Jr. (founder) St. Johnsbury, Vermont – J. Hector St. John de Crèvecœur (diplomat) St. Johns River (Florida) – John the Baptist St. Joseph, Michigan – Saint Joseph (indirectly, via the St. Joseph River) St. Joseph, Missouri – Joseph Robidoux IV (founder) St. Joseph River (Lake Michigan) – Saint Joseph St. Lawrence River – Saint Lawrence St. Louis, Missouri – Saint Louis St. Nazianz, Wisconsin – Gregory of Nazianzus St. Paul, Minnesota – Saint Paul St. Paul, Nebraska – J.N. and N.J. Paul (settlers) St. Pete Beach, Florida – Saint Peter (indirectly, via St. Petersburg, Russia) St. Petersburg, Florida – Saint Peter (indirectly, via St. Petersburg, Russia) St. Marys River (Michigan–Ontario) – Mary, mother of Jesus St. Vrain Creek (Colorado) – Ceran St. Vrain (fur trader) Salamanca (city), New York and Salamanca (town), New York – Don José de Salamanca y Mayol, Marquis of Salamanca Salisbury, Missouri – Lucius Salisbury (resident) Sallis, Mississippi – Dr. James Sallis (landowner) Salyersville, Kentucky – Samuel Salyer (state legislator) Samsonville, New York – Gen. Henry A. Sampson (note the spelling) San Andreas, California – Saint Andrew San Angelo, Texas – Carolina Angela DeWitt (wife of the city's founder Bartholomew J. DeWitt) San Antonio, Florida and San Antonio, Texas – Saint Anthony of Padua San Bernardino, California – Saint Bernardine of Siena San Bruno, California – Saint Bruno of Cologne (indirectly, via the San Bruno Creek) San Diego, California – Saint Didacus San Francisco, California – Saint Francis San Jose, California – Saint Joseph San Juan Capistrano, California – Saint John Capistrano San Leandro, California – Saint Leander of Seville San Lorenzo, California – Saint Lawrence San Lucas, California – Luke the Evangelist (indirectly, from the Spanish land grant) San Luis Obispo, California – Saint Louis of Toulouse San Luis Rey, California – Saint Louis San Mateo, California – Saint Matthew San Miguel, San Luis Obispo County, California – Saint Michael San Pablo, California – Saint Paul Sanborn, Iowa – George W. Sanborn (railroader) Sanbornton, New Hampshire – John Sanborn (grantee) Sanders, California – Charlotte E. Sanders (first postmaster) Sandisfield, Massachusetts – Samuel Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys (note the spelling) Sanford, Florida – Henry Shelton Sanford (diplomat and founder) Sanford, Maine – Peleg Sanford (proprietor) Sanger, California – Joseph Sanger Jr. (Railroad Yardmaster Association secretary-treasurer) Sangerfield, New York – Jedediah Sanger (judge) Sangerville, Maine – Colonel Calvin Sanger (landowner) Santa Ana, California and Santa Ana Pueblo,