This is a list of place names in the United States that either are Dutch, were translated from Dutch, or were heavily inspired by a Dutch name or term. Many originate from the Dutch colony of New Netherland.
Arizona
Roosevelt, Arizona
Arkansas
DeWitt, Arkansas Van Buren, Arkansas Van Buren County, Arkansas
California Delft Colony, California Van Nuys Vandenberg Space Force Base Vanderbilt, California
Colorado Jansen, Colorado Leyden, Colorado Nederland, Colorado
Delaware Source: Dunlap, A. R. (Arthur Ray). Dutch and Swedish Place-Names in Delaware. Newark: Published for the Institute of Delaware History and Culture by University of Delaware Press, 1956. Bombay Hook Id., p. 18. Brandywine CreekId., p. 19 Bread and Cheese IslandId., p. 21 Cape HenlopenId., p. 31 Drawyer CreekId., p. 25 Murderkill RiverId., p. 41. Prime HookId., p. 48. Reedy PointId., p. 49.
Florida
Harlem, Florida
Georgia Amsterdam, Georgia Harlem, Georgia
Illinois DeWitt, Illinois DeWitt County, Illinois Leyden Township, Cook County, Illinois Schuyler County, Illinois South Holland, Illinois
Indiana Holland, Indiana Rensselaer, Indiana Van Buren, Indiana
Iowa Breda, Iowa DeWitt, Iowa Roosevelt Township, Pocahontas County, Iowa Van Buren, Iowa Van Buren County, Iowa
Kansas
Roosevelt Township, Decatur County, Kansas
Kentucky Ghent, Kentucky Roosevelt, Kentucky
Louisiana Flanders, Louisiana Van Buren, Louisiana Zwolle, Louisiana
Maine
Van Buren, Maine Van Buren (CDP), Maine
Massachusetts Leyden, Massachusetts Middleborough, Massachusetts
Michigan Borculo, Michigan DeWitt, Michigan DeWitt Charter Township, Michigan Drenthe, Michigan Flanders, Michigan Holland, Michigan Noordeloos, Michigan Overisel Township, Michigan Vriesland, Michigan Van Buren County, Michigan Van Dyke, Michigan Vanderbilt, Michigan Zeeland, Michigan
Minnesota Delft, Minnesota Ghent, Minnesota Groningen, Minnesota Holland, Minnesota Hollandale, Minnesota Holland Township, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota Roosevelt, Minnesota Roosevelt Township, Beltrami County, Minnesota Roosevelt Township, Crow Wing County, Minnesota
Mississippi
Van Buren, Mississippi
Missouri Amsterdam, Missouri De Witt, Missouri Deventer, Missouri JeffVanderLou, St. Louis Rensselaer, Missouri Roosevelt, Missouri Schuyler County, Missouri Van Buren, Missouri Vandeventer, St. Louis
Montana Amsterdam, Montana Harlem, Montana Milligan, Montana Roosevelt County, Montana
Nebraska
De Witt, Nebraska Schuyler, Nebraska
Nevada
Vanderbilt, Nevada
New Jersey
Amsterdam, New Jersey Arthur Kill Barnegat: Barnegat Bay, Barnegat Branch Trail, Barnegat Inlet, Barnegat Light, New Jersey, Barnegat Lighthouse State Park, Barnegat Peninsula, Barnegat Township, New Jersey, Barnegat (CDP), New Jersey Bergen: Bergen County, New Jersey, Bergen Hill, Bergen Hill, Jersey City neighborhood, Bergen Neck peninsula, Bergen Point, Bergen Square, neighborhood in Jersey City, Bergenfield, New Jersey, Bergenline Avenue, North Bergen, New Jersey Bloomingdale, New Jersey Brielle, New Jersey Constable Hook Cromakill Creek Cresskill, New Jersey Deep Voll Brook Dwars Kill Cromakill Creek and Cromakill Marsh Flanders, New Jersey Frelinghuysen Township, New Jersey Harlingen, New Jersey Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey Hoboken, New Jersey Holland Township, New Jersey Houvenkopf Mountain Kill van Kull Holland, Monmouth County, New Jersey Losen Slote Creek Molly Ann Brook (originally Molly's Yawn Brook) Overpeck Creek Paulins Kill Paulus Hook, neighborhood in Jersey City Pavonia Terminal, Jersey City, New Jersey Robbins Reef Roosevelt, New Jersey Rutgers University Sparkill Creek Sandy Hook Skillman, New Jersey Teaneck, New Jersey Tenafly, New Jersey Van Vorst Park, neighborhood in Jersey City Voorhees Township Wallkill River Wyckoff, New Jersey
New Mexico
Roosevelt County, New Mexico
New York
Alplaus Kill Alplaus, New York Amsterdam (city), New York Amsterdam (town), New York Anthony Kill Arbor Hill Historic District–Ten Broeck Triangle Arthur Kill Barneveld, New York Batavia Kill Batavia Kill (East Branch Delaware River) Batavia, New York Batavia (town), New York Batten Kill Bear Kill Beaver Kill Beaver Kill (Alder Creek) Beaverkill Creek Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn Beekman Place Beekman, New York Beeren Island Bergen (village), New York Bergen Street (IND Culver Line) Bergen Street (IRT Eastern Parkway Line) Bergen, New York Blauvelt, New York Bleecker Street Boerum Hill Boght Corners, New York Bowery Bozen Kill Brinckerhoff, New York Bronx River The Bronx Brooklyn Bush Kill Bush Kill (Pepacton Reservoir tributary) Bushwick, Brooklyn Casperkill Catskill (town), New York Catskill Creek Catskill Mountains Claverack Creek Claverack, New York Cobleskill Creek Cobleskill (town), New York Coeymans, New York Collect Pond Colonie, New York Compaanen Kill Coney Island Cortelyou Road (BMT Brighton Line) Cortland County, New York Cortland, New York Cortlandt Manor, New York Cortlandt, New York Cortlandville, New York Cottekill, New York Danskammer Generating Station Defreestville, New York Delphus Kill DeRuyter, New York DeRuyter (village), New York Desbrosses Street (IRT Ninth Avenue Line) DeWitt, New York Dunderberg Mountain Dwaarkill, New York Dwaar Kill (Shawangunk Kill tributary) Dyker Heights, Brooklyn East Flatbush, Brooklyn East Fishkill, New York East Greenbush, New York East Kill East Nassau, New York East River Evas Kill Fall Kill Fishers Island, New York Fishkill Creek Fishkill, New York Flanders, New York Flatbush, Brooklyn Flushing, Queens Fonteyn Kill Fort Crailo Fort Schuyler Franklinton Vlaie Fresh Kills Gansevoort, New York Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn Gerritsen Creek Ghent, New York Gowanus, Brooklyn Gramercy Park Gravesend, Brooklyn Greenburgh, New York Green Island, New York Greenwich Village Guilderland, New York Hague, New York Halfmoon, New York Harlem Haverstraw, New York Helderberg Escarpment Hell Gate Hempstead (village), New York Holland, New York Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets (New York City Subway) Jan De Bakkers Kill Kaaterskill Creek Kaaterskill Falls Katsbaan, New York Kaikout Kill Keyser Kill Kill Van Kull Kinderhook (town), New York Kinderhook (village), New York Kips Bay, Manhattan Krum Kill Kykuit Leyden, New York Liberty Island Lincklaen, New York Lisha Kill, New York Lisha Kill Little Red Kill Little Shawangunk Kill Long Island Louse Kill Maiden Lane (Manhattan) Manor of Rensselaerswyck Maritje Kill Midwood, Brooklyn Mine Kill Moccasin Kill Moodna Creek Moordener Kill Muddy Kill Muitzes Kill Muitzes Kill Historic District Nassau (town), New York Nassau (village), New York Nassau County, New York Nassau Street (Manhattan) New Dorp, Staten Island New Utrecht, Brooklyn Normans Kill North Greenbush, New York North River (Hudson River) Nostrand Avenue Old Fort Schuyler Old Town, Staten Island Orange County, New York Orangetown, New York Otter Kill Ox Kill Oyster Bay (hamlet), New York Oyster Bay (town), New York Paerdegat Basin Peekskill, New York Plattekill (town), New York Platte Kill Plotter Kill (Mohawk River) Plotter Kill Preserve Poestenkill (CDP), New York Poestenkill, New York Pollepel Island Port of Albany–Rensselaer Prospect Lefferts Gardens Punch Kill Quackenkill, New York Quacken Kill Red Hook (village), New York Red Hook, Brooklyn Red Hook, New York Red Kill Remsen Village, Brooklyn Rensselaer County Rensselaer, New York Rensselaer Falls, New York Rensselaerville, New York Rhinebeck (town), New York Rhinebeck (village), New York Rikers Island Rip Van Winkle Bridge Roaring Kill Roeliff Jansen Kill Rondout, New York Roosevelt, New York Roosevelt Island Rotterdam (CDP), New York Rotterdam (town), New York St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery Sandsea Kill Saugerties, New York Saw Kill Sawyer Kill Schermerhorn Row Block Schuyler, New York Schuyler Creek Schuyler County, New York Schuyler Mansion Shawangunk Kill Shawangunk, New York Shawangunk Ridge Spackenkill, New York Sparkill Creek Speigletown, New York Spuyten Duyvil Bridge Spuyten Duyvil Creek Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx Staatsburg, New York Staten Island Stuyvesant Street Swartekill, New York Switz Kill Tappan Zee Bridge Ten Broeck Mansion Todt Hill Tremper Kill Valatie, New York Martin Van Buren National Historic Site Van Buren, New York Van Cortlandt Village Van Nest, Bronx Van Pelt Manor Verplanck, New York Verf Kill Verkeerder Kill Verkeerder Kill Falls Vloman Kill Vly Mountain Voorheesville, New York Wall Street Wallabout Bay Wallabout, Brooklyn Wallkill, New York Wallkill River Watervliet, New York West Kill West Kill (North Blenheim, Schoharie Creek) Wyckoff Heights, New York Wynantskill, New York Wynants Kill Yonkers, New York
North Dakota Hague, North Dakota Roosevelt Township, Renville County, North Dakota
Ohio Amsterdam, Ohio Antwerp, Ohio Ghent, Ohio New Holland, Ohio Van Buren, Ohio Van Buren Lake
Oklahoma
Roosevelt, Oklahoma
Pennsylvania Amsterdam, Pennsylvania Bushkill, Pennsylvania East Vandergrift, Pennsylvania Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania New Holland, Pennsylvania Vanderbilt, Pennsylvania Vandergrift, Pennsylvania
Rhode Island Rhode Island Block Island
South Carolina
Orangeburg Orangeburg County
South Dakota New Holland, South Dakota
Tennessee
Van Buren, Tennessee Van Buren County, Tennessee
Texas Amsterdam, Texas DeWitt County, Texas Harlingen, Texas Nederland, Texas Roosevelt, Kimble County, Texas Roosevelt, Lubbock County, Texas Vanderbilt, Texas Vandyke, Texas
Utah
Roosevelt, Utah
Vermont Batten Kill Holland, Vermont
Virginia Amsterdam, Virginia DeWitt, Virginia Ghent Neighborhood in Norfolk, Virginia Hague, Virginia Hans Meadow Schuyler, Virginia Vandyke, Virginia
Washington
Roosevelt, Seattle Roosevelt, Washington Roosevelt Glacier Vancouver, Washington
West Virginia Brabant, West Virginia Dewitt, West Virginia Ghent, West Virginia
Wisconsin Barneveld, Wisconsin Friesland, Wisconsin Holland, La Crosse County, Wisconsin Hollandtown, Wisconsin Leyden, Wisconsin Oostburg, Wisconsin Roosevelt, Burnett County, Wisconsin Roosevelt, Oneida County, Wisconsin Roosevelt, Taylor County, Wisconsin Van Buren, Wisconsin
See also List of New Netherland placename etymologies List of non-US places that have a US place named after them
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