Welcome to the Story Behind American Location Names: The Etymology of American Names

Workshops/Blogs

Blogs and workshops are offered regularly on the background and evolution of location names of U.S. regions, states, cities, rivers, national parks , and selected colleges and universities. Some locations have detailed documentation and other location names are anecdotal. This information is a great source to engage in memorable conversation and relationship building with family members, colleagues and the communities you engage.

Ongoing Updates, Documentation and Reader Views

Join me on helping provide additional documentation and insight on these and additional location names that have a unique story to tell. I also encourage you to offer photos of locations that have a good story to tell on how they got their name. Also, suggest places to see and learn more about an area.

Publications

Publications referenced on this web site can be purchased at Chester Springs Media Group (csmediagroup.com) or at Amazon.com or Etsy.com.

About Us

The Principals are seasoned, published world traveler who have been to all 50 states and have visited many of the locations that appear in American Location Names: The Story Behind Them book and The 2022 Places Named USA Calendar. Significant research has been done to learn the story behind the names that are included in these volumes. The stories are informative, entertaining, surprising and a good subject in historical and trivia conversations with friends and family.

We have also included images in the Book, in the Calendar and Instagram web site. Periodic trips and photo reviews of the various locations are provided as well as ongoing updates to the content of the book as they are discovered by the authors and supplied by readers and members in their own pursuits. All guest and member submissions are curated. Periodic workshops and blogs are provided on the etymology of American Location Names.

Current and Upcoming Publications

American Location Names: The Story Behind Them

if you ever wondered how Chicago, Philadelphia, California, national parks, states, and rivers got their names? This is a good reference to find out. The United States is a melting pot of name origins from Native American, English, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Greek religious sources. Later in America's development many names originated by inventors, public figures, the U.S. Postal Service and railroads. Did you know that there was even a movement to create a 14th state called "Franklin," after America's noted Ben Franklin? America also has a large number of highly suggestive names that have unique stories behind them as well. If you know the origin of a location's name, you know a little about its history as a starting point to further where you are and how it got to be in the present moment.

American Location Names: The Story Behind Them. Calendar 2021-2022 (Forthcoming) Pre-order.

15 or 12 month versions that include key dates of selected locations that are included in the book version. Useful discussion topics for families, schools, education organizations. Every month contains a photo and background description of how areas got their name.

The Origin of Places Named On-Demand Videos

Available at at my You Tube channel. Purchase terms vary.

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