List of places named for Lewis Cass

Summary

This is a list of places in the United States named for Lewis Cass:

Counties edit

In addition, Bartow County, Georgia was formerly Cass County, until after the American Civil War. (Cass County, North Dakota is not named for Lewis Cass but for railroad executive George Washington Cass.)

Cities, towns, or villages edit

Townships edit

Geographical features edit

Buildings edit

Note: The Elliott-Larsen Building in Lansing, Michigan had been named for Lewis Cass until 2020, when Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer renamed the building for two Michigan civil rights pioneers, rather than Cass, a slaveholder who supported the expansion of slavery and expulsion of Native Americans from their lands.[3]

Other edit

Note: Southwest Heritage Intermediate School District in Cass County, Michigan had been named Cass County ISD until 2021. The school board renamed the district after a historical reevaluation of namesake Lewis Cass.[5]

Streets edit

  • Cass Street, Exeter, New Hampshire
  • Cass Place, Walnut Park, California
  • Cass Avenue, Bay City, Michigan
  • Cass Avenue, Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • Cass Avenue, Detroit, Michigan
  • Cass Avenue, Macomb County, Michigan
  • Cass Street, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
  • Cass Street, San Diego, California[6]
  • Cass Street, Omaha, Nebraska
  • Cass Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • Cass Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri[7]
  • Cass Street, Albion, Michigan
  • Cass Street, Dresden, Ohio

Note: Cass Street in Traverse City, Michigan and in Cadillac, Michigan were named for Lewis Cass's nephew, George Washington Cass.

Notes edit

  1. ^ Cass Lake Chamber of Commerce
  2. ^ http://www.sesc.k12.in.us/Cass/index.htm
  3. ^ https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/MIEOG/2020/06/30/file_attachments/1485253/EO%202020-139%20Elliott-Larsen%20Building.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  4. ^ Wood 1916, pp. 56–57
  5. ^ "'Good time to change': ISD gets rid of Cass name". 21 January 2021.
  6. ^ Locker 1976
  7. ^ "Laws and Lawmaking". stlouis-mo.gov.

References edit

  • Cass Lake Chamber of Commerce, History of the Cass Lake Area
  • Locker, Zelma B. (1976), "Whatever Happened to Izard Street?", The Journal of San Diego History, 26 (2)
  • Wood, Edwin O. (1916), History of Genesee County, Michigan: Her People, Industries and Institutions, Federal Publishing