List of places named for the Marquis de Lafayette

This is a list of places named for the Marquis de Lafayette, a French General in the American Revolutionary War. Many of these places were named for him during his 1824–1825 visit to the United States.

Counties

Fayette County, Alabama
Fayette County, Georgia
Fayette County, Illinois
Fayette County, Indiana
Fayette County, Iowa
Fayette County, Kentucky
Fayette County, Ohio
Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Fayette County, Tennessee
Fayette County, Texas
Fayette County, West Virginia
Lafayette County, Arkansas
Lafayette County, Florida
Lafayette County, Mississippi
Lafayette County, Missouri
Lafayette County, Wisconsin
Lafayette Parish, Louisiana

Cities, towns, and villages

Fayette, Alabama
Fayette, Iowa
Fayette, Maine
Fayette, Michigan
Fayette, Mississippi
Fayette, Missouri
Fayette, New York
Fayette, Ohio
Fayette, Utah is named indirectly; the city is named after Fayette, New York.
Fayette, West Virginia
Fayette, Wisconsin, a town
- Fayette (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community

Fayette City, Pennsylvania^[1]
Fayette Township, Calhoun County, Arkansas
Fayette Township, Livingston County, Illinois
Fayette Township, Vigo County, Indiana
Fayette Township, Decatur County, Iowa
Fayette Township, Linn County, Iowa
Fayette Township, Michigan
Fayette Township, Lawrence County, Ohio
Fayette Township, Pennsylvania
Fayetteville, Alabama
Fayetteville, Arkansas is named indirectly; the city is named after Fayetteville, TN, which in turn is named after Fayetteville, NC. Has the largest metropolitan population.
Fayetteville, Georgia, seat of Fayette County
Fayetteville, Illinois
Fayetteville, Indiana
Fayetteville, Washington County, Indiana
Fayetteville, Missouri
Fayetteville, New York
Fayetteville, North Carolina was the first city named after Lafayette, and is the only one he actually visited, arriving in Fayetteville by horse-drawn carriage in 1825 during Lafayette's visit to the United States from July 1824 to September 1825 celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill. Has the greatest city population.
Fayetteville, Ohio
Fayetteville, Pennsylvania
Fayetteville, Tennessee is named indirectly; the city is named after Fayetteville, North Carolina.
Fayetteville, Texas
Fayetteville, West Virginia
La Fayette, Illinois
LaFayette, Alabama
LaFayette, Georgia
Lafayette, California
Lafayette, Colorado
Lafayette, Indiana, seat of Tippecanoe County, named after Lafayette during his tour of America.^[2]
LaFayette, Kentucky
Lafayette, Louisiana
Lafayette, Minnesota
LaFayette, New York
Lafayette, Oregon
Lafayette, Tennessee
Lafayette metropolitan area, Louisiana
Lafayette metropolitan area, Indiana
Lafayette Township, Lonoke County, Arkansas
Lafayette Township, Ouachita County, Arkansas
Lafayette Township, Scott County, Arkansas

Lafayette Township, Clinton County, Missouri
Lafayette Township, St. Louis County, Missouri

Lafayette Township, New Jersey

Lafayette Township, Pennsylvania
North Fayette Township, Pennsylvania
South Fayette Township, Pennsylvania
West Lafayette, Indiana, the home of Purdue University and sister city of Lafayette, Indiana^[2]
West Lafayette, Ohio

Squares

Lafayette Square in Buffalo, New York, where he spoke during his nationwide tour in 1825.
Lafayette Square station, a Buffalo Metro Rail station
Lafayette Square in Saint Louis, Missouri, neighborhood created in 1833 as one of the city's first public parks and named in his honor in 1854.

Lafayette Square, Los Angeles, Mid-Wilshire neighborhood of Los Angeles, California
Lafayette Square in LaGrange, Georgia, where a statue of Lafayette stands atop a fountain
Lafayette Square, one of 22 historic public squares in Savannah, Georgia
Lafayette Square (New Orleans), in the Central Business District, New Orleans, Louisiana
Lafayette Square (Baltimore), Maryland
Lafayette Square, Cambridge, part of the Central Square area of Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Lafayette Square Historic District (St. Louis)
Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C., northernmost part of President's Park
- Lafayette Square Historic District, Washington, D.C.

Streets

Avenue de Lafayette in Boston, Massachusetts, located in the Downtown Crossing area
Fayette Drive in Rotterdam, New York
Fayette Street in Alexandria, Virginia
Fayette Street in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
Lafayette Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland
Lafayette Avenue in Cliffside Park, New Jersey
Lafayette Avenue in Hawthorne, New Jersey
Lafayette Avenue in Morrisville, Pennsylvania.
Lafayette Avenue in Omaha, Nebraska
Lafayette Boulevard in Bridgeport, Connecticut
Lafayette Boulevard in Detroit, Michigan
Lafayette Boulevard in Phoenix, Arizona
Lafayette Drive in Oak Ridge, Tennessee^[3]
Lafayette Drive and Lafayette Road in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, both off of Valley Forge Road located near Valley Forge
Lafayette Parkway in LaGrange, Georgia
Lafayette Road in Harrington Park, New Jersey
Lafayette Road and Fayette Lane in Knoxville, Tennessee^[4]
Lafayette Road in New Hampshire, which extends from the Massachusetts border in Seabrook to Portsmouth
Lafayette Street in Cape May, New Jersey
Lafayette Street in Houma, Louisiana
Lafayette Street in Metamora, Illinois
Lafayette Street in New Haven, Connecticut
Lafayette Street in Schenectady, New York
Lafayette Street in Trenton, New Jersey^[5]
Lafayette Street in Waltham, Massachusetts, located near a critical area during the Revolution
Lafayette Street in Williston Park, New York
Numerous Roads in New York City
- Lafayette Avenue in Brooklyn
- Lafayette Avenue in The Bronx
- Lafayette Street in Manhattan
- Lafayette Street in Queens
- Lafayette Street in Staten Island
Route Lafayette in Shanghai, China (Shanghai French Concession) (1914-1943), now renamed Fu Xing Zhong Road
Rue La Fayette in Paris, one of the longest roads in the city, which crosses the 9th and 10th arrondissements of the city from southwest to northeast
Ulice Lafayettova in Olomouc, Czech Republic, near the site of Lafayette's imprisonment

Other places

23244 Lafayette, a main-belt minor planet^[6]
Aix-la-Fayette, a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France
Chavaniac-Lafayette is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France
Fayette Historic State Park, Michigan
Fayetteville Shale
Fort Lafayette, New York
Galeries Lafayette, a French department store chain (first store was Rue Lafayette in Paris)
Lafayette, a French restaurant in New York City which operated from 1965 to the late 1970s
Lafayette Apartment Building (Washington, D.C.)
Lafayette Building (Washington, D.C.)
Lafayette Building (Detroit)
Lafayette Circus (Theatre), Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States.
Lafayette College, in Easton, Pennsylvania
Lafayette High School (Alabama), in Lafayette, Alabama
Lafayette High School (Georgia), in Lafayette, Georgia
Lafayette High School (Florida), in Mayo, Florida
Lafayette High School, in Lexington, Kentucky
Lafayette High School, in Lafayette, Louisiana
Lafayette High School, in St. Joseph, Missouri
Lafayette High School, in Wildwood, Missouri
Lafayette High School, in Brooklyn, New York
Lafayette High School, in Buffalo, New York
Lafayette High School, near Williamsburg, Virginia
Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania
Lafayette River
Lafayette Theatre (Suffern), in Suffern, Rockland County, New York, United States
Lafayette Theatre (Harlem), in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

Hotel Lafayette, an historic hotel in Buffalo, New York
Hotel Lafayette, a hotel and restaurant which operated in New York City
LaFayette Hotel, an historic hotel in Little Rock, Arkansas
The Lafayette Hotel, Swim Club & Bungalows, a hotel in San Diego, California
LaFayette Jr./Sr. High School in LaFayette, New York
Lafayette Square Mall, Indianapolis, Indiana
Mount Lafayette in the White Mountains of New Hampshire
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayetteville, a hamlet in Milan, New York

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

References

^ Reports, Rasmussen. "Lafayette, We Are Embarrassed – Rasmussen Reports®". www.rasmussenreports.com. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
^ ^a ^b "Lafayette History". Visit Lafayette–West Lafayette. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
^ "Lafayette Dr · Oak Ridge, TN 37830". Lafayette Dr · Oak Ridge, TN 37830. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
^ "Street Name Directory | Knoxville-Knox County Planning". knoxplanning.org. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
^ https://www.trentonhistory.org/streets.html
^ "The Gazette of the American Friends of Lafayette" (PDF).

Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette

Principal author

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789)

American Revolution

French Revolution

Assembly of Notables (1787)
Estates General of 1789
National Guard (France)
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Women's March on Versailles
Society of 1789
Fête de la Fédération
Day of Daggers
Champ de Mars massacre
War of the First Coalition
July Revolution (1830)

Other events

1824–25 Grand Tour of the United States
- New York City parade
- Philadelphia parade
- USS Brandywine

Life

Château de Chavaniac (birthplace and home)
Château de la Grange-Bléneau (home and museum)
Lafayette Land Grant
Picpus Cemetery

Honors and
memorials

List of places named for the Marquis de Lafayette
New York City statue (1876)
LaFayette Fountain (1887)
Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C.
- 1891 statue
- Lafayette Square Historic District
Lafayette dollar (1899)
Mount Lafayette
Lafayette Memorial (1917)
Lafayette College statue (1921)
Los Angeles statue (1937)
Lafayette Escadrille
USS Lafayette

Legacy

1825 Samuel Morse painting
"Lafayette (We Hear You Calling)" (1918 song)
La Fayette (1961 film)
Valley Forge (1975 film)
La Révolution française (1989 film)
Jefferson in Paris (1995 film)
Liberty! (1997 documentary miniseries)
Liberty's Kids (2002 television series)
Hamilton (2015 musical, 2020 film)
Lafayette in the Somewhat United States (2015 book)
Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution (2021 book)
Franklin (2024 miniseries)