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named for

Lewis Cass Lewis Cass (October 9, 1782June 17, 1866) was an American military officer, politician, and statesman. He represented Michigan in the United States Senate and served in the Cabinets of two U.S. Presidents, Andrew Jackson and James Buchanan. He w ...

Counties

Cass County, Illinois Cass County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 13,642. Its county seat is Virginia. It is the home of the Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area. History Cass ...

Cass County, Indiana Cass County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, its population was 38,966. The county seat is Logansport. Cass County comprises the Logansport, IN Micropolitan Statistical Area. History Cass C ...

Cass County, Iowa Cass County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,127. Its county seat is Atlantic. It was named to honor Lewis Cass, who was the 1848 Democratic nominee for president. History Cass County ...

Cass County, Michigan Cass County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 51,589. Its county seat is Cassopolis. Cass County is included in the South Bend–Mishawaka, IN-MI, Metropolitan Statistical Area which has a t ...

Cass County, Minnesota Cass County is a county in the central part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 30,066. Its county seat is Walker. The county was formed in 1851, and was organized in 1897. Cass County is included in the ...

Cass County, Missouri Cass County is a County (United States), county located in the western part of the U.S. state of Missouri and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 107,824. Its county ...

Cass County, Nebraska Cass County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 25,241. Its county seat and largest city is Plattsmouth. The county was formed in 1855, and was named for General Lewis Cass. Cass Co ...

Cass County, Texas Cass County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 28,454. The county seat is Linden. The county was named for United States Senator Lewis Cass (D-Michigan), who favored the U.S. annexation o ...

In addition,

Bartow County, Georgia Bartow County is located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 108,901, up from 100,157 in 2010. The county seat is Cartersville. Traditionally considered part of northwest Georgia, B ...

was formerly Cass County, until after the

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Cass County, North Dakota Cass County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 184,525. Cass County is the most populous county in North Dakota, accounting for nearly 24% of the state's population. The county ...

is not named for Lewis Cass but for railroad executive

George Washington Cass George Washington Cass (March 12, 1810 – March 21, 1888) was an American industrialist and president of the Northern Pacific Railway. Family George Washington Cass was born near Dresden, Ohio, March 12, 1810, to George W. and Sophia (Lor ...

Cities, towns, or villages

Cass, West Virginia Cass is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated communityon the Greenbrier River in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 38 at the 2020 census. The community, founded in 1901, was named for Joseph Kerr Ca ...

Cass City, Michigan Cass City is a village in Elkland Township, Tuscola County in the Flint/Tri-Cities area of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,428 at the 2010 U.S. Census and 2,643 at the 2000 U.S. Census (a decrease of about 8%). It is located alo ...

Cass Lake, Minnesota Cass Lake is a city in Cass County, Minnesota, United States, located within the boundaries of the Leech Lake Indian Reservation. It is surrounded by Pike Bay Township. Cass Lake had a population of 675 in the 2020 census. It is notable as t ...

Cassopolis, Michigan Cassopolis is a village in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Cass County. It is located mostly in LaGrange Township with a small portion extending east into Penn Township. The village and county are named after statesman Lewis ...

Casstown, Ohio Casstown is a village in Miami County, Ohio, United States. The population was 267 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Casstown was originally called Trimmensburgh, and under the latter name was lai ...

Cassville, Georgia Cassville is an unincorporated community in Bartow County in the U.S. state of Georgia. It was originally the county seat before the name was changed from Cass County. The seat was moved to Cartersville after General Sherman destroyed Cassville ...

, formerly the county seat of

, which was formerly Cass County, Georgia, until after the

Cassville, Missouri Cassville is a city in Flat Creek Township, Barry County, Missouri, Flat Creek Township, Barry County, Missouri, Barry County, Missouri, United States. According to the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of Cassville was 3,190. ...

* Cassville, New Jersey *

Cassville, Pennsylvania Cassville is a borough in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the borough population was 138. Geography Cassville is located in south-central Huntingdon County at (40.293042, -78.027646), at an elevation of . ...

Cassville, Wisconsin Cassville is a village in Grant County, Wisconsin, Grant County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 777 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. The village is located along the Mississippi River, opposite from the mouth of the Tur ...

Cassville, New York Cassville is a hamlet in Oneida County, New York, United States. Cassville is situated on and adjacent to New York State Route 8 in the town of Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 ...

Townships

Cass Township, Illinois Cass may refer to: People and fictional characters * Cass (surname), a list of people * Cass (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Big Cass, ring name of wrestler William Morrissey * Cass, in British band Skunk Anansie * Cass ...

Fulton County, Illinois Fulton County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it had a population of 37,069. Its county seat is Lewistown, and the largest city is Canton. Fulton County comprises the Canton, IL Micropolitan Statisti ...

Cass Township, Clay County, Indiana Cass Township is one of eleven townships in Clay County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 347 and it contained 140 housing units. History Cass Township was organized in the 1840s. It was named for Lewis Cass. The Indiana State ...

Cass Township, Dubois County, Indiana Cass Township is one of twelve townships in Dubois County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,115 and it contained 873 housing units. History Cass Township was created from land given by Patoka Township. Geography According t ...

Cass Township, Greene County, Indiana Cass Township is one of fifteen townships in Greene County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 358. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 97.46%) is land and (or 2.49% ...

Cass Township, LaPorte County, Indiana Cass Township is one of twenty-one townships in LaPorte County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,833 and it contained 757 housing units. History Cass Township was established in 1848. It was named for Lewis Cass, Democratic ca ...

Cass Township, Ohio County, Indiana Cass Township is one of four townships in Ohio County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 714 and it contained 303 housing units. History Cass Township was organized in 1845. Geography According to the 2010 census, ...

Cass Township, Pulaski County, Indiana Cass Township is one of twelve townships in Pulaski County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 878 and it contained 376 housing units. Cass Township was organized in 1850. Geography According to the 2010 census, t ...

Cass Township, Sullivan County, Indiana Cass Township is one of nine townships in Sullivan County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,074 and it contained 975 housing units. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or ...

Cass Township, White County, Indiana Cass Township is one of twelve townships in White County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 585 and it contained 228 housing units. Cass Township was established in 1848. The township was named for Gen. Lewis Cass, ...

Cass Township, Boone County, Iowa Cass Township is one of seventeen Township (United States), townships in Boone County, Iowa, Boone County, Iowa, United States, USA. As of the United States Census, 2000, 2000 census, its population was 668. History Cass Township was established ...

* Cass Township, Cass County, Iowa * Cass Township, Cedar County, Iowa *

Cass Township, Clayton County, Iowa Cass Township is a township in Clayton County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,835. History Cass Township is named for Lewis Cass. Geography Cass Township covers an area of and contains one incorporated settl ...

Cass Township, Guthrie County, Iowa Cass Township is a township in Guthrie County, Iowa, USA The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 stat ...

Cass Township, Hamilton County, Iowa Cass Township is a township in Hamilton County, Iowa, USA The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 sta ...

* Cass Township, Harrison County, Iowa *

Cass Township, Jones County, Iowa Cass Township is a township in Jones County, Iowa Jones County is a county in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census the population was 20,646. The county seat is Anamosa. The county was founded in 1837 and named after George Wallace ...

* Cass Township, Shelby County, Iowa * Cass Township, Wapello County, Iowa *

Cass Township, Douglas County, Missouri Cass may refer to: People and fictional characters * Cass (surname), a list of people * Cass (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Big Cass, ring name of wrestler William Morrissey * Cass, in British band Skunk Anansie * Cas ...

Cass Township, Greene County, Missouri Cass Township is an inactive township in Greene County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. Cass Township has the name of politician Lewis Cass Lewis Cass (October 9, 1782June 17, 1866) was an American military officer, politician, and statesman. H ...

Cass Township, Stone County, Missouri Cass may refer to: People and fictional characters * Cass (surname), a list of people * Cass (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Big Cass, ring name of wrestler William Morrissey * Cass, in British band Skunk Anansie * Cas ...

Cass Township, Texas County, Missouri Cass Township is a township in Texas County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. Cass Township was originally called "Benton Township", and under the latter name was established in 1845, and named after Thomas Hart Benton. The present name, adopt ...

Cass Township, Hancock County, Ohio Cass Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 1,008. Geography Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Bloom Township, ...

Cass Township, Muskingum County, Ohio Cass Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,811 people in the township. Geography Located on the northern edge of the county, it borders the following townships: * Washing ...

Cass Township, Richland County, Ohio Cass Township is one of the eighteen townships of Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area. The 2000 census found 1,735 people in the township, 1,014 of whom lived in the unincorporated p ...

* Cass Township, Oklahoma,

Oklahoma County, Oklahoma Oklahoma County is located in the central part of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 718,633, making it the most populous county in Oklahoma. The county seat is Oklahoma City, the state capital and largest ci ...

Cass Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania Cass Township is a township in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,020 at the 2020 census. General information *ZIP Codes: 16622, 16623 *Area Code: 814 *Local Phone Exchanges: 447, 448 *School District: Southern ...

Cass Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Cass Township is a township in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. Formed in 1848 from part of Branch Township, Pennsylvania, Branch Township, it is named for Lewis Cass. Geography According to the U ...

Cassville (town), Wisconsin Cassville is a town in Grant County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 487 at the 2000 census. The Village of Cassville is located within the town. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 36 ...

Geographical features

Cass Lake (Minnesota) Cass Lake is a lake in north central Minnesota in the United States. It is approximately long and wide, located in Cass and Beltrami counties, within the Chippewa National Forest and the Leech Lake Indian Reservation, adjacent to its namesake ...

Cass Lake (Michigan) Cass Lake is on the main branch of the Clinton River. Upstream from Cass Lake is 243-acre Loon Lake. Cass Lake also connects with 363-acre Elizabeth Lake & the small Dow Lake, in Dow Ridge. Downstream from Cass Lake is the 532-acre Sylvan ...

* Cass River, Michigan

Buildings

* Lewis Cass Technical High School,

Detroit Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at th ...

Michigan Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...

* Lewis Cass Jr. Sr High School,

Walton, Indiana Walton is a town in Tipton Township, Cass County, Indiana, United States. The population was 1,049 at the 2010 census. History Walton had its start in the year 1852 by the building of the railroad through that territory. It was named for its fo ...

* Lewis Cass Elementary School,

Livonia, Michigan Livonia is a city in Wayne County, Michigan, Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 95,535 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, which ranked it as Michigan's ninth most-populated municipality. Livonia is a part ...

Note: The

Elliott-Larsen Building The Elliott-Larsen Building is a state government office in downtown Lansing, Michigan, named after Democratic State Representative Daisy Elliott and Republican State Representative Melvin Larsen, primary sponsors of the Elliott-Larsen Civil Ri ...

Lansing, Michigan Lansing () is the capital of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is mostly in Ingham County, although portions of the city extend west into Eaton County and north into Clinton County. The 2020 census placed the city's population at 112,644, making ...

had been named for Lewis Cass until 2020, when Michigan Governor

Gretchen Whitmer Gretchen Esther Whitmer (born August 23, 1971) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 49th governor of Michigan since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2001 to 2006 a ...

renamed the building for two Michigan civil rights pioneers, rather than Cass, a slaveholder who supported the expansion of slavery and expulsion of Native Americans from their lands.

Other

Cass Corridor The Cass Corridor is the name of the neighborhoods on the west end of Midtown Detroit. It includes the Cass Park Historic District, the Cass-Davenport Historic District and Old Chinatown. The corridor's main street, Cass Avenue, runs parallel wit ...

* Cass Park and

Cass Park Historic District The Cass Park Historic District is a historic district in Midtown Detroit, Michigan, consisting of 25 buildings along the streets of Temple, Ledyard, and 2nd, surrounding Cass Park. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in ...

, Detroit, Michigan * Cass-Davenport Historic District, Detroit, Michigan * Center Cass School District #66, Downers Grove, Illinois * Cass Cliff,

Mackinac Island Mackinac Island ( ; french: Île Mackinac; oj, Mishimikinaak ᒥᔑᒥᑭᓈᒃ; otw, Michilimackinac) is an island and resort area, covering in land area, in the U.S. state of Michigan. The name of the island in Odawa is Michilimackinac an ...

Fort Cass Fort Cass was a fort located on the Hiwassee River in present-day Charleston, Tennessee, that served as the military operational headquarters for the entire Cherokee removal, an forced migration of the Cherokee known as the Trail of Tears from the ...

Note: Southwest Heritage Intermediate School District in

had been named Cass County ISD until 2021. The school board renamed the district after a historical reevaluation of namesake Lewis Cass.

Streets

* Cass Street, Exeter, New Hampshire * Cass Place, Walnut Park, California * Cass Avenue, Bay City, Michigan * Cass Avenue,

Grand Rapids, Michigan Grand Rapids is a city and county seat of Kent County, Michigan, Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a population of 198,917 which ranks it as the List of municipalities in Mi ...

* Cass Avenue,

* Cass Avenue, Macomb County, Michigan * Cass Street, Portsmouth, New Hampshire * Cass Street, San Diego, California * Cass Street,

Omaha Omaha ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's 39th-largest city ...

Nebraska Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwe ...

* Cass Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin * Cass Avenue,

St. Louis St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the bi-state metropolitan area, which e ...

Missouri Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...

* Cass Street,

Albion Albion is an alternative name for Great Britain. The oldest attestation of the toponym comes from the Greek language. It is sometimes used poetically and generally to refer to the island, but is less common than 'Britain' today. The name for Scot ...

* Cass Street, Dresden, Ohio Note: Cass Street in

Traverse City, Michigan Traverse City ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat of Grand Traverse County, although a small portion extends into Leelanau County. It is the largest city in the 21-county Northern Michigan region. The population was ...

and in

Cadillac, Michigan Cadillac ( ) is a city in and county seat of Wexford County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 10,371 at the 2020 census, which ranks it the third most-populated city in the Northern Michigan region after Traverse City and Alp ...

were named for Lewis Cass's nephew,

Notes

References

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