This is a list of places in the United States which are named after people. If not cited here, the etymology is generally referenced in the article about the person or the place. A Aaronsburg, Pennsylvania – Aaron Levy (founder) Abbot, Maine – John Abbot (treasurer of Bowdoin College) Abbott, Texas – Joseph Abbott (Texas politician) Abbottstown, Pennsylvania – John Abbott (founder) Abernathy, Texas – Monroe Abernathy (one of the developers of the town) Abington, Massachusetts – Anne Venables Bertie, Countess of Abington, Cambridgeshire Ableman, Wisconsin – S.V.R. Ableman (settler) Ackley, Iowa – J.W. Ackley (founder) Acworth, New Hampshire – Jacob Acworth (British naval officer) Ada Township, Michigan – Ada Smith (daughter of postmaster) Adairville, Kentucky – John Adair (governor of Kentucky) Adams, California – Charles Adams (landowner) Adams, Massachusetts – Samuel Adams Adams, Nebraska – J.O. Adams (settler) Adams, New York – John Adams Adams, Oregon – John F. Adams (homesteader) Adams, Tennessee – Reuben Adams (landowner) Adamsboro, Indiana – George E. Adams (founder) Adamsburg, Pennsylvania – John Adams Adams Station, California – Marie Adams Peacock (tavern owner) Adamstown, California – George Adams (founder) Adamstown, Pennsylvania – John Adams Adamsville, Arizona – Charles S. Adams (original settler) Addison, 4 places in Maine, New York, Pennsylvania, and Vermont – Joseph Addison (English essayist, poet, playwright and politician) Addison, West Virginia – Addison McLaughlin (local lawyer) Adin, California – Adin McDowell (founder) Adrian, Michigan – Roman Emperor Hadrian Adrian, Minnesota – Mrs. Adrian Iselin (mother of Adrian C. Iselin, a director of the Sioux City and St. Paul Railroad Company) Aguilar, Colorado – José Ramón Aguilar (cattleman and pioneer) Aiken, South Carolina – William Aiken Jr. (governor of South Carolina) Ainsworth, Iowa – D.H. Ainsworth (civil engineer) Ainsworth, Washington – J.C. Ainsworth (railroader) Albany, New Hampshire – James of York and Albany (indirectly, via Albany, New York) Albany, New York – James of York and Albany Albemarle, North Carolina – George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle Alberhill, California – C.H. Albers, James and George Hill (landowners) Albert Lea, Minnesota – Albert Miller Lea (engineer, soldier, and topographer with the United States Dragoons) Alberton, Montana – Albert J. Earling (president of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad) Albuquerque, New Mexico – Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 8th Duke of Alburquerque Alburgh, Vermont – Ira Allen (landowner) Alcester, South Dakota – Colonel Alcester of the British army Alden, California – S.E.