This is a list ofcities andtowns whose names were officially changed at one or more points in history. It does not include gradual changes in spelling that took place over long periods of time.
see also: Geographical renaming ,List of names of European cities in different languages , andList of renamed places in the United States
La Plata → Ciudad Eva Perón (1952) →La Plata (1955) Ciudad de la Santísima Trinidad y Puerto de Santa María del Buen Aire →Buenos Aires Bosnia and Herzegovina [ edit ] Ratiaria →Archar Asenovgrad → Stanimaka →Asenovgrad (1934) Scaptopara → Cuma-i Bala (Yukarı Cuma) → Gorna Dzhumaya →Blagoevgrad Orhanie →Botevgrad Pyrgos → Burgaz →Burgas Hadzhioglu Pazardzhik → Tolbukhin (1949) →Dobrich (1990) Dupniche → Marek → Stanke Dimitrov →Dupnitsa Nevrokop →Gotse Delchev Ortaköy →Ivailovgrad Pautalia → Velbazhd → Köstendil →Kyustendil Golyama Kutlovitsa → Kutlofça → Ferdinand (1890)→ Mihailovgrad (1945) →Montana (1993) Mesembria → Misivri→Nesebar Tatar Pazardzhik →Pazardzhik Kendros (Kendrisos/Kendrisia) → Odryssa → Eumolpia → Philipopolis → Trimontium → Ulpia → Flavia → Julia → Paldin/Ploudin → Poulpoudeva → Filibe →Plovdiv Anchialos → Tuthom → Anhyolu → Anhialo →Pomorie Ruschuk (Rusčuk) →Rousse Şumnu → Shumen → Kolarovgrad (1950) →Shumen (1965) Durostorum → Dorostol → Drastar → Silistre →Silistra Bashmakli → Ahiçelebi →Smolyan Serdica → Sredets → Triaditsa → Sofya →Sofia Beroe → Vereya (Beroya) → Ulpia Augusta Trajana → Irinopolis → Boruy → Vereya → Eski Zağra → Zheleznik →Stara Zagora Golyamo Konare →Saedinenie Eski Dzhumaia (Eski Cuma) →Targovishte Vassiliko → Tsarevo → Michurin →Tsarevo Odesos →Varna → Stalin (1949)→Varna (1956) Tarnovgrad → Tarnovo → Tırnova → Tarnovo →Veliko Tarnovo Bononia → Bdin →Vidin Prince Edward Island [ edit ] Central African Republic [ edit ] †Name change in English due to replacement ofpostal romanization with thepinyin system. The Chinese name is unchanged.
Bacatá → Santa Fe de Bacatá → Bogotá → Santa Fe de Bogotá →Bogotá Obando → Puerto Inírida →Inirida Patriarca San José → Cúcuta → San José de Cucúta →Cúcuta Valle de Upar → Ciudad de los Santos Reyes de Valledupar → Valle Dupar →Valledupar Nuestra Señora Santa María de los Remedios del Cabo de la Vela → Nuestra Señora de los Remedios del Río de la Hacha →Riohacha Barbudo → Santiago de Sompayón → Tamalameque → Santiago de Sompayón Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria de El Banco →El Banco San Jerónimo de Buenavista →Pereira Apiay →Villavicencio Pueblo Viejo → San Francisco de Quibdó →Quibdó San Bonifacio de Ibagué del valle de las Lanzas →Ibagué Villaviciosa de la Concepción de la Provincia de Hatunllacta → Villaviciosa de la Concepción de San Juan de los Pastos →San Juan de Pasto San Antonio → Leticia Santa Cruz de Pizarro → Santa Cruz de San José → Sitionuevo →Sitio Nuevo Villa Holguín →Armenia Democratic Republic of the Congo [ edit ] Republic of the Congo [ edit ] Many cities hadAncient Egyptian ,Greek , andLatin names.
Iunyt, Ta-senet → Latopolis → Laton → Lato →Esna Port Clarence → Santa Isabel →Malabo Kokkola/Gamlakarleby →Kokkola /Karleby (1977, only the Swedish name changed) Mustasaari/Mussor → Wasa → Nikolaistad/Nikolainkaupunki (1862) → Vasa/Vaasa (1917) Pargas/Parainen → Väståboland/Länsi-Turunmaa (2009) →Pargas /Parainen (2012) Pyhäjärvi → Pyhäsalmi (1993) →Pyhäjärvi (1996) See alsoList of French cities renamed during the Revolution [fr ] Most cities had an ancient name, usually in Latin, often of older Celtic origin
Wismar-MacKenzie-Christianburg →Linden Rabbath Ammon → Philadelphia → Amman → Ahamant →Amman Kerak →Al-Karak Xiang Dong Xiang Thong → Vientiane (1561) → Luang Phra Bang (1695) →Vientiane Nakhon Kala Champaknaburisi → Nakhon Champa Nakhaburisi (1713) → Nakhon Champasak (1791) → Champasak [Bassac] (1863) →Pakse (1908) Heliopolis →Baalbek Derbly, Ahlia, Wahlia, Mahallata, Mayza, Kayza, Athar (Phoenician/Assyrian) → Tripolis (Greek, Latin) → Atrabulus, Tarablus al-Sham (Arabic) → Trablusşam (Turkish) →Tripoli Oea →Tripoli Euesperides → Berenice → Hesperides → Barneeq → Marsa ibn Ghazi → Bani Ghazi →Benghazi Port Louis → Port de La Montagne (1794) → Port Nord-Ouest (1795) → Port Napoléon (1803) →Port Louis (1810) Republic of Moldova [ edit ] Berane → Ivangrad (1949) →Berane (1992) Birziminium → Ribnica → Podgorica (1326) → Titograd (1946) →Podgorica (1992) In many cases, the English name of the city changed due to differentromanization systems, while the Burmese native remained unchanged.
†Japanese name duringKorea under Japanese rule
Ánslo → Christiania (1624) →Oslo (1925) Kaupangen → Nidaros → Trondhjem → Nidaros →Trondheim Fredrikshald →Halden Bjørgvin →Bergen Ciudad de los Reyes →Lima San Pablo de Napeanos →Iquitos 1 Cities in western Poland whose names were changed when Poland gained independence fromGermany in 1918.2 German cities from 1918 to 1939 that became part of Poland after 1945.
Name change in English due to replacement of olderromanization methods with thepinyin system. The Chinese name is unchanged.
†Japanese name duringKorea under Japanese rule McCune–Reischauer with theRevised Romanization method in 2000. The Korean name is unchanged.
Beroea →Aleppo Balanea (Greek, Latin) →Baniyas (Arabic) Emesa →Homs (H)Amat(h)(a) (Aramaic, Assyrian) → Epiphania → Epiphania, Emath(oùs) (Greek) → Hamath →Hama Laodicea ad Mare →Latakia Palmyra →Tadmor Rasaappa, Rasappa, Rasapi (Akadian) → Sergiopolis → Anastasiopolis (Greek, Latin) → Risapa, Rosafa (Latin) →Resafa (Arabic) †Chinese name unchanged.
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Alcoa →Alorton — inSt. Clair County Allin →Stanford — inMcLean County Amity →Pocohontas — inBond County ; name also used for an old plat inCornell, Livingston County Ardmore →Villa Park — inDuPage County Area →Mundelein — inLake County Athens →New Athens — inSt. Clair County ; name now used byAthens, Menard County Baden →New Baden — inClinton andSt. Clair counties Beechwood →Mounds — inPulaski County Benton →Williamsville — inSangamon County Berrian →Kewanee — inHenry County Blackberry →Elburn — inKane County Bolton →Stonefort — inSaline andWilliamson counties Bowensburg →Bowen — inHancock County Bradly City →Bradley — inKankakee County Bristol Station →Bristol — inKendall County ; name formerly used by northern portion ofYorkville, Kendall County Butler →Cherry Valley — inWinnebago County ; name now used byButler, Montgomery County Camden →Lincoln — inLogan County ; name now used byCamden, Schuyler County Camden Mills →Milan — inRock Island County Centerville →Cuba — inFulton County ; name also used forseveral other settlements named Centerville Centerville →Millstadt — inSt. Clair County ; name also used forseveral other settlements named Centerville Centerville →Ripley — inBrown County ; name also used forseveral other settlements named Centerville Centerville →Woodstock — inMcHenry County ; name also used forseveral other settlements named Centerville Charleston →Brimfield — inPeoria County ; name now used byCharleston, Coles County Charleston →St. Charles — inDuPage andKane counties; name now used byCharleston, Coles County Charleston →St. Charles — inKane andDuPage counties; name now used byCharleston, Coles County Chatham →Sterling — inWhiteside County ; name now used byChatham, Sangamon County Chillicothe →Indianola — inVermilion County ; name now used byChillicothe, Peoria County Clarkesville or Clarksville →Sciota — inMcDonough County ; name also used for unincorporatedClarksville, Coles County Clement →Huey — inClinton County Clintonville →South Elgin — inKane County Coloma →Du Bois — inWashington County Concord →Danvers — inMcLean County ; name now used byConcord, Morgan County Crescent →Crescent City — inIroquois County Crotty →Seneca — inGrundy andLaSalle counties Dallas →Indianola — inVermilion County Dement →Creston — inOgle County Dunleith →East Dubuque — inJo Daviess County East Chicago Heights →Ford Heights — inCook County East Wood River →Wood River — inMadison County Elk Hart City →Elkhart — inLogan County Ellsworth →Lostant — inLaSalle County ; name now used byEllsworth, McLean County Elyda →Winnebago — inWinnebago County Emporium City →Mound City — inPulaski County Fairfield →Mendon — inAdams County ; name now used byFairfield, Wayne County Fairfield →Pleasant Hill — inPike County ; name now used byFairfield, Wayne County Florence →Oregon — inOgle County ; name now used byFlorence, Pike County Fordville →Energy — inWilliamson County Fordyce →Gorham — inJackson County Fort Dearborn →Chicago Ft. Sheridan →Highwood — inLake County Georgetown →Newark — inKendall County ; name now used byGeorgetown, Vermilion County Georgetown →Steeleville — inRandolph County ; name now used byGeorgetown, Vermilion County Glascoe →Glasford — inPeoria County Glendale →Glendale Heights — inDuPage County ; name also used for unincorporatedGlendale, Pope County Grand Cote →Coulterville — inRandolph County Greenfield →LaMoille — inBureau County ; name now used byGreenfield, Greene County Grossdale →Brookfield — inCook County Halidayburg →Kane — inGreene County Hanover →Metamora — inWoodford County ; name now used byHanover, Jo Daviess County Harlem →Forest Park — inCook County ; name also used for unincorporatedHarlem, Winnebago County Harrison →Cedarville — inStephenson County ; name also used fortwo unincorporated places named Harrison Harvester →Burr Ridge — inDuPage County Henderson →Knoxville — inKnox Township, Knox County east of Galesburg; name now used by nearbyHenderson, Henderson Township, Knox County north of Galesburg Hilton →East Peoria — inTazewell County Howard →Durand — inWinnebago County Howlet →Riverton — inSangamon County Humphrey →Tovey — inChristian County Huston →Mulberry Grove — inBond County Illinoistown →East St. Louis — inSt. Clair County Independence →Oakland — inColes County Indiantown →Tiskilwa — inBureau County Jamestown →Riverton — inSangamon County ; name also used for unincorporatedJamestown, Clinton County Juliet →Joliet — inWill County Keokuk Junction →Golden — inAdams County Lane →Rochelle — inOgle County ; name also used for unincorporatedLane, DeWitt County Lapier →Altona — inKnox County Laurel Hill →Table Grove — inFulton County Liberty →Burnt Prairie — inWhite County ; name now used byLiberty, Adams County Liberty →Rockwood — inRandolph County ; name now used byother Liberty, Adams County Little Fort →Waukegan — inLake County Lodi →Maple Park — inKane County ; alsoother communities formerly named Lodi Lysander →Pecatonica — inWinnebago County Mantua →Washburn — inWoodford County Marysville →Potomac — inVermilion County Mechanicsburg →Mascoutah — inSt. Clair County ; name now used byMechanicsburg, Sangamon County Melrose →Melrose Park — inCook County ; name also used for unincorporatedMelrose, Clark County Middleton →Iuka — inMarion County Midway →Kansas — inEdgar County ; name also used forseveral unincorporated places named Midway Mill Creek →Old Mill Creek — inLake County ; name now used byMill Creek, Union County Millersburg →Pierron — inBond andMadison counties; name also used for unincorporatedMillersburg, Mercer County Milton →Humboldt — inColes County ; name now used byMilton, Pike County Monsanto →Sauget — inSt. Clair County Morristown →New Milford — inWinnebago County Mt. Pleasant →Farmer City — inDeWitt County New Liberty →Willow Hill — inJasper County ; name now used byNew Liberty, Pope County New Rutland →Rutland — inLaSalle County New Salem →West Salem — inEdwards County ; also the name ofseveral unincorporated places named New Salem Niles Centre →Skokie — inCook County North Bloomington →Normal — inMcLean County Oak Grove →Green Oaks — inLake County ; name now used byOak Grove, Rock Island County Oak Grove Park →Germantown Hills — inWoodford County Oak Grove Park →Oak Grove — inRock Island County Oakbrook →Oak Brook — inDuPage County Ogle Station →Ashton — inLee County Park Forest South →University Park — inCook andWill counties Pecatonica →Rockton — inRockton Township, Winnebago County ; name now used byPecatonica, Pecatonica Township, Winnebago County Pembroke →Hopkins Park — inKankakee County Planefield →Plainfield — inKendall andWill Counties Pleasantville →Ipava — inFulton County Portland →Blue Island — inCook County Portland →Oglesby — inLaSalle County Postville →Lincoln — inLogan County Prairie City →Toledo — inCumberland County ; name now used byPrairie City, McDonough County Prospect Park →Glen Ellyn — inDuPage County Rand →Des Plaines — inCook County Randall →East Galesburg — inKnox County Rantoul →Alma — inMarion County ; name now used byRantoul, Champaign County Reeves →Cambria — inWilliamson County Richmond →Richview — inWashington County ; name now used byRichmond, McHenry County Ridgeville →Evanston — inCook County Rome →Dix — inJefferson County ; name also used for unincorporatedRome, Peoria County Rose Clare →Rosiclare — inHardin County Saline →Grantfork — inMadison County Schaumburg Center →Schaumburg — inCook County Sheridan →Good Hope — inMcDonough County ; name now used bySheridan, LaSalle County Shermerville →Northbrook — inCook County South Pass →Cobden — inUnion County Specialville →Dixmoor — inCook County Spring Forest →Willow Springs — inCook andDuPage counties St. Marye →Beaverville — inIroquois County Stephenson →Rock Island — inRock Island County Sunnyside →Johnsburg — inMcHenry County Sunrise Ridge →Wonder Lake — inMcHenry County Sutton →Bentley — inHancock County ; name also used for unincorporatedSutton, Cook County Tazewell →Spring Bay — inWoodford County Tessville →Lincolnwood — inCook County Troy →Shorewood — inWill County ; name also used byTroy, Madison County Turner →West Chicago — inDuPage County Uniontown →Washburn — inWoodford County ; name also used for unincorporatedUniontown, Knox County Urbana →Freeburg — inSt. Clair County ; name now used byUrbana, Champaign County Utopia →Oakbrook Terrace — inDuPage County Van Buren →St. Francisville — inLawrence County Victoria →Phillipstown — inWhite County ; name now used byVictoria, Knox County Vienna →Astoria — inFulton County ; name now used byVienna, Johnson County Waldron →Aroma Park — inKankakee County Walnut Grove →Altona — inKnox County ; name also used forunincorporated places named Walnut Grove Wappello →Hanover — inJo Daviess County Wau-Bun →Northfield — inCook County West Hammond →Calumet City — inCook County Westhaven →Orland Hills — inCook County Whitfield →Leland — inLaSalle County Wilson →Illiopolis — inSangamon County ; name also used for unincorporatedWilson, Lake County Winchester →Wilmington — inWill County ; name now used byWinchester, Scott County Windsor →Tiskilwa — inBureau County ; name now used byWindsor, Shelby County and as the usual name for legalNew Windsor, Mercer County Wiona →Malden — inBureau County Worcester →Barry — inPike County Xenia →Atlanta — inLogan County ; name now used byXenia, Clay County Yellow Creek →Pearl City — inLoran Township, Stephenson County ; name also used for nearby unincorporatedYellow Creek, Kent Township, Stephenson County York →Thomson — inCarroll County ; name also used for unincorporatedYork, Clark County Young America →Kirkwood — inWarren County [ 9]
Smith's Landing → Saint Aubert →Mokane *Name recognized by theUnited States Board on Geographic Names from 1891 to 1911. The name used by the city in its official documents and on its seal was unchanged.
Tourane → Thai Phien →Đà Nẵng Djiring →Di Linh Tống Bình → Long Đỗ → Đại La → Thăng Long → Đông Đô → Đông Kinh → Bắc Thành → Thăng Long → Hà Nội (Hanoi ) Hai Pho → Faifo →Hội An Prey Nokor → Gia Định → Sài Gòn (Saigon) → Thành Phố Hồ Chí Minh (Ho Chi Minh City ) Phu Xuan →Huế Ke Van → Ke Vinh → Vinh Giang → Vinh Doanh → Vinh Thi →Vinh ^ The renaming remains contentious, and is subject toa naming dispute to the present day. ^ "Ballarat History" . Archived fromthe original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved6 May 2013 .^ "City of Melbourne - History and heritage" . Archived fromthe original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved13 January 2012 .^ "Službene stranice Općine Novi Travnik - O Novom Travniku" .www.ont.gov.ba .^ "Repulse Bay to officially change name to Naujaat July 2 | CBC News" .^ "Fisher Fields" .^ "Службен весник на НРМ, 31/36" (PDF) .^ "East Kilbride - old and new" .^ "East Kilbride - old and new" .^ "Name Index to Illinois Local Governments" .Illinois State Archive .Springfield, Illinois :Illinois Secretary of State . Retrieved1 August 2017 .^ "Robbinsville History" .www.robbinsville-twp.org . Retrieved31 January 2018 .^ "Handbook of Texas" . Tshaonline.org. 11 August 2013. Retrieved29 August 2013 .^ Jasinski, Laurie E. (1 September 2006)"Frisco, Texas." ^ "Between the Forks | Irving, TX - Official Website" .City of Irving – Irving Archives .^ [1] Spanish Texas, Texas State Historical Society: The Handbook of Texas Online^ Patoski, Joe Nick "It's Just Different Here",Preservation ^ Laura Arksey (3 October 2009),"Spokane Falls (later renamed Spokane) is incorporated as a first-class city on November 29, 1881." ,HistoryLink The original Act of Incorporation spelled the city's name correctly, but the territorial printing office incorrectly spelled it as Spokan Falls, a phonetic spelling that was used elsewhere during the period, including on the 1880 census. This spelling was also used for Spokane's first newspaper, the Spokan Times. 
