Locations in the United States with a Welsh name information
This is list of locations in the United States named after places in Wales. A number of places in the U.S have been named after places in Wales by Welsh settlers and explorers. and are mainly in the 13 eastern states which used to be the Thirteen Colonies in the British Empire. A number of US towns such as Newport and Newtown maybe named after the similarly names Welsh towns or may have been named solely because of their location. Only those places where there is an evidential link with Wales are included here.
Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania named after Bala, Gwynedd
Berwyn Township, Custer County, Nebraska named after Berwyn
Berwyn Heights, Maryland
Berwyn, Illinois
Berwyn, Nebraska
Berwyn, Pennsylvania
Bangor, Maine named after Bangor, Gwynedd
Bryn Mawr, California named after Brynmawr
Bryn Mawr, Chicago, Illinois
Bryn Mawr, Minneapolis
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Bryn Mawr, Raleigh [1]
Bryn Mawr-Skyway, Washington
Caernarvon Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania named after Caernarfon
Caernarvon, Louisiana
Dillwyn, Virginia
Havertown, Pennsylvania named after Haverfordwest
Cardiff, New York named after Cardiff
Flint, Michigan named after Fflint
Lampeter, Pennsylvania named after Lampeter
Lower Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania named after Gwynedd
Montgomery, Illinois
Montgomery, Iowa
Montgomery, Kentucky
Montgomery, Louisiana
Montgomery, Massachusetts
Montgomery, Michigan
Montgomery, Minnesota
Montgomery, New York
Montgomery County, New York
Montgomery, Ohio
Montgomery, Pennsylvania
Montgomery, Tennessee
Montgomery, Texas
Montgomery, Vermont
Montgomery, West Virginia
Montgomery City, Missouri
Montgomery Creek, California
Montgomery Village, Maryland
Pembrey, Delaware named after Pembrey
Pembroke, Massachusetts, named after Pembroke, Wales
Radnor, Indiana named after Radnorshire
Radnor, Pennsylvania
Radnor Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Radnor, Ohio
Swansea, Massachusetts named after Swansea
Upper Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Wales, Massachusetts
Wales, Utah
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