada
*Logan, Nevada
*Logan Springs

New Hampshire

*Stewartstown, New Hampshire

New Jersey

* Hamilton Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey
* Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey
* Perth Amboy, New Jersey

New Mexico

*Glenrio (from Scots "glen" + Spanish "rio" (meaning "river").)
*Melrose, New Mexico

New York

*Albany (ultimately from Alba, Gaelic for Scotland)
*Buchanan
*Caledonia
*Caledonia
*Campbell
*Edinburg
*Glenmore
*Glen Spey
*Livingston
*MacDougall
*McLean
*Melrose
*Monroe
*Murray
*Newburgh
*New Scotland
*Perth, New York
*Scotia
*Selkirk

North Carolina

*Aberdeen
*Davidson, North Carolina
*Davidson County, North Carolina
*Forsyth County
*McDonald, North Carolina
*McDowell County
*McFarlan, North Carolina
*Rutherford
*Rutherfordton, North Carolina
*Scotland County
*Wallace

North Dakota

*Abercrombie
*Ayr
*Balfour
*Bathgate
*Buchanan
*Elgin
*Elliot
*Fingal ("Fingal" is the Scottish form of Finn MacCool)
*Glen Ullin
*Grant County
*Hamilton
*Leith
*Logan County
*McHenry County
*McIntosh County
*McKenzie County
*McLean County
*Morton County
*Perth, North Dakota
*Perth Township, North Dakota

Ohio

*Ross Township, Ohio
*Scott Township, Adams County, Ohio
*Scott Township, Marion County, Ohio
*Scott Township, Brown County, Ohio
*Scott Township, Sandusky County, Ohio

Oklahoma

*Davidson, Oklahoma
*McClain County, Oklahoma
*McCurtain County, Oklahoma
*McIntosh County, Oklahoma
*Douglas, Oklahoma
*Hunter, Oklahoma
*Duncan, Oklahoma
*Morris, Oklahoma
*Newkirk, Oklahoma(formally known as "Kirk" meaning "church")
*McAlester, Oklahoma
*Carnegie, Oklahoma
*Lamont, Oklahoma
*Macomb, Oklahoma
*McLoud, Oklahoma
*Morrison, Oklahoma
*Stuart, Oklahoma
*Chisholm trail,Oklahoma
*Logan county,Oklahoma

Oregon

*Albany
*Burns
*Douglas County
*Dundee

Pennsylvania

*Frazer, Chester County, Pennsylvania
*Hamilton Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania
*Hamilton Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
*Hamilton Township, McKean County, Pennsylvania
*Hamilton Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania
*Hamilton Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania
*McKean County, Pennsylvania
*Ross Township, Pennsylvania
*Scotia also known as "Benore" (named by Andrew Carnegie)
*Scott Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
*Scott Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania
*Scott Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania
*Scott Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
*Scott Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

outh Carolina

*Anderson
*Cameron
*Dunbarton (Dumbarton)
*Elgin, Kershaw County
*Elgin, Lancaster County
*McBee
*McClellanville
*McColl
*McConnells
*McCormick
*McCormick County
*Scotia

outh Dakota

*Aberdeen, South Dakota
*Ardmore, South Dakota

Tennessee

*Burns, Tennessee
*Campbell County, Tennessee
*Claiborne County, Tennessee
*Davidson County, Tennessee
*Erwin, Tennessee
*Houston County, Tennessee
*Knoxville, Tennessee
*McKenzie, Tennessee
*McMinn County, Tennessee
*Polk County, Tennessee
*Scott County, Tennessee

Texas

*Abercrombie
*Abernathy
*Albany
*Argyle
*Armstrong
*Bowie
*Camden
*Cameron
*Cumings
*Dallas - Suburbs include Argyle (Argyll)
*Damon
*Edinburg
*Elgin
*Glenn Heights
*Gordon
*Graham
*Highlands
*Houston - Suburbs include Montrose
*Lake Dallas
*McAllen
*McGirk, Texas
*McGregor
*McKinney
*McLeod
*Midlothian
*Millican
*Ochiltree
*Scotsville

Utah

*Logan, Utah

Vermont

Caledonia County

Virginia

*Scott County, Virginia
*Dumfries, Virginia
*Kilmarnock, Virginia

Washington D.C.

*Logan Circle, Washington, D.C.
*McLean Gardens

Washington State

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*Aberdeen
*Blaine
*Cathcart
*Cunningham
*Douglas
*Elgin
*Fife
*Finley
*Graham
*Kelso
*Kenmore
*Lake McMurray
*McMillan
*McNeil Island
*Monroe
*Sinclair Island

West Virginia

*Glasgow, West Virginia
*Glenville, West Virginia
*Henderson, West Virginia
*McDowell County, West Virginia
*Montrose, West Virginia

Wisconsin

*Anderson, Burnett County, Wisconsin
* Anderson, Iron County, Wisconsin
*Argyle (town), Wisconsin
*Armstrong Creek, Wisconsin
*Burnett County, Wisconsin
*Burns, Wisconsin
*Burnside, Wisconsin
*Caledonia, Columbia County, Wisconsin
*Caledonia, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
*Caledonia, Waupaca County, Wisconsin
*Cameron, Wood County, Wisconsin
*Campbell, Wisconsin
*Clyde, Wisconsin
*Dallas (town), Wisconsin
*Douglas, Wisconsin
*Douglas County, Wisconsin
*Drummond, Wisconsin
*Dunbar, Wisconsin
*Dunn, Dane County, Wisconsin
*Dunn, Dunn County, Wisconsin
*Dunn County, Wisconsin
*Elcho, Wisconsin (Elcho)
*Ettrick (town), Wisconsin
* Glen Haven, Wisconsin
* Glencoe, Wisconsin
* Glendale, Monroe County, Wisconsin
* Glenmore, Wisconsin
* Glenwood, Wisconsin
* Gordon, Ashland County, Wisconsin
* Gordon, Douglas County, Wisconsin
* Grant, Clark County, Wisconsin
* Grant, Dunn County, Wisconsin
* Grant, Monroe County, Wisconsin
* Grant, Portage County, Wisconsin
* Grant, Rusk County, Wisconsin
* Grant, Shawano County, Wisconsin
* Grantsburg (town), Wisconsin
* Hamilton, Wisconsin
* Lamont, Wisconsin
* Lanark, Wisconsin
* McKinley, Polk County, Wisconsin
* McKinley, Taylor County, Wisconsin
* McMillan, Wisconsin
* Reid, Wisconsin
* Scott, Brown County, Wisconsin
* Scott, Burnett County, Wisconsin
* Scott, Columbia County, Wisconsin
* Scott, Crawford County, Wisconsin
* Scott, Lincoln County, Wisconsin
* Scott, Monroe County, Wisconsin
* Scott, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin

Wyoming

*Burns, Wyoming
*Campbell County
*Douglas, Wyoming
*McKinnon

ee also

* Scottish place names in Australia
* Scottish place names in Canada
* Scottish place names in New Zealand

References

* Phillips, James W., "Washington State Place Names", (Seattle, 1971)

External links

* [http://www.rampantscotland.com/placenames/placenames1.htm Scottish placenames around the world]