Locations in the United States with an English name Locations in the United States with an English name A large number of places in the U.S were named after places in England largely as a result of English settlers and explorers of the Thirteen Colonies. Some names were carried over directly and are found throughout the country (such as Manchester, Birmingham and Rochester). Others carry the prefix "New"; for example, the largest city in the US, New York, was named after York because King Charles II gave the land to his brother, James, the Duke of York (later James II). Some places, such as Hartford, Connecticut, bear an archaic
German Society of the City of New York German Society of the City of New York The German Society of the City of New York was established in 1784, and was concerned with the smooth immigration of the Germans into the USA as well as the bureaucratic affairs of German-Americans. Founded on the model of the German Society of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia by, among others, John Christoph Kunze and Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben , the company initially supported the German-American churches in New York. With the introduction of large immigration waves from the 1830s, the "German Society" dealt with the smooth running of immigration. This included the fact