As a result of former

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...

and, later,

Mexican Mexican may refer to: Mexico and its culture *Being related to, from, or connected to the country of Mexico, in North America ** People *** Mexicans, inhabitants of the country Mexico and their descendants *** Mexica, ancient indigenous people ...

sovereignty Sovereignty is the defining authority within individual consciousness, social construct, or territory. Sovereignty entails hierarchy within the state, as well as external autonomy for states. In any state, sovereignty is assigned to the perso ...

over lands that are now part of the

United States 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 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

, there are many places in the country, mostly in the

southwest The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A compass rose is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west—each sepa ...

, with names of Spanish origin.

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...

and

Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...

also were at times under Spanish control, as were

California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...

Utah Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to it ...

Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. N ...

Arizona Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...

New Mexico ) , population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano) , seat = Santa Fe , LargestCity = Albuquerque , LargestMetro = Tiguex , OfficialLang = None , Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ker ...

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...

, and portions of western

Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...

. There are also several places in the United States with Spanish names as a result of other factors. Some of these names have retained archaic Spanish spellings.

Authenticity and origin

Not all Spanish place name etymologies in the United States originate from the

Spanish colonial period Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...

or from the Spanish language. Spanish-sounding place names are classified into four categories: *Colonial: Spanish names that were given during the Spanish colonial period, or adaptations of names originally given in the colonial period to the same place or to nearby related places. ''(Ex:

Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...

Salamanca Salamanca () is a city in western Spain and is the capital of the Province of Salamanca in the autonomous community of Castile and León. The city lies on several rolling hills by the Tormes River. Its Old City was declared a UNESCO World Heritag ...

, or

)'' *Post-colonial: Spanish place names that have no history of being used during the colonial period for the place in question or for nearby related places. ''(Ex:

Lake Buena Vista Buena Vista, meaning "good view" in Spanish, may refer to: Places Canada *Bonavista, Newfoundland and Labrador, with the name being originally derived from “Buena Vista” *Buena Vista, Saskatchewan * Buena Vista, Saskatoon, a neighborhood in ...

, Florida, named in 1969 after a street in

Burbank, California Burbank is a city in the southeastern end of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Located northwest of downtown Los Angeles, Burbank has a population of 107,337. The city was named after David Burbank, w ...

)'' *Non-Spanish: Place names originating from non-Spaniards or in non-historically Spanish areas. *Faux: Fabricated Spanish place names, typically by non-Spanish speakers. ''(Ex:

Sierra Vista Sierra Vista is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. According to the 2020 Census, the population of the city is 45,308, and is the 27th most populous city in Arizona. The city is part of the Sierra Vista-Douglas Metropolitan Are ...

)''

States

Either from árida zona, meaning "Arid Zone", or from a Spanish word of Basque origin meaning "The Good Oak" *

(from the name of a fictional island country in ''

Las sergas de Esplandián ''Las Sergas de Esplandián'' (''The Adventures of Esplandián'') is a novel written by Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo in the late fifteenth or early sixteenth century. The novel is a sequel to a popular fifteenth century set of chivalric romance n ...

'', a popular Spanish

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by Garci Rodríguez de Mon talvo) *

(meaning "red olored, "ruddy" or "colored" in masculine form. Named after Colorado City; now called

Old Colorado City Old Colorado City, formerly Colorado City, was once a town, but it is now a neighborhood within the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Its commercial district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It was founded during ...

.) *

Meaning ""Flowery" or "Florid", because it was discovered by

Ponce de León Ponce may refer to: *Ponce (surname) * *Ponce, Puerto Rico, a city in Puerto Rico ** Ponce High School ** Ponce massacre, 1937 * USS ''Ponce'', several ships of the US Navy *Manuel Ponce, a Mexican composer active in the 20th century * British sla ...

Easter Sunday Easter,Traditional names for the feast in English are "Easter Day", as in the ''Book of Common Prayer''; "Easter Sunday", used by James Ussher''The Whole Works of the Most Rev. James Ussher, Volume 4'') and Samuel Pepys''The Diary of Samuel ...

, called ''Pascua Florida'' to distinguish this holiday, which occurs in

springtime Springtime may refer to: * Spring (season), one of the four temperate seasons Film and television * ''Springtime'' (1920 film), an American silent comedy starring Oliver Hardy * ''Springtime'' (1929 film), a ''Silly Symphonies'' animated Disney ...

when

flowers A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Angiospermae). The biological function of a flower is to facilitate reproduction, usually by providing a mechani ...

are abundant, from other Christian holidays called ''Pascua'' in Spanish, such as

Christmas Christmas is an annual festival commemorating Nativity of Jesus, the birth of Jesus, Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people Observance of Christmas by country, around t ...

and

Epiphany Epiphany may refer to: * Epiphany (feeling), an experience of sudden and striking insight Religion * Epiphany (holiday), a Christian holiday celebrating the revelation of God the Son as a human being in Jesus Christ ** Epiphany season, or Epiph ...

. *

Montana Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbi ...

from Latinized Spanish meaning "mountainous", also in Spanish "montaña" is the name of "mountain" *

comes from the Spanish Sierra Nevada (which is also a mountain range in Spain), meaning snowy mountain range (Nevada is the Spanish feminine form of snowy). *

, named after the

Valley of Mexico The Valley of Mexico ( es, Valle de México) is a highlands plateau in central Mexico roughly coterminous with present-day Mexico City and the eastern half of the State of Mexico. Surrounded by mountains and volcanoes, the Valley of Mexico wa ...

. *

Oregon Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...

comes from "Orejón", "big ear" or could come from "Aragón". *

, from the Spanish name for the

Caddo The Caddo people comprise the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma, a federally recognized tribe headquartered in Binger, Oklahoma. They speak the Caddo language. The Caddo Confederacy was a network of Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands, wh ...

, derived from the word meaning 'friend'. *

derives from the Spanish name given to the

Ute People Ute () are the Indigenous people of the Ute tribe and culture among the Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin. They had lived in sovereignty in the regions of present-day Utah and Colorado in the Southwestern United States for many centuries unt ...

by early explorers to the area. The Utes refer to themselves as ''Noochee'', which in Spanish was changed to ''Yuta''.

Territories

* North Mariana Islands (after queen Mariana, regent at the time) *

Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated ...

(Spanish for "Rich Port") *

US Virgin Islands The United States Virgin Islands,. Also called the ''American Virgin Islands'' and the ''U.S. Virgin Islands''. officially the Virgin Islands of the United States, are a group of Caribbean islands and an unincorporated and organized territory ...

(

Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus * lij, Cristoffa C(or)ombo * es, link=no, Cristóbal Colón * pt, Cristóvão Colombo * ca, Cristòfor (or ) * la, Christophorus Columbus. (; born between 25 August and 31 October 1451, died 20 May 1506) was a ...

named the

Virgin Islands The Virgin Islands ( es, Islas Vírgenes) are an archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. They are geologically and biogeographically the easternmost part of the Greater Antilles, the northern islands belonging to the Puerto Rico Trench and St. Croix ...

after '' Santa Ursula y las Once mil Virgenes'' (English: St. Ursula and the 11,000 Virgins), shortened to ''las Vírgenes'' (the Virgins))

Counties and parishes

Alameda County, California Alameda County ( ) is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,682,353, making it the 7th-most populous county in the state and 21st most populous nationally. The county seat is Oakland. Al ...

("Boulevard with Poplars") *

Alamosa County, Colorado Alamosa County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 16,376. The county seat is Alamosa, Colorado, Alamosa. The county name is the Spanish language word for a "Gr ...

("Shaded with Poplars or Cottonwoods") *

Amador County, California Amador County () is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of California, in the Sierra Nevada. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 40,474. The county seat is Jackson, California, Jackson. Ama ...

(named for José María Amador, ''amador'' is a Spanish word for "lover", not widely used) *

Angelina County, Texas Angelina County ( ) is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is in East Texas and its county seat is Lufkin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 86,395. The Lufkin, TX Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Angelina Cou ...

(From "Angelina," a Spanish given name. Its English equivalent is "Angeline") *

Archuleta County, Colorado Archuleta County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,359. The county seat and the only incorporated municipality in the county is Pagosa Springs. History Archuleta County was created ...

(From "Archuleta," a Spanish surname) *

Atascosa County, Texas Atascosa County ( ) is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is in South Texas and its county seat is Jourdanton. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 48,981. Atascosa County is part of the San Antonio-New Braunfe ...

("Boggy") *

Baca County, Colorado Baca County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 3,506. The county seat is Springfield, Colorado, Springfield. Located at the southeast corner of Colorado, the co ...

(named in honor of pioneer and Colorado territorial legislator Felipe Baca) *

Bandera County, Texas Bandera County (Spanish: "flag", ) is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. It is located in the Hill Country and its county seat is Bandera. As of the 2020 census, the population is 20,851. Bandera County is part of the San Antonio-New Brau ...

Flag A flag is a piece of fabric (most often rectangular or quadrilateral) with a distinctive design and colours. It is used as a symbol, a signalling device, or for decoration. The term ''flag'' is also used to refer to the graphic design empl ...

") *

Bastrop County, Texas Bastrop County is located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is in Central Texas and its county seat is Bastrop. As of the 2020 census, the population was 97,216. Bastrop County is included in the Austin–Round Rock, Texas, metropolitan ...

Bernalillo County, New Mexico Bernalillo County () is the most populous county in the U.S. state of New Mexico.Bernalillo Co ...

Bexar County, Texas Bexar County ( or ; es, Béxar ) is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. It is in South Texas and its county seat is San Antonio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,009,324. Bexar County is included in the San Antonio–New Bra ...

(''Béxar'' is an ancient form for

Béjar Béjar () is a town and municipality of Spain located in the province of Salamanca, autonomous community of Castile and León. As of 2018, it had a population of 12,961. The historical development of the town has been linked to its once thriving ...

) *

Blanco County, Texas Blanco County (Spanish: "white", ) is a United States county located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is located in Central Texas and its county seat is Johnson City. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,374. The county is named for ...

("White") *

Bosque County, Texas Bosque County ( ) is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,235. Its county seat is Meridian, while Clifton is the largest city and the cultural/financial center of th ...

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") *

Brazos County, Texas Brazos County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 233,849. The county seat is Bryan. Along with Brazoria County, the county is named for the Brazos River, which forms its western border. The ...

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s") *

Buena Vista County, Iowa Buena Vista County (; ) is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 20,823. Its county seat is Storm Lake, Iowa, Storm Lake. The county is named for ...

("Good View") *

Calaveras County, California Calaveras County (), officially the County of Calaveras, is a county in both the Gold Country and High Sierra regions of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 45,292. The county seat is San Andreas. Angels C ...

(named after the ''Calaveras River''; Spanish word for "Skulls") *

Cerro Gordo County, Iowa Cerro Gordo County (; ) is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 43,127. Its county seat is Mason City. The county is named for the Battle of Cerro Gordo, which took place during the Mexican–Am ...

("Fat/large Mountain") *

Chaves County, New Mexico Chaves County is a county in New Mexico, United States. As of the 2019 census, the population was 64,615. Its county seat is Roswell. Chaves County was named for Colonel Jose Francisco Chaves, a military leader there during the Civil War and ...

(similar to "llaves"-"Keys") *

Cimarron County, Oklahoma Cimarron County is the westernmost county in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Its county seat is Boise City. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,296, making it the least-populous county in Oklahoma; and indeed, throughout most of its histo ...

(''

maroon Maroon ( US/ UK , Australia ) is a brownish crimson color that takes its name from the French word ''marron'', or chestnut. "Marron" is also one of the French translations for "brown". According to multiple dictionaries, there are var ...

'') *

Colusa County, California Colusa County () is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,839. The county seat is Colusa. It is in the North Valley of California, northwest of the state capital, Sacramento. History C ...

(from two Mexican land grants; Coluses (1844) and Colus (1845)) *

Comal County, Texas Comal County ( ) is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 161,501. Comal County is known for its rich German-Texan and European history. Its county seat is New Braunfels. ...

Concho County, Texas Concho County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,303. Its county seat is Paint Rock. The county was founded in 1858 and later organized in 1879. It is named for t ...

("shell") *

Conejos County, Colorado Conejos County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,461. The county seat is the unincorporated community of Conejos. Being 50.7% Hispanic in 2020, Conejos was Colorado's largest Hispa ...

(named after the

Conejos River The Conejos River is a tributary of the Rio Grande, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 31, 2011 in south-central Colorado in the United States. It d ...

meaning "

Rabbits Rabbits, also known as bunnies or bunny rabbits, are small mammals in the family Leporidae (which also contains the hares) of the order Lagomorpha (which also contains the pikas). ''Oryctolagus cuniculus'' includes the European rabbit specie ...

") *

Contra Costa County, California ) of the San Francisco Bay , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = United States , subdivision_type1 = State , subdivision_name1 = California , subdivision_type2 ...

("Opposite coast" or "back coast" in

; in reference to its location in the San Francisco Bay Area) *

Costilla County, Colorado Costilla County (Spanish for "rib") is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,499. The county seat is San Luis, the oldest continuously occupied town in Colorado. History On July 8, 1694, ...

(named after the Costilla River, meaning "Little Coast" or "Rib") *

DeSoto County, Florida DeSoto County is a county located at the tropical/humid subtropical line which means the Florida Heartland, central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 33,976. Its county seat is Arcadia. DeSoto Co ...

(named after the Spanish explorer

Hernando de Soto Hernando de Soto (; ; 1500 – 21 May, 1542) was a Spanish explorer and '' conquistador'' who was involved in expeditions in Nicaragua and the Yucatan Peninsula. He played an important role in Francisco Pizarro's conquest of the Inca Empire ...

) *

DeSoto County, Mississippi DeSoto County is a county located on the northwestern border of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the population was 161,252, making it the third-most populous county in Mississippi. Its county seat is Hernando. DeSoto Cou ...

(named after the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto) *

Del Norte County, California ), in California , seat_type = County seat , seat = Crescent City , parts_type = Largest city , parts = Crescent City , unit_pref = US , area_total_sq_mi = 1230 , area_land_sq_mi = 1006 , area_water_sq_mi = 223 , elevation_max_footnote ...

("Northern" in Spanish, also the northernmost county in California. This county was actually named and pioneered by portuguese settlers, and is pronounced differently than would be expected in Spanish) *

Dolores County, Colorado Dolores County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 2,326. The county seat is Dove Creek, Colorado, Dove Creek. History It is thought that the area has been the ...

(derived from "Nuestra Señora de los Dolores", Spanish name for

Our Lady of Sorrows Our Lady of Sorrows ( la, Beata Maria Virgo Perdolens), Our Lady of Dolours, the Sorrowful Mother or Mother of Sorrows ( la, Mater Dolorosa, link=no), and Our Lady of Piety, Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows or Our Lady of the Seven Dolours are names ...

) *

Doña Ana County, New Mexico Doña Ana County is located in the southern part of the State of New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, its population was 219,561, which makes it the second-most populated county in New Mexico. Its county seat is Las Cruces, th ...

(''Mrs. Anne'') *

El Dorado County, California El Dorado County (), officially the County of El Dorado, is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 191,185. The county seat is Placerville. The County is part of the Sacramento- Roseville-A ...

(From the mythical El Dorado, The Gilded One, significant to El Dorado County's importance in the California Gold Rush) *

El Paso County, Colorado El Paso County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. The 2020 Census recorded its population as 730,395. The Census Bureau's 2020 result indicates it is the most populous county in Colorado, surpassing the City and County of De ...

("The step" or "the pass") *

El Paso County, Texas El Paso County is the westernmost county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 865,657, making it the ninth-most populous county in the state of Texas. Its seat is the city of El Paso, the sixth-most populous ...

("The step" or "the pass") *

Escambia County, Florida Escambia County is the westernmost and oldest county in the U.S. state of Florida. It is in the state's northwestern corner. At the 2020 census, the population was 321,905. Its county seat and largest city is Pensacola. Escambia County is incl ...

(named for the

Escambia River The Conecuh River and Escambia River constitute a single river in Alabama and Florida in the United States. The Conecuh River rises near Union Springs in the state and flows in a general southwesterly direction into Florida near Century. The r ...

, whose name comes from a Spanish word for "

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" or "

trade Trade involves the transfer of goods and services from one person or entity to another, often in exchange for money. Economists refer to a system or network that allows trade as a market. An early form of trade, barter, saw the direct excha ...

") *

Esmeralda County, Nevada Esmeralda County is a County (United States), county in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 729, making it the least populous county in Nevada. Esmeralda Coun ...

Emerald Emerald is a gemstone and a variety of the mineral beryl (Be3Al2(SiO3)6) colored green by trace amounts of chromium or sometimes vanadium.Hurlbut, Cornelius S. Jr. and Kammerling, Robert C. (1991) ''Gemology'', John Wiley & Sons, New York, p ...

") *

Fresno County, California Fresno County (), officially the County of Fresno, is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 1,008,654. The county seat is Fresno, the fifth-most populous city in Cali ...

(From Fresno Creek. In Spanish, ''fresno'' means "ash tree".) *

Frio County, Texas Frio County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 18,385. The county seat is Pearsall. The county was created in 1858 and later organized in 1871. Frio is named for the Frio River, whose na ...

("Cold") *

Garza County, Texas Garza County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 5,816, of which most of the population were residing in Its county seat, and only incorporated municipality, Post. The county was created i ...

(named in honor to the family of landowner

José Antonio de la Garza José Antonio de la Garza (May 31, 1776 – 1851?), was a Tejano who was the first landowner in San Antonio, Texas and the first man to create a coin in this state. Antonio de la Garza was elected mayor of San Antonio in 1813 and 1832. Biography ...

). *

Gonzales County, Texas Gonzales County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas, adjacent to Greater Austin-San Antonio. As of the 2020 census, its population was 19,653. The county is named for its county seat, the city of Gonzales. The county was created in 1836 a ...

Guadalupe County, Texas Guadalupe County (, ) is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 172,706. The county seat is Seguin. The county was founded in 1846 and is named after Guadalupe River. Guadalupe County is par ...

Hernando County, Florida Hernando County is a county located on the west central coast of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 194,515. Its county seat is Brooksville, and its largest community is Spring Hill. Hernando County is incl ...

(named after Spanish explorer

) *

Hidalgo County, New Mexico Hidalgo County ( es, Condado de Hidalgo) is the southernmost county of the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2010 census, the population was 4,894. The county seat and largest city is Lordsburg. A bill creating Hidalgo from the southern part ...

(after Villa de Guadalupe Hidalgo, where the

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was signed) *

Hidalgo County, Texas Hidalgo County (; ) is located in the U.S. state of Texas. The county seat is Edinburg and the largest city is McAllen. The county is named for Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, the priest who raised the call for Mexico's independence from Spain. It ...

(after

Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Don (honorific), Don Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo y Costilla y Gallaga Mandarte Villaseñor (8 May 1753 – 30 July 1811), more commonly known as Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla or Miguel Hidalgo (), was a Catholic priest, leader ...

, Mexican national hero) *

Huerfano County, Colorado Huerfano County (; ) is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 6,820. The county seat is Walsenburg, Colorado, Walsenburg. The county, whose name comes from the Spanis ...

(named for the

Huerfano Butte Huerfano Butte (; ) is a volcanic plug or hypabyssal plug located north of Walsenburg in Huerfano County, Colorado, United States. Named ''Huérfano'' (English: orphan) by early Spanish explorers, it rises above the south side of the Huerfano ...

, a local landmark. From the Spanish ''huérfano'', meaning ''orphan'') *

Las Animas County, Colorado Las Animas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,555. The county seat is Trinidad. The county takes its name from the Mexican Spanish name of the Purgatoire River, originally c ...

(named after the

Animas River Animas River (''On-e-mas''; es, Río de las Ánimas) is a river in the western United States, a tributary of the San Juan River (Colorado River), San Juan River, part of the Colorado River, Colorado River System. The Animas-La Plata Water Pro ...

, derived from ''Río de las Ánimas Perdidas'', which means "River of the Lost Souls") *

La Paz County, Arizona La Paz County is the 15th county in the U.S. state of Arizona, located in the western part of the state. As of the 2020 census, its population was 16,557, making it the second-least populous county in Arizona. The county seat is Parker. Th ...

("Peace") *

La Plata County, Colorado La Plata County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 55,638. The county seat is Durango. The county was named for the La Plata River and the La Plata Mountains. "La plata" means "the si ...

(called so for La Plata River, in Colorado. From the Spanish ''plata'', meaning "silver") *

Lampasas County, Texas Lampasas County ( ) is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 21,627. Its county seat is Lampasas. The county is named for the Lampasas River. Lampasas County is part of th ...

Laredo, Texas Laredo ( ; ) is a city in and the county seat of Webb County, Texas, United States, on the north bank of the Rio Grande in South Texas, across from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Laredo has the distinction of flying seven flags (the flag of t ...

("scree") *

Lavaca County, Texas Lavaca County ( ) is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 20,337. Its county seat is Hallettsville. The county was created in 1846. It is named for the Lavaca River, which curves its way southe ...

("La vaca", literally "the cow") *

Leon County, Florida Leon County is a county in the Panhandle of the U.S. state of Florida. It was named after the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León. As of the 2020 census, the population was 292,198. The county seat is Tallahassee, which is also the state cap ...

(named for Spanish explorer

Juan Ponce de León Juan Ponce de León (, , , ; 1474 – July 1521) was a Spanish explorer and '' conquistador'' known for leading the first official European expedition to Florida and for serving as the first governor of Puerto Rico. He was born in Santervá ...

; it is his surname, which means

lion The lion (''Panthera leo'') is a large Felidae, cat of the genus ''Panthera'' native to Africa and India. It has a muscular, broad-chested body; short, rounded head; round ears; and a hairy tuft at the end of its tail. It is sexually dimorphi ...

, as well as the name of a Spanish city,

León, Spain León (; ) is a city and Municipalities of Spain, municipality of Spain, capital of the province of León, part of the autonomous community of Castile and León, in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. It has a population of 124,303 (2019), ...

Leon County, Texas Leon County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 15,719. Its county seat is Centerville. History The legislature of the Republic of Texas authorized Leon County in 1846 from part of Robertson C ...

Los Alamos County, New Mexico Los Alamos County (English: "The Poplars" or "Cottonwoods") is a county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2010 census, the population was 17,950. The smallest county by area in the state, Los Alamos County was formerly administered ex ...

("The white poplars") *

Los Angeles County, California Los Angeles County, officially the County of Los Angeles, and sometimes abbreviated as L.A. County, is the List of the most populous counties in the United States, most populous county in the United States and in the U.S. state of California, ...

(

for "the Angels", from one of the 28 settlements founded by the Spanish, ''El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula'') *

Madera County, California Madera County (), officially the County of Madera, is a county at the geographic center of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 156,255. The county seat is Madera. Madera County comprises the Madera, CA Metr ...

("Wood" or "Timber") *

Matagorda County, Texas Matagorda County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 36,255. Its county seat is Bay City, not to be confused with the larger Baytown in Harris and Chambers Counties. Matagorda County is na ...

("Fat shrub") *

Maricopa County, Arizona Maricopa County is in the south-central part of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,420,568, making it the state's most populous county, and the fourth-most populous in the United States. It contains about 6 ...

Mariposa County, California Mariposa County () is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the population was 17,131. The county seat is Mariposa. It is located in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains, north of Fresno, east of ...

("Butterfly") *

Medina County, Texas Medina County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 50,748. Its county seat is Hondo. The county is named for the Medina River. The extreme northern part of the county lies within the Edward ...

(from Arabic "town, city") *

Mendocino County, California Mendocino County (; ''Mendocino'', Spanish language, Spanish for "of Antonio de Mendoza, Mendoza) is a County (United States), county located on the North Coast (California), North Coast of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United Sta ...

(from

Cape Mendocino Cape Mendocino (Spanish: ''Cabo Mendocino'', meaning "Cape of Mendoza"), which is located approximately north of San Francisco, is located on the Lost Coast entirely within Humboldt County, California, United States. At 124° 24' 34" W longitude ...

, named probably for either Antonio de Mendoza or Lorenzo Suárez de Mendoza,

viceroys A viceroy () is an official who reigns over a polity in the name of and as the representative of the monarch of the territory. The term derives from the Latin prefix ''vice-'', meaning "in the place of" and the French word ''roy'', meaning " ...

New Spain New Spain, officially the Viceroyalty of New Spain ( es, Virreinato de Nueva España, ), or Kingdom of New Spain, was an integral territorial entity of the Spanish Empire, established by Habsburg Spain during the Spanish colonization of the Am ...

) *

Mesa County, Colorado Mesa County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 155,703. The county seat is Grand Junction. The county was named for the many large mesas in the area, including Grand Mesa. Mesa County ...

(''table'') *

Merced County, California Merced County ( ), is a county located in the northern San Joaquin Valley section of the Central Valley, in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 281,202. The county seat is Merced. The county is named after ...

(from the

Merced River The Merced River (), in the central part of the U.S. state of California, is a -long tributary of the San Joaquin River flowing from the Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada into the San Joaquin Valley. It is most well known for its swift and st ...

, a shortened version of the original name ''El Río de Nuestra Señora de la Merced'' (River of Our Lady of Mercy); named in 1806 by an expedition headed by

Gabriel Moraga Gabriel Moraga (1765 – June 14, 1823) was a Sonoran-born Californio explorer and army officer. He was the son of the expeditionary José Joaquín Moraga who helped lead the de Anza Expedition to California in 1774, Like his father, Moraga is on ...

) *

Monterey County, California Monterey County ( ), officially the County of Monterey, is a county located on the Pacific coast in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, its population was 439,035. The county's largest city and county seat is Salinas. Monte ...

(from

Monterey Bay Monterey Bay is a bay of the Pacific Ocean located on the coast of the U.S. state of California, south of the San Francisco Bay Area and its major city at the south of the bay, San Jose. San Francisco itself is further north along the coast, by a ...

—the name is composed of the Spanish words ''Monte'' ("Hill") and ''Rey'' ("King"), historically because the viceroy of New Spain (Mexico) that supported the expedition of California, was from Monterey, Galicia, Spain) *

Mora County, New Mexico ) is a List of counties in New Mexico, county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, the population was 4,881. Its county seat is the census-designated place (CDP) Mora, New Mexico, Mora. The county has an ...

(''Blackberry'' or ''Moor woman'') *

Natrona County, Wyoming Natrona County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Wyoming. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 79,955, making it the second-most populous county in Wyoming. Its county seat is Casper, Wyoming, Casper. ...

Natron Natron is a naturally occurring mixture of sodium carbonate decahydrate ( Na2CO3·10H2O, a kind of soda ash) and around 17% sodium bicarbonate (also called baking soda, NaHCO3) along with small quantities of sodium chloride and sodium sulfate. N ...

") *

Navarro County, Texas Navarro County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 52,624. Its county seat is Corsicana. The county is named for José Antonio Navarro, a Tejano leader in the Texas Revolution who signed th ...

(it could come either from the surname "Navarro", or from the Spanish region of Navarre) *

Nevada County, California Nevada County () is a county located in the U.S. state of California, in the Sierra Nevada. As of the 2020 census, the population was 102,241. The county seat is Nevada City. Nevada County comprises the Truckee-Grass Valley, CA Micropolitan ...

("Snowy") *

New Madrid County, Missouri ; french: Comté de New Madrid) is a county located in the Bootheel of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,434. The largest city and county seat is New Madrid, located on the northern side of the Kentucky Bend ...

(called so after the Spanish capital

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...

) *

Nueces County, Texas Nueces County is located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 353,178, making it the 16th-most populous county in the state. The county seat is Corpus Christi. The county was formed in 1846 from portions of S ...

(named after the

Nueces River The Nueces River is a river in the U.S. state of Texas, about long. It drains a region in central and southern Texas southeastward into the Gulf of Mexico. It is the southernmost major river in Texas northeast of the Rio Grande. ''Nueces'' ...

, meaning " nuts", derived from

pecan The pecan (''Carya illinoinensis'') is a species of hickory native to the southern United States and northern Mexico in the region of the Mississippi River. The tree is cultivated for its seed in the southern United States, primarily in Georgia, ...

nuts) *

Otero County, Colorado Otero County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,690. The county seat is La Junta. The county was named for Miguel Antonio Otero, one of the founders of the town of La Junta and a ...

(the county was named for

Miguel Antonio Otero (born 1829) Miguel Antonio Otero (June 21, 1829 – May 30, 1882) was a prominent American politician of the New Mexico Territory and instrumental in the economic development of the territory. Early life Miguel Antonio Otero was born in Valencia, ...

, one of the founders of the town of

La Junta La Junta is a home rule municipality in , the county seat of, and the most populous municipality of Otero County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 7,322 at the 2020 United States Census. La Junta is located on the Arkansas Ri ...

and a member of a prominent Hispanic family) *

Otero County, New Mexico Otero County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2010 census, the population was 63,797. Its county seat is Alamogordo. Its southern boundary is the Texas state line. It is named for Miguel Antonio Otero (born 1859), ...

(named for

whose son

Miguel Antonio Otero (born 1859) Miguel Antonio Otero II (October 17, 1859 – August 7, 1944) was an American politician, businessman, and author who served as the 16th Governor of New Mexico Territory from 1897 to 1906. He was the son of Miguel Antonio Otero, a prominent busi ...

who was a

territorial governor) *

Palo Alto County, Iowa Palo Alto County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,996. The county seat is Emmetsburg. It is named after the Battle of Palo Alto, the first major battle of the Mexican–American War. Ge ...

- (of Spanish "tall stick"; It is named for the first battlefield victory in the

Mexican–American War The Mexican–American War, also known in the United States as the Mexican War and in Mexico as the (''United States intervention in Mexico''), was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848. It followed the 1 ...

). *

Palo Pinto County, Texas Palo Pinto County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 28,409. The county seat is Palo Pinto. The county was created in 1856 and organized the following year. Palo Pinto County comprises th ...

("Colored stick") *

Pecos County, Texas Pecos County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 15,193. The county seat is Fort Stockton, Texas, Fort Stockton. The county was created in ...

("freckles") *

Pinellas County, Florida Pinellas County (, ) is a county located on the west central coast of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 959,107. The county is part of the Tampa– St. Petersburg– Clearwater, Florida Metropolitan Statistic ...

(named after "La Punta de Piñal de Jimenez", which means "Jimenez's Point of Pines", after the entrance to

Tampa Bay Tampa Bay is a large natural harbor and shallow estuary connected to the Gulf of Mexico on the west-central coast of Florida, comprising Hillsborough Bay, McKay Bay, Old Tampa Bay, Middle Tampa Bay, and Lower Tampa Bay. The largest freshwater in ...

by Spanish explorers in 1757) *

Plumas County, California Plumas County () is a county in the Sierra Nevada of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,790. The county seat is Quincy, and the only incorporated city is Portola. The largest community in the county is ...

(for the

Feather River The Feather River is the principal tributary of the Sacramento River, in the Sacramento Valley of Northern California. The river's main stem is about long. Its length to its most distant headwater tributary is just over . The main stem Feather R ...

. ''Plumas'' is the Spanish word for feathers.) *

Pueblo County, Colorado Pueblo County ( or ) is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 168,162. The county seat is Pueblo. The county was named for the historic city of Pueblo which took its name from the Spanish lan ...

(''village'') *

Presidio County, Texas Presidio County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 6,131. Its county seat is Marfa. The county was created in 1850 and later organized in 1875. Presidio County (K-5 in Texas topological ind ...

("Prison") *

Refugio County, Texas Refugio County ( ) is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 6,741. Its county seat is Refugio. The county originated as a municipality of Mexico in 1834 and was classified as a county in 1837. ...

("Shelter") *

Rio Arriba County, New Mexico Rio Arriba County is a county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2010 census, the population was 40,246. Its county seat is Tierra Amarilla. Its northern border is the Colorado state line. Rio Arriba County comprises the Española, N ...

("Upstream", referring to the stream of a river) *

Rio Grande County, Colorado Rio Grande County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,539. The county seat is Del Norte. The county is named for the Rio Grande (Spanish language for "Big River"), which flows throug ...

("Big River") *

Sabine County, Texas Sabine County is a county located on the central eastern border of the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 9,894. The county was organized on December 14, 1837, and named for the Sabine River, which forms its easter ...

Sacramento County, California Sacramento County () is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,585,055. Its county seat is Sacramento, which has been the state capital of California since 1854. Sacramento County is the ...

(from the

Sacramento River The Sacramento River ( es, Río Sacramento) is the principal river of Northern California in the United States and is the largest river in California. Rising in the Klamath Mountains, the river flows south for before reaching the Sacramento–S ...

, itself named for the Santísimo Sacramento (Spanish for Most Holy Sacrament), a reference to the

Eucharist The Eucharist (; from Greek , , ), also known as Holy Communion and the Lord's Supper, is a Christian rite that is considered a sacrament in most churches, and as an ordinance in others. According to the New Testament, the rite was instit ...

) *

San Augustine County, Texas San Augustine County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 7,918. Its county seat is San Augustine. History San Augustine County was formed in 1837. It was supposedly named after the Saint, ...

(Presidio de San Agustin de Ahumada) *

San Benito County, California San Benito County (; ''San Benito'', Spanish language, Spanish for "Benedict of Nursia, St. Benedict"), officially the County of San Benito, is a county (United States), county located in the California Coast Ranges, Coast Range Mountains of the ...

(in honor of San Benedicto (

Saint Benedict Benedict of Nursia ( la, Benedictus Nursiae; it, Benedetto da Norcia; 2 March AD 480 – 21 March AD 548) was an Christianity in Italy, Italian Christian monk, writer, and theologian who is venerated in the Catholic Church, the Eastern Ortho ...

); "Benito" is the diminutive of Benedicto) *

San Bernardino County, California San Bernardino County (), officially the County of San Bernardino, is a County (United States), county located in the Southern California, southern portion of the U.S. state of California, and is located within the Inland Empire area. As of the ...

(Saint

Bernardino of Siena Bernardino of Siena, OFM (8 September 138020 May 1444), also known as Bernardine, was an Italian priest and Franciscan missionary preacher in Italy. He was a systematizer of Scholastic economics. His preaching, his book burnings, and his " bon ...

) *

St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana St. Bernard Parish (french: Paroisse de Saint-Bernard; es, Parroquia de San Bernardo) is a parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat and largest community is Chalmette. The parish was formed in 1807. St. Bernard Parish is part of t ...

(called so after St. Bernard, the patron saint of Spanish colonial governor of Louisiana in 1780s

Bernardo de Gálvez Bernardo Vicente de Gálvez y Madrid, 1st Count of Gálvez (23 July 1746 – 30 November 1786) was a Spanish military leader and government official who served as colonial governor of Spanish Louisiana and Cuba, and later as Viceroy of New Spa ...

). *

San Diego County, California San Diego County (), officially the County of San Diego, is a county in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,298,634, making it California's second-most populous county and the fi ...

(from the city of

San Diego San Diego ( , ; ) is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast of Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a 2020 population of 1,386,932, it is the List of United States cities by population, eigh ...

, itself named after Saint

Didacus of Alcalá Didacus of Alcalá ( es, Diego de Alcalá), also known as Diego de San Nicolás, was a Spanish Franciscan lay brother who served as among the first group of missionaries to the newly conquered Canary Islands. He died at Alcalá de Henares on 12 ...

, or San Diego de Alcalá in Spanish) *

Sandoval County, New Mexico Sandoval County is located in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2010 census, the population was 131,561, making it the fourth-most populous county in New Mexico. The county seat is Bernalillo. Sandoval County is part of the Albuquerque m ...

(Named for the Sandoval family, prominent seventeenth-century Spanish landowners) *

San Francisco County, California San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of Ca ...

(from the city of

San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of Ca ...

, itself named after

Francis of Assisi Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, better known as Saint Francis of Assisi ( it, Francesco d'Assisi; – 3 October 1226), was a mystic Italian Catholic friar, founder of the Franciscans, and one of the most venerated figures in Christianit ...

(1181–1226), a Roman Catholic saint and founder of the Order of Friars Minor (

Franciscan The Franciscans are a group of related Mendicant orders, mendicant Christianity, Christian Catholic religious order, religious orders within the Catholic Church. Founded in 1209 by Italian Catholic friar Francis of Assisi, these orders include t ...

s)) *

San Jacinto County, Texas San Jacinto County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 27,402. Its county seat is Coldspring. The county's name comes from the Battle of San Jacinto which secured Texas' independence from Mexic ...

(for Saint Hyacinth) *

San Joaquin County, California San Joaquin County (; Spanish: ''San Joaquín'', meaning " St. Joachim"), officially the County of San Joaquin, is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 779,233. The county seat is Stockton. San Jo ...

(for

Saint Joachim Joachim (; ''Yəhōyāqīm'', "he whom Yahweh has set up"; ; ) was, according to Christian tradition, the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary, the mother of Jesus. The story of Joachim and Anne first appears in the Biblical apocryphal ...

) *

San Juan County, Colorado San Juan County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 705, making it the least populous county in Colorado. The county seat and the only incorporated municipality in the county is Silverto ...

(for Saint John) *

San Juan County, New Mexico San Juan County is located in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2020 census, the population was 121,661 making it the fifth-most populous county in New Mexico. Its county seat is Aztec. The county was created in 1887. San Juan County ...

(for Saint John) *

San Juan County, Utah San Juan County ( ) is a County (United States), county in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Utah. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 14,746. Its county seat is Monticello, Utah, Monticello, while its most popul ...

(named after the San Juan River, meaning "St. John") *

San Juan County, Washington San Juan County is a county located in the Salish Sea in the far northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census, its population was 17,788. The county seat and only incorporated city is Friday Harbor, located on Sa ...

(named for Count Juan Vicente de Güemes of Revillagigedo, Viceroy of

) *

San Luis Obispo County, California San Luis Obispo County (), officially the County of San Luis Obispo, is a County (United States), county on the Central Coast (California), Central Coast of California. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 282, ...

(for St. Louis, the Bishop) *

San Mateo County, California San Mateo County ( ), officially the County of San Mateo, is a county (United States), county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 764,442. Redwood City, California, Redwoo ...

(for

Saint Matthew Matthew the Apostle,, shortened to ''Matti'' (whence ar, مَتَّى, Mattā), meaning "Gift of YHWH"; arc, , Mattai; grc-koi, Μαθθαῖος, ''Maththaîos'' or , ''Matthaîos''; cop, ⲙⲁⲧⲑⲉⲟⲥ, Mattheos; la, Matthaeus a ...

) *

San Miguel County, Colorado San Miguel County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,072. The county seat is Telluride. The county is named for the San Miguel River. History San Miguel County was given the Spanish ...

(from the San Miguel River in Colorado) *

San Miguel County, New Mexico San Miguel County is a county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2010 census, the population was 29,393. Its county seat is Las Vegas. San Miguel County comprises the Las Vegas Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in ...

(for

Saint Michael Michael (; he, מִיכָאֵל, lit=Who is like El od, translit=Mīḵāʾēl; el, Μιχαήλ, translit=Mikhaḗl; la, Michahel; ar, ميخائيل ، مِيكَالَ ، ميكائيل, translit=Mīkāʾīl, Mīkāl, Mīkhāʾīl), also ...

) *

San Patricio County, Texas San Patricio County is located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 68,755. Its county seat is Sinton. San Patricio County is part of the Corpus Christi metropolitan statistical area. History In 1828, 200 I ...

(for

Saint Patrick Saint Patrick ( la, Patricius; ga, Pádraig ; cy, Padrig) was a fifth-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland. Known as the "Apostle of Ireland", he is the primary patron saint of Ireland, the other patron saints be ...

) *

San Saba County, Texas San Saba County is a County (United States), county located on the Edwards Plateau in western Central Texas, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, its population was 5,730. Its county seat is San Saba, Texas, San Saba. ...

Sanpete County, Utah Sanpete County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of Utah. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 27,822. Its county seat is Manti, and its largest city is Ephraim. The county was created in 1850. History The Sanpete Valley may ...

, a nickname related to ''San Pedro'', allegedly given to a Native American by the :Domínguez–Escalante expedition in the 1770s *

Santa Ana, California Santa Ana () is the second most populous city and the county seat of Orange County, California. Located in the Greater Los Angeles region of Southern California, the city's population was 310,227 at the 2020 census, making Santa Ana the List of ...

(for

Saint Anne According to Christian apocryphal and Islamic tradition, Saint Anne was the mother of Mary and the maternal grandmother of Jesus. Mary's mother is not named in the canonical gospels. In writing, Anne's name and that of her husband Joachim come o ...

) *

Santa Barbara County, California Santa Barbara County, California, officially the County of Santa Barbara, is located in Southern California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 448,229. The county seat is Santa Barbara, and the largest city is Santa Maria. Santa Barba ...

(for

Saint Barbara Saint Barbara ( grc, Ἁγία Βαρβάρα; cop, Ϯⲁⲅⲓⲁ Ⲃⲁⲣⲃⲁⲣⲁ; ; ), known in the Eastern Orthodox Church as the Great Martyr Barbara, was an Early Christianity, early Christian Lebanese and Greek saint and martyr. Acc ...

) *

Santa Clara County, California Santa Clara County, officially the County of Santa Clara, is the sixth-most populous county in the U.S. state of California, with a population of 1,936,259, as of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Santa Clara County and neighboring Sa ...

(for Saint Clare, for the

Santa Clara Valley The Santa Clara Valley is a geologic trough in Northern California that extends 90 miles (145 km) south–southeast from San Francisco to Hollister. The longitudinal valley is bordered on the west by the Santa Cruz Mountains and on the east ...

and the mission town of Santa Clara) *

Santa Fe County, New Mexico Santa Fe County ( es, Condado de Santa Fe; meaning ''Holy faith'' in Spanish) is located in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2010 census, the population was 144,170, making it New Mexico's third-most populous county, after Bernalillo Cou ...

(''Saint Faith'') *

Santa Cruz County, Arizona Santa Cruz is a County (United States), county in southern Arizona, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population is 47,669. The county seat is Nogales, Arizona, Nogales. The county was established in 1899. It b ...

("Holy/Sacred Cross") *

Santa Cruz County, California Santa Cruz County (), officially the County of Santa Cruz, is a county on the Pacific coast of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 270,861. The county seat is Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz County comprises the Santa ...

(Spanish for "Holy/Sacred Cross") *

Santa Rosa County, Florida Santa Rosa County is a county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2020, the population is 188,000. The county seat is Milton, which lies in the geographic center of the county. Other major communities within ...

(named after Santa Rosa Island, which means " Saint Rose") *

Sebastian County, Arkansas Sebastian County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 125,744, making it the fourth-most populous county in Arkansas. The county has two county seats, Greenwood and Fort Smith. Sebastian ...

Sierra County, California Sierra County () is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,236, making it California's second-least populous county. The county seat is Downieville; the sole incorporated city is Loyalton ...

("Mountain range") *

Solano County, California Solano County () is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 453,491. The county seat is Fairfield. Solano County comprises the Vallejo–Fairfield, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is ...

(the county derives its name directly from an Amerindian Chief, Chief Solano of the

Suisun people The Suisunes (also called the Suisun and the "People of the West Wind") were a Patwin tribe of Wintun people, originating in the Suisin Bay and Suisun Marsh regions of Solano County in Northern California. Their traditional homelands stretched be ...

, a Native American tribe of the region and Vallejo's close ally. The Chief was given the Spanish name Francisco Solano during baptism at the Catholic Mission, and is named after the Spanish Franciscan missionary, Father Francisco Solano. "Solano" is a common surname in the north of Spain, especially in Navarra, Zaragoza, and La Rioja) *

Stanislaus County, California , image_skyline = , image_caption = Images, from top down, left to right: Modesto Arch, Knights Ferry's General Store, a view of the Tuolumne River from Waterford , image_flag = , i ...

(named after the

Stanislaus River The Stanislaus River is a tributary of the San Joaquin River in north-central California in the United States. The main stem of the river is long, and measured to its furthest headwaters it is about long. Originating as three forks in the high ...

which is named after Chief Estanislaõ who was named after the Polish Saint Stanislaus *

Tooele County, Utah Tooele County ( ) is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Utah. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 58,218. Its county seat and largest city is Tooele, Utah, Tooele. The county was created in 1850 and organi ...

(originates from ''"tule"'', a Spanish word of Aztec origin meaning "

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" *

Utah County, Utah Utah County is the second-most populous County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Utah. The county seat and largest city is Provo, Utah, Provo, which is the state's third-largest city, and the largest outside of Salt Lake County. As of ...

(from the Spanish name ''Yuta'', given to the

by early explorers to the area.) *

Uvalde County, Texas Uvalde County ( ) is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 24,564. Its county seat is Uvalde, Texas, Uvalde. The county was created in 1850 and or ...

(Named after

Juan de Ugalde Juan de Ugalde (December 9, 1729 – 1816), later referred to erroneously as Juan de Uvalde by American settlers, was the Governor of Coahuila, now in Mexico. He was also a commanding general of Texas, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Nuevo Santande ...

) *

Valencia County, New Mexico Valencia County is a county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2010 census, the population was 76,569. The county seat is Los Lunas. Valencia County is included in the Albuquerque, NM Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county was a si ...

(Spanish city of

Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, Valencia and the Municipalities of Spain, third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is ...

) *

Val Verde County, Texas Val Verde County is a county located on the southern Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. The 2020 population is 47,586. Its county seat is Del Rio. In 1936, Val Verde County received Recorded Texas Historic Landmark number 5625 to co ...

(Valverde) *

Ventura County, California Ventura County () is a county in the southern part of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 843,843. The largest city is Oxnard, and the county seat is the city of Ventura. Ventura County comprises the Oxn ...

(named after the county seat, the city of Ventura which is named after "

Saint Bonaventure Bonaventure ( ; it, Bonaventura ; la, Bonaventura de Balneoregio; 1221 – 15 July 1274), born Giovanni di Fidanza, was an Italian Catholic Franciscan, bishop, cardinal, scholastic theologian and philosopher. The seventh Minister Ge ...

," a Catholic medieval mystic) *

Victoria County, Texas Victoria County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 91,319. Its county seat is Victoria. Victoria County is included in the Victoria, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area. History * Paleo-I ...

(Spanish family name, meaning "victory") *

Ysleta Mission The Ysleta Mission, located in the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo within the municipality of El Paso, Texas, is recognized as the oldest continuously operated parish in the State of Texas. The Ysleta community is also recognized as the oldest in Texas and c ...

, Texas ("Little Island") *

Zapata County, Texas Zapata County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 13,889. Its county seat is Zapata. The county is named for Colonel José Antonio de Zapata, a rancher in the area who rebelled against Mex ...

(Spanish family name, "Espadrille") *

Zavala County, Texas Zavala County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 11,677. Its county seat is Crystal City. The county was created in 1858 and later organized in 1884. Zavala is named for Lorenzo de Zav ...

Populated cities

Cities

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Agua Dulce, El Paso County, Texas Agua Dulce (Spanish: "sweet water", i.e. fresh water, ) is a census-designated place (CDP) in El Paso County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,218 at the 2020 census. It is part of the El Paso Metropolitan Statistical Area. The ZIP C ...

("sweet water") *

Agua Dulce, Nueces County, Texas Agua Dulce ( ) is a city in Nueces County, in the U.S. state of Texas. It is located on the Texas Mexican Railway at the intersection of State Highway 44 and Farm to Market Road 70 in west-central Nueces County. The name, Spanish for "sweet wate ...

("sweet water") *

Ajo, Arizona Ajo ( ) is an unincorporated community in Pima County, Arizona, United States. It is the closest community to Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. The population was 3,304 at the 2010 census. Ajo is located on State Route 85 just from the ...

("garlic") *

Alamogordo, New Mexico Alamogordo () is the seat of Otero County, New Mexico, United States. A city in the Tularosa Basin of the Chihuahuan Desert, it is bordered on the east by the Sacramento Mountains and to the west by Holloman Air Force Base. The population was ...

("fat cottonwood"), seat of

Alamosa, Colorado Alamosa is a home rule municipality and the county seat of Alamosa County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 9,806 at the 2020 United States Census. The city is the commercial center of the San Luis Valley in south-central Colora ...

("of cottonwood") *

Alba, Missouri Alba is a city in Jasper County, Missouri, United States. The population was 544 at the 2020 census. History Alba was platted in 1882. An early postmaster gave the community his last name. A post office called Alba has been in operation since 1 ...

("dawn") *

Albuquerque, New Mexico Albuquerque ( ; ), ; kee, Arawageeki; tow, Vakêêke; zun, Alo:ke:k'ya; apj, Gołgéeki'yé. abbreviated ABQ, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Its nicknames, The Duke City and Burque, both reference its founding in ...

(in honor of

Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 10th Duke of Alburquerque Francisco V Fernández de la Cueva y Fernández de la Cueva, (Genoa, Italy, 17 November 1666 – Madrid, Spain, 28 June 1724) was the 10th Duke of Alburquerque, a Grandee of Spain, a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece from 1707, and Vice ...

, duke of the town of Alburquerque in Spain) *

Alameda, California Alameda ( ; ; Spanish for "Avenue (landscape), tree-lined path") is a city in Alameda County, California, located in the East Bay (San Francisco Bay Area), East Bay region of the Bay Area. The city is primarily located on Alameda (island), Alam ...

(" Poplar Grove") *

Aledo, Illinois Aledo (u--doh) is a city in Mercer County, Illinois, United States. The population was 3,640 at the 2010 census, up from 3,613 in 2000. It is the county seat of Mercer County. History Aledo was established in the 1850s when the railroad was ext ...

(named after of

Aledo, Murcia Aledo is a municipality in the Region of Murcia, southern Spain. It is home to a castle built during the early Middle Ages by the Moors, to command the Guadalentín valley. When the Taifa of Murcia was conquered by the Kingdom of Castile, it was a ...

, in Spain) *

Alhambra, California Alhambra (, , ; from " Alhambra") is a city located in the western San Gabriel Valley region of Los Angeles County, California, United States, approximately eight miles from the Downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles (DTLA) contains t ...

(named after of

Alhambra The Alhambra (, ; ar, الْحَمْرَاء, Al-Ḥamrāʾ, , ) is a palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Andalusia, Spain. It is one of the most famous monuments of Islamic architecture and one of the best-preserved palaces of the ...

, in Spain) *

Aliso Viejo, California Aliso Viejo (Spanish for "Old Sycamore") is a city in the San Joaquin Hills of southern Orange County, California. It had a population of 47,823 as of the 2010 census, up from 40,166 as of the 2000 census. It became Orange County's 34th city on ...

("old alder") *

Alta, Iowa Alta is a city in Buena Vista County, Iowa, United States. The population was 2,087 at the 2020 census. History Alta was platted in 1872, and it was incorporated in 1878. By 2004, Alta contained three general stores, two drug stores, two groc ...

, a city in

("tall") *

Altamonte Springs, Florida Altamonte Springs is a suburban city in central Florida in Seminole County, Florida, United States, which had a population of 46,231 at the 2020 United States Census. The city is in the northern suburbs of the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford Metro ...

("High Mountain" Springs) *

Altavista, Virginia Altavista is an incorporated town in Campbell County, Virginia, United States. The population was 3,450 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Lynchburg Metropolitan Statistical Area. History A new town on a new railroad The town of Altavista w ...

("tall" view) *

Altura, Minnesota Altura is a city in Winona County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 493 at the 2010 census. History A post office called Altura has been in operation since 1891. The city was named after Altura, in Spain. Geography According to the ...

(called after of Altura, Castellón, in Spain) *

Alvarado, Texas Alvarado ( ) is the oldest city in Johnson County, Texas. The population was 3,785 as of the 2010 census, up from 3,288 at the 2000 census. Demographics 2020 census As of the 2020 United States census, there were 4,739 people, 1,388 househo ...

(named after

Alvarado, Veracruz , timezone_link = Time in Mexico , timezone = CST , utc_offset = -6 , timezone_DST = CDT , utc_offset_DST = -5 , coordinates = ...

, in Mexico) * Alvarado, Virginia (named after

Alvarado, Veracruz , timezone_link = Time in Mexico , timezone = CST , utc_offset = -6 , timezone_DST = CDT , utc_offset_DST = -5 , coordinates = ...

in Mexico) *

Amador City, California Amador City (formerly Amadore's Creek or South Amador) is a city in Amador County, California, United States. The population was 185 as of the 2010 Census, down from 196 in 2000, making it the least populous incorporated city in California. Am ...

(named for

José María Amador José María Amador (1794 – 1883) was a Californio ranchero, gold miner, and soldier. Amador County and Amador City are both named after Amador, having found gold there in 1848. He is also the namesake of Amador Valley (home to the cities o ...

; ''amador'' means "lover" in Spanish) *

Amarillo, Texas Amarillo ( ; Spanish for "yellow") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Potter County. It is the 14th-most populous city in Texas and the largest city in the Texas Panhandle. A portion of the city extends into Randall County ...

("yellow"), seat of

Potter County, Texas Potter County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 118,525. Its county seat is Amarillo. The county was created in 1876 and organized in 1887. It is named for Robert Potter, a politician, si ...

Andalusia, Alabama Andalusia is a city in and the county seat of Covington County, Alabama, Covington County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 8,805. History Andalusia was first settled in 1841 after floodi ...

(named after the Spanish region of Andalusia) *

Anna Maria, Florida Anna Maria is a city in Manatee County, Florida, United States. The population was 968 at the 2020 census, down from 1,503 in 2010. The city occupies the northern part of Anna Maria Island and is one of three municipalities on the island. The ...

(

was said to have named the island for

Maria Anna of Neuburg Maria Anna of Neuburg ( es, Mariana; 28 October 1667 – 16 July 1740), was a German princess and member of the Wittelsbach family, who became Queen consort of Spain in 1689 as the second wife of Charles II, last Habsburg King of Spain. Her m ...

, queen of Carlos II of Spain) *

Arroyo Grande, California Arroyo Grande (Spanish language, Spanish for "Big Creek") is a city in San Luis Obispo County, California, San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. The population was 18,441 as of the 2020 census, up from 17,252 as of the 2010 Census. ...

("Large Creek") *

Atascadero, California Atascadero (Spanish for "Mire") is a city in San Luis Obispo County, California, about equidistant from Los Angeles and San Francisco on U.S. Route 101. Atascadero is part of the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles metropolitan statistical area, which e ...

("Mudhole") *

Aventura, Florida Aventura is a planned, suburban city in northeastern Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, 17 miles north of the city of Miami and part of the Miami metropolitan area. The city is especially well-known for Aventura Mall, the 5th largest ...

Adventure An adventure is an exciting experience or undertaking that is typically bold, sometimes risky. Adventures may be activities with danger such as traveling, exploring, skydiving, mountain climbing, scuba diving, river rafting, or other extreme spo ...

B

Bandera, Texas Bandera (Spanish: "flag", ) is the county seat of Bandera County, Texas, United States, in the Texas Hill Country, which is part of the Edwards Plateau. The population was 857 at the 2010 census. Bandera calls itself the " Cowboy Capital o ...

") *

Belen, New Mexico Belén (; es, Belén) is the second most populous city in Valencia County, New Mexico, Valencia County, New Mexico, United States, after its county seat, Los Lunas. The population was 7,360 at the 2020 Census. Belén is Spanish language, Spanish ...

(founded as Nuestra Señora de Belén by a group of Spanish colonists led by Diego Torres and Antonio Salazar) *

Benavides, Texas Benavides ( ) is a city in Duval County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,362 at the 2010 census, down from 1,686 at the 2000 census. History The town is named after Plácido Benavides (1837–1919), namesake nephew of Plácido Be ...

(named after Plácido Benavides, 1837–1919) *

Blanco Blanco (''white'' or ''blank'' in Spanish) or Los Blancos may refer to: People *Blanco (surname) Fictional characters *Blanco, a hobbit in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth *Blanco Webb, character in the BBC sitcom ''Porridge'' * El Blanco, albino ...

, Texas (white) *

Boca Del Mar, Florida Boca Del Mar was a census-designated place (CDP) in an unincorporated area near Boca Raton in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The population was 21,832 at the 2000 census. While it is not officially in the City of Boca Raton, the communi ...

("Mouth of the Sea") *

Boca Pointe, Florida Boca Pointe was a census-designated place (CDP) located in an unincorporated area near Boca Raton in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The population was 3,302 at the 2000 census. The CDP was not included in the 2010 census. While it is n ...

("Mouth nlet) *

Boca Raton, Florida Boca Raton ( ; es, Boca Ratón, link=no, ) is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. It was first incorporated on August 2, 1924, as "Bocaratone," and then incorporated as "Boca Raton" in 1925. The population was 97,422 in the ...

("Thieves Inlet", also "Mouse Mouth". ''Ratón'' in Spanish is "mouse", not "rat".) *

Bogata, Texas Bogata ( ) is a city in Red River County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,074 at the 2020 census. The city was named after Bogotá, the capital of Colombia. Geography Bogata is located at (33.470245, –95.214283). According to the U ...

Bonanza, Oregon Bonanza is a town in Klamath County, Oregon, Klamath County, Oregon, United States, near Klamath Falls, Oregon, Klamath Falls. The population was 415 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. Geography Bonanza is at an elevation of in south ...

(“prosperity”) *

Bonita Springs, Florida (beautiful), eng, beautiful springs , settlement_type = City , image_skyline = Bonita_Beach.JPG , imagesize = 250x200px , image_caption = Bonita Beach , image_flag ...

("beautiful" springs) * Brazos Bend, Texas ("arms" bend) *

Brea, California Brea (; Spanish for "tar") is a city in northern Orange County, California. The population as of the 2010 census was 39,282. It is southeast of Los Angeles. Brea is part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The city began as a center of cru ...

("Tar") *

Buena Park, California Buena Park (''Buena'', Spanish for "Good") is a city in Orange County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census its population was 84,034. It is the location of several tourist attractions, namely Knott's Berry Farm. It is about 12 mi ...

("Good") *

Buena Vista, Virginia Buena Vista ( ) is an independent city (United States), independent city located in the Blue Ridge Mountains region of Virginia in the United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 6,641. The Bureau of Econ ...

("good view")

C

Cadiz, Kentucky Cadiz ( ) is a home rule-class city and the county seat of Trigg County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 2,558 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Clarksville metropolitan area. Cadiz is a historic town located close to the Land ...

(named after the Spanish city

Cádiz Cádiz (, , ) is a city and port in southwestern Spain. It is the capital of the Province of Cádiz, one of eight that make up the autonomous community of Andalusia. Cádiz, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Western Europe, ...

) *

Calabasas, California Calabasas (from Spanish language, Spanish ''calabazas'' "gourds") is a city in the southwestern region of the San Fernando Valley, between the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains, Santa Monica and Santa Susana Mountains, Santa Susanna mounta ...

(from "calabaza", "

Squash Squash may refer to: Sports * Squash (sport), the high-speed racquet sport also known as squash racquets * Squash (professional wrestling), an extremely one-sided match in professional wrestling * Squash tennis, a game similar to squash but pla ...

") *

Calera, Alabama Calera is a city in Shelby County, Alabama, Shelby and Chilton County, Alabama, Chilton counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is the location of the Shelby County Airport (Alabama), Shelby County Airport. As of the 2010 United States Census, ...

Limestone Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms whe ...

") *

Camarillo, California Camarillo ( ) is a city in Ventura County in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 70,741, an increase of 5,540 from the 65,201 counted in the 2010 Census. Camarillo is named for brothers Juan an ...

("Way") * Camargo, Kentucky (named after

Camargo Municipality, Tamaulipas Camargo is a municipality in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. It is located on the US border, across from Rio Grande City, Texas. It has an official population of 14,933 inhabitants (2010 census) and an international bridge. The municipal seat ...

, in Mexico) *

Campo, Colorado The Town of Campo is a Statutory Town located in Baca County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 103 at the 2020 United States Census. The town is situated on the High Plains, straddling U.S. Route 287/ 385. History Campo is a nam ...

("Countryside") *

Cañon City, Colorado Cañon City is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Fremont County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 17,141 at the 2020 United States Census. Cañon City is the principal city of t ...

("Canyon City") *

Cañones, New Mexico Cañones is a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 118 as of the 2010 census. Cañones had a post office until it closed on January 3, 2002. Demographics 2020 Census The town had 85 pe ...

("Canyons") *

Cape Canaveral, Florida Cape Canaveral ( es, Cabo Cañaveral, link=) is a city in Brevard County, Florida. The population was 9,912 at the 2010 United States Census. It is part of the Palm Bay–Melbourne– Titusville Metropolitan Statistical Area. History After t ...

(the name ''Cañaveral'' in Spanish means

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and was given to the area by Spanish explorers for the cane vegetation, or canebrake on the cape. The name translates as "Cape of Canes", or "Cabo Cañaveral") *

Carlos, Minnesota Carlos is a city in Douglas County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 497 at the 2020 census. History Carlos was incorporated in 1904. Carlos Township, which predates the city, was named after Lake Carlos. Geography According to t ...

("Charles") *

Carpinteria, California Carpinteria (; es, Carpintería, meaning "Carpentry") is a small seaside city in southeastern Santa Barbara County, California. Located on the Central Coast (California), Central Coast of California, it had a population of 13,264 at the 2020 U ...

(called so for the soldiers of the

Portola expedition Portola may refer to: * Portola (album), ''Portola'' (album), a 1998 album by Rose Melberg * Portola, California * Portola, San Francisco, California People with the surname * Gaspar de Portolá (ca. 1717-aft.1784), Spanish soldier, first governor ...

in 1769 because that the Amerindians have many canoes, and at the time were building one) ("Carpentry") *

Carrizo Springs, Texas Carrizo Springs is the largest city in and the county seat of Dimmit County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,368 at the 2010 census. (2018 estimate 5,470). The name of the town is derived from the local springs, which were named by th ...

("reed") *

Casa Grande, Arizona , settlement_type = City , image_skyline = Casa Grande-Casa Grande Union High School-1920-2.jpg , imagesize = 250px , image_caption = Historic Casa Grande Union High School which now serves as the ...

("Big House") *

Cerritos, California Cerritos (Spanish for "Little hills") is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, and is one of several cities that constitute the Gateway Cities of southeast Los Angeles County. It was incorporated on April 24, 1956. As of 20 ...

("Little Hills") *

Chico, California Chico ( ; Spanish for "little") is the most populous city in Butte County, California. Located in the Sacramento Valley region of Northern California, the city had a population of 101,475 in the 2020 census, reflecting an increase from 86,18 ...

("Small", derived from "Rancho del Arroyo Chico", meaning "Small Stream Ranch") *

Chromo, Colorado Chromo is an unincorporated community and U.S. Post Office in Archuleta County, Colorado, United States. The Chromo Post Office has the ZIP Code 81128. A post office called Chromo has been in operation since 1885. The community takes its name f ...

("Chrome") *

Chula Vista, California Chula Vista (; ) is the second-largest city in the San Diego metropolitan area, the Largest cities in Southern California, seventh largest city in Southern California, the List of largest California cities by population, fifteenth largest city ...

("Beautiful View") *

Cibolo, Texas Cibolo is a city in Guadalupe County, Texas, United States. It is part of the San Antonio–New Braunfels metropolitan statistical area. Cibolo voted to become an independent township on October 9, 1965. As of the 2020 census, Cibolo had a popu ...

("Cyber") *

Cimarron, Kansas Cimarron is a city in and the county seat of Gray County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 1,981. History Cimarron was first settled in 1878. It took its name from a fork in the Chisholm Trail whic ...

") *

Cordova, Alabama Cordova is a city in Walker County, Alabama, United States. It was formerly a textile mill town. It was incorporated in 1897. At the 2010 census the population was 2,095, down from 2,423 in 2000. History Cordova was originally a settlement on the ...

(after

Córdoba, Veracruz Córdoba, known officially as Heroica Córdoba, is a city and the seat of the municipality of the same name in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It was founded in 1618. The city is composed of 15 barrios (neighborhoods) bounded to the north by Ixhua ...

, Mexico, which was named after

Córdoba, Spain Córdoba (; ),, Arabic: قُرطبة DIN 31635, DIN: . or Cordova () in English, is a city in Andalusia, Spain, and the capital of the Province of Córdoba (Spain), province of Córdoba. It is the third most populated Municipalities in Spain, mun ...

, from Phoenician-Punic "Qart-Oba", meaning "river city") *

Cordova, Alaska Cordova ( ) is a city in Chugach Census Area, Alaska, United States. It lies near the mouth of the Copper River, at the head of Orca Inlet on the east side of Prince William Sound. The population was 2,609 at the 2020 census, up from 2,239 in ...

(named after the Spanish admiral

Luis de Córdova y Córdova Admiral Luis de Córdova y Córdova (8 February 1706 – 29 July 1796) was a Spanish admiral. He is best known for his command of the Spanish fleet during the Anglo-Spanish War. His best remembered actions were the capture of two merchant conv ...

) *

Cordova, Nebraska Cordova is a village in Seward County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Lincoln, Nebraska Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 137 at the 2010 census. History Cordova was originally called Hunkins, in honor of pioneer ...

(after

) *

Cortez, Colorado Cortez () is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Montezuma County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 8,766 at the 2020 United States Census. History In 1886, the town was built t ...

(a Spanish last name) *

Corona, California Corona (Spanish for "Crown") is a city in Riverside County, California, United States. At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 157,136, up from 152,374 at the 2010 census. The cities of Norco and Riverside lie to the north and north ...

("Crown") *

Coronado, California Coronado (Spanish for "Crowned") is a resort city located in San Diego County, California, United States, across the San Diego Bay from downtown San Diego. It was founded in the 1880s and incorporated in 1890. Its population was 24,697 at the ...

("Crowned") *

Costa Mesa, California Costa Mesa (; Spanish for "Table Coast") is a city in Orange County, California. Since its incorporation in 1953, the city has grown from a semi-rural farming community of 16,840 to an urban area including part of the South Coast Plaza–John Wa ...

Mesa A mesa is an isolated, flat-topped elevation, ridge or hill, which is bounded from all sides by steep escarpments and stands distinctly above a surrounding plain. Mesas characteristically consist of flat-lying soft sedimentary rocks capped by ...

Coast The coast, also known as the coastline or seashore, is defined as the area where land meets the ocean, or as a line that forms the boundary between the land and the coastline. The Earth has around of coastline. Coasts are important zones in n ...

") *

Corunna, Michigan Corunna ( ''CORE-UN-NUH'') is a city and county seat of Shiawassee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,497 at the 2010 census. The city is surrounded by Caledonia Charter Township and is slightly east of the city of Ow ...

(named after

A Coruña A Coruña (; es, La Coruña ; historical English: Corunna or The Groyne) is a city and municipality of Galicia, Spain. A Coruña is the most populated city in Galicia and the second most populated municipality in the autonomous community and s ...

, Spain) *

Cruz Bay Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands is the main town on the island of Saint John, United States Virgin Islands, Saint John in the United States Virgin Islands. According to the 2000 census, Cruz Bay had a population of 2,743. Community Cruz Bay, locat ...

, a city on the island of St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands ("cross") *

Cuba, Missouri Cuba is a city in Crawford County, Missouri, United States. The population was 3,356 at the 2010 census. Cuba is the largest city situated entirely in Crawford County. History Cuba was platted in 1857 when it was certain the railroad would be ...

Cuba, New Mexico Cuba is a village in Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2010 census, the village population was 735. It is part of the Albuquerque Metropolitan Statistical Area. Description Located along the busy U.S. Route 550, Cuba has ...

Cuba, New York Cuba is a town on the western border of Allegany County, New York, United States. The village of Cuba lies within its borders. The federally recognized tribe of Seneca Native Americans has a reservation on the western town line. As of the 202 ...

Cuero, Texas Cuero ( ) is a city in and the county seat of DeWitt County, Texas, DeWitt County, Texas, United States. Its population was 8,128 at the 2020 census. History The city of Cuero had its start in the mid-19th century as a stopping point on the Chisho ...

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DeCordova, Texas DeCordova is a city in Hood County, Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...

(named after Jacob Raphael De Cordova) *

De Leon, Texas De Leon ( ) is a city located in Comanche County, Texas, Comanche County in the U.S. state of Texas. Its population was 2,246 in the 2022 census. It is commonly associated with being named after the Spanish explorer Ponce de León, but the town is ...

(named after the Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon) *

Del Mar, California Del Mar (; Spanish for "Of the Sea") is a beach town in San Diego County, California, located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean. Established in 1885 as a seaside resort, the city incorporated in 1959. The Del Mar Horse Races are hosted on the De ...

("Of the Sea") *

DeSoto, Texas DeSoto is a city in Dallas County, Texas, in the United States. DeSoto is a suburb of Dallas and is part of the Best Southwest area, which includes DeSoto, Cedar Hill, Duncanville, and Lancaster. History The area was first settled in 1847, ...

(named for

Hernando De Soto Hernando de Soto (; ; 1500 – 21 May, 1542) was a Spanish explorer and '' conquistador'' who was involved in expeditions in Nicaragua and the Yucatan Peninsula. He played an important role in Francisco Pizarro's conquest of the Inca Empire ...

) *

De Soto, Iowa De Soto is a city in Dallas County, Iowa, United States. The population was 915 at the time of the 2020 census. It is part of the Des Moines–West Des Moines Metropolitan Statistical Area. History De Soto got its start in the year 1868, followin ...

(named for

) *

De Soto, Georgia De Soto is a city in Sumter County, Georgia, United States. The population was 214 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Americus Micropolitan Statistical Area. History The Georgia General Assembly incorporated the place in 1889 as the "Town of ...

(named for

) *

De Soto, Kansas De Soto is a city in Johnson and Leavenworth counties in the U.S. state of Kansas, and part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 6,118. History The land that would become De Soto was pa ...

(named for sixteenth-century Spanish explorer,

) *

De Soto, Missouri De Soto is a city in Jefferson County, Missouri, United States. The population was 6,449 at the 2020 census and the city is part of the St. Louis metropolitan area. The Van Metre family were first to settle in 1803. The town was organized in 185 ...

(the city, organized in 1857, was named for the explorer

, who claimed the Louisiana Territory for Spain) *

(named so for Thomas Hernando DeSoto Stewart, a doctor of Spanish partially descent dedicated to the community) *

Diaz, Arkansas Diaz is a city in Jackson County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,318 at the 2010 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and (0.34%) is water. Demographi ...

(possibly after the Spanish word "dias", which means day) *

Delray, Michigan Delray is a neighborhood in southwest Detroit in the U.S. state of Michigan. Its area extends south to the River Rouge, east to the Detroit River, west to Fort Street, and north to Clark Street. The two census tracts that cover the neighborho ...

(after Molino del Rey, location of a Mexican–American War battle) *

Delray Beach, Florida Delray Beach is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The population of Delray Beach as of April 1, 2020 was 66,846 according to the 2020 United States census, 2020 United States Census. Located 52 miles ...

(named most immediately from Delray, Michigan) *

Dos Palos, California Dos Palos (Spanish for "Two Timbers") is a city in Merced County, California, United States. Dos Palos is located south-southwest of Merced, the county seat, at an elevation of . The population was 5,798 at the 2020 census, up from 4,950 at the ...

("Two Sticks") *

Durango, Colorado Durango is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of La Plata County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 19,071 at the 2020 United States Census. Durango is the home of Fort Lewis Coll ...

(named after Durango, Mexico), seat of

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El Cajon, California El Cajon ( , ; Spanish: El Cajón, meaning "the box") is a city in San Diego County, California, United States, east of downtown San Diego. The city takes its name from Rancho El Cajón, which was in turn named for the box-like shape of the va ...

("The box") *

El Campo, Texas El Campo is a city in Wharton County, Texas, United States. The population was 12,350 at the 2020 Census, making it the largest city in Wharton County. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 7.5&nb ...

("The Camp") *

El Cenizo, Texas El Cenizo is a city in Webb County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,273 at the 2010 census. El Cenizo is the third-largest city in Webb County. It is located about 20 miles south of the county seat of Laredo. History For many years, ...

("The Ash") *

El Centro, California El Centro (Spanish for "The Center") is a city and county seat of Imperial County, California, United States. El Centro is the largest city in the Imperial Valley, the east anchor of the Southern California Border Region, and the core urban ar ...

("The Center") *

El Cerrito, California El Cerrito (Spanish for "The Little Hill") is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States, and forms part of the San Francisco Bay Area. It has a population of 25,962 according to the 2020 census. El Cerrito was founded by refugees ...

("Little Hill") *

El Dorado, Arkansas El Dorado, founded by Matthew Rainey, is a city in, and the county seat of, Union County, on the southern border of Arkansas, United States. According to the 2010 census, the population of the city is 18,884. El Dorado is headquarters of the Ark ...

("The Golden One") *

El Dorado, Kansas El Dorado ( ) is city and county seat of Butler County, Kansas, United States. It is situated along the Walnut River in the central part of Butler County and located in south-central Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city ...

("The Golden One") *

Eldorado, Texas Eldorado ( , -) is a city in and the county seat of Schleicher County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,951 at the 2010 census. Eldorado is located on U.S. Highway 277 some north of Sonora and south of San Angelo, Texas. Geograph ...

("The Golden One") *

El Monte, California } El Monte (Spanish for "The Mountain") is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The city lies in the San Gabriel Valley, east of the city of Los Angeles. El Monte's slogan is "Welcome to Friendly El Monte" and is historically ...

("The

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" or "The

Meadow A meadow ( ) is an open habitat, or field, vegetated by grasses, herbs, and other non-woody plants. Trees or shrubs may sparsely populate meadows, as long as these areas maintain an open character. Meadows may be naturally occurring or artifi ...

") * El Nido, California ("The Nest") *

El Paso, Texas El Paso (; "the pass") is a city in and the county seat, seat of El Paso County, Texas, El Paso County in the western corner of the U.S. state of Texas. The 2020 population of the city from the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau w ...

("The

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"), seat of

El Paso, Illinois El Paso is a city in Woodford and McLean counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The population was 2,810 at the 2010 census. The Woodford County portion of El Paso is part of the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. El Paso is a smal ...

("The Pass") *

El Reno, Oklahoma El Reno is a city in and county seat of Canadian County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 16,989, marking a change of 1.55% from 16,729, recorded in the 2010 census. The city was begun shortly after the 1 ...

("The Reindeer") *

El Segundo, California El Segundo ( , ; ) is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Located on Santa Monica Bay, it was incorporated on January 18, 1917, and is part of the South Bay Cities Council of Governments. The population was 16,731 as of th ...

("The Second", second Standard Oil refinery on the West Coast located here) *

Encinitas, California Encinitas (Spanish language, Spanish for "Small Oaks") is a beach city in the North County (San Diego area), North County area of San Diego County, California. Located within Southern California, it is approximately north of San Diego, between ...

("Little Oaks") *

Escalante, Utah Escalante () is a city in central Garfield County, Utah, Garfield County, Utah, United States, located along Utah State Route 12, Utah Scenic Byway 12 (SR-12) in the south-central part of the state. As of the 2010 United States Census, 2010 censu ...

(in honor of

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, Spanish missionary who explored Utah) * Escobares, Texas *

Escondido, California Escondido is a city in San Diego County, California, United States. Located in the North County region, it was incorporated in 1888, and is one of the oldest cities in San Diego County. It has a population of 151,038 as of the 2020 census. Et ...

("Hidden") *

Española, New Mexico Española is a city primarily in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. A portion of the central and eastern section of the city is in Santa Fe County. Founded as a railroad village some distance from the old Indian town of San Juan de lo ...

Woman")

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Fernandina, Florida Fernandina Beach is a city in northeastern Florida and the county seat of Nassau County, Florida, United States. It is the northernmost city on Florida's Atlantic coast, situated on Amelia Island, and is one of the principal municipalities comp ...

(founded by Florida Spanish governor

Enrique White Enrique White (1741 - April 13, 1811) was an Irish-born Spanish soldier who served as Governor of West Florida (May 1793 – May 1795) and of East Florida (June 1796 - March 1811). Biography Enrique (Henry) White was born in Dublin, Ireland. H ...

in honor of the Catholic monarch

Ferdinand VII of Spain , house = Bourbon-Anjou , father = Charles IV of Spain , mother = Maria Luisa of Parma , birth_date = 14 October 1784 , birth_place = El Escorial, Spain , death_date = , death_place = Madrid, Spain , burial_plac ...

). *

Floresville, Texas Floresville is a city in Wilson County, Texas, United States. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the population was at 7,203 at the 2020 Census. It is the county seat of Wilson County. The city is also part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statis ...

– Named after

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's Spanish settler Francisco Flores de Abrego (early settler) *

Fresno, California Fresno () is a major city in the San Joaquin Valley of California, United States. It is the county seat of Fresno County and the largest city in the greater Central Valley region. It covers about and had a population of 542,107 in 2020, makin ...

Ash Tree ''Fraxinus'' (), commonly called ash, is a genus of flowering plants in the olive and lilac family, Oleaceae. It contains 45–65 species of usually medium to large trees, mostly deciduous, though a number of subtropical species are evergree ...

") *

Fresno, Texas Fresno is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. The local population was 24,486 as of the 2020 census, up from 19,069 at the 2010 census, and 6,603 at the 2000 census. Fresno is ...

") *

Frisco, Texas Frisco is a city in Collin and Denton counties in the U.S. state of Texas. It is part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex and about from both Dallas Love Field and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Its population was 200,509 at the 2 ...

(named in honor of the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway)

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Galveston, Texas Galveston ( ) is a coastal resort city and port off the Southeast Texas coast on Galveston Island and Pelican Island in the U.S. state of Texas. The community of , with a population of 47,743 in 2010, is the county seat of surrounding Galvesto ...

(named after governor Bernardo de Gálvez) *

Ganado, Texas Ganado ( ) is a city in Jackson County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,975 at the 2020 census. Geography Ganado is located at (29.041111, –96.512136), approximately 35 miles northeast of Victoria. According to the United States ...

("Livestock") *

Goleta, California Goleta (; ; Spanish for "Schooner") is a city in southern Santa Barbara County, California, United States. It was incorporated as a city in 2002, after a long period as the largest unincorporated populated area in the county. As of the 2000 c ...

Schooner A schooner () is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than the mainmast. A common variant, the topsail schoon ...

") *

Goliad, Texas Goliad ( ) is a city in Goliad County, Texas, United States. It is known for the 1836 Goliad massacre during the Texas Revolution. It had a population of 1,620 at the 2020 census. Founded on the San Antonio River, it is the county seat of Gol ...

(believed to be an

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of ''Hidalgo'' (omitting the silent initial "H"), in honor of the patriot priest

Miguel Hidalgo Don Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo y Costilla y Gallaga Mandarte Villaseñor (8 May 1753 – 30 July 1811), more commonly known as Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla or Miguel Hidalgo (), was a Catholic priest, leader of the Mexican Wa ...

, the father of the

Mexican War of Independence The Mexican War of Independence ( es, Guerra de Independencia de México, links=no, 16 September 1810 – 27 September 1821) was an armed conflict and political process resulting in Mexico's independence from Spain. It was not a single, co ...

) *

Gonzales, California Gonzales is a city in Monterey County, California, United States. Gonzales is located southeast of Salinas, at an elevation of . The population was 8,647 at the 2020 census, up from 8,187 at the 2010 census. Gonzales is a member of the Assoc ...

(a Spanish last name) *

Gonzales, Louisiana Gonzales is a city in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, it has a population of 12,231. Known as the "Jambalaya Capital of the World", it is famous for its annual Jambalaya Festival, which was first held in 1968. S ...

(named so after of mayor of this municipally, Joseph Gonzales) *

Gonzales, Texas Gonzales is a city in Gonzales County, Texas, United States. It is the county seat. The population was 7,165 at the 2020 census. The "Come and Take It" flag in the War for Texas Independence from Mexico originated in Gonzales. Its economy is enh ...

(named so after of Rafael Gonzales, Governor of Mexican Texas between 1824 and 1826) *

Gordo, Alabama Gordo is a town in Pickens County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 1,750, up from 1,677 in 2000. It was the second largest town in Pickens County as of 2010, taking the title from Reform, which it previously held in 19 ...

, town in

Pickens County, Alabama Pickens County is a county located on the west central border of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,123. Its county seat is Carrollton, located in the center of the county. It is a prohibition, or dry count ...

("Fat, Big, Huge") *

Granada, Minnesota Granada ( ) is a city in Martin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 291 at the 2020 census. History A post office called Granada has been in operation since 1891. The city was named after Granada, Spain. Geography Granada is ...

(after

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, Spain) *

Guadalupe, California Guadalupe is a small city located in Santa Barbara County, California. According to the U.S. Census of 2010, the city has a population of 7,080. Guadalupe is economically and socially tied to the city of Santa Maria, which is about 8 miles ( ...

(after "Our Lady of Guadalupe", from

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, Spain, derived from the Arabic phrase وادي اللب, "Wadee-al-lubb" meaning "hidden river")

H

Havana, Arkansas Havana is a city in northwest Yell County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 375 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Russellville Micropolitan Statistical Area. Arkansas Scenic State Highway 309 leads from Havana to the top of ...

(named after

Havana Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.

Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...

, known in Spanish as La Habana) *

Havana, Illinois Havana is a city in Mason County, Illinois, United States. The population was 3,301 at the 2010 census, and 3,040 at a 2018 estimate. It is the county seat of Mason County. History Havana was a major ancient American settlement two thousand years ...

* Havana, Kansas * Havana, North Dakota *

Hermosa Beach, California Hermosa Beach (''Hermosa'', Spanish for "Beautiful") is a beachfront city in Los Angeles County in the U.S. state of California, United States. Its population was 19,728 at the 2020 U.S. Census. The city is located in the South Bay region of th ...

("Beautiful Beach") *

Hernando, Mississippi Hernando is a city in, and the county seat of, DeSoto County, which is on the northwestern border of Mississippi, United States. The population was 14,090 at the 2010 census, up from 6,812 in 2000. DeSoto County is the second-most-populous count ...

(named so for the Spanish explorer

, discoverer of the Mississippi River) *

Hidalgo, Texas Hidalgo is a city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. The population was 11,198 at the 2010 census, and in 2019 the estimated population was 14,183. History The area that is now Hidalgo was first settled by Spanish colonists led by José d ...

(after Hidalgo County, which in turn was named after

)

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Iberia, Missouri Iberia is a city in southeast Miller County, Missouri, United States. The population was 736 at the 2010 census. History A post office called Iberia has been in operation since 1838. The community derives its name from the Iberian Peninsula per ...

(after Latin name of Iberian Peninsula (Spain & Portugal)) *

Indio, California Indio (Spanish language, Spanish for "Indian") is a city in Riverside County, California, Riverside County, California, United States, in the Coachella Valley of Southern California's Colorado Desert region. It lies east of Palm Springs, Califo ...

Indian Indian or Indians may refer to: Peoples South Asia * Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor ** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country * South Asia ...

J

Jacinto City, Texas Jacinto City is a city in Harris County, Texas, United States, east of the intersection of Interstate 10 and the East Loop of Interstate 610. Jacinto City is part of the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area and is bordered by the c ...

(derived from a Spanish given name) *

Joaquin, Texas Joaquin ( , ) is a city in northeastern Shelby County, Texas, United States. Founded in 1885, it was named after Joaquin Morris, grandson of the original land owner, Benjamin Franklin Morris. Its population was 734 at the 2020 census. It is locate ...

(''Joachim'')

K

* Key West, Florida (Spanish ''Cayo Hueso'', "Bone Key")

L

* La Cañada Flintridge, California (''La cañada'' is Spanish for "the canyon, gorge, or ravine"; Flintridge was named after its developer, United States Senator Frank P. Flint.) * La Grulla, Texas (''the crane'' (bird)) * Laguna Beach, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, and Laguna Woods, all in Orange County, California ("lagoon"; ''Niguel'' is a Spanish spelling of a Native American word) * La Habra, California * La Joya, Texas ("The Jewel") * La Junta, Colorado (''the junction'') * Lake Buena Vista, Florida * La Mesa, California ("The Table") * La Mirada, California ("The Look") * La Plata, Missouri ("Silver") * La Plata, Maryland ("The Plate") * La Puente, California ("The Bridge") * La Quinta, California ("The Farm") * La Palma, California (originally called Dairyland because his dairy, when the dairies moved east in 1965, the name of the community was changed to La Palma, after the region's Spanish heritage and its main thoroughfare, La Palma Avenue) * La Verkin, Utah (''The Virgin'') * La Villa, Texas ("The Village") *

(named after the Spanish city of Laredo, Cantabria, Laredo) * La Vista, Nebraska (''the view'') * Las Cruces, New Mexico ("The Crosses") * Las Vegas, Nevada ("The Meadows") * Las Vegas, New Mexico ("The Meadows") * Leon, Iowa (after

) * Leon, Kansas (it was named after Leon, Iowa) * Lima, Ohio (Spanish word for "Lime") * Little Havana, Miami, Florida * Los Alamitos, California ("The Cottonwoods") * Los Alamos, New Mexico ("the poplars") * Los Angeles, California ("The Angels", a shortened version of the original name ''Nuestra Señora Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncola'', "Blessed Virgin Mary, Our Lady Queen of Angels of Porziuncola"), seat of

* Los Banos, California (from ''Los Baños'', "The baths", as in hot springs) * Los Fresnos, Texas ("the ash trees") * Los Gatos, California ("The Cats", referring to the cougars that are Endemism, indigenous to the foothills in which the town is located) * Los Ybanez, Texas

M

* Madera, California ("Wood") * Madrid, Iowa (named after the Spanish Capital,

) * Manteca, California ("Lard") * Manzanita, Oregon (“Little Apple”) * Marquez, Texas (named for María de la Marquez) * Maricopa, Arizona * Maricopa, California * Martinez, California * Merced, California ("Mercy") * Mercedes, Texas ("Mercies") * Mesa, Arizona ("Table") * Mesa, Washington ("Table") * Mexia, Texas (Named after General José Antonio Mexía, a Mexican hero for the Republic of Texas Army during the Texas Revolution) * Mexico, Missouri (Named after Mexico) * Miramar, Florida (named after a town in Granma Province,

, it means "sea view" or "sea-sight". There is a village called Miramar, Valencia, Miramar in

, Spain, where could lie the origins of all the cities in America with that name, as there are registries of the town before the year 1527.) * Modesto, California ("Modesty, Modest") * Monterey, California ("King's Mountain") * Montevallo, Alabama ("Surrounding Mountain") * Montevideo, Minnesota, a city in the United States (Montevideo) * Moro, Oregon (''Blackberry'' or ''Moor man'') * Moreno Valley, California ("dark-colored") * Morro Bay, California (Morro Rock was named in 1542 by Portuguese navigator Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, who explored the Pacific Coast for Spain. Cabrillo called the rock "El Moro" because it resembled the head of a Moors, Moor, the people from North Africa known for the turbans they wore. However, the dictionary definition for the Spanish word ''morro'' ("pebble") is also consistent with the butte-like shape of the rock, and so the term ''morro'' is frequently used wherever such a distinctive rock-like mountain is found within the Spanish speaking world.) * Murrieta, California (derived from a Spanish family name)

N

* Nevada, Texas ("Snow-covered") * Nevada City, California, Nevada City, seat of

* New Iberia, Louisiana (named after Iberian Peninsula) * New Madrid, Missouri (named after the Spanish capital,

) * Nogales, Arizona ("Walnut, Walnut Trees")

O

* Ola, Arkansas (''Wave'') * Oviedo, Florida (named after the Spanish city of Oviedo)

P

* Palacios, Texas ("the palace") * Palo Alto, California ("tall tree" or "tall stick") * Palo Pinto, Texas (roughly translates to "painted stick") * Palos Verdes Estates, California ("green stick") * Panama City, Florida (named after the country Panama) * Panama City Beach, Florida (named after the country Panama) * Panama, Iowa (named after the country Panama) * Panama, Nebraska (named after the country Panama) * Pasco, Washington (named after Cerro de Pasco, Peru) * Paso Robles, California (shortened version of ''El Paso de Robles'', which means "pass of the oaks"; named for the abundance of oak trees in the area) * Penalosa, Kansas (called so since 1887, in honor of a Spanish explorer) * Peñasco, New Mexico ("boulder") * Peñitas, Texas, a city in Hidalgo County, Texas, Hidalgo County * Perdido Beach, Alabama, a town located on the northern shore of Perdido Bay ("lost") * Pico Rivera, California ("Rivera Peak") * Pinellas Park (derived from Pinellas, meaning "pine forest") * Plano, Texas ("flat") * Point Arena, California (formerly, Punta Arenas and Puntas Arenas) ("sand") * Port Angeles, Washington (from "Puerto de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles") * Portola, California (named after Spanish explorer Gaspar de Portolà) * Potosi, Missouri (named after Potosi, Bolivia) * Presidio, Texas ("fort", "penitentiary") * Progreso, Texas ("progress") * Pueblo, Colorado ("village") * Punta Gorda, Florida ("fat point" or "fat tip"), seat of Charlotte County, Florida

R

* Rancho Cucamonga, California (''ranch'') * Rancho Mirage, California, resort city ("mirage ranch") * Rancho Palos Verdes, California (a shortened version of the Mexican land grant Rancho de los Palos Verdes which means "range of green trees") * Rancho Santa Margarita, California (named for Rancho Santa Margarita y Las Flores) * Rancho Santa Margarita, California (named for Rancho Santa Margarita y Las Flores) * Raton, New Mexico (''mouse'') * Redondo Beach, California ("Round Beach") * Refugio, Texas (named for the mission established there, "Our Lady of Refuge,") * Resaca, Georgia (“dry river bed”) * Rio Grande City, Texas ("Big River") * Rio Rancho, New Mexico ("Ranch River") * Rio Vista, California ("River View") * Rio Vista, Texas ("River View")

S

* Sacramento, California ("Sacrament") * Salamanca, New York (named for the Spanish executive of the railroad that built the place) * Salida, Colorado, Statutory City that is the county seat and city of Chaffee County, Colorado ("exit") * Salina, Utah a city in Sevier County, Utah (''Salt Pond'') * Salinas, California a city in

(''Salt Ponds'') * San Angelo, Texas * San Antonio, Florida ("Anthony of Padua, Saint Anthony") * San Antonio, Texas, seat of

* Saint Augustine, Florida (originally San Agustín: Augustine of Hippo) * Saint Augustine Beach, Florida * San Benito, Texas * San Bernardino, California ("Bernardino of Siena, Saint Bernardine"), seat of

* San Bruno, California, a city in San Mateo County, California * San Buenaventura, California (named after "

," a Catholic medieval mystic. The city is commonly known as "Ventura".) * San Carlos, California, city in San Mateo County * San Clemente, California ("Saint Clement") * San Diego, California (named after San Diego de Alcalá, a Spanish Franciscan) * San Diego, Texas * San Dimas, California (named in Spanish after Saint Dismas) * San Elizario, Texas * San Fernando, California * San Francisco, California ("Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis") * San Gabriel, California (named after the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, founded by Junipero Serra) * San Jacinto, California ("St. Hyacinth (disambiguation), Saint Hyacinth") * San Joaquin, California (''Saint Joachim'') * San Jose, California ("Saint Joseph") * San Juan, Texas (for Saint John) * San Juan Bautista, California ("Saint John the Baptist") * San Juan Capistrano, California ("Saint John of Capistrano") * San Leandro, California ("Saint Leonard") * San Luis, Arizona ("Saint Louis") * San Luis Obispo, California (Spanish for "Saint Louis of Toulouse" or San Luis Obispo) * San Marcos, California ("Mark the Evangelist, Saint Mark") * San Marcos, Texas * San Mateo, California ("Saint Matthew") * San Pablo, California ("Saint Paul") * San Perlita, Texas * San Rafael, California ("Raphael (archangel), Saint Raphael") * San Ramon, California ("Raymond of Fitero, Saint Raymond") * San Saba, Texas *

"), seat of Orange County, California * Santa Barbara, California ("

") * Santa Clara, California ("Clare of Assisi, Saint Claire") * Santa Clara, Texas, a city in

* Santa Clara, Utah, a city in Washington County, Utah * Santa Clarita, California ("Clare of Assisi, Saint Claire") * Santa Cruz, California ("Holy Cross") * Santa Fe, New Mexico (Holy#Holiness in Christianity, Holy Faith) * Santa Fe, Texas ("Holy Faith") * Santa Fe Springs, California * San Marcos, Texas * Santa Anna, Texas (for

) * Santa Maria, California ("Saint Mary") * Santa Monica, California ("Saint Monica") * Santaquin, Utah variation of ("Saint Quentin") * Santa Rita Park, California ("Saint Rita") * Santa Rosa, California (" Saint Rose") * Santa Rosa, New Mexico * Sausalito, California (derived from Spanish word ''sauzalito'', meaning "small willow Grove (nature), grove") * Sebastian, Florida (named St. Sebastian, after Saint Sebastian) * Seguin, Texas * Seville, Ohio (named after the Spanish city of Seville) * Sierra Madre, California (after the mountain range dividing California and Nevada) * Sierra Vista, Arizona ("Mountain View") * Socorro, Texas ("Help") * Solana Beach, California ("warm wind") * Soledad, California ("Solitude") * Sonora, California (founded by Mexican miners—reminiscent of the state of Sonora, Mexico—during the California Gold Rush) * Sonora, Kentucky * Sonora, Texas * South El Monte, California (south "the mountain") * Spanish Fork, Utah (its name derives from a visit to the area by two

friars from Spain,

and Francisco Atanasio Domínguez in 1776, who followed the stream down Spanish Fork canyon with the objective of opening a new trail from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to the Spanish missions in California, along a route later followed by fur trappers).

T

* Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico ("Yellow Land") * Todos Santos, California ("All Saints", original name for Concord, California) * Tooele, Utah (originates from ''"tule"'', a Spanish word of Aztec origin meaning "

" * Trinidad, California (the area was named ''la Santísima Trinidad'' for Trinity Sunday, 11 June, date in which the Spanish explorers Bruno de Heceta and Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra took possession of place) * Trinidad, Colorado ("Trinity", named after the Trinity, Holy Trinity) * Trinidad, Texas (''trinity'') * Tucson, Arizona (derived from the Spanish word ''Tucsón'')

U

* Uvalde, Texas (called so after Spanish governor

) * Uvalda, Georgia (called also after Juan de Ugalde)

V

* Vacaville, California ("Cow town", called so after Juan Manuel Cabeza Vaca (1782-1856), who with Juan Felipe Pena received in 1843 the Rancho Los Putos Mexican land grant, which included the peak that now bears Vaca's name) * Valdez, Alaska (named after the Spanish naval officer Antonio Valdés y Fernández Bazán) * Vallejo, California (derived from a Spanish family name "Little Valley") * Val Verda, Utah (derived from ''"valle verde"'', meaning ''"green valley"'') * Vega, Texas ("meadow") * Ventura, California ("Venture", "Luck", "Fortune", or "Happiness". Common name of San Buenaventura, California;

) * Valparaiso, Florida ("Paradise Valley") * Valparaiso, Indiana * Victoria, Texas ("Victory", named after the first Mexican President Guadalupe Victoria) * Villa Rica, Georgia, city in Carroll and Douglas counties in the state of Georgia (''Rich Villa'') * Vista, California (''view'')

Y

* Yorba Linda, California (hierba linda, "lovely grass")

Z

* Zapata, Texas (derived from a Spanish family name) * Zavalla, Texas

Native American reservations

* Cimarron Lake, a reservoir in Mohave County, Arizona (''

'') * San Felipe Pueblo, New Mexico * San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico (partly in Santa Fe County) * Sandia Pueblo, New Mexico (partly in Bernalillo County) * Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico * Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico (partly in Rio Arriba and Santa Fe Counties) * Santo Domingo Pueblo (partly in Santa Fe County) * San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation, Arizona * Santa Clara Indian Reservation, New Mexico

Census-designated places (CDP) and unincorporated communities

* Agua Caliente, California, part of Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente, California (a census-designated place) in Sonoma County, California; means "hot water," from the area's natural hot springs * Agua Dulce, California, a census-designated place in

(literally "sweet water"; means "freshwater") * Agua Linda, Arizona an unincorporated community within Amado, Arizona (a census-designated place) in Santa Cruz County, Arizona * Agua Nueva, Texas, an unincorporated community in Jim Hogg County, Texas (''new water'') * Aguila, Arizona, a census-designated place in

(''eagle'') * Alamo, California, a census-designated place in

("Poplar") * Alcalde, New Mexico, a census-designated place in

(''mayor'') * Alhambra Valley, California, a census-designated place in

(the word alhambra is part of a phase that means to travel in time back to medieval Arab Spain) * Almeria, Nebraska, an unincorporated community in Loup County, Nebraska (named after a city in Spain which was named an Arabic word meaning "the Watchtower") * Algodones, New Mexico, a census-designated place in

(''cottons'') * Alta, California, a census-designated place in Placer County, California (''tall'' [feminine]) * Alta, Fayette County, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia * Alta, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia * Alta, Wyoming, a census-designated place in Teton County, Wyoming * Altamont, California, an unincorporated community in Alameda County, California * Alto, California, a census-designated place adjacent to Mill Valley, California, Mill Valley in Marin County, California (''tall'' [masculine]) * Alto Bonito Heights, Texas, Alto Bonito Heights, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas (''tall beautiful'') * Alto, New Mexico, an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, New Mexico * Alto Bonito, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * Amada Acres, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * Amado, Arizona, Amado, a census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, Arizona * Amigo, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia (''friend'') * Anacua, Texas, Anacua, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * Anza, California, a census-designated place in southern Riverside County, California, in the Anza Valley * Arboles, Colorado, a census-designated place in

(''trees'') * Arroyo Del Agua, New Mexico, an unincorporated community in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico * Arroyo Gardens, Texas (''creek Gardens''), a census-designated place in Cameron County, Texas (''stream''). * Asuncion, California, an unincorporated community in

(''assumption'') * Bahia, California, an unincorporated community in

("bay") * Ballena, California, an unincorporated community in

(''whale'') * Barco, North Carolina, an unincorporated community in Currituck County, North Carolina (''boat''). * Barrera, Texas, Barrera, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas (''barrier'' or ''gate'') * Bayo Vista, California, an unincorporated community in

(''bay view'') * Benjamin Perez, Texas, Benjamin Perez, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas *

, a census-designated place in Palm Beach County, Florida (''mouth of sea'') *

, a census-designated place in Palm Beach County, Florida (''mouth'') *

, a census-designated place near Boca Raton in Palm Beach County (from ''Boca Ratón'': derives from the Spanish word ''boca'' [mouth], which was often used to describe an inlet/mouth of a river, while ''ratón'' (literally mouse) was used by Spanish sailors to describe rocks that gnawed at a ship's cable, or mouse was a term for a cowardly thief) * Bonanza, Utah, a census-designated place in Uintah County, Utah * Bonita, California, a census-designated place in southern

(''beautiful'' or ''pretty'' [feminine]) * Bonita, Madera County, California, an unincorporated community in

* Bonita, Kansas, an unincorporated community in Johnson County, Kansas * Bonita, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community in the town of Mountain, Wisconsin, Oconto County, Wisconsin * Brazos, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico * Brazos, Texas, an unincorporated community in

* Brito, California, an unincorporated community in

* Buena Vista, California (disambiguation), Buena Vista, California, the name (and former name) of a census-designated place and multiple unincorporated communities in California ("Good view") * Buena Vista, Michigan - an unincorporated community within Buena Vista Charter Township, Michigan, Buena Vista Charter Township, Saginaw County, Michigan, Saginaw County in Michigan (named for the place where Zachary Taylor had recently won a victory in the

). * Buena Vista, New Mexico - an unincorporated community located in

* Buena Vista, Oregon, unincorporated community in Polk County (after the Battle of Buena Vista in the Mexican–American War) * Buena Vista, Texas, Buena Vista, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * Caballo, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Sierra County, New Mexico ("Horse") * Cadiz, California, an unincorporated community in the Mojave Desert in

* Cadiz, Illinois, an unincorporated community in Hardin County, Illinois * Caliente, California, an unincorporated community in Kern County, California ("hot") * Callao, Utah, small farming community in northern Snake Valley, Utah (named after Callao, Peru) * Camino, California, a census-designated place in

(''road'', ''path'', or ''way'') * Camino Tassajara, California, a census-designated place in

* Campo, California, a census-designated place in the Mountain Empire area of southeastern

(''camp'' or ''field'') * Campo Verde, Texas, Campo Verde, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas (''freen field'') * Canjilon, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico * Cañoncito, New Mexico (disambiguation), Cañoncito, New Mexico, the name of six different unincorporated communities in six counties of New Mexico * Canova, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Rio Arribea County, New Mexico (''sluice'') * Canyon, California, an unincorporated community near the border of Contra Costa and Alameda counties, in California (taken from ''cañón'') * Capitan, Louisiana, an unincorporated community in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana (''captain'') * Carlos, Maryland, a census-designated place in Allegany County, Maryland (''Charles'') * Carmen, Arizona, an unincorporated community in

* Carthagena, Ohio, an unincorporated community in Mercer County, Ohio (named after Cartagena, Spain) * Casa Blanca, Starr County, Texas, a census-designated place located in Starr County, Texas (''white house'') * Casa Piedra, Arizona, a populated place situated in Santa Cruz County, Arizona (''rock house'') * Casas, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas (''houses'') * Casas Adobes, Arizona, a census-designated place in the northern metropolitan area of Tucson, Arizona (''adobe houses'') * Castro Valley, California, a census-designated place in Alameda County ("Valley of Castles". Named after soldier and rancher Guillermo Castro (soldier), Guillermo Castro) * Cazadero, California, a census-designated place in western Sonoma County, California ("hunting ground") * Cebolla, New Mexico, an unincorporated community in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico (''onion'') * Cedro, New Mexico, a census-designated place in

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(''cedar'') * Cesar Chavez, Texas, a census-designated place in

* Chalco, Nebraska, a census-designated place in northern Sarpy County, Nebraska (named after Chalco de Díaz Covarrubias, state of Mexico) * Chamita, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico * Chaparrito, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * Chimayo, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Rio Arriba and Taos Counties, New Mexico * Cimarron, Colorado, an unincorporated community and U.S. Post Office in Montrose County, Colorado * Cimarron Hills, Colorado, a census-designated place in

* Cimarron, Texas, an unincorporated community in Harris County, Texas * Colonia, New Jersey, a census-designated place within Woodbridge Township, New Jersey, Woodbridge Township, in Middlesex County, New Jersey (''colony'') * Colyell, Louisiana, an unincorporated community in Livingston Parish, Louisiana (received its name after of Francisco Collell, Spanish sub-lieutenant and Commandant of Galvez, Louisiana (in 1779). Probably was the mispronunciation of name which changed the spelling from "Collell" to "Colyell") * Concepcion, Texas, a census-designated place in Duval County, Texas * Conejo, California, an unincorporated community in

(''rabbit'') * Conejos, Colorado, a census-designated place, a U.S. Post Office, and the county seat of Conejos County, Colorado ("Rabbits") * Contra Costa Centre, California, a census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California (''Opposite Coast'') * Cordova, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico * Corona, Tennessee, an unincorporated community in Tipton County, Tennessee (''crown'') * Coronado, Kansas, an unincorporated community in Wichita County, Kansas (''crowned'') * Corte Madera, California, an incorporated community in Marin County, California ("Cut Wood") * Cortez, California, an unincorporated community in

* Coto de Caza, California, a census-designated place and guard-gated private community in Orange County, California ("Wildlife preserve") * Coyote, New Mexico (disambiguation), Coyote, New Mexico, a census-designated place and an unincorporated community in New Mexico * Cuba, Indiana, an unincorporated community in Allen County, Indiana * Cuchara, Colorado, an unincorporated community in

(''spoon'') * Cuzco, Indiana, an unincorporated community in Columbia Township, Dubois County, Indiana. Named after Cusco, Peru * Del Rey, California, a census-designated place in Fresno County, California (''Of the king'') * De Soto, Nebraska, an unincorporated community in Washington County, Nebraska (it was named in honor of the sixteenth-century Spanish explorer,

) * Descanso, California, a census-designated place in the Cuyamaca Mountains, within the Mountain Empire area of southeastern

(''rest'') * Dulzura, California, an unincorporated community in

(''gentleness'') * Dinero, Texas, an unincorporated community in eastern Live Oak County, Texas (''money'') * Dos Cabezas, Arizona, an unincorporated community in Cochise County, Arizona (''two heads'') * Dos Palos Y, California, a census-designated place in

* Dulce, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico * East Alto Bonito, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * East Lopez, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * East Verde Estates, Arizona, a census-designated place in Gila County, Arizona (East ''Green'' Estates). * El Capitan, Arizona, El Capitán, a census-designated place in Gila County, Arizona (''The Captain'') * El Castillo, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas (''Castle'') * El Chaparral, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * El Dorado, California, an unincorporated community in

(''the golden one'') * El Duende, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico * El Nido, Merced County, California, a census-designated place in

(''the nest'') * El Rancho, New Mexico, a census-designated place in

(of Spanish ''The Ranch'') * El Rancho Vela, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * El Refugio, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas (''the refuge'') * El Rito, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, El Rito, New Mexico, an unincorporated community in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico * El Sobrante, Contra Costa County, California, El Sobrante, California, a census-designated place in

("the surplus") * El Socio, Texas, a census-designated place located in Starr County, Texas (''the Partner'') * Elias-Fela Solis, Texas, a census-designated place located in Starr County, Texas * Embudo, New Mexico, an unincorporated community in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico (''funnel'') * Ensenada, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico * Escobar I, Texas, a census-designated place located in Starr County, Texas * Espanola, Florida, an unincorporated community in Flagler County, Florida (''Spanish Woman'') * Espanola, Washington, an unincorporated community, in Spokane County in the state of Washington. * Eugenio Saenz, Texas, a census-designated place located in Starr County, Texas * Falcon Heights, Texas, a Census-designated place located in Starr County, Texas * Falcon Village, Texas, a Census-designated place located in Starr County, Texas * Falconaire, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * Fernando Salinas, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente, a census-designated place in Sonoma Valley, Sonoma County, California * Flor del Rio, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas (''Flower of River'') * Fronton, Texas, a census-designated place (CDP) in Starr County, Texas (''pediment'') * Galisteo, New Mexico, a census-designated place in

* Gallina, New Mexico, a census-designated place in

(''hen'') * Galvez, Louisiana, an unincorporated community in Ascension Parish, Louisiana (named after governor

) * Ganado, Arizona, a chapter (municipality) of the Navajo Nation and census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona (''livestock'') * Garcia, Colorado, an unincorporated community and a U.S. Post Office located in

* Garciasville, Texas, a census-designated place located in Starr County, Texas * Gardnerville Ranchos, Nevada, a census-designated place in Douglas County, Nevada * Garza-Salinas II, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * Gaviota, California, an unincorporated community in

("Gull, seagull") * Golondrinas, New Mexico, an unincorporated community in

(''the Swallows'') * Gomez, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in Elliott County, Kentucky * Gonzalez, Florida, a census-designated place in

* Guadalupe-Guerra, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * Guerra, Texas, a census-designated place in Jim Hogg County, Texas (literally "war") * Gutierrez, Texas, Campo Verde, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * Halchita, Utah, a census-designated place in

* Havana, Alabama, an unincorporated community in Hale County, Alabama * Havana, Ohio, an unincorporated community in Huron County, Ohio * Havana, Oregon, an unincorporated community in Umatilla County, Oregon * Havana, Texas, a census-designated place in

* Havana, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia * Hernando, Florida, a census-designated place in Citrus County, Florida * Hernandez, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico * Huerfano, New Mexico, a census-designated place in

(''Orphan'') * Indio, Texas, a census-designated place located in Starr County, Texas (''Indian'') * Isla Vista, California, a census-designated place in

(''island view'') * Isleta Village Proper, New Mexico, a census-designated place in

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("Little Island") * Jacinto, Nebraska, an unincorporated community in Kimball County, Nebraska * Jardin de San Julian, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas (''Garden of Saint Julian'') * JF Villarreal, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * Juntura, Oregon, an unincorporated community in Malheur County, Oregon (Juncture) * La Blanca, Texas, a census-designated place in

("The White One") * La Carla, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * La Casita-Garciasville, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas (''the little house'') * La Cienega, Arizona, an unincorporated community in Gila County, Arizona * La Chuparosa, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * La Escondida, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * La Esperanza, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas (''The Hope'') * Las Flores, California, a census-designated place in Orange County, California ("The Flowers") * La Gloria, Starr County, Texas, an unincorporated community in Starr County, Texas (''the glory'') * La Homa, Texas, a census-designated place in

* La Madera, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, La Madera, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico * La Mesilla, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico * La Puerta, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas (''the door'') * La Reforma, Texas, an unincorporated community in Starr County, Texas (''the reforms'') * La Rosita, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas (''the little rose'') * La Victoria, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas (''the victory'') * La Loma de Falcon, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * La Sal, Utah, a census-designated place in

, meaning ''The Salt'' * La Villita, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico * Las Lomas, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * Las Lomitas, Texas, a census-designated place in Jim Hogg County, Texas * Las Palmas-Juarez, Texas, a census-designated place in Cameron County, Texas * Las Tablas, New Mexico, an unincorporated community in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico * Las Trampas, New Mexico, or Trampas, is a small unincorporated community in Taos County, New Mexico (''the traps'') * Laguna, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Cibola County, New Mexico (''Small lake'') * Laguna Beach, Florida, a Census-designated place in Bay County, Florida * Lagunitas, California, an unincorporated community in Marin County, California * Lagunitas-Forest Knolls, California, a census-designated place in the western half of the San Geronimo Valley in Marin County, California * Laguna Seca, Texas, a census-designated place in

("Dry Lake") * Lajitas, Texas, an unincorporated community in Brewster County, Texas ("Little Flat Rocks") * La Minita, Texas, La Minita, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas (''The little mine'') * La Paloma Ranchettes, Texas, La Paloma Ranchettes, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * Lago Vista, Starr County, Texas, Lago Vista, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas (''Seen Lake'') * La Minita, Texas, La Minita, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas (''The little mine'') * Lima, Pennsylvania, a census-designated place in Delaware County, Pennsylvania * Lima (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community in Lima, Pepin County, Wisconsin * Lima Center, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community in Lima, Rock County, Wisconsin * Linda, California, a census-designated place in Yuba County, California (''cute'') * Llano Grande, Texas, a census-designated place in

("Great Plain") * Loma Linda East, Texas, Loma Linda East, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * Loma Vista, Texas, Loma Vista, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * Longoria, Texas, Longoria, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * Los Alvarez, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * Los Arrieros, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * Los Barreras, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * Los Berros, California, a census-designated place in

(''the Watercress'' in plural) * Los Ebanos, Starr County, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * Los Luceros, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico * Los Ojos, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico * Los Osos, California, a census-designated place along the Pacific Coast of

("The Bears") * Los Ranchos, California, a census-designated place in

(''The Ranches'') * Los Villareales, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * Lopezville, Texas, a census-designated place in

* Los Ebanos, Hidalgo County, Texas, a census-designated place in

("The Ebony trees") * Loxa, Illinois, an unincorporated community in Coles County, Illinois (called after Loja, Granada, in Spain * Madera Canyon, Arizona an unincorporated community situated in

* Madrid, Maine, unincorporated community in East Central Franklin, Maine, East Central Franklin, in Franklin County, Maine * Madrid, New Mexico, a census-designated place in

* Madrid (CDP), New York, Madrid, New York, a census-designated place in St. Lawrence County, New York * Malaga, New Jersey, an unincorporated community in Franklin Township, in Gloucester County, New Jersey (called after Malaga, Spain). * Manuel Garcia, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * Manuel Garcia II, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * Manzano, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Torrance County, New Mexico (of Spanish ''Appletree Spring'') * Manzano Springs, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Torrance County, New Mexico, Torrance and Bernalillo County, New Mexico, Bernalillo counties, New Mexico * Marina del Rey, California, an affluent census-designated place in

("King's Navy") * Mariposa, California, a census-designated place in and the county seat of

(''butterfly'') * Marrero, Louisiana, a census-designated place in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana (named after the Spanish American politician Louis H. Marrero) * Martinez, Georgia, a census-designated place in Columbia County, Georgia * Martinez, Texas, an unincorporated community in eastern

* Martinez, Starr County, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * Matagorda, Texas, an unincorporated community in

* Matamoras, Indiana, an unincorporated community in the northeast portion of Harrison Township, Blackford County, Indiana (named after the Mexican town of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Matamoros ("kill the Moors"), which was the first to be occupied by U.S. troops during the

) * Medanales, New Mexico, an unincorporated community in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico * Mendocino, California, an unincorporated community in

(adjectival form of the family name of Mendoza (given name), Mendoza) * Mesa, California, a census-designated place in Inyo County, California (''table'') * Mesa, Colorado, an unincorporated community and a U.S. Post Office in

* Mesa del Caballo, Arizona, Mesa del Caballo, a census-designated place in Gila County, Arizona (''Table of horse'') * Mesa Vista, California, a census-designated place in Alpine County, California ("Table view") * Mexican Hat, Utah a census-designated place along the San Juan River (Colorado River tributary), San Juan River in

* Mexico, Indiana, a census-designated place in Miami County, Indiana * Mexico, Kentucky, an unincorporated community, in Crittenden County, Kentucky * Mexico, Allegany County, Maryland, an unincorporated community, in Allegany County, Maryland * Mexico, Carroll County, Maryland, an unincorporated community in Carroll County, Maryland * Mexico, Ohio, an unincorporated community in northeastern Tymochtee Township, Wyandot County, Ohio * Mexico, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, a census-designated place within Walker Township, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, Walker Township in Juniata County, Pennsylvania * Mexico, Montour County, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community in Montour County, Pennsylvania * Mexico, Texas, a historical unincorporated community in Hunt County, Texas * Mi Ranchito Estate, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas (''My Little Ranch'' Estate) * Mier, Indiana, a census-designated place in Richland Township, Grant County, Indiana (named after Ciudad Mier, Tamaulipoas, Mexico) * Miranda, California, an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California * Miranda, South Dakota, an unincorporated community in Faulk County, South Dakota, Faulk County * Modena, Utah, an unincorporated community in Iron County, Utah, near the Nevada border * Montana, Kansas, an unincorporated community in Labette County, Kansas * Montana City, Montana, a census-designated place in Jefferson County, Montana * Montana (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community within Montana, Wisconsin, Montana in Buffalo County, Wisconsin * Monte Alto, Texas, a census-designated place in

("High Mountain") * Montecito, California, a census-designated place in

("Little Mountain") * Montezuma Creek, Utah, Montezuma Creek, a census-designated place in

* Mora, Louisiana, an unincorporated community in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana (''Blackberry'' or ''Moor woman'') * Mora, New Mexico (also called Santa Gertrudis de lo de Mora), a census-designated place in and the county seat of

* Mosca, Colorado, an unincorporated community in

(named for the nearby Mosca Pass, which was named for the Spanish explorer, Luis de Moscoso Alvarado. It also means ''fly''). * Mount Vista, Washington, a census-designated place in Clark County, Washington (''view'') * Naranja, Florida, census-designated place in Miami-Dade County, Florida (''orange'') * Narciso Pena, Texas, Narciso Pena, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * New Almaden, California, an unincorporated community in

(named after Almadén, in Spain * New Santa Fe, Indiana, an unincorporated community within Butler Township, Miami County, Indiana, Butler Township, Miami County, Indiana * North Escobares, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * North Lima, Ohio, an unincorporated community in central Mahoning County, Ohio * North San Juan, California, a census-designated place in

* Nunez, Louisiana, an unincorporated community in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana * Oceano, California, a census-designated place in

(''ocean'') * Ojo Caliente, New Mexico, an unincorporated community in Rio Arriba and Taos Counties, New Mexico * Ojo Sarco, New Mexico, an unincorporated community in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico * Ola, Georgia, an unincorporated community in Henry County, Georgia (''Wave'') * Ola, Idaho, an unincorporated community in Gem County, Idaho * Ola, South Dakota, a census-designated place in Brule County, South Dakota * Old Escobares, Texas, Old Escobares, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * Olivia Lopez de Gutierrez, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * Oljato, Utah, a census-designated place in

* Oro Blanco, Arizona, Oro Blanco, an unincorporated community in

* Oso, Washington, a census-designated place in Snohomish County, Washington (''bear'') * Pablo Pena, Texas, Pablo Pena, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas (''Pablo Pain'') * Pacheco, California, a census-designated place in

* Pajaro, California, a census-designated place in

(''bird'') * Pajaro Dunes, California, a census-designated place in

* Pajarito Mesa, New Mexico, a census-designated place in

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(''Little bird Mesa'') * Palo Blanco, Texas, Palo Blanco, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas (''White stick'') * Palo Pinto, Texas, an unincorporated community in Palo Pinto County, Texas * Palomar Mountain, California, an unincorporated community in

(''pigeon roost") * Palominas, Arizona, a census-designated place in Cochise County, Arizona * Panama, California (formerly named Rio Bravo after the Spanish name for the Kern River, Rio Bravo de San Felipe), an unincorporated community in Kern County, California * Pedro, Ohio, an unincorporated community in central Elizabeth Township, Lawrence County, Ohio * Pena, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas (''pain'') * Peña Blanca, New Mexico, a census-designated place in

(''white peña'') * Peñasco, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Taos County, New Mexico * Perote, Alabama, an unincorporated community in Bullock County, Alabama (named after Perote, Veracruz) * Petaca, New Mexico, an unincorporated community in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico * Pie, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia (''foot'') * Piedra, California, an unincorporated community in

(''stone'') * Pilar, New Mexico, a small unincorporated community in Taos County, New Mexico * Pinto, Utah, an early unincorporated community, settled along the Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad, in Washington County, Utah (''brown''). The site was also a natural stopping place along the Old Spanish Trail (trade route), Old Spanish Trail. * Pintura, Utah, an unincorporated community in Washington County, Utah (''painting'') * Plumas Eureka, census-designated place in

(''feathers'') * Plumas Lake, California, master-planned exurb and census-designated place in Yuba County, California * Ponderosa, California, a census-designated place in Tulare County, California. * Ponderosa Pine, New Mexico, a census-designated place in

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* Port Mahon, Delaware, an unincorporated community in Kent County, Delaware (named after Mahon, in Menorca, Spain) * Pozo, California, an unincorporated community in

(''Water well'') * Pueblito, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico * Pueblo of Sandia Village, New Mexico, a census-designated place in

* Quesada, Texas, Quesada, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * Quito, Mississippi, an unincorporated community located in Leflore County, Mississippi * Ramirez, Texas, an unincorporated community in southern Duval County, Texas * Ramirez-Perez, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * Ramos, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * Rancho Alegre, Texas, a Census-designated place in Jim Wells County, Texas (''cheerful ranch'') * Rancho Banquete, Texas, a census-designated place in

(''Banquet ranch'') * Rancho Chico, Texas, a census-designated place in

(''Little ranch'') * Rancho de la Parita, Texas, a small unincorporated community in northwestern Jim Wells County, Texas * Ranchos Penitas West, Texas, a census-designated place in Webb County, Texas * Rancho San Diego, California, a census-designated place in

(named after San Diego de Alcalá, a Spanish Franciscan) * Rancho Santa Fe, California, a census-designated place in

* Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Taos County, New Mexico * Ranchitos del Norte, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas (''Little Ranches of the North'') * Rancho Viejo, Starr County, Texas, Rancho Viejo, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas (''Old Ranch'') * Raso, Arizona, an unincorporated community in Cochise County, Arizona (''flat plain'') * Regino Ramirez, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * Relampago, Texas, a census-designated place in Hidalgo County, Texas ("Lightning flash") * Rio Chiquito, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico * Rio Creek, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin * Rio Grande, New Jersey, a census-designated place within Middle Township in Cape May County, New Jersey * Rio Rico, Arizona, a census-designated place in

("rich river") * Rio Verde, Arizona, a census-designated place in

(''green river'') * Rios, Texas, an unincorporated community in Duval County, Texas (''rivers'') * Rivera, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * Rodeo, California, a census-designated place in

(''round up'') * Rodeo, New Mexico, an unincorporated community in

* Salida, California, a census-designated place in

* Salineño, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * Salineño North, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * Saltillo, Nebraska, an unincorporated community in Lancaster County, Nebraska (likely named so after the city of Saltillo, Mexico) * Saltillo, Ohio, an unincorporated community in Perry County, Ohio * Saltillo, Texas, an unincorporated community in Hopkins County, Texas * Sammy Martinez, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * San Antonito, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, a census-designated place in

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* San Carlos, Arizona, a census-designated place in Gila County, Arizona ("Saint Charles (disambiguation), Saint Charles") * San Carlos, Texas, a census-designated place in

* San Carlos Park, Florida, a census-designated place in Lee County, Florida * San Cristobal, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Taos County, New Mexico * San Fernando, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * San Gregorio, California, an unincorporated community in

("Saint Gregory") * San Isidro, Texas, a census-designated place (CDP) in Starr County, Texas * San Jose, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, San Jose, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico * San Jose, San Miguel County, New Mexico, San Jose, New Mexico, a census-designated place in

* San Juan, New Mexico, a census-designated place in

* San Juan, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * San Lorenzo, California, a census-designated place in the San Francisco Bay Area in

("Saint Lawrence") * San Lorenzo, New Mexico (disambiguation), San Lorenzo, New Mexico, the name of three unincorporated communities in Grant, Rio Arriba, and Sandoval Counties, New Mexico * San Lucas, California, a census-designated place in

(named so for the Rancho San Lucas Mexican land grant) * San Martin, California, a census-designated place in

* San Miguel, Contra Costa County, California, a census designated place in Contra Costa, California * San Miguel, San Luis Obispo County, California, a census designated place in

* San Pablo, Colorado, an unincorporated community in

* San Pedro, New Mexico, a census-designated place in

* San Ramon Village, California, an unincorporated community in

* San Simeon, California, a census designated place in

* San Simon, Arizona, a census-designated place in Cochise County, Arizona * Sandia, California, a census-designated place in Imperial County, California (''watermelon'') * Sandia Park, New Mexico, a census-designated place in

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* Sandia, Texas, a census-designated place in Jim Wells County, Texas * Sandoval, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * Sangre de Cristo Ranches, Colorado, an unincorporated community located near Fort Garland in

* Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico, a census-designated place in

* Santa Anna, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * Santa Catarina, Texas, an unincorporated community in Starr County, Texas * Santa Cruz, New Mexico, a census-designated place in

* Santa Cruz, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * Santa Cruz, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * Santa Elena, Texas, an unincorporated community in Starr County, Texas * Santa Rita Park, an unincorporated community in

* Santa Rosa, Texas, Santa Rosa, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * Santa Fe, Missouri, an unincorporated community in southeastern Monroe County, Missouri * Santa Fe, Ohio, an unincorporated community on the border of Clay Township, Auglaize County, Ohio, Clay Township in Auglaize County, Ohio, Auglaize County and Stokes Township, Logan County, Ohio, Stokes Township in Logan County, Ohio, Logan County, Ohio * Santa Fe, Miami County, Indiana, an unincorporated community in Butler Township, Miami County, Indiana, Butler Township, Miami County, Indiana * Santa Fe, Spencer County, Indiana, an unincorporated community in Spencer County, Indiana * Santa Fe, Tennessee, an unincorporated community in Maury County, Tennessee * Santa Maria, Texas, a census-designated place, in Cameron County, Texas * Santa Margarita, California, a census-designated place in

("Margaret the Virgin, Saint Margaret") * Santa Monica, Florida, an unincorporated community in Bay County, Florida * Santa Nella, California, a census-designated place in

* Santa Susana, California, a census-designated place in

* Santa Rosa, Arizona, a census-designated place in Pima County, Arizona * Santa Ysabel, California, an unincorporated community in the Santa Ysabel Valley of eastern

(''Saint Elizabeth'') * Santo, Texas, an unincorporated community in

* Saragossa, Alabama, an unincorporated community in Walker County, Alabama (named after Zaragoza, Spain) * Sarita, Texas, a census-designated place in and the county seat of Kenedy County, Texas * Sebastian, Ohio (also St. Sebastian), an unincorporated community in northern Marion Township, Mercer County, Ohio * Sebastian, Texas, a census-designated place in Willacy County, Texas * Seville, Florida, an unincorporated community in Volusia County, Florida * Sierra Blanca, Texas, a census-designated place in and the county seat of Hudspeth County, Texas * San Simeon, California, a census-designated place on the Pacific Coast of

* Seboyeta, New Mexico, Seboyeta, a census-designated place in Cibola County, New Mexico (''spring onion'') * Sobrante, California, an unincorporated community in

, ("wealthy") * Spanish Valley, Utah a census-designated place in

* Sunol, California, a census-designated place in

(derived from a Spanish surname, Suñol) * Tassajara, California, an unincorporated community in

(probably from ''tasajera'' or ''tasajara'' a kind of "slaughterhouse") * Terlingua, Texas, a mining district and census-designated place in southwestern Brewster County, Texas ("Three Tongues") * Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico, a small unincorporated community and county seat (near the Carson National Forest) in the

(''yellow earth'') * Tierra Del Mar, Oregon, an unincorporated community in Tillamook County, Oregon * Tierra Dorada, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas (''Golden Land'') * Tome-Adelino, New Mexico, a former census-designated place in

. It was called after the governor of New Mexico between 1664 and 1664 Tomé Domínguez de Mendoza. * Toro Canyon, California, a census-designated place in

("Bull") * Trinidad, Washington, an unincorporated community and ghost town in Grant County, Washington (''trinity''). * Truchas, New Mexico, an unincorporated community in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico * Uva, California, an unincorporated community in

(''grape'') * Uvalde Estates, Texas, a census-designated place in

* Valdez, Florida, an unincorporated community in southwest Volusia County, Florida * Valencia West, Arizona, a census-designated place in Pima County, Arizona * Valencia, New Mexico, census-designated places in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, Santa Fe County and

* Valle Hermoso, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas (''Beautiful valley'') * Valle Vista, California, a census-designated place in Riverside County, California (''Valley view'') * Valle Vista, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * Vallecitos, New Mexico, an unincorporated community in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico * Val Verde, California, a census-designated place in

* Val Verde Park, Texas, census-designated place in

* Velarde, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico * Vera Cruz, Missouri, an unincorporated community in central Douglas County, Missouri (called so after Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico) * Veyo, Utah a census-designated place in Washington County, Utah * Victor, California, a census-designated place in

* Victoria Vera, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * Vida, Montana, an unincorporated village in northern McCone County, Montana (''life'') * Vida, Oregon, an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon * Vida, Missouri, an unincorporated community in Phelps County, Missouri * Villarreal, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * Vista Center, New Jersey, a census-designated place within Jackson Township, New Jersey, Jackson Township, in Ocean County, New Jersey (''view'') * Vista West, Wyoming, a census-designated place in

* Villanueva, New Mexico, a census-designated place in

* Villas, Florida, a census-designated place in Lee County, Florida * Vista Santa Rosa, California, a census-designated place in Riverside County, California * Washington-on-the-Brazos (also known as Washington), an unincorporated area along the Brazos River in Washington County, Texas * West Alto Bonito, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas * West Lima, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community in Bloom, Wisconsin, Bloom, Richland County, Wisconsin * White Mesa, Utah, a census-designated place in

, (''White Table'') * Yucatan Landing, Louisiana, an unincorporated community in Tensas Parish, Louisiana * Yucatan, Minnesota, an incorporated community in Yucatan Township, Houston County, Minnesota * Yucatan, Missouri, an unincorporated community in Callaway County, Missouri * Zamora, California, an unincorporated community in Yolo County, California

Districts and boroughs

* Armada Road Multi-Family District, a U.S. historic district in Venice, Florida (''army'') * Bogota, New Jersey, a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey * Corona del Mar, a community within Newport Beach, Orange County, California, meaning "crown of the sea" * Matamoras, Pennsylvania, borough in Pike County, Pennsylvania * North Villa Rica Commercial Historic District, in Villa Rica, Georgia * Saltillo, Pennsylvania, a borough in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (named so after the Mexican War Battle of Saltillo of 23 October 1840) * San Ysidro, California, district of the City of San Diego * Raton Downtown Historic District, a Registered Historic District in Raton, New Mexico (''mouse'') * Valencia, Pennsylvania, a borough in Butler County, Pennsylvania

Neighborhoods

* Sandy, Utah, Alta Vista (Salt Lake County), a neighborhood within Sandy, Utah. * Ogden, Utah, Alta Vista (Weber County), Utah, a neighborhood in Ogden, Utah, Ogden's northeast side. * Andalusia, Pennsylvania, historical neighborhood in Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania, Bensalem Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania * Casa Linda Estates, Dallas, Texas (''Cute house'') * Colonia, Oxnard, California (''colony'') * Corona, Queens, a lower middle class to middle-class neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens (''crown'') * Del Cerro, San Diego, a hilly neighborhood in the city of

(''of the hill'') *

, a neighborhood and former incorporated village, located on the southwest side of Detroit, Michigan (from Del Rey, "of the King", Mexico) * Del Rey, Los Angeles, California, a small district in the west side of Los Angeles (''of the king'') * Sandy, Utah, Del Ruby, Sandy, Utah * El Rey Park, a neighborhood in Salt Lake City's East Bench, Salt Lake City, East Bench * El Sereno, Los Angeles (''the Serene)'' * Encanto, San Diego, a hilly urban neighborhood located in the Southeast San Diego, southeastern region of

(''charm'') * Estrella, Goodyear, a mixed-use master-planned community located in Goodyear, Arizona (''star'') * Granada Hills, Los Angeles, California * Salt Lake City, Guadalupe, Utah, within Salt Lake City's 3rd district * Joaquin, Utah, a neighborhood in Provo, Utah, named after a Ute people, Ute translator that aided the Domínguez–Escalante expedition in exploring the area in the 18th century. * Laguna Honda, San Francisco, Laguna Honda (also called Forest Hill), San Francisco, California (''deep small lake'') * Little Cottonwood Creek Valley, Utah, La Barranca, Cottonwood Creek Valley, Utah * Cottonwood Heights, Utah, La Cresta, Cottonwood Heights, Utah * La Jolla, California, neighborhood in San Diego, California (a combination of a Spanish and a Luiseño people, Luiseno word) * Salt Lake City, La Joya Heights, Utah, neighborhood within greater Salt Lake City * Las Palmas, Fresno, California, neighborhood (and former unincorporated community) in

* Los Feliz, Los Angeles, in California (''the happy'') * Little Havana, neighborhood of Miami, Florida * Little Mexico, neighborhood of Dallas, Texas * Mesa del Monte, a neighborhood in North Ogden, Utah * Mira Mesa, San Diego, a neighborhood in the northern part of the city of

(''table view'') * Miramar, San Diego, a neighborhood in the northern part of the city of

(''sea view'') * Montecito Heights, Los Angeles (''small mount'') * Monterey Hills, Los Angeles * Playa del Rey, Los Angeles, a beachside community in Los Angeles, California * Rancho Peñasquitos, San Diego, a community in the northeastern part of the city of San Diego, California (''ranch little cliffs'') * San Carlos, San Diego, neighborhood in San Diego, California * San Pedro, Los Angeles, neighborhood within the City of Los Angeles, California * San Roque, California, residential neighborhood in Santa Barbara, California * Santa Clara, Eugene, Oregon, a neighborhood in Eugene, Oregon * Santa Fe, Oakland, California, a small neighborhood in North Oakland, California. * Ogden, Utah, South El Rancho, a neighborhood in Ogden, Utah * Spanish Town, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, neighborhood in Baton Rouge, Louisiana * The Castro, San Francisco, a neighborhood in San Francisco, California * Tierrasanta, San Diego, a neighborhood in the city of

(''holy land'') * Trinidad, Washington, D.C., neighborhood located in Ward 5, in the northeast quadrant of Washington, D.C. (the area got its name from 19th century speculator James Barry, who had once lived on the Caribbean island, whose name is of Spanish origin. ''Trinity'') * Valencia, California, neighborhood of Santa Clarita, California, Santa Clarita in Los Angeles County, California * Val Verda, Utah, a neighborhood of Bountiful, Utah. Formerly independent of Bountiful, the area was annexed into the city's limits in the 1990s. * Valverde, Denver, a neighborhood in the City and Denver County, Colorado * Vega Park, Utah, a neighborhood within Magna, Utah * West Jordan, Utah, Vista Plat, a neighborhood adjacent to South Valley Regional Airport in West Jordan, Utah

Towns and townships

* Acala, Texas, a ghost town in Hudspeth County, Texas (named after Acala Municipality, Chiapas, Mexico) * Agua Caliente, Arizona, in Maricopa County, Arizona, a place north of the Gila River near Hyder, Arizona ( "hot water". The place is nearby hot springs which were originally used by the local Indians) * Alamo, Indiana, a town in Montgomery County, Indiana, after for the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas * Alta, Indiana, a town in Vermillion County, Indiana * Alta, Utah, a town in Salt Lake County, Utah (''tall'' in female) * Altamont, Utah, a town in northeastern Utah * Alto, Arizona, a ghost town in Santa Cruz County, Arizona * Alto, Georgia, town in Banks County, Georgia, Banks, Habersham County, Georgia, Habersham, and Hall County, Georgia, Hall counties in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia (''tall'' in male) * Alto, Texas, a town in Cherokee County, Texas * Annabella, Utah, a town in Sevier County, Utah * Anahuac, Texas (name has various meanings, including "center", "world", and "city", but it also means "capital") * Arinosa, Utah a ghost town in Utah's expansive Great Salt Lake Desert * Arispie Township, Bureau County, Illinois (named after Arizpe, Sonora, in Mexico) * Arriba, Colorado, a Statutory Town located in Lincoln County, Colorado (''top'') * Armada Township, Buffalo County, Nebraska (''Army'') * Avilla, Indiana, a town in Allen Township, Noble County, in Indiana (named after Ávila, Spain) * List of ghost towns in Utah, Barro, Utah, a ghost town in Utah's Great Salt Lake Desert * Bexar, Alabama, a rural, mostly agricultural town in extreme west Marion County, Alabama (after

, Salamanca) * Blanca, Colorado, a Statutory Town in

(''white'' in female) * Boca Grande, Florida, a town on Gasparilla Island, Florida (''big mouth'') * Calabasas, Arizona, a ghost town in Rio Rico, a suburb of Nogales in Santa Cruz County, Arizona (Spanish for "pumpkins") * Camp Verde, Arizona, town in Yavapai County, Arizona (''green'') *

, a Statutory Town located in Baca County, Colorado (''camp'') * Canelo, Arizona, ghost town in eastern Santa Cruz County, Arizona (derivative of the Spanish world "canela" (''cinnamon'')) * Casa, Arkansas, town in Perry County, Arkansas (''house'') * Cadiz, Indiana, town in Harrison Township, Henry County, Indiana * Castile (town), New York, Castile (town), in Wyoming County, New York * Chino Valley, Arizona, a town in Yavapai County, Arizona ("Curvy Valley") * Churubusco, Indiana, a town in Whitley County, Indiana, after the Battle of Churubusco * Cimarron City, Oklahoma, is a town in Logan County, Oklahoma (''

'') * Cimarron Township, Gray County, Kansas * Cinco Bayou, Florida, a town in Okaloosa County, Florida ("Five Bayou") * Cisco, Utah, a ghost town in Grand County, Utah * Corona, South Dakota, a town in Roberts County, South Dakota (''crown'') * Cuba, Alabama, a town in Sumter County, Alabama * Cuchillo, New Mexico, a ghost town in Sierra County, New Mexico (''knife'') * Del Norte, Colorado, a Statutory Town in and the county seat of

(''From North'') * Dolores, Colorado, Statutory Town in Montezuma County, Colorado * Ebro, Florida, a town in Washington County, Florida (named after the Ebro River area in Spain) * Frisco, Utah a ghost town in western central Utsh * Granada, Colorado, a Statutory Town in Prowers County, Colorado (named after the city of

, Spain, itself Spanish for "pomegranate") * Gomez, Texas, a small town in Terry County, Texas * Guadalupe, Arizona, a town in Maricopa County, Arizona * Granada, Colorado, a Statutory town in Prowers County, Colorado * Havana, Florida, a town in Gadsden County, Florida * Huachuca City, Arizona, a town in Cochise County, Arizona * Hermosa, South Dakota, a town in Custer County, South Dakota (''beautiful'') * Ignacio, Colorado, a Statutory Town in La Plata County, Colorado * Jalapa, Indiana, a town in Grant County, Indiana, after Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico * La Jara, Colorado, a Statutory Town in Conejos County, Colorado ("The Rockrose") * La Panza, California, formerly a gold boom town, a Ghost towns in San Luis Obispo County, California (''The belly'') * La Paz, Indiana, a town in North Township, Marshall County, Indiana (called after La Paz, Bolivia) * La Plata, Utah, a ghost town in northern Utah, named for the silver boom the area experienced in the 1890s. * Leon, New York, town in Cattaraugus County, New York (the name is derived from the former Kingdom of León in Spain) * Leon, Oklahoma, town in Love County, Oklahoma * Leon, West Virginia, a town in Mason County, West Virginia * Lima, New York, town in Livingston County, New York * Lima, Montana, town in Beaverhead County, Montana * Lima, Grant County, Wisconsin, a town in Wisconsin * Lima, Pepin County, Wisconsin, a town in Wisconsin * Lima, Rock County, Wisconsin, a town in Wisconsin * Lima, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, a town * Limon, Colorado, Statutory Town that is the most populous town in Lincoln County, Colorado (''Lemon'') * Lobo, Texas, a ghost town in Culberson County, Texas (''wolf'') * Los Gatos, California (Spanish for "The Cats"), an incorporated town in Santa Clara County, California * Madrid, Alabama, a town in Houston County, Alabama (named after the Spanish capital city

) * Madrid, Colorado, a ghost town in Las Animas County, Colorado * Madrid, New York, a town in St. Lawrence County, New York * Marana, Arizona, a town in Pima County, Arizona, located northwest of Tucson, with a small portion in Pinal County, Arizona (derived from ''maraña'', meaning "thicket") * Mariposa Township, Saunders County, Nebraska (''butterfly'') * Mexico, Maine, a town in Oxford County, Maine (the name was inspired by local sympathy for Mexico's 1810–1821 fight for independence from Spain) * Mexico, New York, town in the northeast part of Oswego County, New York * Mogollon, New Mexico, Mogollon, former mining town located in the Mogollon Mountains in Catron County, New Mexico. The place was called after the governor of colonial New Mexico Juan Ignacio Flores Mogollon (1712 - 1715) * Montana, Wisconsin, a town in Buffalo County, Wisconsin * Monterey, Indiana, town in Tippecanoe Township, Pulaski County, Indiana * Moraga, California, suburban incorporated town located in Contra Costa County, California * Moro Township, Madison County, Illinois (''Blackberry'' of ''Moor man'' Township) * Panama, Oklahoma, town in Le Flore County, Oklahoma * Patagonia, Arizona, a town in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, Santa Cruz County,

* Pedro, South Dakota, a ghost town * Perla, Arkansas, town in Hot Spring County, Arkansas (''Pearl'') * Pila Blanca, Texas, a ghost town in Duval County * Ponce de Leon, Florida, a town in Holmes County, Florida (named after Spanish explorer

) * Ponce Inlet, Florida, a town in Volusia County, Florida * Rancho Viejo, Texas, a town in Cameron County, Texas (of Spanish ''old ranch'') * Rio, Florida, a small town in Martin County, Florida * Rosa, Alabama, town in Blount County, Alabama (''rose'') * Refugio, Texas, in

("Shelter") * Salduro, Utah (also Salduro Siding), a ghost town located in

. * Salero, Arizona, a ghost town in the Santa Rita Mountains of Santa Cruz County, Arizona * Sandoval Township, Marion County, Illinois * San Felipe de Austin, a town in Austin County, Texas. The town was named that way by the governor of the Mexican Texas Luciano García (Mexican politician), Luciano García. * San Simeon, California, a town and census-designated place on the Pacific coast of San Luis Obispo County, California ("Simon Peter, Saint Simeon") * Santa Anna, Texas, a town in Coleman County, Texas * Santa Clara, New York, a town in Franklin County, New York * Santa Fe Township, Clinton County, Illinois * Santa Rosa, Texas, a town in Cameron County, Texas * Salamanca (town), New York, in Cattaraugus County, New York * Saltillo, Indiana, a town in Brown Township, Washington County, Indiana (named so in commemoration of Saltillo, Mexico, the location of a battle in the

) * Saltillo, Mississippi, a town in Lee County, Mississippi. * Saltillo, Tennessee, a town in Hardin County, Tennessee * Seville Township, Michigan, in Gratiot County, Michigan * Superior, Colorado, a Statutory Town in Boulder County, Colorado (''top'') * Tiburon, California, an incorporated town in Marin County, California ("shark") * Vera Cruz, Indiana, a town in Harrison Township, Wells County, Indiana * Yucatan Township, Houston County, Minnesota

Villages

* Alhambra, Illinois, a village in Madison County, Illinois (named after the Spanish palace of la

) * Andalusia, Illinois ("Andalucia") * Arena, Wisconsin, a village in Iowa County, Wisconsin (''sand'') * Armada, Michigan, a small village in Macomb County, Michigan (''army'') * Bonita, Louisiana, a village in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana (''beautiful'') * Cadiz, Ohio, a village in Harrison County, Ohio * Capitan, New Mexico, a village in Lincoln County, New Mexico (''captain'') * Camargo, Illinois, a village in Douglas County, Illinois (named after Camargo, Chihuahua, in Mexico) * Castile (village), New York, Castile (village), Wyoming County, New York * Cerro Gordo, Illinois, village in Piatt County, Illinois ("Fat Hill") * Cimarron, New Mexico, a village in Colfax County, New Mexico (''

'') *

, a village in Seward County, Nebraska (called after Cordova, Spain) * Coleta, Illinois, a village in Whiteside County, Illinois (''pigtail'') * Corrales, New Mexico, a village in Sandoval County, New Mexico * Corona, New Mexico, a village in Lincoln County, New Mexico (''crown'') * De Soto, Illinois (named for

, the discoverer of the Mississippi River) * De Soto, Wisconsin, a village straddling Vernon County, Wisconsin, Vernon and Crawford County, Wisconsin, Crawford counties in Wisconsin. * El Portal, Florida, a village in Miami-Dade County, Florida ("The big Gate", also can mean "The Portal (architecture), Portal") * Estral Beach, Michigan, village in Monroe County, Michigan ("Star")Walter Romig, ''Michigan Place Names'', p. 187 (from (''d'')''estral'', "Small Hatchet") * Hidalgo, Illinois, village in Jasper County, Illinois ("Nobleman of the lowest grade") * Lima, Illinois, village in Adams County, Illinois * Lima (village), New York, village in Livingston County, New York * Los Lunas, New Mexico, a village in

(''The Moons'') * Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, New Mexico (''the ranches'') * Madrid, Nebraska, a village in Perkins County, Nebraska * Matamoras, Ohio, a village in Washington County, Ohio * Mexico (village), New York, a village in Oswego County, New York * Modesto, Illinois, a village in Macoupin County, Illinois * Palos Park, Illinois, affluent village in Cook County, Illinois (called after Palos de la Frontera, Spain) * Panama, Illinois, village in Montgomery County, Illinois, Montgomery and Bond County, Illinois, Bond counties, Illinois * Panama, Nebraska, village in Lancaster County, Nebraska, Lancaster County, Nebraska * Panama, New York, village in Chautauqua County, New York, Chautauqua County, New York (state), New York * Parral, Ohio, a village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio (named after Parral, Chihuahua, in Mexico) * Rio, Illinois, a village in Knox County, Illinois (''river'') * Rio, West Virginia, a village in Hampshire County, West Virginia * Rio, Wisconsin, a village in Columbia County, Wisconsin * Rio Grande, Ohio, a village in Gallia County, Ohio * Roca, Nebraska, village in Lancaster County, Nebraska (''rock'') * San Jose, Illinois, village in Logan County, Illinois, Logan County and Mason County, Illinois, Mason counties, Illinois * Sandoval, Illinois, in Marion County, Illinois * Santa Clara, New Mexico, a village in Grant County, New Mexico * Seville, Ohio, in Medina County, Ohio * Spanish Lake community, in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana * Tijeras, New Mexico, in

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(''scissors'') * Valparaiso, Nebraska, a village in Saunders County, Nebraska * Vista, Missouri, a village in St. Clair County, Missouri (''view'')

Former settlements

* Agua Mansa, California, a former settlement in San Bernardino County, California ("Gentle Water") * Alisal, Pleasanton, California, Alisal, California, was a Californio settlement located on the lands of the Rancho Santa Rita near the site of an Indian ranchera ("The Sycamores") * Arinosa, Utah, a former settlement in the Great Salt Lake Desert, supposedly only a few miles east of the Tree of Utah * Alvarado, California, former settlement in and former county seat of Alameda County, California, now annexed to Union City (possibly named for the Spanish conquistador Pedro de Alvarado) * List of ghost towns in Utah, Barro, Utah, a former settlement in Utah's expansive Great Salt Lake Desert, west desert. (''Mud'') * Boca, California, a former settlement in

(named by the railroad Boca (Spanish for "mouth" and "river mouth") because it was near the mouth of the Little Truckee River) * Chaparral Hill, California, a former settlement and mining camp in Amador County, California ("The place of dwarf oaks") * Cisco, Utah a former settlement in Grand County, Utah * Hacienda, California, former settlement in Alameda County, California ("[Big] Farm") * La Placita, California, former settlement in Riverside County, California ("The Small Plaza") * La Plata, Utah, a former mining town in northern Utah * Merienda, California, former settlement in Niles Canyon, in

(''Snack'') * Rio Bravo (former settlement), California, former settlement in Kern County, California * Salduro, Utah, a former settlement located in Utah's Great Salt Lake Desert, west desert * San Carlos, Inyo County, California, former settlement in Inyo County, California * San Miguel de los Noches, California, former settlement in Kern County (''Saint Michael of the Nights'') *San Salvador, California, a former settlement replaced by La Placita, California, and Agua Mansa, California, both of which are also ghost towns * Santa Rosa de Lima (Abiquiu, New Mexico), Santa Rosa de Lima, New Mexico, a former settlement in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico * Secreta, California, a former settlement and mining camp in Amador County, California ("secret") * Tres Alamos, Arizona, a former settlement in Cochise County, Arizona * Vino, California, former settlement in Fresno County, California (''wine'')

Historic places (still standing)

Forts

* Castillo de San Marcos, in Saint Augustine, Florida * Fort Barrancas, Florida * Fort Buenaventura, Utah * Fort Matanzas National Monument, Florida * Los Adaes, Texas

Missions

* Alamo Mission in San Antonio, Texas * Diego Sepúlveda Adobe, California * Las Flores Estancia, California * La Purisima Mission, California * Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad, California * Mission San Antonio de Padua, California * Mission San Cayetano de Calabazas, Arizona * Mission Santa Clara de Asís, California * Mission Concepcion, Texas * Mission Los Santos Ángeles de Guevavi, Arizona * Mission Santa Barbara, California * Mission San Buenaventura, California * Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, California * Mission San Fernando Rey de España, California * Mission San Francisco de Asís, California * Mission San Francisco de la Espada, Texas * Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, California * Mission Santa Inés, California * Mission San José (California) * Mission San José (Texas) * Mission San José de Tumacácori, Arizona * Mission San Juan Bautista, California * Mission San Juan Capistrano (Texas) * Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, California * Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, California * Santa Margarita de Cortona Asistencia, California * Mission San Miguel Arcángel, California * Mission San Xavier del Bac, Arizona * Nombre de Dios (mission), Florida * Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de Tolomato, Georgia * San Antonio de Pala Asistencia, California * San Estevan Del Rey Mission Church, New Mexico * San Pedro y San Pablo Asistencia, California * Socorro Mission, Texas

Presidios

* Presidio La Bahía, in

* Presidio San Antonio de Bexar, San Antonio, Texas * Presidio Santa Cruz de Terrenate, Arizona * Presidio of Santa Barbara, California * Presidio of Monterey, California * Presidio of San Diego, California * Presidio of San Sabá, Texas

Ranchos and Spanish lands

* Atrisco Land Grant, New Mexico * Rancho El Alisal, in Salinas, Monterey, California * Rancho San Antonio (Lugo), in San Antonio, Texas * Rancho Calleguas, in Ventura, California * La Habra, in Orange, California * Rancho Posa de los Ositos, in Monterey, California * Rancho San Rafael, in Los Angeles, California * Rancho San Vicente, in Soledad, Monterey, California * San Miguel del Vado Land Grant, New Mexico

Islands

* Alameda (island), Alameda Island, California (" Poplar Grove (nature), Grove") * Alcatraz Island, California ("Pelican") * Angel Island (California) (derived of his original Spanish name ''Isla de los Ángeles'') * Año Nuevo Island, Northern California ("New Year" Island) * Asuncion Island, one of the Northern Mariana Islands * Bahia Honda Key, an island in the Florida Keys (''deep bay'') * Brazos Island, a barrier island on the Gulf Coast of Texas * Boca Chica Key, Florida ("Small Mouth" Key) * Camano Island, Washington (after explorer Jacinto Caamaño) * Dry Tortugas, a group of islands in the Florida Keys in the United States (''Dry turtle'') * Farallon Islands, in San Francisco, California (from ''Farallones'': "High Cliffs") * Farallon de Medinilla, an uninhabited small island in the Northern Mariana Islands (''Medinilla ´s Rock'') * Farallon de Pajaros, also known as Urracas, a small uninhabited volcanic island, the northernmost island in the Northern Mariana Islands chain (''Birds´ Rock'' or ''Magpies'') * Fidalgo Island, Washington (named after the Spanish explorer and cartographer Salvador Fidalgo) * Key West, Florida (Anglicized from ''Cayo Hueso'': "Bone Cay") * Key Largo, Florida ("Wide Florida Keys, Key") * Lopez Island, in San Juan Islands, Washington * Matagorda Island, a barrier island on the coast of Texas * Perdido Key, Florida ("Lost Key") * Revillagigedo Island, Alaska (after viceroy of

Juan Vicente de Güemes, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo) * San Clemente Island, California * San Juan Islands (Alaska) * San Juan Islands, in the Washington state * San Juan Island, the second-largest and most populous of the San Juan Islands, in Washington * San Miguel Island, the westernmost of California's Channel Islands * San Nicolas Island, California * Santa Barbara Island, California * Santa Catalina Island, California * Santa Cruz Island, California * Santa Rosa Island, California * Santa Rosa Island, Florida ("St. Rose" Island) * Spanish Harbor Key, island in the lower Florida Keys. * Sutil Island, California * Yerba Buena Island, sits in the San Francisco Bay between San Francisco and Oakland, California (named after the former name of the city of San Francisco, Yerba Buena, which was changed in 1847. From the Spanish ''Good herb'')

Natural places

Bays and inlets

* Bodega Bay, California * Castro Cove, an embayment of the San Pablo Bay, San Pablo in Richmond, California * Matagorda Bay, a large estuary bay on the Texas coast * Matanzas Bay, in St. Johns County, Florida * Matanzas Inlet, a channel in Florida *

, California * Nueces Bay, a northwestern extension of Corpus Christi Bay in the San Patricio and Nueces counties of Texas * Padre Bay, located in Kane County, Utah, Kane and San Juan County, Utah, San Juan counties, Utah. The bay is the largest expanse of open water in Lake Powell * Perdido Bay, in Perdido River, a designated Outstanding Florida Waters river, in Baldwin County, Alabama and Escambia County, Florida, United States ("Lost") * San Carlos Bay * San Francisco Bay, California * San Pablo Bay, California * San Pedro Bay (California) * Strait of Juan de Fuca, in the northwest * Haro Strait, between the Strait of Georgia and the Strait of Juan de Fuca, in the northwest. * Rosario Strait, in northern Washington state * Santa Rosa Sound, Florida

Forest

* De Soto National Forest, in Mississippi * Los Padres National Forest, a United States national forest in southern and central California (''the parents'') * Manti-La Sal National Forest, Utah * San Juan National Forest, Colorado * San Isabel National Forest, in central Colorado * Santa Fe National Forest (part), New Mexico * Sierra National Forest, in California, United States * Plumas National Forest, California * Rio Grande National Forest, Colorado (''Big River'') * San Bernardino National Forest, in

Mountains, hills, rock, ranges, caves and volcanos

* Abajo Mountains, also called the Blue Mountains, is a small mountain range west of Monticello, Utah (''below'') * Abajo Peak, the highest peak in the Abajo Mountains, Abajo Range, located in

* Alhambra Rock, a prominent sandstone formation and scenic attraction near Mexican Hat, Utah, Mexican Hat, in

. * Blanca Peak, a mountain in Colorado (''White Peak'') * Brazos Mountains, a range in far northern

(''arms'') * Caballo Mountains, New Mexico (''Horse Mountains'') * Caja del Rio, a dissected plateau, of volcanic origin, which covers approximately 84,000 acres of land in northern

(''box of the river'') * Canelo Hills, a range of low mountains or hills in eastern

(''Brown Hills'') * Capitan Mountains, a mountain range in Lincoln County, New Mexico (''captain'') * Ciervo Hills, low mountain range in west

(''Deer Hills'') * Cimmaron Range, in southwest Colorado (''

'') * Corona Arch, a sandstone arch in Moab, Utah * Delano Peak, a prominent peak in the Tushar Mountains, Tushar Mountain Range, in central Utah * Domínguez Butte, a butte in

, named after Francisco Atanasio Domínguez * Dos Cabezas Mountains, in southeasternmost Arizona (''Two heads'') * El Capitan, California, a rock formation (''the Captain'') * El Capitan (Texas), a peak in Culberson County, Texas * Entrada Sandstone, a prominent geological formation within the San Rafael Group in central Utah * Frisco Peak, a peak in the San Francisco Mountains (Utah), San Francisco Mountain Range located in western Utah * Grand Mesa, a large mesa in western Colorado * Guadalupe Mountains, a mountain range located in West Texas and southeastern New Mexico (named after

, Spain) *

, an isolated volcanic neck in

(named "Huerfano" by early Spanish explorers of southern Colorado. Of Spanish ''Orphan''). * Jemez Mountains, a volcanic group of mountains in New Mexico * La Panza Range, a mountain range in the Central Coast of California * La Plata Mountains, small subrange of the San Juan Mountains in the southwestern part of Colorado (''silver'') * La Sal Mountains, in Grand County, Utah, Grand and San Juan County, Utah, San Juan County counties, Utah along the Utah/Colorado border (''The Salt Mountains'') * Little Rincon Mountains, small range of mountains, lying to the east of the Rincon Mountains, at Tucson, Arizona ("Corner") * Little San Bernardino Mountains, in California * Luna Peak (Washington), a mountain in the US (''moon'') * Manzano Mountains, a small mountain range in the central part of New Mexico (''apple tree'') * Manzano Peak, the highest peak in the Manzano Mountains * Mesa Arch, a prominent natural arch and tourist destination in Canyonlands National Park, Utah. * Mesa de Maya, volcanic tableland in Colorado * Mogollon Mountains, of the San Francisco River in Grant and Catron counties of southwestern New Mexico. These Mountains were named for the governor of Spanish New Mexico Juan Ignacio Flores Mogollon. * Monte Cristo Range (Utah), Monte Cristo Range, a mountain range in northeastern Utah * Mosquito Range, Rocky Mountains range in central Colorado * Mosquito Pass, a high mountain pass in the Mosquito Range * Mount Vaca, located in northern California (was named so for Juan Manuel Cabeza Vaca (1782-1856), who with Juan Felipe Pena received in 1843 the Rancho Los Putos Mexican land grant, which included the peak that now bears Vaca's name) * Nacimiento Mountains, New Mexico, also called ''San Pedro Mountains'' (''Birth Mountains'' or ''Saint Peter Mountains'') * Negro Mountain, Pennsylvania and Maryland, United States (''Black Mountain'') * Padres Butte, a prominent butte in

* Palomar Mountain, a mountain ridge in the Peninsular Ranges in northern San Diego County, California (''pigeon roost'') * Palos Verdes Hills, California (''Green Stick'') * Patagonia Mountains, a 15 mile long mountain range south of the Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona. * Corona Arch, Pinto Arch, a sandstone arch near Moab, Utah * Point Reyes, a prominent cape in Northern California (''Point of the Kings'') * Puente Hills, a chain of hills, one of the lower Transverse Ranges, in an unincorporated area in eastern Los Angeles County, California * Raton Pass - mountain pass on the Santa Fe Trail along the Colorado-New Mexico border in the United States (''Mouse Pass'') * Redonda Mesa, a tall mesa located in the Southern Santa Ana Mountains near the Pacific Ocean (''round table'') * Rincon Mountains, mountain range east of Tucson, Arizona ("Corner", "Nook") * Robledo Mountains, a mountain range in Doña Ana County, New Mexico just northwest of Las Cruces * Sacramento Mountains (California) (are also named for the Sacramento Wash and Sacramento Valley (Arizona)) * Sacramento Mountains (New Mexico), a mountain range in the south-central part of New Mexico * San Bernardino Mountains, high mountain range in Southern California * San Emigdio Mountains, part of the Transverse Ranges in Southern California * San Francisco Mountains (Utah), San Francisco Mountains, a mountain range located in western Utah * San Gabriel Mountains, mountain range located in northern Los Angeles County and western San Bernardino County, California * San Gorgonio Pass, a gap on the rim of the Great Basin between the San Bernardino Mountains to the north and the San Jacinto Mountains to the south * San Gorgonio Mountain, also known locally as Mount San Gorgonio, or Old Greyback, is the highest peak in Southern California and the Transverse Ranges (Spanish missionaries in the area during the early 17th century named the peak after Saint Gorgonius) * San Jacinto Mountains, a mountain range east of Los Angeles in southern California * San Joaquin Hills, in Orange County, California * San Jose Hills, a part of the Transverse Ranges located in Eastern Los Angeles County, California, marking the border between the San Gabriel Valley and the Pomona Valley in the Inland Empire * San Juan Mountains, in southwestern Colorado * San Luis Mountains, in Pima County, Arizona * San Mateo Peak, at the western end of the ridge running west then northwest from Elsinore Peak to Morrell Canyon, California * San Pedro Arroyo Formation, a geologic formation in New Mexico (''creek'') * San Pitch Mountains, a mountain range located in Sanpete and Juab County, Utah, Juab counties, Utah * San Rafael Hills, mountain range in Los Angeles County, California * San Rafael Reef, a large geological feature in the central Utah desert * Sandia Mountains, a mountain range located in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, Bernalillo and Sandoval County, New Mexico, Sandoval counties, New Mexico (''watermelon'') * Sangre de Cristo Mountains, the southernmost subrange of the Rocky Mountains. They are located in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico in the United States (''Blood of Christ''). * Sangre de Cristo Range, called also the East Range, is located in the San Luis Valley, is mountain range of the Rocky Mountains in southern Colorado. * Santa Ana Mountains, a short mountain range near Santa Ana, California (''saint'') * Santa Catalina Mountains, north, and northeast of Tucson, Arizona * Santa Clara Volcano, a volcanic field and lava flow in southwest Utah. * Santa Cruz Mountains, California * Santa Lucia Mountains, a mountain range in coastal central California * Santa Margarita Mountains, California * Santa Rosa Range, in northern Nevada * Santa Rita Mountains, southeast of Tucson, Arizona * Santa Rosa Mountains (California) * Santa Susana Mountains, a transverse range of mountains in Southern California, north of the city of Los Angeles * Santa Ynez Mountains, west coast of North America * Santos Trail System, a network of mountain bike trails outside of Ocala, Florida (''saints'') * Sierra Blanca (Colorado), a mountain range * Sierra Blanca (New Mexico), a mountain range (''White Mountain saw'') * Sierra Madre Mountains (California), a mountain range in northern Santa Barbara County, California * Sierra Madre Range (Wyoming), a mountain range in the south central portion of the state * Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada, between the Central Valley (California), Central Valley of California and the Basin and Range Province * Sierra Valley, in Plumas and Sierra counties, California * Tejon Pass, a mountain pass, between the southwest end of the Tehachapi Mountains and northeastern San Emigdio Mountains (''badger'') * Temblor Range, a mountain range within the California Coast Ranges, at the southwestern extremity of the San Joaquin Valley in California (''tremor'') * Uinta Mountains, Uinta Mountain Range, a prominent range in northeastern Utah, originally named ''"La Sierra Blanca de Los Lagunas"'' by the Domínguez–Escalante expedition in the 1770s * Vaca Mountains, a mountain range in Napa County, California (was named so for the Vaca family, who, along with their partners the Pena family, were among the earliest white settlers in the area) * Vaqueros sandstone, a sedimentary rock formation in the western United States * Valles Caldera National Preserve (part), volcanic caldera in the Jemez Mountains of northern New Mexico (''Boiler Valley'') * Ventana Cave, a National Historic Landmark in Arizona, U.S. * Ventana Double Cone, a twin mountaintop in the Ventana Wilderness (''window''. Early explorers gave the Ventana Double Cone its name because near its summit is a ledge that forms a small slot, or window) * Verdugo Mountains, a small, rugged mountain range of the Transverse Ranges system, located just south of the western San Gabriel Mountains in Los Angeles County, Southern California (''executioner'') * Yegua Formation, a geologic formation in Texas (''mare'' or ''female horse'')

Regions

This is not an exhaustive list. * Albuquerque Basin, one of the largest and deepest of the structural basins in the Rio Grande rift and contains the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico. * Brazos Valley, a region in Texas (a subsection of the larger Central Texas region) * Canyons of the Escalante, a desert region surrounding the Escalante River and its tributaries in southern Utah * Cape Alava, Washington (named after Basques, basque explorer Don José Manuel de Álava) * Cape Blanco (Oregon), Cape Blanco, Oregon (named by Martín de Aguilar, Martin de Aguliar for its white appearance) * Cape Canaveral, Florida (Anglicized from ''Cabo Cañaveral'') * Cape Nuñez, a headland of Nunez Peninsula * Cimarron National Grassland, in southwest Kansas (''

'') * Gulf of Santa Catalina, between California and Baja California (Mexico) * High Sierra Trail, in California, United States * Llano Estacado, Southwestern United States, between the East of New Mexico and Northern Texas ("Staked Plain") * Los Angeles Basin, coastal sediment-filled plain located at the north end of the Peninsular Ranges province * Marquez crater, an impact crater in the US state of Texas * Mogollon Rim a topographical and geological feature cutting across Arizona. It was called for the governor of Spanish New Mexico Juan Ignacio Flores Mogollon. * Nueces Strip or Wild Horse Desert is the area of south Texas between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande (''nuts'') * Padre Point, a cape on the south shore of Lake Powell in

* Raton Basin, Colorado (''mouse basin'') * Rincon Bayou, in the Nueces River delta, and located northwest of Corpus Christi, Texas (''corner'') * Rio Grande rift, north-trending continental rift zone between Colorado and Chihuahua (state), Chihuahua, Mexico (''big river'') * Rio Grande Valley (Texas), Rio Grande Valley, a location in south Texas * San Andreas Fault, continental transform fault that extends roughly 810 miles (1,300 km) through California * San Francisco Bay Area, a populated region that surrounds the San Francisco Bay, San Francisco and San Pablo Bay, San Pablo estuary, estuaries in Northern California * San Joaquin (soil), an officially designated state insignia, the state soil of California (''Sain Joachim'') * San Juan Basin, in the Southwestern United States * San Lucas AVA, an American Viticultural Area located in Monterey County, California * San Rafael Swell, a large geological feature in the central Utah desert * San Pitch Canyons, a pair of canyons adjacent to the San Pitch River located in Sanpete County, Utah, San Pete County, Utah. * Sangre de Cristo Formation, a geologic formation in Colorado. * Santa Ana Canyon, California * Santa Clara Valley AVA, California wine region in Santa Clara County * Santa Maria Valley AVA, California wine region * Tijeras Canyon, a prominent canyon in the central part of New Mexico

Rivers and lakes

* Arroyo de la Laguna, California (''Creek of the little Lake'') * Arroyo Seco (Los Angeles County) (''dry stream'') seasonal river, canyon, watershed, and cultural area in Los Angeles County, California. * Arroyo Seco (Salinas River tributary), a major tributary of the Salinas River in central California. * Blanca Lake, Washington state (''white'') * Bonita Creek, in Newport Beach, Orange County, California (''pretty'') * Bonita Creek, in San Bernardino National Forest * Bosque River, Texas (''forest'') * Brazos River, localized between New Mexico and Texas (called the ''Rio de los Brazos de Dios'' by early Spanish explorers (translated as "The River of the Arms of God")) (''Arms River'') * Caballo Lake, New Mexico (''horse'') * Cadiz Dry Lake, nearby of Cadiz, California * Calabazas Creek (Santa Clara County), California (''pumpkin'') * Calabazas Creek (Sonoma County), California * Calaveras Creek, in Texas (''skulls'') * Calaveras Creek (California), a northward-flowing stream in Alameda and Santa Clara counties of California * Calaveras Lake (Texas), a reservoir on Calaveras Creek * Calaveras River, in the California Central Valley (called so by Spanish explorer Gabriel Moraga when he found many skulls of Native Americans along its banks. ''skulls'') * Carquinez Strait, narrow tidal strait in northern California (named after the Karkin, a linguistic division of the Ohlone Native Americans who resided on both sides of the strait. From the Spanish ''karkin'') * Castro Creek, a creek in Richmond, California * Cimarron River (Arkansas River tributary), a tributary of the Arkansas River with headwaters in New Mexico (''

'') * Cimarron River (Canadian River tributary), a tributary of the Canadian River entirely within New Mexico * Cimarron River (Gunnison River tributary), a tributary of the Gunnison River in Colorado *

, a tributary of the Rio Grande, in south-central Colorado (''rabbits'') * Cristianitos Creek, California (''little Christians'') * Cuchillo Negro Creek, stream in Sierra County, New Mexico (''Black knife'' Creek) * Escalante River, a tributary of the Colorado River in southern Utah * Estrella River, river in eastern San Luis Obispo County, California (''star'') * Green River (Colorado River tributary) (the Spanish friars Domínguez–Escalante expedition, Escalante and Domínguez had originally named this river "Río Buenaventura" (Buenaventura River) in his expedition in Utah in 1775, but in the early nineteenth century, the Spanish and Mexicans named it "Río Verde", or Green River) * Guadalupe River (California) * Huerfano River, tributary of the Arkansas River that flows from a source on Blanca Peak in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of Colorado (''orphan''). * Key Vaca, an island in the middle Florida Keys (''cow'') * Laguna Blanca (California) (''white little lake'') * Laguna Creek, Elk Grove, California (''little lake'') * Laguna Creek (San Mateo County), a tributary of San Mateo Creek (San Francisco Bay Area), San Mateo Creek in

* Laguna Creek (Santa Cruz County), California * Laguna Lake (California), a lake in northern California * Lake Barco, a lake in Putnam County, Florida (''boat'') * La Plata River (San Juan River tributary), in Colorado (''silver'') * Lobos Creek, a stream in San Francisco, California (wolves Creek) * Lopez River, in Monroe County, Florida * Los Alamos Canyon Creek * Los Angeles River, in Los Angeles Country, California. * Los Vaqueros Reservoir, a man-made lake near Brentwood, California * Matanzas River, Florida * Maravillas Creek, Texas (''wonders creek'') * Montezuma Creek (Utah), Montezuma Creek, a tributary of the San Juan River (Colorado River tributary), San Juan River in central and southern Utah * Mora River, a river in northeastern New Mexico, tributary of the Canadian River (''blackberry'') * Mosquito Lagoon, Florida * Mosquito Creek (British Columbia), a creek in the Cariboo region of British Columbia. * Mosquito Creek (Feather River), a California tributary of the North Fork Feather River * Mosquito Creek (Lake Oroville), a California tributary of the

source * Mosquito Creek (Pennsylvania), a tributary of the West Branch Susquehanna River * Mosquito Creek (Virginia), a tributary of Chincoteague Bay * Mosquito Creek Lake, reservoir in Trumbull County, Ohio, Trumbull County, northeast Ohio * Nacimiento River, river in southern Monterey County and northern San Luis Obispo County, California (''birth'') *

, a river in Texas (''nuts''. Early settlers named the river after the numerous pecan trees along its banks) * Pajaro River, in California (''Bird River'') * Patagonia Lake, between southwest of Patagonia, Arizona, and northeast of Nogales, Arizona * Perdido River, localized between the states of Alabama and Florida (''Lost River'') * Piedra River (Colorado), a tributary of the San Juan River (Colorado River tributary) (''stone'') * List of rivers of Utah, Pinto Creek, collective name for a system of desert mountain streams in southwestern Iron County, Utah, Iron County and Washington County, Utah. * Rio Brazos (New Mexico), a tributary of the Chama River (Rio Grande), New Mexico (''River Arms'') * Buenaventura River (legend), Río Buenaventura, a semi-fictional waterway made up of several existing rivers in Nevada and Utah's Great Basin Desert region. The river was initially believed to flow from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, though no such direct route ever existed. When the Domínguez–Escalante expedition came across Utah's Green River (Colorado River tributary), Green River, a western tributary of the Colorado River, Colorado, it was given the name. * Rio Grande, localized between the southwest of United States and Mexico (''Big River'') * Salinas River (California) ("Salt mines") *

, the principal river of Northern California * Sacramento Wash, a major drainage of Mohave County, Arizona * San Antonio River (California), river in southern Monterey County, California * San Antonio River, a major waterway that originates in central Texas in a cluster of springs in Midtown San Antonio * San Carlos Lake, Arizona * San Diego River, in

(named for Didacus of Alcalá, Saint Didacus of Alcalá) * San Fernando Creek, Texas * San Gabriel River (California), through southern Los Angeles County, California * San Joaquin River, the largest river of Central California * San Juan Creek, California * San Juan River (California) * San Juan River (Colorado River tributary), San Juan River, Utah * San Leandro Creek, in Northern California (formerly ''Arroyo de San Leandro'') * San Lorenzo Creek, California * San Luis Rey River, California (from the Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, mission named for Saint Louis, King of France) * San Mateo Creek (Southern California) * San Mateo Creek (San Francisco Bay Area) * San Miguel River (Colorado) * San Pedro River (Arizona) * San Pitch River, Utah * San Rafael River, a tributary of the Green River, Utah, Green River in central Utah * San Saba River (Texas), named by governor of Spanish Texas Juan Antonio Bustillo y Ceballos in 1732. He called it ''Río de San Sabá de las Nueces'' (''San Saba River of the walnuts'') * San Sebastian River, a tidal channel which flows into Matanzas Bay, Florida * Santa Ana River, the largest river in Southern California, flows through Santa Ana * Santa Clara River (California), north of Los Angeles * Santa Clara River (Utah) * Santa Cruz River (Arizona), river in southern Arizona, and northern Sonora, Mexico, ("Holy Cross River") * Spanish Fork River, in northern Utah, originally named ''"El Rio de Aguas Calientes"'' by the Dominguez-Escalante Expedition in the 1770s * Uvas Creek, river of California (''grapes creek'') * Verde River, Arizona and Utah (''Green River'') * Verdugo Wash, river in the Glendale area of Los Angeles County, California (''executioner'') * Yegua Creek, a river in Central Texas and part of the Brazos River drainage basin (''mare'' of ''female horse'') * Yuba State Park, Yuba Lake, a reservoir in Sanpete and Juab County, Utah, Juab counties in central Utah

Springs and waterfalls

* Bonita Falls, a set of waterfalls in the San Bernardino National Forest, formed by Bonita Creek * DeSoto Falls (Alabama), waterfall located on the West Fork of the Little River Canyon National Preserve, Little River near Mentone, Alabama (they are named after Spanish explorer

) * DeSoto Falls (Georgia), located in Lumpkin County, Georgia along Frogtown Creek (are named for Spanish explorer Hernando deSoto, who passed through Georgia around 1540) * San Marcos Springs, Texas * San Pedro Springs, Texas

Valleys

* Anza Valley, located in southern Riverside County, California * Conejo Valley, in region spanning both southeastern Ventura County, California, Ventura County and northwestern Los Angeles County, Southern California (''rabbit'') * Juab Valley, in Juab County, Utah * Sacramento Valley, portion of the Central Valley (California) * Sacramento Valley (Arizona), between north–south trending valley west and southwest of Kingman, Arizona, Kingman in Mohave County, Arizona, Mohave County. * Salinas Valley, west of the San Joaquin Valley and south of San Francisco Bay and the Santa Clara Valley—Silicon Valley, California * San Fernando Valley, in the Los Angeles metropolitan area of southern California * San Gabriel Valley, Southern California, lying generally to the east of the city of Los Angeles. * San Jacinto Valley, in south western Riverside County, California * List of valleys of Utah, San Juan Valley, a valley in southeastern Utah, sometimes called the ''Dry Valley'' * San Joaquin Valley, area of the Central Valley (California) * San Luis Valley, extensive high-altitude basin in Colorado with a small portion overlapping into New Mexico * San Pedro Valley (Arizona), in western Cochise County, Arizona * List of valleys of Utah, Sanpete Valley, a valley in

* San Rafael Valley, in eastern

* List of valleys of Utah, San Rafael Valley, in central Utah *

, runs south-southeast from the southern end of San Francisco Bay in Northern California * Santa Clara River Valley, a valley in

* Santa Clarita Valley, part of the upper watershed of Santa Clara River in Southern California. * Spanish Valley, a valley in

, just south of Moab, Utah * Tooele Valley Railway, Tooele Valley, Utah in western Utah, bordering Nevada. Originates from ''"tule"'', a Spanish word of Aztec origin meaning "

" * Utah Valley, in northern Utah. Based on a Spanish designation for the

, ''"Yuta"'', by the Dominguez-Escalante Expedition in the 1770s. The valley and surrounding area itself were originally named ''"Nuestra Senora de los Timpanogotiz"'' * Verde Valley, in central Arizona (''green'' valley)

Wilderness, deserts and dunes

* Algodones Dunes, a large Erg (landform), erg (sand dune field) located in the southeastern portion of

, near the border with

and the Mexican state of Baja California (''cottons''). * Escalante Desert, a desert region located in southwestern

* Manzano Wilderness, in western Torrance County, New Mexico, Torrance County and eastern

(the region received the name when early Spanish settlers discovered ancient apple trees growing a few miles east of the present-day wilderness) * San Gorgonio Wilderness, in the San Bernardino Mountains * San Pedro Parks Wilderness, located in southern Rio Arriba County in northern New Mexico and part of the Santa Fe National Forest * San Rafael Reef, San Rafael Reef Wilderness, a desert region in central Utah * Sandia Mountain Wilderness, part of Cibola National Forest, is located east of Albuquerque, New Mexico (''watermelon'') * Spanish Peaks Wilderness, in Huerfano County, Colorado, Huerfano County and

* Sonoran Desert, a desert in northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States * South San Juan Wilderness, a Wilderness area located east of Pagosa Springs, Colorado * Ventana Wilderness, a Federally designated wilderness located in the Santa Lucia Mountains along the Central Coast of California (''window'')

Wildlife refuges and protected areas

* Blanca Wetlands, Area of Critical Environmental Concern, or Blanca Wildlife Habitat Area, is an area of the San Luis Valley in Colorado, United States, that serves as a refuge for birds, fish and other wildlife (''white'') * Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge * Canelo Hills Cienega Reserve, a protected area in Canelo Hills, Arizona (''brown'') * Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, Grand Staircase-Escalente National Monument, the largest national monument in the United States, near Kanab, Utah * Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area, in Colorado (''blood of Christ'') * San Rafael Reef, San Rafael Reef Wilderness, a recently protected wilderness area in central Utah

Parks

* Agua Caliente County Park, park with geothermally heated springs. The park is located just west of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, in eastern San Diego County, California * Alta Lake State Park, a park in the northwest interior of the state of Washington (''tall'' in female) * Alta Plaza Park, in San Francisco's Pacific Heights neighborhood * Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, state park located within the Colorado Desert of southern California. The park takes its name from 18th-century Spanish explorer Juan Bautista de Anza and ''borrego'', the Spanish language, Spanish word for bighorn sheep. * Brazos Bend State Park, a state park along the Brazos River in Needville, Texas (''arms'') * Coronado Heights, hill in Lindsborg, Kansas (named after of Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, already that it is alleged to be near the place where Francisco Vásquez de Coronado gave up his search for the Quivira and Cibola, seven cities of gold and turned around to return to Mexico). * Del Norte Park, West Covina, California * Del Rey Beach State Recreation Site, a state park in Oregon (''of king'') * De Soto National Memorial, in Bradenton, Florida * DeSoto Site Historic State Park, a Florida state park located in Tallahassee, Florida * Dry Tortugas National Park - National park localized west of Key West, Florida * Eldorado Park, Scottsdale Arizona * Encanto Park, Duarte, California * Fort Buenaventura, Fort Buenaventura State Park, in Ogden, Utah * Fort De Soto Park, in St. Petersburg, Florida (named for Spanish explorer

) * Fort Verde State Historic Park, in Camp Verde, Arizona * Grijalva Park, Orange, California * Guadelupe Park, Salt Lake City, Utah * Escalante Petrified Forest State Park, in Escalante, Utah * Louis H Marrero Park, in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana (founded in honor to Spanish American politician Louis H. Marrero). * Mesa Verde National Park, in Montezuma County, Colorado * Modesto Park, Salt Lake City, Utah * Palomar Mountain State Park, in

(''pigeon roost'') * Plumas Park, Reno, Nevada * Plumas-Eureka State Park, California state park located in the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Range in Plumas County, California * Presidio of San Francisco, California (former Presidio and, at present, a park) * Rancho San Rafael Regional Park, in Reno, Nevada * San Juan Island National Historical Park, on San Juan Island in the state of in Washington * San Pedro Springs Park, in San Antonio, Texas * San Pitch Recreation Area, located in the western portion of the Manti-La Sal National Forest and San Pitch Mountains, in central Utah * Unidad Park, Los Angeles, California * Verdugo Park, park in the Verdugo Mountains in the eastern San Fernando Valley of Southern California (''executioner'') * Vista Park, Salt Lake City, Utah * Vista Hermosa Park, Los Angeles, California * Yuba State Park, a state park in Utah's Sanpete and Juab County, Utah, Juab counties

Peninsulas

* Matagorda Peninsula, narrow spit of land on the southeastern coast of Texas * Palos Verdes Peninsula, California * San Francisco Peninsula, California * Tiburon Peninsula, California (of Spanish "Shark")

Other

* Acequia Madre de Valero (San Antonio) ("main ['mother'] irrigation canal of Valero") * El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, New Mexico (part), is a part of the United States National Historic Trail system, that was a 1,600-mile (2560-kilometer) long trade route between Mexico City and San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico, from 1598 to 1882 (''The Royal Road of the Interior Land'') * Havana on the Hudson, nickname derived from the capital of Cuba, Havana, Cuba, Havana, and the geographic proximity to the Hudson River to describe the northern part of Hudson County, New Jersey. * Los Serranos, Chino Hills, California, a subdivision neighborhood within the city of Chino Hills in San Bernardino County, California * Rincon (surfspot), a surf spot located at the Ventura and Santa Barbara County line in Southern California (''angle'' or ''corner'') * Río Buenaventura Canal, a major inundation canal near Salt Lake City, Utah. The canal is primarily responsible for maintaining consistent water levels in the Great Salt Lake. * Tabasco, New York, a hamlet in Ulster County, New York * Valverde, New Mexico, the site of the Battle of Valverde during the American Civil War

References

External links

Moreno's Dictionary of Spanish-Named California Cities and Towns

Spanish and Indian Place Names of California (Sanchez)

Publications of the Historical Society of California (1918)

Seven American States - English vs Spanish Pronunciation
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