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Names of American states origins traced to explorers and rivers
A historical overview traces how states got their names from figures such as Queen Henrietta Maria and William Penn, and from places like the Isle of Jersey and the Delaware Bay. It notes dates 1628 to 1812, key rivers, and terms linked to royal, indigenous, and geographic sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
France
Henrietta Maria
England
New Hampshire
Plymouth Company
John Mason
Portemouth
Hampshire
Vermont
Verdmont
Green Mountains
Delaware
Delaware Bay
Lord de la War
Maryland
Charles I
Lord Baltimore
Virginia
Elisabeth
Carolina
Charles IX
St Swede
Russia
Warren
United States
Canadas
Howard Association
Geo. R. Calhoun
South Ninth Street
Philadelphia
Ezra D. Hartwell
Gro. Farremo
L. B. Wheat
New York
Duar Sirn
J. R. Stone
Berean Baptist Church
Judge Dikeman
L. B. Wincut
Brooxlyn
Mercein
John Dikeman
Broadway
N. Y
Union and Canal
N. B
Wright
Hazeltine & CO
Conti
G. W. Graham
M. D
Ftb
Filbert Street
Hiladelphia
Pennsylvania
Seaboard
Parrish & Bradshaw
Wall and Widow Paper
N.E
George W. Plumly
N. Fourth Street
Cauffman & Chew
China Glass
Austie É McVeigh
Market Street
Wright Brothers & Co
Bumn, Raiguel & Co
Third Street
Haas & Taylor
Market St
C. F. S. Altemus & Co
Keystone State
Penn, Salt Co
Tarentum
Allegheny Co
Lewis, James & Co
Morris, Perrot & Co
St. James St
C. Hammons
Commerce Street
William Rowland & Co
Beech Street
E. Hall Ogden
Upfield
N. 3d Street
Arch
Sower
Barnes
Pilton
Daylins
Sander
NEW Reader
Willson
Historis, &c
North 3d Street
Ridgway Farm Company
Elk County
Great North West Coal Basin
Great Lake
Union
Charles T. Jackson
Boston
Sunbury and Erie Railroad
Lakes
Erie
Allegheny Valley Railroad
Pittsburg
Venango
E. Jefferies
Walnut Street
Fifth
Tyrone
Pennsylvania Central Railroad
St. Mary’s
E. C. Schultz