List of places named for the Marquis de Lafayette

thumb|right|[[Lafayette High School (Alabama)|Lafayette High School, in LaFayette, Alabama]]This is a list of places named for Gilbert du Motier, 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
Lafayette County, Arkansas
Lafayette County, Florida
Fayette County, Georgia
Fayette County, Illinois
Fayette County, Indiana
Fayette County, Iowa
Fayette County, Kentucky
Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
Lafayette County, Mississippi
Lafayette County, Missouri
Fayette County, Ohio
Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Fayette County, Tennessee
Fayette County, Texas
Fayette County, West Virginia
Lafayette County, Wisconsin

Cities, towns, and villages

Fayette, Alabama
Fayetteville, Alabama
LaFayette, 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.
Fayette Township, Calhoun County, Arkansas
Lafayette Township, Lonoke County, Arkansas
Lafayette Township, Ouachita County, Arkansas
Lafayette Township, Scott County, Arkansas
Lafayette, California
Fayetteville, Georgia, seat of Fayette County
LaFayette, Georgia
Fayette Township, Livingston County, Illinois
Fayetteville, Illinois
La Fayette, Illinois
Lafayette Township, Coles County, Illinois
LaFayette Township, Ogle County, Illinois
Fayette Township, Vigo County, Indiana
Lafayette metropolitan area, Indiana
Lafayette Township, Allen County, Indiana
Lafayette Township, Floyd County, Indiana
Lafayette Township, Madison County, Indiana
Lafayette Township, Owen County, Indiana
West Lafayette, Indiana, the home of Purdue University and sister city of Lafayette, Indiana
Fayette Township, Decatur County, Iowa
Lafayette Township, Allamakee County, Iowa
Lafayette Township, Bremer County, Iowa
Lafayette Township, Keokuk County, Iowa
Lafayette Township, Story County, Iowa
Fayette Township, Linn County, Iowa
Fayette, Iowa
Lafayette Township, Chautauqua County, Kansas
LaFayette, Kentucky
Lafayette, Louisiana
Lafayette metropolitan area, Louisiana
Fayette, Maine
Fayette, Michigan
Lafayette Township, Michigan
Fayette Township, Michigan
Lafayette, Minnesota
Lafayette Township, Minnesota
Fayette, Mississippi
Fayette, Missouri
Lafayette Township, Clinton County, Missouri
Lafayette Township, St. Louis County, Missouri
Fayetteville, Missouri
Lafayette Township, New Jersey
Fayette, New York
Fayetteville, New York
LaFayette, New York
Lafayetteville, a hamlet in Milan, 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.
Fayette, Ohio
Fayetteville, Ohio
Fayette Township, Lawrence County, Ohio
Lafayette Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
Lafayette Township, Medina County, Ohio
West Lafayette, Ohio
Lafayette, Oregon
Fayette City, Pennsylvania
Fayette Township, Pennsylvania
Fayetteville, Pennsylvania
Lafayette Township, Pennsylvania
North Fayette Township, Pennsylvania
South Fayette Township, Pennsylvania
Fayetteville, Tennessee is named indirectly; the city is named after Fayetteville, North Carolina.
Lafayette, Tennessee
Fayetteville, Texas
Fayette, Utah is named indirectly; the city is named after Fayette, New York.
Fayette, West Virginia
Fayetteville, West Virginia
Fayette, Wisconsin, a town
Fayette (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
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

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 Avenue in Royal Oak, Michigan
Lafayette Boulevard in Bridgeport, Connecticut
Lafayette Boulevard in Detroit, Michigan
Lafayette Boulevard in Phoenix, Arizona
Lafayette Drive in Oak Ridge, Tennessee
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
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
Lafayette Street in Waltham, Massachusetts, located near a critical area during the Revolution
Lafayette Street in Williston Park, New York
Lafayette Street in West Chester, Pennsylvania
Lafayette Street in Florissant, Missouri
Roads in every New York City Borough
Lafayette Avenue in Brooklyn
Lafayette Avenue in The Bronx
Lafayette Street in Manhattan
Lafayette Street in Queens
Lafayette Street in Staten Island
Lafayette Street in Fort Wayne, Indiana
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
Cours Lafayette of Lyon in 3rd and 6th arrondissements and Pont Lafayette which crosses the river Rhône
Ulice Lafayettova in Olomouc, Czech Republic, near the site of Lafayette's imprisonment

Schools

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 Jr./Sr. High School in LaFayette, New York
University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Businesses

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 Circus (Theatre), Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States.
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 Square Mall, Indianapolis, Indiana

Other places

Fayetteville Shale
Lafayette River
Mount Lafayette in the White Mountains of New Hampshire
Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania
23244 Lafayette, a main-belt minor planet
Fayette Historic State Park, Michigan
Fort Lafayette, New York
Lafayette Apartment Building (Washington, D.C.)
Lafayette Building (Washington, D.C.)
Lafayette Building (Detroit)