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