List of city name changes

This is a list of cities and towns 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, and List of renamed places in the United States

Afghanistan

• Alexandria Ariana → Herat
• Alexandria Arachosia → Kandahar
• Alexandria in Opiania → Ghazni
• Alexandria on the Oxus → Ai-Khanoum
• Bactra → Balkh
• Adina Pur → Jalalabad

Algeria

• Ikosium → Icosium → Algiers
• Géryville → El Bayadh
• Cirta → Constantine
• Hippo Regius → Bône → Annaba
• Rusicade → Philippeville → Skikda
• Castellum Tingitanum → Orléansville → El Asnam → Chlef
• Malaca → Calama → Guelma
• Colomb-Béchar → Béchar
• Saint André de Mers-el-Kébir → Mers-el-Kébir
• Saldae → Bougie → Béjaïa
• Fort Laperrine → Tamanrasset

Angola

Main article: List of renamed places in Angola

Argentina

• La Plata → Ciudad Eva Perón → La Plata
• Ciudad de la Santísima Trinidad y Puerto de Santa María del Buen Aire → Buenos Aires

Armenia

Main article: List of renamed cities in Armenia

Australia

See also: List of Australian place names changed from German names

New South Wales

• Blackman's Flat → Orange
• Currajong → Bushman's → Parkes
• Dumbletown → Beverly Hills
• Germanton → Holbrook
• Mayday Hills → Beechworth

Northern Territory

• Port Darwin → Palmerston → Darwin
• Stuart → Alice Springs

Queensland

• Limestone Station → Ipswich

South Australia

• Hummock Hill → Whyalla
• Mobilong → Murray Bridge

Tasmania

• Emu Bay → Burnie

Victoria

• Ballaarat → Ballarat ^[1]
• Bearbrass → Melbourne ^[2]
• Belfast → Port Fairy
• Bendigo's Creek → Sandhurst → Bendigo
• Bryan Creek Crossing → Coleraine
• Emerald Hill → South Melbourne
• Flooding Creek → Sale
• McGuire's Punt → Sheppardtown → Shepparton

Western Australia

• Newcastle → Toodyay

Austria

• Fucking → Fugging (1836)
• Fucking → Fugging (2021)
• Mattersdorf → Mattersburg (1926)

Azerbaijan

Main article: List of cities renamed by Azerbaijan

Bangladesh

Main article: List of renamed places in Bangladesh

Belarus

Main article: List of renamed cities in Belarus

Belgium

• Charnoy → Charleroi (1666)

Bolivia

• Charará → General Eugenio Alejandrino Garay (1955)
• Fortín General Camacho / Fortín López de Filippis → Mariscal José Félix Estigarribia (1944)

Botswana

• Gaberones → Gaborone (1969)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Bosanska Dubica → Kozarska Dubica (1992)
• Bosanska Gradiška → Gradiška
• Bosanska Kostajnica → Kostajnica
• Bosanski Brod → Brod
• Bosanski Novi → Novi Grad
• Bosanski Šamac → Šamac
• Bosansko Petrovo Selo → Petrovo
• Delminium → Županjac → Županj-potok → Županjac → Duvno → Tomislavgrad → Duvno → Tomislavgrad
• Drvar → Titov Drvar (1981) → Drvar (1991)
• Hvoča → Foča → Srbinje → Foča
• Novi Travnik → Pucarevo (1980 - 1992) ^[3] → Novi Travnik
• Skender Vakuf → Kneževo
• Široki Brig → Lištica (1952 - 1992) → Široki Brijeg

Brazil

• Adolfo Konder → Vidal Ramos
• Embu → Embu das Artes
• Felisberto Caldeira → São Gonçalo do Rio Preto
• Hamônia → Ibirama
• Hansa Humboldt → Corupá
• Jabaeté → Viana
• Neu-Zürich → Dalbérgia → Neu Breslau → Presidente Getúlio
• Nossa Senhora do Desterro → Florianópolis (1893)
• Nova Danzig → Cambé
• Palmira → Santos Dumont
• Filipeia de Nossa Senhora das Neves → Paraíba → João Pessoa
• Porto dos Casais → Porto Alegre
• Presidente Soares → Alto Jequitibá
• São José da Barra do Rio Negro → Manaus
• São José del Rey → Tiradentes
• Veado → Siqueira Campos → Guaçuí
• Vila do Espírito Santo → Vila Velha
• Vila Nova do Espírito Santo → Vitória
• Vila Rica → Ouro Preto
• São Salvador → Bahia → Salvador, Brazil

Brunei

• Brunei Town (Bandar Brunei) → Bandar Seri Begawan (1970)
• Brooketon → Muara
• Padang Berawa → Seria

Bulgaria

• 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

Canada

Alberta

• Hobbema → Maskwacis

British Columbia

• Fort George → Prince George
• Fort Camosun → Fort Victoria → Victoria
• Westbank → West Kelowna
• Granville → Vancouver
• ch’átlich → Sechelt

Manitoba

• Prince of Wales Fort → Churchill

New Brunswick

• Fort LaTour → Saint John
• Léger Corner → Dieppe
• Ste. Anne's Point → Fredericton

Nunavut

• Frobisher Bay → Iqaluit
• Repulse Bay → Naujaat ^[4]

Ontario

• Hens and Chickens Harbour → Collingwood ^[5]
• New Johnstown → Cornwall
• Rat Portage → Kenora
• Fort Frontenac → Kingston
• Ebytown → Berlin → Kitchener (see Berlin to Kitchener name change )
• Newark → Niagara-on-the-Lake
• Bytown → Ottawa
• Scott's Plains → Peterborough
• Shipman's Corners → St. Catharines
• Sainte-Anne-des-Pins → Sudbury → Greater Sudbury
• Fort Rouillé → Toronto → York → Toronto
• Aqueduct → Merritsville → Welland

Prince Edward Island

• Port la Joie → Charlottetown

Québec

• Asbestos → Val-des-Sources
• Hochelaga → Ville-Marie → Mont-Royal → Montreal
• Hull → Gatineau

Saskatchewan

• Prussia → Leader
• Wascana (Romanized as Oskana) → Regina

Central African Republic

• Gribingui → Fort-Crampel → Crampel → Kaga-Bandoro
• Fort-Brusseaux → Markounda

Chad

Main article: List of renamed places in Chad

• Faya → Largeau → Faya-Largeau → Faya (proposed)
• Fort Archambault → Sarh
• Fort-Foureau → Kousséri
• Fort Lamy → N'Djamena

Chile

• Barrancas → Pudahuel
• Estación Rinconada → Laja
• La Greda → La Unión → Pisco Elqui
• Lago Buenos Aires → Chile Chico
• Melipulli → Puerto Montt
• Mincha → Canela
• Monterrey → Monte Patria
• Navarino → Cabo de Hornos
• Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes de Puerto Claro → Valparaíso
• Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes de Tutuvén → Cauquenes
• Nueva Bilbao → Constitución
• Peña Blanca → Marchihue
• Pueblo Hundido → Diego de Almagro
• Punta Arenas → Magallanes City → Punta Arenas
• Rinconada de Parral → Retiro
• Samo Alto → Río Hurtado
• San Carlos de Chiloé → Ancud
• San José de Logroño → Melipilla
• Santa Cruz de Triana → Rancagua
• Valdivia de Lontué → Sagrada Familia
• Yungay → Quinta Normal

China

• Amoy† → Hsia-men† → Xiamen
• Ji → Yanjing → Zhongdu → Dadu → Jingshi → Khanbalik (as Mongol capital) → Peking † → Peiping → Beijing
• Fenghao (豐鎬) → Chang'an (長安) or Xijing (西京) → Daxing (大興) → Fengyuan (奉元) → Anxi (安西) → Jingzhao (京兆) → Xi'an (西安)
• Iling → Ichang† → Yichang
• Jiankang → Jiangning → Jinling → Nanking† → Nanjing
• Bianliang → Bianjing → Kaifeng
• Lin'an → Hangchow† → Hangzhou
• Soochow† → Suzhou
• Yinxu → Anyang
• Shenyang → Shengjing → Fengtianfu → Mukden → Fengtian → Shenyang
• Ch'ing-ni-wa → Lüshunkou (aka Port Arthur) → Dalnyi → Dairen; Ryojun → Lüda→ Dalian
• Kweisui† → Guisui → Hohhot
• Tihua† → Dihua → Ürümqi
• Changchun → Hsinking → Changchun

†Name change in English due to replacement of postal romanization with the pinyin system. The Chinese name is unchanged.

Colombia

• 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

Main article: List of renamed places in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Republic of the Congo

Main article: List of renamed places in the Republic of the Congo

Croatia

See also: List of Italian exonyms in Dalmatia

• Militär Sanct Georgen → Đurđevac
• Ragusa → Dubrovnik
• Mursa → Essegg, Eszék → Osijek
• Sankt Veit am Fluß (German) → Fiume (Italian) → Rijeka
• Iader → Jadera → Zara → Zadar
• Agram, Zagrab → Zagreb
• Zaravecchia → Biograd na Moru
• Pinguente → Buzet
• Cherso → Cres
• Porto Re → Kraljevica
• Albona → Labin
• Lesina → Hvar
• Lussinpiccolo → Mali Lošinj
• Cittanova (d'Istria) → Novigrad
• Dignano → Vodnjan
• Ploče → Kardeljevo → Ploče
• San Pietro della Brazza → Supetar
• Spalato → Split

Czech Republic

• Černý Kostelec → Kostelec nad Černými lesy
• Cukmantl → Zlaté Hory
• Falknov → Sokolov
• Frývaldov → Jeseník
• Německý Brod → Havlíčkův Brod
• Německé Jablonné → Jablonné v Podještědí
• Otrokovice → Baťov → Otrokovice
• Zlín → Gottwaldov → Zlín

Dominican Republic

• Santo Domingo → Ciudad Trujillo (1936–1961) → Santo Domingo

Egypt

Many cities had Ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Latin names.

• Iunyt, Ta-senet → Latopolis → Laton → Lato → Esna

Equatorial Guinea

• Port Clarence → Santa Isabel → Malabo

Estonia

Main article: List of renamed cities in Estonia

Eswatini

Main article: List of renamed places in Eswatini

Finland

• 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)

France

See also List of French cities renamed during the Revolution  [ fr ]

Most cities had an ancient name, usually in Latin, often of older Celtic origin

• Andemantunum → Langres
• Argentoratum → Strassburg → Strasbourg
• Augustobona → Troyes
• Augustodunum → Autun
• Augustodurum → Bayeux
• Augustonemetum → Clermont-Ferrand
• Avaricum → Bourges
• Caesarodunum → Tours
• Cenabum → Cenabum Aureliani → Aurelianum → Orléans
• Condevicnum → Portus Namnetum → Nantes
• Divodurum → Metz
• Divona → Cahors
• Durocortorum → Reims
• Elimberris → Auch
• Forum Iulii → Fréjus
• Gesocribate → Brest
• Gesoriacum → Bononia → Boulogne-sur-Mer
• Iuliomagus → Angers
• Lapurdum → Bayonne
• Limonum → Poitiers
• Lugdunum Convenarum → Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges
• Lugdunum Consoranorum → Saint-Lizier
• Lutetia → Paris
• Mediolanium → Saintes
• Mediolanum Aulercorum → Évreux
• Nemetacum → Arras
• Noviodunum Aeduorum → Nevirnum → Nevers
• Samarobriva → Amiens
• Segodunum → Rodez

The Gambia

Main article: List of renamed places in the Gambia

Georgia

Main article: List of renamed cities in Georgia

Germany

See also: List of cities and towns in East Prussia, List of former cities in Germany (in German), and List of renamed villages in Germany (in German)

• Aquae Mattiacorum → Wiesbaden
• Augusta Vindelicorum → Augsburg
• Aurelia Aquensi → Baden-Baden
• Barmen-Elberfeld → Wuppertal
• Bötzow → Oranienburg
• Bremerhaven → Wesermünde → Bremerhaven
• Buchhorn → Friedrichshafen
• Chemnitz → Karl-Marx-Stadt (1953) → Chemnitz (1990)
• Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium → Köln (English: Cologne)
• Colonia Nemetum → Speyer
• Klenow → Ludwigslust
• Lietzow → Lietzenburg → Charlottenburg
• Lochau → Annaburg
• Mogontiacum → Mainz
• Münden → Hannoversch Münden → Hann. Münden
• Neustadt → Dorotheenstadt (in 1710 incorporated into Berlin)
• Rixdorf → Neukölln (in 1920 incorporated into Berlin)
• Sarre-Louis → Sarre-Libre → Saarlouis → Saarlautern → Saarlouis
• Syburg → Carlshaven → Bad Karlshafen
• Stadt des KdF-Wagens bei Fallersleben → Wolfsburg
• Stalinstadt → Eisenhüttenstadt
• Starigard → Aldinborg → Oldenburg in Holstein
• Treuorum → Trier
• Vörde → Bremervörde

Greece

Main article: Geographical name changes in Greece

Greenland

• Friedrichstal → Frederiksdal → Narsarmijit (Narsaq Kujalleq)
• Godthaab (Godthåb) → Nuuk
• Lichtenau → Alluitsoq
• Lichtenfels → Akunnat
• Neu-Herrnhut → Nye-Hernhut → Noorlit → Old Nuuk

Guyana

• Wismar-MacKenzie-Christianburg → Linden

Haiti

• Cap-Français → Cap-Haïtien

Hong Kong

• Rennie's Mill → Tiu Keng Leng
• Junk Bay → Tseung Kwan O
• Castle Peak → Tuen Mun
• Un Long → Yuen Long

Hungary

Main article: List of renamed places in Hungary

India

Main article: List of renamed places in India

Indonesia

• Amboyna → Ambon
• Bacassie → Bekasi
• Bandjermassing → Banjarmasin
• Bandoeng → Bandung
• Bancalies → Bengkalis
• Bantam → Banten
• Batavia en Ommelanden → DKI Jakarta
• Batavia Centrum → Jakarta Pusat
• Baviaan Eilanden → Kepulauan Bawean
• Benkoelen → Bengkulu
• Billiton → Belitung
• Bonthain → Bantaeng
• Buitenzorg → Bogor
• Cadirie → Kediri
• Catappa → Ketapang
• Cermatta → Karimata
• Cottaringen → Kotawaringin
• Cheribon → Cirebon
• Cuyper Eiland → Pulau Cipir
• Djocjacarta → Yogyakarta
• Duizendeilanden → Kepulauan Seribu
• Emmahaven → Teluk Bayur
• Fort de Kock → Bukittinggi
• Fort Marlborough → Malabero
• Frederik Hendrik Eiland → Pulau Kolepom
• Grisee → Gresik
• Groot Vallei → Baliem
• Hollandia → Jayapura
• Hollandia-binnen → Abepura
• Hollandia-haven → Jayapura Utara
• Koetaradja → Banda Aceh
• Macasser → Makassar
• Meester Cornelis → Jakarta Timur
• Molukken → Maluku
• Oosthaven → Panjang
• Oosthoek → Tapal Kuda
• Pakanbaroe → Pekanbaru
• Passarouang → Pasuruan
• Preanger → Parahyangan
• Riaouw Archipel → Kepulauan Riau
• Rozengain Eiland → Pulau Hatta
• Sammarang → Semarang
• Soerabaija → Surabaya
• Soeracarta → Surakarta
• Stad en Voorsteden → Jakarta Utara
• Sterrengeberte → Pegunungan Bintang
• Tandjoengbalei → Tanjung Balai
• Tjiandjoer → Cianjur
• Weltevreden → Sawah Besar
• Wijncoops-baai → Palabuhan Ratu
• Wisselmeren → Paniai
• Wondammen-baai → Teluk Wondama
• Zaleijer Eilanden → Kepulauan Salayar
• Zuider Benedenlanden → Pesisir Selatan

Iran

Main article: List of renamed cities in Iran

Ireland

• Bagenalstown → Muine Bheag (1932)
• Charleville → Ráth Luirc (1920s)
• Cove → Queenstown (1849) → Cobh (1922)
• Dún Laoghaire → Kingstown (1821) → Dún Laoghaire (1922)
• Edgeworthstown → Mostrim (1935) → Edgeworthstown (1974)
• Fethard → Fethard-on-Sea (1914)
• Kells → Ceanannas Mór (1929) → Kells (1993)
• Kingwilliamstown → Ballydesmond (1951)
• Lisbrack → Newtownforbes (1750)
• Maryborough → Portlaoise (1929)
• Navan → An Uaimh (1922) → Navan (1971)
• Newbridge → Droichead Nua (1930s)
• Newtownbarry → Bunclody (1950)
• Parsonstown → Birr (1920s)
• Philipstown → Daingean (1922)

Israel

Main article: Hebraization of Palestinian place names

• Nazareth Illit → Nof HaGalil (2019)

Italy

Main article: List of renamed municipalities in Italy

See also: Prontuario dei nomi locali dell'Alto Adige and Italianization of South Tyrol

Japan

• Akamagaseki → Shimonoseki (1902)
• Asahi → Owariasahi (1970)
• Edo → Tokyo (1868)
• Fuchū → Shizuoka (1869)
• Fukase → Matsumoto (1582)
• Goka → Hiroshima (1591)
• Heian-kyo → Kyoto (1899)
• Hiroshima → Kitahiroshima (1996)
• Hizaori → Asaka (1932)
• Imahama → Nagahama (1575)
• Inokuchi → Gifu (1568)
• Ujiyamada → Ise, Mie (1955)
• Kameyama → Kameoka (1869)
• Kōriyama → Yamatokōriyama (1954)
• Koromo → Toyota (1959)
• Kozukata → Morioka (Keichō era)
• Kurokawa → Wakamatsu → Aizuwakamatsu (1955)
• Kurume → Higashikurume (1970)
• Murayama → Musashimurayama (1970)
• Nagaoka → Nagaokakyō (1972)
• Naniwa → Ōsaka
• Ōminatotanabu → Mutsu (1960)
• Ōmiya → Hitachiōmiya (2004)
• Oshi → Gyōda (1949)
• Ōta → Hitachiōta (1954)
• Ōtsu → Kotsu (672) → Ōtsu (794)
• Ōtsu → Izumiōtsu (1942)
• Sano → Izumisano (1948)
• Sayama → Ōsakasayama (1987)
• Shinobu → Fukushima (1592)
• Takada → Bungotakada (1954)
• Takada → Yamatotakada (1948)
• Takada → Jōetsu (1971)
• Takaoka → Hirosaki (1628)
• Tambaichi → Tenri (1954)
• Tanabe → Kyōtanabe (1997)
• Tsudanuma → Narashino (1954)
• Yamato → Higashiyamato (1970)
• Yabo → Kunitachi (1926)

Jordan

• Rabbath Ammon → Philadelphia → Amman → Ahamant → Amman
• Kerak → Al-Karak

Kazakhstan

Main article: List of renamed cities in Kazakhstan

Kenya

• Broderick Falls → Webuye
• Fort Hall → Muranga
• Thompson Falls → Nyahururu

Kyrgyzstan

Main article: List of renamed cities in Kyrgyzstan

Laos

• 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)

Latvia

Main article: List of renamed cities in Latvia

Lebanon

• Heliopolis → Baalbek
• Derbly, Ahlia, Wahlia, Mahallata, Mayza, Kayza, Athar (Phoenician/Assyrian) → Tripolis (Greek, Latin) → Atrabulus, Tarablus al-Sham (Arabic) → Trablusşam (Turkish) → Tripoli

Libya

• Oea → Tripoli
• Euesperides → Berenice → Hesperides → Barneeq → Marsa ibn Ghazi → Bani Ghazi → Benghazi

Lithuania

Main article: List of renamed cities in Lithuania

• Georgenburg → Jurbarkas
• Memel → Klaipėda (1923)
• Pašešupys → Starapolė (1736) → Marijampolė (1758) → Kapsukas (1956) → Marijampolė (1989)
• Šilokarčema → Šilutė (1923)
• Vilkmergė → Ukmergė (1920s)
• Medininkai → Varniai (16th century)
• Sniečkus → Visaginas (1992)
• Duoliebaičiai → Władysławów/Vladislavovas (1639) → Naumiestis → Kudirkos Naumiestis (1934)
• Zarasai → Novoalexandrovsk (1836) → Ežerėnai (1919) → Zarasai (1929)
• Mažeikiai → Muravyov (1899) → Mažeikiai (1918)

Madagascar

Main article: List of renamed places in Madagascar

Malawi

Main article: List of renamed places in Malawi

Mauritius

• Port Louis → Port de La Montagne (1794) → Port Nord-Ouest (1795) → Port Napoléon (1803) → Port Louis (1810)

Malaysia

• Jesselton → Kota Kinabalu (1968)
• Port Swettenham → Port Klang (1963)
• Province Wellesley → Seberang Perai
• Victoria → Bandar Labuan
• Teluk Anson → Teluk Intan
• Port Weld → Kuala Sepetang
• Elopura → Sandakan
• Prang Besar → Putrajaya
• Tanjung Puteri → Iskandar Puteri → Johor Bahru
• Nusajaya → Iskandar Puteri

Mexico

• Cajeme → Ciudad Obregón
• Ciudad Real → San Cristobal de las Casas
• Pitic → Hermosillo
• Querétaro → Santiago de Querétaro
• San Juan Bautista → Villahermosa
• El Paso del Norte → Ciudad Juarez
• Tenochtitlán → Ciudad de México
• Valladolid → Morelia
• Zapotlán → Ciudad Guzmán

Republic of Moldova

Main article: List of renamed populated places in Moldova

Montenegro

• Berane → Ivangrad (1949) → Berane (1992)
• Birziminium → Ribnica → Podgorica (1326) → Titograd (1946) → Podgorica (1992)

Morocco

• Tingis → Tangier
• Mazagan → El Jadida
• Tamuda → Tetuán → Tetouan
• Lixus → Larache
• Thamusida → Port Lyautey → Kénitra
• Anfa → Casablanca
• Villa Sanjurjo → Alhucemas → Al Hoceima
• Fedala → Mohammedia
• Sala Colonia → Chellah → Rabat
• Mogador → Essaouira
• Zilis → Arcila → Asilah
• Morocco – Marrakesh
• Ifni – Sidi Ifni
• Ksar es-Souk/Imtaghren – Errachidia
• Louis-Gentil → Youssoufia
• Camp Merchand → Rommani
• Petit Jean → Sidi Kacem
• Castillejos → Fnideq
• El Rincón → Mdiq
• Camp Christian → Ezzhiliga
• Xauen → Chefchaouen
• Camp Boulhaut → Benslimane
• Villa Cisneros → Dakhla
• Camp Monod → Sidi Allal El Bahraoui
• Kebdana → Cabo de Agua → Cap de l’Eau → Ras El Ma

Mozambique

Main article: List of renamed places in Mozambique

Myanmar

In many cases, the English name of the city changed due to different romanization systems, while the Burmese native remained unchanged.

• Arakan → Rakhine
• Akyab → Sittwe
• Amherst → Kyaikkami
• Bassein → Pathein
• Henzada → Hinthada
• Maymyo → Pyin U Lwin
• Moulmein → Mawlamyaing
• Mergui → Myeik
• Myohaung → Mrauk U
• Pagan → Bagan
• Pegu → Bago
• Prome → Pyay
• Dagon → Rangoon → Yangon
• Sandoway → Thandwe
• Syriam → Thanlyin
• Karen → Kayin
• Tavoy → Dawei
• Tenasserim → Tanintharyi
• Yaunghwe → Nyaung Shwe

Namibia

Main article: List of renamed places in Namibia

Netherlands

• Coriovallum (possible misspelling of Cortovallum) → Heerlen
• Kuilenburg → Culemborg
• Noviomagus Batavorum (or Batavodurum) → Nimwegen → Nijmegen
• Traiectum → Traiectum ad Mosam → Maastricht
• Traiectum → Ultra Traiectum → Utrecht
• Forum Hadriani → Voorburg
• Zwaagwesteinde → De Westereen

North Korea

• Sinuiju → Shingishū† → Sinuiju
• Wanggeom-seong → Pyongyang → Seogyeong → Pyongyang → Heijō† → Pyongyang
• Wonsanjin → Genzan† → Wonsan
• Songjin → Kimchaek (1952)
• Songrim → Genjihō (1916) → Songrim (1945)

†Japanese name during Korea under Japanese rule (1910–1945). The Korean name is unchanged.

North Macedonia

• Veles → Titov Veles →Veles, North Macedonia ^[6]

Norway

• Ánslo → Christiania (1624) → Oslo (1925)
• Kaupangen → Nidaros → Trondhjem → Nidaros → Trondheim
• Fredrikshald → Halden
• Bjørgvin → Bergen

Pakistan

Main article: List of renamed places in Pakistan

Peru

• Ciudad de los Reyes → Lima
• San Pablo de Napeanos → Iquitos

Paraguay

• Puerto Flor de Lis → Puerto Presidente Stroessner → Ciudad del Este
• Ajos → Coronel Oviedo

Philippines

Main article: List of renamed cities and municipalities in the Philippines

Poland

See also: List of cities and towns in East Prussia

• Aleksandrowo → Aleksandrów Pograniczny → Aleksandrów Kujawski
• Jędrzychów → Andrzychów → Andrychów
• Barcino → Barcin
• Wartberge → Wartenburg → Nowowiejsk² → Barczewo
• Brido → Wartha → Bardo
• Neu Berlin → Berlinchen → Barlinek
• Rosenthal → Bartenstein → Bartoszyce
• Barwica → Bärwalde¹ → Barwice ²
• Biała → Zülz¹ → Biała ²
• Gajle → Biała → Gehlen¹ → Gehlenburg → Biała Piska ²
• Brzegi → Białe Brzegi → Białobrzegi
• Biały Bór → Baldenburg¹ → Biały Bór ²
• Bielszczany Stok → Białystok
• Biała → Langenbielau¹ → Bielawa ²
• Lignica → Fürstenwald¹ → Beroldestadt → Bernstadt → Bierutów ²
• Bischofsburg → Biskupiec ²
• Strowangen → Bischofstein → Bistein → Bisztynek ²
• Błaszkowice → Błaszki
• Richnow → Reichenau¹ → Rychwałd² → Bogatynia
• Gross-Born → Borne Sulinowo ²
• Brusseberge → Brunsberg → Braunsberg → Braniewo ²
• Brwinowo → Brwinów
• Wysoki Brzeg → Brieg¹ → Brzeg ²
• Brzeg → Dyhernfurth → Brzeg Dolny ²
• Busk → Busko → Busko Zdrój
• Bydgoszcz → Bromberg → Bydgoszcz² → Bromberg → Bydgoszcz ²
• Bystrzyce → Habelschwerdt¹ → Bystrzyca Kłodzka
• Bytom → Beuthen an der Oder¹ → Białobrzezie² → Bytom Odrzański
• Łoza → Kulmsee¹ → Chełmża ²
• Freienwalde → Chociwel ²
• Konice → Konigesberge¹ → Königsberg in der Neumark → Chojna ²
• Chorzów → Königshütte¹ → Chorzów ²
• Arnswalde → Choszczno ²
• Tempelburg → Czaplinek ²
• Czarne → Hammerstein¹ → Czarne² → Hammerstein¹ → Czarne ²
• Rothenburg → Czerwieńsk ²
• Dęblin → Ivanogród → Dęblin (1920)
• Dzierzgoń → Neu Christburg¹ → Christburg → Dzierzgoń ²
• Reichenbach → Dzierżoniów ²
• Łęg → Lyck → Ełk ²
• Gdynia → Gdingen → Gdynia → Gotenhafen → Gdynia ²
• Gdańsk → Danzig → Gdańsk ²
• Nowa Wieś → Lötzen → Giżycko ²
• Głogów → Glogau → Głogów ²
• Landsberg → Landsberg an der Warthe → Gorzów Wielkopolski ²
• Nowy Włodzisław → Junowłodzisław → Inowłodzisław → Inowłocław → Inowrocław → Hohensalza → Inowrocław → Hohensalza → Inowrocław
• Biała → Janów → Janów Lubelski
• Jastrow → Jastrowie
• Hirschberg → Jelenia Góra ²
• Kattowitz → Katowice → Stalinogród (1953)→ Katowice (1956)
• Wietrzna Góra → Kazimierz → Kazimierz Dolny
• Rast → Rastenburg → Kętrzyn
• Kladsko → Glatz → Kłodzko
• Kołobrzeg → Kolberg → Kołobrzeg ²
• Koszalin → Köslin → Koszalin ²
• Hurthland → Friedland → Korfantów ²
• Lignica → Liegnitz¹ → Legnica ²
• Łódź → Lodsch → Łódź¹→ Litzmannstadt → Łódź ²
• Lubin → Lüben¹ → Lubin ²
• Marienburg → Malbork → Marienburg → Malbork ²
• Berenwalde → Bärwalde → Mieszkowice ²
• Mieńsk → Mińsk → Nowomińsk → Mińsk Mazowiecki
• Sensburg → Mrągowo
• Florianów → Narol
• Nowe Miasto Korczyn → Nowy Korczyn
• Margrabowa → Treuburg¹ → Olecko ²
• Pazluk → Hollandt¹ → Preußisch Holland → Pasłęk ²
• Piasek → Piaski Luterskie → Piaski
• Melcekuke → Mehlsack → Pieniężno ²
• Pisz → Johannisburg¹ → Pisz ²
• Przemków → Primkenow¹ → Primkenau¹ → Przemków ²
• Puławy → Nowa Aleksandria → Puławy
• Prudnik → Neustadt → Prądnik² → Prudnik
• Słupsk → Stolp¹ → Słupsk ²
• Stargard Szczeciński → Stargard (2016)
• Stettin → Szczecin ²
• Ortulfsburg → Ortelsburg → Szczytno ²
• Rogoźno → Jelitowo → Tomaszów → Tomaszów Lubelski
• Waldenberg → Waldenburg → Wałbrzych ²
• Wejherowska Wola → Neustadt¹ → Wejherowo → Neustadt¹ → Wejherowo
• Wielka Wieś → Władysławowo
• Włodzisław → Włocław → Leslau → Włocławek → Leslau → Włocławek ²
• Wrocisław → Wrocław → Preßlau → Breslau → Wrocław ²
• Zabrze → Hindenburg¹ → Zabrze ²
• Zawadzki → Andreashütte¹ → Zawadzkie ²
• Frankenstein → Ząbkowice Śląskie ²
• Zielona Góra → Grünberg¹ → Zielona Góra ²

¹ Cities in western Poland whose names were changed when Poland gained independence from Germany in 1918.
² German cities from 1918 to 1939 that became part of Poland after 1945.

Portugal

• Aeminium → Coimbra
• Bracara Augusta → Braga
• Conimbriga → Condeixa-a-Nova (Coimbra)
• Iebora → Évora
• Olisipo → Al-Usbuna → Lisbon (Lisboa)
• Pax Iulia → Beja
• Portus Cale → Porto (Oporto) and Vila Nova de Gaia
• Sheberina → Serpa
• Sintara → Sintra
• Villa Euracini (953) → Villa Verazin (1198) → Póvoa de Varzim (1308)

Romania

Main article: List of renamed places in Romania

Russia

Main article: List of renamed cities and towns in Russia

Serbia

• Despotovica → Gornji Milanovac
• Horreum Margi → Ravno → Ćuprija
• Jagodina → Svetozarevo → Jagodina
• Karanovac → Kraljevo → Rankovićevo → Kraljevo
• Nagy Bécskerek/Veliki Bečkerek → Bečkerek → Petrovgrad → Zrenjanin
• Petrovaradinski Šanac → Novi Sad
• Poreč → Donji Milanovac
• Singidon → Singidunum → Bělgradъ (Бѣлъградъ) → Nándorfehérvár → Dar-ul-Cihad → Beograd (Belgrade)
• Taurunum → Zemun
• Sirmium → Sremska Mitrovica
• Užice → Titovo Užice (1946) → Užice (1992)
• Vrbas → Titov Vrbas (1983) → Vrbas (1992)
• Zanes → Pontes → Diana → Novi Grad^{[ citation needed ]} → Fetislam → Kladovo
• Zaslon → Šabac

Seychelles

• L'Établissement → Victoria

Singapore

• Bukit Panjang → Zhenghua → Bukit Panjang
• Chan Chu Kang → Nee Soon → Yishun†
• Kalang → Kallang
• Kang Kar → Sengkang
• Passier Reis → Pasir Ris
• Peck San → Bishan†
• Pongal → Ponggol → Punggol
• Temasek → Singapore
• Westhill → Chong Pang

Name change in English due to replacement of older romanization methods with the pinyin system. The Chinese name is unchanged.

Slovakia

• Šafaríkovo → Tornaľa
• Šimonovany → Baťovany → Partizánske
• Besztercebánya → Banská Bystrica
• Kaschau, Kassa → Košice
• Pressburg, Pozsony → Bratislava

Slovenia

• Assling → Jesenice
• Bischofslack → Škofja Loka
• Celeia → Cilli → Celje
• Egida → Capris → Justinopolis → Caput Histriae → Koper/Capodistria
• Emona → Laibach → Ljubljana
• Marburg → Maribor
• Poetovio → Pettau → Ptuj
• Pirano → Piran
• Capodistria → Koper
• Portorose → Portorož
• Velenje → Titovo Velenje (1981) → Velenje (1991)
• Castra ad Fluvio Frigido → Ajdovščina
• Atrans → Trojane

South Africa

Main article: List of renamed places in South Africa

South Korea

• Cheju (1397) → Jeju‡
• Dalgubeol → Taegu (757 AD) → Daegu‡
• Dongrae (before 1914) → Fusan (1914) → Pusan† (1945) → Busan‡
• Duingji-hyeon → Yŏn'gi → Yeongi‡ → Sejong (2012)
• Usisan → Uhwa → Heungrye-bu → Gonghwa-hyeon → Ulju (1018 AD) → Ulsan (1413)
• Hanbat → Taejŏn → Daejeon‡
• Mujin → Muju → Kwangju → Gwangju‡
• Hansanju → Hanyang → Hanseong → Gyeongseong/Keijō (1910) → Seoul (1945)
• Michuhol → Soseong-hyeon → Gyeongwon-bu → Inch'ŏn (1413) → Jinsen† (1910) → Chemulpo (1945)→ Inch'ŏn (1945) → Incheon‡
• Ungjin → Kongju → Gongju‡
• Silchon-eup → Gonjiam-eup (Gwangju, Gyeonggi) (2011)
• Doam-myeon → Daegwallyeong-myeon (Pyeongchang) (2007)

†Japanese name during Korea under Japanese rule (1910–1945). The Korean name is unchanged.
‡Name change in English due to replacement McCune-Reischauer with the Revised Romanization method in 2000. The Korean name is unchanged.

Spain

• Acci → Guadix
• Adobrica → Ferrol → Ferrol del Caudillo (1938) → Ferrol (1982)
• Azaña → Numancia de la Sagra (1936)
• Barcino → Barcino Nova → Barcelona
• Basti → Baza
• Bayona de Tajuña → Titulcia
• Brigantium → Caronium → Corunna → La Coruña → A Coruña
• Caesaraugusta → Zaragoza
• Colonia Iulia Romula → Hispalis → Ishbiliya → Seville (Sevilla)
• Colonia Norba Caesarina → Norba → Cáceres
• Colonia Patricia → Corduba → Qurtuba → Córdoba
• Complutum → Alcalá de Henares
• Egara → Terrassa
• Gasteiz → Nueva Victoria → Vitoria-Gasteiz
• Guernica → Guernica y Luno → Gernika-Lumo
• Hispalis → Sevilla
• Iulia Traducta → Algeciras
• Lucentum → Alicante
• Malaca → Málaga
• Onuba → Huelva
• Sos → Sos del Rey Católico
• Villa Real → Ciudad Real

Sweden

• Bogesund → Ulricehamn
• Bro → Christinehamn → Kristinehamn
• Malmhaugar → Malmö
• Tuna → Eskilstuna → Carl Gustafs Stad → Eskilstuna
• Westra Aros → Wæstaros → Västerås
• Östra Aros → Upsala → Uppsala

Switzerland

• Aarmühle → Interlaken
• Augusta Raurica → Kaiseraugst
• Aventicum → Wiflispurg → Avenches
• Eburodunum → Yverdon-les-Bains
• Lousonna → Lausanne
• Minnodunum → Moudon
• Octodurus → Martigny
• Turicum → Zürich

Syria

• Beroea → Aleppo
• Balanea (Greek, Latin) → Baniyas (Arabic)
• Emesa → Homs
• (H)Amat(h)(a) (Aramean, 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)

Taiwan

• Quemoy → Kinmen
• Tamsui → Danshui → Tamsui
• Sindian† → Xindian

†Chinese name unchanged.

Tajikistan

Main article: List of renamed cities in Tajikistan

Tanzania

• Bismarckburg → Kasanga
• Tabora → Weidmannsheil → Tabora

Thailand

• Ayothaya → Ayutthaya (1237)
• Bangkok → Phra Nakhon (1782) → Krung Thep (1972)
• Trat → Trach → Trat (1906)

Turkey

Main article: Place name changes in Turkey

Turkmenistan

Main article: List of renamed cities in Turkmenistan

Ukraine

Main article: List of renamed cities in Ukraine

United Kingdom

See also: List of Latin place names in Britain and List of Roman place names in Britain

England

• Londinium → Lundenwic → Lundone → London (Latin: Londinium; Old English: Lunden)
• Camulodunon (Celtic) → Camulodunum, Colonia Claudia Victricensis (Roman) → Colneceastre (10th century) → Colchester
• Eboracum, Eburacum → Eoforwic (7th century) → Jórvík (c. 866) → York
• Duroliponte (Roman) → Grantebrycge (9th century) → Cantabrigia (16th century) → Cambridge
• Monkchester → Newcastle upon Tyne (1080s)
• Celmeresfort → Chelmsford (1189)
• Lyme → Lyme Regis (1284)
• Beeston → Beeston Regis (1399)
• Lynn → King's Lynn (16th century)
• Leamington Priors → Royal Leamington Spa (1838)
• Cambridge Town → Camberley (1877)
• Tunbridge Wells → Royal Tunbridge Wells (1909)
• Bognor → Bognor Regis (1929)
• Piddletown → Puddletown (late 1950s)
• Wootton Bassett → Royal Wootton Bassett (2011)
• Staines → Staines-upon-Thames (2012)
• Beamfleote → Benfleet → South Benfleet
• Mamucium → Mancunium → Manceaster → Manchester

Scotland

• Ardencaple → Helensburgh
• Cadȝow → Hamilton (15th century)
• Cartleyhole, Clarty Hole → Abbotsford
• Conveth → Laurencekirk
• Dunedin (and variants) → Edinburgh
• Friock → Friockheim
• Hamnavoe → Stromness
• Kiliwhimin → Fort Augustus (18th century)
• Kilrule, Kilrymont → St Andrews
• Kilbride → West Kilbride (early 18th century ^[7] )
• Kilbride → East Kilbride (early 18th century ^[8] )
• Maryburgh → Gordonsburgh → Duncansburgh → Fort William
• Navermouth (Am Blàran Odhar) → Bettyhill
• Newark → Port Glasgow (1775)
• Obbe → Leverburgh (1920)
• St John's Toun, St Johnstone → Perth
• Milton of Strathbogie → Huntly
• Vale of Leven → Alexandria

Northern Ireland

• Ballinascreen → Draperstown (1818)
• Cromlin → Hillsborough (1661) → Royal Hillsborough (2021)
• Derry → Londonderry (1613) ^[a]
• Legacorry → Richhill (c. 1760)
• Lisnagarvy → Lisburn (1662)
• Muff → Eglinton (1858)

United States

Main article: List of renamed places in the United States

Alabama

• Clarence → Susan Moore
• Ear Gap → Gu-Win
• Friendship → Pine Apple
• Jones Mill → Roy → Jones Mill → Frisco City
• Mt. Zion → Section

Alaska

• Barrow → Utqiaġvik
• Novoarkhangelsk → Sitka
• Paul's Harbor (Pavlovskaya Gavan) → Kodiak
• Rockwell → Harrisburg → Juneau
• Shungnak → Kobuk
• Warton → Palmer
• West Petersburg → Kupreanof
• Yutica → Deering

Arizona

• Green Valley → Payson
• Rittenhouse → Queen Creek
• Smithville → Pima
• Swilling's Mill → Hellinwg Mill → Mill City → East Phoenix → Phoenix

Arkansas

• Alpena Pass → Alpena
• Chactas Prairie → Russellville
• Haddoxburg → London
• Lone Oak → Lonoke
• Scott's Prairie → Green Forest
• Wiley's Cove → Leslie
• Vilsonia → Vilonia

California

• Baden → South San Francisco
• Bakersville → Waterford
• El Toro → Lake Forest
• Grover City → Grover Beach
• Nordoff → Ojai
• Todos Santos → Concord
• Tuleburg → Stockton
• Wineville → Mira Loma
• Yerba Buena → San Francisco

Colorado

• Fletcher → Aurora
• Union Colony → Greeley
• Mayfield → Peyton

Connecticut

• Amity → Woodbridge
• Bantam → Litchfield
• Columbia Parish → Prospect
• Conway → Portland
• Coram → Ripton → Huntington → Shelton
• East Middletown → Chatham → East Hampton
• East Saybrook → Lyme
• Farmingbury → Wolcott
• Fort Hoop → Newtowne → Hartford
• Freshwater Plantation → Enfield
• Hartford Mountains → Bolton
• Iron Works Village → East Haven
• Judds Meadow → Salem Bridge → Naugatuck
• Kensington → Berlin
• Lebanon Crank → Columbia
• Mast Swamp → Torrington
• Mattianuck → Dorchester → Windsor
• Mettabasett → Middletown
• Middlesex Parish → Darien
• Mortlake → Brooklyn
• New Cambridge → Bristol
• New Cheshire Parish → Cheshire
• New Concord → Bozrah
• Newbury → Brookfield
• New Scituate → Ashford
• Northbury → Plymouth
• Northington → Avon
• North Stratford → Trumbull
• Orford Parish → Manchester
• Pahquioque (Paquiack) → Swampfield → Danbury
• Pequonnock → Bridgeport
• Pomperaug Plantation → Woodbury
• Ponde Town → Mansfield
• Pyquag → Wethersfield
• Quanneapague → Newtown
• Rimmon → Chusetown → Humphreysville → Seymour
• Rippowam → Stamford
• Saybrooke Colony → Saybrook → Deep River
• Shepaug → Roxbury
• Southfield → Suthfield → Suffield
• South Lyme → Old Lyme
• Stepney Parish → Rocky Hill
• Totoket → Branford
• Unquowa → Fairfield
• Upper Middletown → Cromwell
• Wallup → East Enfield → Somers
• Wepawaug → Milford
• West Farms → Franklin
• Wintonbury → Bloomfield

Delaware

• Fort Casimir → Fort Trefaldighet → New Amstel → New Castle
• Fort Christina → Fort Altena → Wilmington
• Zwaanendael → Lewes

Florida

• Alligator → Lake City
• Jernigan → Orlando
• Lake Worth → Lake Worth Beach
• Saint Petersburg Beach → St. Pete Beach
• Survey → Bonita Springs

Georgia

• Anderson → Andersonville
• Berlin → Lens → Berlin
• Berrien → Drayton → Vienna
• Dawsonville → Calhoun
• Doe Run → Tunnelsville → Tunnel Hill
• Dublin → Resaca
• Dykesboro → Cochran
• Haistentown → Sharon Grove → Brooks
• Handtown → Hazlehurst
• Kestler → Damascus
• Lawrence → Lake Park
• Levison → Eastman
• Marion → Ashburn
• Midway → Lilly
• Plains of Dura → Plains
• Puddleville → Adel
• Sharpe's Store → Morven
• Surrey → Omega
• Terminus → Marthasville → Atlanta
• Tobanana → Georgetown

Hawaii

• Makaweli → Kaumakani

Idaho

• Desmet → Tensed
• Eagle Rock → Idaho Falls
• Market Lake → Roberts

Illinois

• Alcoa → Alorton — in St. Clair County
• Allin → Stanford — in McLean County
• Amity → Pocohontas — in Bond County; name also used for an old plat in Cornell, Livingston County
• Ardmore → Villa Park — in DuPage County
• Area → Mundelein — in Lake County
• Athens → New Athens — in St. Clair County; name now used by Athens, Menard County
• Baden → New Baden — in Clinton and St. Clair counties
• Beechwood → Mounds — in Pulaski County
• Benton → Williamsville — in Sangamon County
• Berrian → Kewanee — in Henry County
• Blackberry → Elburn — in Kane County
• Bolton → Stonefort — in Saline and Williamson counties
• Bowensburg → Bowen — in Hancock County
• Bradly City → Bradley — in Kankakee County
• Butler → Cherry Valley — in Winnebago County; name now used by Butler, Montgomery County
• Camden → Lincoln — in Logan County; name now used by Camden, Schuyler County
• Camden Mills → Milan — in Rock Island County
• Centerville → Cuba — in Fulton County; name also used for several other settlements named Centerville
• Centerville → Millstadt — in St. Clair County; name also used for several other settlements named Centerville
• Centerville → Ripley — in Brown County; name also used for several other settlements named Centerville
• Centerville → Woodstock — in McHenry County; name also used for several other settlements named Centerville
• Charleston → Brimfield — in Peoria County; name now used by Charleston, Coles County
• Charleston → St. Charles — in DuPage and Kane counties; name now used by Charleston, Coles County
• Charleston → St. Charles — in Kane and DuPage counties; name now used by Charleston, Coles County
• Chatham → Sterling — in Whiteside County; name now used by Chatham, Sangamon County
• Chillicothe → Indianola — in Vermilion County; name now used by Chillicothe, Peoria County
• Clarkesville or Clarksville → Sciota — in McDonough County; name also used for unincorporated Clarksville, Coles County
• Clement → Huey — in Clinton County
• Clintonville → South Elgin — in Kane County
• Coloma → Du Bois — in Washington County
• Concord → Danvers — in McLean County; name now used by Concord, Morgan County
• Crescent → Crescent City — in Iroquois County
• Crotty → Seneca — in Grundy and LaSalle counties
• Dallas → Indianola — in Vermilion County
• Dement → Creston — in Ogle County
• Dunleith → East Dubuque — in Jo Daviess County
• East Chicago Heights → Ford Heights — in Cook County
• East Wood River → Wood River — in Madison County
• Elk Hart City → Elkhart — in Logan County
• Ellsworth → Lostant — in LaSalle County; name now used by Ellsworth, McLean County
• Elyda → Winnebago — in Winnebago County
• Emporium City → Mound City — in Pulaski County
• Fairfield → Mendon — in Adams County; name now used by Fairfield, Wayne County
• Fairfield → Pleasant Hill — in Pike County; name now used by Fairfield, Wayne County
• Florence → Oregon — in Ogle County; name now used by Florence, Pike County
• Fordville → Energy — in Williamson County
• Fordyce → Gorham — in Jackson County
• Fort Dearborn → Chicago
• Ft. Sheridan → Highwood — in Lake County
• Georgetown → Newark — in Kendall County; name now used by Georgetown, Vermilion County
• Georgetown → Steeleville — in Randolph County; name now used by Georgetown, Vermilion County
• Glascoe → Glasford — in Peoria County
• Glendale → Glendale Heights — in DuPage County; name also used for unincorporated Glendale, Pope County
• Grand Cote → Coulterville — in Randolph County
• Greenfield → LaMoille — in Bureau County; name now used by Greenfield, Greene County
• Grossdale → Brookfield — in Cook County
• Halidayburg → Kane — in Greene County
• Hanover → Metamora — in Woodford County; name now used by Hanover, Jo Daviess County
• Harlem → Forest Park — in Cook County; name also used for unincorporated Harlem, Winnebago County
• Harrison → Cedarville — in Stephenson County; name also used for two unincorporated places named Harrison
• Harvester → Burr Ridge — in DuPage County
• Henderson → Knoxville — in Knox Township, Knox County east of Galesburg; name now used by nearby Henderson, Henderson Township, Knox County north of Galesburg
• Hilton → East Peoria — in Tazewell County
• Howard → Durand — in Winnebago County
• Howlet → Riverton — in Sangamon County
• Humphrey → Tovey — in Christian County
• Huston → Mulberry Grove — in Bond County
• Illinoistown → East St. Louis — in St. Clair County
• Independence → Oakland — in Coles County
• Indiantown → Tiskilwa — in Bureau County
• Jamestown → Riverton — in Sangamon County; name also used for unincorporated Jamestown, Clinton County
• Juliet → Joliet — in Will County
• Keokuk Junction → Golden — in Adams County
• Lane → Rochelle — in Ogle County; name also used for unincorporated Lane, DeWitt County
• Lapier → Altona — in Knox County
• Laurel Hill → Table Grove — in Fulton County
• Liberty → Burnt Prairie — in White County; name now used by Liberty, Adams County
• Liberty → Rockwood — in Randolph County; name now used by other Liberty, Adams County
• Little Fort → Waukegan — in Lake County
• Lodi → Maple Park — in Kane County; also other communities formerly named Lodi
• Lysander → Pecatonica — in Winnebago County
• Mantua → Washburn — in Woodford County
• Marysville → Potomac — in Vermilion County
• Mechanicsburg → Mascoutah — in St. Clair County; name now used by Mechanicsburg, Sangamon County
• Melrose → Melrose Park — in Cook County; name also used for unincorporated Melrose, Clark County
• Middleton → Iuka — in Marion County
• Midway → Kansas — in Edgar County; name also used for several unincorporated places named Midway
• Mill Creek → Old Mill Creek — in Lake County; name now used by Mill Creek, Union County
• Millersburg → Pierron — in Bond and Madison counties; name also used for unincorporated Millersburg, Mercer County
• Milton → Humboldt — in Coles County; name now used by Milton, Pike County
• Monsanto → Sauget — in St. Clair County
• Morristown → New Milford — in Winnebago County
• Mt. Pleasant → Farmer City — in DeWitt County
• New Liberty → Willow Hill — in Jasper County; name now used by New Liberty, Pope County
• New Rutland → Rutland — in LaSalle County
• New Salem → West Salem — in Edwards County; also the name of several unincorporated places named New Salem
• Niles Centre → Skokie — in Cook County
• North Bloomington → Normal — in McLean County
• Oak Grove → Green Oaks — in Lake County; name now used by Oak Grove, Rock Island County
• Oak Grove Park → Germantown Hills — in Woodford County
• Oak Grove Park → Oak Grove — in Rock Island County
• Oakbrook → Oak Brook — in DuPage County
• Ogle Station → Ashton — in Lee County
• Park Forest South → University Park — in Cook and Will counties
• Pecatonica → Rockton — in Rockton Township, Winnebago County; name now used by Pecatonica, Pecatonica Township, Winnebago County
• Pembroke → Hopkins Park — in Kankakee County
• Pleasantville → Ipava — in Fulton County
• Portland → Blue Island — in Cook County
• Portland → Oglesby — in LaSalle County
• Postville → Lincoln — in Logan County
• Prairie City → Toledo — in Cumberland County; name now used by Prairie City, McDonough County
• Prospect Park → Glen Ellyn — in DuPage County
• Rand → Des Plaines — in Cook County
• Randall → East Galesburg — in Knox County
• Rantoul → Alma — in Marion County; name now used by Rantoul, Champaign County
• Reeves → Cambria — in Williamson County
• Richmond → Richview — in Washington County; name now used by Richmond, McHenry County
• Ridgeville → Evanston — in Cook County
• Rome → Dix — in Jefferson County; name also used for unincorporated Rome, Peoria County
• Rose Clare → Rosiclare — in Hardin County
• Saline → Grantfork — in Madison County
• Schaumburg Center → Schaumburg — in Cook County
• Sheridan → Good Hope — in McDonough County; name now used by Sheridan, LaSalle County
• Shermerville → Northbrook — in Cook County
• South Pass → Cobden — in Union County
• Specialville → Dixmoor — in Cook County
• Spring Forest → Willow Springs — in Cook and DuPage counties
• St. Marye → Beaverville — in Iroquois County
• Stephenson → Rock Island — in Rock Island County
• Sunnyside → Johnsburg — in McHenry County
• Sunrise Ridge → Wonder Lake — in McHenry County
• Sutton → Bentley — in Hancock County; name also used for unincorporated Sutton, Cook County
• Tazewell → Spring Bay — in Woodford County
• Tessville → Lincolnwood — in Cook County
• Turner → West Chicago — in DuPage County
• Uniontown → Washburn — in Woodford County; name also used for unincorporated Uniontown, Knox County
• Urbana → Freeburg — in St. Clair County; name now used by Urbana, Champaign County
• Utopia → Oakbrook Terrace — in DuPage County
• Van Buren → St. Francisville — in Lawrence County
• Victoria → Phillipstown — in White County; name now used by Victoria, Knox County
• Vienna → Astoria — in Fulton County; name now used by Vienna, Johnson County
• Waldron → Aroma Park — in Kankakee County
• Walnut Grove → Altona — in Knox County; name also used for unincorporated places named Walnut Grove
• Wappello → Hanover — in Jo Daviess County
• Wau-Bun → Northfield — in Cook County
• West Hammond → Calumet City — in Cook County
• Westhaven → Orland Hills — in Cook County
• Whitfield → Leland — in LaSalle County
• Wilson → Illiopolis — in Sangamon County; name also used for unincorporated Wilson, Lake County
• Winchester → Wilmington — in Will County; name now used by Winchester, Scott County
• Windsor → Tiskilwa — in Bureau County; name now used by Windsor, Shelby County and as the usual name for legal New Windsor, Mercer County
• Wiona → Malden — in Bureau County
• Worcester → Barry — in Pike County
• Xenia → Atlanta — in Logan County; name now used by Xenia, Clay County
• Yellow Creek → Pearl City — in Loran Township, Stephenson County; name also used for nearby unincorporated Yellow Creek, Kent Township, Stephenson County
• York → Thomson — in Carroll County; name also used for unincorporated York, Clark County
• Young America → Kirkwood — in Warren County

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Iowa

• Columbus → Cedar Rapids
• Kanesville → Council Bluffs
• Springfield → Maquoketa

Kentucky

• Minor Lane Heights → Heritage Creek

Louisiana

• Vermilionville → Lafayette

Maine

• Adams → Crawford
• Agamenticus → Bristol → Gorgeana → York
• Alva → Blaine
• Ashland → Dalton → Ashland
• Blaisdelltown → Exeter
• Bridge's Plantation → Town of Kingville → Joy → Montgomery → Troy
• Cape Porpus → Arundel → Kennebunk Port → North Kennebunkport → Arundel
• Cold Stream → Enfield
• Collegetown → Dixmont
• Crosbytown → Etna
• Davistown Plantation → Montville
• Dunntown → Wade
• Dutton → Glenburn
• East Pond Plantation → Newport
• Elkinstown → Dexter
• Fairbanks → Presque Isle
• Fremont Plantation → Easton
• Green Plantation → Belmont
• Howard → Willimantic
• Hubbardstown → Shapleigh
• Hurd's Ridge → Burlington
• Jackson → Kirkland → Hudson
• Kenduskeag Plantation → Bangor
• Kittery Commons → North Berwick
• Kittery North Parish → Berwick
• Lincoln → Garland
• Malta → Gerry → Windsor
• Mansel → Tremont
• Mattekeunk → Lee
• Newichawannock → South Berwick
• Newport Plantation → Blue Hill
• New Worcester → Orrington → Brewer
• Ohio → Corinth
• Orangetown → Whiting
• Pannawambskek → Old Town
• Parsonstown Plantation → Parsonsfield
• Pepperellborough → Saco
• Pennamaquan → Pembroke
• Penobscot Island → Orphan Island → Wetmore Isle → Verona → Verona Island
• Phillipstown → Sanford
• Piscataqua Plantation → Kittery
• Pitaubegwimenahanuk → Long Island Plantation → Islesboro
• Pleasant Ridge Plantation → Caswell
• Plymouth Gore → Sebasticook Plantation → Warsaw → Pittsfield
• Quantabacook → Fraternity Village → Searsmont
• Smithstown Plantation → Beaver Hill Plantation → Freedom
• Stockton → Stockton Springs
• Sunkhaze → Milford
• Swanfield → Lyman
• T2 R5 NWP → New Charleston → Charleston
• T4 R4 NWP → Corinna
• Towwoh Plantation → Lebanon
• Twenty-Five Mile Pond Plantation → Unity
• Washington Plantation → Newfield
• Webhannet → Wells
• Wellington Township → Monticello
• Wheelersborough → Hampden

Maryland

• Caiuctucuc → Wills Creek → Cumberland
• Eel Town → Hawkins Merry-Peep-O-Day → Berlin → Barry → Brunswick
• Elizabeth Town → Hagerstown
• Germantown → Perry Hall
• Head of Elk → Elkton
• Mechanicstown → Thurmont
• Newtown → Leonardtown
• Providence → Anne Arundel Towne → Annapolis
• Riverdale → Riverdale Park
• Silver Fancy → Poplar Fields → Emmitsburg
• Winchester → Westminster

Massachusetts

• Agawam Plantation → Springfield
• Cold Spring → Belcher's Town → Belchertown
• Dale of Hope → Hopedale
• Fall River → Troy → Fall River
• Gay Head → Aquinnah
• Glasgow → Blandford
• Ireland Parish → Ireland → Holyoke
• Manchester → Manchester-by-the-Sea
• Marlbury → Marlborough
• Menotomy → Arlington
• Minnechaug → South Wilbraham → Hampden
• Quaboage → Quaboag → Brookfield
• Shawmut → Boston
• Stony Hill → Ludlow

Michigan

• Avon Township → Rochester Hills, Michigan
• Berlin → Marne
• Bronson → Kalamazoo
• East Detroit → Eastpointe
• Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit → Detroit
• Harlow → Hog's Hallow → McDouglasville → Utica
• Jefferson → Sterling Heights
• Swainsville → Brooklyn

Minnesota

• Imnizaska → Pig's Eye → St. Paul

Nebraska

• Lancaster → Lincoln

Nevada

• Horn Silver → Hornsilver → Goldpoint → Gold Point

New Hampshire

• Derryfield → Manchester
• Hilton's Pointe → Cochecho → Northam → Dover
• Nashuway → Nashville → Nashua
• Number Two → Middle Monadnock → Monadnock → Jaffrey
• Nutfield → Londonderry
• Plantation of Penney Cook → Penney Cook → Pennacook → Rumford → Concord
• Piscatiqua → Strawberry Hill → Portsmouth
• Suncook → Pembroke
• Winnacunnet → Hampton

New Jersey

• Acquackanonk → Clifton
• Awiehawken → Weehawken
• Bergen → Jersey City
• Boiling Springs Township → East Rutherford
• Delford → Oradell
• East Paterson → Elmwood Park
• Fort Nassau → Gloucester City
• Hunt's Mills → Clinton
• Madison Township (Middlesex County) → Old Bridge Township
• Maidenhead Township → Lawrence Township
• Matawan Township → Aberdeen
• Nya Stockholm → Bridgeport
• Passaic Township → Long Hill Township
• Raritan Township (Monmouth County) → Hazlet
• Second River → Belleville
• Sodon → Glen Gardner
• South Orange Township → Maplewood
• Sveaborg → Swedesboro
• Turkey or Turkey Town → New Providence
• Washington Township → Robbinsville Township ^[10]
• West Paterson → Woodland Park
• Delaware Township → Cherry Hill Township

New Mexico

• Alburquerque → Albuquerque
• Hot Springs → Truth or Consequences

New York

• Amapaugh → Somers
• Beverwijck → Albany
• Bloomfield → East Bloomfield
• Breuckelen → Brooklyn (borough of New York City)
• Canton → Cairo
• Town of Charleston → Lima
• Chepontuc → Wing's Falls → Glens Falls
• Clinton → East Greenbush
• Despatch → East Rochester
• Duanes' Bush → Duanesburg
• Easton → Lincoln → Gorham
• Fairfield → Luzerne → Lake Luzerne
• Farwell's Mills → Clarendon
• Fort Nassau → Fort Orange → Albany → Willemstad → Albany
• Town of Franklin → Patterson
• Town of Frederick → Kent (Putnam County)
• Freedom → LaGrange
• Freehold → Durham
• Gerrysville → Alabama
• Granger → Taghkanic
• Great Imboght District → Catskill
• Heemstede → Hempstead
• Huntington South → New Babylon → Babylon
• Iverness → Wheatland
• King's District → Canaan
• Kiryas Joel → Palm Tree
• Mahackamack → Port Jervis
• Middletown → South Middletown → Middletown
• Milton → Genoa
• New Amsterdam → New York → New Orange → New York City
• New Cornwall → Cornwall
• Northampton → Town of Southampton → Caledonia
• Northfield → Edinburg
• North Tarrytown → Sleepy Hollow
• Oak Orchard → Carlton
• Plain Brook → Oakfield
• Setauket → Brookhaven
• Sing Sing → Ossining
• South Bay → Dresden (Washington County)
• South Pembroke → Darien
• Staaten Eylandt → Staten Island (borough of New York City)
• Stoutenburgh → Hyde Park
• Town of Union → Hamlin
• Vera Cruz → New Haven
• Watkinson → Middletown → Naples
• Town of Westfield → Fort Ann
• Wiltwyck → Kingston
• Yennicott → Southold

North Carolina

• Atkins Bank → Kingston → Kinston → Caswel → Kinston
• Campbellton + Cross Creek → Fayetteville
• Fuquay Springs and Varina → Fuquay-Varina
• Pacific → Youngsville (1875)
• Wachau → Salem → Winston-Salem

Ohio

• Cleaveland → Cleveland
• Gamble's Mill → Shelby
• Losantiville → Cincinnati
• Sellstown → Dublin

Oregon

• Halfway → Halfway
• Marysville → Corvallis
• Skinner's Mudhole → Eugene City → Eugene

Pennsylvania

• Ammansland → Darby
• Augustatown → Washington
• Bridgetown → Midway → Coates’ Villa → Coatesville
• Chamassungh → Finlandia → Marcus Hook
• Cross Keys → Intercourse
• Fort Duquesne → Pittsburgh → Pittsburg* → Pittsburgh
• Mauch Chunk → Jim Thorpe
• Mölndal → Yeadon
• Northampton → Allentown
• Presque Isle → Erie
• Printztorp → Chester
• Steitztown → Lebanon
• Tequirassy → Eddystone
• Turk's Head → West Chester
• Upland → Chester

*Name used by the United 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.

Rhode Island

• Gloucester → Glocester
• Haversham → Westerly
• Kings Towne → Kingstown → Rochester → North Kingstown
• Shawomet → Warwick

South Carolina

• Charles Towne → Charleston
• Jeffers → Blaney → Elgin
• Kingston → Conwayborough → Conway
• Tacapua → Startex

Tennessee

• Alexandria → Jackson
• Cannonsburgh → Murfreesboro
• Coal Creek → Lake City → Rocky Top
• Fort Nashborough → Nashville
• Taylorsville → Mountain City

Texas

• Clark → DISH
• Dechman → Deckman → Grand Prairie
• Duncan Switch → Duncanville ^[11]
• Emerson → Frisco City → Frisco ^[12]
• Fillmore → Plano (1852)
• Gorbit → Kit → Irving ^[13]
• Presidio San Antonio de Bexar → San Antonio ^[14]
• Waterloo → Austin ^[15]

Utah

• Evansville → Lehi
• Grayson → Blanding
• Great Salt Lake City → Salt Lake City
• Pleasant Green → Magna

Vermont

• Alburgh → Alburg → Alburgh
• Brattleborough → Brattleboro
• Isle La Motte → Vineyard → Isle La Motte
• Killington → Sherburne → Killington
• Middle Hero → Grand Isle
• Wildersburgh → Barre

Virginia

• Kecoughtan → Hampton
• Mt. Pleasant → Mt. Jackson
• Mud Lick→ Big Lick → Roanoke
• Shryock → Edinburg
• Staufferstadt → Strasburg
• Tom's Creek → Toms Brook
• Tysons Corner → Tysons

Washington

• Neppel → Moses Lake
• North Yakima → Yakima
• Spokane Falls → Spokane ^[16]
• Tolt → Carnation → Tolt → Carnation
• Vera → Veradale
• Yakima City → Union Gap

West Virginia

• Beauchamp's Mills → Elizabeth
• California → Spencer
• Chilton → Clendenin
• Clifton → Pratt
• Coal Valley Post Office → Montgomery's Landing → Coal Valley → Cannelton → Montgomery
• Cologne → Leon
• Concord → Athens
• Elizaville → Brownsville → Marmet
• Frenchville → Oakvale
• Hallsville → Davy
• Jeanette → Anawalt
• Lawsonsville → Lawnsville → Aracoma → Logan
• Miner's City → War
• Newport → Parkersburg
• Philippi → Colesmouth → Kanawha City → St. Albans
• Upper Creek → Handley
• Waggener's Bottom → Mason

Wisconsin

• Prairieville → Waukesha
• Rochester → Sheboygan Falls

Uzbekistan

Main article: List of renamed cities in Uzbekistan

Venezuela

• Angostura → Ciudad Bolívar (1846)
• Santiago de León de Caracas → Caracas

Vietnam

• Tourane → 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

Zambia

Main article: List of renamed places in Zambia

Zimbabwe

Main article: List of renamed places in Zimbabwe

See also

• List of administrative division name changes
• Neighborhood rebranding in New York City
• Citiesportal

Notes

1. The renaming remains contentious, and is subject to a naming dispute to the present day.

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