List of places named for Loyalists (American Revolution)
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This is a list of places in the United States and Canada named for residents of British North America who remained loyal to the British Crown up to and through the American Revolution. In what would become the United States, many prominent Loyalists and their families played integral roles in the development of the Thirteen Colonies. In Canada many Loyalists were honored by the Crown for their loyalty and places were named after them largely while Canada was still a colony.
Counties
- Fairfax County, Virginia is named after Lord Thomas Fairfax, the only British resident peer in British North America
- Tryon County, New York and Tryon County, North Carolina were both named for William Tryon (though later renamed).
Streets
- Allens Lane in Mount Airy, Pennsylvania
- Rivington Street, named after Loyalist journalist James Rivington
- Tryon Avenue in the Norwood section of the Bronx
- Tryon Road in Wake County, Raleigh, North Carolina
- Tryon Street in Burlington, North Carolina
- Tryon Street in Charlotte, North Carolina
- Tryon Street in Hillsborough, North Carolina
- Tryon Street in Albany, New York
- Tryon Street in South Glastonbury, Connecticut
Other places
- William Allen Middle School, in Moorestown, New Jersey
- William Allen High School, Pennsylvania's third largest public high school
- The Boot Monument at Saratoga National Historical Park in Stillwater, New York, commemorates the service of Major General Benedict Arnold for the Continental Army in the Battles of Saratoga
- A plaque on the grounds of the United States Military Academy at West Point commemorates Benedict Arnold without mentioning him - bears only a rank and a date but no name: "major general...born 1740"
- A historical marker in Danvers, Massachusetts commemorates Benedict Arnold's 1775 expedition to Quebec
- Bayley Seton Hospital in the Clifton section of Staten Island was named in part for Richard Bayley, father of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
- Thomas Bull Memorial Park in Montgomery in Orange County, New York is named after an obscure but influential British sympathizer.[1]
- Camm Hall at William and Mary College's campus adjacent to Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia is named after Rev. John Camm.
- Copley Square and Copley Plaza in Boston are named after painter John Singleton Copley
- Inman Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts is likely named after Ralph Inman
- Mathews Muliner Playground in the Bronx in New York City is named after David Mathews, Mayor of New York City under the British during the war
- Tryon Palace in New Bern, North Carolina
- Fort Tryon Park in Manhattan, New York City
- Tryon Hills, a neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina