Peer Review: Some Alternate City Names

hey, all. just a quick question, i wanted to get some second opinions on names for a couple of cities. i want to finalize this since i've had it up in the air for longer than i care to admit.

for some US cities, i wanted to use older/original names for some of them to help demonstrate the differences of the TL but in some cases i wasn't sure how they sounded or i had multiple options and couldn't decide. anyway, the ones i'm considering that aren't dependent on other elements of the TL are:
  • Atlanta: either Marthasville or Terminus
  • Albuquerque: i know that the city is named after a historical figure, but for reasons that i won't go into in this thread, i'm questioning if it should be changed to either White Oak, Father Oak, (both literal translations) Apricot, (a folk etymology) or Sandia (from a nearby pueblo)

any help on these?
 
Albuquerque was known as 'New Town Albuquerque', 'New Town', or 'Newtown' when the Americans set up shop in an, erm, new town next door to Hispanic Albuquerque. The American version swallowed up the Hispanic version and became the downtown and core of the city today.

https://books.google.com/books?id=s...albuquerque" "(newtown)" "population"&f=false

Also, Atlanta's name was proposed to be 'Lumpkin' after the Governor of the time (who told them to name it after his daughter Martha instead).
 
i thought i'd bump my old thread rather than make a new one since i have another question pertaining to alternate city names:

what does everyone think about Albany, New York, either retaining its original name (Beverwyck, or a variation of that) or getting that name back after the American Revolution? the other option is Willemstadt.
 
Both Beverwyk. (Beverwijk-beaver neighborhood) as well as Willemstadt (Willem / Wilhelm / William's town ) are Dutch and difficult to pronounce and write for non-Dutch speakers. Unless we somehow retain the original Dutch population, the names will be Anglisized pretty quick into.something like Beverly or Williamstown. I could imagine something like Beverwick or Williamstade (pronounced Willumstait) though
 
Both Beverwyck (Beverwijk - beaver neighborhood) and Willemstadt (Willem/Wilhelm/William's town) are Dutch names and difficult to pronounce or write for non-Dutch speakers. So unless you find a way to keep a sizeable Dutch-speaking population, expect the names to.become Anglisized into something like Beverly or Williamstown. Although I could go variations like Beverwick or Williamstade. (Provided the latter is pronounced locally as Willums-stayed.)
 
i'd believe that change--just part and parcel with imperialism and annexations. what do you think about the actual plausibility of the name changing back from Albany or being retained without ever changing? i'd imagine in the former case it'd go back to Willemstadt or similar while in the latter it stays as (an Anglicization of) Beverwyck
 
which Jacksonville? 'cuz that could actually fit well into another part of this same project since i'm still debating if Andrew Jackson becomes President ITTL
 
Dallas is whoever was vice-president during the 1840's, helped in Texan annexation, or was a different vice-president under Van Buren. Some other suggestions are Texan icons such as Lamar, Crockett, Fannin, Travis.
 
Chicago could be Fort Dearborn if there isn't a massacre there, I imagine. And Columbus could be Franklinton if that manages to not get flooded out like OTL.
 
another alternative for Chicago that i came across was Checagou, from a 1679 memoir as the first actual reference to the site on which the city stands (apparently it comes from a type of local garlic)
 
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