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Largest USA cities/towns named for an historic residence

Place names can come from a variety of sources including former home towns, famous persons, family members, town founders, and a variety of other sources. In the case of this blogpost, they come from historic/famous residences. In the list below are ten famous residences that have been applied to the name of a city or town in the United States. They are:

George Washington’s home/estate of Mount Vernon in northern Virgina
Thomas Jefferson’s home/estate of Monticello in central Virginia
Andrew Jackson’s home/estate, The Hermitage, in central Tennessee
Ashland, the home/estate of statesman and three-time presidential candidate, Henry Clay, located near Lexington, KY
Timonium Mansion and Marc Anthony’s incomplete Timonium Palace in Egypt.
George Vanderbilt’s Biltmore home/estate near Asheville, North Carolina
Blenheim Palace in England
Longwood House on the island of St. Helena – added 11/22/24 – Thank you, Dan
The Palace of Versailles in France
Windsor Castle in England

Mount Vernon – Source: mountvernon.org Monticello – Source: cntraveler.com

It was actually a bit surprising not to find more cities/towns named for presidential homes or other famous/historic residences, particularly the White House. If any have been missed, pleased let us know and they will be added. Enjoy the list. Peace!

Ashland – Source: flickr.com

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City/Town = Population

Mount Vernon, NY = 73,893 (2020)
Mount Vernon, WA = 35,404 (2021)
Ashland, KY = 21,342 (2022)
Ashland, MA = 18,832 (2020)
Ashland, OH = 18,718 (2020)
Mount Vernon, OH = 16,956 (2020)
Hermitage, PA = 16,230 (2020)
Monticello, MN = 14,804 (2022)
Mount Vernon, IL = 14,600 (2020)
Mount Vernon, VA = 12.914 (2020)
Timonium, MD = 10,458 (2020) – Thank you, Dan!
Monticello, AR = 8,442 (2020)
Ashland, WI = 7,918 (2021)
Ashland, VA = 7,565 (2020)
Monticello, NY = 7,332 (2021)
Mount Vernon, IN = 6,493 (2020)
Monticello, IL = 5,941 (2020)
Monticello, KY = 5,755 (2022)
Monticello, IN = 5,508 (2020)
Monticello, LA = 5,431 (2020)
Ashland, MO = 5,026 (2023)
Mount Vernon, IA = 4,527 (2020)
Mount Vernon, MO = 4,526 (2020)
Monticello, IA = 4,040 (2020)
Ashland, NE = 3,086(2020)
Windsor, MO = 2,775 (2020)
Monticello, FL = 2,589 (2020)
Mont Vernon, NH = 2,584 (2020) – yes, it is spelled that way
Monticello, GA = 2,541 (2020)
Versailles, MO = 2,539 (2020)
Mount Vernon, TX = 2,491 (2020)
Mount Vernon, KY = 2,472 (2022)
Ashland, PA = 2,471 (2020)
Versailles, IN = 2,184 (2020)
Ashland, NH = 1,938 (2020)
Mount Vernon, GA = 1,900 (2020)
Monticello, UT = 1,824 (2020)
Mount Vernon, ME = 1,721 (2020)
Monticello, MS = 1,441 (2020)
Biltmore Forest, NC = 1,409 (2020)
Mount Vernon, AL = 1,354 (2020)
Monticello, WI = 1,135 (2022)
Mount Vernon, MD = 761 (2020)
Monticello, ME = 737 (2020)
Ashland, NY = 682 (2020)
Mount Vernon, SD = 461 (2020)
Mount Vernon, AR = 144 (2020)
Blenheim, SC = 115 (2020) – Thank you, Dan!
Monticello, MO = 104 (2020)
Monticello, TX = 20 (2000)
Longwood, Mo = unknown – Thank you, Dan!

*Mount Vernon, OR is not named for George Washington’s home.

*Versailles, KY was named after the city not the palace in France.

*White House, TN is not named for the residence in Washington, DC. Neither are the towns of Whitehouse in Georgia, New Jersey, Ohio, or Texas.

*Alhambra CA and Alhambra, IL were both derived from Washington Irving’s book, Tales of Alhambra, which is about the Alhambra Palace in Spain. – Thank you, Dan!

Biltmore- Source: thepinnaclelist.com

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