Where Does The Name Of Your City And State Originate From ? (safe, suburb)

[noland123]

I am from Jacksonville,Florida and the city was named after Andrew Jackson. Ponce De Leon called this area Florida (meaning flowery).

[SteelCityRising]

I reside in the Scranton suburb of Pittston Township, which was formed in the late-1700s and in named in honor of Sir William Pitt, the same individual for whom Pittsburgh is named. It was from my hometown of Pittston Township that the city of Pittston was formed.

Pennsylvania literally means "Penn's Woods," and it was named to honor William Penn, our state's founding father.

[ajf131]

St. Louis is named after King Louis of France, I'm not sure which number. Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, and Minnesota were all original French territory and part of the Louisiana Purchase, so generally most of the major cities in this region have french names to them. New Orleans, Baton Rouge, St. Louis, Des Moines, Duluth (I think that's French), and so on. Missouri is named after the Missouri Siouan Indian tribe, and the term stands for "those who have dugout canoes."

[milquetoast]

El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora La Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula. I think that's... Spanish?

[jest721]

Neither are sexy, or particularly interesting but
Utah: named for the Ute Indians
Springville: named for a nearby spring

[Drouzin]

Chalmette, Louisiana (prounounced - shall met)- Named for Martin de Lino de Chalmette, whose surname in turn is derived from the French word chalmette which means "pasture land, fallow land" The parish is nicknamed Terre au Boeuf (land of beef/cows) because the Islanos that settled there were famous for their cattle.

[ColoWeb]

Colorado - based on Colorado River and the believed "color read" (redish) from Spanish.

Denver, CO - Named after James Denver. He was the Governor of Kansas.

[gizmo980]

Funny I'd never considered it before, but my first thought was that San Francisco is named for "Saint Francis" - and luckily I was right, lol. Most cities around here are named for Saints & Catholic figures, since it was originally established as missions (and was also Spanish/Mexican territory)... kind of ironic, considering how secular this area is now!

A brief summary from Wiki: "In 1776, the Spanish settled the tip of the peninsula, establishing a fort at the Golden Gate and a mission named for Francis of Assisi."

[gizmo980]

Btw, isn't Saint Francis the patron saint of animals? If so, that's pretty cool... my dog & kitties should be safe here, even though we're Jewish.

[KewGee]

Texas owes its name to the Caddo tribe and the Spaniards. During the Spanish exploration of Texas in the 1540s, the Spaniards met the Hasnai Caddo tribe in present-day East Texas. The Native Americans used the word tayshas for "friends" or "allies." In Spanish, the translation came out as tejas. Eventually, Tejas became Texas.