List of places named for the Marquis de Lafayette

This is a list of places named for Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, a French General in the American Revolutionary War. Many of these places were named for him during his 1824–1825 visit to the United States.

Counties

Fayette County, Alabama Lafayette County, Arkansas Lafayette County, Florida Fayette County, Georgia Fayette County, Illinois Fayette County, Indiana Fayette County, Iowa Fayette County, Kentucky Lafayette Parish, Louisiana Lafayette County, Mississippi Lafayette County, Missouri Fayette County, Ohio Fayette County, Pennsylvania Fayette County, Tennessee Fayette County, Texas Fayette County, West Virginia Lafayette County, Wisconsin

Cities, towns, and villages

Fayette, Alabama Fayetteville, Alabama LaFayette, Alabama Fayetteville, Arkansas is named indirectly; the city is named after Fayetteville, TN, which in turn is named after Fayetteville, NC. Has the largest metropolitan population. Fayette Township, Calhoun County, Arkansas Lafayette Township, Lonoke County, Arkansas Lafayette Township, Ouachita County, Arkansas Lafayette Township, Scott County, Arkansas Lafayette, California Fayetteville, Georgia, seat of Fayette County LaFayette, Georgia Fayette Township, Livingston County, Illinois Fayetteville, Illinois La Fayette, Illinois Lafayette Township, Coles County, Illinois LaFayette Township, Ogle County, Illinois Fayette Township, Vigo County, Indiana Lafayette metropolitan area, Indiana Lafayette Township, Allen County, Indiana Lafayette Township, Floyd County, Indiana Lafayette Township, Madison County, Indiana Lafayette Township, Owen County, Indiana West Lafayette, Indiana, the home of Purdue University and sister city of Lafayette, Indiana Fayetteville, Indiana Fayetteville, Washington County, Indiana Lafayette, Indiana, seat of Tippecanoe County, named after Lafayette during his tour of America. Fayette Township, Decatur County, Iowa Lafayette Township, Allamakee County, Iowa Lafayette Township, Bremer County, Iowa Lafayette Township, Keokuk County, Iowa Lafayette Township, Story County, Iowa Fayette Township, Linn County, Iowa Fayette, Iowa Lafayette Township, Chautauqua County, Kansas LaFayette, Kentucky Lafayette, Louisiana Lafayette metropolitan area, Louisiana Fayette, Maine Fayette, Michigan Lafayette Township, Michigan Fayette Township, Michigan Lafayette, Minnesota Lafayette Township, Minnesota Fayette, Mississippi Fayette, Missouri Lafayette Township, Clinton County, Missouri Lafayette Township, St. Louis County, Missouri Fayetteville, Missouri Lafayette Township, New Jersey Fayette, New York Fayetteville, New York LaFayette, New York Lafayetteville, a hamlet in Milan, New York Fayetteville, North Carolina was the first city named after Lafayette, and is the only one he actually visited, arriving in Fayetteville by horse-drawn carriage in 1825 during Lafayette's visit to the United States from July 1824 to September 1825 celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill. Has the greatest city population. Fayette, Ohio Fayetteville, Ohio Fayette Township, Lawrence County, Ohio Lafayette Township, Coshocton County, Ohio Lafayette Township, Medina County, Ohio West Lafayette, Ohio Lafayette, Oregon Fayette City, Pennsylvania Fayette Township, Pennsylvania Fayetteville, Pennsylvania Lafayette Township, Pennsylvania North Fayette Township, Pennsylvania South Fayette Township, Pennsylvania Fayetteville, Tennessee is named indirectly; the city is named after Fayetteville, North Carolina. Lafayette, Tennessee Fayetteville, Texas Fayette, Utah is named indirectly; the city is named after Fayette, New York. Fayette, West Virginia Fayetteville, West Virginia Fayette, Wisconsin, a town Fayette (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community Aix-la-Fayette, a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France Chavaniac-Lafayette is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France

Squares

Lafayette Square in Buffalo, New York, where he spoke during his nationwide tour in 1825. Lafayette Square station, a Buffalo Metro Rail station Lafayette Square in Saint Louis, Missouri, neighborhood created in 1833 as one of the city's first public parks and named in his honor in 1854.

Lafayette Square, Los Angeles, Mid-Wilshire neighborhood of Los Angeles, California Lafayette Square in LaGrange, Georgia, where a statue of Lafayette stands atop a fountain Lafayette Square, one of 22 historic public squares in Savannah, Georgia Lafayette Square (New Orleans), in the Central Business District, New Orleans, Louisiana Lafayette Square (Baltimore), Maryland Lafayette Square, Cambridge, part of the Central Square area of Cambridge, Massachusetts Lafayette Square Historic District (St. Louis) Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C., northernmost part of President's Park Lafayette Square Historic District, Washington, D.C.

Streets

Avenue de Lafayette in Boston, Massachusetts, located in the Downtown Crossing area Fayette Drive in Rotterdam, New York Fayette Street in Alexandria, Virginia Fayette Street in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania Lafayette Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland Lafayette Avenue in Cliffside Park, New Jersey Lafayette Avenue in Hawthorne, New Jersey Lafayette Avenue in Morrisville, Pennsylvania. Lafayette Avenue in Omaha, Nebraska Lafayette Avenue in Royal Oak, Michigan Lafayette Boulevard in Bridgeport, Connecticut Lafayette Boulevard in Detroit, Michigan Lafayette Boulevard in Phoenix, Arizona Lafayette Drive in Oak Ridge, Tennessee Lafayette Drive and Lafayette Road in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, both off of Valley Forge Road located near Valley Forge Lafayette Parkway in LaGrange, Georgia Lafayette Road in Harrington Park, New Jersey Lafayette Road and Fayette Lane in Knoxville, Tennessee Lafayette Road in New Hampshire, which extends from the Massachusetts border in Seabrook to Portsmouth Lafayette Street in Cape May, New Jersey Lafayette Street in Houma, Louisiana Lafayette Street in Metamora, Illinois Lafayette Street in New Haven, Connecticut Lafayette Street in Schenectady, New York Lafayette Street in Trenton, New Jersey Lafayette Street in Waltham, Massachusetts, located near a critical area during the Revolution Lafayette Street in Williston Park, New York Lafayette Street in West Chester, Pennsylvania Lafayette Street in Florissant, Missouri Roads in every New York City Borough Lafayette Avenue in Brooklyn Lafayette Avenue in The Bronx Lafayette Street in Manhattan Lafayette Street in Queens Lafayette Street in Staten Island Lafayette Street in Fort Wayne, Indiana Route Lafayette in Shanghai, China (Shanghai French Concession) (1914-1943), now renamed Fu Xing Zhong Road Rue La Fayette in Paris, one of the longest roads in the city, which crosses the 9th and 10th arrondissements of the city from southwest to northeast Cours Lafayette of Lyon in 3rd and 6th arrondissements and Pont Lafayette which crosses the river Rhône Ulice Lafayettova in Olomouc, Czech Republic, near the site of Lafayette's imprisonment

Schools

Lafayette College, in Easton, Pennsylvania Lafayette High School (Alabama), in Lafayette, Alabama Lafayette High School (Georgia), in Lafayette, Georgia Lafayette High School (Florida), in Mayo, Florida Lafayette High School, in Lexington, Kentucky Lafayette High School, in Lafayette, Louisiana Lafayette High School, in St. Joseph, Missouri Lafayette High School, in Wildwood, Missouri Lafayette High School, in Brooklyn, New York Lafayette High School, in Buffalo, New York Lafayette High School, near Williamsburg, Virginia LaFayette Jr./Sr. High School in LaFayette, New York University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Businesses

Galeries Lafayette, a French department store chain (first store was Rue Lafayette in Paris) Lafayette, a French restaurant in New York City which operated from 1965 to the late 1970s Lafayette Circus (Theatre), Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. Lafayette Theatre (Suffern), in Suffern, Rockland County, New York, United States Lafayette Theatre (Harlem), in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States Hotel Lafayette, an historic hotel in Buffalo, New York Hotel Lafayette, a hotel and restaurant which operated in New York City LaFayette Hotel, an historic hotel in Little Rock, Arkansas The Lafayette Hotel, Swim Club & Bungalows, a hotel in San Diego, California Lafayette Square Mall, Indianapolis, Indiana

Other places

Fayetteville Shale Lafayette River Mount Lafayette in the White Mountains of New Hampshire Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania 23244 Lafayette, a main-belt minor planet Fayette Historic State Park, Michigan Fort Lafayette, New York Lafayette Apartment Building (Washington, D.C.) Lafayette Building (Washington, D.C.) Lafayette Building (Detroit)

List of places named for the Marquis de Lafayette

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