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As a consequence of former Spanish and, later, Mexican sovereignty over lands that are now part of the United States, there are many places in the country, mostly in the southwest, with names of Spanish origin. Florida and Louisiana also were at times under Spanish control. There are also several places in the United States with Spanish names as a result to other factors. Some of these names preserved ancient writing.

Authenticity and origin

Not all Spanish place names in the United States originate from the Spanish colonial period. And in fact, not all Spanish-sounding place names in the country are really Spanish. Spanish-sounding place names can be classified into three categories:

• Colonial: Spanish names that were given in the Spanish colonial period, or adaptations of names originally given in the colonial period to the same place or to nearby related places. Example: Los Angeles, California, shortened from the original Spanish name of the settlement, El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula.

• Post-colonial: Spanish place names that have no history of being used during the colonial period for the place in question or for nearby related places. Example: Lake Buena Vista, Florida, named in 1969 after a street in Burbank, California.

• Non-colonial: Spanish place names in areas that were never under Spanish control adopted due to other processes. Salamanca, New York, named for a Spaniard connected with the railroad company that built the town, and Toledo, Ohio, named after the city in Spain because the Anglo settlers wanted to do so, are prominent examples.

• Fake: place names that look like they're Spanish, but are in fact grammatically incorrect modern inventions given by people who do not speak or understand Spanish, but who wanted a Spanish-sounding name. Example: Sierra Vista, Arizona, named in 1956, with the intended meaning of "mountain view." Idiomatic Spanish names with that meaning would be "Mirasierra" or "Miramonte." This is not to be confused with grammatically incorrect adaptations of colonial names, where a name that was used in the Spanish colonial period is adapted to English without regard for Spanish grammar.

• Non-Spanish in origin: A good example of this is Eldorado, Illinois, where it comes from two Anglo last names being run together.

States

Arizona (either from árida zona, meaning "Arid Zone", or from a Spanish word of Basque origin meaning "The Good Oak")
California (from the name of a fictional island country in Las sergas de Esplandián, a popular Spanish chivalric romance by Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo)
Colorado (meaning "Red [colored]" or "Ruddy". Named after the Colorado River, whose waters were of that color.)
Florida Meaning "Flowery" or "Florid", because it was discovered by Ponce de León on Easter Sunday, called Pascua Florida to distinguish this holiday, which occurs in springtime when flowers are abundant, from other Christian holidays called Pascua in Spanish, such as Christmas and Epiphany.
Montana (from montaña, meaning "Mountain")
Nevada (meaning "Snowy", from Sierra Nevada, meaning "snow-capped range of mountains". Sierra means "a range of mountains,", literally "a saw," from Latin serra.
New Mexico (Calqued from Nuevo México)
Texas (based on the Caddo word teshas, meaning "friends" or "allies", which was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in East Texas). The letter x had a "sh" sound in 16th-century Spanish which gradually evolved to an "h" sound, which under later spelling reforms was assigned to the letter j (which originally also had a "zh", "j" or "y" sound). Thus the modern Spanish spelling Tejas, which sounds like "Tehas".
Utah (Spanish word of Nahuatl origin, first used by friar Gerónimo Salmerón as Yuta or Uta in Spanish^[1])

Territories

Northern Mariana Islands (after queen Mariana, regent at the time)
Puerto Rico (Spanish for "Rich Port")

Counties and parishes

This is not an exhaustive list.

Alameda County, California ("Boulevard with Poplars")
Alamosa County, Colorado ("Shaded with Poplars or Cottonwoods")
Amador County, California (named for Jose Maria Amador, amador is the Spanish word for "lover")
Angelina County, Texas (Spanish given name)
Archuleta County, Colorado (Spanish surname)
Atascosa County, Texas ("Boggy")
Bandera County, Texas ("Flag")
Bernalillo County, New Mexico
Bexar County, Texas (Bexar is an ancient form for Béjar)
Bosque County, Texas ("Forest")
Brazos County, Texas ("Arms")
Calaveras County, California (named after the Calaveras River; Spanish word for "Skulls")
Colusa County, California (from two Mexican land grants; Coluses (1844) and Colus (1845))
Conejos County, Colorado (named after the Conejos River meaning "Rabbits")
Contra Costa County, California ("Opposite Coast" in Spanish; in reference to its location in the San Francisco Bay Area)
Costilla County, Colorado (named after the Costilla River, meaning "Little Coast" or "Rib")
DeSoto County, Florida (named after the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto)
De Soto County, Mississippi (named after the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto)
De Soto Parish, Louisiana (named after the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto)
Del Norte County, California ("Northern" in Spanish, also the northernmost county in California)
Dolores County, Colorado (derived from "Nuestra Señora de los Dolores", Spanish name for Our Lady of Sorrows)
Doña Ana County, New Mexico (Mrs. Anne)
El Dorado County, California (From the mythical El Dorado, The Gilded One, significant to El Dorado County's importance in the California Gold Rush)
Escambia County, Florida (named for the Escambia River, whose name comes from a Spanish word for "barter" or "exchange")
Esmeralda County, Nevada ("Emerald")
Fresno County, California (From Fresno Creek. In Spanish, fresno means "ash tree".)
Hernando County, Florida (named after Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto)
Hidalgo County, New Mexico ("Nobleman of the lowest grade")
Hidalgo County, Texas
La Paz County, Arizona ("Peace")
La Plata County, Colorado ("The Silver Country")
Las Animas County, Colorado (named after the Animas River, derived from Río de las Ánimas Perdidas, which means "River of the Lost Souls")
Leon County, Florida (named for Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León; it is his surname, which means lion)
Los Alamos County, New Mexico
Los Angeles County, California (Spanish for "the Angels", from one of the 28 misiones founded by Fray Junipero Serra, Nuestra Señora de los Angeles)
Madera County, California ("Wood" or "Timber")
Maricopa County, Arizona
Mariposa County, California ("Butterfly")
Mendocino County, California (from Cape Mendocino, named probably for either Antonio de Mendoza or Lorenzo Suárez de Mendoza, viceroys of New Spain)
Merced County, California (from the Merced River, a shortened version of the original name El Río de Nuestra Señora de la Merced (River of Our Lady of Mercy); named in 1806 by an expedition headed by Gabriel Moraga)
Monterey County, California (from Monterey Bay—the name is composed of the Spanish words Monte ("Hill") and Rey ("King"), historically because the viceroy of New Spain (Mexico) that supported the expedition of California, was from Monterey, Galicia, Spain)
Napa County, California
Natrona County, Wyoming ("Natron")
Nevada County, California ("Snowfall")
Nueces County, Texas (named after the Nueces River, meaning "nuts", derived from pecan nuts)
Palo Alto County, Iowa - (of Spanish "tall stick"; It is named for the first battlefield victory in the Mexican-American War).
Palo Pinto County, Texas ("Colored stick")
Pinellas County, Florida (named after "La Punta de Piñal de Jimenez", which means "Jimenez's Point of Pines", after the entrance to Tampa Bay by Spanish explorers in 1757)
Plumas County, California (for the Feather River. Plumas is the Spanish word for feathers.)
Presidio County, Texas ("Presidio")
Refugio County, Texas ("Shelter")
Rio Arriba County, New Mexico ("Upstream", referring to the stream of a river)
Rio Grande County, Colorado ("Big River")
Sacramento County, California (from the Sacramento River, itself named for the Santisimo Sacramento (Spanish for Most Holy Sacrament), a reference to the Eucharist)
San Benito County, California (in honor of San Benedicto (Saint Benedict); "Benito" is the diminutive of Benedicto)
San Bernardino County, California (Saint Bernardino of Siena)
St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana (called so after St. Bernard, the patron saint of Spanish colonial governor of Louisiana in 1780s Bernardo de Galvez).
San Diego County, California (from the city of San Diego, itself named after Saint Didacus of Alcalá, or San Diego de Alcalá in Spanish)
Sandoval County, New Mexico
San Francisco County, California (from the city of San Francisco, itself named after Francis of Assisi (1181–1226), a Roman Catholic saint and founder of the Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans))
San Jacinto County, Texas (for Saint Hyacinth)
San Joaquin County, California (for Saint Joachim)
San Juan County, Colorado
San Juan County, New Mexico
San Juan County, Utah (named after the San Juan River, meaning "St. John")
San Juan County, Washington (named for Juan Vicente de Güemes, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo, Viceroy of New Spain)
San Luis Obispo County, California (for St. Louis, the Bishop)
San Mateo County, California (for Saint Matthew)
San Miguel County, Colorado (from the San Miguel River in Colorado)
San Miguel County, New Mexico
San Patricio County, Texas (for Saint Patrick)
Santa Ana, California
Santa Barbara County, California (for Saint Barbara)
Santa Clara County, California (for Saint Clare, for the Santa Clara Valley and the mission town of Santa Clara)
Santa Fe County, New Mexico (Saint Faith)
Santa Cruz County, California (Spanish for "Holy/Sacred Cross")
Santa Rosa County, Florida (named after Santa Rosa Island, which means "Saint Rose")
Sierra County, California ("Mountain range")
Valencia County, New Mexico (Spanish city of Valencia)

Val Verde County, Texas

Ventura County, California (named after the county seat, the city of Ventura which is named after "Saint Bonaventure," a Catholic medieval mystic)
Victoria County, Texas (Spanish family name, meaning "victory")
Ysleta Mission, Texas ("Little Island")
Zapata County, Texas (Spanish family name, "Espadrille")

Cities

This is not an exhaustive list.

A

Agua Dulce, California (Literally "Sweet Water"; means "Freshwater")
Alamosa, Colorado ("Of Cottonwood")
Alba, Missouri ("Dawn")
Albuquerque, New Mexico (after Alburquerque, Badajoz)
Alhambra, Illinois (named after the Spanish palace of la Alhambra)
Alhambra Valley, California
Alameda, California ("Poplar Grove")
Alamo, California ("Poplar")
Alisal, California ("The Sycamores")
Aliso Viejo, California ("Old alder")
Altamont, California
Altamonte Springs, Florida ("High Mountain" Springs)
Alvarado, California (possibly named for the Spanish conquistador Pedro de Alvarado)
Amador City, California (named for Jose Maria Amador; amador means "lover" in Spanish)
Amarillo, Texas ("Yellow")
Andalusia, Alabama (named after the Spanish region of Andalucia)
Andalusia, Illinois ("Andalucia")
Anna Maria, Florida (Juan Ponce de León was said to have named the island for the queen of Charles II of Spain)
Arroyo Grande, California ("Large Creek")
Atascadero, California ("Mudhole")
Aventura, Florida ("Adventure")

B

Bahia, California ("Bay")
Bandera, Texas ("Flag")
Bayo Vista, California
Bexar, Alabama (after Béjar, Salamanca)
Boca Del Mar, Florida ("Mouth of the Sea")
Boca Pointe, Florida ("Mouth [inlet]")
Boca Raton, Florida (from Boca Ratón: derives from the Spanish word boca [mouth], which was often used to describe an inlet/mouth of a river, while ratón (literally mouse) was used by Spanish sailors to describe rocks that gnawed at a ship's cable, or mouse was a term for a cowardly thief)
Bonita, California (feminine form of "Beautiful" or "Pretty")
Bonita, Louisiana
Bonita Springs, Florida
Brea, California ("Tar")
Buena Park, California ("Good")
Buena Vista, California ("Good view")
Buena Vista, Michigan - named for the place where Zachary Taylor had recently won a victory in the Mexican–American War.^[2]
Buena Vista, Virginia

C

Cadiz, Kentucky (named after the Spanish city Cadiz)
Cadiz, Illinois
Calabasas, California (from calabaza, "Squash")
Calera, Alabama ("Limestone")
Camarillo, California
Camino Tassajara, California (from camino "Road, Path")
Canyon, California (taken from "cañón")
Cape Canaveral, Florida (the name Cañaveral in Spanish means canebrake and was given to the area by Spanish explorers for the cane vegetation, or canebrake on the cape. The name translates as "Cape of Canes", or "Cabo Cañaveral")
Carpinteria, California ("Carpentry")
Casa Grande, Arizona ("Big House")
Casas Adobes, Arizona ("Adobe Houses")
Castro Valley, California (Valley of "Castles")
Cerritos, California ("Little Hills")
Cerro Gordo, Illinois ("Fat Hill")
Chaparral Hill, California ("The place of dwarf oaks")
Chico, California ("Small", derived from "Rancho del Arroyo Chico", meaning "Small Stream Ranch")
Chino Valley, Arizona ("Curvy Valley")
Chula Vista, California ("Beautiful View")
Cinco Bayou, Florida ("Five Bayou")
Colyell, Louisiana (received its name after of Francisco Collell, Spanish sub-lieutenant and Commandant of Galvez, Louisiana (in 1779). Probably was the mispronunciation of name which changed the spelling from "Collell" to "Colyell")
Conejos, Colorado ("Rabbits")
Contra Costa Centre, California
Cordova, Alaska (named after the Spanish city of Córdoba)
Cortez, California
City of Cortez, Colorado
Contra Costa County, California
Coronado, California
Corona, California ("Crown")
Corte Madera, California ("Cut Wood")
Costa Mesa, California ("Mesa Coast")
Coto de Caza, California ("Wildlife preserve")
Cuba, Alabama
Cuba, Missouri

D

De Soto, Missouri
Delray, Michigan (from Del Rey, "of the King", Mexico)
Delray Beach, Florida (named most immediately from Delray, Michigan)
Dos Palos, California ("Two Sticks")
Durango, Colorado (the city was named after Durango, Mexico)

E

Ebro, Florida (named after the Ebro River area in Spain)
El Cajon, California ("Drawer")
El Capitan (Texas)
El Cajon, California ("The Big Box")
El Centro, California ("The Center")
El Cerrito, California ("Little Hill")
El Dorado, Arkansas ("The Golden One")
El Dorado, California
El Dorado, Kansas
El Monte, California ("The Mountain" or "The Meadow")
El Nido, California ("The Nest")
El Paso, Texas ("The Pass")
El Paso, Illinois
El Portal, Florida ("The big Gate", also can mean "The Portal")
El Reno, Oklahoma ("The Reindeer")
El Segundo, California ("The Second", second Standard Oil refinery on the West Coast located here)
El Sobrante, California ("The surplus")
Escalante, Utah (in honor of Silvestre Vélez de Escalante, Spanish missionary that explored Utah)
Escondido, California ("Hidden")
Española, New Mexico ("Spanish Woman")
Estral Beach, Michigan ("Star")^[3] (from (d)estral, "Small Hatchet")

F

Fernandina, Florida (founded by Florida Spanish governor Enrique White in honor of the Catholic monarch Ferdinand VII of Spain).
Fresno, California ("Ash Tree")

G

Galvez, Louisiana (named after governor Bernardo de Gálvez)
Galveston, Texas (named after governor Bernardo de Gálvez)
Gaviota, California ("Seagull")
Goleta, California ("Schooner")
Gonzales, California
Gonzales, Louisiana (named so after of mayor of this municipally, Joseph Gonzales)
Gonzales, Texas (named so after of Rafael Gonzales, Governor of Mexican Texas between 1824 and 1826)
Gordo, Alabama ("Fat, Big, Huge")
Granada, Colorado (named after the city of Granada, Spain, itself Spanish for "pomegranate")
Granada, Minnesota
Guadalupe Mountains (named after Guadalupe, Cáceres, Spain)
Guadalupe, Arizona
Guadalupe, California

H

Hacienda, California ("[Big] Farm")
Havana, Arkansas (named after Havana, Cuba)
Havana, Florida
Havana, Illinois
Havana, Kansas
Havana, North Dakota
Hermosa Beach, California ("Beautiful Beach")
Hidalgo, Texas ("Nobleman of the lowest grade")
Huachuca City, Arizona

I

Iberia, Missouri (after Latin name of Iberian Peninsula (Spain & Portugal))
Indio, California ("Indian")

J

Jacinto, Nebraska
Jacinto City, Texas (derived from a Spanish given name)

L

La Blanca, Texas ("The White One")
La Branza, California ("The Shackles")
La Habra, California
La Homa, Texas
La Jolla, California (a combination of a Spanish and a Luiseno word)
La Jara, Colorado ("The Rockrose")
La Joya, Texas ("The Jewel")
Laguna Seca, Texas ("Dry Lake")
Lajitas, Texas ("Little Flat Rocks")
Lake Buena Vista, Florida
La Mesa, California ("The Table")
La Mirada, California ("The Look")
La Plata, Missouri ("Silver")
La Puente, California ("The Bridge")
La Quinta, California ("The Farm")
La Palma, California
La Villa, Texas ("The Village")
Laredo, Texas (named after the Spanish city of Laredo)
Las Cruces, New Mexico ("The Crosses")
Las Flores, California ("The Flowers")
Laguna Woods, California ("small lake woods")
Las Juntas, California ("Togetherness", "The Juntas of the community")
Las Vegas, Nevada ("The Meadows")
Las Vegas, New Mexico
Llano Grande, Texas ("Great Plain")
Lopezville, Texas
Los Alamitos, California ("The Cottonwoods")
Los Angeles, California ("The Angels", a shortened version of the original name Nuestra Señora Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncola, "Our Lady Queen of Angels of Porziuncola")
Los Banos, California (from Los Baños, "The baths", as in hot springs)
Los Ebanos, Texas ("The Ebony trees")
Los Gatos, California ("The Cats", referring to the cougars that are indigenous to the foothills in which the town is located)
Los Medanos, California ("The Sand Dunes")
Los Osos, California ("The Bears")

M

Madera, California ("Wood")
Madrid, Alabama (named after the Spanish capital city Madrid)
Madrid, Colorado
Madrid, Iowa
Madrid, Maine
Madrid, Nebraska
Madrid, New Mexico
Madrid, New York
Madrid, Virginia
Manteca, California ("Lard")
Marana, Arizona (derived from maraña, meaning "thicket")
Maricopa, Arizona
Maricopa, California
Marina del Rey, California ("King's Navy")
Mariposa, California ("Butterfly")
Marrero, Louisiana (called in honor to Spanish American politician Louis H. Marrero)
Martinez, California
Matamoras, Indiana (named after the Mexican town of Matamoros ("kill the Moors"), which was the first to be occupied by U.S. troops during the Mexican–American War)
Matamoras, Ohio
Matamoras, Pennsylvania
Mattos, California
Mendocino, California (adjectival form of the family name of Mendoza)
Merced, California ("Mercy")
Mesa, Arizona ("Table")
Mesa Vista, California ("Table view")
Mexico, Missouri
Miramar, Florida (named after a town in Granma Province, Cuba, it means "sea view" or "sea-sight". There is a village called Miramar in Valencia, Spain, where could lie the origins of all the cities in America with that name, as there are registries of the town before the year 1527.)
Modesto, California ("Modest")
Modesto, Illinois
Monsanto, California
Monte Alto, Texas ("High Mountain")
Montecito, California ("Little Mountain")
Monterey, California ("King's Mountain")
Montevallo, Alabama
Montevideo, Virginia, a city in the United States
Montevideo, Minnesota, a city in the United States
Moraga, California
Moreno Valley, California
Morro Bay, California (Morro Rock was named in 1542 by Portuguese navigator Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, who explored the Pacific Coast for Spain. Cabrillo called the rock "El Moro" because it resembled the head of a Moor, the people from North Africa known for the turbans they wore. However, the dictionary definition for the Spanish word morro ("pebble") is also consistent with the butte-like shape of the rock, and so the term morro is frequently used wherever such a distinctive rock-like mountain is found within the Spanish speaking world.)
Murrieta, California (derived from a Spanish family name)

N

Naranja, Florida ("Orange")
Napa, California
Nevada, Texas ("Snow-covered")
New Iberia, Louisiana (named after Iberian Peninsula)
New Madrid, Missouri (named after the Spanish capital, Madrid)
Nogales, Arizona ("Walnut Trees")

O

Oviedo, Florida (named after the Spanish city of Oviedo)

P

Pacheco, California
Palacios, Texas ("The Palace")
Palo Alto, California ("Tall Tree")
Palo Pinto, Texas
Palos Verdes Estates, California
Panama City, Florida
Paso Robles, California (shortened version of El Paso de Robles, which means "pass of the oaks"; named for the abundance of oak trees in the area)
Perdido Beach, Alabama ("Lost")
Pinellas Park (derived from Pinellas, meaning "pine forest")
Plano, Texas ("Flat")
Ponce de Leon, Florida (named after Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León)
Ponce Inlet, Florida
Port Angeles, Washington (from Puerto de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles)
Portola, California (named after Spanish explorer Gaspar de Portolà)
Presidio, Texas ("Fort", "Penitentiary")
Progreso, Texas ("Progress")
Pueblo, Colorado ("Village")
Punta Gorda, Florida ("Fat Point" or "Fat Tip")

R

Rancho Cucamonga, California
Rancho Palos Verdes, California (a shortened version of the Mexican land grant Rancho de los Palos Verdes which means "range of green trees")
Rancho Santa Margarita, California
Rancho Peñasquitos, San Diego (a shortened version of the Mexican land grant Rancho Santa Maria de Los Peñasquitos, which means "Saint Mary of the Little Cliffs")
Rancho San Diego, California (named after San Diego de Alcalá, a Spanish Franciscan)
Rancho Viejo, Texas (of Spanish old ranch)
Raton, New Mexico (mouse)
Refugio, Texas ("Shelter")
Relampago, Texas ("Lightning flash")
Rio Rancho, New Mexico ("Ranch River")
Rio Vista, California ("River View")
Rio Vista, Texas
Rodeo, California ("Detour", "Surround")

S

Sacramento, California ("Sacrament")
Salinas, California ("Salt Ponds")
Salamanca, New York (named for the Spanish executive of the railroad that built the place)
San Antonio, Florida ("Saint Anthony")
San Antonio, Texas
Saint Augustine, Florida (originally San Agustín: Augustine of Hippo)
Saint Augustine Beach, Florida
San Juan Bautista, California
San Bernardino, California ("Saint Bernardine")
San Buenaventura, California (named after "Saint Bonaventure," a Catholic medieval mystic. The city is commonly known as "Ventura".)
San Carlos, California, city in San Mateo County
San Carlos, Texas ("Saint Charles")
San Clemente, California ("Saint Clement")
San Diego, California (named after San Diego de Alcalá, a Spanish Franciscan)
San Fernando, California
San Francisco, California ("Saint Francis")
San Gregorio, California ("Saint Gregory")
San Jacinto, California ("Saint Hyacinth")
San Jose, California ("Saint Joseph")
San Jose, Illinois
San Juan, Texas
San Juan Bautista, California ("Saint John the Baptist")
San Juan Capistrano, California ("Saint John of Capistrano")
San Leandro, California ("Saint Leonard")
San Lorenzo, California ("Saint Lawrence")
San Luis, Arizona ("Saint Louis")
San Luis Obispo, California ("Saint Louis the Bishop")
San Marcos, California ("Saint Mark")
San Marcos, Texas
San Mateo, California
San Miguel, California ("Saint Michael")
San Pablo, California ("Saint Paul")
San Rafael, California ("Saint Raphael")
San Ramon, California ("Saint Raymond")
San Ramon Village, California
San Simeon, California ("Saint Simeon")
Santa Ana, California ("Saint Anne")
Santa Barbara, California ("Saint Barbara")
Santa Clara, California ("Saint Claire")
Santa Clara, Texas, a city in Guadalupe County, Texas
Santa Clara, Utah, a city in Washington County, Utah
Santa Clarita, California ("Saint Claire")
Santa Cruz, California ("Holy Cross")
Santa Fe, New Mexico (Holy Faith)
Santa Fe, Texas
Santa Fe Springs, California
Santa Nella, California
Santa Margarita, California ("Saint Margaret")
Santa Maria, California ("Saint Mary")
Santa Monica, California ("Saint Monica")
Santa Monica, Florida
Santa Rita Park, California ("Saint Rita")
Santa Rosa, California ("Saint Rose")
Santa Rosa, Arizona
Santa Rosa, New Mexico
Santa Rosa, Texas
Santo, Texas
Sausalito, California (derived from Spanish word sauzalito, meaning "small willow grove")
Secreta, California ("secret")
Seville, Ohio (named after the Spanish city of Seville)
Sierra Madre, California (after the mountain range dividing California and Nevada)
Sierra Vista, Arizona ("Mountain View")
Sobrante, California ("wealthy")
Soledad, California ("Solitude")
South El Monte, California
Sunol, California (derived from a Spanish surname, Suñol)

T

Tassajara, California (probably from tasajera or tasajara a kind of "slaughterhouse")
Terlingua, Texas ("Three Tongues")
Tiburon, California (of spanish "Shark")
Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico ("Yellow Land")
Todos Santos, California ("All Saints", original name for Concord, California)
Toledo, Ohio (named after the Spanish city of Toledo)
Tucson, Arizona (derived from the Spanish word Tucsón)^[4]

V

Vacaville, California ("Cow Town")
Valdez, Alaska (derived from a Spanish family name)
Valdez, Florida
Vallejo, California (derived from a Spanish family name "Little Valley")
Ventura, California ("Venture", "Luck", "Fortune", or "Happiness". Common name of San Buenaventura, California; Saint Bonaventure)
Valle Vista, California
Valparaiso, Florida ("Paradise Valley")
Valparaiso, Indiana
Valparaiso, Nebraska
Victoria, Texas ("Victory", named after the first Mexican President Guadalupe Victoria)

Y

Yorba Linda, California (hierba linda, "lovely grass")

Z

Zapata, Texas (derived from a Spanish family name)

Bays and inlets

Bodega Bay, California ("Wine Cellar")
Perdido Bay, in Perdido River, a designated Outstanding Florida Waters river, in Baldwin County, Alabama and Escambia County, Florida, United States ("Lost")
San Carlos Bay (Florida)
San Francisco Bay, California
San Pablo Bay, California
San Pedro Bay (California)
Strait of Juan de Fuca, in the northwest
Carquinez Strait, northern California
Haro Strait, between the Strait of Georgia and the Strait of Juan de Fuca, in the northwest.
Rosario Strait, in northern Washington state
Santa Rosa Sound, Florida

Census-designated places and unincorporated community

Aguila, Arizona, a Census-designated place in Maricopa County, Arizona (eagle)
Almeria, Nebraska, an unincorporated community in Loup County, Nebraska
Arboles, Colorado, a Census-designated place in Archuleta County, Colorado (trees)
Arena, California, an unincorporated community in Merced County, California (sand)
Cadiz, California, an unincorporated community in the Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County, California
Cedro, New Mexico, a Census-designated place in Bernalillo County, New Mexico (Cedar)
Conejo, California, an unincorporated community in Fresno County, California
El Rancho, New Mexico, a Census-designated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico (of Spanish The Ranch)
Gardnerville Ranchos, Nevada, a Census-designated place in Douglas County, Nevada
Havana, Alabama, an unincorporated community in Hale County, Alabama
Havana, Ohio, an unincorporated community in Huron County, Ohio
Havana, Oregon, an unincorporated community in Umatilla County, Oregon
Havana, Texas, a Census-designated place in Hidalgo County, Texas
Havana, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia
Isleta Village Proper, New Mexico, a Census-designated place in Bernalillo County, New Mexico ("Little Island")
La Blanca, Texas, a census-designated place in Hidalgo County, Texas (The white)
Laguna, New Mexico, a Census-designated place in Cibola County, New Mexico (Small lake)
Laguna Beach, Florida, a Census-designated place in Bay County, Florida
Lagunitas, California, an unincorporated community in Marin County, California
Lagunitas-Forest Knolls, California, a Census-designated place in the western half of the San Geronimo Valley in Marin County, California
Linda, California, a census-designated place in Yuba County, California
Manzano Springs, New Mexico, a Census-designated place in Torrance and Bernalillo counties, New Mexico (of Spanish Appletree Spring)
Mariposa, California, an unincorporated area in California in and the county seat of Mariposa County, California (butterfly)
Mosca, Colorado, an unincorporated community in Alamosa County, Colorado (it was named for the nearby Mosca Pass, which was named for the Spanish explorer, Luis de Moscoso Alvarado).
New Santa Fe, Indiana, an unincorporated community in Butler Township, Miami County, Indiana
North San Juan, California, a Census-designated place in Nevada County, California
Oso, Washington, a census-designated place in Snohomish County, Washington
Pajaro, California, a Census-designated place in Monterey County, California (bird)
Pajaro Dunes, California, a census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California
Pajarito Mesa, New Mexico, a Census-designated place in Bernalillo County, New Mexico (Little bird Mesa)
Plumas Eureka, census-designated place in Plumas County, California
Plumas Lake, California, master-planned exurb and census-designated place in Yuba County, California
Plumas, Lassen County, California, an unincorporated community in Lassen County, California
Ponderosa Pine, New Mexico, a Census-designated place in Bernalillo County, New Mexico
Pueblo of Sandia Village, New Mexico, a Census-designated place in Sandoval County, New Mexico
Rancho Alegre, Texas, a Census-designated place in Jim Wells County, Texas (of Spanish cheerful ranch)
Rancho Banquete, Texas, a Census-designated place in Nueces County, Texas (of Spanish Banquet ranch)
Rancho Chico, Texas, a Census-designated place in San Patricio County, Texas (of Spanish Little ranch)
Ranchos Penitas West, Texas, a Census-designated place in Webb County, Texas
Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico, a Census-designated place in Taos County, New Mexico
Rio Rico, Arizona, a Census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, Arizona ("Rich River")
San Antonito, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, a Census-designated place in Bernalillo County, New Mexico
San Carlos, Arizona, an Census-designated place in Gila County, Arizona
San Carlos Park, Florida, a Census-designated place in Lee County, Florida
San Juan, New Mexico, a Census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
San Miguel, Contra Costa County, California, a census designated place of California
San Miguel, San Luis Obispo County, California, a census designated place of California
Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico, a Census-designated place Sandoval County, New Mexico
Santa Maria, Texas, a Census-designated place, in Cameron County, Texas
San Pablo, Colorado, an unincorporated community in Costilla County, Colorado
Sandia, California, a Census-designated place in Imperial County, California (of Spanish watermelon)
Sandia Park, New Mexico, a Census-designated place in in Bernalillo County, New Mexico
Sandia, Texas, a Census-designated place in Jim Wells County, Texas
Santa Fe, Missouri, an unincorporated community in southeastern Monroe County, Missouri
Santa Fe, Ohio, an unincorporated community located on the border of Clay Township in Auglaize County and Stokes Township in Logan County, in the west central part of the U.S. state of Ohio
Santa Fe, Indiana, an unincorporated community in Butler Township, Miami County, Indiana.
Santa Fe, Tennessee, an unincorporated community in Maury County, Tennessee
Rancho Santa Fe, California, a census-designated place in San Diego County, California
Seville, Florida, a unincorporated community in Volusia County, Florida
Sierra Blanca, Texas, a census-designated place in and the county seat of Hudspeth County, Texas
Toro Canyon, California, a census-designated place in Santa Barbara County, California ("Bull")
Tortuga, California, a unincorporated community in Imperial County, California (turtle)
Valencia West, Arizona, a Census-designated place in Pima County, Arizona
Valencia, New Mexico, a Census-designated place in Valencia County, New Mexico
Val Verde, California, a census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California
Val Verde Park, Texas, census-designated place (CDP) in Val Verde County, Texas

Historic places (still standing)

Islands

Alameda Island, California ("Poplar Grove")
Alcatraz Island, California ("Pelican")
Angel Island (California) (derived of his original Spanish name Isla de los Ángeles)
Año Nuevo Island, Northern California ("New Year" Island)
Boca Chica Key, Florida ("Small Mouth" Key)
Farallon Islands, in San Francisco, California (from Farallones: "High Cliffs")
Key West, Florida (Anglicized from Cayo Hueso: "Bone Cay")
Key Largo, Florida ("Wide Key")
Perdido Key, Florida ("Lost Key")
Revillagigedo Island, Alaska (after Juan Vicente de Güemes, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo)
San Juan Islands (Alaska)
San Juan Islands, in the Washington state
San Juan Island, the second-largest and most populous of the San Juan Islands, in Washington
San Miguel Island, the westernmost of California's Channel Islands
Santa Catalina Island, California
Santa Cruz Island, California
Santa Rosa Island, California
Santa Rosa Island, Florida ("St. Rose" Island)
Dry Tortugas, a group of islands in the Florida Keys in the United States (Dry turtle)

Mountains, hills, rock and volcanos

Blanca Peak, a mountain in Colorado
Dos Cabezas Mountains, in southeasternmost Arizona
Caballo Mountains, New Mexico
Canelo Hills, a range of low mountains or hills in eastern Santa Cruz County, Arizona
El Capitan, California, a rock formation ("The Captain")
Ciervo Hills, low mountain range in west Fresno County, California
La Sal Mountains, in Grand and San Juan County counties, Utah along the Utah/Colorado border.
Little San Bernardino Mountains, in California
Mogollon Mountains, of the San Francisco River in Grant and Catron counties of southwestern New Mexico
Nacimiento Mountains, New Mexico (also called San Pedro Mountains)
Negro Mountain, Pennsylvania and Maryland, United States
Palos Verdes Hills, California
Raton Pass - mountain pass on the Santa Fe Trail along the Colorado-New Mexico border in the United States
Rincon Mountains ("Corner", "Nook")
Robledo Mountains, a mountain range in Doña Ana County, New Mexico just northwest of Las Cruces
San Juan Mountains, in southwestern Colorado
San Luis Mountains, in Pima County, Arizona
Sandia Mountains, New Mexico
Sangre de Cristo Mountains , the southernmost subrange of the Rocky Mountains. They are located in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico in the United States.
Sangre de Cristo Range, called also the East Range locally in the San Luis Valley, is mountain range of the Rocky Mountains in southern Colorado.
Santa Ana Mountains, a short mountain range near Santa Ana, California
Santa Catalina Mountains, north, and northeast of Tucson, Arizona
Santa Clara Volcano, a volcanic field and lava flow in southwest Utah.
Santa Rosa Range, in northern Nevada
Santa Rita Mountains, southeast of Tucson, Arizona
Santa Rosa Mountains (California)
Santa Ynez Mountains, west coast of North America
Sierra Blanca (Colorado), a mountain range
Sierra Blanca (New Mexico), a mountain range
Sierra Nevada, between the Central Valley of California and the Basin and Range Province

Neighborhood

Andalusia, Pennsylvania, historican neighborhood in Bensalem Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Granada Hills, Los Angeles, California
Little Havana, neighborhood of Miami, Florida
Laguna Honda (also called Forest Hill), San Francisco, California
Little Mexico, neighborhood of Dallas, Texas
Rancho de la Parita, Texas, a small unincorporated community in northwestern Jim Wells County, Texas
San Carlos, San Diego, neighborhood in San Diego, California
San Pedro, Los Angeles, community within the City of Los Angeles, California
San Roque, California, residential neighborhood in Santa Barbara, California
Santa Clara, Eugene, Oregon, a neighborhood in Eugene, Oregon
Santa Fe, Oakland, California, a small neighborhood in North Oakland, California.
Spanish Town, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, neighborhood in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Valencia, California, neighborhood of Santa Clarita in Los Angeles County, California
Valverde, Denver, a neighborhood in the City and County of Denver, Colorado

Parks

Dry Tortugas National Park - National park localized west of Key West, Florida
Fort Verde State Historic Park, in Camp Verde, Arizona
Louis H Marrero Park, in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana (founded in honor to Spanish American politician Louis H. Marrero).
Mesa Verde National Park, in Montezuma County, Colorado
Plumas-Eureka State Park, California state park located in the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Range in Plumas County, California
Presidio of San Francisco, California (former Presidio and, at present, a park)
San Juan Island National Historical Park, on San Juan Island in the state of in Washington
San Pedro Springs Park, in San Antonio, Texas

Peninsulas

Palos Verdes, California
San Francisco Peninsula, California
Tiburon Peninsula, California (of spanish "Shark")

Ranchos

Rancho El Alisal, in Salinas, Monterey, California
Rancho San Antonio (Lugo), in San Antonio, Texas
Rancho Calleguas, in Ventura, California
La Habra, in Orange, California
Rancho Posa de los Ositos, in Monterey, California
Rancho San Rafael, in Los Angeles, California
Rancho San Vicente, in Soledad, Monterey, California

Regions

This is not an exhaustive list.

Raton Basin, Colorado (mouse basin)
San Juan Basin, in the Southwestern United States
Llano Estacado, Southwestern United States, between the East of New Mexico and Northern Texas ("Staked Plain")
Cape Canaveral, Florida (Anglicized from Cabo Cañaveral)
Gulf of Santa Catalina, between California and Baja California (Mexico)
Santa Ana Canyon, California
Santa Clara Valley AVA, California wine region in Santa Clara County
Santa Maria Valley AVA, California wine region

Rivers and Lakes

Arroyo de la Laguna, California
Blanca Lake, Washington state
Cadiz Dry Lake, nearby of Cadiz, California
Caballo Lake, New Mexico
Green River (Utah) (the Spanish friars Escalante and Dominguez had originally named this river "Río Buenaventura" (Buenaventura River) in his expedition in Utah in 1775, but in the early nineteenth century, the Spanish and Mexicans named it "Río Verde", or Green River)
Guadalupe River (California)
Laguna Blanca (California)
Laguna Creek, Elk Grove, California
Laguna Creek (San Mateo County), a tributary of San Mateo Creek in San Mateo County, California
Laguna Creek (Santa Cruz County), California
Laguna Lake (California), a lake in northern California
Lobos Creek, a stream in San Francisco, California (wolves Creek)
Maravillas Creek, Texas (wonders creek)
Pajaro River, in California (Bird River)
Perdido River, localized between the states of Alabama and Florida (Lost River)
Rio Brazos, localized between New Mexico and Texas (called the Rio de los Brazos de Dios by early Spanish explorers (translated as "The River of the Arms of God"))
Rio Grande, localized between the southwest of United States and Mexico (Big River)
Rio Verde, Arizona
Salinas River (California) ("Salt mines")
San Carlos Lake, Arizona
San Fernando Creek, Texas
San Juan River (California)
San Miguel River (Colorado)
San Pedro River (Arizona)
San Sebastian River, a tidal channel which flows into Matanzas Bay, Florida
Santa Ana River, the largest river in Southern California, flows through Santa Ana
Santa Clara River (California), north of Los Angeles
Santa Clara River (Utah)
Spanish Lake (Ascension Parish), Louisiana
Spanish Lake (Iberia Parish), Louisiana
Spanish Lake, Missouri
Verde River, Arizona

Springs

San Marcos Springs, Texas
San Pedro Springs, Texas

Streets and roads

This is not an exhaustive list.

Avenida de loca Pulgas ("Avenue of the Fleas")
Avenida de las Tiendas, San Diego, California ("Avenue of Shops")
Camino Pablo ("Path of [Saint] Paul")
El Camino Real (California) ("The Royal Road" or "The King's Highway")
Marrero Road, localized between Ames Boulevard and Barataria Boulevard, Louisiana (named after Isleño American politician Louis H. Marrero)
San Fernando Road, a road that passes through San Fernando and the San Fernando Valley, California
San Pablo Avenue, California ("Saint Paul Avenue")
San Pedro Street, a major north-south thoroughfare in Los Angeles, California
Santa Ana Freeway, a major freeway from Los Angeles to Santa Ana, California
Santa Monica Boulevard, California (from Santa Mónica: "Saint Monica")

Town and Township

Blanca, Colorado, a Statutory Town in Costilla County, Colorado
Camp Verde, Arizona, town in Yavapai County, Arizona
Casa, Arkansas, town in Perry County, Arkansas
Cadiz, Indiana, town in Harrison Township, Henry County, Indiana
Canelo, ghost town in eastern Santa Cruz County, Arizona
Del Norte, Colorado, a Statutory Town in and the county seat of Rio Grande County, Colorado
Granada, Colorado, a Statutory town in Prowers County, Colorado
Mariposa Township, Saunders County, Nebraska
Mexico, New York, town in the northeast part of Oswego County, New York
Rosa, Alabama, town in Blount County, Alabama
Sandoval Township, Marion County, Illinois
Santa Anna, Texas, a town in Coleman County, Texas
Santa Clara, New York, a town in Franklin County, New York
Santa Fe Township, Clinton County, Illinois
Salamanca (town), New York, in Cattaraugus County, New York
Seville Township, Michigan, in Gratiot County, Michigan

Valleys

Villages

Cadiz, Ohio
Hidalgo, Illinois
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, New Mexico
Roca, Nebraska
San Pedro, New Mexico, a former village across the Rio Grande from San Antonio, New Mexico
San Cristobal, a village in Taos County, New Mexico
Sandoval, Illinois
Santa Clara, New Mexico, a village in Grant County
Seville, Ohio
Spanish Lake community, Louisiana
Tijeras, New Mexico

Institutions and buildings

Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, in Alcatraz Island, California
Arizona Rancho, former hotel in Holbrook, Arizona
Atalaya Castle (US), winter home of industrialist and philanthropist Archer M. Huntington and his wife, the sculptor Anna Hyatt Huntington, near the Atlantic coast in Murrells Inlet, Georgetown County, South Carolina (watchtower)
Canelo Ranger Station, near Canelo, Arizona
Conquistador Council, a Boy Scouts of America local council in New Mexico
Granada War Relocation Center, a Japanese American internment camp during World War II, in Granada, Colorado
Lagunitas Brewing Company, in California
Palo Alto Plantation (Donaldsonville, Louisiana)
Palo Alto Plantation (Palopato, North Carolina)
Pajaro Valley Historical Association (PVHA) is a historical association of Pajaro Valley in Central California
PARC (company) (Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated)
Rancho Joaquina House, Mission Revival/Spanish Colonial Revival mansion in the Arcadia neighborhood of Phoenix, Arizona
Santa Ana Star Center, New Mexico
Santa Maria (building), a skyscraper in Miami, Florida
Valencia (Ridgeway, South Carolina), historic plantation home. This is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Fairfield County, South Carolina

Railroads and Metro station

San Fernando (Pacific Electric), railroad from San Fernando to downtown Los Angeles
Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
San Pedro Street (Los Angeles Metro station)
Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge heritage railroad

Airport

Laguna Army Airfield, a military airport in Arizona, United States
Palo Alto Airport of Santa Clara County

Churches

El Santuario de Chimayó, Church in New Mexico
San Francisco de Asis Mission Church, church located in the historic district of Ranchos de Taos.
Santuario de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, church located in New Mexico

Theatres

Schools and Academies

Granada Hills Charter High School in California
Granada Middle School in Whittier, California
Pajaro Valley Unified School District, in Watsonville, California
Sandia Preparatory School, in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Sandia View Academy, in Corrales, New Mexico
Santa Catalina School, Monterey, California
Santa Clara University, a private, co-educational Roman Catholic university on the grounds of Mission Santa Clara de Asís
Val Verde Unified School District, in Moreno Valley, California and Perris, California
Val Verde High School, in Perris, California

Former settlements

Laguna, Imperial County, California, a former settlement in California, United States
Oso, California, former settlement in Yuba County, California
Plumas, Yuba County, California, former settlement in Yuba County, California
San Carlos, Inyo County, California, former settlement in Inyo County, California
San Miguel de los Noches, California, former settlement in Kern County

Others

Acequia Madre de Valero (San Antonio) ("Irrigation canal «Mother of Valero»")
Andalusia (Milledgeville, Georgia), estate
Andalusia (estate), also known as the Nicholas Biddle Estate, in Pennsylvania
Blanca Wetlands, Area of Critical Environmental Concern, or Blanca Wildlife Habitat Area, is an area of the San Luis Valley in Colorado, United States, that serves as a refuge for birds, fish and other wildlife.
Bogota, New Jersey, a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey
Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge
Caballo, New Mexico
Canelo Hills Cienega Reserve, a protected area in Canelo Hill, Arizona
Havana on the Hudson, New Jersey
Hidalgo, Kentucky
Laguna Honda (Catron County, New Mexico)
Laguna Honda (Cibola County, New Mexico)
Las Palomas, a 501(c)(3) women's organization, based in Scottsdale, Arizona
Mariposa, Rio Rancho, New Mexico, a master-planned community
San Juan National Forest, Colorado
South San Juan Wilderness, Wilderness area located east of Pagosa Springs, Colorado
Plumas National Forest, California
Raton Downtown Historic District, a Registered Historic District in Raton, New Mexico
Rio Grande National Forest, Colorado
San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation, Arizona
Santa Clara Indian Reservation, New Mexico
Valencia, Pennsylvania, a borough in Butler County, Pennsylvania
Valverde, New Mexico, the site of the Battle of Valverde during the American Civil War

References

^ http://www.utefans.net/home/ancient_ute/utetribe.html
^ Walter Romig, Michigan Place Names, p. 86
^ Walter Romig, Michigan Place Names, p. 187
^ Native American placenames of the ... - William Bright - Google Libros. Books.google.es. Retrieved 2011-11-12.

External links

[1] ttp://www.utefans.net/home/ancient_ute/utetribe.html

[2] Walter Romig, Michigan Place Names, p. 86

[3] Walter Romig, Michigan Place Names, p. 187

[4] Native American placenames of the ... - William Bright - Google Libros. Books.google.es. Retrieved 2011-11-12.

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 *[[Valencia County, New Mexico]] (Spanish city of [[Valencia]])
+[[Val Verde County, Texas]]
 *[[Ventura County, California]] (named after the county seat, the [[Ventura, California|city of Ventura]] which is named after "[[Saint Bonaventure]]," a Catholic medieval mystic)
 *[[Victoria County, Texas]] (Spanish family name, meaning "victory")
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 *[[Cordova, Alaska]] (named after the Spanish city of [[Córdoba, Andalusia|Córdoba]])
 *[[Cortez, California]]
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 *[[Coronado, California]]
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 *[[Delray Beach, Florida]] (named most immediately from Delray, Michigan)
 *[[Dos Palos, California]] ("Two Sticks")
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 *[[Montevideo, Minnesota]], a city in the United States
 *[[Moraga, California]]
+* [[Moreno Valley, California]]
 *[[Morro Bay, California]] (Morro Rock was named in 1542 by Portuguese navigator [[Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo]], who explored the Pacific Coast for Spain. Cabrillo called the rock "El Moro" because it resembled the head of a [[Moors|Moor]], the people from North Africa known for the [[turban]]s they wore. However, the dictionary definition for the Spanish word ''morro'' ("pebble") is also consistent with the butte-like shape of the rock, and so the term ''morro'' is frequently used wherever such a distinctive rock-like mountain is found within the Spanish speaking world.)
 *[[Murrieta, California]] (derived from a Spanish family name)
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 *[[Palo Alto, California]] ("Tall [[Tree]]")
 *[[Palo Pinto, Texas]]
+* [[Palos Verdes Estates, California]]
 * [[Panama City, Florida]]
 *[[Paso Robles, California]] (shortened version of ''El Paso de Robles'', which means "pass of the oaks"; named for the abundance of oak trees in the area)
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 * [[Valencia West, Arizona]], a Census-designated place in [[Pima County, Arizona]]
 * [[Valencia, New Mexico]], a Census-designated place in [[Valencia County, New Mexico]]
+* [[Val Verde, California]], a census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California
+* [[Val Verde Park, Texas]], census-designated place (CDP) in [[Val Verde County, Texas]]
 == Historic places (still standing)==
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 *[[Dos Cabezas Mountains]], in southeasternmost Arizona
 * [[Caballo Mountains]], New Mexico
+* [[Canelo Hills]], a range of low mountains or hills in eastern [[Santa Cruz County, Arizona]]
 *[[El Capitan]], California, a rock formation ("The Captain")
 * [[Ciervo Hills]], low mountain range in west Fresno County, California
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 * [[Nacimiento Mountains]], New Mexico (also called ''San Pedro Mountains'')
 * [[Negro Mountain]], Pennsylvania and Maryland, United States
+* [[Palos Verdes Hills]], California
 * [[Raton Pass]] - [[mountain pass]] on the Santa Fe Trail along the Colorado-New Mexico border in the United States
 *[[Rincon Mountains]] ("Corner", "Nook")
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 * [[Spanish Town, Baton Rouge, Louisiana]],  neighborhood in [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]]
 * [[Valencia, California]],  neighborhood of [[Santa Clarita, California|Santa Clarita]] in Los Angeles County, California
 * [[Valverde, Denver]], a neighborhood in the City and County of Denver, Colorado
 == Parks ==
 * [[Dry Tortugas National Park]] - National park localized west of Key West, Florida
+* [[Fort Verde State Historic Park]], in [[Camp Verde, Arizona]]
 * Louis H Marrero Park, in [[Jefferson Parish, Louisiana]] (founded in honor to Spanish American politician Louis H. Marrero).
+* [[Mesa Verde National Park]], in [[Montezuma County, Colorado]]
 * [[Plumas-Eureka State Park]], California state park located in the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Range in Plumas County, California
 * [[Presidio of San Francisco]], California (former [[Presidio]] and, at present, a park)
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 * [[San Miguel River (Colorado)]]
 * [[San Pedro River (Arizona)]]
-* San Sebastian River, a tidal channel which flows into Matanzas Bay in Florida, US
+* San Sebastian River, a tidal channel which flows into Matanzas Bay Florida
 * [[Santa Ana River]], the largest river in Southern California, flows through Santa Ana
 * [[Santa Clara River (California)]], north of Los Angeles
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 * [[Spanish Lake (Iberia Parish)]], Louisiana
 * [[Spanish Lake, Missouri]]
+* [[Verde River]], Arizona
 == Springs==
 * [[San Marcos Springs]], Texas
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 == Town and Township ==
 * [[Blanca, Colorado]], a Statutory Town
+* [[Camp Verde, Arizona]], town in  [[Yavapai County, Arizona]]
 * [[Casa, Arkansas]], town in [[Perry County, Arkansas]]
 * [[Cadiz, Indiana]], town in [[Harrison Township, Henry County, Indiana]]
-* [[Granada, Colorado]], a [[Statutory town]] in Prowers County, Colorado, United States
+* [[]],  town in  County,
+* [[Del Norte, Colorado]], a Statutory Town in and the [[county seat]] of [[Rio Grande County, Colorado]]
+* [[Granada, Colorado]], a [[Statutory town]] in [[Prowers County, Colorado]]
 * [[Mariposa Township, Saunders County, Nebraska]]
 * [[Mexico, New York]],  town in the northeast part of [[Oswego County, New York]]
+* [[Rosa, Alabama]], town in [[Blount County, Alabama]]
 * [[Sandoval Township, Marion County, Illinois]]
 * [[Santa Anna, Texas]], a town in Coleman County, Texas
 * [[Santa Clara, New York]], a town in [[Franklin County, New York]]
 *[[Santa Fe Township, Clinton County, Illinois]]
 * [[Salamanca (town), New York]]
 * [[Seville Township, Michigan]]
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 * [[San Joaquin Valley]], California
 * [[San Pedro Valley (Arizona)]]
+* [[Verde Valley, Colorado]]
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 * [[Arizona Rancho]], former hotel in Holbrook, Arizona
 *[[Atalaya Castle (US)]], winter home of industrialist and philanthropist  [[Archer M. Huntington]] and his wife, the sculptor [[Anna Hyatt Huntington]], near the Atlantic coast in [[Murrells Inlet, South Carolina|Murrells Inlet]], [[Georgetown County, South Carolina]] (''watchtower'')
+* [[Canelo Ranger Station]], near [[Canelo, Arizona]]
 * [[Conquistador Council]], a Boy Scouts of America local council in New Mexico
 * [[Granada War Relocation Center]], a [[Japanese American internment]] camp during World War II, in Granada, Colorado
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 * [[Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad]]
 * [[San Pedro Street (Los Angeles Metro station)]]
+* [[Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad]], a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge heritage railroad
 === Airport ===
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 * [[Santa Catalina School]], Monterey, California
 * [[Santa Clara University]], a private, co-educational Roman Catholic university on the grounds of Mission Santa Clara de Asís
+*[[Val Verde Unified School District]], in Moreno Valley, California and [[Perris, California]]
+* [[Val Verde High School]], in Perris, California
 == Former settlements ==
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 * [[Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge]]
 * Caballo, New Mexico
+* [[Canelo Hills Cienega Reserve]], a protected area in [[Canelo Hill]], Arizona
 * [[Havana on the Hudson]], New Jersey
 * Hidalgo, Kentucky
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 * [[Las Palomas]],  a 501(c)(3) women's organization, based in [[Scottsdale, Arizona]]
 * Mariposa, Rio Rancho, New Mexico, a master-planned community
+* [[San Juan National Forest]], Colorado
-* Palo Alto, Louisiana
+* [[South San Juan Wilderness]], [[Wilderness area]] located east of [[Pagosa Springs, Colorado]]
 * [[Plumas National Forest]], California
 * [[Raton Downtown Historic District]], a Registered Historic District in Raton, New Mexico
+*[[Rio Grande National Forest]], Colorado
 *[[San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation]], Arizona
 * [[Santa Clara Indian Reservation]], New Mexico