List of place names of Ukrainian origin in the United States

A handful of places in the United States have names that come from Ukrainian roots. Most of them appear in states where Ukrainians settled in noticeable numbers—especially Pennsylvania, New York, and parts of the Midwest. These names usually reflect towns, regions, or cultural references that immigrants wanted to remember from home, such as Kyiv or Galicia.

Table +Place nameStateOrigin/notesKiefNorth DakotaNamed by Black Sea German settlers after Kyiv, Ukraine.Ukraina (Ghost Town)North DakotaNamed by immigrants to North Dakota from towns in Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.AlmaVirginiaNamed after the Alma River in Ukraine.OdessaTexasOdesa.OdessaDelawareNamed after Odesa in an attempt to keep the town alive as a major port.SevastopolIndianaSevastopol.BaltaNorth DakotaRenamed by locals after the city Balta in the Russian Empire (current Ukraine)SelzNorth Dakota named by German-Russian settlers after the village of Selz (in the Kutschurgan/Odesa area)

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