Granville

The commune of France is from Old French Granville, Grandvilla, Grande Villa, Grandivilla, from grant (“grand”) + ville (“settlement”). The surname is of Norman baronial origin, from Grainville, a former commune in Normandy, from the given name Guarin + ville, meaning “Guarin's town”. Guarin ultimately derives from Proto-Germanic *warduz (“guard”).

A village in Ohio; named for the town in Massachusetts.


Willard

From Old English wil (“will”) + heard (“brave, strong”).

A place in the United States
A city in Huron County, Ohio.


Hopedale

The name of the settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador was calqued from Hoffental, a compound derived in turn from German hoffen (“hope”) and Tal (“dale, valley”). The name was given by Moravian missionaries in 1782 and replaced native Eastern Canadian Inuktitut Agvituk. Compare Hebron, Nain, Ramah and Zoar.


Potsdam

A village in Miami County, Ohio, United States.


Wilberforce

From Old English Wilburg + foss (“ditch”); Wilburg was a female given name from wil (“will”) + burg (“fortress”).

census-designated place
census-designated place

A census-designated place in Greene County, Ohio, United States, named after William Wilberforce.


Кливленд

ru-proper noun+

Кли́вленд • (Klívlend) m inan (genitive Кли́вленда, nominative plural Кли́вленды, genitive plural Кли́влендов)

Кли́вленд (canonical)
Klívlend (romanization)
Кли́вленда (genitive)
Кли́вленды (nominative plural)
Кли́влендов (genitive plural)
Кли́вленд (nominative singular)
Кли́вленды (nominative plural)
Кли́вленда (genitive singular)
Кли́влендов (genitive plural)
Кли́вленду (dative singular)
Кли́влендам (dative plural)
Кли́вленд (accusative singular)
Кли́вленды (accusative plural)
Кли́влендом (instrumental singular)
Кли́влендами (instrumental plural)
Кли́вленде (prepositional singular)
Кли́влендах (plural prepositional)

Cleveland (a city in Ohio, United States)


Arlington

Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial

From the Old English personal name Ælfrēd + Old English ing (“called after”) + Old English tūn (“estate”), "estate named after Alfred". Many of the place names in the United States derive from Arlington House, formerly the plantation of Robert E. Lee.

A number of places in the United States:

Montgomery County
Montgomery County#English

An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Ohio.


Fredericksburg

A village in Ohio; named for Jacob Frederick, who platted the village.


Thurston

Fairfield County
Fairfield County#English


Bevan

Washington County
Washington County#English

An unincorporated community in Washington County, Ohio, United States.


Magnolia

A several places in the United States
A village in Ohio, United States


Peoria

From Miami peewaareewa (“comes carrying a pack on his back”).

bor

An unincorporated community in Liberty Township, Union County, Ohio.


Granger

en-prop

Granger (countable and uncountable, plural Grangers)

/ˈɡɹeɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/

A township and unincorporated community in Medina County, Ohio; named for American politician and Postmaster General Gideon Granger, son of Francis Granger.


Keene

An unincorporated community in Ohio; named for the city in New Hampshire.


Ithaca

From Ancient Greek Ἰθάκα (Itháka), Doric form of Ἰθάκη (Ithákē).


Sonora

en-proper noun

Sonora (countable and uncountable, plural Sonoras)

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Muskingum County
Muskingum County#English

An unincorporated community in Muskingum County, Ohio.


Norwalk

(For noun) Named after Norwalk, Ohio, where an outbreak of gastroenteritis in 1968 led to the isolation of the virus.

A city, the county seat of Huron County, Ohio.


Ames

Ames (countable and uncountable, plural Ameses)

Translingual: Ames


Akron

From Ancient Greek ἄκρον (ákron, “extremity, peak”).

der

Betty graduated from college and married a Morehouse man from Ohio whom I never met. For a couple of years I received the occasional, uninformative postcard from Akron, usually depicting something called the Soap Box Derby.

2009, Percival Everett, I Am Not Sidney Poitier, Influx Press, page 48:

A city, the county seat of Summit County, Ohio.


Celina

Variant of Celine, from French Céline, ultimately from Latin.

A city, the county seat of Mercer County, Ohio.


Patterson

en-proper noun

Patterson (countable and uncountable, plural Pattersons)

From Middle English Pate, short form of Patrick, + -son.

A village in Hardin County, Ohio; named for railroad official Robert Patterson.


Buckland

Buckland (countable and uncountable, plural Bucklands)

From Old English bōc (“book”) + land (“land”).


Bennington

From Bennington, Vermont, headquarters of the Bennington Marble Company.

Two townships in Ohio, in Licking County and Morrow County.


Grand Rapids

A village and township in Wood County, Ohio.


Galloway

From Scottish Gaelic (eadar na) Gall-Ghàidhealaibh (literally “(among the) foreign Gaels”), a term used for Gaelic-speaking Norse settlers.

bor

An unincorporated community in Prairie Township, Franklin County, Ohio.


Burbank

"The bur-covered riverbank", from bur + bank.


West Point

Any of several other places in the United States and elsewhere:

An unincorporated community in Madison Township, Columbiana County, Ohio, United States.

Columbiana County
Columbiana County#English

An unincorporated community in Morrow County, Ohio, United States.


Barlow

From Old English bere (“barley”) + hlǣw (“hill”) or lēah (“wood, clearing”).

The name of several places in the United States, either named after one of the English villages or a person bearing the surname.

A township and unincorporated community therein, in Washington County, Ohio.


Fresno

Coshocton County
Coshocton County#English

A census-designated place in White Eyes Township, Coshocton County, Ohio, United States.


Ogden

Places in England, from Old English āc (“oak”) + denu (“valley”).

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Clinton County, Ohio.


Montezuma

From Classical Nahuatl Motēuczōma (literally “he frowns like a lord”).


Girard

Various places in the United States of America, including:


Buckeye

An unincorporated community in Milton Township, Jackson County, Ohio, named after the Buckeye Furnace.


Fulton

From Foulden, a village in Norfolk, from Old English fuġol (“bird”) + tūn (“dwelling”).

Other townships in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ohio and Pennsylvania.


Kirby

en-proper noun

Kirby (countable and uncountable, plural Kirbys)

Originally Kirkby, from kirk (“church”) + -by (“habitation”), "village with a church".

A village in Wyandot County, Ohio, United States.


Stillwater

Tuscarawas County
Tuscarawas County#English

An unincorporated community in Rush Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio.


Toledo

Borrowed from Spanish Toledo, from Latin Tolētum.

A large city, the county seat of Lucas County, Ohio.


Remington

The surname is from Rimington, from Old English rima (“edge, border”) + -ing + -tun (literally “settlement by the boundary stream”).


Euclid

From Ancient Greek Εὐκλείδης (Eukleídēs).


Harper

An unincorporated community in Logan County, Ohio.

An unincorporated community in Ross County, Ohio.


Fayette

Fayette
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette

After Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette


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Toronto
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Jefferson County
Jefferson County#English

Toronto (a city in Jefferson County, Ohio)


Dayton

Dayton (countable and uncountable, plural Daytons)

A variant spelling of Deighton.
* Most of the placenames are derived from the surname; or another place named Dayton, that in turn is derived from the surname.

(uncountable) A placename, from the surname:

A city, the county seat of Montgomery County, Ohio; named for Jonathan Dayton, a Constitution signatory and statesman.


Fox

Fox (countable and uncountable, plural Foxes or Foxs)

* (surname): From fox (“vulpine animal”)

An unincorporated community in Pickaway County, Ohio.


Milford

Milford (countable and uncountable, plural Milfords)

A common place name, primarily within the British Isles and New England, often used for settlements with watermills built near fords, including:

A city in Clermont County and Hamilton County, Ohio.


Coleman

An unincorporated community in Columbiana County, Ohio.


Hebron

Borrowed from Latin Hebrōn, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew חֶבְרוֹן (Ḥeḇrōn), possibly via Ancient Greek Χεβρών (Khebrṓn).


Hicksville

Hicksville (countable and uncountable, plural Hicksvilles)

From hick + -s- + -ville (sense 2). In Ohio and Long Island (New York) at least, from the surname Hicks + -ville.


Linden

* As a Dutch, German and Jewish surname, plural form of Linde.
* As a Dutch and West Flemish surname, from several placenames called Linden or Lienden. Also shortened from Vanderlinden.
* As a Swedish surname, from lind (“lime tree”). Compare Lindeen.
* As an English surname, variant of Lindon.
* As an Irish surname, shortened from McLinden, itself a variant of McClinton.


オタワ

ja:オタワ (曖昧さ回避)

Ottawa (a village, the county seat of Putnam County, Ohio)


Торонто

ru-proper noun

Торо́нто • (Torónto) m inan (indeclinable)

Торо́нто (canonical)
Torónto (romanization)


Xenia

From the assumed name of a fifth-century saint venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church, Latin Xenia, from Ancient Greek ξενία (xenía, “hospitable”). Doublet of Oksana.

der

A city, the county seat of Greene County, Ohio.


Greenfield

en-proper noun

Greenfield (countable and uncountable, plural Greenfields)

A number of places in the United States:

A village in Highland County and Ross County, Ohio.


Belfort

en-prop

Belfort (countable and uncountable, plural Belforts)

An unincorporated community in Stark County, Ohio, United States.


Pawnee

Borrowing from French Pani, from Algonquin pani, either from Winnebago pa꞉ní or Chiwere pányi.

An unincorporated community in Medina County, Ohio, United States.


Darby

en-proper noun

Darby (countable and uncountable, plural Darbys)

From the English place name Derby, from Old Norse djúr (“deer”) + býr (“settlement”).

Three townships in Ohio, in Madison County, Pickaway County and Union County.


Bethesda

From Aramaic בֵּית חַסְדָּא (bēṯ ḥasdā, “House of Grace”).

der

בֵּית חַסְדָּא

A village in Belmont County, Ohio, United States.


Batavia

Ultimately from Latin Batavia, from Proto-Germanic *Batawjō. Doublet of Betawi and Passau.

A village, the county seat of Clermont County, Ohio, United States.

A township in Clermont County, Ohio, which surrounds the village.


Briggs

From the genitive or plural form of Middle English brigge (“bridge”).

An extinct town in Washington County, Ohio.


Sutton

en-proper noun

Sutton (countable and uncountable, plural Suttons)

From Old English suþ (“south”) + tun (“town”).


Carpenter

Carpenter (countable and uncountable, plural Carpenters)

From carpenter, from Latin carpentarius.

An unincorporated community in Meigs County, Ohio.


Sardis

From Latin Sardīs, from Ancient Greek Σάρδεις (Sárdeis), ultimately from Lydian 𐤳𐤱𐤠𐤭𐤣 (šfard). As Welsh, American, and Canadian towns, named for the ancient Lydian city chiefly in honor of its role in early Christianity. Doublet of Sart.

A census-designated place in Lee Township, Monroe County, Ohio.


Londonderry

From London + Derry, its name until the early 17th century when by decree of a charter granted by James I to a group of London merchants the current name was imposed.

County Londonderry
Londonderry (disambiguation)

An unincorporated community in Guernsey County, Ohio, United States.

An unincorporated community in Ross County, Ohio, United States.


Stanhope

The British placenames are from Old English stan (“stone”) + hōp (“valley”).

A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Ohio.


Bacon

* As an English and French surname, from the noun bacon.
* Also as an English, French, and Norman surname, from the Germanic personal name *Bahho, from Proto-Germanic *bēganą (“to fight”).

An unincorporated community in Coshocton County, Ohio.


Amherst

Amherst
Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst

From either Old English elm or Old Norse almr (“elm”) + Old English hyrst (“wood”). The town in Nova Scotia is named after Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717–1797).


McDonald

A common spelling variant of MacDonald, from Scottish Gaelic Mac Dhòmhnaill, equivalent to "son of Donald".


Unity

An unincorporated community in Adams County, Ohio.

An unincorporated community in Columbiana County, Ohio.


Butterworth

en-proper noun

Butterworth (countable and uncountable, plural Butterworths)

/ˈbʌtə(ɹ)ˌwɜː(ɹ)θ/

Habitational surname from a place in Lancashire, from Old English butere (“butter”) + worþ (“enclosure”).
The city in Malaysia is named after William John Butterworth, Governor of the Straits Settlements from 1843 to 1855.

A ghost town in Warren County, Ohio, United States.


Clay

Clay (countable and uncountable, plural Clays)

From a Middle English occupational name for a clay worker, or a habitational name, from Old English clǣġ (“clay”).

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Franklin Township, Jackson County, Ohio.


Camp

An unincorporated community in Pike County, Ohio, United States.


Jamestown

Any of numerous places in English-speaking regions:

A large number of places in the United States:


Caldwell

Caldwell (countable and uncountable, plural Caldwells)

From Old English cald (“cold”) + wielle (“well, spring”).

A village, the county seat of Noble County, Ohio.


Hepburn

# Placename: From Old English hēa, definite form of hēah (“high”) + byrġen (“tumulus”).
# The romanization system is named after its inventor, James Curtis Hepburn.

An unincorporated community in Dudley Township, Hardin County, Ohio.


Blanco

An unincorporated community in Mahoning County, Ohio, United States.


Crosby

From Old Norse kross (“cross”) + býr (“settlement”).

A locale in the United States:
A township in Hamilton County, Ohio.


Cadiz

From Spanish Cádiz, from Arabic قَادِس (qādis), from Latin Gādēs, from Ancient Greek Γάδειρα (Gádeira), from Phoenician 𐤂𐤃𐤓 (gdr /gādēr, gādīr/).

“Cadiz isn't going to become the garbage dump capital of the world,” said Patrick Erbacher, a grocer who is vice president of the Cadiz Jaycees.

1974 July 6, “Ohio Town Opposes A Plan for Dumping New York Garbage”, in The New York Times:

A village, the county seat of Harrison County, Ohio, United States, also located in Cadiz Township.


Emmett

From a Middle English diminutive of the female given name Emma.

An unincorporated community in Paulding County, Ohio.


Stockport

Stockport (countable and uncountable, plural Stockports)

From Old English stoc (“house, dwelling; place”) + port (“port; market town”).


Somerville

An unincorporated community in Butler County, Ohio.


Cooney

en-proper noun

Cooney (countable and uncountable, plural Cooneys)

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cuana (“descendant of Cuana”), a personal name either derived from cú (“hound”) or cuanna (“elegant, comely”).

An unincorporated community in Williams County, Ohio, United States


Marne

From French Marne; in the sense of the German town and the place in Iowa named after it, from German Marne.


Elgin

Elgin (countable and uncountable, plural Elgins)

US, Houston avenue; other places outside Texas

The village in New Brunswick is probably named in honour of colonial administrator James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811 - 1863). The civil parish is named after the village.


Бриджтаун

ru-proper noun+

Бри́джтаун or Бриджта́ун • (Brídžtaun or Bridžtáun) m inan (genitive Бри́джтауна or Бриджта́уна, nominative plural Бри́джтауны or Бриджта́уны, genitive plural Бри́джтаунов or Бриджта́унов)

Бри́джтаун (canonical)
Бриджта́ун (canonical)
Brídžtaun (romanization)
Bridžtáun (romanization)
Бри́джтауна (genitive)
Бриджта́уна (genitive)
Бри́джтауны (nominative plural)
Бриджта́уны (nominative plural)
Бри́джтаунов (genitive plural)
Бриджта́унов (genitive plural)
Бри́джтаун (nominative singular)
Бриджта́ун (nominative singular)
Бри́джтауны (nominative plural)
Бриджта́уны (nominative plural)
Бри́джтауна (genitive singular)
Бриджта́уна (genitive singular)
Бри́джтаунов (genitive plural)
Бриджта́унов (genitive plural)
Бри́джтауну (dative singular)
Бриджта́уну (dative singular)
Бри́джтаунам (dative plural)
Бриджта́унам (dative plural)
Бри́джтаун (accusative singular)
Бриджта́ун (accusative singular)
Бри́джтауны (accusative plural)
Бриджта́уны (accusative plural)
Бри́джтауном (instrumental singular)
Бриджта́уном (instrumental singular)
Бри́джтаунами (instrumental plural)
Бриджта́унами (instrumental plural)
Бри́джтауне (prepositional singular)
Бриджта́уне (prepositional singular)
Бри́джтаунах (plural prepositional)
Бриджта́унах (plural prepositional)

ru:Бриджтаун

Bridgetown (a census-designated place in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States)


Watkins

From a medieval diminutive of the given name Walter + the patronymic suffix -s.

An unincorporated community in Mill Creek Township, Union County, Ohio.


Dennison

A village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, named after governor William Dennison Jr.


Kirkwood

en-proper noun

Kirkwood (countable and uncountable, plural Kirkwoods)

From Old English ċiriċe (“church”) + wudu (“wood”).

An unincorporated community in Shelby County, Ohio.


Rawson

From a Middle English variant of the given name Ralph + -son.

A village in Hancock County, Ohio, United States.


Wilmot

Wilmot (countable and uncountable, plural Wilmots)

From a medieval diminutive form of the given name William.

A number of places in the United States:


Townsend

Townsend (countable and uncountable, plural Townsends)

From town + -s- + end. From Middle English toun (“hamlet, village”) + ende (“end”).

Two townships in Ohio, in Huron County and Sandusky County.


Ruggles

From Rudge as a diminutive of the given name Roger + patronymic suffix -s.

A township and unincorporated community in Ashland County, Ohio, United States, both apparently named after surveyor Almon Ruggles.


McComb

Anglicisation of a Scottish Gaelic patronymic surname derived from a Gaelic diminutive of Thomas.


ジャクソン

Jackson (a city, the county seat of Jackson County, Ohio)


Glendale

From glen (“narrow valley”) + dale (“valley”).


Kipling

en-proper noun

Kipling (countable and uncountable, plural Kiplings)

An unincorporated community in Ohio, United States.


Canfield

Canfield (countable and uncountable, plural Canfields)

Two main origins:
* Habitational surname from the villages of Great and Little Canfield, in Essex, from the Old English personal name Cana + feld (“field”).
* Habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Canville-les-Deux-Églises, in Normandy.

A city in Mahoning County, Ohio, United States.


Eastwood

An unincorporated community in Brown County, Ohio.


Chesapeake

From Chesepiook, from Algonquin chesepiooc.
It was widely believed for a long time that "Chesapeake" means something like "Great Shellfish Bay." However, according to Blair Rudes, linguist at the University of North Carolina, the name might actually mean something like "Great Water," or it might have been simply the name of a village at the bay's mouth.


Orwell

From Middle English Orewelle (attested in Chaucer).

Ashtabula County
Ashtabula County#English

A village in Ashtabula County, Ohio, named after Orwell, Vermont.


Starr

Starr (countable and uncountable, plural Starrs)

* As an English surname, from the noun star.
* As a Jewish surname, spelling variant of Star.

An unincorporated community in Hocking County, Ohio, United States.


Kerr

Kerr (countable and uncountable, plural Kerrs)

* As an English and Scottish topographic surname for someone who lived by a patch of wet ground overgrown with brushwood, from Middle English kerr (“brushwood”), possibly related to Irish Gaelic ceàrr (“left-handed”) and/or Old Norse kjarr.
* As an Irish surname, variant of Carr.
* As a German surname, Americanized from Kehr.
* As a Scottish Gaelic surname, from mac gille chéir (“son of the dusky laid”), from ciar (“black”).

An unincorporated community in Gallia County, Ohio, United States.


Slater

From Middle English Slatere, Slatare, Sclatere, from Middle English sclater (“slater”).

An unincorporated community in Clay Township, Auglaize County, Ohio.


Gore

From any of various places named Gore, from gore (“a triangular piece of land where roads meet”).

An unincorporated community in Hocking County, Ohio.


Buck

* For both the English surname and given name, originally a nickname for someone who resembled a buck.
* Also as an English topographic surname, from Middle English buk (modern beech).
* As a German and Dutch surname, shortened from Burkhard, compare Burkhart.
* As a north German and Danish surname, from Middle Low German bûk (“belly”), from Old Saxon būk, from Proto-West Germanic *būk, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz. Compare Bauch.
* Also as a German and Dutch surname, variant of Bock.
* Also as a German surname, variant of Puck.
* As a Germanized Lower Sorbian surname, from buk (“beech”).

A township in Hardin County, Ohio, United States.


Porter

Porter (countable and uncountable, plural Porters)

French: Porter

From Middle English Porter, from porter (“porter”),
* From Old French portier (“doorman”), from porte (“door”)
* From Old French portour (“bearer”), from porter (“to carry”)

der

<i class="Latn mention" lang="en">doorman</i>

<i class="Latn mention" lang="en">bearer</i>

An unincorporated community in Gallia County, Ohio.


Heath

Heath (disambiguation)#Places
Heath (name)


Newtown

A locale in the United States.
A village in Hamilton County, Ohio.


Maynard

en-proper noun

Maynard (countable and uncountable, plural Maynards)

An unincorporated community in Colerain Township, Belmont County, Ohio.


Meade

Meade (countable and uncountable, plural Meades)

Two main origins:
* A variant of Mead, a topographic or occupational surname.
* Anglicized form of Irish Midheach, superseded spelling of Míoch (“Meathman, a native of Meath”).

An unincorporated community in Pickaway Township, Pickaway County, Ohio.


Mead

Two main origins:
* A topographic surname for someone who lived by a meadow, from Old English mǣd (“meadow”).
* A metonymic occupational surname for a brewer or seller of mead, from Old English medu (“mead”).

A place name:
In the United States:
A township in Belmont County, Ohio.


Shiloh

From Biblical Hebrew שִׁילֹה \ שִׁלֹה (shiló).

bor

שִׁילֹה \ שִׁלֹה

Shiloh
Shiloh (biblical city)
Shiloh (given name)

A number of places in the United States:

A census-designated place in Harrison Township, Montgomery County, Ohio.


Hooker

An unincorporated community in Fairfield County, Ohio.


Beckett

Audio (US)

An unincorporated community in Washington County, Ohio, United States:


Henley

en-proper noun

Henley (countable and uncountable, plural Henleys)

From Old English hēan, weak dative case of hēah (“high”), + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Compare Hanley, which shares the same etymology.

An unincorporated community in Ohio, United States, derived from the surname.


Clarkson

From Middle English clerc (“cleric”) + -son, equivalent to Clark + -son.

An unincorporated community in Columbiana County, Ohio.


Blanchard

Blanchard (countable and uncountable, plural Blanchards)

A township and unincorporated community therein, in Hardin County, Ohio.


Ewing

Ewing (countable and uncountable, plural Ewings)

An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Hocking County, Ohio.


Gould

Gould (countable and uncountable, plural Goulds)

Translingual: Gouldia

An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Ohio.


Vigo

An unincorporated community in Ross County, Ohio, United States.


Parrott

From a Middle English diminutive form of Peter, from Old French Perrot.

An unincorporated community in Fayette County, Ohio.


Dunham

Dunham (countable and uncountable, plural Dunhams)

Habitational surname from any of various places in England, from Old English dūn (“hill”) + hām (“homestead”).

An unincorporated community in Washington County, Ohio, United States.


Weller

A township in Richland County, Ohio, United States.


Lock

There are three possibilities:
* From the words Old English loc (“lock”).
* From Middle English loke, itself from loca (“enclosure”) or *Loca (“Loki”) (theonym of the latter).
* From Middle English locke, from locc (“lock of hair”).

An unincorporated community in Knox County and Licking County, Ohio, United States.


Mercer

English and Catalan surname, variant of Mercier.

An unincorporated community in Mercer County, Ohio, named after Hugh Mercer. Former name: Milan.


Pemberton

Pemberton (countable and uncountable, plural Pembertons)

An unincorporated community in Ohio, United States.


Wadsworth

Wadsworth (countable and uncountable, plural Wadsworths)

From the Old English personal name Wæddi + -s- + worþ (“enclosure”).

A city in Medina County, Ohio, United States.


Hatton

Hatton (countable and uncountable, plural Hattons)

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Wood County, Ohio.


Eaton

Eaton (countable and uncountable, plural Eatons)

From Old English ea (“river”) + tun (“homestead”). As a surname, it is given to someone living near a river or on an island, or any of the various places in England called "Eaton". See also Eton, which is a doublet.

A city, the county seat of Preble County, Ohio; named for William Eaton, a commander in the First Barbary War.


Linwood

From Old English lind (“linden tree”) + Old English wudu (“woods, forest”).


Tully

Two townships in Ohio, United States, in Marion County and Van Wert County.


Holden

An unincorporated community in Auglaize County and Hardin County, Ohio.


Overton

Overton (countable and uncountable, plural Overtons)

From Old English ōfer (“riverbank”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Ohio.


ヒューストン

ja:ヒューストン (曖昧さ回避)

Loramie Township
Loramie Township#English

Houston (an unincorporated community in Loramie Township, Shelby County, Ohio, United States)


マンチェスター

United States of America
United States of America

Any of several towns and cities in the United States of America:

Manchester (a village in Adams County, Ohio)


Wooster

A city, the county seat of Wayne County, Ohio, United States.


Urbana

Champaign County
Champaign County#English

A city, the county seat of Champaign County, Ohio.


Hamer

* As an English surname, from the place in Lancashire, from Old English hamor (“cliff”), apparently a rare use instead of the sense for "hammer" (compare Old Norse hamarr (“stone, cliff”).
* As an English surname of Norman origin, variant of Amer.
* As a Dutch surname, from hamer (“hammer”).
* As a German and Jewish surname, variant of the noun Hammer (“hammer”), with several Slavic derivatives.

An unincorporated community in Williams County, Ohio.


Galena

A place name for a number of United States towns and cities.


Bolivar

Bolivar, Missouri
Bolivar, Ohio
Bolivar, Tennessee
Simón Bolívar

Most places named Bolivar are named after Simón Bolívar (1783–1830), a South American leader—even those whose naturalized English name does not use the Spanish-language orthography or pronunciation.


Clover

An unincorporated community in Clermont County, Ohio.


Burlington

-ɜː(ɹ)lɪŋtən

From Burling + -ton.
The town in Newfoundland derives from a variant of the name Bridlington in Yorkshire and may have been informed by the name of Burlington, Ontario.

An unincorporated community in Fulton County, Ohio.

A census-designated place in Lawrence County, Ohio; named for the city in Vermont.


Huron

From French Huron; Uncertain; possibly from French hure (“boar’s head”) or from a Wyandot word containing the Iroquoian root ronon (“nation”), from Proto-North Iroquoian *ɹonõɁ.

A placename in the United States:
A city in Erie County, Ohio.


Fillmore

From Old English full (“filled, fertile”) + mere (“lake”).

An unincorporated community in Washington County, Ohio, United States.


Kossuth

An unincorporated community in Auglaize County, Ohio, United States.


Midway

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Midway.wav

A village in Madison County, Ohio, also called Sedalia.


Clarington

In Ontario, a blend of Clarke + Darlington, introduced in 1994 as a portmanteau of the names of two former townships.

A village in Monroe County, Ohio, United States.


Midland

From Middle English mydlonde, equivalent to mid- + land.


Roxbury

From Old English hrōc (“rook”), in the genitive singular case hrōces + byriġ, from burg (“fortified place”).

An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Ohio.


Humboldt

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Ross County, Ohio.


Avondale

The town in Newfoundland is named after Avondale in County Wicklow, Ireland.

An unincorporated community in Stark County, Ohio.


Warrenton

A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Ohio.


Hazelton

Haslingden, Lancashire
Hazleton, Gloucestershire
Hesleden, County Durham

From multiple placenames in England: Hesleden, County Durham, Haselden, Sussex, Haslingden, Lancashire, Hazeldon, Wiltshire, and Hazleton, Gloucestershire. From Old English hæsl (“hazel”) + denu (“valley”).

A neighborhood of Youngstown, Ohio; named for the landowning Haseltine family, respelled with the -ton placename suffix.


Hampden

Hampden (countable and uncountable, plural Hampdens)

From Old English hām (“homestead”) + denu (“valley”).

An unincorporated community in Geauga County, Ohio.


Norwood

From north + wood. Doublet of Northwood.


Beloit

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Rockville

An unincorporated community in Ohio; named for nearby quarries.


Greenville

From green + -ville or Green + -ville (from the surname), depending on the place.

The name of many cities and towns in the United States and Canada, including:

A city, the county seat of Darke County, Ohio, United States.


Harmony

An unincorporated community in Clark County, Ohio.


Circleville

A city, the county seat of Pickaway County, Ohio, United States.


Montrose

From Scottish Gaelic moine (“moor”) + rois (“peninsula”).

An unincorporated community within the CDP of Montrose-Ghent, Ohio.


Otway

A village in Scioto County, Ohio, United States, named after Thomas Otway.


Zanesville

A city, the county seat of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States.


Lumberton

An unincorporated community in Clinton County, Ohio.


Altamont

An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Ohio.


Dowling

Dowling (countable and uncountable, plural Dowlings)

An unincorporated community in Wood County, Ohio.


Kemp

Kemp (countable and uncountable, plural Kemps)

* As an English, Scottish, Dutch, and north/Low German surname, from the noun kemp (“champion, warrior”), similar to Kampf.
* As a Dutch and West Flemish occupational surname, from Middle Dutch canep (“hemp”) (see modern hennep).
* Also as a Dutch surname Van der Kemp, Brabantine variant of Van der Kamp, from van (“of”) + der (“the”) + kamp (“camp”), related to the first sense above.
The place names are from the surname.

An unincorporated community in Allen County, Ohio, United States.


哥倫布

/kɤ⁵⁵ lu̯ən³⁵ pu⁵¹/

/kɔː⁵⁵ lɵn²¹ pou̯³³/

/kɤ⁵⁵ lu̯ən³⁵ pu⁵¹/

/kɔː⁵⁵ lɵn²¹ pou̯³³/

From English Columbus, ultimately from Latin.

Columbus (a city, the state capital of Ohio, United States)


Adelphi

From Ancient Greek ἀδελφός (adelphós, “brother”).


Philo

en-proper noun

Philo (countable and uncountable, plural Philos)

A placename
A village in Ohio, United States.


Orangeville

A locale in the United States
A village in Ohio, United States.


Bridges

Bridges (countable and uncountable, plural Bridgeses)

An unincorporated community in Highland County, Ohio, United States.


Morrow

* As an Irish surname, variant of McMorrow.
* As a French and Walloon surname, Americanized from Moreau, Morin.


Holloway

Holloway (countable and uncountable, plural Holloways)

From Old English holh (“hollow”) + weġ (“way”); compare the doublet Holway.

A village in Belmont County, Ohio, United States.


Haynes

An unincorporated community in Hocking County, Ohio.


Stokes

Four townships in the United States, two each in Minnesota and Ohio.


Greer

Greer (countable and uncountable, plural Greers)

An unincorporated community in Knox County, Ohio; named for founder Robert Greer.


Dunlap

A census-designated place in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States.


Hardin

→ Crow: Chichúchi (calque)

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Shelby County, Ohio.


Newell

Newell (countable and uncountable, plural Newells)

Two main origins:
* A variant of Neville or Noel.
* Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Tnúthghail (“descendant of Tnúthgal”), a personal name composed by the elements tnúth (“desire; envy”) + gal (“valor”).

der

An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States.


Gilmore

en-proper noun

Gilmore (countable and uncountable, plural Gilmores)

From Scottish Gaelic gille (“servant lad”) + Moire (“Mary mother of Jesus”).

An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio.


Success

An unincorporated community in Meigs County, Ohio.


Utica

From Latin Utica, from Phoenician 𐤏𐤕𐤒 (ʿtq, “old”).

A village in Ohio; named for the city in New York.


Elida

A village in American Township, Allen County, Ohio.


Bayard

An unincorporated community in Columbiana County, Ohio.


Folsom

Folsom (countable and uncountable, plural Folsoms)


Worthington

Worthington (countable and uncountable, plural Worthingtons)

From the Old English personal name Wurþ + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Pendleton

'The settlement beside Pendle', from Pendle + Old English tūn (“settlement”).


Herrick

* As an English surname, from Old Norse Eiríkr.
* As a Dutch surname, from an assimilated Dutch form of Henry (also see Henrick), or from the Germanic elements *harjaz (“army”) + *rīks (“ruler”).
* As an Irish surname, from Ó hEirc, "descendant of Erc," eventually meaning "speckled." Also spelled as Harkin.

A ghost town and former mining community in Jefferson County, Ohio.


McLean

McLean (countable and uncountable, plural McLeans)

MacLean

surname meaning "son of the servant of John"

An unincorporated community in Ohio; named for landowner James McLean.


Kenton

Kenton (countable and uncountable, plural Kentons)

From either the Old English personal name Cena or cyne- (“royal”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A number of places in the United States:

A city, the county seat of Hardin County, Ohio.


Wilmington

Meaning "Wilhelm's estate", from Wilhelm + Old English ing (“belonging to”) + Old English tūn (“homestead, settlement”)

der

A city, the county seat of Clinton County, Ohio.


Ripley

en-proper noun

Ripley (countable and uncountable, plural Ripleys)

From the Old English folk name for the Anglian tribe, Hrype, genitive case Hrypa + Old English lēah (“woodland clearing”).


Pittsburg

A village in Monroe Township, Darke County, Ohio.


Sugar Creek

At least the Indiana and Tennessee creeks are named for the sugar maples which grow along their banks.

A tributary of the Tuscarawas River, Ohio.


Kirkpatrick

From the surname elements Kirk (from church) and Patrick (from Saint Patrick).

An unincorporated community in Scott Township, Marion County, Ohio.


Pease

A place in the United States:
A township in Belmont County, Ohio.


Meeker

An unincorporated community in Marion County, Ohio.


Ironton

A city, the county seat of Lawrence County, Ohio.


Republic

Republic (disambiguation)#Places in the United States

A village in Seneca County, Ohio, United States.


Kennard

Kennard (countable and uncountable, plural Kennards)

A number of places in the United States:


Fremont

Fremont (countable and uncountable, plural Fremonts)

A city, the county seat of Sandusky County, Ohio, United States.


Freeland

Any of a number of places in English-speaking countries:

An unincorporated community in Muskingum County, Ohio.


Grafton

Grafton (countable and uncountable, plural Graftons)

From Old English grāf (“grove”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Any of various towns across the English-speaking world:


Murdoch

Unknown, but possibly from Scottish Gaelic muir (“sea”), or from muireach (“mariner”); or from descendants of Clan Macpherson, also titled "Clann Mhuirich" indicating descent from "Mhuirich the Parson"; or from descendants of legendary bard Muiredach O Daly.

An unincorporated community in Hamilton Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States, named after James Edward Murdoch.


Bucyrus

A city, the county seat of Crawford County, Ohio, United States.


Litchfield

Litchfield (countable and uncountable, plural Litchfields)

From Old English Lyccid, from Common Brittonic, Letocetum, a placename meaning "greywood" + feld (“field”).


Vacationland

A region of Ohio in the north-central part of the state, along the western half of the Lake Erie shoreline, specifically in the counties of Erie, Huron, Ottawa, and Sandusky. This region is known for being a major summertime tourist destination.


Corning

A village in Perry County, Ohio, United States.


Mendon

A village and town in Ohio, United States.


Evergreen

An unincorporated community in Gallia County, Ohio, United States.


Independence

An unincorporated community in Defiance County, Ohio.


Kilgore

Kilgore (countable and uncountable, plural Kilgores)

An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Ohio, United States.


Hough

A neighbourhood of Cleveland, Ohio, United States.


Bellefontaine

Borrowed from French Bellefontaine (literally “beautiful fountain”).

bor

A city, the county seat of Logan County, Ohio, United States.


Winesburg

Originally named Weinsberg in 1829, after the town in Germany. It was renamed to Winesburg by postal authorities in 1833 when a post office was opened there.
The fictional town came from the name of the actual Ohio town.

An unincorporated community in southwestern Paint Township, Holmes County, Ohio, United States.


Bexley

From Old English byxe (“box tree”) + leah (“wood”), equivalent to box + -ley (“lea”).

A city in Franklin County, Ohio, United States, a suburb of Columbus.


McIntyre

en-proper noun

McIntyre (countable and uncountable, plural McIntyres)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac an t-Saoir (“son of the craftsman”), from saor (“craftsman”).

der

An unincorporated community in Wayne Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, United States.


Stow

A city in Summit County, Ohio, United States.


Empire

A number of places in the United States:

A village in Knox Township, Jefferson County, Ohio.


McKean

A township in Licking County, Ohio, United States.


Monroe County

A county of Ohio, United States. County seat: Woodsfield.


アセンズ

Athens (a city, the county seat of Athens County, Ohio, United States).


Flushing

A township and village therein, in Belmont County, Ohio, United States.


Trimble

en-proper noun

Trimble (countable and uncountable, plural Trimbles)


Kettering

Kettering (countable and uncountable, plural Ketterings)

A city in Montgomery County and Greene County, Ohio, United States.


Carroll County

Named after Charles Carroll, except where noted.

A county, one of 88 in Ohio, United States. County seat: Carrollton.


Malvern

From Old English Malferna, from an Old Welsh form equivalent to Modern Welsh moelfryn (“bald hill”).

A village in Brown Township, Carroll County, Ohio.


Hancock County

A county of Ohio, United States. County seat: Findlay.


Scioto County

From an Indian word referring to deer and deer hunting. See also Scioto River.

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Portsmouth.


Scioto

A 231-mile-long river which flows through Ohio, United States, joining the Ohio River at Portsmouth, OH.

Five townships in Ohio, United States, listed under Scioto Township.


Mercer County

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Celina. Named after Hugh Mercer.


Montgomery County

Named after Richard Montgomery, except where noted.

A county, one of 88 in Ohio, United States. County seat: Dayton.


Somerton

An unincorporated community in Belmont County, Ohio, named after Somerton, Somerset.


Hamilton County

Most are named after Alexander Hamilton, except Iowa (William W. Hamilton) and Texas (James Hamilton Jr.).

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Cincinnati.


Delaware County

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Delaware. Named after the tribe.


Madison County

A county of Ohio, United States. County seat: London.


Wayne County

All were named after General Anthony Wayne, except in Utah, which was named after the county in Tennessee.

A county of Ohio, United States. County seat: Wooster.


Lake County

The name of a county in each of the following US states:

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Painesville. Named after the Great Lakes, Lake Erie in particular.


Ashtabula County

From the Lenape language ashtepihële, 'always enough (fish) to go around, to be given away'.

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Jefferson.


Logan County

Benjamin Logan
John A. Logan
Logan County

Named after James Logan (Arkansas), John A. Logan (Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma), his father John Logan (Illinois), Benjamin Logan (Kentucky, Ohio), and Chief Logan (West Virginia).

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Bellefontaine.


Franklin County

Named after Benjamin Franklin, except where noted.

A county of Ohio, United States. County seat: Columbus.


Trumbull County

Named after Jonathan Trumbull, who was a landowner here.

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Warren.


Guernsey County

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Cambridge. Named after Guernsey in the Channel Islands.


Derwent

From Middle English Derwent, Derwente, Derwynd, from Celtic dwr-gent ("clear water").

An unincorporated community in Valley Township, Guernsey County, Ohio, United States.


Brown County

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Georgetown.


Jackson County

Named after Andrew Jackson, except where noted.

A county of Ohio, United States. County seat: Jackson.


Shelby County

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Sidney.


Fairfield County

The county in Connecticut is named after the town of Fairfield.

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Lancaster.


Latham

Latham (countable and uncountable, plural Lathams)

Habitational surname from any of various places in northern England, from the dative plural form of Old Norse hlaða (“storehouse, barn”).

An unincorporated community in Pike County, Ohio, United States.


Butler County

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Hamilton. Named after Richard Butler.


Haverhill

From Old English *hæfera (“oats”) + hyll (“hill”). Alternatively, from Old English hæfer (“he-goat, billy”) + hyll (“hill”).

An unincorporated community in Green Township, Scioto County, Ohio.


Melrose

Melrose (countable and uncountable, plural Melroses)

From Scottish Gaelic maol (“bare, barren”) + ros (“promontory, headland”).

A number of places in the United States:


Putnam County

All are named after Israel Putnam, except Florida (Benjamin A. Putnam).

A county of Ohio, United States. County seat: Ottawa.


Paulding

A village, the county seat of Paulding County, Ohio, United States.


Paulding County

Both counties are named after John Paulding.

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Paulding.


Burlingham

Burlingham (countable and uncountable, plural Burlinghams)

From the Old English personal name Bærla or Byrla + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“homestead”).

An unincorporated community in Meigs County, Ohio, United States.


Peebles

* The town in Scotland is from Scots Peebles, from Scottish Gaelic Na Pùballan, of Brythonic origin, from Proto-Brythonic *pėbɨll (“tent, temporary settlement”), from Vulgar Latin păpiliō, from Latin pāpiliō.
* The surname is Scottish and derived from the town.

der

A village in Adams County, Ohio, United States.


Summit County

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Akron. Named after the highest point on a canal.


Adams County

Adams County
John Adams
John Quincy Adams

Named after Alva Adams (Colorado), John Adams, 2nd president (Idaho, Mississippi, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Washington), John Quincy Adams, 6th president (Illinois, Indiana), either John Adams or John Quincy Adams (Iowa, Wisconsin), and John Quincy Adams, a railroad official (North Dakota).

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: West Union.


Ridgeway

A village in Hardin County and Logan County, Ohio.


Wickliffe

A city in Lake County, Ohio, United States.


Moreland

An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Ohio.


Stratton

en-proper noun

Stratton (countable and uncountable, plural Strattons)

From Old English strǣt (“street, paved high-way”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

A village in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States.


Gretna

An unincorporated community in Logan County, Ohio, United States.


Richland County

Richland in most cases appears to be a combination of rich + land.

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Mansfield.


Jefferson County

Named after Thomas Jefferson, except where noted.

A county, one of 88 in Ohio, United States. County seat: Steubenville.


Colfax

From coal + fox, describing a fox with black marks.

An unincorporated community in Pleasant Township, Fairfield County, Ohio.


Wood County

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Bowling Green. Named after Eleazer D. Wood.


Clinton County

All are named after DeWitt Clinton except in New York and Ohio (George Clinton).

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Wilmington.


Union County

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Marysville.


Hardin County

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Kenton. Named after John Hardin.


Warren County

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Lebanon.


New London

A number of places in the United States:


Marion County

A county of Ohio, United States. County seat: Marion.


Henry County

Named after Patrick Henry, except where noted.

A county, one of 88 in Ohio, United States. County seat: Napoleon.


Huron County

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Norwalk. Named after the Huron tribe.


Sandusky County

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Fremont. It is located southeast of the Toledo Metropolitan Area.


Bowling Green

A city, the county seat of Wood County, Ohio.


Clark County

Clark County
George Rogers Clark
William A. Clark
William Clark

Named after George Rogers Clark (Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio), William Clark (Arkansas, Missouri, Washington), Sam K. Clark (Idaho), Charles F. Clarke (Kansas), William A. Clark (Nevada), Newton Clark (South Dakota), and of uncertain origin (Wisconsin).

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Springfield.


Sandusky

A city, the county seat of Erie County, Ohio.

A river in Ohio, the Sandusky River, which flows into Lake Erie.


Ashland County

Both were named after Ashland, Henry Clay's estate.

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Ashland.


Pike County

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Waverly.


Erie County

All are situated on Lake Erie, and are either named after the lake or the Erie tribe.

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Sandusky.


Ashland

From Old English æsċ (“ash tree”) + land. Many places in the United States are named after Ashland, Henry Clay's estate.

A city, the county seat of Ashland County, Ohio.


Crawford County

Named after William H. Crawford, except where noted.

William Crawford (soldier)
w:William Crawford (soldier)

A county, one of 88 in Ohio, United States. County seat: Bucyrus. Named after William Crawford (soldier).


Washington County

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Marietta.


Greene County

A county of Ohio, United States. County seat: Xenia.


Choctaw Lake

A census-designated place in Madison County, Ohio.


Clarksville

A village in Clinton County, Ohio; named for Sarah Clark Hadley, an early settler.

An unincorporated community in Perry County, Ohio; named for founder Daniel Clark.

A ghost town in Defiance County, Ohio; named for proprietor Elisha Clark.


Ballville

Named after a Colonel Ball, from Ball + -ville.

A census-designated place in Sandusky County, Ohio.


Milligan

en-proper noun

Milligan (countable and uncountable, plural Milligans)

From Irish Ó Maolagáin (“descendant of Maolagán”).

der

An unincorporated community in Harrison Township, Perry County, Ohio.


Haskins

en-proper noun

Haskins (countable and uncountable, plural Haskinses)

A village in Wood County, Ohio, United States.


Covington

en-prop

Covington (countable and uncountable, plural Covingtons)

From Old English Cofingtun, from Cofa (a masculine given name) + -ing (“belonging to”) + -tun (“settlement”, literally “Cofa's town”).

A locale in the United States.
A village in Ohio.


Whitmore

en-proper noun

Whitmore (countable and uncountable, plural Whitmores)

From Old English hwīt (“white”) + mōr (“moor”).

An unincorporated community in Sandusky County, Ohio, United States.


Beebe

Beebe (countable and uncountable, plural Beebes)

An unincorporated community in Athens County, Ohio, United States.


Hilliard

Hilliard (countable and uncountable, plural Hilliards)

A city in Franklin County, Ohio, United States, established by John Reed Hilliard.


Hills

Hills (countable and uncountable, plural Hillses)

An unincorporated community in Clermont County, Ohio, United States.


Ferry

Ferry (countable and uncountable, plural Ferrys)

Two main origins:
* A reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fearadhaigh (“descendant of Fearadhach”), a personal name probably derived from an adjective derivative of fear (“man”).
* A metonymic occupational surname for a ferryman or a topographic surname for someone who lived by a ferry crossing, from Middle English feri (“ferry”).

der

An unincorporated community in Greene County, Ohio, United States.


Windham

en-proper noun

Windham (countable and uncountable, plural Windhams)

From Wymondham, from personal name Wigmund's + hām (“home”).

A village in Portage County, Ohio, United States.


Cable

Cable (countable and uncountable, plural Cables)

An unincorporated community in Wayne Township, Champaign County, Ohio.


Vickery

Vickery (countable and uncountable, plural Vickerys)


Barnhill

Barnhill (countable and uncountable, plural Barnhills)

From Old English bearn (“barn”) + hyll (“hill”).

A village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States.


Brittain

Brittain (countable and uncountable, plural Brittains)

Habitational surname from Anglo-Norman Bretaigne (“Brittany”).

A neighbourhood of Akron, Ohio, United States, formerly a settlement in Springfield Township, Summit County, Ohio.


Utley

Utley (countable and uncountable, plural Utleys)

From the Old English personal name Utta + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).


Pomeroy

Pomeroy (countable and uncountable, plural Pomeroys)

A city, the county seat of Meigs County, Ohio, United States.


Copley

Copley (countable and uncountable, plural Copleys)

From Old English copp (“hilltop”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

An unincorporated community in Summit County, Ohio, United States.


Holgate

Holgate (countable and uncountable, plural Holgates)

A village in Henry County, Ohio, United States.


Morehouse

Morehouse (countable and uncountable, plural Morehouses)

A ghost town in Morrow County, Ohio, United States.


Niles

Niles (countable and uncountable, plural Nileses)

A number of places in the United States:

A city in Trumbull County, Ohio, named after Hezekiah Niles.


Whitehouse

Whitehouse (countable and uncountable, plural Whitehouses)


Boardman

Boardman (countable and uncountable, plural Boardmans)

A township and census-designated place therein, in Mahoning County, Ohio.


Tyrrell

Tyrrell (countable and uncountable, plural Tyrrells)

Perhaps from a Norman nickname for a stubborn person, from Old French tirel (“an animal which pulls on the reins”), a derivative of tirer (“to pull”). Woulfe suggests that it may be from the personal name Thurold or Þorvaldr, from Old Norse Þórr (“Thor”) + valdr (“rule”).

der

An unincorporated community in Trumbull County, Ohio, United States; from the Tyrell surname.


Loveland

en-proper noun

Loveland (countable and uncountable, plural Lovelands)

A city in Hamilton County, Clermont County and Warren County, Ohio.


Warnock

Warnock (countable and uncountable, plural Warnocks)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Giolla Mhearnóg (“son of the servant of (Saint) Mearnóg”), the patron saint of Kilmarnock.

der

An unincorporated community in Belmont County, Ohio, United States.


Harrod

en-proper noun

Harrod (countable and uncountable, plural Harrods)

A village in Allen County, Ohio, United States.


Gasper

Gasper (countable and uncountable, plural Gaspers)

A township in Preble County, Ohio, United States.


Racine

Racine (countable and uncountable, plural Racines)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Racine.wav

A village in Meigs County, Ohio, United States.


Bidwell

Bidwell (countable and uncountable, plural Bidwells)

From Old English byden (“tub, vat”) + wella (“spring, well”).

An unincorporated community in Gallia County, Ohio, United States.


Findlay

Findlay (countable and uncountable, plural Findlays)

A city, the county seat of Hancock County, Ohio.


Southworth

Southworth (countable and uncountable, plural Southworths)

Habitational surname from a minor place in Cheshire, from Old English sūþ (“south”) + worþ (“enclosure”).

An unincorporated community in Allen County, Ohio, United States.


Williamsburg

* From Williams + -burg.
** (Brooklyn): Named after Jonathan Williams.
* From William + -s- + -burg.
** (Indiana): Named after its founder William Johnson.

The name of many places in the USA.
A village in Clermont County, Ohio.


Clermont County

Named after Clermont (Clermont-Ferrand) in France.

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Batavia.


Moultrie

Moultrie (countable and uncountable, plural Moultries)

An unincorporated community in Columbiana County, Ohio, United States.


Stockdale

Stockdale (countable and uncountable, plural Stockdales)

Habitational surname from a minor place in Cumbria, from Old English stocc (“tree trunk”) + dæl (“valley”).

A census-designated place in Pike County, Ohio, United States.


Hinckley

Hinckley (countable and uncountable, plural Hinckleys)

A township and unincorporated community in Medina County, Ohio, named after Samuel Hinckley.


Woodland

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Union County, Ohio.


Morrow County

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Mount Gilead. Named after Jeremiah Morrow.


Mount Gilead

A village, the county seat of Morrow County, Ohio, United States.


Tinney

Tinney (countable and uncountable, plural Tinneys)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó tSionnaigh (“descendant of Sionnach”), a personal name based on sionnach (“fox”). Compare Shinnick.

der

An unincorporated community in Sandusky County, Ohio, United States.


Louden

en-proper noun

Louden (countable and uncountable, plural Loudens)

Scottish habitational surname, from the parish of Loudoun, in East Ayrshire.

An unincorporated community in Adams County, Ohio, United States.


Knox County

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Mount Vernon.


Bridgewater

From bridge + water.
The town in Nova Scotia is named for its location next to a bridge over the LaHave River.

/ˈbɹɪd͡ʒ.wɑ.təɹ/

Washtenaw County
Washtenaw County#English

An unincorporated community in Washtenaw County, Ohio, United States.


Knoxville

The name of a number of places in the United States of America:

An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Ohio.


Mount Vernon

The name of many places in the United States of America:

A city, the county seat of Knox County, Ohio.


Ingham

Ingham (countable and uncountable, plural Inghams)

From the Old English personal name Inga, which is related to Ing, + hām (“homestead”). Some authorities believe that the first element could also be from Ingaevones, a Germanic tribe.

A ghost town in Vinton County, Ohio, United States.


Hillsboro

Hillsboro
Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire

Variant of Hillsborough. The civil parish is named after British politician Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire (1718 - 1793). Coined by British-Dutch surveyor Samuel Holland.

coin

A city, the county seat of Highland County, Ohio; named for nearby hills.


Moline

en-proper noun

Moline (countable and uncountable, plural Molines)

An unincorporated community in Lake Township, Wood County, Ohio.


Bainbridge

Bainbridge (countable and uncountable, plural Bainbridges)

From Bain (“a river in North Yorkshire”) + Old English brycġ (“bridge”).

A census-designated place in Geauga County, Ohio, United States.

A village in Ross County, Ohio, United States.


Moorefield

In most cases, if not all, from Moore + field.

An unincorporated community in Harrison County, Ohio, United States.


Mount Carmel

From Hebrew כַּרְמֶל (karmél, literally “vineyard of God”).

der

A number of places in the United States:

A census-designated place in Clermont County, Ohio.


Wabash

Via French Ouabache, from Miami [Term?] (“it shines white”), referring to the Wabash River (which has a limestone bed), ultimately from Proto-Algonquian *wa·p- (“(be) white”).

An unincorporated community in Mercer County, Ohio.

A number of townships in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, listed under Wabash Township.

The Wabash River, a river in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, which is a tributary of the Ohio River.


Lewisburg

A village in Preble County, Ohio, United States.


Lawrence County

All except in South Dakota named after James Lawrence.

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Ironton.


Lawrenceville

An unincorporated community in Clark County, Ohio, United States.


New Castle

An unincorporated community in Belmont County, Ohio, United States.


Monticello

/ˌmɑntɨˈt͡ʃɛloʊ/

Originally borrowed from Italian monticello (“little mount”). Many places in the United States are named after Thomas Jefferson's estate. Cognate to French monceau (“heap, pile”) and Spanish montecillo (“hill”).

The name of many places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Van Wert County, Ohio.


Hocking

en-proper noun

Hocking (countable and uncountable, plural Hockings)

A river, the Hocking River in Ohio, United States, a tributary of the Ohio River.


Portage County

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Ravenna.


Highland County

Both counties are named after their hilly or high terrain.

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Hillsboro.


Preble County

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Eaton.


Leesville

A village in Carroll County, Ohio, United States.

An unincorporated community in Crawford County, Ohio.


Batesville

A village in Noble County, Ohio, United States.


Huntsville

A village in Logan County, Ohio, United States.


Noble County

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Caldwell. Named after either of the settlers James Noble or Warren P. Noble.


Harrison County

A county of Ohio, United States. County seat: Cadiz. Named after William Henry Harrison.


Miami County

A county of Ohio, United States. County seat: Troy.


Allen County

A county of Ohio, United States. County seat: Lima. Named after John Allen.


Perry County

All the American counties are named after Oliver Hazard Perry.

A county of Ohio, United States. County seat: New Lexington.


Fulton County

Named after Robert Fulton, inventor of the first practical steamboat, except where noted.

A county, one of 88 in Ohio, United States. County seat: Wauseon.


Fayette County

Named after Marquis de Lafayette, a Frenchman who served in the American Revolution.

Washington Court House
Washington Court House#English

A county of Ohio, United States. County seat: Washington Court House.


Morgan County

Named after Daniel Morgan, except where noted.

A county of Ohio, United States. County seat: McConnelsville.


Van Wert County

Named after Isaac Van Wart, but with a change of spelling.

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Van Wert.


Van Wert

A city, the county seat of Van Wert County, Ohio, United States. Named after Isaac Van Wart.


Summerfield

Summerfield (countable and uncountable, plural Summerfields)

A number of places in the United States:


Belmont County

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: St. Clairsville.


St. Clairsville

From St. Clair + -s- + -ville. Named after Arthur St. Clair.

A city, the county seat of Belmont County, Ohio, United States.


Sebring

A village in Mahoning County, Ohio, United States.


Millwood

Millwood (countable and uncountable, plural Millwoods)

An unincorporated community in Knox County, Ohio.


Rushville

A village in Fairfield County, Ohio, United States.


Kilbourne

Kilbourne (countable and uncountable, plural Kilbournes)

A census-designated place in Delaware County, Ohio, United States.


Wayland

Wayland (countable and uncountable, plural Waylands)

From Old English Wēland, related to Old Norse Vǫlundr, Old High German Wiolant (German Wieland). Cf. English wile.

An unincorporated community in Paris Township, Portage County, Ohio.


Yelverton

Yelverton (countable and uncountable, plural Yelvertons)

Probably from the Old English personal name Geldfriþ + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

An unincorporated community in Hardin County, Ohio, United States.


Cortland

A city in Trumbull County, Ohio, United States.


Meigs

An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Ohio, United States.


Meigs County

* Both counties are named after Return J. Meigs Jr.

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Pomeroy.


Centerville

A city in Montgomery County and Greene County, Ohio.

An unincorporated community in Belmont County, Ohio; named for its central location in its township.

Another name for Lees Creek, an unincorporated community in Wayne Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States.

An unincorporated community in Prospect Township, Marion County, Ohio, United States.

An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Ohio.


Gallia County

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Gallipolis.


Gallipolis

A chartered village, the county seat of Gallia County, Ohio, United States.


Farmington

An unincorporated community in Belmont County, Ohio.


Waynesville

From Wayne + -ville, most places are named after Anthony Wayne.

A village in Warren County, Ohio, United States.


Groesbeck

A census-designated place in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, named after William S. Groesbeck.


Mount Holly

An unincorporated community in Clermont County, Ohio, United States.

An unincorporated community in Warren County, Ohio, United States.


Bakersville

An unincorporated community in Coshocton County, Ohio, United States.


Brownsville

The name of many places in the United States of America:

A census-designated place in Licking County, Ohio.


Westgate

Westgate (countable and uncountable, plural Westgates)

A community in the Hilltop neighbourhood, Columbus, Ohio.


Bellevue

Bellevue (countable and uncountable, plural Bellevues)

Borrowed from French Bellevue and belle (“nice, fair”) + vue (“view”).

A city in Erie County, Huron County and Sandusky County, Ohio.


辛辛那提

ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄋㄚˋ ㄊㄧˊ

Синьсиньнати

/ɕin⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ nä⁵¹ tʰi³⁵/

/sin⁴⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴⁻²² nã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰe²⁴/

/sin³³ sin³³ nã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰe²⁴/

/sin⁴⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴⁻²² nã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰe¹³/

/sin⁴⁴⁻³³ sin⁴⁴⁻³³ nã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰe²⁴/

/sin⁴⁴⁻³³ sin⁴⁴⁻³³ nã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰe²³/

/ɕin⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ nä⁵¹ tʰi³⁵/

/sin⁴⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴⁻²² nã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰe²⁴/

/sin³³ sin³³ nã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰe²⁴/

/sin⁴⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴⁻²² nã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰe¹³/

/sin⁴⁴⁻³³ sin⁴⁴⁻³³ nã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰe²⁴/

/sin⁴⁴⁻³³ sin⁴⁴⁻³³ nã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰe²³/

2006, 王旭, 美国城市发展模式: 从城市化到大都市区化 [The Patterns of American Urban Development: From Urbanization to Metropolitanization], 清华大学出版社 [Tsinghua University Press], →ISBN, page 50:

Dāngrán, zài 19 shìjì shàng bàn qī, Xīnxīnnàtí yǔ nánbù jīngjì liánjì gèng mìqiè, yǔ dōngbù chéngshì de liánjì zhǐ chùyú fǔzhù dìlǐ.

當然，在19世紀上半期，辛辛那提與南部經濟聯繫更密切，與東部城市的聯繫只處於輔助地理。

当然，在19世纪上半期，辛辛那提与南部经济联系更密切，与东部城市的联系只处于辅助地理。

Cincinnati attracted many immigrants, among which Germans and Irish were the most populous.

Xīnxīnnàtí xīyǐn le hěnduō yímín, qízhōng yǐ Déguórén hé Ài'ěrlánrén zuìduō.

辛辛那提吸引了很多移民，其中以德國人和愛爾蘭人最多。

辛辛那提吸引了很多移民，其中以德国人和爱尔兰人最多。

Cincinnati (a city in Ohio, United States)


Marysville

A town, the county seat of Union County, Ohio, United States.


Licking County

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Newark.


Coshocton

A city, the county seat of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States.


Martinsburg

From Martin + -s- + -burg.
* (Indiana): Founded in 1818 by Dr. Abner Martin.

The name of several places in the United States of America:


Kingman

An unincorporated community in Clinton County, Ohio.


Coshocton County

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Coshocton.


Waverly

A village, the county seat of Pike County, Ohio.


Barnesville

A village in Belmont County, Ohio, United States.


Van Buren

A number of places in the United States:


Oberlin

A city in Lorain County, Ohio, United States. Also named after J. F. Oberlin.


Ringgold

Ringgold (countable and uncountable, plural Ringgolds)

From the German surname, Americanized from Ringold.

A number of places in the United States, those named after Samuel Ringgold (United States Army officer) marked ★.

An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Ohio. ★


Lorain County

The original proposed name was Colerain, the chosen name is thought to be derived from Lorraine in France.

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Elyria.


Elyria

A city, the county seat of Lorain County, Ohio, United States.


Watertown

A township and unincorporated community therein, in Washington County, Ohio.


Tacoma

From earlier Takhoma (“the area south of Seattle”), borrowed from Lushootseed təˈkhoʊʔməʔ, təlˈkhoʊʔbəʔ, təloʊʔl (the area surrounding Mount Rainier), from təˡqʷuʔbəʔ (“mother of waters”) in a direct reference to Mount Rainier.

An unincorporated community in Belmont County, Ohio, United States.


Carrollton

A village, the county seat of Carroll County, Ohio.


Greensburg

An unincorporated community in Summit County, Ohio, United States.


Central City

A ghost town in Licking County, Ohio, United States.


Summerford

Summerford (countable and uncountable, plural Summerfords)

An unincorporated community in Somerford Township, Madison County, Ohio, United States.


Hopewell

Hopewell (countable and uncountable, plural Hopewells)

Ultimately from hope + well.
The civil parish in New Brunswick may have been named after Hopewell, Pennsylvania.

A large number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Ohio.

An unincorporated community in Muskingum County, Ohio.

A former unincorporated community in Seneca County, Ohio.


Ludington

Ludington (countable and uncountable, plural Ludingtons)

An unincorporated community in Perry County, Ohio, United States.


Lytton

Lytton (countable and uncountable, plural Lyttons)

An unincorporated community in Fulton County, Ohio.


Martinsville

A number of places in the United States:


Evanston

A neighborhood of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.


Lynchburg

A village in Clinton County and Highland County, Ohio, United States.

An unincorporated community in Columbiana County, Ohio.


Point Pleasant

An unincorporated community in Clermont County, Ohio, United States.


Goshen

A census-designated place in Clermont County, Ohio.

An unincorporated community in Tuscarawas County, Ohio.


Maysville

An unincorporated community in Allen County and Hardin County, Ohio, United States.

An unincorporated community in Coshocton County, Ohio, United States.

An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Ohio, United States.


Mahoning

A former settlement in Portage County, Ohio.


Youngstown

A city, the county seat of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States.


Rockford

From Old English hrōca, the genitive plural form of hroc, meaning rook (the bird) + ford.


Mahoning County

From a Native American word meaning salt lick.

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Youngstown.


Bridgeport

An unincorporated community in Union County, Ohio.


Columbiana County

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Lisbon.


Columbiana

A city in Columbiana County and Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. It was named after Columbiana County.


Russellville

A village in Brown County, Ohio, United States.


Rockbridge

An unincorporated community in Hocking County, Ohio, United States.


Tuscarawas County

New Philadelphia
New Philadelphia#English

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: New Philadelphia.


Tuscarawas

The Tuscarawas River in Ohio, USA, which is a tributary of the Muskingum River.


New Philadelphia

A city, the county seat of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States.


Stark County

All counties are named after John Stark.

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Canton.


Lockport

From lock + port. Most places are named after locks used for navigation on canals or rivers.

A number of places in the United States:


Morristown

A village in Belmont County, Ohio, United States.


Hocking County

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Logan.


Pikeville

An unincorporated community in Darke County, Ohio, United States.


Lucas County

Both counties are named after Robert Lucas.

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Toledo.


Darke County

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Greenville.


Alliance

A city situated mostly in Stark County, Ohio, United States.


Woodville

Various places in the United States of America:

An unincorporated community in Clermont County, Ohio.


Middlebourne

An unincorporated community in Guernsey County, Ohio, United States.


Pierpont

Pierpont (countable and uncountable, plural Pierponts)

From the Norman habitational surname, from any of various places in Northern France, from pierre (“stone”) + pont (“bridge”).

An unincorporated community in Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States.


Prentiss

An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Ohio, United States.


Higby

An unincorporated community in Ross County, Ohio, United States.


Elizabethtown

census-designated place
census-designated place

The name of various places in the United States of America:

A census-designated place in Hamilton County, Ohio.

An unincorporated community in Guernsey County, Ohio.


New Boston

The name of several places in the United States of America:


Glenville

A neighbourhood of Cleveland, Ohio, United States.


Tiffin

Tiffin (countable and uncountable, plural Tiffins)

A city, the county seat of Seneca County, Ohio, United States.


Curtice

Curtice (countable and uncountable, plural Curtices)

A census-designated place in Allen Township, Ottawa County and Jerusalem Township, Lucas County, Ohio, United States.


Defiance County

Both the county and county seat were named after Fort Defiance.

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Defiance.


Defiance

A city, the county seat of Defiance County, Ohio, United States. Named after Fort Defiance.


Williston

Williston (countable and uncountable, plural Willistons)

An unincorporated community in Ottawa County, Ohio, United States.


Northwood

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Logan County, Ohio.


Ross County

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Chillicothe.

James Ross (Pennsylvania politician)
Ross County


Chillicothe

/tʃɪlɪˈkɒθiː/

From a Shawnee language word meaning "principal place" or "big town".

A city, the county seat of Ross County, Ohio, United States.


Yorkville

A village in Belmont County and Jefferson County, Ohio, United States.


Phillipsburg

Montgomery County
Montgomery County#English

A village in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States.


West Chester

An unincorporated community in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States.


Ashville

A village in Pickaway County, Ohio, United States.


Madisonville

A neighbourhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.


Sulphur Springs

A census-designated place in Crawford County, Ohio, United States.


Bloomington

From blooming (“flowering”) + -ton (“placename suffix”).

An unincorporated community in Clinton County, Ohio, United States.


Pickaway County

Derived from the Pekowi, a band of Shawnee Indians.

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Circleville.


Sedan

From French, from Medieval Latin Sedensi.

An unincorporated community in Scioto County, Ohio, United States.


Hopkinsville

An unincorporated community in Warren County, Ohio, United States.


Danville

Most likely from various people named Dan + -ville.

A village in Knox County, Ohio, United States.


Jeffersonville

A village in Fayette County, Ohio, United States.


Luray

An unincorporated community in Licking County, Ohio, United States.


Champaign County

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Urbana. Named for its open level country.


Seneca County

Both counties are named after the Seneca people.

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Tiffin.


St. Marys

A city in Auglaize County, Ohio, United States.


Auglaize County

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Wapakoneta.


Wapakoneta

From earlier Waughpaughkonnetta, possibly from Shawnee [Term?] (“place of the white bones”), or Shawnee [Term?] (“white jacket”).

der

A city, the county seat of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States.


Otsego

An unincorporated community in Muskingum County, Ohio, United States.

An unincorporated community in Wood County, Ohio, United States.


Muskingum County

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Zanesville.


Elkton

An unincorporated community in Columbiana County, Ohio, United States.


Bellville

en-proper noun

Bellville (countable and uncountable, plural Bellvilles)

Most of the place names are from the surname Bell + -ville.

A village in Richland County, Ohio, United States.


Swanton

Swanton (countable and uncountable, plural Swantons)

Habitational surname from any of various places in Norfolk, from Old English sweġen (“swain, servant, retainer”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

A village in Lucas County, Ohio, United States.


Cuyahoga County

From an Iroquoian word meaning "crooked river" (the Cuyahoga River).

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Cleveland.

Cuyahoga County
Cuyahoga River
Iroquoian languages


Doylestown

From Doyle + -s- + town.
* (Ohio): Laid out in 1827 by William Doyle.
* (Pennsylvania): In March 1745 William Doyle obtained a license to build a tavern on what is now the northwest corner of Dyers Road and Coryell’s Ferry Road (now Main and State Streets), known as “William Doyle’s Tavern”; its strategic location allowed the hamlet to grow into a village.

A village in Wayne County, Ohio, United States.


Rosedale

From either Old Norse personal name Rossi, genitive case Rossa, or from Old Norse hross (“horse”), genitive plural hrossa + dalr (“valley, dale”).

Various places in the United States of America:

An unincorporated community in Madison County, Ohio.

An unincorporated community, possibly a ghost town, in Defiance County, Ohio.


Williamsport

A village in Pickaway County, Ohio, United States.


Bellaire

A village in Belmont County, Ohio, United States.


Middlebury

From middle + -bury. Doublet of Middleburg and Middlesbrough. Cf. also Middelburg.

An unincorporated community in Van Wert County, Ohio, United States.


Green Springs

A village in Sandusky County and Seneca County, Ohio.


North Monroeville

North Monroeville is north of Monroeville.

An unincorporated community in Erie County, Ohio, United States.


Monroeville

An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Ohio.


Sandy Springs

An unincorporated community in Adams County, Ohio.


Hessville

From Hess + -ville; named after a David Hess in 1837.

An unincorporated community in Sandusky County, Ohio, United States.


Kelleys Island

Named after Datus and Irad Kelley, who settled on the island in the early 19th century. The name was used since 1840.

A village in Erie County, Ohio, United States, and the island which it fully occupies in Lake Erie.


Wightmans Grove

A census-designated place in Sandusky County, Ohio, United States.


Gibsonburg

From Gibson + -burg; named after a General William H. Gibson, who laid out the town in 1871.

A village in Sandusky County, Ohio, United States.


Amboy

A number of places in the United States:

Other townships in Michigan, Minnesota and Ohio, listed under Amboy Township.


New Plymouth

An unincorporated community in Brown Township, Vinton County, Ohio, named after Plymouth, Massachusetts.


Kingsway

From King + -s- + way; named for George W. King, first postmaster of the community.


Coldwater

A village in Mercer County, Ohio, United States.


West Union

A village, the county seat of Adams County, Ohio, United States.


Edgefield

An unincorporated community in Fayette County, Ohio, United States. Derived from the surname Edge.


Medina County

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Medina. Named after Medina, Saudi Arabia.


Athens County

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Athens.


Chardon

en-prop

Chardon (countable and uncountable, plural Chardons)

A city, the county seat of Geauga County, Ohio, United States. Named after Peter Chardon Brooks.


Geauga County

From an Onondaga or Seneca word meaning "raccoon".

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Chardon.


Holmes County

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Millersburg. Named after Andrew Holmes.


Port Clinton

A city, the county seat of Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. Named after DeWitt Clinton.


Vinton County

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: McArthur.


Williams County

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Bryan. Named after David Williams.


Ottawa County

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Port Clinton. Named either after the Odawa people or from Ojibwe odaawaa (“traders”).


McArthur

en-proper noun

McArthur (countable and uncountable, plural McArthurs)

Partial translation of Scottish Gaelic Mac Artair and Irish Mac Artúir (literally “son of Arthur”).

der

A village, the county seat of Vinton County, Ohio, United States.


Wyandot County

One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Upper Sandusky.


Upper Sandusky

Named after Upper Sandusky, a Wyandot town.

A city, the county seat of Wyandot County, Ohio, United States.


Millersburg

A village, the county seat of Holmes County, Ohio, United States.


Allentown

An unincorporated community in Allen County, Ohio, United States.


Lewistown

A census-designated place in Logan County, Ohio, United States.


Middleburg

From middle + -burg. Doublet of Middlesbrough and Middlebury. Cf. also Middelburg.

An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States.

An unincorporated community in Logan County, Ohio, United States.

An unincorporated community in Noble County, Ohio, United States.


Sedalia

A number of places in the United States:

A village in Range Township, Madison County, Ohio, also known as Midway.


Enterprise

An unincorporated community in Hocking County, Ohio.

An unincorporated community in Preble County, Ohio.


Taylorsville

An unincorporated community in Highland County, Ohio, United States.


Freeport

From free + port.
The village in Nova Scotia was likely named after the town in Maine.

A village in Harrison County, Ohio, United States.


Junction City

A village in Perry County, Ohio, United States.


McGuire

A ghost town in Lafayette Township, Coshocton County, Ohio, United States.


Port Washington

A village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States.


Glencoe

From Scottish Gaelic Gleann Comhann (“valley of the river Coe”)

bor

A census-designated place in Belmont County, Ohio.


LaRue

A village in Marion County, Ohio, United States.


Union City

A village in Darke County, Ohio, United States.


オーロラ

ja-pos

オーロラ • (Ōrora)


Mount Pleasant

Places in the United States of America:
A village in Jefferson County, Ohio.

An unincorporated community in Vinton County, Ohio.


Valley City

An unincorporated community in Medina County, Ohio, United States.


Fincastle

Most place names appear to come, either directly or indirectly, from the Viscount of Fincastle (Earl of Dunmore).

An unincorporated community in Brown County, Ohio, United States.


Edenton

From Eden + -ton, named after Charles Eden in North Carolina.

An unincorporated community in Clermont County, Ohio, United States.


קליבלנד

he-proper noun

קְלִיבְלַנְד

קְלִיבְלַנְד • (klívland) f

קְלִיבְלַנְד (canonical)
klívland (romanization)

Cleveland (a large city, the county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio)


Gratiot

A village in Licking County and Muskingum County, Ohio, United States.


Bessemer

An unincorporated community in Athens County, Ohio.


Sylvania

From sylvan (“silva, forest”) + -ia.
Compare with sylvan.

A city in Lucas County, Ohio, United States.


LaGrange

en-prop

LaGrange (countable and uncountable, plural LaGranges)

A village in Lorain County, Ohio, United States.


Rockport

An unincorporated community in Allen County, Ohio, United States.


Kingsville

Typically from King's + -ville after the model of Kingstown, Kingston, &c. but principally derived from the names of various people surnamed King rather than the noun king. Cf. Kingsburg, Queensville, and Princeville.

A census-designated place in Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States.


Perryton

An unincorporated community in Licking County, Ohio, United States.


Rosewood

Latin: rosewoodēnsis

An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Champaign County, Ohio, United States.


モスコー

From English Moscow. Doublet of モスクワ (Mosukuwa).


Dodds

From Dodd + -s (“patronymic suffix”). From Middle English Dodd.

An unincorporated community in Clearcreek Township, Warren County, Ohio.


ドーバー

ja-pos

ドーバー • (Dōbā)


スプリングフィールド

ja:スプリングフィールド


サウスチャールストン

ja:サウスチャールストン (ウェストバージニア州)

South Charleston
South Charleston#English


Plattsburgh

An unincorporated community in Harmony Township, Clark County, Ohio, United States


New Jerusalem

An unincorporated community in Logan County, Ohio, United States.


McClure

en-proper noun

McClure (countable and uncountable, plural McClures)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Uidhir and Irish Mac Giolla Uidhir (“son of the dun lad”), from Mac + gille + uidhir, obsolete form of odhar (“dun; dark”).

der

A place in the United States:
A village in Henry County, Ohio.


Germantown

Washington County
Washington County#English

An unincorporated community in Washington County, Ohio.


Carbondale

An unincorporated community in Athens County, Ohio, United States.


Elmwood

The name of many places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Pickaway County, Ohio.


Millbrook

en-proper noun

Millbrook (countable and uncountable, plural Millbrooks)

From Old English mylen (“mill”) + brōc (“brook, stream”).

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Ohio.


Amberley

A village in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States.


Roseland

Roseland (countable and uncountable, plural Roselands)

Americanized form of Norwegian Røysland.

A census-designated place in Madison Township, Richland County, Ohio.


Mad River

A number of rivers in the United States, in California, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Ohio, Vermont and Washington.

Two townships in Ohio, United States, listed under Mad River Township (a third is defunct).


Dungannon

An unincorporated community in Columbiana County, Ohio, United States.

An unincorporated community in Noble County, Ohio.


Roseville

From rose (“a flower”) + -ville or Rose (“a name”) + -ville.

Muskingum County
Muskingum County#English

A village in Muskingum County and Perry County, Ohio.


Middletown

A city in Butler County and Warren County, Ohio.

An unincorporated community in Champaign County, Ohio.

An unincorporated community in Crawford County, Ohio.


Riverdale

A neighbourhood of Dayton, Ohio, United States.


Lakeside

A census-designated place and private community in Ottawa County, Ohio.


Lordstown

From Lord + -'s + town.
* (Lordstown, Turnbull, Ohio, USA): From Samuel P. Lord, the surveyor who laid out the cadastral survey township of the U.S. federal Public Land Survey System there, that became the administrative civil township and village.

A village in Turnbull, Ohio, United States

en:Lordstown
en:Public Land Survey System


Terre Haute

An unincorporated community in Champaign County, Ohio, United States.


Tranquility

An unincorporated community in Adams, Ohio, United States


Farmersville

A number of places in the United States:

A village in Jackson Township, Montgomery County, Ohio.


Crestline

A village in Crawford County and Richland County, Ohio, United States.


Lakeview

A village in Stokes Township, Logan County, Ohio.


Cardington

A village in Morrow County, Ohio, United States.


Walnut

An unincorporated community in Pickaway County, Ohio.


Lyndhurst

From Old English lind (“lime tree”) + Old English hyrst (“hurst”).

A city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States.


Kimbolton

A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Guernsey County, Ohio, United States.


Burr Oak

An unincorporated community in Athens County, Ohio, and a state park in Morgan County and Athens County.


Weems

Weems (countable and uncountable, plural Weemses)

An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States.


Brownstown

An unincorporated community in Brown County, Ohio.

An unincorporated community in Wyandot County, Ohio.


Rose Hill

An unincorporated community in Darke County, Ohio.


Silver Lake

A village and lake in Summit County, Ohio, United States.


Lockington

A village in Shelby County, Ohio, United States.


Cleveland Heights

A city in Greater Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States.


Forest Hill

Cleveland Heights
Cleveland Heights#English

A historic neighbourhood in Cleveland Heights and East Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.


Woodlawn

A number of places in the United States:


Newburgh

From Old English nĭwe burh, equivalent to new + burgh. Doublet of Newbury.

A former township, now part of Cleveland, Ohio, United States.


Vanlue

Vanlue (countable and uncountable, plural Vanlues)

A village in Hancock County, Ohio, United States.


Silver Creek

A number of settlements in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Hardin County, Ohio.


Willshire

A village and township in Van Wert County, Ohio, United States.


Millvale

A neighbourhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.


Dundas

en-proper-noun

Dundas (countable and uncountable, plural Dundases)

Dundas
Dundas Castle
en:Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville

The Scottish name is from Scottish Gaelic, from Old Irish dùn (“fort”) + deas (“south”), perhaps via Dundas Castle, while the places in Canada are named after Lord Melville, Henry Dundas, a Scottish politician.

An unincorporated community in Vinton County, Ohio.


College

A township in Knox County, Ohio, United States, named for Kenyon College.


Thornville

A village in Perry County, Ohio, United States.


Berea

From Latin Beroea, from Ancient Greek Βέροια (Béroia).

A city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States.

Box Butte County
Box Butte County#English

An unincorporated community in Box Butte County, Nebraska, United States, named for the Ohio city.


Tallmadge

en-proper noun

Tallmadge (countable and uncountable, plural Tallmadges)

A city in Summit County, Ohio, United States.


Hillcrest

An unincorporated community in Warren County, Ohio.


Englewood

In New Jersey, believed to be a corruption of Dutch Engels woud (“English wood or forest”); the area was once known as the English Neighborhood.


Morges

An unincorporated community in Rose Township, Carroll County, Ohio, United States.


Mulberry

en-proper noun

Mulberry (countable and uncountable, plural Mulberrys)

Two main origins of surname:
* A variant of Mowbray, altered by folk etymology.
* Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maoilbhearaigh (“descendant of the devotee of (Saint) Bearach”).

der

A census-designated place in Miami Township, Clermont County, Ohio.


Klevlando

Holonym: Ohio

Cleveland (a city in Ohio, United States)


Summitville

Columbiana County
Columbiana County#English

A village in Columbiana County, Ohio, United States.


Chambersburg

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Columbiana County, Ohio.


Fairhaven

An unincorporated community in Preble County, Ohio.


McGuffey

en-proper noun

McGuffey (countable and uncountable, plural McGuffeys)

It could be a variant of the surname McDuffie. Alternatively, it may be an Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Dhabhoig (“son of Davuc”), a diminutive of the personal name David.

der

A village in Hardin County, Ohio, United States.


Churchtown

An unincorporated community in Washington County, Ohio.


Ghormley

en-proper noun

Ghormley (countable and uncountable, plural Ghormleys)

An unincorporated community in Fayette County, Ohio, United States.


Radio Row

(historical) A neighborhood of Downtown district, Cleveland, Ohio, United States


Montville

Montville (countable and uncountable, plural Montvilles)

An unincorporated community in Geauga County, Ohio, United States.


Qualey

Qualey (countable and uncountable, plural Qualeys)

Two main origins:
* Variant of Quealy.
* Americanized spelling of Norwegian Kvaløy.

An unincorporated community in Washington County, Ohio, United States.


Minford

Minford (countable and uncountable, plural Minfords)

A census-designated place in Scioto County, Ohio, United States.


Rock Creek

A number of communities in the United States:


Cuyahoga Falls

A city in Summit County, Ohio, United States, situated on the Cuyahoga River.


Cuyahoga

/ˌkaɪ.əˈhɒɡə/

/ˌkaɪ.əˈhoʊɡə/

Believed to be from an Iroquoian word meaning "crooked river".

Cuyahoga
 Cuyahoga's gone

1986, J. Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Peter L. Buck, William T. Berry (lyrics and music), “Cuyahoga”, in Lifes Rich Pageant, performed by R.E.M.:

The year is 1837, and the Cuyahoga is the sidewinding river separating the empire of Cleveland from the more rough-hewn frontier town of Ohio City.

2020 June 10, Stephen Markley, “Pete Beatty’s ‘Cuyahoga’ Images an Ohio, and a Country, Divided”, in The New York Times:

A river in Ohio, United States, which flows into Lake Erie.


Aukerman

Aukerman (countable and uncountable, plural Aukermans)

An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Ohio, United States.


Yankeetown

An unincorporated community in Brown County, Ohio.

An unincorporated community in Darke County, Ohio.

An unincorporated community in Fayette County, Ohio.

An unincorporated community in Ross County, Ohio.

Tuscarawas County
Tuscarawas County#English

An unincorporated community in Tuscarawas County, Ohio.


Collinwood

A historical area on the northeast side of Cleveland, Ohio, United States.


Forgy

Forgy (countable and uncountable, plural Forgys)

An unincorporated community in Clark County, Ohio, United States.


Oakwood

A number of places in the United States:

A city in Montgomery County, Ohio, a suburb of Dayton.


Climax

An unincorporated community in Morrow County, Ohio.


Morrisville

An unincorporated community in Clinton County, Ohio, named after Isaac Morris.


Latty

Latty (countable and uncountable, plural Lattys)

A village in Paulding County, Ohio, United States.


Pinkerman

Pinkerman (countable and uncountable, plural Pinkermans)

unk

Unexplained

An unincorporated community in Scioto County, Ohio, United States.


McKendree

en-proper noun

McKendree (countable and uncountable, plural McKendrees)

An unincorporated community in Madison County, Ohio, United States.


Okolona

An unincorporated community in Napoleon Township, Henry County, Ohio.


Bearfield

A township in Perry County, Ohio, United States.


McLuney

en-proper-noun

McLuney (countable and uncountable, plural McLuneys)

An unincorporated community in Perry County, Ohio, United States.


Mount Joy

In Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, from Mountjoy, the name of an Irish ship.

An unincorporated community in Scioto County, Ohio.


ウォーターフォード

ja-pos

ウォーターフォード • (Wōtāfōdo)

The name of several places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Knox County, Ohio.

A census-designated place in Washington County, Ohio.


Olive Green

An unincorporated community in Delaware County, Ohio, United States.

An unincorporated community in Noble County, Ohio, named after Olive Green Creek.


Parlett

en-proper noun

Parlett (countable and uncountable, plural Parletts)

Double diminutive of the personal name Per.

Jefferson County
Jefferson County#English

An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States.


Amity

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Canaan Township, Madison County, Ohio.

An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Ohio.


Bradner

Bradner (countable and uncountable, plural Bradners)

Two main origins:
* English habitational surname from a place called Bradnor Hill, in Herefordshire, named with Old English brādan, dative form of brād (“broad, wide”), + ōra (“hill slope”).
* An altered spelling of South German Brettner, an occupational surname for someone who cut shingles or boards.

A village in Wood County, Ohio, United States.


Honey Creek

A number of places and streams in the United States:

A large number of streams in Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wisconsin.


Layland

Layland (countable and uncountable, plural Laylands)

Coshocton County
Coshocton County#English

(uncountable) A placename from the surname:

An unincorporated community in Coshocton County, Ohio, United States.


Uniontown

An unincorporated community in Belmont County, Ohio.

A census-designated place in Stark County, Ohio.


Streetsboro

From Street + -s- + -boro, after its founder Titus Street.

A city, formerly a township, in Portage County, Ohio, United States.


Springdale

The name of the Newfoundland town was apparently coined as a description of its immediate surroundings.


Millertown

Derived from a compound of Miller + town. The Newfoundland town is named after the Lewis Miller and Company lumber firm.

An unincorporated community in Perry County, Ohio, United States.


Hartwood

An unincorporated community in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States.


Calumet

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Calumet.wav

An unincorporated community in Knox Township, Jefferson County, Ohio.


Hamden

Hamden (countable and uncountable, plural Hamdens)

(uncountable) A number of places in the United States:


Franklinton

A neighbourhood of Columbus, Ohio, originally the county seat of Franklin County.


Brookville

A minor city in Montgomery County, Ohio.


West Manchester

A village in Preble County, Ohio, United States.


Harrisonville

An unincorporated community in Meigs County, Ohio.


Tippecanoe

A number of places (and a battle) in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Harrison County, Ohio.


Fredericktown

A number of places in the United States:

A village in Knox County, Ohio, named after Frederick, Maryland.

An unincorporated community in Columbiana County, Ohio, named after its surveyor George Frederick.


Rittman

Rittman (countable and uncountable, plural Rittmans)

A city in Wayne County, Ohio, United States.


Waynesburg

An unincorporated community in Auburn Township, Crawford County, Ohio.


Goldsboro

A contraction of Goldsborough in some cases.

An unincorporated community in Coal Township, Jackson County, Ohio.


Hayesville

From the surname Hayes + -ville in North Carolina at least.

An unincorporated community in Pickaway County, Ohio.


Snow Hill

An unincorporated community in Clinton County, Ohio.


Decaturville

From Decatur + -ville, after Stephen Decatur.

An unincorporated community in Washington County, Ohio, United States.


Friendship

A census-designated place in Nile Township, Scioto County, Ohio.


Cynthiana

A census-designated place in Perry Township, Pike County, Ohio, United States.


Mount Sterling

An unincorporated community in Muskingum County, Ohio.


Williamstown

* From Williams + town.
** (Kansas): Founded in 1865 by local property owners Mapes, Williams & Moore.
** (New Jersey): Renamed after John Williams, grandson of prominent landowner Richard Penn who left him the land.
** (New York): Renamed in honor of Judge Henry Williams shortly after he relocated there in 1802.
** (Ohio): Named after John W. Williams who laid out it in 1834.
** (West Virginia): Named for Isaac Williams (1737–1820), who settled there in 1787.
* From William + -s- + town.
** (Victoria): Renamed after William IV, then the English monarch.

An unincorporated community in Madison Township, Hancock County, Ohio.


Blairsville

An unincorporated community in Clermont County, Ohio, named after John M. Blair.


West Liberty

An unincorporated community in Vernon Township, Crawford County, Ohio.

An unincorporated community in Morrow County, Ohio.


Wrightsville

An unincorporated community in Adams County, Ohio.

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Fairfield Township, Madison County, Ohio.


Milledgeville

From Milledge + -ville or mill + edge + -ville.

A village in Jasper Township, Fayette County, Ohio, after a mill on the edge.


Edwardsville

From Edwards + -ville or Edward + -s- + -ville.

An unincorporated community in Harlan Township, Warren County, Ohio, named after Edward Thomas.


New Albany

A city in Franklin County and Licking County, Ohio.

An unincorporated community in Mahoning County, Ohio.


Grandview

A census-designated place in Hamilton County, Ohio.

An unincorporated community in Washington County, Ohio.


Moundsville

In West Virginia, from mound + -s- + -ville.

An unincorporated community in Noble County, Ohio, United States.