List Of Place Names Of French Origin In The United States

Several thousand place names in the United States have names of French origin, some a legacy of past French exploration and rule over much of the land and some in honor of French help during the American Revolution and the founding of the country (''see also: New France and French in the United States''). Others were named after early Americans of French, especially Huguenot, ancestry (Marion, Revere, Fremont, Lanier, Sevier, Macon, Decatur, etc.). Some places received their names as a consequence of French colonial settlement (e.g. Baton Rouge, Detroit, New Orleans, Saint Louis). Nine state capitals are French words or of French origin (Baton Rouge, Boise, Des Moines, Juneau, Montgomery, Montpelier, Pierre, Richmond, Saint Paul) - not even counting Little Rock (originally "La Petite Roche") or Cheyenne (a French rendering of a Lakota word). Fifteen state names are either French words / origin (Delaware, New Jersey, Louisiana, Maine, Oregon, Vermont) or Native American words rendered by French speakers (Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Mississippi, Ohio, Wisconsin).

The suffix "-ville," from the French word for "city" is common for town and city names throughout the United States. Many originally French place names, possibly hundreds, in the Midwest and Upper West were replaced with directly translated English names once American settlers became locally dominant (e.g. "La Petite Roche" became Little Rock; "Baie Verte" became Green Bay; "Grandes Fourches" became Grand Forks).

Alabama

*Albertville
* Barbour County
*Bay Minette ("Kitty Bay" or "Cute Bay")
* Bayou la Batre ("Bayou of the Battery")
* Belle Fontaine ("Beautiful Fountain")
* Belle Mina
* Bon Air ("Good Air")
* Bon Secour ("Good Rescue")
* Centreville (City-center, or Downtown. Note the "re" spelling of centre, as opposed to "er" as in center)
* Citronelle (named after the citrus trees.)
*Daphne
*Dauphin Island (named after the Dauphin, French crown prince)
* DeArmanville
* Decatur
*Decatur County
* Delchamps
*Detroit
* Fayette County
* Gasque
* Grande Batture Islands
* Isle aux Dames (Island of the ladies)
* Isle aux Herbes (Island of the herbs)
*LaFayette
* Lamar County
* Le Moyne (The Monk, old spelling)
* Leroy
* Malbis
*Marion (named after Francis Marion, patriot of the American Revolution and of Huguenot ancestry)
* Mentone
*Mobile (French name for the indigenous Mauvilla tribe)
*Mobile County
* Mon Louis
* Montrose
* Semmes

Alaska

* La Chaussée Spit at the entrance of Lituya Bay. Named originally in charts prepared by French explorer Jean-François de La Pérouse in 1786. ''La Chaussée'' means "causeway".
* Mount La Pérouse (3231 m) and La Pérouse Glacier in the Fairweather Range of Alaska, both named after French explorer and naval captain Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse
*Gastineau Channel named after John Gastineau, an English Civil Engineer and Surveyor with a French surname. Compare with Gatineau.
*Juneau named after Joseph Juneau, French-Canadian prospector and gold miner

Arizona

* Clemenceau (Named after the French prime minister during World War I)
* Picket Wire (Corruption of the French ''Purgatoire'', "Purgatory")
*Peridot

Arkansas

*Arkansas (named by French explorers from aboriginal word meaning "south wind")
*Antoine ("Anthony")
* Aurelle
*Auvergne ( a French region)
* Barraque Township
* Bayou
*Bayou Meto, Arkansas County, Arkansas
*Bayou Meto, Lonoke County, Arkansas
* Beauchamp (fair of beautiful field or plain)
* Beaudry
* Belleaire (from "belle aire", beautiful place)
* Belleville ("Beautiful City")
* Bellefonte (maybe from "belle fontaine", beautiful fountain)
* Boeuf ("Beef")
* Bonair (good air)
* Buie
* Burdette
*Cache
* Cadron
*Calumet The French word for a Native American tobacco pipe.
*Calvin (Anglicized version of Cauvin, famous French Protestant)
* Champagnolle
*Chancel
* Chicot County (a stump)
*Claude
* Cloquet
* Darcy
* De Roche (of the rock)
* Deberrie
* Decatur
* Delaplaine (Of-the-plains, surname)
* Departee
* Devue
* Des Arc ("At the bend")
* Dumas (French surname)
* Ecore Fabre
* Fayetteville (named for French general, Marquis de La Fayette)
* Fontaine ("Fountain", a surname)
* Fourche ("Pitchfork")
* Fourche Lafave
* Fourche Valley
* Francure
* Frenchman's Bayou
* Gallatin
* Grand Glaise ("Large Clay")
* Gravette
* La Fave
* La Grue (the crane)
* La Grue Springs
*Lacrosse
* Ladelle
* Lafayette County
* LaGrange ("the barn")
*Lamartine (French author Alphonse de Lamartine, also a surname)
* L'Anguille ("The Eel")
* Lapile
* Larue (the street)
*Latour (the tower)
* Lave Creek
* Levesque ("Bishop", a common French-Canadian surname)
* Macon (French city "Mâcon")
* Marais Saline (saline marsh)
*Marche
* Maumee
* Maumelle (breasts)
*Monette, Arkansas, Monette
*Mont Sandels, Arkansas, Mont Sandels
*Montreal, Arkansas, Montreal (royal mount)
*Moro Bay, Arkansas, Moreau (feedbag, probably a family's proper name)
*Mount Magazine
*New Gascony, Arkansas, New Gascony (Gascony)
*Ozark, Arkansas, Ozark (phonetic rendering of either ''aux Arks,'' "of the Ark(ansas)" or ''aux Arcs'', "of the arches", or possibly ''aux arcs-en-ciel'', "of the rainbows")
*Ozark Mountains as per immediately above
*Paris, Arkansas, Paris
*Paroquet, Arkansas, Paroquet
*Partain, Arkansas, Partain
*Petit Jean, Arkansas, Petit Jean ("Little John" named after a French sailor on the Arkansas River)
*Pollard, Arkansas, Pollard
*Prairie County, Arkansas, Prairie County ("prairie, meadow")
*Sans Souci, Arkansas, Sans Souci (literally without concern)
*Segur, Arkansas, Segur (French city)
*Sevier County, Arkansas, Sevier County
*Smackover, Arkansas, Smackover (Anglicize, Anglicization of ''chemin couvert'', "covered way")
*Soudan, Arkansas, Soudan
*St. Francis County, Arkansas, St. Francis County
*Terre Noire, Arkansas, Terre Noire (black earth)
*Terre Rouge, Arkansas, Terre Rouge (redland or red earth)
*Tollette, Arkansas, Tollette
*Tully, Arkansas, Tully
*Urbanette, Arkansas, Urbanette
*Vallier, Arkansas, Vallier (French surname)
*Vaucluse, Arkansas, Vaucluse (French region)
*Vaugine Township
*Vidette, Arkansas, Vidette
*Villemont, Arkansas, Villemont (ville = city, mont = mount)

California

*Alsace, California, Alsace (Region in France bordering Germany)
*Artois, California, Artois (named after Artois, France)
*Bel Air, California, Bel Air ("Beautiful Air")
*Belfort, California, Belfort ("Beautiful Fort")
*Belmont, California, Belmont ("Beautiful Mount")
*Bonnefoy, California, Bonnefoy ("Good Faith")
*Cassel, California, Cassel (a town in France)
*Chalfant, California, Chalfant
*Delano, California, Delano (after a scion of the famous Delano Family, originally Huguenots named "De Lannoye")
*Disneyland (after Walt Disney, a descendant of the Normans, Norman family ''d'Isigny'' (Isigny-sur-Mer, Isigny, Normandie, France))
*Fremont, California, Fremont (named for John C. Frémont, American soldier, explorer and politician of French ancestry)
*Friant, California, Friant
*Gasquet, California, Gasquet
*Guerneville, California, Guerneville
*Lafayette, California, Lafayette (named for the French general Marquis de La Fayette)
*La Grange, California, La Grange ("The Barn")
*La Grange Reservoir
*La Porte, California, La Porte ("The door")
*La Verne, California, La Verne
*Lebec, California, Lebec (Le bec = "the beak")
*Le Grand, California, Le Grand ("The Big")
*Montague, California, Montague (pointed hill)
*Montclair, California, Montclair ("Clear Mountain")
*Nice, California, Nice (After French city of the same name)
*Nord, California, Nord ("North")
*Orleans, California, Orleans
*Rubidoux, California, Rubidoux (named for Louis Rubidoux)
**Mount Rubidoux
*San Francisco (named after Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis of Assisi, who had received that name because his mother was French or as a tribute to France)
*Vichy Springs, Napa County, California, Vichy Springs (After French city of the same name)

Colorado

*Ault, Colorado, Ault
*Bellevue, Colorado, Bellevue ("Beautiful Sight" or View")
*Berthoud, Colorado, Berthoud
*Berthoud Pass and town of Berthoud, Colorado, Berthoud
*Bethune, Colorado, Bethune (Maybe from Maximilien de Béthune, also a place)nghn
*Bijou Creek (Colorado), Bijou Creek (from bijoux meaning "jewel")
*Cache La Poudre River ("hide the powder" or "powder cache")
*Calumet, Colorado, Calumet See Arkansas
*De Beque, Colorado, De Beque
*Florissant, Colorado, Florissant (from "flowering")
*Fremont County, Colorado, Fremont County
*Grand County, Colorado, Grand County
*Lafayette, Colorado, Lafayette
*Lamar, Colorado, Lamar
*Laporte, Colorado, Laporte ("The Door", a common French Canadian surname)
*La Salle, Colorado, La Salle ("The Room", surname)
*Louisville, Colorado, Louisville (city of Louis, king of France)
*Louviers, Colorado, Louviers
*Lyons, Colorado, Lyons (a city in France)
*Montclair, Denver, Montclair ("Bright or "Clear Mountain")
*Montrose, Colorado, Montrose (Rose-mount)
*Montrose County, Colorado, Montrose County
*North Platte River, North and South Platte Rivers
*Parachute, Colorado, Parachute
*Parachute Creek
*Platteville, Colorado, Platteville
*Poudre Park, Colorado, Poudre Park
*Purgatoire River
*St. Vrain Creek
*Sublette, Colorado, Sublette
*Vernon, Colorado, Vernon

Connecticut

*Ballouville, Connecticut, Ballouville
*Montville, Connecticut, Montville
*Pomfret Landing, Connecticut, Pomfret Landing
*Versailles, Connecticut, Versailles
*Versailles Pond in New London County, Connecticut, New London County

Delaware

*Delaware named after Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, Lord de la Warre (Anglo-Norman surname originally ''de la Guerre'' meaning; "of the war")
*Bellefonte, Delaware, Bellefonte (beautiful fountain)
*Bellevue, Delaware, Bellevue

Florida

*Barrineau Park, Florida, Barrineau Park
*Bayou George, Florida, Bayou George
*Belandville, Florida, Belandville (failed "colony" in northern Santa Rosa County, Florida, Santa Rosa County, approximately one mile south of its border with Escambia County, Alabama)
*Belle Glade, Florida, Belle Glade ("beautiful" glade)
*Belle Isle, Florida, Belle Isle
*Brevard County, Florida, Brevard County
*Clermont, Florida, Clermont
*Destin, Florida, Destin ("destiny")
*DuPuis Reserve, Florida, DuPuis Reserve
*Duval County, Florida, Duval County (named for William Pope DuVal)
*Eau Gallie, Florida, Eau Gallie ("rocky water")
*Fort Caroline
*Fontainebleau, Florida, Fontainebleau
*LaBelle, Florida, LaBelle ("The Beauty", "The Beautiful" or "Beautiful Woman")
*Lafayette County, Florida, Lafayette County
*Lake Lorraine, Florida, Lake Lorraine
*Marion County, Florida, Marion County
*Navarre, Florida, Navarre (Navarre)
*Navarre Beach, Florida, Navarre Beach
*Port Saint Lucie, Florida, Port Saint Lucie (Lucie is French for Lucy)
*Ribault River (named for Jean Ribault leader of the Huguenot colony Fort Caroline in early Florida whose inhabitants were massacred by the Spanish)

Georgia

*Beaulieu, Georgia, Beaulieu ("pretty place")
*Berrien County, Georgia, Berrien County
*Decatur, Georgia, Decatur
*Decatur County, Georgia, Decatur County
*Fannin County, Georgia, Fannin County
*Fayette County, Georgia, Fayette County
*LaGrange, Georgia, LaGrange ("The Barn", named for the French Estate of Marquis de Lafayette)
*Lanier County
*Macon, Georgia, Macon ("mason")
*Valdosta, Georgia, Valdosta (named after the French-speaking region of Aosta Valley, Val d'Aoste in the Italian Alps)

Hawai'i

*Fort DeRussy Military Reservation, Fort DeRussy (named for General René Edward De Russy and his brother Lewis, soldiers of Huguenot ancestry)
*French Frigate Shoals
*La Perouse Bay, La Pérouse Bay named after Jean-François de Galaup, Comte de La Pérouse, first European to visit the island of Maui
*La Perouse Pinnacle, La Pérouse Pinnacle located in the French Frigate Shoals, Hawai'i

Idaho

*Arbon, Idaho, Arbon
*Bellevue, Idaho, Bellevue ("Beautiful View")
*Blanchard, Idaho, Blanchard (French surname)
*Boise, Idaho, Boise (from ''boisé,'' "Wooded")
*Bonneville County, Idaho, Bonneville County (named after Benjamin Louis Eulalie de Bonneville (1796–1878), a French-born officer in the United States Army, fur trapper and explorer)
*Bovard, Idaho, Bovard
*Bruneau, Idaho, Bruneau (French surname)
*Cache, Idaho, Cache ("hidden")
*Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, Coeur d'Alene ("Heart of the Awl")
*Culdesac, Idaho, Culdesac ("Dead End")
*Dubois, Idaho, Dubois ("of the wood")
*Fremont County, Idaho, Fremont County
*Grandjean, Idaho, Grandjean
*Grangeville, Idaho, Grangeville ("barn city")
*Jacques, Idaho, Jacques
*Labelle, Idaho, Labelle
*Laclede, Idaho, Laclede
*La Fleur, Idaho, La Fleur ("the Flower")
*Malad City, Idaho, Malad City (from ''malade'', French for "sick")
*Michaud, Idaho, Michaud (French surname from Michel (Michael))
*Montour, Idaho, Montour
*Montpelier, Idaho, Montpelier
*Nez Perce County, Idaho, Nez Perce County (from the Nez Perce Indian Reservation, Nez Perce Tribe's name "nez percé" meaning "pierced nose")
*Paris, Idaho, Paris
*Payette, Idaho, Payette (named after François Payette)
*Pierre's Hole
*Ponderay, Idaho, Ponderay (from ''pend oreille'', "earring")
*Simplot, Idaho, Simplot
*St. Maries, Idaho, St. Maries
*Teton, Idaho, Teton ("Teat")
*Thiard, Idaho, Thiard

Illinois

*Illinois, French version of ''Illini'', a local Native Americans in the United States, Native American tribe
*Illinois River
*Beaucoup Creek (plenty good)
*Belle Rive, Illinois, Belle River ("Beautiful Bank") (French military commander)
*Belleville, Illinois, Belleville ("Beautiful City")
*Bonpas Creek ("Good Step")
*Bourbonnais (named for François Bourbonnais, Sr., a fur trader)
*Bureau County, Illinois, Bureau County ("Office"; person's name)
*Cache River (Illinois), Cache River (hidden river)
*Champaign, Illinois, Champaign (from Champaigne, a French surname)
*Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, although not a French place name in itself, ''shikaakwa'' or "wild onion" in the Native-American Miami-Illinois language, the pronunciation of the "chi" (as opposed to the "chi" as in China) is the result of early French settlement
*Creve Coeur, Illinois, Creve Coeur ("Heartbreak"; early French fort)
*Decatur, Illinois, Decatur
*DePue (named for an early French fur trader by the name of De Pue)
*Des Plaines, Illinois, Des Plaines ("of the Plains")
*Des Plaines River
*Du Bois, Illinois, Du Bois (from the woods)
*DuPage River
*DuQuoin, Illinois, Du Quoin (name of an Illiniwek chief)
*Embarras River (Illinois), Embarrass ("Predicament")
*Fayette County, Illinois, Fayette County (after LaFayette)
*Fort Massac
*Hennepin, Illinois, Hennepin (named in honor of the 17th-century French explorer Father Louis Hennepin)
*Joliet, Illinois, Joliet (named after explorer Louis Jolliet)
*La Fayette, Illinois, La Fayette
*La Grange, Illinois, La Grange ("The Barn")
*La Moille, Illinois, La Moille
*La Moine River ("The Monk", after an early monastery)
*La Salle, Illinois, La Salle (named after explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle. ''La Salle'' literally means "the Hall.")
*L'erable, Illinois (Settled by French Canadians)
*Libertyville, Illinois, Libertyville
*Marion, Illinois, Marion
*Marseilles, Illinois, Marseilles (after Marseille)
*Massac County, Illinois, Massac (French Minister)
*Menard County, Illinois, Menard County (after Pierre Menard)
*Prairie du Rocher, Illinois, Prairie du Rocher ("Prairie of the Rock")
*Paris, Illinois, Paris
*Rochelle, Illinois, Rochelle
*St. Anne, Illinois, St. Anne (Anne is spelled in French. Founded by French-speaking Canadians. See Charles Chiniquy)
*St. Georges, Illinois, St. Georges (Note: retains the silent "s" from the French)
*Sublette, Illinois, Sublette
*Toulon, Illinois, Toulon
*Versailles, Illinois, Versailles (for the French city and palace)

Indiana

*Bourbon, Indiana, Bourbon
*Clermont, Indiana, Clermont
*Decatur, Indiana, Decatur
*Decatur County, Indiana, Decatur County
*Delaware County, Indiana, Delaware County
*De Motte, Indiana, De Motte ("the mound")
*Dubois County, Indiana, Dubois County
*Dunkirk, Indiana, Dunkirk
*Fayette, Indiana, Fayette
*Fayette County, Indiana, Fayette County
*Ferdinand, Indiana, Ferdinand
*Fremont, Indiana, Fremont
*French Lick, Indiana, French Lick
*Fugit, Indiana, Fugit
*Jay County, Indiana, Jay County
*La Crosse, Indiana, La Crosse
*La Fontaine, Indiana, La Fontaine
*La Porte, Indiana, La Porte (named by French explorers travelling up from the south, this area was the first clearing or "door" out of the heavy woods to the south.)
*La Porte County, Indiana, La Porte County
*Lafayette, Indiana, Lafayette (named for the French general, Marquis de Lafayette)
*LaGrange County, Indiana, LaGrange County
*Ligonier, Indiana, Ligonier
*Marion County, Indiana, Marion County
*Montpelier, Indiana, Montpelier
*Napoleon, Indiana, Napoleon
*Notre Dame, Indiana, Notre Dame ("Our Lady")
*Orleans, Indiana, Orleans
*Portage, Indiana, Portage
*St. Croix, Indiana, Saint Croix
*Saint Leon, Indiana
*St. Paul, Indiana, St. Paul
*Sedan, Indiana, Sedan
*Terre Haute, Indiana, Terre Haute ("High Ground")
*Vernon, Indiana, Vernon
*Versailles, Indiana, Versailles
*Vevay, Indiana, Vevay
*Vincennes, Indiana, Vincennes (named for François Marie Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes)

Iowa

*Audubon, Iowa, Audubon
*Belle Plaine, Iowa, Belle Plaine
*Belleville, Iowa, Belleville
*Bellevue, Iowa, Bellevue
*Belmond, Iowa, Belmond
*Belmont, Iowa, Belmont
*Bennezette, Iowa, Bennezette
*Bonaparte, Iowa, Bonaparte
*Bondurant, Iowa, Bondurant
*Boyer, Iowa, Boyer
*Chariton, Iowa, Chariton
*Couler Valley ("To Flow," also namesake for the Bee Branch Creek (Iowa), Couler Creek)
*Clutier, Iowa, Clutier
*Decatur City, Iowa, Decatur City
*Decatur County, Iowa, Decatur County
*Des Moines, Iowa, Des Moines (from ''Rivière des Moines'', "River of the Monks", the river flowing through the city)
*Dubuque, Iowa, Dubuque (named after explorer Julien Dubuque)
*Durant, Iowa, Durant (French surname)
*Fayette, Iowa, Fayette (town and county, named after the French Marquis de LaFayette who served in the Revolutionary War)
*Fontanelle, Iowa, Fontanelle
*Fort de la Trinité, Iowa, Fort de la Trinité
*Fremont, Iowa, Fremont
*Giard, Iowa
*Lafayette, Iowa, Lafayette
*La Grange, Iowa, La Grange ("The Barn")
*La Motte, Iowa, La Motte
*La Porte, Iowa, La Porte ("The Door")
*Le Claire, Iowa, Le Claire
*Le Grand, Iowa, Le Grand ("The Great")
*Le Mars, Iowa, Le Mars ("March")
*Le Roy, Iowa, Le Roy ("The King")
*Lyons, Iowa (named after the French city, Lyon (France), Lyon)
*Marion, Iowa (named after Francis Marion, Revolutionary War hero of a S. Carolinian French Huguenot family)
*Marquette, Iowa, Marquette
*Martelle, Iowa, Martelle
*Mondamin, Iowa, Mondamin
*Montpelier, Iowa, Montpelier
*Muscatine, Iowa, Muscatine
*Orleans, Iowa, Orleans (French city of Orléans)
*Paris, Iowa, Paris
*Platte, Iowa, Platte
*Prairie, Iowa, Prairie
*Rinard, Iowa, Rinard
*Tete Des Morts Township, Jackson County, Iowa, Tête des Morts ("Head of the Dead Ones")

Kansas

*Belleville, Kansas, Belleville
*Belle Plaine, Kansas, Belle Plaine
*Bourbon County, Kansas, Bourbon County
*Decatur County, Kansas, Decatur County
*La Cygne, Kansas, La Cygne ("The Swan"; after the Marais des Cygnes River, which was named by French explorers)
*Labette County, Kansas, Labette County, named after Pierre La Bette, an early settler of French origin
*Lecompton, Kansas, Lecompton
*LeLoup, Kansas, LeLoup "The Wolf"
*Marais des Cygnes River
*Marion County, Kansas, Marion County
*Reno County, Kansas, Reno County, named after Major General Jesse Lee Reno, a Union officer killed in the American Civil War. (Reno's family name was a modified version of the French surname "Renault".)
*St. Francis, Kansas, St. Francis
*Sedan, Kansas, Sedan
*Sublette, Kansas
*Toulon, Kansas, Toulon (most likely named for the French city)
*Wyandotte County, Kansas, Wyandotte County, French spelling of the name of an Indian tribe who were also known as the Hurons by the French in Canada

Kentucky

Cities
*Bellefonte, Kentucky, Bellefonte
*Bellemeade, Kentucky, Bellemeade
*Bellevue, Kentucky, Bellevue ("Beautiful Sight")
*La Center, Kentucky, La Center
*La Grange, Kentucky, La Grange
*LaFayette, Kentucky, LaFayette
*Louisville, Kentucky, Louisville (named in honor of King Louis XVI in 1778)
*Paris, Kentucky, Paris
*Versailles, Kentucky, Versailles

Counties
*Bourbon County, Kentucky, Bourbon County (name for House of Bourbon, European Royal House)
*Fayette County, Kentucky, Fayette County (named for Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette)
*Gallatin County, Kentucky, Gallatin County (named for Albert Gallatin, Swiss American and Secretary of State)
*LaRue County, Kentucky, LaRue County (named for John LaRue, early Kentucky settler)
*Marion County, Kentucky, Marion County (named for Francis Marion, a hero of the American Revolution of French Huguenot ancestry)

Louisiana

*Louisiana (''Louisiane'' in French - named in honor of King Louis XIV of Kingdom of France, France in 1682)
*Abbeville, Louisiana, Abbeville (after Abbeville, France) (''One of several communities in the United States named "Abbeville".'')
*Algiers, Louisiana, Algiers New Orleans neighborhood
*Ascension Parish, named from the French ''l'Ascension''
*Arnaudville, Louisiana, Arnaudville
*Assumption Parish, named from the French ''l'Assomption''
*Audubon, New Orleans, Audubon New Orleans neighborhood
*Avoyelles Parish
*Baton Rouge ("Red Stick")
*Bayou Cane, Louisiana, Bayou Cane
*Bayou Chicot, Louisiana, Bayou Chicot
*Bayou Gauche, Louisiana, Bayou Gauche ("Left Bayou")
*Bayou Grande Cheniere Mounds
*Bayou L'Ourse, Louisiana, Bayou L'Ourse
*Beauregard Parish
*Belle Alliance, Louisiana, Belle Alliance ("Beautiful Alliance")
*Belle Chasse, Louisiana, Belle Chasse ("Beautiful Hunting")
*Belle d'Eau, Louisiana, Belle d'Eau
*Belle Rose, Louisiana, Belle Rose ("Beautiful Rose")
*Belmont, Louisiana, Belmont
*Bienville Parish
*Blanchard, Louisiana, Blanchard (named after a Louisiana governor of French ancestry)
*Bonnet Carré Spillway, Bonnet Carré, flood prevention spillway on the Mississippi River ("square bonnet")
*Bossier City, Louisiana, Bossier City (after Pierre Bossier)
*Bossier Parish
*Bourg, Louisiana, Bourg (ancient French word for "town")
*Breaux Bridge
*Breton National Wildlife Refuge (on and around Breton Island (Louisiana), Breton Island)
*Broussard, Louisiana, Broussard (after merchant Valsin Broussard, of Acadian descent)
*Butte La Rose
*Calcasieu, Louisiana, Calcasieu
*Cancienne, Louisiana, Cancienne
*Chalmette, Louisiana, Chalmette ("Pasture land, fallow land")
*Chandeleur Islands
*Charenton, Louisiana, Charenton (named after Charenton (asylum), Charenton asylum)
*Chataignier, Louisiana, Chataignier ("Chestnut tree")
*Chauvin, Louisiana, Chauvin
*Chenier Au Tigre, Louisiana, Chenier Au Tigre ("Tiger oak tree")
*Chenal, Louisiana, Chenal
*Cocodrie, Louisiana, Cocodrie (dialect word for "crocodile")
*Cossinade, Louisiana, Cossinade
*Coteau Bourgeois, Louisiana, Coteau Bourgeois ("Bourgeois hill")
*Davant, Louisiana, Davant
*Delacroix Island, Louisiana, Delacroix Island
*Delcambre, Louisiana, Delcambre
*Des Allemands, Louisiana, Des Allemands ("of the Germans")
*Destrehan, Louisiana, Destrehan (named in honor of Jean Noel Destréhan, Louisiana Creole people, Creole politician)
*Deville, Louisiana, Deville
*Dulac, Louisiana, Dulac ("of the lake")
*Evangeline Parish
*Faubourg Marigny New Orleans neighborhood
*Faubourg Tremé New Orleans neighborhood
*Fontainebleau, New Orleans, Fontainebleau New Orleans neighborhood
*Fort De La Boulaye Site, Fort De La Boulaye
*Garyville, Louisiana, Garyville
*Gentilly, New Orleans, Gentilly New Orleans neighborhood
*Grand Bayou, Louisiana, Grand Bayou ("great bayou")
*Grand Ecaille, Louisiana, Grand Ecaille ("great scale")
*Grand Ecore, Louisiana, Grand Ecore
*Grand Isle, Louisiana, Grand Isle ("great island")
*Grand Chenier, Louisiana, Grand Chenier ("great oakwood")
*Grand Coteau, Louisiana, Grand Coteau ("great hill")
*Grosse Isle, Louisiana, Grosse Isle ("big island")
*Grand Point, Louisiana, Grand Point
*Grand Prairie, Louisiana, Grand Prairie ("great meadow")
*Grosse Tete, Louisiana, Grosse Tête ("fat or big head")
*Gueydan, Louisiana, Gueydan
*Iberville Parish
*Iberville Projects New Orleans neighborhood
*Jean Lafitte, Louisiana, Jean Lafitte (named for Jean Lafitte, a famous pirate)
*Labadieville, Louisiana, Labadieville
*Lacamp, Louisiana, Lacamp
*Lacassine, Louisiana, Lacassine ("small house")
*Lacour, Louisiana, LaCour
*Lacombe, Louisiana, Lacombe
*Lafayette, Louisiana, Lafayette (named for the Marquis de La Fayette)
*Lafitte Projects New Orleans neighborhood
*Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, Lafourche Parish (from ''la fourche'', referring to a forked path)
*Lake Borgne ("one-eyed")
*Lake Pontchartrain
*L'Anse Grise, Louisiana, L'Anse Grise ("the gray cove")
*LaPlace, Louisiana, LaPlace (named for early settler Basile LaPlace.)
*Larose, Louisiana, Larose ("the rose")
*Lebeau, Louisiana, Lebeau ("the beautiful")
*Le Blanc, Louisiana, Le Blanc ("the white")
*Lecompte, Louisiana, Lecompte
*Leonville, Louisiana, Leonville
*Le Moyen, Louisiana, Le Moyen
*Loreauville, Louisiana, Loreauville
*Marchand, Louisiana, Marchand
*Mandeville, Louisiana, Mandeville (named for developer Bernard de Marigny, Bernard Xavier de Marigny de Mandeville)
*Maringouin, Louisiana, Maringouin (Cajun French in origin and means "mosquito")
*Marion, Louisiana, Marion (named after an American soldier of huguenot ancestry)
*Maurepas, Louisiana, Maurepas
*Meaux, Louisiana, Meaux (after the town of Meaux)
*Meraux, Louisiana, Meraux
*Mermentau, Louisiana, Mermentau
*Mer Rouge, Louisiana, Mer Rouge ("red sea")
*Metairie, Louisiana, Metairie (from a French word for sharecropping)
*Michoud New Orleans neighboorhood
*Montegut, Louisiana, Montegut
*Montpelier, Louisiana, Montpelier
*Moreauville, Louisiana, Moreauville
*Napoleonville (for French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte)
*New Orleans (named for the duke of Orléans, France)
*Ossun, Louisiana, Ossun (named after the town of Ossun)
*Paincourtville ("short of bread town")
*Paradis, Louisiana, Paradis ("Paradise")
*Parlange, Louisiana, Parlange
*Pierre Part, Louisiana, Pierre Part
*Plaisance, Louisiana, Plaisance
*Plaquemines Parish
*Plaucheville
*Point Au Fer Reef Light
*Pointe aux Chenes ("Oak Point")
*Pointe à la Hache, Louisiana, Pointe à la Hache ("Axe Spike")
*Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, Pointe Coupee Parish (from ''pointe coupée'', "cut spike")
*Port Barre, Louisiana, Port Barre
*Port Fourchon, Louisiana, Port Fourchon
*Pont Des Mouton, Louisiana, Pont Des Mouton
*Prairieville, Louisiana, Prairieville ("meadow town")
*Presquille, Louisiana, Presquille (from ''presqu'île'', "peninsula")
*Provencal, Louisiana, Provencal
*Rosaryville, Louisiana, Rosaryville
*Saint Benedict, Louisiana, Saint Benedict
*Saint Bernard, Louisiana, Saint Bernard
*Saint Maurice, Louisiana, Saint Maurice
*St. Amant, Louisiana, St. Amant
*St. Claude, New Orleans, St. Claude New Orleans neighborhood
*St. Francisville, Louisiana, St. Francisville
*St. Gabriel, Louisiana, St. Gabriel
*St. Landry Parish
*St. Malo, Louisiana, St. Malo
*St. Martinville (originally named Poste des Attakapas-Atakapas Post)
*St. Roch, New Orleans, St. Roch New Orleans neighborhood
*St. Rose, Louisiana, St. Rose
*Saline, Louisiana, Saline
*South Vacherie, Louisiana, South Vacherie
*Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, Terrebonne Parish ("Good Land")
*Timbalier Island ("timpani player")
*Tulane/Gravier, New Orleans, Tulane/Gravier New Orleans neighborhood named after Paul Tulane, philanthropist and son of Louis Tulane, a French immigrant
*Vacherie ("Cowshed")
*Verdun, Louisiana, Verdun
*Versailles, Louisiana, Versailles
*Vieux Carré ("Old Square") also known as the French Quarter in New Orleans
*Ville Platte, Louisiana, Ville Platte ("Flat City")

Maine

*Maine (one theory suggests the state was named after the historic France, French province of Maine (province of France), Maine)
*Cadillac Mountain (named after explorer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac)
*Calais, Maine, Calais (after Calais, France)
*Caribou, Maine, Caribou
*Castine, Maine, Castine
*Deblois, Maine, Deblois
*Detroit, Maine, Detroit
*Fayette, Maine, Fayette
*Fort Pentagouet
*Grand Isle, Maine, Grand Isle
*Isle au Haut, Maine, Isle au Haut
*Lagrange, Maine, Lagrange
*Lamoine, Maine, Lamoine
*Minot, Maine, Minot
*Montville, Maine, Montville
*Mount Desert Island
*Paris, Maine, Paris
*Presque Isle, Maine, Presque Isle (from the French word "presqu'île" meaning "peninsula"--- from ''presque'' meaning "almost", and ''isle'' meaning "island". The town is surrounded on three sides by water, and therefore is "almost an island")
*Portage Lake, Maine, Portage Lake
*Roque Bluffs, Maine, Roque Bluffs
*Saint Croix Island, Maine, Saint Croix Island
*St. Francis River (Maine), St. Francis River
*Saint John River (New Brunswick), Saint John River
*Tremont, Maine, Tremont

Maryland

*Bel Air, Maryland, Bel Air ("Good Air")
*Havre de Grace, Maryland, Havre de Grace (named after Le Havre (originally ''Le Havre de Grâce'', literally "haven of grace"), France)

Massachusetts

*Barre, Massachusetts, Barre
*Belmont, Massachusetts, Belmont
*Marion, Massachusetts, Marion
*Orleans, Massachusetts, Orleans (named for Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans)
*Revere, Massachusetts, Revere (after Paul Revere, of Huguenot ancestry; his family name originally was ''Rivoire'')
*Savoy, Massachusetts, Savoy

Michigan

*Allouez Township, Michigan, Allouez (named after missionary Claude-Jean Allouez)
*Au Gres, Michigan, Au Gres (French for "at the sandstone")
*Au Sable, Michigan, Au Sable
*Au Sable River (Michigan), Au Sable River
*Au Train, Michigan, Au Train
*Barbeau, Michigan, Barbeau
*Beaugrand Township, Michigan, Beaugrand Township
*Belle River, Michigan, Belle River
*Belleville, Michigan, Belleville ("Beautiful City;" named for a Paris district)
*Bellevue, Michigan, Bellevue
*Benzie County "Bec Scie", meaning "Saw Beak" or "Saw Bill", a kind of duck
*Berrien County, Michigan, Berrien County
*Bete Grise ("Gray Beast")
*Bete Grise, Michigan, Bete Grise (community also meaning "Gray Beast")
*Bois Blanc Island (Michigan), Bois Blanc Island ("White Wood")
*Cadillac, Michigan, Cadillac (named after explorer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac)
*Chapin Township, Michigan, Chapin Township
*Charlevoix, Michigan, Charlevoix (named for Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix (1682–1761), a French Jesuit in New France)
*Cheviers, Michigan, Cheviers
*Delaware Township, Michigan, Delaware Township
*De Tour Village, Michigan, De Tour Village
*Detroit (of the "Strait")
*Doty, Michigan, Doty
*Eau Claire, Michigan, Eau Claire
*Ecorse, Michigan, Ecorse (from ''Rivière aux Écorces'', "Bark River")
*Fort Gratiot Charter Township, Michigan, Fort Gratiot Charter Township
*Fremont Township, Michigan (disambiguation), Fremont Township
*Grand Blanc, Michigan, Grand Blanc ("Great/Large White")
*Grand Marais, Michigan, Grand Marais ("Large Marsh")
*Grand Traverse County
*Grande Pointe, Michigan, Grande Pointe
*Gratiot County, Michigan, Gratiot County
*Grosse Ile, Michigan, Grosse Ile ("Big Island")
*Grosse Pointe, Michigan, Grosse Pointe ("Big Point")
*Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, Grosse Pointe Farms
*Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan, Grosse Pointe Park
*Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan, Grosse Pointe Shores
*Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan, Grosse Pointe Woods
*Hamtramck, Michigan, Hamtramck (named for the French-Canadian soldier Jean François Hamtramck from Québec, became a decorated officer in the American Revolutionary War)
*Isle Royale National Park ("Royal Island")
*Lac La Belle, Michigan, Lac La Belle ("Beautiful Lake", community)
*Lac La Belle (Michigan), Lac La Belle ("Beautiful Lake", lake)
*Lachine, Michigan, Lachine
*Lamotte Township, Michigan, Lamotte Township
*L'Anse, Michigan, L'Anse ("The Cove")
*Lapeer County
*Lasalle, Michigan, Lasalle
*Le Roy, Michigan, LeRoy ("The King")
*Les Cheneaux Islands ("The Channels")
*Marion Township, Michigan (disambiguation), Marion Township
*Marlette, Michigan, Marlette
*Marne, Michigan, Marne (named after a river in France)
*Marquette, Michigan, Marquette (named after explorer Jacques Marquette)
*Marquette County, Michigan, Marquette County
*Montcalm County, Michigan, Montcalm County (named for Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, French military commander in the French and Indian War).
*Montmorency County, Michigan, Montmorency County (named for the Montmorency family, a noble family influential in the administration of New France)
*Napoleon, Michigan, Napoleon (for Napoleon, Napoleon Bonaparte)
*Parisville, Michigan, Parisville
*Pere Marquette River (for Father (''père'') Jacques Marquette)
*Pere Marquette Township, Michigan, Pere Marquette Township
*Pointe Aux Barques, Michigan, Pointe Aus Barques
*Pointe aux Tremble, Michigan, Pointe aux Tremble
*Pointe Mouillee State Game Area
*Portage, Michigan, Portage
*Presque Isle, Michigan, Presque Isle (from ''presqu'île'', "peninsula")
*Presque Isle County
*Reno Township, Michigan, Reno Township
*River Rouge, Michigan, River Rouge
*Saint Clair Haven, Michigan, Saint Clair Haven
*Saint Clair Shores, Michigan, Saint Clair Shores
*Sans Souci, Michigan, Sans Souci
*Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, Sault Ste. Marie ("St. Mary's Rapids")
*Sebille Manor, Michigan, Sebille Manor
*St. Clair, Michigan, St. Clair
*St. Clair County, Michigan, St. Clair County
*St. Clair Shores
*St. Ignace, Michigan, St. Ignace (French rendition of St. Ignatius of Loyola, St. Ignatius)
*St. Joseph, Michigan, St. Joseph
*Traverse City
*Vermilion, Michigan, Vermilion
*Vermontville, Michigan, Vermontville

Minnesota

*Albertville, Minnesota, Albertville, named after a city in France
*Argyle, Minnesota, Argyle (from the French Argile, "clay") (or from Argyll in Scotland?)
*Audubon, Minnesota, Audubon
*Baudette, Minnesota, Baudette
*Beaulieu, Minnesota, Beaulieu
*Belle Plaine, Minnesota, Belle Plaine]

*Belle Prairie Township, Morrison County, Minnesota, Belle Prairie Township
*Bernadotte, Minnesota, Bernadotte
*Big Fork River (originally ''Rivière Grande Fourche'')
*Bois de Sioux River ("woods of the Sioux")
*Bois Forte Indian Reservation ("hard wood")
*Brule River (Minnesota), Brule River (from the Ojibwe name ''Wiisakode-ziibi'' "half-burned wood river", which was translated directly into French as ''Bois Brulé''. Half of the river disappears into a pothole in the Judge C. R. Magney State Park).
*Calumet, Minnesota, Calumet
*Cloquet, Minnesota, Cloquet
*Coteau des Prairies ("slope of the prairies")
*Delano, Minnesota, Delano (after a scion of the famous Delano Family, originally Huguenots named "De Lannoye")
*Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, Detroit Lakes ("narrows lake")
*Duluth, Minnesota, Duluth (named after Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut)
*Faribault, Minnesota, Faribault
*Faribault County, Minnesota, Faribault County, named for Jean-Baptiste Faribault, French-Canadian trader
*Fond du Lac Indian Reservation ("source of the lake")
*Frontenac State Park
*Frontier, Minnesota, Frontier ("Border" refers to its position on the Minnesota / Ontario border)
*Gentilly Township, Minnesota, Gentilly
*Glese, Minnesota, Glese (From the French "glaise" or clay)
*Grand Marais, Minnesota, Grand Marais ("Big Marsh"; some speculate "Big Harbor" in founders' accent)
*Grand Portage ("Large Portage")
*Grand Rapids, Minnesota, Grand Rapids
*Hennepin County, Minnesota, Hennepin County (named in honor of the 17th-century Belgian explorer Father Louis Hennepin)
*Huot, Minnesota named after French-Canadian settler Louis Huot
*Lamoille, Minnesota, La Moille - corruption of La Mouette 'the seagull' from a Vermont city name
*La Porte, Minnesota, La Porte (The Door)
*La Prairie, Minnesota, La Prairie
*Lac qui Parle ("lake that speaks")
*La Crescent, Minnesota, La Crescent
*Lac Vieux Desert ("lake of the old clearing")
*Lake Pepin named after French-Canadian settler Jean Pepin
*Lake Traverse
*La Salle, Minnesota, La Salle (named for René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, a french explorer)
*Le Roy, Minnesota, Le Roy
*Le Sueur County, Minnesota, Le Sueur (named for Pierre-Charles Le Sueur)
*Leech Lake (originally ''lac sangsue'', "leech lake", a translation from the Ojibwe language, Ojibwe ''Ozagaskwaajimekaag-zaaga'igan'' "Lake abundant with leeches")
*Little Fork River (originally ''Rivière Petite Fourche'')
*Little Marais, Minnesota, Little Marais (originally ''Petit Marais'', "Little Marsh")
*Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, Mille Lacs County
*Mille Lacs Lake ("thousand lakes")
*Nicollet County, Minnesota, Nicollet County
*Orleans, Minnesota, Orleans
*Pelland, Minnesota, Pelland
*Platte, Minnesota, Platte
*Pomme de Terre River (Minnesota), Pomme de Terre ("potato")
*Red Lake (Minnesota), Red Lake (originally ''lac rouge'', "red lake", a translation from the Ojibwe language, Ojibwe ''Miskwaagamiiwi-zaaga'igan'' "Red-colored Waters Lake")
*Rainy Lake (originally ''lac à la pluie'', "rainy lake")
*Renville County, Minnesota
*Roseau, Minnesota, Roseau ("reed")
*Roseville, Minnesota, Roseville
*St. Cloud, Minnesota, St. Cloud (named after a Paris suburb; St.Cloud is Saint Clodoald, grandson of the Frankish Kingdom, Frankish king Clovis I)
*St. Croix River (Wisconsin-Minnesota), St. Croix River
*St. Hilaire, Minnesota, St. Hilaire
*St. Louis Park, Minnesota, St. Louis Park
*Saint Paul, Minnesota, Saint Paul (once known as Pig's Eye Landing after Pierre Parrant, Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant - French: ''l'Oeil du Cochon'', a French-Canadian trader and innkeeper, renamed Saint Paul by French-Canadian pastor Lucien Galtier when he built the first Roman Catholic chapel in the area)
*Sedan, Minnesota, Sedan (named after the french city of the same name)
*Terrebonne, Minnesota, Terrebonne ("good land")
*Traverse County, Minnesota, Traverse County
*Vadnais Heights, Minnesota, Vadnais Heights, suburb of Saint Paul
*Lake Vermilion
*Voyageurs National Park, (named after the French-Canadian explorers - "travellers")

Mississippi

*Abbeville, Mississippi, Abbeville
*Amite County, Mississippi, Amite County (from ''amitié'', "friendship")
*Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, Bay St. Louis (from ''Baie Saint-Louis'')
*Bayou Caddy, Mississippi, Bayou Caddy
*Bellefontaine, Mississippi, Bellefontaine
*Belmont, Mississippi, Belmont
*Benoit, Mississippi, Benoit
*Biloxi, Mississippi, Biloxi
*Bourbon, Mississippi, Bourbon
*Carriere, Mississippi, Carriere
*Centreville, Mississippi, Centreville (note the "re" spelling in "centre" as opposed to "center")
*Clermont Harbor, Mississippi, Clermont Harbor
*Decatur, Mississippi, Decatur
*De Lisle, Mississippi, De Lisle
*D'Iberville, Mississippi, D'Iberville (named after Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, Pierre Lemoyne, Sieur d'Iberville, governor of New France)
*Dumas, Mississippi, Dumas
*Fayette, Mississippi, Fayette
*Gautier, Mississippi, Gautier (Named for the Gautier family, who established a Homestead Act, homestead on the site in 1867.)
*LeFleur's Bluff State Park (Named after earlier French-Canadian trader and settler Louis Lafleur)
*Macon, Mississippi, Macon
*Marion, Mississippi, Marion
*Pass Christian, Mississippi, Pass Christian (Named after Nicholas Christian L'Adnier)
*Petit Bois Island ("Little Woods")
*Saucier, Mississippi, Saucier
*Sartinville, Mississippi, Sartinville
*St. Martin, Mississippi, St. Martin

Missouri

*Audrain County, Missouri, Audrain County
*Auxvasse, Missouri, Auxvasse
*Bay de Charles
*Bayouville, Missouri, Bayouville
*Belgique, Missouri, Belgique
*Belle, Missouri, Belle
*Bellefontaine, Missouri, Bellefontaine
*Bevier, Missouri, Bevier
*Bonne Terre
*Bourbeuse River
*Bourbon, Missouri, Bourbon
*Brazeau, Missouri, Brazeau
*Cap au Gris
*Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Cape Girardeau
*Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, Cape Girardeau County
*Carondelet, Missouri, Carondelet
*Castor River (Missouri), Castor River
*Chamois, Missouri, Chamois
*Chariton County, Missouri, Chariton County
*Chouteau Springs, Missouri, Chouteau Springs
*Courtois, Missouri, Courtois
*Courtois Creek
*Courtois Hills
*Creve Coeur, Missouri, Creve Coeur ("Heartbreak")
*Cuivre River ("copper")
*Dardenne Prairie, Missouri, Dardenne Prairie
*DeBaliviere Place, St. Louis, DeBaliviere Place (Neighborhood in St. Louis)
*Des Arc, Missouri, Des Arc
*Desloge
*Des Peres, Missouri, Des Peres
*River Des Peres
*Fayette, Missouri, Fayette
*Femme Osage
*Florissant, Missouri, Florissant (formerly Fleurissant)
*Frontenac, Missouri, Frontenac
*Gasconade County (from the French word "gascon" which in this context means braggart)
*Gravois Mills, Missouri, Gravois Mills
*LaBarque Creek, Missouri, LaBarque Creek
*La Belle, Missouri, La Belle
*Laclede, Missouri, Laclede
*Laclede County (named for Pierre Laclede (1729–1778), founder of St. Louis, Missouri)
*Lafayette County, Missouri, Lafayette County (named for Gilbert du Motier, the Marquis de Lafayette)
*La Forge, Missouri, La Forge
*La Grange, Missouri, La Grange
*Lake Lafayette
*La Tour, Missouri, La Tour
*La Vieille Mine (Alternate name of Old Mines, Missouri, Old Mines)
*Le Grand Village Sauvage, Missouri, Le Grand Village Sauvage
*Loutre River
*Lyon
*Macon County, Missouri, Macon County
*Marais Croche
*Marais des Cygnes River
*Marais des Liards (original name of Bridgeton, Missouri, Bridgeton)
*Marais Temps Clair
*Maries County, Missouri, Maries County From "Marais" meaning swamp.
*Marion County, Missouri, Marion County
*Maupin, Missouri, Maupin
*Mine La Motte
*Metz, Missouri, Metz (named for the city in France)
*Moniteau County
*Moreau River (South Dakota), Moreau River
*Noel, Missouri, Noel
*Normandy, Missouri, Normandy
*Oregon County, Missouri, Oregon County "Ouragon" meaning hurricane
*Ozark County, Missouri, Ozark County "Aux Arcs"
*Papin
*Paris, Missouri, Paris
*Pere Marquette Park
*Petit Marais Rondeau Lake
*Platte County, Missouri, Platte County
*Pomme de Terre Lake ("Potato")
*Pomme de Terre River (Missouri), Pomme de Terre River ("Potato")
*Portage des Sioux, Missouri, Portage des Sioux
*Portageville, Missouri, Portageville
*Prairie du Chien
*River aux Vases, Missouri, River aux Vases
*Robidoux, Missouri, Robidoux
*Roubidoux Creek
*Rocheport, Missouri, Rocheport
*St. Aubert, Missouri, St. Aubert
*St. Charles, Missouri, St. Charles
*St. Charles County, Missouri, St. Charles County
*St. Clair County, Missouri, St. Clair County
*St. Cloud, Missouri, St. Cloud
*St. Francois County, Missouri, St. Francois County
*St. Francois Mountains
*St. Louis, Missouri, St. Louis (named in honor of King Louis IX of France, Louis IX, later canonized as Saint Louis)
*St. Louis County, Missouri, St. Louis County
*Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, Ste. Genevieve (after the patron saint of Paris)
*Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, Ste. Genevieve County
*Terre du Lac, Missouri, Terre du Lac
*Theabeau, Missouri, Theabeau
*Valles Mines, Missouri, Valles Mines
*Versailles, Missouri, Versailles
*Vichy, Missouri, Vichy

Montana

*Anceney and Anceney Bridge, Montana, named after Charles Leon Ancen(n)ey (Anxionnaz)(1826-1895)
*Belle Creek, Montana, Belle Creek community (and Belle Creek (Cannon River), Belle Creek river)
Cascade County, Montana, Cascade County ("waterfall")
*Choteau, Montana, Choteau
*Chouteau County, Montana, Chouteau County, named after Pierre Chouteau, Jr., an American fur trader of French Canadian origin
*Dupuyer, Montana, Dupuyer
*Froid, Montana, Froid ("Cold")
*Gallatin County, Montana, Gallatin County
*Havre, Montana, Havre (from Le Havre, France)
*Joliet, Montana, Joliet
*Laurin, Montana, Laurin
*Lozeau, Montana, Lozeau
*Portage, Montana, Portage
*Prairie County, Montana, Prairie County
*St. Marie, Montana, St. Marie
*St. Xavier, Montana, St. Xavier
*Sonnette, Montana, Sonnette
*Teton County, Montana, Teton County ("Teat")
*Valmy, Montana, Valmy (from Valmy, France)
*Virgelle, Montana, Virgelle
*Wibaux County, Montana, Wibaux County

Nebraska

*Barada, Nebraska, Barada (named after Antoine Barada, whose father was French fur trapper and interpreter Michel Barada)
*Bayonne, Nebraska, Bayonne (named for the city)
*Bellevue, Nebraska, Bellevue ("Beautiful Sight")
*Bordeaux, Nebraska, Bordeaux (named for the creek, below)
*Bordeaux Creek (named for a Bordeaux Trading Post, fur trader)
*Cabanne's Trading Post, Cabanné's Post
*Chadron, Nebraska
*Decatur, Nebraska, Decatur
*Du Bois, Nebraska, Du Bois ("of the Woods")
*Fontanelle, Nebraska, Fontanelle, Fontenelle Forest, Fontenelle Boulevard, Hotel Fontenelle, Logan Fontenelle Housing Project (Named after Logan Fontenelle, Omaha Tribe chief who was the son of a Creole and Omahan mother)
*Fremont, Nebraska, Fremont (named for John C. Frémont, French-American pioneer and politician)
*Grand Island, Nebraska, Grand Island
*La Platte, Nebraska, La Platte
*Loup County, Loup River ("Wolf", named after the Skidi Pawnee people, Pawnee people who called themselves the Wolf People)
*Louisville, Nebraska, Louisville
*Loup River
*Lyons, Nebraska, Lyons
*Papillion, Nebraska, Papillion (from ''papillon'', "butterfly")
*Platte County, Nebraska, Platte County
*Platte River ("flat river")
*Robidoux Pass
*Sarpy County, Nebraska, Sarpy County (named after Peter Abadie Sarpy, a fur trader of French origin born in New Orleans, Louisiana)
*St. Deroin, Nebraska, St. Deroin (named after a family called Du Roins).
*St. Paul, Nebraska, St. Paul

Nevada

*Frenchman, Nevada, Frenchman
*Frenchman Flat
*Lamoille, Nevada, Lamoille
*Montreux, Nevada, Montreux
*Pioche, Nevada, Pioche, named after François Louis Alfred Pioche, a financier who purchased the town in 1869.
*Primeaux, Nevada, Primeaux
*Reno, Nevada, Reno, named after Major General Jesse Lee Reno, a Union officer killed in the American Civil War. (Reno's family name was a modified version of the French surname "Renault")
*Valmy, Nevada, Valmy, named after the place in France of a famous battle during the Revolutionary period.

New Hampshire

*Belmont, New Hampshire, Belmont (named for August Belmont, German-born financier who changed his name to Belmont upon arriving in the United States)
*Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, Bretton Woods
*Fremont, New Hampshire, Fremont (named for John C. Frémont, French-American pioneer and politician)
*Pinardville, New Hampshire, Pinardville (named for Edmond Pinard, Québec native and early resident)

New Jersey

*New Jersey and Jersey City (after the Bailliage de Jersey, the largest of the Anglo-Norman Channel Islands near the coast of northwest France)
*Audubon, New Jersey, Audubon
*Bayonne, New Jersey, Bayonne (according to tradition, from Bayonne, France)
*Belleplain, New Jersey, Belleplain
*Belleville, New Jersey, Belleville ("Beautiful town")
*Lavallette, New Jersey, Lavallette (named for Elie A. F. La Vallette, U.S. naval captain of French family origin)
*Port Liberté, Jersey City, Port Liberté ("Freedom Port")
*Montclair, New Jersey, Montclair ("Bright Mountain")

New Mexico

*Bayard, New Mexico, Bayard (named for George Dashiell Bayard, Union general in the Civil War of French ancestry)
*Clovis, New Mexico, Clovis (named for Clovis I, Clovis, first Christian King of the Franks)
*Lamy, New Mexico (named for the French born and educated Santa Fe, New Mexico Archbishop Jean-Baptiste Lamy (1814 - 1888)
*Ledoux, New Mexico (named for Abraham Ledoux (1784-1842) and Antoine Ledoux (1779 - ?), two French brothers born in Québec, who became trappers and settled in Mora, New Mexico and Taos, New Mexico)
*Antoine Leroux, New Mexico (named for Antoine Leroux (1801 - 1861), a famous trader and scout, born from French - Canadian parents, who settled in Taos, New Mexico)
*St. Vrain, New Mexico (named for Ceran St. Vrain (1802 - 1870), a Western American trader of French descent.

New York

*Au Sable, New YorkAu Sable
*Ausable River (New York), Ausable River ("sand river")
*Barre, New York, Barre
*Bellerose, New York, Bellerose
*Belle Terre, New York, Belle Terre
*Boquet River, Boquet or Bouquet River
*Buffalo, New York, Buffalo (One theory holds that the city gets its name from an English corruption of the French "beau fleuve" ("beautiful river").)
*Chateaugay (town), New York, Chateaugay (named after Chateauguay, Quebec, Chateauguay, Québec)
*Chateaugay River
*Champlain (town), New York, Champlain (named after French explorer Samuel de Champlain)
*Chaumont, New York, Chaumont
*Chaumont Bay
*Chaumont River (river), New York, Chaumont River
*Chazy, New York, Chazy
*Clermont, New York, Clermont
*Decatur, New York, Decatur
*Delaware County, New York, Delaware County
*Dunkirk, New York, Dunkirk (named after the city of Dunkirk or Dunkerque, France, because of the similar harbor.)
*Esperance, New York, Esperance
*Fayette, New York, Fayette
*Fayetteville, New York, Fayetteville
*Fremont, Steuben County, New York, Fremont
*Fremont Center, New York, Fremont Center (named after John C. Frémont, Franco-American explorer, military officer and politician)
*Gouverneur (town), New York, Gouverneur
*Grand Island, New York, Grand Island
*Granville, New York, Granville
*Grasse River (named after the Comte de Grasse, a French admiral who decisively defeated the British fleet in the Battle of the Chesapeake in September 1781 during the American Revolution)
*Huguenot, Staten Island, Huguenot
*Jacques Cartier State Park (park located along the St. Lawrence River and named after 16th-century French explorer Jacques Cartier)
*La Chute River
*LaFayette, New York, LaFayette
*LaGrange, New York, LaGrange
*Lake Champlain (lake named after French explorer Samuel de Champlain)
*Le Ray, New York, Le Ray
*Le Roy (town), New York, Le Roy
*Liberty Island (after the Statue of Liberty, Statue de la Liberté offered by France)
*Lorraine, New York, Lorraine
*Louisville, New York, Louisville
*Maine, New York, Maine
*Marion, New York, Marion
*Massena (town), New York, Massena (named after André Masséna, one of Napoleon's field marshals.)
*Montague, New York, Montague
*Montour, New York, Montour
*New Paltz (town), New York, New Paltz (named by French Huguenots)
*New Rochelle, New York, New Rochelle (founded by French Huguenots and named after La Rochelle, France.)
*Orleans, New York, Orleans
*Orleans County, New York, Orleans County
*Portage (town), New York, Portage
*Raquette River
*Rouses Point, New York, Rouses Point (named after early settler Jacques Rouse.)
*Point Au Roche State Park (park located on the shores of Lake Champlain)
*St. Armand, New York, St. Armand
*St. Lawrence County, New York, St. Lawrence County (for the Saint Lawrence River, English form of Fleuve Saint-Laurent.)
*Valcour Island (island located in Lake Champlain)

North Carolina

*Belvoir, North Carolina, Belvoir
*Camp Lejeune US Marine Corps base ("The Youth" or "The Young Man")
*Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte
*Fayetteville, North Carolina, Fayetteville
*Faison, North Carolina, Faison
*Fremont, North Carolina, Fremont
*La Grange, North Carolina, La Grange
*Lenoir, North Carolina, Lenoir
*Lenoir County, North Carolina, Lenoir County
*Peletier, North Carolina, Peletier

North Dakota

*Almont, North Dakota, Almont
*Belcourt, North Dakota, Belcourt
*Bois de Sioux River
*Bordulac ("Edge of the Lake")
*Bottineau, North Dakota, Bottineau (named for Pierre Bottineau, Métis pioneer, hunter, and trapper)
*Cavalier, North Dakota, Cavalier (from "chevalier", knight)
*Charbonneau, North Dakota, Charbonneau
*Chateau de Mores State Historic Site (home and ranch built in the 1880s by the French cattle baron and nobleman Marquis de Morès)
*Missouri Coteau
*Coulee, Pembina County, North Dakota, Coulee
*De Lamere, North Dakota, De Lamere
*Des Lacs River("of the Lakes"), also Des Lacs, North Dakota, Des Lacs
*Gascoyne, North Dakota, Gascoyne (from the French region "Gascogne")
*Grand Forks, North Dakota, Grand Forks (from the French "les Grandes Fourches" or the great forks)
*Grandin, North Dakota, Grandin (named after French-Canadian Bishop Grandin)
*Granville, North Dakota, Granville (from "grand" = big, "ville" = city)
*Joliette, North Dakota, Joliette (maybe from "jolie" = pretty)
*LaMoure, North Dakota, LaMoure
*Medora, North Dakota, Medora (named by the French nobleman Marquis de Morès for his wife Medora)
*Merricourt, North Dakota, Merricourt
*Montpelier, North Dakota, Montpelier (named after Montpellier, France)
*Napoleon, North Dakota, Napoleon (named after French Emperor Napoleon, Napoleon Bonaparte)
*Renville County, North Dakota, Renville County
*Rolette, North Dakota, Rolette
*Russo, North Dakota, Russo Original family named Rousseau
*Verendrye, North Dakota, Verendrye (named for Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye, Pierre de La Vérendrye, French-Canadian officer and explorer)
*Voltaire, North Dakota, Voltaire (named for Voltaire, French Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment philosopher)

Ohio

*Auglaize River (corruption of the French ''eau glaise'', meaning "muddy water")
*Auglaize County
*Belfort, Ohio, Belfort (named for a town in France)
*Bellaire, Ohio, Bellaire
*Bellefontaine, Ohio, Bellefontaine ("Beautiful Fountain")
*Bellevue, Ohio, Bellevue ("Beautiful View")
*Belmont County, Ohio, Belmont County (Anglicized "Beautiful Mountain")
*Belmont, Ohio, Belmont
*Belpre, Ohio, Belpre ("Beautiful Meadow")
*Champaign County, Ohio, Champaign County
*Chardon, Ohio, Chardon
*Cheviot, Ohio, Cheviot
*Clermont County, Ohio, Clermont County (from the city Clermont, France. "Clair" = clear, "mont" = mount)
*Conneaut, Ohio, Conneaut
*Decatur, Ohio, Decatur
*Delaware County, Ohio, Delaware County
*Duchouquet Township, Auglaize County, Ohio, Duchouquet Township
*Fayette County, Ohio, Fayette County (after the Marquis de Lafayette)
*Fayette, Ohio, Fayette
*Fremont, Ohio, Fremont
*Gallia County, Ohio, Gallia County (Latin for Gaul, Roman name for France)
*Gallipolis, Ohio, largest city of Gallia County
*Girard, Ohio, Girard
*Grand Prairie Township, Marion County, Ohio, Grand Prairie Township
*Guernsey County, Ohio, Guernsey County
*Huron County, Ohio, Huron County (French name for the Wyandot people, Wyandot tribe)
*Lafayette, Ohio, Lafayette
*Lagrange, Ohio, Lagrange ("The Barn")
*LaRue, Ohio, LaRue ("The Street")
*LeRoy Township, Lake County, Ohio, Leroy Township, Lake County ("The King")
*Lorain County, Ohio, Lorain County (for the French province of Lorraine (province), Lorraine)
*Lorain, Ohio, Lorain
*Louisville, Ohio, Louisville
*Marietta, Ohio, Marietta (to honor Marie Antoinette)
*Marion County, Ohio, Marion County
*Marne, Ohio, Marne (named after a river in France)
*Marseilles, Ohio, Marseilles (from the French city of Marseille)
*Martel, Ohio, Martel ("Hammer")
*Massillon, Ohio, Massillon (after Jean Baptiste Massillon, French bishop)
*Moraine, Ohio, Moraine
*Oregon, Ohio, Oregon
*Paris Township, Portage County, Ohio
*Paris Township, Stark County, Ohio
*Paris Township, Union County, Ohio
*Portage County, Ohio, Portage County
*Vermilion River (Ohio), Vermilion River (Red River)
*Versailles, Ohio, Versailles

Oklahoma

*Achille, Oklahoma, Achille ("Achilles")
*Avant, Oklahoma, Avant ("Before" or "ahead")
*Ballard, Oklahoma, Ballard (a common French surname)
*Belfonte, Oklahoma, Belfonte
*Bellevue, Oklahoma, Bellevue ("Beautiful View")
*Boise City, Oklahoma, Boise City (from ''Boisé'', "Wooded")
*Cache, Oklahoma, Cache
*Chouteau, Oklahoma, Chouteau
*Delaware County, Oklahoma, Delaware County
*Durant, Oklahoma, Durant (The French surname of the town's founding French/Choctaw family)
*El Reno, Oklahoma, El Reno (Named after Civil War officer Jesse L. Reno - descended from "Renault")
*Guymon, Oklahoma, Guymon
*Lucien, Oklahoma, Lucien (A common French given name)
*Poteau, Oklahoma, Poteau ("Stake")
*Remy, Oklahoma, Remy
*Sans Bois Mountains ("Without forest")
*Verdigris, Oklahoma, Verdigris "Green Gray"
*Verdigris River

Oregon

*Oregon (possibly from "le fleuve aux ouragans", French for "river of the hurricanes", referring to the windiness of the Columbia River)
*Bonneville, Oregon, Bonneville (named after Benjamin Louis Eulalie de Bonneville (1796–1878), a French-born officer in the United States Army, fur trapper, and explorer)
*Charbonneau, Oregon, Charbonneau (named after Jean-Baptiste Charbonneau son of Sacajawea and Toussaint Charbonneau a French-Canadian trapper member of the Lewis & Clark expedition)
*Coquille, Oregon, Coquille ("Shell")
*Deschutes County, Oregon, Deschutes County ("of the falls")
*Deschutes River (Oregon), Deschutes River (from ''rivière des chutes'' meaning river of the falls)
*Deschutes National Forest (Waterfalls National Forest)
*Detroit, Oregon, Detroit ("Strait")
*Gervais, Oregon, Gervais (A French given name)
*Grand Ronde, Oregon, Grand Ronde ("Big ring")
*Lafayette, Oregon, Lafayette
*La Grande, Oregon, La Grande ("The Big / Great One")
*Langlois, Oregon, Langlois (French surname. From "L'Anglais" = the Englishman)
*La Pine, Oregon, La Pine ("The Pine")
*Malheur County, Oregon, Malheur County ("Misfortune")
*Marion County, Oregon, Marion County
*Maupin, Oregon, Maupin
*Nonpareil, Oregon, Nonpareil ("Unparalleled")
*Rainier, Oregon, Rainier
*Ruch, Oregon, Ruch ("Hive")
*Saint Louis, Oregon, Saint Louis
*St. Paul, Oregon, Saint Paul
*Sauvie Island
*Terrebonne, Oregon, Terrebonne ("Good ground")
*The Dalles, Oregon, The Dalles (from ''les dalles'' meaning "slabs" or possibly a type of rapids)
*Willamette River (French pronunciation of a Clackamas Indian village name)
*Willamette Valley

Pennsylvania

*Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, Belle Vernon
*Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, Bellefonte ("Beautiful Fountain")
*Bellevue, Pennsylvania, Bellevue
*Boquet, Pennsylvania, Boquet
*Calumet, Pennsylvania
*Charleroi, Pennsylvania, Charleroi ("Charles King"—in reference to King Charles II of Spain, Carlos II of Kingdom of Spain, Spain)
*Chartiers Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Chartiers
*Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Dauphin County
*Decatur Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, Decatur Township
*Delano, Pennsylvania, Delano (after a scion of the famous Delano Family, originally Huguenots named "De Lannoye")
*DuBois, Pennsylvania, DuBois ("Of the Woods")
*Duquesne, Pennsylvania, Duquesne, named after the Marquis Duquesne, governor of New France
*Eau Claire, Pennsylvania, Eau Claire
*Fayette City, Pennsylvania, Fayette City
*Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Fayette County, named to honor the Marquis de LaFayette
*Fort Duquesne, original name of what is now Pittsburgh
*Fort Le Boeuf
*Fort Machault
*Fort Presque Isle
*Laporte, Pennsylvania, Laporte ("The door")
*Ligonier, Pennsylvania, Ligonier, named after Field Marshal John Ligonier, a British noble and officer with French ancestry
*Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Luzerne County
*Luzerne Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Luzerne Township
*Mercer Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, Mercer
*Montour County, Pennsylvania, Montour County
*North Versailles Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, North Versailles
*Paris, Pennsylvania, Paris
*South Versailles Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, South Versailles
*Versailles, Pennsylvania, Versailles, named after the Palace of Versailles
*Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Wilkes-Barre (Barre was a British politician with Huguenot ancestry, favorable to the cause of US colonies)

Rhode Island

*Lafayette, Rhode Island, Lafayette Village, a historic district in North Kingstown, RI
*Louisquisset, Rhode Island, Louisquisset, a neighborhood and major parkway in Providence, RI
*Marieville, Rhode Island, Marieville, a neighborhood in Providence, RI

South Carolina

*Abbeville, South Carolina, Abbeville (from Abbeville, France)
*Abbeville County, South Carolina
*Bonneau, South Carolina, Bonneau (from ''bonne eau'', "good water")
*Bordeaux, South Carolina, Bordeaux (from Bordeaux, France)
*DeBordieu, South Carolina, DeBordieu
*Eau Claire, South Carolina, Eau Claire ("Clear Water")
*Fort Motte
*Gaston, South Carolina, Gaston (A common French given name)
*Gourdin, South Carolina, Gourdin
*La France, South Carolina, La France
*Pacolet, South Carolina, Pacolet
*Port Royal Sound
*Ravenel, South Carolina, Ravenel
*Sans Souci, South Carolina, Sans Souci ("No Worries", the French name of chateau of Frederick the Great, famously Francophile)
*Turbeville, South Carolina, Turbeville
*Vaucluse, South Carolina, Vaucluse (from the Vaucluse, France)

South Dakota

*Belle Fourche, South Dakota, Belle Fourche ("Beautiful Fork")
*Belle Fourche Reservoir
*Belle Fourche River
*Big Sioux River
*Bois de Sioux River ("Woods of the Sioux" River)
*Bon Homme County, South Dakota, Bon Homme County ("Good Man" County)
*Burdette, South Dakota, Burdette
*Conde, South Dakota, Conde (maybe from the noble French family of Condé)
*Corsica, South Dakota, Corsica
*Coteau des Prairies ("Slope of the Prairies")
*Missouri Coteau ("Slope of the Missouri")
*East Sioux Falls, South Dakota, East Sioux Falls, a ghost town
*Edgemont, South Dakota, Edgemont
*De Smet, South Dakota, De Smet, named for Pierre-Jean De Smet, a Belgian priest
*Dupree, South Dakota, Dupree (maybe from "du pré")
*Flandreau, South Dakota, Flandreau, named for Charles Eugene Flandrau, judge of Huguenot ancestry
*Fort Pierre, South Dakota, Fort Pierre
*Jerauld County, South Dakota, Jerauld County
*Joubert, South Dakota, Joubert (a common French surname)
*Lake Traverse
*La Plant, South Dakota, La Plant
*LeBeau, South Dakota, LeBeau
*Mellette County, South Dakota, Mellette County
*Montrose, South Dakota, Montrose (possibly from "pink mountain")
*Moreau River (South Dakota), Moreau River
*North Sioux City, South Dakota, North Sioux City
*Pierpont, South Dakota, Pierpont
*Pierre, South Dakota, Pierre, named for Pierre Chouteau, Jr., an American fur trader of French Canadian origin
*Platte, South Dakota, Platte
*Roubaix, South Dakota, Roubaix, a ghost town named for the French city of the same name
*Roubaix Lake, a lake located in the Black Hills (from the French city of Roubaix)
*St. Francis, South Dakota, St. Francis
*Sioux Falls
*Vermillion
*Lac qui Parle River, West Branch Lac qui Parle River ("Lake that Speaks" River)

Tennessee

*Decatur, Tennessee, Decatur
*Decatur County, Tennessee, Decatur County
*Decaturville, Tennessee, Decaturville
*Fayette County, Tennessee, Fayette County
*Gallatin, Tennessee, Gallatin
*Lafayette, Tennessee, Lafayette
*La Follette, Tennessee, La Follette
*La Grange, Tennessee, La Grange
*La Vergne, Tennessee, La Vergne
*Lenoir City, Tennessee, Lenoir City (named for William Lenoir (general), William Lenoir, American Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War general of Huguenot ancestry, and his son)
*Macon, Tennessee, Macon
*Macon County, Tennessee, Macon County
*Marion County, Tennessee, Marion County
*Paris, Tennessee, Paris
*Sevier County, Tennessee, Sevier County
*Sevierville, Tennessee, Sevierville (named for John Sevier, Tennessee governor of Huguenot ancestry)

Texas

* Austin, Texas, Austin-named for Stephen F. Austin, whose surname is of Norman French origin.
*Bayou Vista, Texas, Bayou Vista
*Biloxi, Texas, Biloxi
*Blanchard, Texas, Blanchard
*Burnet County, Texas, Burnet County (named after early Texas leader David Gouverneur Burnet)
*Castroville, Texas, Castroville (founded by Henri Castro, a French diplomat)
*Colmesnil, Texas, Colmesnil
*Crockett County, Texas, Crockett County (Davy Crockett's ancestors were Huguenots named Croquetagne, one of whom was captain in the Royal Guard of Louis XIV)
*Dallardsville, Texas, Dallardsville
*DeBerry, Texas, DeBerry
*Decatur, Texas, Decatur
*Doucette, Texas, Doucette
*Dumas, Texas, Dumas, named after its founder Louis Dumas
*Duval County, Texas, Duval County
*Fayette County, Texas, Fayette County (named after the Marquis de Lafayette)
*Gary City, Texas, Gary City
*Grand Prairie, Texas, Grand Prairie
*LaBelle, Texas, LaBelle
*La Grange, Texas, La Grange (named after the Marquis de Lafayette's chateau)
*La Marque, Texas, La Marque
*La Porte, Texas, La Porte ("The Door")
*La Salle County, Texas, La Salle County (named after explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle)
*Lamar County, Texas, Lamar County (named after early Texas leader Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar)
*Marion County, Texas, Marion County
*Mauriceville, Texas, Mauriceville
*Menard, Texas, Menard
*Menard County, Texas, Menard County
*Mont Belvieu, Texas, Mont Belvieu
*Montague County, Texas, Montague County
*Paris, Texas, Paris

Utah

*Ballard, Utah, Ballard
*Bonneville Salt Flats (named after Benjamin Louis Eulalie de Bonneville (1796–1878), a French-born officer in the United States Army, fur trapper and explorer)
*Cache County, Utah, Cache County
*Cache Junction, Utah, Cache Junction
*Duchesne, Utah, Duchesne
*Duchesne County, Utah, Duchesne County
*Fayette, Utah, Fayette
*Fort Duchesne, Utah, Fort Duchesne
*Grand County, Utah, Grand County
*Henrieville, Utah, Henrieville
*Lapoint, Utah, Lapoint
*Portage, Utah, Portage
*Provo, Utah, Provo (named after Étienne Provost)
*Sevier County, Utah, Sevier County
*Sevier, Utah, Sevier
*St. George, Utah, St. George

Vermont

*Vermont (originally Vert Mont, or "Green Mountain")
*Barre, Vermont (city), Barre ("Barred")
*Belmont, Vermont, Belmont
*Calais, Vermont, Calais
*Grand Isle County, Vermont, Grand Isle County ("big island")
*Isle La Motte
*Jay Peak (Vermont), Jay Peak (named after John Jay, whose family was of French people, French Huguenot origin)
*Lake Champlain
*Lamoille County, Vermont, Lamoille (corruption of the name La Mouette 'the seagull' which began when a map maker failed to cross the t's)
*Montpelier, Vermont, Montpelier (named after Montpellier, France)
*Orleans County, Vermont, Orleans County
*Orleans, Vermont, Orleans (named after Orléans, France)
*Vergennes, Vermont, Vergennes

Virginia

*Amissville, Virginia, Amissville
*Barboursville, Virginia, Barboursville
*Basye, Virginia, Basye
*Bavon, Virginia, Bavon
*Belmont, Virginia, Belmont
*Belle Isle State Park, Virginia, Belle Isle State Park
*Belvoir, Virginia, Belvoir
*Bertrand, Virginia, Bertrand (A common French given name)
*Boissevain, Virginia, Boissevain
*Bon Air, Virginia, Bon Air
*Botetourt County, Virginia, Botetourt County
*Capron, Virginia, Capron
*Caret, Virginia, Caret
*Cedon, Virginia, Cedon
*Champlain, Virginia, Champlain
*Chantilly, Virginia, Chantilly, named after Chantilly, Oise, Chantilly, France
*Clary, Virginia, Clary
*Crozet, Virginia, Crozet
*Delaplane, Virginia, Delaplane
*Fauquier County, Virginia, Fauquier County
*Fort Belvoir ("see well")
*Fremont, Virginia, Fremont
*La Crosse, Virginia, La Crosse
*Lagrange, Virginia, Lagrange
*Macon, Virginia, Macon
*Manquin, Virginia, Manquin
*Mauzy, Virginia, Mauzy
*Montpelier, Charles City County, Virginia, Montpelier
*Orlean, Virginia, Orlean
*Paris, Virginia, Paris
*Raphine, Virginia, Raphine
*Renan, Virginia, Renan
*Richmond, Virginia, Richmond, from "riche mont", a name given first to Richmond Castle, the castle founded in North Yorkshire by a Breton people, Breton family, and from there to Richmond, London, Richmond near London
*Rochelle, Virginia, Rochelle
*Sabot, Virginia, Sabot
*Turbeville, Virginia, Turbeville

Washington

*Beaux Arts Village, Washington, Beaux Arts Village (from "fine arts")
*Bellevue, Washington, Bellevue ("Beautiful View")
*Belfair, Washington, Belfair
*Belmont, Washington, Belmont ("Beautiful Mountain")
*Blanchard, Washington, Blanchard (Old French for "Whitish")
*Boistfort, Washington, Boistfort
*Brier, Washington, Brier
*Coulee City, Washington, Coulee City
*Coupeville, Washington, Coupeville
*Decatur Island, Washington, Decatur Island
*Deschutes River, Washington, Deschutes ("of the Falls")
*Des Moines, Washington, Des Moines ("of the Monks")
*Doty, Washington, Doty
*Dupont, Washington, Dupont
*Duvall, Washington, Duvall
*Esperance, Washington, Esperance ("Hope")
*Fauntleroy, Washington, Fauntleroy (Old French for "Child of the King")
*Guerrier, Washington, Guerrier ("Warrior")
*Grand Coulee, Washington, Grand Coulee (from ''coulée'' or ''couler'', meaning "to flow")
*La Center, Washington, La Center
*La Crosse, Washington, La Crosse
*La Grande, Washington, La Grande
*Lamont, Washington, Lamont
*La Push, Washington, La Push (Clallam County, along the Quileute River on the Olympic Peninsula. Home to the Quileute people, Quileute Indian Tribe. From ''la bouche,'' meaning "mouth", as infused into Chinook Jargon, Chinook trading jargon)
*Laurier, Washington, Laurier (Named after Sil Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian Prime Minister)
*Loop Loop, Washington, Loup Loup (from ''loup'', "wolf")
*Malo, Washington, Malo
*Maury Island, Washington, Maury Island
*Mount Rainier (named after Captain Peter Rainier (Royal Navy officer, born 1741), Peter Rainier, grandson of the Huguenot refugee Daniel Regnier)
*Normandy Park, Washington, Normandy (named after Normandy, France)
*North Bonneville (named after Benjamin Louis Eulalie de Bonneville (1796–1878), a French-born officer in the United States Army, fur trapper, and explorer)
*Ozette, Washington, Ozette
*Palouse, Washington, Palouse (from ''pelouse'', meaning "lawn")
*Pend Oreille County, Washington, Pend Oreille County (named after the Pend d'Oreilles (tribe), Pend d'Oreilles tribe. French for "earring" and a reference to heavy earrings and distended lobes of the people of the same name)
*Pomeroy, Washington, Pomeroy (Old French for "Apple Orchard")
*Portage, Washington, Portage
*Portage Island, Washington, Portage Island
*Puget Sound named after Peter Puget, an officer in the Royal Navy of Huguenot descent
*Quimper Peninsula
*Roche Harbor, Washington, Roche Harbor
*Touchet, Washington, Touchet
*Touchet River, Washington, Touchet River
*Vashon, Washington, Vashon
*Vashon Island, Washington, Vashon Island named after James Vashon, an officer in the Royal Navy of Huguenot descent

West Virginia

*Bayard, West Virginia, Bayard
*Belle, West Virginia, Belle
*Belmont, West Virginia, Belmont
*Despard, West Virginia, Despard
*Fayette, West Virginia, Fayette
*Fayette County, West Virginia, Fayette County
*Fayetteville, West Virginia, Fayetteville
*Granville, West Virginia, Granville
*Guyandotte River (a river in southern West Virginia, running from Wyoming County near Beckley, to the Ohio River near Huntington. Guyandotte is the French spelling of the name of an Indian tribe also known as the Wyandot people, Wyandot.)
*Marion County, West Virginia, Marion County
*Montcalm, West Virginia, Montcalm (named for Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, French military commander in the French and Indian War).
*Ronceverte, West Virginia, Ronceverte (Name is derived from two words meaning "Greenbrier.")

Wisconsin

*Wisconsin (anglicized from the French "Ouisconsin", which in turn is a corruption of the Ojibwe "Meskonsing")
*Allouez, Wisconsin, Allouez (after Claude-Jean Allouez)
*Apple River (Wisconsin), Apple River (corruption of the French ''Rivière Pomme de Terre des Cygnes'', which in turn is a translation from the Ojibwe ''Waabiziipinikaani-ziibi'', "River abundant with Sagittaria, swan potatoes''")
*Argonne, Wisconsin, Argonne (from the Argonne Forest in France)
*Ballou, Wisconsin, Ballou
*Belle Plaine, Wisconsin, Belle Plaine ("beautiful plain")
*Bellevue, Wisconsin, Bellevue ("beautiful view")
*Benoit, Wisconsin, Benoit
*Bois Brule River ("burnt wood")
*Butte des Morts, Wisconsin, Butte des Morts ("hill of the dead")
*Calumet County, Wisconsin, Calumet County (French for Menominee peace pipe)
*Cassel, Wisconsin, Cassel (a town in France)
*Couderay, Wisconsin, Couderay (from ''lac courte oreilles'', "short ears")
*Dell Prairie, Wisconsin, Dell Prairie
*De Pere, Wisconsin, De Pere (from ''les rapides des pères'', "the rapids of the fathers")
*Dovre, Wisconsin, Dovre
*Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Eau Claire ("clear water")
*Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, Eau Claire County
*Eau Galle, St. Croix County, Wisconsin, Eau Galle ("gall water")
*Eau Pleine, Marathon County, Wisconsin, Eau Pleine ("full water")
*Flambeau, Price County, Wisconsin, Flambeau ("torch")
*Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, Fond du Lac ("bottom of the lake")
*Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Fond du Lac County
*Grand Chute, Wisconsin, Grand Chute ("great fall")
*Green Bay, Wisconsin, Green Bay (anglicized from the French ''baie verte'', previously "Baie des Puants" - "Bay of Stinks")
*Juneau County, Wisconsin, Juneau County ("Named for Solomon Juneau, born in Quebec")
*La Crosse, Wisconsin, La Crosse ("the crozier")
*La Crosse County, Wisconsin, La Crosse County
*La Farge, Wisconsin, La Farge
*Lafayette County, Wisconsin, Lafayette County
*La Grange, Monroe County, Wisconsin, La Grange (originally "La Grane" after the native place of General La Fayette)
*La Pointe, Wisconsin, La Pointe (from ''la pointe de Chequamegon'', the area around Chequamegon Bay)
*La Valle, Wisconsin, La Valle ("the valley")
*Lac Courte Oreilles ("lake short ears")
*Lac du Flambeau (town), Wisconsin, Lac du Flambeau ("lake of the torch")
*Lac La Belle, Wisconsin, Lac La Belle ("Lake the beautiful or beautiful lake")
*Lake Butte des Morts ("hill of the dead")
*Langlade County, Wisconsin, Langlade County
*Marinette County, Wisconsin, Marinette County
*Marquette, Wisconsin, Marquette (after Father Jacques Marquette)
*Marquette County, Wisconsin, Marquette County
*Montreal, Wisconsin, Montreal ("Royal Mountain", after Montréal, Québec)
*Nicolet National Forest (after Jean Nicolet)
*Pepin County, Wisconsin, Pepin County
*Portage, Wisconsin, Portage (originally named for the Fox-Wisconsin portage)
*Portage County, Wisconsin, Portage County
*Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, Prairie du Chien ("dog prairie")
*Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin, Prairie du Sac ("prairie of the Sac people")
*Presque Isle, Wisconsin, Presque Isle (from ''presqu'île'', "peninsula")
*Racine, Wisconsin, Racine ("root", after the Root River)
*Racine County, Wisconsin, Racine County
*Radisson, Wisconsin, Radisson ("radish")
*Roche a Cri, Wisconsin, Roche a Cri
*St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin, St. Croix Falls (after the St. Croix River (Wisconsin–Minnesota), St. Croix ("Holy Cross") river, named c. 1689)
*St. Croix County, Wisconsin, St. Croix County
*Superior, Wisconsin, Superior (from Lake Superior / Lac Supérieur - meaning "upper" in this context)
*Theresa, Wisconsin, Theresa
*Trempealeau River (from "trempe à l'eau", "plunge into the water")
*Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, Trempealeau County

Wyoming

*Belle Fourche River
*Bondurant, Wyoming, Bondurant
*Calpet, Wyoming, Calpet
*Cheyenne, Wyoming, Cheyenne (from the French pronunciation and spelling of the Dakota language, Dakota word ''Sahi'yena'', a diminutive of ''Sahi'ya,'' a Dakotan name for the Cree people.)
*Cheyenne River
*Dubois, Wyoming, Dubois (named after U.S. Senator Fred Dubois, of French-Canadian ancestry)
*Fontenelle, Wyoming, Fontenelle
*Fort Laramie, Wyoming, Fort Laramie
*Fremont County, Wyoming, Fremont County (named for John C. Frémont, French-American pioneer and politician)
*Grand Teton National Park (from French ''grands tétons'', "large teats" - presumably referring to the mountains' shape)
*Gros Ventre Range
*Gros Ventre River
*La Barge, Wyoming, La Barge
*La Grange, Wyoming, La Grange
*Laramie, Wyoming, Laramie (named from Jacques La Ramee, Jacques LaRamie, a French-speaking Canadian trapper who disappeared in the Laramie Mountains in the late 1810s)
*Laramie County, Wyoming, Laramie County
*Laramie Mountains
*Laramie River
*Little Laramie River, as well as the North Fork Little Laramie River, North, South Fork Little Laramie River, South, and Middle Fork Little Laramie River, Middle Fork Laramie Rivers
*North Laramie River
*North Platte River
*Platte County, Wyoming, Platte County
*Ranchettes, Wyoming, Ranchettes
*Rozet, Wyoming, Rozet
*Sublette County, Wyoming, Sublette County
*Teton County, Wyoming, Teton County
*Teton Range
*Teton Village, Wyoming, Teton Village

United States Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands

*Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, Saint Croix ("Holy Cross")

See also

* List of U.S. state name etymologies
* Lists of U.S. county name etymologies
* List of place names of German origin in the United States
* List of U.S. place names of Spanish origin
* List of Chinook Jargon placenames
* List of non-US places that have a US place named after them

References

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French-American history
Lists of United States placename etymology, French
French language in the United States