Hanover Northampton County, North Carolina after Northampton, England Richmond County, North Carolina after Richmond, London Pennsylvania Bucks County after Buckinghamshire, England Chester County and Chester after Chester, England Carlisle, Pennsylvania after Carlisle, England Darby derived from Derby (pronounced "Darby"), the county town of Derbyshire (pronounced "Darbyshire") Lancaster County and Lancaster after the city of Lancaster in the county of Lancashire in England, the native home of John Wright, one of the early settlers. Reading, Berks County after Reading, Berkshire, England Warminster after a small town in the county of Wiltshire, at the western extremity of Salisbury Plain, England. York, Pennsylvania after York, England Virginia Crewe, Virginia after Crewe, England Dumfries, Virginia after Dumfries, Scotland Edinburg, Virginia after Edinburgh, Scotland Falmouth, Virginia after Falmouth, England Isle of Wight County, Virginia after Isle of Wight, England Kilmarnock, Virginia after Kilmarnock, Scotland Glasgow, Virginia after Glasgow, Scotland Gloucester, Virginia after Gloucester, England Richmond, Virginia and Richmond County, Virginia after Richmond, London Lancaster County, Virginia after Lancashire, England Hampton, Virginia after Hampton, London, England Midlothian, Virginia after Midlothian, Scotland New Kent County, Virginia after Kent County, England Norfolk, Virginia after Norfolk, England Northampton County, Virginia after Northampton, England Northumberland County, Virginia after Northumberland, England Portsmouth, Virginia after Portsmouth, England Stafford, Virginia after Stafford, England Suffolk, Virginia after Suffolk, England Westmoreland County, Virginia after Westmoreland (now part of Cumbria, England) Winchester, Virginia after Winchester, England In addition, some places were named after the kings and queens of the former kingdoms of England and Ireland. The name Virginia was first applied by Queen Elizabeth I (the "Virgin Queen") and Sir Walter Raleigh in 1584., the Carolinas were named after King Charles I and Maryland named so for his wife, Queen Henrietta Maria (Queen Mary). The Borough of Queens in New York was named after Catherine of Braganza (Queen Catherine), the wife of the King Charles II. See also Anglo-Celtic Australians Hyphenated American English diaspora List of English Americans List of Scots-Irish Americans List of Scottish Americans List of Welsh Americans Americans in the United Kingdom References Scholarly sources the standard reference source for all ethnic groups. External links 1980 U.S. Census ancestry lists References 2000 Census Bureau ancestry figures American European-American society