Largest USA cities/towns named for an historic residence
Place names can come from a variety of sources including former home towns, famous persons, family members, town founders, and a variety of other sources. In the case of this blogpost, they come from historic/famous residences. In the list below are ten famous residences that have been applied to the name of a city or town in the United States. They are:
- George Washington’s home/estate of Mount Vernon in northern Virgina
- Thomas Jefferson’s home/estate of Monticello in central Virginia
- Andrew Jackson’s home/estate, The Hermitage, in central Tennessee
- Ashland, the home/estate of statesman and three-time presidential candidate, Henry Clay, located near Lexington, KY
- Timonium Mansion and Marc Anthony’s incomplete Timonium Palace in Egypt.
- George Vanderbilt’s Biltmore home/estate near Asheville, North Carolina
- Blenheim Palace in England
- Longwood House on the island of St. Helena – added 11/22/24 – Thank you, Dan
- The Palace of Versailles in France
- Windsor Castle in England
It was actually a bit surprising not to find more cities/towns named for presidential homes or other famous/historic residences, particularly the White House. If any have been missed, pleased let us know and they will be added. Enjoy the list. Peace!
Ashland – Source: flickr.com_______
City/Town = Population
- Mount Vernon, NY = 73,893 (2020)
- Mount Vernon, WA = 35,404 (2021)
- Ashland, KY = 21,342 (2022)
- Ashland, MA = 18,832 (2020)
- Ashland, OH = 18,718 (2020)
- Mount Vernon, OH = 16,956 (2020)
- Hermitage, PA = 16,230 (2020)
- Monticello, MN = 14,804 (2022)
- Mount Vernon, IL = 14,600 (2020)
- Mount Vernon, VA = 12.914 (2020)
- Timonium, MD = 10,458 (2020) – Thank you, Dan!
- Monticello, AR = 8,442 (2020)
- Ashland, WI = 7,918 (2021)
- Ashland, VA = 7,565 (2020)
- Monticello, NY = 7,332 (2021)
- Mount Vernon, IN = 6,493 (2020)
- Monticello, IL = 5,941 (2020)
- Monticello, KY = 5,755 (2022)
- Monticello, IN = 5,508 (2020)
- Monticello, LA = 5,431 (2020)
- Ashland, MO = 5,026 (2023)
- Mount Vernon, IA = 4,527 (2020)
- Mount Vernon, MO = 4,526 (2020)
- Monticello, IA = 4,040 (2020)
- Ashland, NE = 3,086(2020)
- Windsor, MO = 2,775 (2020)
- Monticello, FL = 2,589 (2020)
- Mont Vernon, NH = 2,584 (2020) – yes, it is spelled that way
- Monticello, GA = 2,541 (2020)
- Versailles, MO = 2,539 (2020)
- Mount Vernon, TX = 2,491 (2020)
- Mount Vernon, KY = 2,472 (2022)
- Ashland, PA = 2,471 (2020)
- Versailles, IN = 2,184 (2020)
- Ashland, NH = 1,938 (2020)
- Mount Vernon, GA = 1,900 (2020)
- Monticello, UT = 1,824 (2020)
- Mount Vernon, ME = 1,721 (2020)
- Monticello, MS = 1,441 (2020)
- Biltmore Forest, NC = 1,409 (2020)
- Mount Vernon, AL = 1,354 (2020)
- Monticello, WI = 1,135 (2022)
- Mount Vernon, MD = 761 (2020)
- Monticello, ME = 737 (2020)
- Ashland, NY = 682 (2020)
- Mount Vernon, SD = 461 (2020)
- Mount Vernon, AR = 144 (2020)
- Blenheim, SC = 115 (2020) – Thank you, Dan!
- Monticello, MO = 104 (2020)
- Monticello, TX = 20 (2000)
- Longwood, Mo = unknown – Thank you, Dan!
*Mount Vernon, OR is not named for George Washington’s home.
*Versailles, KY was named after the city not the palace in France.
*White House, TN is not named for the residence in Washington, DC. Neither are the towns of Whitehouse in Georgia, New Jersey, Ohio, or Texas.
*Alhambra CA and Alhambra, IL were both derived from Washington Irving’s book, Tales of Alhambra, which is about the Alhambra Palace in Spain. – Thank you, Dan!
Biltmore- Source: thepinnaclelist.comSOURCES:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Vernon%2C_New_York
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Vernon%2C_Washington
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Vernon%2C_Indiana
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Vernon%2C_Ohio
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Vernon%2C_Illinois
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Vernon%2C_Kentucky
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Vernon%2C_Missouri
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monticello%2C_Indiana
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monticello%2C_Mississippi
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monticello%2C_Florida
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Vernon%2C_Alabama
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Vernon%2C_Arkansas
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Vernon%2C_Georgia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Vernon%2C_Iowa
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Vernon%2C_Maine
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Vernon%2C_Maryland
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Vernon%2C_New_Hampshire
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Vernon%2C_South_Dakota
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Vernon,_Texas
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monticello%2C_Arkansas
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monticello%2C_Georgia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monticello%2C_Illinois
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monticello%2C_Iowa
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monticello%2C_Kentucky
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monticello,_Louisiana
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monticello%2C_Maine
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monticello%2C_Minnesota
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monticello%2C_Missouri
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monticello%2C_New_York
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monticello%2C_Texas
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monticello%2C_Utah
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monticello%2C_Green_County%2C_Wisconsin
- https://censusreporter.org/profiles/16000US5554000-monticello-wi/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Versailles%2C_Indiana
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Versailles%2C_Missouri
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windsor,_Missouri
- https://businessjournaldaily.com/hermitage-named-honor-of-andrew-jackson-they-think/
- https://www.hermitage.net/202/History-of-Hermitage
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashland,_Kentucky
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashland,_Massachusetts
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashland,_Missouri
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashland,_Nebraska
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashland,_New_Hampshire
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashland,_Greene_County,_New_York
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashland,_Ohio
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashland,_Pennsylvania
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashland,_Virginia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashland,_Wisconsin
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biltmore_Forest,_North_Carolina
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biltmore#:~:text=Biltmore%20Forest%2C%20North%20Carolina%2C%20a,of%20two%20historic%20commercial%20buildings
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blenheim,_South_Carolina
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timonium,_Maryland
- https://www.staffordshirerealty.com/blog/five-facts-about-lutherville-and-timonium
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