List of place names of German origin in the United States

Relatively few place names in the United States have names of German origin, unlike Spanish or French names. Many of the German town names are in the Midwest, due to high German settlement in the 1800s. Many of the names in New York and Pennsylvania originated with the German Palatines (called Pennsylvania Dutch), who immigrated in the 18th century.

The entry of the United States into World War I was followed by anti-German sentiment, and local names were often changed to reflect this. Only one U.S. city with a German name has a population of greater than 100,000. Non-German city names with the suffix "-burg," which in English is partly an altered form the native English suffix -burgh and also partly derived from the related German word, "Burg," meaning "castle", is common for town and city names throughout the United States, such as Spartanburg, South Carolina and were not included.

Place name	State	Origin/notes
Altdorf	Wisconsin	Named after Altdorf, Switzerland.[1]
Altorf	Illinois	Named after Altdorf, Switzerland.[2]
Altenburg	Missouri	Named after Saxe-Altenburg.[3]
Anaheim	California	A blend of "Ana", after the nearby Santa Ana River, and heim, a common Germanic place name compound originally meaning "home".[4]
Anhalt	Texas	Named after the Principality of Anhalt.[5]
Augusta	Georgia	Named after Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha.[6]
Augsburg	Illinois	Named after Augsburg, Germany.
Austerlitz	New York	Named after formerly German-settled Slavkov u Brna.
Baden	Georgia	Named after Baden.
Baden	Maryland	Named after the Baden region.
Baden	Pennsylvania	Named after the German town of Baden-Baden.[7]
Bamberg	South Carolina	Named after William Seaborn Bamberg, whose grandfather was an immigrant from Germany.[8]
Bavaria	Kansas	Named after the region of Bavaria in Germany.[9]
Bavaria	Wisconsin	Named after the region of Bavaria in Germany.
Bern	Wisconsin	Named after the region of Bavaria in Germany, with German Bayern adjusted to English spelling.
Biron	Wisconsin	Named after the region of Bavaria in Germany, with German Bayern adjusted to English spelling.
Lake Bavaria	Minnesota	Named after the region of Bavaria in Germany.
Beckemeyer	Illinois	Named after the Beckemeyer family.[10]
Bergdorf	Colorado	the former name of Ault, Colorado
Bergheim	Texas	Founded by Andreas Engel, an Austrian immigrant. It means "mountain home" in German.[11]
Berlin	California	The former name of Genevra, California.
Berlin	Connecticut	Named after the German capital city, Berlin.
Berlin	Georgia	Named after the German capital city, Berlin.
Berlin	Illinois	Named after the German capital city, Berlin.
Berlin	Indiana	Named after the German capital city, Berlin. It is now a ghost town.
Berlin	Kansas	Named after the German capital city, Berlin.
Berlin	Kentucky	Named after the German capital city, Berlin.
Berlin	Maryland	Named after the German capital city, Berlin.
Berlin	Massachusetts	Named after the German capital city, Berlin.
Berlin	Michigan	An unincorporated community known as Berlin until 1919, and the name remains prominent in the area despite it now officially being named Marne.
Berlin	Nebraska	The former name of Otoe, Nebraska, anti-German sentiment extended to a town that bore the name of Germany's capital. A 1918 series of fires that destroyed a block of the town's main street was attributed to anti-German crusaders. In October 1918, less than a month before the war's end, the town's name was changed to its current Otoe.[12] Berlin Precinct was left unchanged, however.[13]
Berlin	Nevada	A ghost town named after the German capital city, Berlin.
Berlin	New Hampshire	Named after the German capital city, Berlin.
Berlin	New Jersey	Named after the German capital city, Berlin.
Berlin	New York	Named after the German capital city, Berlin.
Berlin	North Dakota	Named after the German capital city, Berlin.
Berlin, Holmes County	Ohio	Named after the German capital city, Berlin.
Berlin, Williams County	Ohio	Named after the German capital city, Berlin.
Berlin	Oregon	Named after the German capital city, Berlin.
Berlin	Pennsylvania	Named after the German capital city, Berlin.
Berlin	Tennessee	An unincorporated town named after the German capital city, Berlin.
Berlin	Texas	An unincorporated community named after the German capital city, Berlin.
Berlin	Vermont	Named after the German capital city, Berlin.
Berlin	West Virginia	Named after the German capital city, Berlin.
Berlin	Wisconsin	Named after the German capital city, Berlin.
Berlin, Green Lake County	Wisconsin	Named after the German capital city, Berlin.
Berlin, Marathon County	Wisconsin	Named after the German capital city, Berlin.
Berlin Heights	Ohio	Named after the German capital city, Berlin.
Berlin Township, Bureau County	Illinois	Named after the German capital city, Berlin.
Berlin Township, Ionia County	Michigan	Named after the German capital city, Berlin.
Berlin Township, St. Clair County	Michigan	Named after the German capital city, Berlin.
Berlin Charter Township	Michigan	Named after the German capital city, Berlin.
Berlin Township	Minnesota	Named after the German capital city, Berlin.
Berlin Township	New Jersey	Named after the German capital city, Berlin.
Berlin Township, Cass County	North Dakota	Named after the German capital city, Berlin.
Berlin Township, Sheridan County	North Dakota	Named after the German capital city, Berlin.
Berlin Township, Wells County	North Dakota	Named after the German capital city, Berlin.
Berlin Township, Delaware County	Ohio	Named after the German capital city, Berlin.
Berlin Township, Erie County	Ohio	Named after the German capital city, Berlin.
Berlin Township, Holmes County	Ohio	Named after the German capital city, Berlin.
Berlin Township, Knox County	Ohio	Named after the German capital city, Berlin.
Berlin Township, Mahoning County	Ohio	Named after the German capital city, Berlin.
Berlin Township	Pennsylvania	Named after the German capital city, Berlin.
Berne	Indiana	Was settled by Mennonite Swiss immigrants, who named it after the capital city of Switzerland, Bern.[14]
Berne	New York	Originally spelt "Bern," the town was initially settled by German Palatine refugees.
Berne	Ohio	Named after the city of Bern by its first settler, a Swiss immigrant.[15]
Bingen	Washington	Named for Bingen am Rhein in 1892 by founder P. J. Suksdorf[16]^: 19
Birkenfeld	Oregon	Named after Anton Birkenfeld, a German immigrant who founded the community in 1910.[17]
Bismarck	Arkansas	Named after Otto von Bismarck, the first chancellor of the German Empire.
Bismarck	Illinois	In order to be closer to a nearby railroad, the town of Franklin moved onto land donated by Charles S. Young and Dr. John B. Holloway. Young renamed the town after Otto von Bismarck, a subject of his admiration.[18]
Bismarck	Missouri	In an attempt to attract German immigrants to the nearby St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway, the city was named after German chancellor Otto von Bismarck.[19] During World War I, a group of citizens who saw the name as "un-American" petitioned to change the name of the city to "Loyal," but the proposal was rejected by most of the city's residents and the original name remained.[20]
Bismarck	North Dakota	In 1873, the Northern Pacific Railway renamed the city as Bismarck, in honor of German chancellor Otto von Bismarck. Railroad officials hoped to attract German immigrant settlers to the area and German investment in the railroad.[21]
Boerne	Texas	Named after Ludwig Börne.[22]
Brandenburg	Kentucky	Named after Solomon Brandenburg.[23]
Brandt	South Dakota	Named after Reverend P. O. Brandt, a man of German descent.[24]
Bremen	Alabama	Named after Bremen, Germany.[25]
Bremen	Georgia	Named after Bremen, Germany. It was initially named "Kramer" after a German immigrant who ran a local vineyard. Eventually, Kramer himself requested the town be renamed to "Bremen" in honor of the German city.[26]
Bremen	Indiana	Named after Bremen, Germany due to many of the early settlers being German natives.[27]
Bremen	Kentucky	Settled by German immigrants, who named it after Bremen, Germany
Bremen	Maine	Mostly settled by German immigrants, who named it after Bremen, Germany when the town was incorporated on February 19, 1828.[28]
Bremen	North Dakota	Named after Bremen, Germany.
Bremen	Ohio	Named after Bremen, Germany.[29]
Bremen Township	Minnesota	Named after Bremen, Germany.[30]
Bremen Township, Cook County	Illinois	Named after Bremen, Germany.
Bremerton	Washington	Planned and named by German immigrant and Seattle entrepreneur William Bremer in 1891[16]^: 27
Breslau	Nebraska	Named after Breslau, Prussia.[31]
Breslau	Pennsylvania	Named after Breslau, a previously-German city in Silesia.
Breslau	Texas	Named after Breslau, a previously-German city in Silesia.
Brunswick County	North Carolina	Named after Brunswick-Lüneburg, a now-defunct sovereign duchy within the Holy Roman Empire, due to the fact that was held by the British Kings of the House of Hanover.
Brunswick County	Virginia	Named after Brunswick-Lüneburg, a now-defunct sovereign duchy within the Holy Roman Empire, due to the fact that was held by the British Kings of the House of Hanover.
Carlsbad	California	Named after the Bohemian spa town of Karlsbad[32]
Cassel	Wisconsin	Named after Kassel, Germany.
Catherine	Kansas	Named after the Volga German town of Katharinenstadt.[33]
Coburg	Oregon	Originally named "Diamond." It was renamed after a stallion who in turn was named after the district of Coburg in Bavaria, from which it was imported.[34]
Cologne	Minnesota	Named after Cologne, (Köln), Germany.[35]
Colmar	Illinois	Named after Colmar, an Alsatian city historically inhabited by Germans.
Cottbus	Missouri	Second largest city in Brandenburg.[36]
Darmstadt	Indiana	Named by German immigrants after Darmstadt, Germany.[37]
Darmstadt	Illinois	Named after Darmstadt, Germany.[38]
Danube	New York	Named after the Danube River (German: Donau) in the 18th century by German Palatine immigrants.
Danzig	North Dakota	Named after Danzig, Prussia.[39]
DeKalb County	Alabama	Baron Johann de Kalb (1721–1780), a German soldier who fought on the side of the Americans in the Revolutionary War.
DeKalb County	Georgia	Baron Johann de Kalb (1721–1780), a German soldier who fought on the side of the Americans in the Revolutionary War.
DeKalb County	Illinois	Baron Johann de Kalb (1721–1780), a German soldier who fought on the side of the Americans in the Revolutionary War.
DeKalb County	Indiana	Baron Johann de Kalb (1721–1780), a German soldier who fought on the side of the Americans in the Revolutionary War.
DeKalb County	Missouri	Baron Johann de Kalb (1721–1780), a German soldier who fought on the side of the Americans in the Revolutionary War.
DeKalb County	Tennessee	Baron Johann de Kalb (1721–1780), a German soldier who fought on the side of the Americans in the Revolutionary War.
Detmold	Missouri	Named after Detmold, Germany.
Dieterich	Illinois	Named after Michael Dieterich, a German-American.[40]
Dissen	Missouri	Named after Dissen, Germany.[41]
Dresbach	Minnesota	Named after George B. Dresbach, a German-American politician.[42]
Dresden	Kansas	Named after Dresden, Germany.
Dresden	Ohio	Named after Dresden, Germany.
Dresden	Tennessee	Named after Dresden, Germany.
Dutzow	Missouri	Established by the Berlin Society in the 1830s and named after the village of Dutzow in the municipality of Kneese, Germany, due to it being the ancestral home of one of its first settlers, a German named Johann Wilhelm Bock.[43]
East Berlin	Pennsylvania	Named after Berlin, Germany.
Elbe	Washington	Named for Elbe River by founder Henry C. Lutkens[16]^: 77
Elbing	Kansas	Named after the formerly Prussian city of Elbing (Polish: Elbląg). Other suggested namesakes were Danzig and Marienburg, both also in Prussia at the time.
Elmendorf	Texas	Founded in 1885 and named after Henry Elmendorf, a German Texan (German: Deutschtexaner) and the former mayor of San Antonio.[44]
Emden	Illinois	Because many of its residents immigrated from German villages along the Ems river, it was named after Emden, Germany.[45]
Emden	Missouri	Named after a local post office established in 1888, which itself was named after Emden, Germany.[46]
Enderlin	North Dakota	Possibly from the German phrase "End der Line," meaning "end of the line."[47]
Erdenheim	Pennsylvania	Named after a nearby farm which was founded in 1765 by Johannes Georg Hocker.
Erlanger	Kentucky	Named after the Parisian bank Emile Erlanger & Co. that was founded by Frédéric Émile d'Erlanger (born Friedrich Emil Erlanger), a German-French banker originally from Frankfurt.
Eshbach	Pennsylvania
Ettersburg	California	Named after Albert Felix Etter, the locality's founder and a horticulturalist known for his work on strawberry and apple varieties.[48] Etter was the son of a German-speaking Swiss immigrant named Benjamin Etter.[49]
Ferdinand	Vermont	Named after Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick (German: Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel).[50] The Duke was born in Wolfenbüttel, Germany.
Fischer	Texas	A German Texan community named after its founders, German immigrants Hermann and Otto Fischer.
Flensburg	Minnesota	Likely named after Flensburg, Germany.[51]
Frankenmuth	Michigan	"Franken" represents the Province of Franconia in the Kingdom of Bavaria, home of the Franks, where the original settlers were from. The German word "Mut" means courage; thus, the name Frankenmuth means "courage of the Franconians."[52]
Frankenstein	Missouri	A combination of the surname of a German pioneer named Gottfried Franken, who donated a tract of land containing a hill to the town, and the German word "Stein" which means "stone."[53]
Frankfort	Indiana	Named by its founders, the three Pence brothers, after Frankfurt in order to honor their German great-grandparents' place of origin.[54]
Frankfort	South Dakota	Likely named after Frankfurt, Germany.[55]
Freeburg	Illinois	Originally a village called Urbana, it was renamed after Freiburg im Breisgau in 1859 due to it being the place from which many early settlers of the village came.
Freeburg	Minnesota	Named after Freiburg im Breisgau by its mostly-German settlers.[56]
Freeburg	Missouri	Settled by German immigrants in the 1850s, it was later named after Freiburg im Breisgau when it was platted in 1903.[57]
Frederick	Maryland	Sources disagree as to which Frederick the town was named for, but the likeliest candidates are Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (one of the proprietors of Maryland[58]), Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales,[59] or Frederick "The Great" of Prussia. The first names of all three men originated from the English form of the German name Friedrich.
Fredericksburg	Texas	Founded in 1846 by a German Texan member of the Adelsverein, John O. Meusebach (born Otfried Hans Freiherr von Meusebach).[60] It was soon named after Prince Frederick of Prussia. Meusebach would later become the state senator for District 22 of the Texas Senate. The area of Baron's Creek is now named after him.[61] The city is a major hub of Texas German (German: Texasdeutsch), a unique dialect of the German language spoken by some descendants of the original German settlers.[62]
Freistatt	Missouri
Friedensburg	Pennsylvania
Friedheim	Missouri	Named after the former German town of Friedheim annexed by Poland in 1945
Fulda	Indiana	Named after Fulda, Germany.
Fulda	Minnesota	Named after Fulda, Germany.
Gering	Nebraska	Means little or insignificant in German.
Gluckstadt	Mississippi
Gotha	Florida	Named after town in Thuringia, Germany.
Johnson cty	Nebraska
Gratz	Pennsylvania
Guss Island	Washington	Named for a German shopkeeper[16]^: 106
Hagerstown	Maryland	Named after Jonathan Hager.
Hamberg	North Dakota	Hambergen – perhaps named after a small village in Lower Saxony.
Hamburg	Arkansas
Hamburg	California
Hamburg	Connecticut
Hamburg	Illinois	village
Hamburg Precinct, Calhoun County	Illinois
Hamburg, Clark County	Indiana
Hamburg, Franklin County	Indiana
Hamburg	Iowa
Hamburg	Louisiana
Hamburg Township	Michigan
Hamburg	Minnesota
Hamburg	Missouri
Hamburg	New Jersey
Hamburg	New York	three places
Hamburg	North Carolina	formerly Hamburg
Hamburg, Fairfield County	Ohio	unincorporated community
Hamburg, Preble County	Ohio	unincorporated community
Hamburg	Pennsylvania	borough
Hamburg, Aiken County	South Carolina
Hamburg, Marathon County	Wisconsin	unincorporated community
Hamburg, Marathon County	Wisconsin	town
Hamburg, Vernon County	Wisconsin	town
Hamburg State Park	Georgia
Hamburg Street	Maryland	Baltimore Light Rail station
Hamburg State Park	Georgia
Hanover	Illinois
Hanover	Pennsylvania
Hanover County	Virginia	named for the Electorate of Hanover in Germany, because King George I of Great Britain was Elector of Hanover at the time
Hanover Park	Illinois
Hanover Township	New Jersey	named for the Electorate of Hanover in Germany, because King George I of Great Britain was Elector of Hanover at the time
Haubstadt	Indiana
Hegewisch	Illinois	Named after Adolph Hegewisch.
Heidelberg	Kentucky
Heidelberg	Minnesota
Heidelberg	Mississippi
Heidelberg	Pennsylvania
Heidelberg	Texas
Heidlersburg	Pennsylvania
Herkimer County	New York	Named after Nicholas Herkimer,[63] a French and Indian War veteran and Revolutionary War patriot brigadier general from German Flatts, New York. Herkimer was a descendent of a German Palatine immigrant from Sandhausen named Georg Herchheimer.[64]
Henning	Illinois
Hermann	Missouri	Named after Arminius (German: Hermann), a Cherusci chieftain who defeated the Romans in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.[65]
Herscher	Illinois
Hettinger	North Dakota
Hochheim	Texas
Hochheim	Wisconsin
Hohenwald	Tennessee	Means "high forest" in German.
Hoffman	Illinois
Hoffman Estates	Illinois
Hoehne	Colorado	Founded and named after William Hoehne, a German immigrant.
Holstein	Iowa
Holstein	Nebraska
Hosensack	Pennsylvania
Humboldt	Illinois
Humboldt Bay	California	named after Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859), German naturalist and explorer
Humboldt County	California	named after Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859), German naturalist and explorer
Humboldt County	Iowa	named after Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859), German naturalist and explorer
Humboldt County	Nevada	named after Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859), German naturalist and explorer
Humboldt Park	Illinois	A neighborhood in Chicago.
Innisbrook	Florida	Named after Innsbruck.
Innsbrook	Missouri	Named after Innsbruck.
Innsbrook	Virginia	Named after Innsbruck.
Jena	Florida	Named after Town in Thuringia, Germany, 111.000 Inhabitants
Jena	Louisiana	Named for Jena, Germany after Napoleon won the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt.[66]
Karlsruhe	North Dakota	Named after Karlsruhe, Germany.
Kaufman	Texas
Kaufman	Illinois
Kiel	Wisconsin	Named after Kiel, Germany.
Kieler	Wisconsin	Named after John Kieler, a Prussian immigrant.
King of Prussia	Pennsylvania	took its name in the 18th century from a local tavern named the King of Prussia Inn, named after King Frederick the Great of Prussia
Kleberg County	Texas
Kleberg	Texas
Kolberg	Wisconsin
Kotzebue	Alaska	Named after Otto von Kotzebue.
Kountze	Texas
Kranzburg	South Dakota	Named after the Kranz brothers, who were German settlers.
Kremmling	Colorado	Named after Rudolph Kremmling.
Kronenwetter	Wisconsin	Named after Sebastian Kronenwetter, an immigrant from Württemberg.[67]
Kulm	North Dakota	Named after various places called "Kulm" from which German immigrants originated.[68]
Krupp	Washington	the former name of Marlin, Washington
Leinbachs	Pennsylvania
Leipsic	Ohio	A variant spelling of Leipzig.[69]
Lenzburg	Illinois	Named after Lenzburg.
Liebenthal	Kansas	Named after a Volga German settlement
Lititz	Pennsylvania	Named after Litice Castle (German: Schloss Lititz) near the formerly German-speaking town of Kunvald (German: Kunewalde, Kunwald), in the region of Bohemia in the Czech Republic.
Lubeck	West Virginia
Luckenbach	Texas
Lunenburg	Massachusetts
Lunenburg	Vermont
Lunenburg County	Virginia	named for the German Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Luther	Michigan	Named after Martin Luther
Lutherville	Maryland	Named after Martin Luther
Lutsen	Minnesota	Named after Lützen, Germany.
Luzerne	Pennsylvania
Luxemburg	Wisconsin
Luzerne	Iowa
Lynden	Washington	Named after Hohenlinden, Germany.
Manheim	Pennsylvania	Named after Kerpen-Manheim, Germany.
Mecklenburg	New York	A hamlet in the town of Hector, New York
Mecklenburg County	North Carolina	Named after the German state of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, or for Charlotte of Mecklenburg, queen consort of George III of Great Britain
Mecklenburg County	Virginia	Named for Charlotte of Mecklenburg, queen consort of George III of Great Britain
Meiners Oaks	California	Named after German Native John Meiners
Millstadt	Illinois	A misspelling of the original name: "Mittlestadt."
Minden	Louisiana	Named after Minden, Germany.
Muhlenberg County	Kentucky	Named after Frederick Muhlenberg.
Muhlenberg Township	Pennsylvania	Named after Frederick Muhlenberg.
Mundelein	Illinois
Munich	North Dakota
Munjor	Kansas	named after a Volga German settlement
Munster	Indiana
Nassau	New York	Town in Rensselaer County
Nassau County	Florida	Named for the Duchy of Nassau in Germany
Nassau County	New York	Named for the Duchy of Nassau in Germany
Newberg	Oregon
Nechanitz	Texas
New Baden	Illinois	Named after the region of Baden in Germany.
New Berlin	Illinois
New Berlin	New York	town
New Berlin	New York	village
New Berlin	Pennsylvania
New Berlin	Texas
New Berlin	Wisconsin	Area residents put the accent on the first syllable of Berlin /nuːˈbɜːrlɪn/, rather than the second.
New Braunfels	Texas	established in 1845 by Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels, Commissioner General of the Adelsverein; Prince Solms named the settlement in honor of his home of Solms-Braunfels, Germany.
New Bremen	New York
New Bremen	Ohio
New Brunswick	New Jersey	Named after Brunswick, Germany
New Glatz, Maryland	Maryland	named after the former German town Glatz annexed by Poland after 1945
New Leipzig	North Dakota	Named after Leipzig, Germany.
New Melle	Missouri	Named after Melle, Germany.
New Munich	Minnesota
New Offenburg	Missouri
New Paltz	New York
New Riegel	Ohio
New Trier	Minnesota
New Trier	Illinois
New Ulm	Minnesota
New Wels	Missouri
Nuremberg	Pennsylvania
Ohlman	Illinois	Named after Michael Ohlman.
Oldenburg	Indiana
Olmitz	Kansas
Olpe	Kansas	Named after Olpe, Germany.
Oppenheim	New York
Osnabrock	North Dakota	Named after Osnabruck in South Stormont, Ontario which gets it namesake from Osnabrück, Germany.
Otto	Illinois
Paderborn	Illinois	Named after Paderborn, Germany.
Palatine	New York
Patzkau	Wisconsin
Palatine	Illinois
Pfeifer	Kansas	named after a Volga German settlement
Philipsburg	Montana	Named after Philip Deidesheimer, a German immigrant.
Pierz	Minnesota	Named after Francis Xavier Pierz (Pierz was the German version of his last name: Pirc).
Pilsen	Kansas	German name for Plzeň, Czech Republic.
Posen	Illinois
Posen	Michigan
Potsdam	Ohio
Potsdam	New York	The town is named after the city of Potsdam in Germany.
Prussia	Iowa
Pyrmont	Indiana	Named after the Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont in Germany.
Pyrmont	Ohio
Ratibor	Texas
Rehrersburg	Pennsylvania	Named for the Rehrer family who settled there in 1803.
Rhinebeck	New York
Rosenberg	Texas	Named after Swiss-German immigrant Henry Rosenberg.
Rostok	Wisconsin	Named after a town in formerly German-speaking Bohemia
Rothschild	Wisconsin
Saegertown	Pennsylvania	Named after Daniel Saeger.
Saxonburg	Pennsylvania	Founded by John A. Roebling, a German immigrant.
Schafer	North Dakota
Schaumburg	Illinois	Named after the area of Schaumburg in Germany.[70]
Schellsburg	Pennsylvania	Names after John Schell, the grandson of Michael Schell, an immigrant from the Palatinate.
Schererville	Indiana
Schertz	Texas
Schiller Park	Illinois
Schleicher County	Texas	named in honor of Gustav Schleicher, a veteran of the Confederate Army[71][72]
Schleswig	Iowa
Schleswig	Wisconsin
Schley County	Georgia	named for William Schley, United States representative and thirty-sixth governor of Georgia
Schoeneck	Pennsylvania
Schoenchen	Kansas	named after a Volga German settlement
Schriever	Louisiana
Schroeder	Minnesota
Schulenburg	Texas
Schurz	Nevada	Named after Carl Schurz, a German immigrant who became the United States Secretary of the Interior.
Seltzer	Pennsylvania	Named after Conrad Seltzer, a German immigrant who started a meatpacking business there.
Selz, North Dakota	North Dakota	Named after a Black Sea German settlement
Sigel	Illinois	Named after Franz Sigel, a German general in the Union military.
Silesia	Montana	Named after the former German land of Silesia
Speer	Colorado	Neighborhood in Denver, Colorado
Spitzenberg	Oregon
Steger	Illinois	Named after John Valentine Steger, and immigrant from Ulm, Germany.
Steuben	Maine
Steuben	New York
Steuben	Wisconsin
Steubenville	Indiana
Steubenville	Ohio
Steuben County	Indiana
Steuben County	New York	Named for Baron von Steuben, a German general who fought on the American side in the American Revolutionary War.
Steuben Township	Illinois
Steuben Township	Indiana
Steuben Township	Indiana
Steuben Township	Pennsylvania
Stettin	Wisconsin
Stiritz	Illinois
Strasburg	Colorado
Strasburg	Illinois
Strasburg	North Dakota
Strasburg	Pennsylvania
Strasburg	Virginia
Stuttgart	Arkansas
Stuttgart	Kansas
St. Hedwig	Texas
Suedberg	Pennsylvania
Tilsit	Missouri	named after a town of former German East Prussia
Traunik	Michigan	named after formerly Austrian town
Ulm	Arkansas	Named after Ulm, Germany.[73]
Vader	Washington	Named in 1913 for Martin Vader[16]^: 323
Vienna	Illinois
Vienna	Virginia
Vienna	West Virginia
Von Ormy	Texas
Waldeck	Kansas	ghost town
Waldeck	Pennsylvania
Waldeck	Texas	Named after Count Ludwig Joseph von Boos-Waldeck.[74]
Waldheim	Louisiana	Name meaning forest home.
Waldorf	Maryland	Named in honor of William Waldorf Astor, who received his middle name from the German town of Walldorf.
Waldport	Oregon	Compound Wald as German Word for forest meaning "forestport"
Walsenburg	Colorado	Named after Fred Walsen, a German immigrant.
Weimar	California
Weimar	Texas
Weingarten	Missouri
[[Weisenberg Township, Pennsylvania	Weisenberg]]	Pennsylvania
Weitzer	Colorado	Former/alternate name of Vroman, Colorado.
Wendte	South Dakota
Westhoff	Texas
Westphalia	Michigan	Named after the region of Westphalia in Germany.
Wickenburg	Arizona	Named after Henry Wickenburg, a Prussian prospector.
Womelsdorf	Pennsylvania	Part Village of Erndtebrück in District "Siegen-Wittgenstein", North Rhine-Westphalia.
Wrangell	Alaska	Named after Baltic German explorer Ferdinand von Wrangel.
Zeigler	Illinois
Zell	Missouri
Zimmerman	Minnesota

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[36] "Welcome to Cottbus".

[37] "Darmstadt Home".

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[56] Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 238.

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List of place names of German origin in the United States

See also

References

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