List of places named for the Marquis de Lafayette
This is a list of places named for Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, a French General in the American Revolutionary War. Many of these places were named for him during his 1824–1825 visit to the United States.
Counties
[edit]- Fayette County, Alabama
- Fayette County, Georgia
- Fayette County, Illinois
- Fayette County, Indiana
- Fayette County, Iowa
- Fayette County, Kentucky
- Fayette County, Ohio
- Fayette County, Pennsylvania
- Fayette County, Tennessee
- Fayette County, Texas
- Fayette County, West Virginia
- Lafayette County, Arkansas
- Lafayette County, Florida
- Lafayette County, Mississippi
- Lafayette County, Missouri
- Lafayette County, Wisconsin
- Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
Cities, towns, and villages
[edit]- Fayette, Alabama
- Fayette, Iowa
- Fayette, Maine
- Fayette, Michigan
- Fayette, Mississippi
- Fayette, Missouri
- Fayette, New York
- Fayette, Ohio
- Fayette, Utah is named indirectly; the city is named after Fayette, New York.
- Fayette, West Virginia
- Fayette, Wisconsin, a town
- Fayette (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
- Fayette City, Pennsylvania[1]
- Fayette Township, Calhoun County, Arkansas
- Fayette Township, Livingston County, Illinois
- Fayette Township, Vigo County, Indiana
- Fayette Township, Decatur County, Iowa
- Fayette Township, Linn County, Iowa
- Fayette Township, Michigan
- Fayette Township, Lawrence County, Ohio
- Fayette Township, Pennsylvania
- Fayetteville, Alabama
- Fayetteville, Arkansas is named indirectly; the city is named after Fayetteville, TN, which in turn is named after Fayetteville, NC. Has the largest metropolitan population.
- Fayetteville, Georgia, seat of Fayette County
- Fayetteville, Illinois
- Fayetteville, Indiana
- Fayetteville, Washington County, Indiana
- Fayetteville, Missouri
- Fayetteville, New York
- Fayetteville, North Carolina was the first city named after Lafayette, and is the only one he actually visited, arriving in Fayetteville by horse-drawn carriage in 1825 during Lafayette's visit to the United States from July 1824 to September 1825 celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill. Has the greatest city population.
- Fayetteville, Ohio
- Fayetteville, Pennsylvania
- Fayetteville, Tennessee is named indirectly; the city is named after Fayetteville, North Carolina.
- Fayetteville, Texas
- Fayetteville, West Virginia
- La Fayette, Illinois
- LaFayette, Alabama
- LaFayette, Georgia
- Lafayette, California
- Lafayette, Colorado
- Lafayette, Indiana, seat of Tippecanoe County, named after Lafayette during his tour of America.[2]
- LaFayette, Kentucky
- Lafayette, Louisiana
- Lafayette, Minnesota
- LaFayette, New York
- Lafayette, Oregon
- Lafayette, Tennessee
- Lafayette metropolitan area, Louisiana
- Lafayette metropolitan area, Indiana
- Lafayette Township, Lonoke County, Arkansas
- Lafayette Township, Ouachita County, Arkansas
- Lafayette Township, Scott County, Arkansas
- Lafayette Township, Coles County, Illinois
- LaFayette Township, Ogle County, Illinois
- Lafayette Township, Allen County, Indiana
- Lafayette Township, Floyd County, Indiana
- Lafayette Township, Madison County, Indiana
- Lafayette Township, Owen County, Indiana
- Lafayette Township, Allamakee County, Iowa
- Lafayette Township, Bremer County, Iowa
- Lafayette Township, Keokuk County, Iowa
- Lafayette Township, Story County, Iowa
- Lafayette Township, Chautauqua County, Kansas
- Lafayette Township, Michigan
- Lafayette Township, Minnesota
- Lafayette Township, Clinton County, Missouri
- Lafayette Township, St. Louis County, Missouri
- Lafayette Township, Pennsylvania
- North Fayette Township, Pennsylvania
- South Fayette Township, Pennsylvania
- West Lafayette, Indiana, the home of Purdue University and sister city of Lafayette, Indiana[2]
- West Lafayette, Ohio
Squares
[edit]- Lafayette Square in Buffalo, New York, where he spoke during his nationwide tour in 1825.
- Lafayette Square station, a Buffalo Metro Rail station
- Lafayette Square in Saint Louis, Missouri, neighborhood created in 1833 as one of the city's first public parks and named in his honor in 1854.
- Lafayette Square, Los Angeles, Mid-Wilshire neighborhood of Los Angeles, California
- Lafayette Square in LaGrange, Georgia, where a statue of Lafayette stands atop a fountain
- Lafayette Square, one of 22 historic public squares in Savannah, Georgia
- Lafayette Square (New Orleans), in the Central Business District, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Lafayette Square (Baltimore), Maryland
- Lafayette Square, Cambridge, part of the Central Square area of Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C., northernmost part of President's Park
Streets
[edit]- Avenue de Lafayette in Boston, Massachusetts, located in the Downtown Crossing area
- Fayette Drive in Rotterdam, New York
- Fayette Street in Alexandria, Virginia
- Fayette Street in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
- Lafayette Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland
- Lafayette Avenue in Cliffside Park, New Jersey
- Lafayette Avenue in Hawthorne, New Jersey
- Lafayette Avenue in Morrisville, Pennsylvania.
- Lafayette Avenue in Omaha, Nebraska
- Lafayette Boulevard in Bridgeport, Connecticut
- Lafayette Boulevard in Detroit, Michigan
- Lafayette Boulevard in Phoenix, Arizona
- Lafayette Drive in Oak Ridge, Tennessee[3]
- Lafayette Drive and Lafayette Road in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, both off of Valley Forge Road located near Valley Forge
- Lafayette Parkway in LaGrange, Georgia
- Lafayette Road in Harrington Park, New Jersey
- Lafayette Road and Fayette Lane in Knoxville, Tennessee[4]
- Lafayette Road in New Hampshire, which extends from the Massachusetts border in Seabrook to Portsmouth
- Lafayette Street in Cape May, New Jersey
- Lafayette Street in Houma, Louisiana
- Lafayette Street in Metamora, Illinois
- Lafayette Street in New Haven, Connecticut
- Lafayette Street in Schenectady, New York
- Lafayette Street in Trenton, New Jersey[5]
- Lafayette Street in Waltham, Massachusetts, located near a critical area during the Revolution
- Lafayette Street in Williston Park, New York
- Lafayette Street in West Chester, Pennsylvania
- Lafayette Street in Florissant, Missouri
- Numerous Roads in New York City
- Lafayette Avenue in Brooklyn
- Lafayette Avenue in The Bronx
- Lafayette Street in Manhattan
- Lafayette Street in Queens
- Lafayette Street in Staten Island
- Lafayette Street in Fort Wayne, Indiana
- Route Lafayette in Shanghai, China (Shanghai French Concession) (1914-1943), now renamed Fu Xing Zhong Road
- Rue La Fayette in Paris, one of the longest roads in the city, which crosses the 9th and 10th arrondissements of the city from southwest to northeast
- Ulice Lafayettova in Olomouc, Czech Republic, near the site of Lafayette's imprisonment
Other places
[edit]- 23244 Lafayette, a main-belt minor planet[6]
- Aix-la-Fayette, a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France
- Chavaniac-Lafayette is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France
- Fayette Historic State Park, Michigan
- Fayetteville Shale
- Fort Lafayette, New York
- Galeries Lafayette, a French department store chain (first store was Rue Lafayette in Paris)
- Lafayette, a French restaurant in New York City which operated from 1965 to the late 1970s
- Lafayette Apartment Building (Washington, D.C.)
- Lafayette Building (Washington, D.C.)
- Lafayette Building (Detroit)
- Lafayette Circus (Theatre), Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States.
- Lafayette College, in Easton, Pennsylvania
- Lafayette High School (Alabama), in Lafayette, Alabama
- Lafayette High School (Georgia), in Lafayette, Georgia
- Lafayette High School (Florida), in Mayo, Florida
- Lafayette High School, in Lexington, Kentucky
- Lafayette High School, in Lafayette, Louisiana
- Lafayette High School, in St. Joseph, Missouri
- Lafayette High School, in Wildwood, Missouri
- Lafayette High School, in Brooklyn, New York
- Lafayette High School, in Buffalo, New York
- Lafayette High School, near Williamsburg, Virginia
- Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania
- Lafayette River
- Lafayette Theatre (Suffern), in Suffern, Rockland County, New York, United States
- Lafayette Theatre (Harlem), in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
- Hotel Lafayette, an historic hotel in Buffalo, New York
- Hotel Lafayette, a hotel and restaurant which operated in New York City
- LaFayette Hotel, an historic hotel in Little Rock, Arkansas
- The Lafayette Hotel, Swim Club & Bungalows, a hotel in San Diego, California
- LaFayette Jr./Sr. High School in LaFayette, New York
- Lafayette Square Mall, Indianapolis, Indiana
- Mount Lafayette in the White Mountains of New Hampshire
- University of Louisiana at Lafayette
- Lafayetteville, a hamlet in Milan, New York
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See also
[edit]- Lafayette (disambiguation)
- Lafayette County (disambiguation)
- Lafayette Township (disambiguation)
- Lafayette Hill (disambiguation)
- Lafayette Park (disambiguation)
- Lafayette Square (disambiguation)
- Fayette (disambiguation)
- Fayette County (disambiguation)
- Fayette Township (disambiguation)
- Fayetteville (disambiguation)
References
[edit]- ^ Reports, Rasmussen. "Lafayette, We Are Embarrassed – Rasmussen Reports®". www.rasmussenreports.com. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
- ^ a b "Lafayette History". Visit Lafayette–West Lafayette. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
- ^ "Lafayette Dr · Oak Ridge, TN 37830". Lafayette Dr · Oak Ridge, TN 37830. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
- ^ "Street Name Directory | Knoxville-Knox County Planning". knoxplanning.org. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
- ^ "Trenton Historical Society, New Jersey".
- ^ "The Gazette of the American Friends of Lafayette" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-02. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
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