Communities which have been renamed

NOTE: In many instances the year of the name change was the date the post office officially recognized the change. As was often the case, the area might have been referenced to the new name for a few years prior.

Former name Current name Date County Comment
ALABAMA
CoalburghCoalburgc. 1893Jefferson
ARKANSAS
ArgentaNorth Little Rock1917Pulaski
HamburghHamburg1893Ashley
CALIFORNIA
Clearlake HighlandsClearlake1981Lakeconsolidated and renamed
ElsinoreLake Elsinore1972Riverside
LordsburgLa Verne1917Los Angeles
San BuenaventuraVentura1889Ventura
CONNECTICUT
RockvilleVernon-Rockville1965Tollandconsolidated in 1965
ILLINOIS
BadersBader1907Schuyler
CoultersvilleCoultervillec. 1893Randolph
GalesburghGalesburgc. 1893Knox
KeithsburghKeithsburgc. 1893Mercer
Metropolis CityMetropolis1904Massac
PetersburghPetersburgc. 1893Menard
Ware StationWare1893Union
INDIANA
Burnett(')s CreekBurnettsville1922White
HuntingburghHuntingburg1893Dubois
LawrenceburghLawrenceburg1894Dearborn
OldenburghOldenburg1893Franklin
WalpoleFortville1866Hancockaka Phoebe Fort's Corner
West BadenWest Baden Springs1935Orange
IOWA
ConwaConway1892Taylor
CrawfordDow City1878CrawfordDowville, 1872-78
MarshallMarshalltown1862Henry
KENTUCKY
AdvanceFlatwoods1938GreenupCheap, 1918-38
Barlow CityBarlow1903Ballard
CampbellsburghCampbellsburg1893Henry
LawrenceburghLawrenceburg1893Anderson
OwensboroughOwensboro1893Daviess
MARYLAND
AlbertonDaniels1943Howard
BoonsboroughBoonsboro1893Washington
Gales TownGalestown1895Dorchester
GovanstownGovans1894-1908Baltimore
Sandy HillStockto(w)n1871Worcester
WilliamsburghWilliamsburg1893Dorchester
WoodsboroughWoodsboro1894Frederick
MASSACHUSETTS
DouglassDouglas1924Worcester
East DouglassEast Douglas1924Worcester
ManchesterManchester-by-the-Sea1990Essexpost office remains Manchester
MICHIGAN
BerlinMarne1919Ottawa
DallasFowler1869Clinton
EloiseWestlandafter 1981Wayne
MISSISSIPPI
BrookvilleBrooksville1950Noxubee
CatchingsDelta City1950Sharkey
Love('s) StationLove1925DeSoto
PickayunePicayune1909Pearl River
MISSOURI
Deep WaterDeepwater1872-1885Henry
Macon CityMacon1892Macon
MartinsburghMartinsburgc. 1894Audrain
Saint MarysSaint Maryc. 1990Sainte Genevieve
NEBRASKA
Plum CreekLexington1889Dawson
NEW JERSEY
ClarksboroughClarksboro1893Gloucester
CliffsideCliffside Park1931Bergen
LeesburghLeesburg1894Cumberland
OceanicRumson1907Monmouthtowns consolidated
PetersburghPetersburg1893Cape May
PhillipsburghPhillipsburg1894Warren
RooseveltCarteret1922Middlesex
NEW MEXICO
Park ViewLos Ojos1972Rio Arriba
NEW YORK
LansingburghLansingburg1966Rensselaerconflicted spelling 1882-1966
LestershireJohnson City1916Broome
LinoleumvilleTravis1931Richmondtown originally named Travis
NewtownElmhurst1896Queens
Sandy HillHudson Falls1910Washington
Wales CentreWales Center1893Erie
West TroyWatervliet1896Albany
WilliamsburghWilliamsburgc. 1893Kings
NORTH CAROLINA
AthloneBowlens CreekunknownYancey
Daisy StationOgburn StationunknownForsyth
Elon CollegeElon2001Alamance
Fuquay SpringsFuquay-Varina1963Wakeconsolidation
KeyserAddor1918Moore
MaysworthCramerton1922Gaston
LaurinburghLaurinburg1893Scotland
TaborTabor City1935Columbus
VarinaFuquay-Varina1963Wakeconsolidation
OHIO
CadwalladerWest ChesterunknownTuscarawas
Canal DoverDover1915Tuscarawas
FlatStockdale1902Pike
HillsboroughHillsboro1894Highland
InlandGreensburg1922Summit
LiverpoolValley City1910Medina
New BerlinNorth Canton1918Stark
Pleasant ValleyBlaine1880Belmont
Tippecanoe CityTipp City1938Miami
OREGON
WoodvilleRogue River1912Jackson
PENNSYLVANIA
AdamsburghAdamsburgc. 1893Westmoreland
Allegheny (City)Pittsburgh1907Allegheny
AttleboroughLanghorne1876Bucks
BloomsburghBloomsburgc. 1893Columbia
BoalsburghBoalsburg1893Centre
ChambersburghChambersburgc. 1893Franklin
ChartiersCarnegie1894Alleghenyconsolidated with Mansfield
DravosburghDravosburgc. 1893Allegheny
EbensburghEbensburgc. 1893Cambria
EdenburgKnox1933Clarion
EmausEmmaus1938Lehigh
FrankfortFrankfort Springs1840Allegheny
FredericksburghFredericksburgc. 1893Lebanon
FreeburghFreeburgc. 1893Snyder
GettysburghGettysburgc. 1893Adams
GreensboroughGreensboro1893Greene
GreensburghGreensburg1894Westmoreland
HamburghHamburg1894Berks
HarrisburghHarrisburgc. 1893Dauphin
HollidaysburghHollidaysburgc. 1893Blair
IndependenceAllenport1865Washington
KellysvilleKellyville1876-89Delaware
LashCowansburg1956Westmoreland
LewisburghLewisburgc. 1893Union
LuthersburghLuthersburg1894Clearfield
Mauch ChunkJim Thorpe1953Carbonmerged with East Mauch Chunk
Miles GroveLake City1953ErieNorth Girard, 1925-53
MillersburghMillersburg1894Dauphin
Moon TownshipCenter Township1914Beaver
MooresProspect Park1932Delaware
ParkesburghParkesburg1894Chester
PhilipsburghPhilipsburgc. 1893Centre
SaltsburghSaltsburgc. 1893Indiana
ShippensburghShippensburg1893Cumberland
WaynesboroughWaynesboro1894Franklin
WaynesburghWaynesburgc. 1893Greene
WilkinsburghWilkinsburgc. 1894Allegheny
William PennPenn1922Westmoreland
SOUTH CAROLINA
Lancaster Court HouseLancaster1893Lancaster
New BrooklandWest Columbia1938Lexington
Spartanburgh Court HouseSpartanburg1887Spartanburg
TucapauStartex1936Spartanburg
WoodruffsWoodruff1892Spartanburg
TEXAS
Goose CreekBaytown1948Harrismerged with Pelly and Baytown
PottsboroughPottsboroc. 1894Grayson
Union ChapelNew Summerfield1938CherokeeSummerfield, 1895-1938
VERMONT
BrattleboroughBrattleboroc. 1894Windham
VIRGINIA
BenhurBen Hur1919-1921Lee
Brook NealBrookneal1894Campbell
ClarionLynch Station1892CampbellLynch's Station, 1884-92
KecoughtanHampton1952Hamptonincorporated by Hampton
HarrisonburghHarrisonburgc. 1894Rockingham
Ivy DepotIvy1950Albemarle
LynchburghLynchburg1894Campbell
PetersburghPetersburg1894Dinwiddie
Powhatan Court HousePowhatan1893Powhatan
WEST VIRGINIA
LewisburghLewisburg1893Greenbrier
MartinsburghMartinsburg1894Berkeley
ParkersburghParkersburg1894Wood
RowlesburghRowlesburg1894Preston
Slater(s)Thayerc. 1901Fayette
Wayne Court HouseWayne1892Wayne
WellsburghWellsburg1887Brooke
WISCONSIN
HillsboroughHillsboroc. 1894Vernon
ONTARIO, CANADA
EtobicokeToronto1998----incorporated by Toronto
RUSSIA
LeningradSaint Petersburg1991
Saint PetersburgLeningrad1924