# List of place names of German origin in the United States

Relatively few place names in the United States have names of German origin, unlike Spanish or French names. Many of the German town names are in the Midwest, due to high German settlement in the 1800s. Many of the names in New York and Pennsylvania originated with the German Palatines (called Pennsylvania Dutch), who immigrated in the 18th century.
The entry of the United States into World War I was followed by anti-German sentiment, and local names were often changed to reflect this. Only one U.S. city with a German name has a population of greater than 100,000. Non-German city names with the suffix "-burg," which in English is partly an altered form the native English suffix -burgh and also partly derived from the related German word, "Burg," meaning "castle", is common for town and city names throughout the United States, such as Spartanburg, South Carolina and were not included.
| Place name | State | Origin/notes |
| Altdorf | Wisconsin | Named after Altdorf, Switzerland, meaning "old village." |
| Altorf | Illinois | Named after Altdorf, Switzerland, meaning "old village." |
| Altenburg | Missouri | Named after Saxe-Altenburg, meaning "old castle". |
| Anaheim | California | A blend of "Ana", after the nearby Santa Ana River, and "heim", a common Germanic place name compound originally meaning "home". |
| Anaheim Island | California | Named after Anaheim. |
| Anhalt | Texas | Named after the Principality of Anhalt. |
| Augusta | Georgia | Named after Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha. |
| Augusta | Illinois | Named after Augusta, Georgia, which derives its name from Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha. |
| Augusta | Kentucky | Named after Augusta County, Virginia, which derives its name from Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha. |
| Augusta | Minnesota | Named after Augusta Poppitz, the wife of Ernst Poppitz, an early settler from Germany. |
| Augusta | Missouri | Founded by Heinrich Knoernschild, a German immigrant. There are unproven claims that it was named after a local man's wife. |
| Augusta County | Virginia | Named after Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha. |
| Augsburg | Arkansas | Named after Augsburg, Germany. |
| Augsburg | Illinois | Named after Augsburg, Germany. |
| Ault | Colorado | Named after Alexander Ault, a local of German descent. |
| Austerlitz | Kentucky | Named after the Battle of Austerlitz. |
| Austerlitz | New York | Named by then-State Senator and future-President Martin Van Buren after the Battle of Austerlitz, both due to his admiration of Napoleon and his desire to one-up a political rival who recently named a town after the Battle of Waterloo. |
| Baden | Georgia | Named after Baden. |
| Baden | California | Neighborhood in South San Francisco, California. |
| Baden | Maryland | Named after the Baden region. |
| Baden | Pennsylvania | Named after the German town of Baden-Baden. |
| Baden, St. Louis | Missouri | Neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri named after the region of Baden. |
| Bamberg | South Carolina | Named after William Seaborn Bamberg, whose grandfather was an immigrant from Germany. |
| Bamberg County | South Carolina | Named after Francis Marion Bamberg. |
| Bavaria | Kansas | Named after the region of Bavaria in Germany. |
| Bavaria | Wisconsin | Named after the region of Bavaria in Germany. |
| Lake Bavaria | Minnesota | Named after the region of Bavaria in Germany. |
| Bern | Idaho | Named after Bern. |
| Bern | Kansas | Named after Bern. |
| Bern | Wisconsin | Named after the region of Bavaria in Germany, with German Bayern adjusted to English spelling. |
| Bern Township | Ohio | Named after Bern. |
| Bern Township | Pennsylvania | Named after Bern. |
| Berne | Indiana | Named after Bern by Swiss immigrants from Münsterberg. |
| Berne | Iowa | Named after Bern. |
| Berne | Minnesota | Named after Bern. |
| Berne | Pennsylvania | Named after Bern. |
| Berne Township | Ohio | Named after Bern. |
| Beckemeyer | Illinois | Named after the Beckemeyer family. |
| Bergheim | Texas | Founded by Andreas Engel, an Austrian immigrant. It means "mountain home" in German. |
| Berlin | California | The former name of Genevra, California. |
| Berlin | Connecticut | Named after the German capital city, Berlin. |
| Berlin | Georgia | Named after the German capital city, Berlin. |
| Berlin | Illinois | Named after the German capital city, Berlin. |
| Berlin | Indiana | Named after the German capital city, Berlin. It is now a ghost town. |
| Berlin | Kansas | Named after the German capital city, Berlin. |
| Berlin | Kentucky | Named after the German capital city, Berlin. |
| Berlin | Maryland | Named after the German capital city, Berlin. |
| Berlin | Massachusetts | Named after the German capital city, Berlin. |
| Berlin | Michigan | An unincorporated community known as Berlin until 1919, and the name remains prominent in the area despite it now officially being named Marne. |
| Berlin | Nebraska | The former name of Otoe, Nebraska, anti-German sentiment extended to a town that bore the name of Germany's capital. A 1918 series of fires that destroyed a block of the town's main street was attributed to anti-German crusaders. In October 1918, less than a month before the war's end, the town's name was changed to its current Otoe. Berlin Precinct was left unchanged, however. |
| Berlin | Nevada | A ghost town named after the German capital city, Berlin. |
| Berlin | New Hampshire | Named after the German capital city, Berlin. |
| Berlin | New Jersey | Named after the German capital city, Berlin. |
| Berlin | New York | Named after the German capital city, Berlin. |
| Berlin | North Dakota | Named after the German capital city, Berlin. |
| Berlin, Holmes County | Ohio | Named after the German capital city, Berlin. |
| Berlin, Williams County | Ohio | Named after the German capital city, Berlin. |
| Berlin | Oregon | Named after the German capital city, Berlin. |
| Berlin | Pennsylvania | Named after the German capital city, Berlin. |
| Berlin | Tennessee | An unincorporated town named after the German capital city, Berlin. |
| Berlin | Texas | An unincorporated community named after the German capital city, Berlin. |
| Berlin | Vermont | Named after the German capital city, Berlin. |
| Berlin | West Virginia | Named after the German capital city, Berlin. |
| Berlin | Wisconsin | Named after the German capital city, Berlin. |
| Berlin, Green Lake County | Wisconsin | Named after the German capital city, Berlin. |
| Berlin, Marathon County | Wisconsin | Named after the German capital city, Berlin. |
| Berlin Heights | Ohio | Named after the German capital city, Berlin. |
| Berlin Township, Bureau County | Illinois | Named after the German capital city, Berlin. |
| Berlin Township, Ionia County | Michigan | Named after the German capital city, Berlin. |
| Berlin Township, St. Clair County | Michigan | Named after the German capital city, Berlin. |
| Berlin Charter Township | Michigan | Named after the German capital city, Berlin. |
| Berlin Township | Minnesota | Named after the German capital city, Berlin. |
| Berlin Township | New Jersey | Named after the German capital city, Berlin. |
| Berlin Township, Cass County | North Dakota | Named after the German capital city, Berlin. |
| Berlin Township, Sheridan County | North Dakota | Named after the German capital city, Berlin. |
| Berlin Township, Wells County | North Dakota | Named after the German capital city, Berlin. |
| Berlin Township, Delaware County | Ohio | Named after the German capital city, Berlin. |
| Berlin Township, Erie County | Ohio | Named after the German capital city, Berlin. |
| Berlin Township, Holmes County | Ohio | Named after the German capital city, Berlin. |
| Berlin Township, Knox County | Ohio | Named after the German capital city, Berlin. |
| Berlin Township, Mahoning County | Ohio | Named after the German capital city, Berlin. |
| Berlin Township | Pennsylvania | Named after the German capital city, Berlin. |
| Berne | Indiana | Was settled by Mennonite Swiss immigrants, who named it after the capital city of Switzerland, Bern. |
| Berne | New York | Originally spelt "Bern," the town was initially settled by German Palatine refugees. |
| Berne | Ohio | Named after the city of Bern by its first settler, a Swiss immigrant. |
| Bettendorf | Iowa | Named for Joseph and William Bettendorf, sons of Michael, born Betteldorf in Nohn in the German Eifel region. |
| Biehle | Missouri | Founded by catholic immigrants from Baden, the village was named after an early settler named Maurus Biehle, who donated land to the settlement. |
| Bingen | Washington | Named for Bingen am Rhein in 1892 by founder P. J. Suksdorf$^{:19}$ |
| Birkenfeld | Oregon | Named after Anton Birkenfeld, a German immigrant who founded the community in 1910. |
| Bismarck | Arkansas | Named after Otto von Bismarck, the first chancellor of the German Empire. |
| Bismarck | Illinois | In order to be closer to a nearby railroad, the town of Franklin moved onto land donated by Charles S. Young and Dr. John B. Holloway. Young renamed the town after Otto von Bismarck, a subject of his admiration. |
| Bismarck | Missouri | In an attempt to attract German immigrants to the nearby St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway, the city was named after German chancellor Otto von Bismarck. During World War I, a group of citizens who saw the name as "un-American" petitioned to change the name of the city to "Loyal," but the proposal was rejected by most of the city's residents and the original name remained. |
| Bismarck | North Dakota | In 1873, the Northern Pacific Railway renamed the city as Bismarck, in honor of German chancellor Otto von Bismarck. Railroad officials hoped to attract German immigrant settlers to the area and German investment in the railroad. |
| Boerne | Texas | Named after Ludwig Börne. |
| Brandenburg | Kentucky | Named after Solomon Brandenburg. |
| Brandt | South Dakota | Named after Reverend P. O. Brandt, a man of German descent. |
| Bremen | Alabama | Named after Bremen, Germany. |
| Bremen | Georgia | Named after Bremen, Germany. It was initially named "Kramer" after a German immigrant who ran a local vineyard. Eventually, Kramer himself requested the town be renamed to "Bremen" in honor of the German city. |
| Bremen | Indiana | Named after Bremen, Germany due to many of the early settlers being German natives. |
| Bremen | Kentucky | Settled by German immigrants, who named it after Bremen, Germany |
| Bremen | Maine | Mostly settled by German immigrants, who named it after Bremen, Germany when the town was incorporated on February 19, 1828. |
| Bremen | North Dakota | Named after Bremen, Germany. |
| Bremen | Ohio | Named after Bremen, Germany. |
| Bremen Township | Minnesota | Named after Bremen, Germany. |
| Bremen Township, Cook County | Illinois | Named after Bremen, Germany. |
| Bremerton | Washington | Planned and named by German immigrant and Seattle entrepreneur William Bremer in 1891$^{:27}$ |
| Breslau | Nebraska | Named after Breslau, Prussia. |
| Breslau | Pennsylvania | Named after Breslau, a previously-German city in Silesia. |
| Breslau | Texas | Named after Breslau, a previously-German city in Silesia. |
| Brunswick County | North Carolina | Named after Brunswick-Lüneburg, a now-defunct sovereign duchy within the Holy Roman Empire, due to the fact that was held by the British Kings of the House of Hanover. |
| Brunswick County | Virginia | Named after Brunswick-Lüneburg, a now-defunct sovereign duchy within the Holy Roman Empire, due to the fact that was held by the British Kings of the House of Hanover. |
| Cappeln | Missouri | Named after Cappeln, Germany. |
| Carlsbad | California | The German name of the Czech spa town of Karlovy Vary. |
| Caroline County | Virginia | Named after Caroline of Ansbach. |
| Cassel | Wisconsin | Named after Kassel, Germany. |
| Catherine | Kansas | Named after the Volga German town of Katharinenstadt. |
| Charlotte | North Carolina | Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, of the ruling family of a duchy in northern Germany. |
| Charlottesville | Virginia | Named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. |
| Charlotte County | Virginia | Named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. |
| Coburg | Oregon | Originally named "Diamond." It was renamed after a stallion who in turn was named after the district of Coburg in Bavaria, from which it was imported. |
| Cologne | Minnesota | Named after Cologne, (Köln), Germany. |
| Colmar | Illinois | Named after Colmar, an Alsatian city historically inhabited by Germans. |
| Cottbus | Missouri | Second largest city in Brandenburg. |
| Darmstadt | Indiana | Named by German immigrants after Darmstadt, Germany. |
| Darmstadt | Illinois | Named after Darmstadt, Germany. |
| Danube | New York | Named after the Danube River (German: Donau) in the 18th century by German Palatine immigrants. |
| Danzig | North Dakota | Named after Danzig, Prussia. |
| DeKalb County | Alabama | Baron Johann de Kalb (1721–1780), a German soldier who fought on the side of the Americans in the Revolutionary War. |
| DeKalb County | Georgia | Baron Johann de Kalb (1721–1780), a German soldier who fought on the side of the Americans in the Revolutionary War. |
| DeKalb County | Illinois | Baron Johann de Kalb (1721–1780), a German soldier who fought on the side of the Americans in the Revolutionary War. |
| DeKalb County | Indiana | Baron Johann de Kalb (1721–1780), a German soldier who fought on the side of the Americans in the Revolutionary War. |
| DeKalb County | Missouri | Baron Johann de Kalb (1721–1780), a German soldier who fought on the side of the Americans in the Revolutionary War. |
| DeKalb County | Tennessee | Baron Johann de Kalb (1721–1780), a German soldier who fought on the side of the Americans in the Revolutionary War. |
| Detmold | Missouri | Named after Detmold, Germany. |
| Dieterich | Illinois | Named after Michael Dieterich, a German-American. |
| Dissen | Missouri | Named after Dissen, Germany. |
| Dresbach | Minnesota | Named after George B. Dresbach, a German-American politician. |
| Dresden | Kansas | Named after Dresden, Germany. |
| Dresden | Missouri | Named after Dresden, Germany. |
| Dresden | Ohio | Named after Dresden, Germany. |
| Dresden | Tennessee | Named after Dresden, Germany. |
| Dutzow | Missouri | Established by the Berlin Society in the 1830s and named after the village of Dutzow in the municipality of Kneese, Germany, due to it being the ancestral home of one of its first settlers, a German named Johann Wilhelm Bock. |
| East Berlin | Pennsylvania | Named after Berlin, Germany. |
| Ehrhardt | South Carolina | Named after Conrad Ehrhardt, a German immigrant. |
| Elbe | Washington | Named for Elbe River by founder Henry C. Lutkens$^{:77}$ |
| Elbing | Kansas | Named after the formerly Prussian city of Elbing (Polish: Elbląg). Other suggested namesakes were Danzig and Marienburg, both also in Prussia at the time. |
| Elmendorf | Texas | Founded in 1885 and named after Henry Elmendorf, a German Texan (German: Deutschtexaner) and the former mayor of San Antonio. |
| Emden | Illinois | Because many of its residents immigrated from German villages along the Ems river, it was named after Emden, Germany. |
| Emden | Missouri | Named after a local post office established in 1888, which itself was named after Emden, Germany. |
| Enderlin | North Dakota | Possibly from the German phrase "End der Line," meaning "end of the line." |
| Erdenheim | Pennsylvania | Named after a nearby farm which was founded in 1765 by Johannes Georg Hocker. |
| Erlanger | Kentucky | Named after the Parisian bank Emile Erlanger & Co. that was founded by Frédéric Émile d'Erlanger (born Friedrich Emil Erlanger), a German-French banker originally from Frankfurt. |
| Eshbach | Pennsylvania | |
| Ettersburg | California | Named after Albert Felix Etter, the locality's founder and a horticulturalist known for his work on strawberry and apple varieties. Etter was the son of a German-speaking Swiss immigrant named Benjamin Etter. |
| Ferdinand | Vermont | Named after Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick (German: Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel). The Duke was born in Wolfenbüttel, Germany. |
| Fischer | Texas | A German Texan community named after its founders, German immigrants Hermann and Otto Fischer. |
| Flagler | Colorado | Named after Henry Flagler, whose family originated in the Palatinate region of Germany. |
| Flensburg | Minnesota | Likely named after Flensburg, Germany. |
| Frankenmuth | Michigan | "Franken" represents the Province of Franconia in the Kingdom of Bavaria, home of the Franks, where the original settlers were from. The German word "Mut" means courage; thus, the name Frankenmuth means "courage of the Franconians." |
| Frankenstein | Missouri | A combination of the surname of a German pioneer named Gottfried Franken, who donated a tract of land containing a hill to the town, and the German word "Stein" which means "stone." |
| Frankfort | Indiana | Named by its founders, the three Pence brothers, after Frankfurt in order to honor their German great-grandparents' place of origin. |
| Frankfort | South Dakota | Likely named after Frankfurt, Germany. |
| Frankfort Springs | Pennsylvania | |
| Freeburg | Illinois | Originally a village called Urbana, it was renamed after Freiburg im Breisgau in 1859 due to it being the place from which many early settlers of the village came. |
| Freeburg | Minnesota | Named after Freiburg im Breisgau by its mostly-German settlers. |
| Freeburg | Missouri | Settled by German immigrants in the 1850s, it was later named after Freiburg im Breisgau when it was platted in 1903. |
| Frederick | Maryland | Sources disagree as to which Frederick the town was named for, but the likeliest candidates are Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (one of the proprietors of Maryland), Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, or Frederick "The Great" of Prussia. The first names of all three men originated from the English form of the German name Friedrich. |
| Fredericksburg | Texas | Founded in 1846 by a German Texan member of the Adelsverein, John O. Meusebach (born Otfried Hans Freiherr von Meusebach). It was soon named after Prince Frederick of Prussia. Meusebach would later become the state senator for District 22 of the Texas Senate. The area of Baron's Creek is now named after him. The city is a major hub of Texas German (German: Texasdeutsch), a unique dialect of the German language spoken by some descendants of the original German settlers. |
| Freistatt | Missouri | |
| Friedenberg | Missouri | Founded by Bavarian settlers, primarily from Upper Franconia. |
| Friedensburg | Pennsylvania | |
| Friedheim | Missouri | Named after the former German town of Friedheim annexed by Poland in 1945 |
| Frohna | Missouri | Named after Niederfrohna, Germany. |
| Fulda | Indiana | Named after Fulda, Germany. |
| Fulda | Minnesota | Named after Fulda, Germany. |
| Gering | Nebraska | Means little or insignificant in German. |
| Gluckstadt | Mississippi | |
| Gotha | Florida | Named after the town of Gotha in Thuringia, Germany. |
| Gotha | Minnesota | |
| Graf | Nebraska | |
| Gratz | Pennsylvania | |
| Guss Island | Washington | Named for a German shopkeeper$^{:106}$ |
| Guttenberg | New Jersey | The municipality takes its name from Johannes Gutenberg, the inventor of the European version of the printing press, though other sources indicate that the name derives from "good village" in German. |
| Hagerstown | Maryland | Named after Jonathan Hager. |
| Hamberg | North Dakota | Hambergen – perhaps named after a small village in Lower Saxony. |
| Hamburg | Arkansas | |
| Hamburg | California | |
| Hamburg | Connecticut | |
| Hamburg | Georgia | |
| Hamburg | Illinois | Village |
| Hamburg Precinct, Calhoun County | Illinois | |
| Hamburg, Clark County | Indiana | |
| Hamburg, Franklin County | Indiana | |
| Hamburg | Iowa | |
| Hamburg | Louisiana | |
| Hamburg Township | Michigan | |
| Hamburg | Minnesota | |
| Hamburg | Missouri | |
| Hamburg | New Jersey | |
| Hamburg | New York | Three Places |
| Hamburg | North Carolina | The former name of Glenville, North Carolina. |
| Hamburg, Fairfield County | Ohio | Unincorporated Community |
| Hamburg, Preble County | Ohio | Unincorporated Community |
| Hamburg | Pennsylvania | Borough |
| Hamburg, Aiken County | South Carolina | |
| Hamburg, Marathon County | Wisconsin | Town |
| Hamburg, Vernon County | Wisconsin | Town |
| Hamburg State Park | Georgia | |
| Hamburg State Park | Georgia | |
| Hanover | Illinois | |
| Hanover | Pennsylvania | |
| Hanover | Virginia | |
| Hanover County | Virginia | Named for the Electorate of Hanover in Germany, because King George I of Great Britain was Elector of Hanover at the time. |
| Hanover Park | Illinois | |
| Hanover Township | New Jersey | Named for the Electorate of Hanover in Germany, because King George I of Great Britain was Elector of Hanover at the time. |
| Hanover Township | Pennsylvania | |
| Haubstadt | Indiana | |
| Hegewisch | Illinois | Named after Adolph Hegewisch. |
| Heidelberg | Kentucky | |
| Heidelberg | Minnesota | |
| Heidelberg | Mississippi | |
| Heidelberg | Pennsylvania | |
| Heidelberg | Texas | |
| Heidlersburg | Pennsylvania | |
| Herkimer County | New York | Named after Nicholas Herkimer, a French and Indian War veteran and Revolutionary War patriot brigadier general from German Flatts, New York. Herkimer was a descendant of a German Palatine immigrant from Sandhausen named Georg Herchheimer. |
| Henning | Illinois | |
| Hermann | Missouri | Named after Arminius (German: Hermann), a Cherusci chieftain who defeated the Romans in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. |
| Herscher | Illinois | |
| Hettinger | North Dakota | |
| Hochheim | Texas | |
| Hochheim | Wisconsin | |
| Hohenwald | Tennessee | Means "high forest" in German. |
| Hoffman | Illinois | |
| Hoffman Estates | Illinois | |
| Hoehne | Colorado | Founded and named after William Hoehne, a German immigrant. |
| Holstein | Iowa | |
| Holstein | Nebraska | |
| Hosensack | Pennsylvania | |
| Hublersburg | Pennsylvania | Named after Jacob Hubler, the German-American founder of the community. |
| Humboldt | Illinois | |
| Humboldt Bay | California | Named after Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859), German naturalist and explorer. |
| Humboldt County | California | Named after Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859), German naturalist and explorer. |
| Humboldt County | Iowa | Named after Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859), German naturalist and explorer. |
| Humboldt County | Nevada | Named after Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859), German naturalist and explorer. |
| Humboldt Park | Illinois | A neighborhood in Chicago. |
| Innisbrook | Florida | Named after Innsbruck. |
| Innsbrook | Missouri | Named after Innsbruck. |
| Innsbrook | Virginia | Named after Innsbruck. |
| Jena | Florida | Named after Town in Thuringia, Germany, 111.000 Inhabitants |
| Jena | Louisiana | Named for Jena, Germany after Napoleon won the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt. |
| Karlsruhe | North Dakota | Named after Karlsruhe, Germany. |
| Kaufman | Texas | |
| Kaufman | Illinois | |
| Kellner | Wisconsin | |
| Kiel | Wisconsin | Named after Kiel, Germany. |
| Kieler | Wisconsin | Named after John Kieler, a Prussian immigrant. |
| King of Prussia | Pennsylvania | Took its name in the 18th century from a local tavern named the King of Prussia Inn, named after King Frederick the Great of Prussia. |
| Kleberg County | Texas | |
| Kleberg | Texas | |
| Kobuta | Pennsylvania | A combination of the name of Koppers, a chemical company, and butadiene. Koppers was founded by and named after Heinrich Koppers, an engineer from Germany. |
| Kolberg | Wisconsin | |
| Koppel | Pennsylvania | Named after Arthur Koppel, co-founder Orenstein & Koppel, a German manufacturing company. |
| Kotzebue | Alaska | Named after Otto von Kotzebue. |
| Kountze | Texas | |
| Kranzburg | South Dakota | Named after the Kranz brothers, who were German settlers. |
| Kremmling | Colorado | Named after Rudolph Kremmling. |
| Kronenwetter | Wisconsin | Named after Sebastian Kronenwetter, an immigrant from Württemberg. |
| Kulm | North Dakota | Named after various places called "Kulm" from which German immigrants originated. |
| Krupp | Washington | The former name of Marlin, Washington. |
| Leinbachs | Pennsylvania | |
| Leipsic | Ohio | A variant spelling of Leipzig. |
| Lenzburg | Illinois | Named after Lenzburg. |
| Liebenthal | Kansas | Named after a Volga German settlement |
| Lititz | Pennsylvania | Named after Litice Castle (German: Schloss Lititz) near the formerly German-speaking town of Kunvald (German: Kunewalde, Kunwald), in the region of Bohemia in the Czech Republic. |
| Lower Heidelberg Township | Pennsylvania | |
| Lubeck | West Virginia | |
| Luckenbach | Texas | |
| Lunenburg | Massachusetts | |
| Lunenburg | Vermont | |
| Lunenburg | Virginia | |
| Lunenburg County | Virginia | Named for the German Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg. |
| Luther | Michigan | Named after Martin Luther. |
| Lutherville | Maryland | Named after Martin Luther. |
| Lutsen | Minnesota | Named after Lützen, Germany. |
| Luzerne | Pennsylvania | |
| Luxemburg | Wisconsin | |
| Luzerne | Iowa | |
| Lynden | Washington | Named after Hohenlinden, Germany. |
| Manheim | Pennsylvania | Named after Manheim, Germany. |
| Mayer | Minnesota | |
| Mecklenburg | New York | A hamlet in the town of Hector, New York. |
| Mecklenburg County | North Carolina | Named after the German state of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, or for Charlotte of Mecklenburg, queen consort of George III of Great Britain. |
| Mecklenburg County | Virginia | Named for Charlotte of Mecklenburg, queen consort of George III of Great Britain. |
| Meiners Oaks | California | Named after German Native John Meiners. |
| Millheim | Missouri | Corruption of "Müllheim," a common German place name that means "mill home." It's unknown whether the name is descriptive of settlement itself or taken from one of the numerous locations in Germany with the name. |
| Millheim | Pennsylvania | |
| Millstadt | Illinois | A misspelling of the original name: "Mittlestadt." |
| Minden | Louisiana | Named after Minden, Germany. |
| Muhlenberg County | Kentucky | Named after Peter Muhlenberg. |
| Muhlenberg Township | Pennsylvania | Named after Henry Augustus Muhlenberg. |
| Mundelein | Illinois | |
| Munich | North Dakota | |
| Munjor | Kansas | Named after a Volga German settlement. |
| Munster | Indiana | |
| Nassau | New York | Town in Rensselaer County |
| Nassau County | Florida | Named for the Duchy of Nassau in Germany. |
| Nassau County | New York | Named for the Duchy of Nassau in Germany. |
| Nathrop | Colorado | Named after Charles Nachtrieb. |
| Newberg | Oregon | |
| Nechanitz | Texas | |
| New Baden | Illinois | Named after the region of Baden in Germany. |
| New Berlin | Illinois | |
| New Berlin | New York | Town |
| New Berlin | New York | Village |
| New Berlin | Pennsylvania | |
| New Berlin | Texas | |
| New Berlin | Wisconsin | Area residents put the accent on the first syllable of Berlin /nuːˈbɜːrlɪn/, rather than the second. |
| New Braunfels | Texas | Established in 1845 by Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels, Commissioner General of the Adelsverein; Prince Solms named the settlement in honor of his home of Solms-Braunfels, Germany. |
| New Bremen | New York | |
| New Bremen | Ohio | |
| New Brunswick | New Jersey | Named after Brunswick, Germany |
| New Glatz | Maryland | Famed after the former German town Glatz annexed by Poland after 1945. |
| New Leipzig | North Dakota | Named after Leipzig, Germany. |
| New Melle | Missouri | Named after Melle, Germany. |
| New Munich | Minnesota | |
| New Offenburg | Missouri | |
| New Paltz | New York | |
| New Riegel | Ohio | |
| New Trier | Minnesota | |
| New Trier | Illinois | |
| New Ulm | Minnesota | |
| New Wells | Missouri | Named after Wels, Austria. It was previously named Johannisberg, which is also of German-language origin although its exact namesake is unknown. |
| Nuremberg | Pennsylvania | |
| Ohlman | Illinois | Named after Michael Ohlman. |
| Oldenburg | Indiana | |
| Olmitz | Kansas | |
| Olpe | Kansas | Named after Olpe, Germany. |
| Oppenheim | New York | |
| Osnabrock | North Dakota | Named after Osnabruck in South Stormont, Ontario which gets it namesake from Osnabrück, Germany. |
| Otto Township | Illinois | |
| Paderborn | Illinois | Named after Paderborn, Germany. |
| Paitzdorf | Missouri | The original name of Uniontown, Missouri. Named after Paitzdorf, Germany, it was changed to "Uniontown" when the settlement became a camp for Union soldiers during the American Civil War. |
| Palatine | New York | Named after the Palatinate region of Germany |
| Patzkau | Wisconsin | |
| Palatine | Illinois | |
| Pfeifer | Kansas | Famed after a Volga German settlement. |
| Philipsburg | Montana | Named after Philip Deidesheimer, a German immigrant. |
| Pierz | Minnesota | Named after Francis Xavier Pierz (Pierz was the German version of his last name: Pirc). |
| Pilsen | Kansas | German name for Plzeň, Czech Republic. |
| Posen | Illinois | German name for Poznań, Poland. |
| Posen | Michigan | German name for Poznań, Poland. |
| Potsdam | Ohio | |
| Potsdam | New York | The town is named after the city of Potsdam in Germany. |
| Prussia | Iowa | |
| Pyrmont | Indiana | Named after the Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont in Germany. |
| Pyrmont | Ohio | |
| Ratibor | Texas | German name of Racibórz, Poland. |
| Rebersburg | Pennsylvania | A history Pennsylvania Dutch community. |
| Rehrersburg | Pennsylvania | Named for the Rehrer family who settled there in 1803. |
| Rhinebeck | New York | |
| Rohnert Park | California | |
| Rosenberg | Texas | Named after Swiss-German immigrant Henry Rosenberg. |
| Rostok | Wisconsin | Named after a town in formerly German-speaking Bohemia |
| Rothschild | Wisconsin | |
| Sachse | Texas | Named after William Sachse, an immigrant from Herford, Prussia. |
| Saegertown | Pennsylvania | Named after Daniel Saeger. |
| Saxonburg | Pennsylvania | Founded by John A. Roebling, a German immigrant. |
| Schafer | North Dakota | |
| Schalls | Missouri | Named after Maritz Schall, a local pioneer. |
| Schaumburg | Illinois | Named after the area of Schaumburg in Germany. |
| Schellsburg | Pennsylvania | Names after John Schell, the grandson of Michael Schell, an immigrant from the Palatinate. |
| Schererville | Indiana | |
| Schertz | Texas | A family name of the city's original German settlers. |
| Schiller Park | Illinois | |
| Schleicher County | Texas | Named in honor of Gustav Schleicher, a veteran of the Confederate Army. |
| Schleswig | Iowa | |
| Schleswig | Wisconsin | |
| Schley County | Georgia | Named for William Schley, a United States representative and the thirty-sixth governor of Georgia who was of Palatine ancestry. |
| Schluersburg | Missouri | Named after a town in Germany. |
| Schoeneck | Pennsylvania | |
| Schoenchen | Kansas | Named after a Volga German settlement. |
| Schriever | Louisiana | |
| Schroeder | Minnesota | |
| Schulenburg | Texas | |
| Schumer Springs | Missouri | Named after the proprietors of the local spring, Henry J. Schumer and Frank. P Schuemer. |
| Schurz | Nevada | Named after Carl Schurz, a German immigrant who became the United States Secretary of the Interior. |
| Seelitz | Missouri | Named after Seelitz, Germany. |
| Seltzer | Pennsylvania | Named after Conrad Seltzer, a German immigrant who started a meatpacking business there. |
| Selz | North Dakota | Named after the Selz River. |
| Sigel | Illinois | Named after Franz Sigel, a German general in the Union military. |
| Sigel, Chippewa County | Wisconsin | Named after Franz Sigel, a German general in the Union military. |
| Sigel, Wood County | Wisconsin | Named after Franz Sigel, a German general in the Union military. |
| Sigel Township | Illinois | Named after Franz Sigel, a German general in the Union military. |
| Sigel Township | Michigan | Named after Franz Sigel, a German general in the Union military. |
| Sigel Township | Minnesota | Named after Franz Sigel, a German general in the Union military. |
| Spitzenberg | Oregon | |
| Steger | Illinois | Named after John Valentine Steger, and immigrant from Ulm, Germany. |
| Steuben | Maine | |
| Steuben | New York | |
| Steuben | Wisconsin | |
| Steubenville | Indiana | |
| Steubenville | Ohio | |
| Steuben County | Indiana | |
| Steuben County | New York | Named for Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, a German general who fought on the American side in the American Revolutionary War. |
| Steuben Township | Illinois | |
| Steuben Township | Indiana | |
| Steuben Township | Indiana | |
| Steuben Township | Pennsylvania | |
| Stettin | Wisconsin | |
| Stiritz | Illinois | |
| Strasburg | Colorado | |
| Strasburg | Illinois | |
| Strasburg | North Dakota | |
| Strasburg | Pennsylvania | |
| Strasburg | Virginia | |
| Stuttgart | Arkansas | |
| Stuttgart | Kansas | |
| St. Augusta | Minnesota | Named after Augustine of Hippo by Francis Xavier Pierz, an Austro-Slovene missionary who came up with the name after finding a German language holy card depicting Augustine in the field where the local parish church was being built. The original card is still preserved within the parish's archives. |
| St. Hedwig | Texas | |
| Suedberg | Pennsylvania | |
| Tilsit | Missouri | German name of Sovetsk, Russia. |
| Traunik | Michigan | German name of Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
| Treutlen County | Georgia | Named after John A. Treutlen, the first elected Governor of Georgia who immigrated from Württemberg, Germany. |
| Ulm | Arkansas | Named after Ulm, Germany. |
| Ulmer | South Carolina | |
| Vader | Washington | Named in 1913 for Martin Vader$^{:323}$ |
| Vienna | Illinois | |
| Vienna | Missouri | |
| Vienna | Virginia | |
| Vienna | West Virginia | |
| Von Ormy | Texas | |
| Waldeck | Kansas | ghost town |
| Waldeck | Pennsylvania | |
| Waldeck | Texas | Named after Count Ludwig Joseph von Boos-Waldeck. |
| Waldheim | Louisiana | Name meaning forest home. |
| Waldorf | Maryland | Named in honor of William Waldorf Astor, who received his middle name from the German town of Walldorf. |
| Waldport | Oregon | Compound of "Wald," the German word for "forest," and "port." |
| Walhalla | Michigan | German name of Valhalla. |
| Walhalla | North Dakota | German name of Valhalla. |
| Walhalla | South Carolina | German name of Valhalla. |
| Walhalla | Texas | German name of Valhalla. |
| Walhalla Township | Minnesota | German name of Valhalla. |
| Walsenburg | Colorado | Named after Fred Walsen, a German immigrant. |
| Wassergass | Pennsylvania | Name meaning "water lane" for nearby stream. |
| Wattenburg | Colorado | |
| Weimar | California | |
| Weimar | Texas | |
| Weingarten | Missouri | |
| Weisenberg Township | Pennsylvania | Named after Weißenberg. |
| Weitzer | Colorado | Former/alternate name of Vroman, Colorado. |
| Wendte | South Dakota | |
| Wertenberg | Illinois | |
| Westhoff | Texas | |
| Westphalia | Indiana | |
| Westphalia | Iowa | |
| Westphalia | Kansas | |
| Westphalia | Maryland | |
| Westphalia | Michigan | Named after the region of Westphalia in Germany. |
| Westphalia | Missouri | |
| Westphalia | Texas | |
| Wickenburg | Arizona | Named after Henry Wickenburg, a Prussian prospector. |
| Wittenberg | Missouri | Named after Wittenberg, Germany. |
| Wittenberg | Wisconsin | Named after Wittenberg, Germany. |
| Womelsdorf | Pennsylvania | Part Village of Erndtebrück in District "Siegen-Wittgenstein", North Rhine-Westphalia. |
| Wrangell | Alaska | Named after Baltic German explorer Ferdinand von Wrangel. |
| Wurtemburg | Pennsylvania | Likely named after Württemberg, Germany. |
| Yeagertown | Pennsylvania | Anglicization of "Jäger" a common German word and surname meaning "hunter." |
| Zeigler | Illinois | |
| Zell | Missouri | |
| Zimmerman | Minnesota | |