List of city name changes

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This is a list of cities and towns whose names were officially changed at one or more points in history. It does not include gradual changes in spelling that took place over long periods of time.

Afghanistan

Algeria

Ikosium → Icosium → Algiers
Géryville → El Bayadh
Cirta → Constantine
Hippo Regius → Bône → Annaba
Rusicade → Philippeville → Skikda
Castellum Tingitanum → Orléansville → El Asnam → Chlef
Malaca → Calama → Guelma
Colomb-Béchar → Béchar
Saint André de Mers-el-Kébir → Mers-el-Kébir
Saldae → Bougie → Béjaïa
Fort Laperrine → Tamanrasset

Angola

Argentina

La Plata → Ciudad Eva Perón (1952) → La Plata (1955)
Ciudad de la Santísima Trinidad y Puerto de Santa María del Buen Aire → Buenos Aires

Armenia

Australia

New South Wales

Blackman's Flat → Orange
Currajong → Bushman's → Parkes
Dumbletown → Beverly Hills
Germanton → Holbrook
Mayday Hills → Beechworth

Northern Territory

Port Darwin → Palmerston → Darwin
Stuart → Alice Springs

Queensland

Limestone Station → Ipswich

South Australia

Hummock Hill → Whyalla
Mobilong → Murray Bridge

Tasmania

Emu Bay → Burnie

Victoria

Ballaarat → Ballarat^[1]
Bearbrass → Melbourne^[2]
Belfast → Port Fairy
Bendigo's Creek → Sandhurst → Bendigo
Bryan Creek Crossing → Coleraine
Emerald Hill → South Melbourne
Flooding Creek → Sale
McGuire's Punt → Sheppardtown → Shepparton

Western Australia

Newcastle → Toodyay

Austria

Fucking → Fugging (1836)
Fucking → Fugging (2021)
Mattersdorf → Mattersburg (1926)

Azerbaijan

Bangladesh

Belarus

Belgium

Charnoy → Charleroi (1666)

Bolivia

Charará → General Eugenio Alejandrino Garay (1955)
Fortín General Camacho / Fortín López de Filippis → Mariscal José Félix Estigarribia (1944)

Botswana

Gaberones → Gaborone (1969)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosanska Dubica → Kozarska Dubica (1992)
Bosanska Gradiška → Gradiška
Bosanska Kostajnica → Kostajnica
Bosanski Brod → Brod
Bosanski Novi → Novi Grad
Bosanski Šamac → Šamac
Bosansko Petrovo Selo → Petrovo
Delminium → Županjac → Županj-potok → Županjac → Duvno → Tomislavgrad → Duvno → Tomislavgrad
Drvar → Titov Drvar (1981) → Drvar (1991)
Hvoča → Foča → Srbinje → Foča
Novi Travnik → Pucarevo (1980 - 1992) ^[3] → Novi Travnik
Skender Vakuf → Kneževo
Široki Brig → Lištica (1952 - 1992) → Široki Brijeg

Brazil

Adolfo Konder → Vidal Ramos
Embu → Embu das Artes
Felisberto Caldeira → São Gonçalo do Rio Preto
Hamônia → Ibirama
Hansa Humboldt → Corupá
Jabaeté → Viana
Neu-Zürich → Dalbérgia → Neu Breslau → Presidente Getúlio
Nossa Senhora do Desterro → Florianópolis (1893)
Nova Danzig → Cambé
Palmira → Santos Dumont
Filipeia de Nossa Senhora das Neves → Paraíba → João Pessoa
Porto dos Casais → Porto Alegre
Presidente Soares → Alto Jequitibá
Lugar de Barra → Manaus (1832) → São José da Barra do Rio Negro (1848) → Manaus (1856)
São José del Rey → Tiradentes (1889)
Veado → Siqueira Campos → Guaçuí
Vila do Espírito Santo → Vila Velha
Vila Nova do Espírito Santo → Vitória
Vila Rica → Ouro Preto
São Salvador → Bahia → Salvador

Brunei

Brunei Town (Bandar Brunei) → Bandar Seri Begawan (1970)
Brooketon → Muara
Padang Berawa → Seria

Bulgaria

Ratiaria → Archar
Asenovgrad → Stanimaka → Asenovgrad (1934)
Scaptopara → Cuma-i Bala (Yukarı Cuma) → Gorna Dzhumaya → Blagoevgrad
Orhanie → Botevgrad
Pyrgos → Burgaz →Burgas
Hadzhioglu Pazardzhik → Tolbukhin (1949) → Dobrich (1990)
Dupniche → Marek → Stanke Dimitrov → Dupnitsa
Nevrokop → Gotse Delchev
Ortaköy → Ivailovgrad
Pautalia → Velbazhd → Köstendil → Kyustendil
Golyama Kutlovitsa → Kutlofça → Ferdinand (1890)→ Mihailovgrad (1945) → Montana (1993)
Mesembria → Misivri→ Nesebar
Tatar Pazardzhik → Pazardzhik
Kendros (Kendrisos/Kendrisia) → Odryssa → Eumolpia → Philipopolis → Trimontium → Ulpia → Flavia → Julia → Paldin/Ploudin → Poulpoudeva → Filibe → Plovdiv
Anchialos → Tuthom → Anhyolu → Anhialo → Pomorie
Ruschuk (Rusčuk) → Rousse
Şumnu → Shumen → Kolarovgrad (1950) → Shumen (1965)
Durostorum → Dorostol → Drastar → Silistre → Silistra
Bashmakli → Ahiçelebi → Smolyan
Serdica → Sredets → Triaditsa → Sofya →Sofia
Beroe → Vereya (Beroya) → Ulpia Augusta Trajana → Irinopolis → Boruy → Vereya → Eski Zağra → Zheleznik → Stara Zagora
Golyamo Konare → Saedinenie
Eski Dzhumaia (Eski Cuma) → Targovishte
Vassiliko → Tsarevo → Michurin → Tsarevo
Odesos → Varna → Stalin (1949)→ Varna (1956)
Tarnovgrad → Tarnovo → Tırnova → Tarnovo → Veliko Tarnovo
Bononia → Bdin → Vidin

Canada

Alberta

Hobbema → Maskwacis

British Columbia

Fort George → Prince George
Fort Camosun → Fort Victoria → Victoria
Westbank → West Kelowna
Granville → Vancouver
ch’átlich → Sechelt

Manitoba

Prince of Wales Fort → Churchill

New Brunswick

Fort LaTour → Saint John
Léger Corner → Dieppe
Ste. Anne's Point → Fredericton

Nunavut

Frobisher Bay → Iqaluit
Repulse Bay → Naujaat^[4]

Ontario

Hens and Chickens Harbour → Collingwood^[5]
New Johnstown → Cornwall
Rat Portage → Kenora
Fort Frontenac → Kingston
Ebytown → Berlin → Kitchener (see Berlin to Kitchener name change)
Newark → Niagara-on-the-Lake
Bytown → Ottawa
Scott's Plains → Peterborough
Shipman's Corners → St. Catharines
Sainte-Anne-des-Pins → Sudbury → Greater Sudbury
Fort Rouillé → Toronto → York → Toronto
Aqueduct → Merritsville → Welland

Prince Edward Island

Port la Joie → Charlottetown

Québec

Asbestos → Val-des-Sources
Hochelaga → Ville-Marie → Mont-Royal → Montreal
Hull → Gatineau

Saskatchewan

Prussia → Leader
Wascana (Romanized as Oskana) → Regina

Central African Republic

Gribingui → Fort-Crampel → Crampel → Kaga-Bandoro
Fort-Brusseaux → Markounda

Chad

Faya → Largeau → Faya-Largeau → Faya (proposed)
Fort Archambault → Sarh
Fort-Foureau → Kousséri
Fort Lamy → N'Djamena

Chile

Barrancas → Pudahuel
Estación Rinconada → Laja
La Greda → La Unión → Pisco Elqui
Lago Buenos Aires → Chile Chico
Melipulli → Puerto Montt
Mincha → Canela
Monterrey → Monte Patria
Navarino → Cabo de Hornos
Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes de Puerto Claro → Valparaíso
Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes de Tutuvén → Cauquenes
Nueva Bilbao → Constitución
Peña Blanca → Marchihue
Pueblo Hundido → Diego de Almagro
Punta Arenas → Magallanes City → Punta Arenas
Rinconada de Parral → Retiro
Samo Alto → Río Hurtado
San Carlos de Chiloé → Ancud
San José de Logroño → Melipilla
Santa Cruz de Triana → Rancagua
Valdivia de Lontué → Sagrada Familia
Yungay → Quinta Normal

China

Amoy† → Hsia-men† → Xiamen
Ji → Yanjing → Zhongdu → Dadu → Jingshi → Khanbalik (as Mongol capital) → Peking † → Peiping → Beijing
Fenghao (豐鎬) → Chang'an (長安) or Xijing (西京) → Daxing (大興) → Fengyuan (奉元) → Anxi (安西) → Jingzhao (京兆) → Xi'an (西安)
Iling → Ichang† → Yichang
Jiankang → Jiangning → Jinling → Nanking† → Nanjing
Bianliang → Bianjing → Kaifeng
Lin'an → Hangchow† → Hangzhou
Soochow† → Suzhou
Yinxu → Anyang
Shenyang → Shengjing → Fengtianfu → Mukden → Fengtian → Shenyang
Ch'ing-ni-wa → Lüshunkou (aka Port Arthur) → Dalnyi → Dairen; Ryojun → Lüda→ Dalian
Kweisui† → Guisui → Hohhot
Tihua† → Dihua → Ürümqi
Changchun → Hsinking → Changchun

†Name change in English due to replacement of postal romanization with the pinyin system. The Chinese name is unchanged.

Colombia

Bacatá → Santa Fe de Bacatá → Bogotá → Santa Fe de Bogotá → Bogotá
Obando → Puerto Inírida → Inirida
Patriarca San José → Cúcuta → San José de Cucúta → Cúcuta
Valle de Upar → Ciudad de los Santos Reyes de Valledupar → Valle Dupar → Valledupar
Nuestra Señora Santa María de los Remedios del Cabo de la Vela → Nuestra Señora de los Remedios del Río de la Hacha → Riohacha
Barbudo → Santiago de Sompayón → Tamalameque → Santiago de Sompayón Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria de El Banco → El Banco
San Jerónimo de Buenavista → Pereira
Apiay → Villavicencio
Pueblo Viejo → San Francisco de Quibdó → Quibdó
San Bonifacio de Ibagué del valle de las Lanzas → Ibagué
Villaviciosa de la Concepción de la Provincia de Hatunllacta → Villaviciosa de la Concepción de San Juan de los Pastos → San Juan de Pasto
San Antonio → Leticia
Santa Cruz de Pizarro → Santa Cruz de San José → Sitionuevo → Sitio Nuevo
Villa Holguín → Armenia

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Republic of the Congo

Croatia

Militär Sanct Georgen → Đurđevac
Ragusa → Dubrovnik
Mursa → Essegg, Eszék → Osijek
Sankt Veit am Fluß (German) → Fiume (Italian) → Rijeka
Iader → Jadera → Zara → Zadar
Agram, Zagrab → Zagreb
Zaravecchia → Biograd na Moru
Pinguente → Buzet
Cherso → Cres
Porto Re → Kraljevica
Albona → Labin
Lesina → Hvar
Lussinpiccolo → Mali Lošinj
Cittanova (d'Istria) → Novigrad
Dignano → Vodnjan
Ploče → Kardeljevo → Ploče
San Pietro della Brazza → Supetar
Spalato → Split

Czech Republic

Braunau → Broumov
Brünn → Brno
Budweis → České Budějovice
Černý Kostelec → Kostelec nad Černými lesy
Cukmantl → Zlaté Hory
Falknov → Sokolov
Frývaldov → Jeseník
Iglau → Jihlava
Krummau → Český Krumlov
Německý Brod → Havlíčkův Brod
Německé Jablonné → Jablonné v Podještědí
Olmütz → Olomouc
Otrokovice → Baťov → Otrokovice
Pilsen → Plzeň
Reichenberg → Liberec
Troppau → Opava
Zlín → Gottwaldov → Zlín

Dominican Republic

Santo Domingo → Ciudad Trujillo (1936–1961) → Santo Domingo

Egypt

Many cities had Ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Latin names.

Iunyt, Ta-senet → Latopolis → Laton → Lato → Esna

Equatorial Guinea

Port Clarence → Santa Isabel → Malabo

Estonia

Eswatini

Finland

Kokkola/Gamlakarleby → Kokkola/Karleby (1977, only the Swedish name changed)
Mustasaari/Mussor → Wasa → Nikolaistad/Nikolainkaupunki (1862) → Vasa/Vaasa (1917)
Pargas/Parainen → Väståboland/Länsi-Turunmaa (2009) → Pargas/Parainen (2012)
Pyhäjärvi → Pyhäsalmi (1993) → Pyhäjärvi (1996)

France

Most cities had an ancient name, usually in Latin, often of older Celtic origin

Andemantunum → Langres
Argentoratum → Strassburg → Strasbourg
Augustobona → Troyes
Augustodunum → Autun
Augustodurum → Bayeux
Augustonemetum → Clermont-Ferrand
Avaricum → Bourges
Caesarodunum → Tours
Cenabum → Cenabum Aureliani → Aurelianum → Orléans
Condevicnum → Portus Namnetum → Nantes
Divodurum → Metz
Divona → Cahors
Durocortorum → Reims
Elimberris → Auch
Forum Iulii → Fréjus
Gesocribate → Brest
Gesoriacum → Bononia → Boulogne-sur-Mer
Iuliomagus → Angers
La Haye-en-Touraine → La Haye-Descartes → Descartes
Lapurdum → Bayonne
Limonum → Poitiers
Lugdunum Convenarum → Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges
Lugdunum Consoranorum → Saint-Lizier
Lutetia → Paris
Mediolanium → Saintes
Mediolanum Aulercorum → Évreux
Nemetacum → Arras
Noviodunum Aeduorum → Nevirnum → Nevers
Samarobriva → Amiens
Segodunum → Rodez

The Gambia

Georgia

Germany

Aquae Mattiacorum → Wiesbaden
Augusta Vindelicorum → Augsburg
Aurelia Aquensi → Baden-Baden
Barmen-Elberfeld → Wuppertal
Bötzow → Oranienburg
Bremerhaven → Wesermünde → Bremerhaven
Buchhorn → Friedrichshafen
Chemnitz → Karl-Marx-Stadt (1953) → Chemnitz (1990)
Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium → Köln (English: Cologne)
Colonia Nemetum → Speyer
Klenow → Ludwigslust
Lietzow → Lietzenburg → Charlottenburg
Lochau → Annaburg
Mogontiacum → Mainz
Münden → Hannoversch Münden → Hann. Münden
Neustadt → Dorotheenstadt (in 1710 incorporated into Berlin)
Rixdorf → Neukölln (in 1920 incorporated into Berlin)
Sarre-Louis → Sarre-Libre → Saarlouis → Saarlautern → Saarlouis
Syburg → Carlshaven → Bad Karlshafen
Stadt des KdF-Wagens bei Fallersleben → Wolfsburg
Stalinstadt → Eisenhüttenstadt
Starigard → Aldinborg → Oldenburg in Holstein
Treuorum → Trier
Vörde → Bremervörde

Greece

Greenland

Friedrichstal → Frederiksdal → Narsarmijit (Narsaq Kujalleq)
Godthaab (Godthåb) → Nuuk
Lichtenau → Alluitsoq
Lichtenfels → Akunnat
Neu-Herrnhut → Nye-Hernhut → Noorlit → Old Nuuk

Guyana

Wismar-MacKenzie-Christianburg → Linden

Haiti

Cap-Français → Cap-Haïtien

Hong Kong

Rennie's Mill → Tiu Keng Leng
Junk Bay → Tseung Kwan O
Castle Peak → Tuen Mun
Un Long → Yuen Long

Hungary

India

Indonesia

Amboyna → Ambon
Bacassie → Bekasi
Bandjermassing → Banjarmasin
Bandoeng → Bandung
Bancalies → Bengkalis
Bantam → Banten
Batavia en Ommelanden → DKI Jakarta
Batavia Centrum → Jakarta Pusat
Baviaan Eilanden → Kepulauan Bawean
Benkoelen → Bengkulu
Billiton → Belitung
Bonthain → Bantaeng
Buitenzorg → Bogor
Cadirie → Kediri
Catappa → Ketapang
Cermatta → Karimata
Cottaringen → Kotawaringin
Cheribon → Cirebon
Cuyper Eiland → Pulau Cipir
Djocjacarta → Yogyakarta
Duizendeilanden → Kepulauan Seribu
Emmahaven → Teluk Bayur
Fort de Kock → Bukittinggi
Fort Marlborough → Malabero
Frederik Hendrik Eiland → Pulau Kolepom
Grisee → Gresik
Groot Vallei → Baliem
Hollandia → Jayapura
Hollandia-binnen → Abepura
Hollandia-haven → Jayapura Utara
Koetaradja → Banda Aceh
Macasser → Makassar
Meester Cornelis → Jakarta Timur
Molukken → Maluku
Oosthaven → Panjang
Oosthoek → Tapal Kuda
Pakanbaroe → Pekanbaru
Passarouang → Pasuruan
Preanger → Parahyangan
Riaouw Archipel → Kepulauan Riau
Rozengain Eiland → Pulau Hatta
Sammarang → Semarang
Soerabaija → Surabaya
Soeracarta → Surakarta
Stad en Voorsteden → Jakarta Utara
Sterrengeberte → Pegunungan Bintang
Tandjoengbalei → Tanjung Balai
Tjiandjoer → Cianjur
Weltevreden → Sawah Besar
Wijncoops-baai → Palabuhan Ratu
Wisselmeren → Paniai
Wondammen-baai → Teluk Wondama
Zaleijer Eilanden → Kepulauan Salayar
Zuider Benedenlanden → Pesisir Selatan

Iran

Ireland

Bagenalstown → Muine Bheag (1932)
Charleville → Ráth Luirc (1920s)
Cove → Queenstown (1849) → Cobh (1922)
Dún Laoghaire → Kingstown (1821) → Dún Laoghaire (1922)
Edgeworthstown → Mostrim (1935) → Edgeworthstown (1974)
Fethard → Fethard-on-Sea (1914)
Kells → Ceanannas Mór (1929) → Kells (1993)
Kingwilliamstown → Ballydesmond (1951)
Lisbrack → Newtownforbes (1750)
Maryborough → Portlaoise (1929)
Navan → An Uaimh (1922) → Navan (1971)
Newbridge → Droichead Nua (1930s)
Newtownbarry → Bunclody (1950)
Parsonstown → Birr (1920s)
Philipstown → Daingean (1922)

Israel

Nazareth Illit → Nof HaGalil (2019)

Italy

Japan

Akamagaseki → Shimonoseki (1902)
Asahi → Owariasahi (1970)
Edo → Tokyo (1868)
Fuchū → Shizuoka (1869)
Fukase → Matsumoto (1582)
Goka → Hiroshima (1591)
Heian-kyo → Kyoto (1899)
Hiroshima → Kitahiroshima (1996)
Hizaori → Asaka (1932)
Imahama → Nagahama (1575)
Inokuchi → Gifu (1568)
Ujiyamada → Ise, Mie (1955)
Kameyama → Kameoka (1869)
Kōriyama → Yamatokōriyama (1954)
Koromo → Toyota (1959)
Kozukata → Morioka (Keichō era)
Kurokawa → Wakamatsu → Aizuwakamatsu (1955)
Kurume → Higashikurume (1970)
Murayama → Musashimurayama (1970)
Nagaoka → Nagaokakyō (1972)
Naniwa → Ōsaka
Ōminatotanabu → Mutsu (1960)
Ōmiya → Hitachiōmiya (2004)
Oshi → Gyōda (1949)
Ōta → Hitachiōta (1954)
Ōtsu → Kotsu (672) → Ōtsu (794)
Ōtsu → Izumiōtsu (1942)
Sano → Izumisano (1948)
Sayama → Ōsakasayama (1987)
Shinobu → Fukushima (1592)
Takada → Bungotakada (1954)
Takada → Yamatotakada (1948)
Takada → Jōetsu (1971)
Takaoka → Hirosaki (1628)
Tambaichi → Tenri (1954)
Tanabe → Kyōtanabe (1997)
Tsudanuma → Narashino (1954)
Yamato → Higashiyamato (1970)
Yabo → Kunitachi (1926)

Jordan

Rabbath Ammon → Philadelphia → Amman → Ahamant → Amman
Kerak → Al-Karak

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Broderick Falls → Webuye
Fort Hall → Muranga
Thompson Falls → Nyahururu

Kyrgyzstan

Laos

Xiang Dong Xiang Thong → Vientiane (1561) → Luang Phra Bang (1695) → Vientiane
Nakhon Kala Champaknaburisi → Nakhon Champa Nakhaburisi (1713) → Nakhon Champasak (1791) → Champasak [Bassac] (1863) → Pakse (1908)

Latvia

Lebanon

Heliopolis → Baalbek
Derbly, Ahlia, Wahlia, Mahallata, Mayza, Kayza, Athar (Phoenician/Assyrian) → Tripolis (Greek, Latin) → Atrabulus, Tarablus al-Sham (Arabic) → Trablusşam (Turkish) → Tripoli

Libya

Oea → Tripoli
Euesperides → Berenice → Hesperides → Barneeq → Marsa ibn Ghazi → Bani Ghazi → Benghazi

Lithuania

Georgenburg → Jurbarkas
Memel → Klaipėda (1923)
Pašešupys → Starapolė (1736) → Marijampolė (1758) → Kapsukas (1956) → Marijampolė (1989)
Šilokarčema → Šilutė (1923)
Vilkmergė → Ukmergė (1920s)
Medininkai → Varniai (16th century)
Sniečkus → Visaginas (1992)
Duoliebaičiai → Władysławów/Vladislavovas (1639) → Naumiestis → Kudirkos Naumiestis (1934)
Zarasai → Novoalexandrovsk (1836) → Ežerėnai (1919) → Zarasai (1929)
Mažeikiai → Muravyov (1899) → Mažeikiai (1918)

Madagascar

Malawi

Mauritius

Port Louis → Port de La Montagne (1794) → Port Nord-Ouest (1795) → Port Napoléon (1803) → Port Louis (1810)

Malaysia

Jesselton → Kota Kinabalu (1968)
Port Swettenham → Port Klang (1963)
Province Wellesley → Seberang Perai
Victoria → Bandar Labuan
Teluk Anson → Teluk Intan
Port Weld → Kuala Sepetang
Elopura → Sandakan
Prang Besar → Putrajaya
Tanjung Puteri → Iskandar Puteri → Johor Bahru
Nusajaya → Iskandar Puteri

Mexico

Cajeme → Ciudad Obregón
Ciudad Real → San Cristobal de las Casas
Pitic → Hermosillo
Querétaro → Santiago de Querétaro
San Juan Bautista → Villahermosa
El Paso del Norte → Ciudad Juarez
Tenochtitlán → Ciudad de México
Valladolid → Morelia
Zapotlán → Ciudad Guzmán

Republic of Moldova

Montenegro

Berane → Ivangrad (1949) → Berane (1992)
Birziminium → Ribnica → Podgorica (1326) → Titograd (1946) → Podgorica (1992)

Morocco

Tingis → Tangier
Mazagan → El Jadida
Tamuda → Tetuán → Tetouan
Lixus → Larache
Thamusida → Port Lyautey → Kénitra
Anfa → Casablanca
Villa Sanjurjo → Alhucemas → Al Hoceima
Fedala → Mohammedia
Sala Colonia → Chellah → Rabat
Mogador → Essaouira
Zilis → Arcila → Asilah
Morocco → Marrakesh
Ifni → Sidi Ifni
Ksar es-Souk/Imtaghren → Errachidia
Louis-Gentil → Youssoufia
Camp Merchand → Rommani
Petit Jean → Sidi Kacem
Castillejos → Fnideq
El Rincón → Mdiq
Camp Christian → Ezzhiliga
Xauen → Chefchaouen
Camp Boulhaut → Benslimane
Camp Monod → Sidi Allal El Bahraoui
Kebdana → Cabo de Agua → Cap de l’Eau → Ras El Ma

Mozambique

Myanmar

In many cases, the English name of the city changed due to different romanization systems, while the Burmese native remained unchanged.

Arakan → Rakhine
Akyab → Sittwe
Amherst → Kyaikkami
Bassein → Pathein
Henzada → Hinthada
Maymyo → Pyin U Lwin
Moulmein → Mawlamyaing
Mergui → Myeik
Myohaung → Mrauk U
Pagan → Bagan
Pegu → Bago
Prome → Pyay
Dagon → Rangoon → Yangon
Sandoway → Thandwe
Syriam → Thanlyin
Karen → Kayin
Tavoy → Dawei
Tenasserim → Tanintharyi
Yaunghwe → Nyaung Shwe

Namibia

Netherlands

Coriovallum (possible misspelling of Cortovallum) → Heerlen
Kuilenburg → Culemborg
Noviomagus Batavorum (or Batavodurum) → Nimwegen → Nijmegen
Traiectum → Traiectum ad Mosam → Maastricht
Traiectum → Ultra Traiectum → Utrecht
Forum Hadriani → Voorburg
Zwaagwesteinde → De Westereen
Tergouw → Gouda

North Korea

Sinuiju → Shingishū† → Sinuiju
Wanggeom-seong → Pyongyang → Seogyeong → Pyongyang → Heijō† → Pyongyang
Wonsanjin → Genzan† → Wonsan
Songjin → Kimchaek (1952)
Songrim → Genjihō (1916) → Songrim (1945)

†Japanese name during Korea under Japanese rule (1910–1945). The Korean name is unchanged.

North Macedonia

Veles → Titov Veles →Veles, North Macedonia^[6]

Norway

Ánslo → Christiania (1624) → Oslo (1925)
Kaupangen → Nidaros → Trondhjem → Nidaros → Trondheim
Fredrikshald → Halden
Bjørgvin → Bergen

Pakistan

Peru

Ciudad de los Reyes → Lima
San Pablo de Napeanos → Iquitos

Paraguay

Puerto Flor de Lis → Puerto Presidente Stroessner → Ciudad del Este
Ajos → Coronel Oviedo

Philippines

Poland

Aleksandrowo → Aleksandrów Pograniczny → Aleksandrów Kujawski
Jędrzychów → Andrzychów → Andrychów
Barcino → Barcin
Wartberge → Wartenburg → Nowowiejsk² → Barczewo
Brido → Wartha → Bardo
Neu Berlin → Berlinchen → Barlinek
Rosenthal → Bartenstein → Bartoszyce
Barwica → Bärwalde¹ → Barwice²
Biała → Zülz¹ → Biała²
Gajle → Biała → Gehlen¹ → Gehlenburg → Biała Piska²
Brzegi → Białe Brzegi → Białobrzegi
Biały Bór → Baldenburg¹ → Biały Bór²
Bielszczany Stok → Białystok
Biała → Langenbielau¹ → Bielawa²
Lignica → Fürstenwald¹ → Beroldestadt → Bernstadt → Bierutów²
Bischofsburg → Biskupiec²
Strowangen → Bischofstein → Bistein → Bisztynek²
Błaszkowice → Błaszki
Richnow → Reichenau¹ → Rychwałd² → Bogatynia
Gross-Born → Borne Sulinowo²
Brusseberge → Brunsberg → Braunsberg → Braniewo²
Brwinowo → Brwinów
Wysoki Brzeg → Brieg¹ → Brzeg²
Brzeg → Dyhernfurth → Brzeg Dolny²
Busk → Busko → Busko Zdrój
Bydgoszcz → Bromberg → Bydgoszcz² → Bromberg → Bydgoszcz²
Bystrzyce → Habelschwerdt¹ → Bystrzyca Kłodzka
Bytom → Beuthen an der Oder¹ → Białobrzezie² → Bytom Odrzański
Łoza → Kulmsee¹ → Chełmża²
Freienwalde → Chociwel²
Konice → Konigesberge¹ → Königsberg in der Neumark → Chojna²
Chorzów → Königshütte¹ → Chorzów²
Arnswalde → Choszczno²
Tempelburg → Czaplinek²
Czarne → Hammerstein¹ → Czarne² → Hammerstein¹ → Czarne²
Rothenburg → Czerwieńsk²
Dęblin → Ivanogród (1840) → Dęblin (1920)
Dzierzgoń → Neu Christburg¹ → Christburg → Dzierzgoń²
Reichenbach → Dzierżoniów²
Łęg → Lyck → Ełk²
Gdynia → Gdingen → Gdynia → Gotenhafen → Gdynia²
Gdańsk → Danzig → Gdańsk²
Nowa Wieś → Lötzen → Giżycko²
Głogów → Glogau → Głogów²
Landsberg → Landsberg an der Warthe → Gorzów Wielkopolski²
Nowy Włodzisław → Junowłodzisław → Inowłodzisław → Inowłocław → Inowrocław → Hohensalza → Inowrocław → Hohensalza → Inowrocław
Biała → Janów → Janów Lubelski
Jastrow → Jastrowie
Hirschberg → Jelenia Góra²
Kattowitz → Katowice → Stalinogród (1953) → Katowice (1956)
Wietrzna Góra → Kazimierz → Kazimierz Dolny
Rast → Rastenburg → Kętrzyn
Kladsko → Glatz → Kłodzko
Kołobrzeg → Kolberg → Kołobrzeg²
Koszalin → Köslin → Koszalin²
Hurthland → Friedland → Korfantów²
Lignica → Liegnitz¹ → Legnica²
Łódź → Lodsch → Łódź¹→ Litzmannstadt → Łódź²
Lubin → Lüben¹ → Lubin²
Marienburg → Malbork → Marienburg → Malbork²
Berenwalde → Bärwalde → Mieszkowice²
Mieńsk → Mińsk → Nowomińsk → Mińsk Mazowiecki
Sensburg → Mrągowo
Florianów → Narol
Nowe Miasto Korczyn → Nowy Korczyn
Margrabowa → Treuburg¹ → Olecko²
Pazluk → Hollandt¹ → Preußisch Holland → Pasłęk²
Piasek → Piaski Luterskie → Piaski
Melcekuke → Mehlsack → Pieniężno²
Pisz → Johannisburg¹ → Pisz²
Przemków → Primkenow¹ → Primkenau¹ → Przemków²
Puławy → Nowa Aleksandria → Puławy
Prudnik → Neustadt → Prądnik² → Prudnik
Słupsk → Stolp¹ → Słupsk²
Stargard Szczeciński → Stargard (2016)
Stettin → Szczecin²
Ortulfsburg → Ortelsburg → Szczytno²
Rogoźno → Jelitowo → Tomaszów → Tomaszów Lubelski
Waldenberg → Waldenburg → Wałbrzych²
Wejherowska Wola → Neustadt¹ → Wejherowo → Neustadt¹ → Wejherowo
Wielka Wieś → Władysławowo
Włodzisław → Włocław → Leslau → Włocławek → Leslau → Włocławek²
Wrocisław → Wrocław → Preßlau → Breslau → Wrocław²
Zabrze → Hindenburg (1915) → Zabrze²
Zawadzki → Andreashütte¹ → Zawadzkie²
Frankenstein → Ząbkowice Śląskie²
Zielona Góra → Grünberg¹ → Zielona Góra²

¹ Cities in western Poland whose names were changed when Poland gained independence from Germany in 1918.
² German cities from 1918 to 1939 that became part of Poland after 1945.

Portugal

Aeminium → Coimbra
Bracara Augusta → Braga
Conimbriga → Condeixa-a-Nova (Coimbra)
Iebora → Évora
Olisipo → Al-Usbuna → Lisbon (Lisboa)
Pax Iulia → Beja
Portus Cale → Porto (Oporto) and Vila Nova de Gaia
Sheberina → Serpa
Sintara → Sintra
Villa Euracini (953) → Villa Verazin (1198) → Póvoa de Varzim (1308)

Romania

Russia

Serbia

Caribrod → Dimitrovgrad
Despotovica → Gornji Milanovac
Horreum Margi → Ravno → Ćuprija
Jagodina → Svetozarevo → Jagodina
Karanovac → Kraljevo → Rankovićevo → Kraljevo
Nagy Bécskerek/Veliki Bečkerek → Bečkerek → Petrovgrad → Zrenjanin
Petrovaradinski Šanac → Novi Sad
Poreč → Donji Milanovac
Singidon → Singidunum → Bělgradъ (Бѣлъградъ) → Nándorfehérvár → Dar-ul-Cihad → Beograd (Belgrade)
Taurunum → Zemun
Sirmium → Sremska Mitrovica
Užice → Titovo Užice (1946) → Užice (1992)
Vrbas → Titov Vrbas (1983) → Vrbas (1992)
Zanes → Pontes → Diana → Novi Grad^{[citation needed]} → Fetislam → Kladovo
Zaslon → Šabac

Seychelles

L'Établissement → Victoria

Singapore

Bukit Panjang → Zhenghua → Bukit Panjang
Chan Chu Kang → Nee Soon → Yishun†
Kalang → Kallang
Kang Kar → Sengkang
Passier Reis → Pasir Ris
Peck San → Bishan†
Pongal → Ponggol → Punggol
Temasek → Singapore
Westhill → Chong Pang

Name change in English due to replacement of older romanization methods with the pinyin system. The Chinese name is unchanged.

Slovakia

Šafaríkovo → Tornaľa
Šimonovany → Baťovany → Partizánske
Besztercebánya → Banská Bystrica
Kaschau, Kassa → Košice
Pressburg, Pozsony → Bratislava

Slovenia

Assling → Jesenice
Bischofslack → Škofja Loka
Celeia → Cilli → Celje
Egida → Capris → Justinopolis → Caput Histriae → Koper/Capodistria
Emona → Laibach → Ljubljana
Marburg → Maribor
Poetovio → Pettau → Ptuj
Pirano → Piran
Capodistria → Koper
Portorose → Portorož
Velenje → Titovo Velenje (1981) → Velenje (1991)
Castra ad Fluvio Frigido → Ajdovščina
Atrans → Trojane

South Africa

South Korea

Cheju (1397) → Jeju‡
Dalgubeol → Taegu (757 AD) → Daegu‡
Dongrae (before 1914) → Fusan (1914) → Pusan† (1945) → Busan‡
Duingji-hyeon → Yŏn'gi → Yeongi‡ → Sejong (2012)
Usisan → Uhwa → Heungrye-bu → Gonghwa-hyeon → Ulju (1018 AD) → Ulsan (1413)
Hanbat → Taejŏn → Daejeon‡
Mujin → Muju → Kwangju → Gwangju‡
Hansanju → Hanyang → Hanseong → Gyeongseong/Keijō (1910) → Seoul (1945)
Michuhol → Soseong-hyeon → Gyeongwon-bu → Inch'ŏn (1413) → Jinsen† (1910) → Chemulpo (1945)→ Inch'ŏn (1945) → Incheon‡
Ungjin → Kongju → Gongju‡
Silchon-eup → Gonjiam-eup (Gwangju, Gyeonggi) (2011)
Doam-myeon → Daegwallyeong-myeon (Pyeongchang) (2007)

†Japanese name during Korea under Japanese rule (1910–1945). The Korean name is unchanged.
‡Name change in English due to replacement McCune–Reischauer with the Revised Romanization method in 2000. The Korean name is unchanged.

Spain

Acci → Guadix
Adobrica → Ferrol → Ferrol del Caudillo (1938) → Ferrol (1982)
Azaña → Numancia de la Sagra (1936)
Barcino → Barcino Nova → Barcelona
Basti → Baza
Bayona de Tajuña → Titulcia
Brigantium → Caronium → Corunna → La Coruña → A Coruña
Caesaraugusta → Zaragoza
Colonia Iulia Romula → Hispalis → Ishbiliya → Seville (Sevilla)
Colonia Norba Caesarina → Norba → Cáceres
Colonia Patricia → Corduba → Qurtuba → Córdoba
Complutum → Alcalá de Henares
Egara → Terrassa
Gasteiz → Nueva Victoria → Vitoria-Gasteiz
Guernica → Guernica y Luno → Gernika-Lumo
Hispalis → Sevilla
Iulia Traducta → Algeciras
Lucentum → Alicante
Malaca → Málaga
Onuba → Huelva
Sos → Sos del Rey Católico
Villa Real → Ciudad Real

Sweden

Bogesund → Ulricehamn
Bro → Christinehamn → Kristinehamn
Malmhaugar → Malmö
Tuna → Eskilstuna → Carl Gustafs Stad → Eskilstuna
Westra Aros → Wæstaros → Västerås
Östra Aros → Upsala → Uppsala

Switzerland

Aarmühle → Interlaken
Augusta Raurica → Kaiseraugst
Aventicum → Wiflispurg → Avenches
Eburodunum → Yverdon-les-Bains
Lousonna → Lausanne
Minnodunum → Moudon
Octodurus → Martigny
Turicum → Zürich

Syria

Beroea → Aleppo
Balanea (Greek, Latin) → Baniyas (Arabic)
Emesa → Homs
(H)Amat(h)(a) (Aramaic, Assyrian) → Epiphania → Epiphania, Emath(oùs) (Greek) → Hamath → Hama
Laodicea ad Mare → Latakia
Palmyra → Tadmor
Rasaappa, Rasappa, Rasapi (Akadian) → Sergiopolis → Anastasiopolis (Greek, Latin) → Risapa, Rosafa (Latin) → Resafa (Arabic)

Taiwan

Quemoy → Kinmen
Tamsui → Danshui → Tamsui
Sindian† → Xindian

†Chinese name unchanged.

Tajikistan

Tanzania

Bismarckburg → Kasanga
Tabora → Weidmannsheil → Tabora

Thailand

Ayothaya → Ayutthaya (1237)
Bangkok → Phra Nakhon (1782) → Krung Thep (1972)
Trat → Trach → Trat (1906)

Turkey

Turkmenistan

Ukraine

United Kingdom

England

Monkchester → Newcastle upon Tyne (1080s)
Lyme → Lyme Regis (1284)
Beeston → Beeston Regis (1399)
Lynn → King's Lynn (16th century)
Leamington Priors → Royal Leamington Spa (1838)
Cambridge Town → Camberley (1877)
Tunbridge Wells → Royal Tunbridge Wells (1909)
Bognor → Bognor Regis (1929)
Piddletown → Puddletown (late 1950s)
Wootton Bassett → Royal Wootton Bassett (2011)
Staines → Staines-upon-Thames (2012)

Scotland

Ardencaple → Helensburgh
Cadȝow → Hamilton (15th century)
Cartleyhole, Clarty Hole → Abbotsford
Conveth → Laurencekirk
Dunedin (and variants) → Edinburgh
Friock → Friockheim
Hamnavoe → Stromness
Kiliwhimin → Fort Augustus (18th century)
Kilrule, Kilrymont → St Andrews
Kilbride → West Kilbride (early 18th century^[7])
Kilbride → East Kilbride (early 18th century^[8])
Maryburgh → Gordonsburgh → Duncansburgh → Fort William
Navermouth (Am Blàran Odhar) → Bettyhill
Newark → Port Glasgow (1775)
Obbe → Leverburgh (1920)
St John's Toun, St Johnstone → Perth
Milton of Strathbogie → Huntly
Vale of Leven → Alexandria

Northern Ireland

Ballinascreen → Draperstown (1818)
Cromlin → Hillsborough (1661) → Royal Hillsborough (2021)
Derry → Londonderry (1613)^[a]
Legacorry → Richhill (c. 1760)
Lisnagarvy → Lisburn (1662)
Muff → Eglinton (1858)

United States

Alabama

Clarence → Susan Moore
Ear Gap → Gu-Win
Friendship → Pine Apple
Jones Mill → Roy → Jones Mill → Frisco City
Mt. Zion → Section

Alaska

Barrow → Utqiaġvik
Novoarkhangelsk → Sitka
Paul's Harbor (Pavlovskaya Gavan) → Kodiak
Rockwell → Harrisburg → Juneau
Shungnak → Kobuk
Warton → Palmer
West Petersburg → Kupreanof
Yutica → Deering

Arizona

Green Valley → Payson
Rittenhouse → Queen Creek
Smithville → Pima
Swilling's Mill → Hellinwg Mill → Mill City → East Phoenix → Phoenix

Arkansas

Alpena Pass → Alpena
Chactas Prairie → Russellville
Haddoxburg → London
Lone Oak → Lonoke
Scott's Prairie → Green Forest
Wiley's Cove → Leslie
Vilsonia → Vilonia

California

Baden → South San Francisco
Bakersville → Waterford
El Toro → Lake Forest
Grover City → Grover Beach
Nordoff → Ojai
Todos Santos → Concord
Tuleburg → Stockton
Wineville → Mira Loma
Yerba Buena → San Francisco

Colorado

Fletcher → Aurora
Union Colony → Greeley
Mayfield → Peyton

Connecticut

Amity → Woodbridge
Bantam → Litchfield
Columbia Parish → Prospect
Conway → Portland
Coram → Ripton → Huntington → Shelton
East Middletown → Chatham → East Hampton
East Saybrook → Lyme
Farmingbury → Wolcott
Fort Hoop → Newtowne → Hartford
Freshwater Plantation → Enfield
Hartford Mountains → Bolton
Iron Works Village → East Haven
Judds Meadow → Salem Bridge → Naugatuck
Kensington → Berlin
Lebanon Crank → Columbia
Mast Swamp → Torrington
Mattianuck → Dorchester → Windsor
Mettabasett → Middletown
Middlesex Parish → Darien
Mortlake → Brooklyn
New Cambridge → Bristol
New Cheshire Parish → Cheshire
New Concord → Bozrah
Newbury → Brookfield
New Scituate → Ashford
Northbury → Plymouth
Northington → Avon
North Stratford → Trumbull
Orford Parish → Manchester
Pahquioque (Paquiack) → Swampfield → Danbury
Pequonnock → Bridgeport
Pomperaug Plantation → Woodbury
Ponde Town → Mansfield
Pyquag → Wethersfield
Quanneapague → Newtown
Rimmon → Chusetown → Humphreysville → Seymour
Rippowam → Stamford
Saybrooke Colony → Saybrook → Deep River
Shepaug → Roxbury
Southfield → Suthfield → Suffield
South Lyme → Old Lyme
Stepney Parish → Rocky Hill
Totoket → Branford
Unquowa → Fairfield
Upper Middletown → Cromwell
Wallup → East Enfield → Somers
Wepawaug → Milford
West Farms → Franklin
Wintonbury → Bloomfield

Delaware

Fort Casimir → Fort Trefaldighet → New Amstel → New Castle
Fort Christina → Fort Altena → Wilmington
Zwaanendael → Lewes

Florida

Alligator → Lake City
Jernigan → Orlando
Lake Worth → Lake Worth Beach
Saint Petersburg Beach → St. Pete Beach
Survey → Bonita Springs

Georgia

Anderson → Andersonville
Berlin → Lens → Berlin
Berrien → Drayton → Vienna
Dawsonville → Calhoun
Doe Run → Tunnelsville → Tunnel Hill
Dublin → Resaca
Dykesboro → Cochran
Haistentown → Sharon Grove → Brooks
Handtown → Hazlehurst
Kestler → Damascus
Lawrence → Lake Park
Levison → Eastman
Marion → Ashburn
Midway → Lilly
Plains of Dura → Plains
Puddleville → Adel
Sharpe's Store → Morven
Surrey → Omega
Terminus → Marthasville → Atlanta
Tobanana → Georgetown

Hawaii

Makaweli → Kaumakani

Idaho

Desmet → Tensed
Eagle Rock → Idaho Falls
Market Lake → Roberts

Illinois

Alcoa → Alorton — in St. Clair County
Allin → Stanford — in McLean County
Amity → Pocohontas — in Bond County; name also used for an old plat in Cornell, Livingston County
Ardmore → Villa Park — in DuPage County
Area → Mundelein — in Lake County
Athens → New Athens — in St. Clair County; name now used by Athens, Menard County
Baden → New Baden — in Clinton and St. Clair counties
Beechwood → Mounds — in Pulaski County
Benton → Williamsville — in Sangamon County
Berrian → Kewanee — in Henry County
Blackberry → Elburn — in Kane County
Bolton → Stonefort — in Saline and Williamson counties
Bowensburg → Bowen — in Hancock County
Bradly City → Bradley — in Kankakee County
Bristol Station → Bristol — in Kendall County; name formerly used by northern portion of Yorkville, Kendall County
Butler → Cherry Valley — in Winnebago County; name now used by Butler, Montgomery County
Camden → Lincoln — in Logan County; name now used by Camden, Schuyler County
Camden Mills → Milan — in Rock Island County
Centerville → Cuba — in Fulton County; name also used for several other settlements named Centerville
Centerville → Millstadt — in St. Clair County; name also used for several other settlements named Centerville
Centerville → Ripley — in Brown County; name also used for several other settlements named Centerville
Centerville → Woodstock — in McHenry County; name also used for several other settlements named Centerville
Charleston → Brimfield — in Peoria County; name now used by Charleston, Coles County
Charleston → St. Charles — in DuPage and Kane counties; name now used by Charleston, Coles County
Charleston → St. Charles — in Kane and DuPage counties; name now used by Charleston, Coles County
Chatham → Sterling — in Whiteside County; name now used by Chatham, Sangamon County
Chillicothe → Indianola — in Vermilion County; name now used by Chillicothe, Peoria County
Clarkesville or Clarksville → Sciota — in McDonough County; name also used for unincorporated Clarksville, Coles County
Clement → Huey — in Clinton County
Clintonville → South Elgin — in Kane County
Coloma → Du Bois — in Washington County
Concord → Danvers — in McLean County; name now used by Concord, Morgan County
Crescent → Crescent City — in Iroquois County
Crotty → Seneca — in Grundy and LaSalle counties
Dallas → Indianola — in Vermilion County
Dement → Creston — in Ogle County
Dunleith → East Dubuque — in Jo Daviess County
East Chicago Heights → Ford Heights — in Cook County
East Wood River → Wood River — in Madison County
Elk Hart City → Elkhart — in Logan County
Ellsworth → Lostant — in LaSalle County; name now used by Ellsworth, McLean County
Elyda → Winnebago — in Winnebago County
Emporium City → Mound City — in Pulaski County
Fairfield → Mendon — in Adams County; name now used by Fairfield, Wayne County
Fairfield → Pleasant Hill — in Pike County; name now used by Fairfield, Wayne County
Florence → Oregon — in Ogle County; name now used by Florence, Pike County
Fordville → Energy — in Williamson County
Fordyce → Gorham — in Jackson County
Fort Dearborn → Chicago
Ft. Sheridan → Highwood — in Lake County
Georgetown → Newark — in Kendall County; name now used by Georgetown, Vermilion County
Georgetown → Steeleville — in Randolph County; name now used by Georgetown, Vermilion County
Glascoe → Glasford — in Peoria County
Glendale → Glendale Heights — in DuPage County; name also used for unincorporated Glendale, Pope County
Grand Cote → Coulterville — in Randolph County
Greenfield → LaMoille — in Bureau County; name now used by Greenfield, Greene County
Grossdale → Brookfield — in Cook County
Halidayburg → Kane — in Greene County
Hanover → Metamora — in Woodford County; name now used by Hanover, Jo Daviess County
Harlem → Forest Park — in Cook County; name also used for unincorporated Harlem, Winnebago County
Harrison → Cedarville — in Stephenson County; name also used for two unincorporated places named Harrison
Harvester → Burr Ridge — in DuPage County
Henderson → Knoxville — in Knox Township, Knox County east of Galesburg; name now used by nearby Henderson, Henderson Township, Knox County north of Galesburg
Hilton → East Peoria — in Tazewell County
Howard → Durand — in Winnebago County
Howlet → Riverton — in Sangamon County
Humphrey → Tovey — in Christian County
Huston → Mulberry Grove — in Bond County
Illinoistown → East St. Louis — in St. Clair County
Independence → Oakland — in Coles County
Indiantown → Tiskilwa — in Bureau County
Jamestown → Riverton — in Sangamon County; name also used for unincorporated Jamestown, Clinton County
Juliet → Joliet — in Will County
Keokuk Junction → Golden — in Adams County
Lane → Rochelle — in Ogle County; name also used for unincorporated Lane, DeWitt County
Lapier → Altona — in Knox County
Laurel Hill → Table Grove — in Fulton County
Liberty → Burnt Prairie — in White County; name now used by Liberty, Adams County
Liberty → Rockwood — in Randolph County; name now used by other Liberty, Adams County
Little Fort → Waukegan — in Lake County
Lodi → Maple Park — in Kane County; also other communities formerly named Lodi
Lysander → Pecatonica — in Winnebago County
Mantua → Washburn — in Woodford County
Marysville → Potomac — in Vermilion County
Mechanicsburg → Mascoutah — in St. Clair County; name now used by Mechanicsburg, Sangamon County
Melrose → Melrose Park — in Cook County; name also used for unincorporated Melrose, Clark County
Middleton → Iuka — in Marion County
Midway → Kansas — in Edgar County; name also used for several unincorporated places named Midway
Mill Creek → Old Mill Creek — in Lake County; name now used by Mill Creek, Union County
Millersburg → Pierron — in Bond and Madison counties; name also used for unincorporated Millersburg, Mercer County
Milton → Humboldt — in Coles County; name now used by Milton, Pike County
Monsanto → Sauget — in St. Clair County
Morristown → New Milford — in Winnebago County
Mt. Pleasant → Farmer City — in DeWitt County
New Liberty → Willow Hill — in Jasper County; name now used by New Liberty, Pope County
New Rutland → Rutland — in LaSalle County
New Salem → West Salem — in Edwards County; also the name of several unincorporated places named New Salem
Niles Centre → Skokie — in Cook County
North Bloomington → Normal — in McLean County
Oak Grove → Green Oaks — in Lake County; name now used by Oak Grove, Rock Island County
Oak Grove Park → Germantown Hills — in Woodford County
Oak Grove Park → Oak Grove — in Rock Island County
Oakbrook → Oak Brook — in DuPage County
Ogle Station → Ashton — in Lee County
Park Forest South → University Park — in Cook and Will counties
Pecatonica → Rockton — in Rockton Township, Winnebago County; name now used by Pecatonica, Pecatonica Township, Winnebago County
Pembroke → Hopkins Park — in Kankakee County
Planefield → Plainfield — in Kendall and Will Counties
Pleasantville → Ipava — in Fulton County
Portland → Blue Island — in Cook County
Portland → Oglesby — in LaSalle County
Postville → Lincoln — in Logan County
Prairie City → Toledo — in Cumberland County; name now used by Prairie City, McDonough County
Prospect Park → Glen Ellyn — in DuPage County
Rand → Des Plaines — in Cook County
Randall → East Galesburg — in Knox County
Rantoul → Alma — in Marion County; name now used by Rantoul, Champaign County
Reeves → Cambria — in Williamson County
Richmond → Richview — in Washington County; name now used by Richmond, McHenry County
Ridgeville → Evanston — in Cook County
Rome → Dix — in Jefferson County; name also used for unincorporated Rome, Peoria County
Rose Clare → Rosiclare — in Hardin County
Saline → Grantfork — in Madison County
Schaumburg Center → Schaumburg — in Cook County
Sheridan → Good Hope — in McDonough County; name now used by Sheridan, LaSalle County
Shermerville → Northbrook — in Cook County
South Pass → Cobden — in Union County
Specialville → Dixmoor — in Cook County
Spring Forest → Willow Springs — in Cook and DuPage counties
St. Marye → Beaverville — in Iroquois County
Stephenson → Rock Island — in Rock Island County
Sunnyside → Johnsburg — in McHenry County
Sunrise Ridge → Wonder Lake — in McHenry County
Sutton → Bentley — in Hancock County; name also used for unincorporated Sutton, Cook County
Tazewell → Spring Bay — in Woodford County
Tessville → Lincolnwood — in Cook County
Troy → Shorewood — in Will County; name also used by Troy, Madison County
Turner → West Chicago — in DuPage County
Uniontown → Washburn — in Woodford County; name also used for unincorporated Uniontown, Knox County
Urbana → Freeburg — in St. Clair County; name now used by Urbana, Champaign County
Utopia → Oakbrook Terrace — in DuPage County
Van Buren → St. Francisville — in Lawrence County
Victoria → Phillipstown — in White County; name now used by Victoria, Knox County
Vienna → Astoria — in Fulton County; name now used by Vienna, Johnson County
Waldron → Aroma Park — in Kankakee County
Walnut Grove → Altona — in Knox County; name also used for unincorporated places named Walnut Grove
Wappello → Hanover — in Jo Daviess County
Wau-Bun → Northfield — in Cook County
West Hammond → Calumet City — in Cook County
Westhaven → Orland Hills — in Cook County
Whitfield → Leland — in LaSalle County
Wilson → Illiopolis — in Sangamon County; name also used for unincorporated Wilson, Lake County
Winchester → Wilmington — in Will County; name now used by Winchester, Scott County
Windsor → Tiskilwa — in Bureau County; name now used by Windsor, Shelby County and as the usual name for legal New Windsor, Mercer County
Wiona → Malden — in Bureau County
Worcester → Barry — in Pike County
Xenia → Atlanta — in Logan County; name now used by Xenia, Clay County
Yellow Creek → Pearl City — in Loran Township, Stephenson County; name also used for nearby unincorporated Yellow Creek, Kent Township, Stephenson County
York → Thomson — in Carroll County; name also used for unincorporated York, Clark County
Young America → Kirkwood — in Warren County

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Iowa

Columbus → Cedar Rapids
Kanesville → Council Bluffs
Springfield → Maquoketa

Kentucky

Minor Lane Heights → Heritage Creek

Louisiana

Vermilionville → Lafayette

Maine

Adams → Crawford
Agamenticus → Bristol → Gorgeana → York
Alva → Blaine
Ashland → Dalton → Ashland
Blaisdelltown → Exeter
Bridge's Plantation → Town of Kingville → Joy → Montgomery → Troy
Cape Porpus → Arundel → Kennebunk Port → North Kennebunkport → Arundel
Cold Stream → Enfield
Collegetown → Dixmont
Crosbytown → Etna
Davistown Plantation → Montville
Dunntown → Wade
Dutton → Glenburn
East Pond Plantation → Newport
Elkinstown → Dexter
Fairbanks → Presque Isle
Fremont Plantation → Easton
Green Plantation → Belmont
Howard → Willimantic
Hubbardstown → Shapleigh
Hurd's Ridge → Burlington
Jackson → Kirkland → Hudson
Kenduskeag Plantation → Bangor
Kittery Commons → North Berwick
Kittery North Parish → Berwick
Lincoln → Garland
Malta → Gerry → Windsor
Mansel → Tremont
Mattekeunk → Lee
Newichawannock → South Berwick
Newport Plantation → Blue Hill
New Worcester → Orrington → Brewer
Ohio → Corinth
Orangetown → Whiting
Pannawambskek → Old Town
Parsonstown Plantation → Parsonsfield
Pepperellborough → Saco
Pennamaquan → Pembroke
Penobscot Island → Orphan Island → Wetmore Isle → Verona → Verona Island
Phillipstown → Sanford
Piscataqua Plantation → Kittery
Pitaubegwimenahanuk → Long Island Plantation → Islesboro
Pleasant Ridge Plantation → Caswell
Plymouth Gore → Sebasticook Plantation → Warsaw → Pittsfield
Quantabacook → Fraternity Village → Searsmont
Smithstown Plantation → Beaver Hill Plantation → Freedom
Stockton → Stockton Springs
Sunkhaze → Milford
Swanfield → Lyman
T2 R5 NWP → New Charleston → Charleston
T4 R4 NWP → Corinna
Towwoh Plantation → Lebanon
Twenty-Five Mile Pond Plantation → Unity
Washington Plantation → Newfield
Webhannet → Wells
Wellington Township → Monticello
Wheelersborough → Hampden

Maryland

Caiuctucuc → Wills Creek → Cumberland
Eel Town → Hawkins Merry-Peep-O-Day → Berlin → Barry → Brunswick
Elizabeth Town → Hagerstown
Germantown → Perry Hall
Head of Elk → Elkton
Mechanicstown → Thurmont
Newtown → Leonardtown
Providence → Anne Arundel Towne → Annapolis
Riverdale → Riverdale Park
Silver Fancy → Poplar Fields → Emmitsburg
Winchester → Westminster

Massachusetts

Agawam Plantation → Springfield
Cold Spring → Belcher's Town → Belchertown
Dale of Hope → Hopedale
Fall River → Troy → Fall River
Gay Head → Aquinnah
Glasgow → Blandford
Ireland Parish → Ireland → Holyoke
Manchester → Manchester-by-the-Sea
Marlbury → Marlborough
Menotomy → Arlington
Minnechaug → South Wilbraham → Hampden
Quaboage → Quaboag → Brookfield
Shawmut → Boston
Stony Hill → Ludlow

Michigan

Avon Township → Rochester Hills, Michigan
Berlin → Marne
Bronson → Kalamazoo
East Detroit → Eastpointe
Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit → Detroit
Harlow → Hog's Hallow → McDouglasville → Utica
Jefferson → Sterling Heights
Swainsville → Brooklyn

Minnesota

Imnizaska → Pig's Eye → St. Paul

Mississippi

Alexandria → Quito

Missouri

Smith's Landing → Saint Aubert → Mokane

Nebraska

Lancaster → Lincoln

Nevada

Horn Silver → Hornsilver → Goldpoint → Gold Point

New Hampshire

Derryfield → Manchester
Hilton's Pointe → Cochecho → Northam → Dover
Nashuway → Nashville → Nashua
Number Two → Middle Monadnock → Monadnock → Jaffrey
Nutfield → Londonderry
Plantation of Penney Cook → Penney Cook → Pennacook → Rumford → Concord
Piscatiqua → Strawberry Hill → Portsmouth
Suncook → Pembroke
Winnacunnet → Hampton

New Jersey

Acquackanonk → Clifton
Awiehawken → Weehawken
Bergen → Jersey City
Boiling Springs Township → East Rutherford
Delford → Oradell
East Paterson → Elmwood Park
Fort Nassau → Gloucester City
Hunt's Mills → Clinton
Madison Township (Middlesex County) → Old Bridge Township
Maidenhead Township → Lawrence Township
Matawan Township → Aberdeen
Nya Stockholm → Bridgeport
Passaic Township → Long Hill Township
Raritan Township (Monmouth County) → Hazlet
Second River → Belleville
Sodon → Glen Gardner
South Orange Township → Maplewood
Sveaborg → Swedesboro
Turkey or Turkey Town → New Providence
Washington Township → Robbinsville Township^[10]
West Paterson → Woodland Park
Delaware Township → Cherry Hill Township

New Mexico

Alburquerque → Albuquerque
Hot Springs → Truth or Consequences

New York

Amapaugh → Somers
Beverwijck → Albany
Bloomfield → East Bloomfield
Breuckelen → Brooklyn (borough of New York City)
Canton → Cairo
Town of Charleston → Lima
Chepontuc → Wing's Falls → Glens Falls
Clinton → East Greenbush
Despatch → East Rochester
Duanes' Bush → Duanesburg
Easton → Lincoln → Gorham
Fairfield → Luzerne → Lake Luzerne
Farwell's Mills → Clarendon
Fort Nassau → Fort Orange → Albany → Willemstad → Albany
Town of Franklin → Patterson
Town of Frederick → Kent (Putnam County)
Freedom → LaGrange
Freehold → Durham
Gerrysville → Alabama
Granger → Taghkanic
Great Imboght District → Catskill
Heemstede → Hempstead
Huntington South → New Babylon → Babylon
Iverness → Wheatland
King's District → Canaan
Kiryas Joel → Palm Tree
Mahackamack → Port Jervis
Middletown → South Middletown → Middletown
Milton → Genoa
New Amsterdam → New York → New Orange → New York City
New Cornwall → Cornwall
Northampton → Town of Southampton → Caledonia
Northfield → Edinburg
North Tarrytown → Sleepy Hollow
Oak Orchard → Carlton
Plain Brook → Oakfield
Setauket → Brookhaven
Sing Sing → Ossining
South Bay → Dresden (Washington County)
South Pembroke → Darien
Staaten Eylandt → Staten Island (borough of New York City)
Stoutenburgh → Hyde Park
Town of Union → Hamlin
Vera Cruz → New Haven
Watkinson → Middletown → Naples
Town of Westfield → Fort Ann
Wiltwyck → Kingston
Yennicott → Southold

North Carolina

Atkins Bank → Kingston → Kinston → Caswel → Kinston
Campbellton + Cross Creek → Fayetteville
Fuquay Springs and Varina → Fuquay-Varina
Pacific → Youngsville (1875)
Wachau → Salem → Winston-Salem

Ohio

Cleaveland → Cleveland
Gamble's Mill → Shelby
Losantiville → Cincinnati
Sellstown → Dublin

Oregon

Halfway → Halfway
Marysville → Corvallis
Skinner's Mudhole → Eugene City → Eugene

Pennsylvania

Ammansland → Darby
Augustatown → Washington
Bridgetown → Midway → Coates’ Villa → Coatesville
Chamassungh → Finlandia → Marcus Hook
Cross Keys → Intercourse
Fort Duquesne → Pittsburgh → Pittsburg* → Pittsburgh
Mauch Chunk → Jim Thorpe
Mölndal → Yeadon
Northampton → Allentown
Pigeontown → Blue Bell (1840)
Presque Isle → Erie
Printztorp → Chester
Steitztown → Lebanon
Tequirassy → Eddystone
Turk's Head → West Chester
Upland → Chester

*Name recognized by the United States Board on Geographic Names from 1891 to 1911. The name used by the city in its official documents and on its seal was unchanged.

Rhode Island

Gloucester → Glocester
Haversham → Westerly
Kings Towne → Kingstown → Rochester → North Kingstown
Shawomet → Warwick

South Carolina

Charles Towne → Charleston
Jeffers → Blaney → Elgin
Kingston → Conwayborough → Conway
Tacapua → Startex

Tennessee

Alexandria → Jackson
Cannonsburgh → Murfreesboro
Coal Creek → Lake City → Rocky Top
Fort Nashborough → Nashville
Taylorsville → Mountain City

Texas

Clark → DISH
Dechman → Deckman → Grand Prairie
Duncan Switch → Duncanville^[11]
Emerson → Frisco City → Frisco^[12]
Fillmore → Plano (1852)
Gorbit → Kit → Irving^[13]
Presidio San Antonio de Bexar → San Antonio^[14]
Waterloo → Austin^[15]

Utah

Evansville → Lehi
Grayson → Blanding
Great Salt Lake City → Salt Lake City
Muskrat Springs → Hooperville → Hooper
Pleasant Green → Magna

Vermont

Alburgh → Alburg → Alburgh
Brattleborough → Brattleboro
Isle La Motte → Vineyard → Isle La Motte
Killington → Sherburne → Killington
Middle Hero → Grand Isle
Wildersburgh → Barre

Virginia

Kecoughtan → Hampton
Mt. Pleasant → Mt. Jackson
Mud Lick→ Big Lick → Roanoke
Shryock → Edinburg
Staufferstadt → Strasburg
Tom's Creek → Toms Brook
Tysons Corner → Tysons

Washington

Neppel → Moses Lake
North Yakima → Yakima
Spokane Falls → Spokane^[16]
Tolt → Carnation → Tolt → Carnation
Vera → Veradale
Yakima City → Union Gap

West Virginia

Beauchamp's Mills → Elizabeth
California → Spencer
Chilton → Clendenin
Clifton → Pratt
Coal Valley Post Office → Montgomery's Landing → Coal Valley → Cannelton → Montgomery
Cologne → Leon
Concord → Athens
Elizaville → Brownsville → Marmet
Frenchville → Oakvale
Hallsville → Davy
Jeanette → Anawalt
Lawsonsville → Lawnsville → Aracoma → Logan
Miner's City → War
Newport → Parkersburg
Philippi → Colesmouth → Kanawha City → St. Albans
Trout’s Hill → Fairview → Wayne
Upper Creek → Handley
Waggener's Bottom → Mason

Wisconsin

Prairieville → Waukesha
Rochester → Sheboygan Falls

Uzbekistan

Venezuela

Angostura → Ciudad Bolívar (1846)
Santiago de León de Caracas → Caracas

Vietnam

Tourane → Thai Phien → Đà Nẵng
Djiring → Di Linh
Tống Bình → Long Đỗ → Đại La → Thăng Long → Đông Đô → Đông Kinh → Bắc Thành → Thăng Long → Hà Nội (Hanoi)
Hai Pho → Faifo → Hội An
Prey Nokor → Gia Định → Sài Gòn (Saigon) → Thành Phố Hồ Chí Minh (Ho Chi Minh City)
Phu Xuan → Huế
Ke Van → Ke Vinh → Vinh Giang → Vinh Doanh → Vinh Thi → Vinh

Western Sahara

Villa Cisneros → Dakhla

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Notes

^ The renaming remains contentious, and is subject to a naming dispute to the present day.

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