Fayette County vs Lafayette

Fayette County

name
  • A county of Tennessee, United States. County seat: Somerville. 

  • A county of Alabama, United States. County seat: Fayette. 

  • A county of Georgia, United States. County seat: Fayetteville. 

  • A county of Texas, United States. County seat: La Grange. 

  • A former county of Virginia, United States. Now Fayette County in Kentucky 

  • A former county of Virginia, United States. Now Fayette County in West Virginia. 

  • A county of Indiana, United States. County seat: Connersville. 

  • A county of Iowa, United States. County seat: West Union. 

  • A county of Kentucky, United States. County seat: Lexington. 

  • A county of Pennsylvania, United States. County seat: Uniontown. 

  • A county of West Virginia, United States. County seat: Fayetteville. 

  • A county of Ohio, United States. County seat: Washington Court House. 

  • A county of Illinois, United States. County seat: Vandalia. 

Lafayette

name
  • A city, the county seat of Macon County, Tennessee. 

  • A male given name transferred from the surname, originally in honor of the Marquis. 

  • A surname from French. 

  • A number of townships in the United States, listed under Lafayette Township. 

  • A large city, the parish seat of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. 

  • A city in Yamhill County, Oregon. 

  • A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin. 

  • A town in Chippewa County, Wisconsin. 

  • A city, the county seat of Tippecanoe County, Indiana. 

  • A city and home rule municipality of Boulder County, Colorado. 

  • A census-designated place in Madison County, Ohio. 

  • A town in Walworth County, Wisconsin. 

  • A small city in Nicollet County, Minnesota. 

  • A village in Allen County, Ohio. 

  • Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette (1757–1834), a French aristocrat who is considered a national hero in both France and the United States for his participation in the French and American revolutions. 

  • A city in Contra Costa County, California. 

  • A census-designated place in Montgomery County, Virginia. 

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