Towns or cities named after trees

[jcribb16]

     wsnyyankees, I really enjoy things like your thread on towns named after foods.  I hope you don't mind if I add another aspect of how towns were named:  Towns or cities named after trees
When any of you find one, could you add at least a sentence about why it was named after a tree (if they list that info.)  Have fun!  Here's a couple I found:

Pine Apple in Wilcox County of Alabama
(In the 1800s in Wilcox Country of Alabama, there was a pine tree and an apple tree at the Old Stagecoach Stop.  It became known as the stop at the pine and the apple.  Eventually they just started calling it Pine Apple.)

Plum, Texas
Plum is located on Highway 71 about 8 miles West of La Grange. Plum is a farming community and was named after a wild plum tree grove that grew in the area.

[ljNana]

Around here everything's named after the civil war and Indians.

[Tiffanywins]

   wsnyyankees, I really enjoy things like your thread on towns named after foods.  I hope you don't mind if I add another aspect of how towns were named:  Towns or cities named after trees
When any of you find one, could you add at least a sentence about why it was named after a tree (if they list that info.)  Have fun!  Here's a couple I found:

Pine Apple in Wilcox County of Alabama
(In the 1800s in Wilcox Country of Alabama, there was a pine tree and an apple tree at the Old Stagecoach Stop.  It became known as the stop at the pine and the apple.  Eventually they just started calling it Pine Apple.)

Plum, Texas
Plum is located on Highway 71 about 8 miles West of La Grange. Plum is a farming community and was named after a wild plum tree grove that grew in the area.

I  believe the citie located in Indonesia, Kendal (which is located in central Java), is named after  the tree Kendal from the type of tree called Cordia Bantamansis.

[ninajay]

There is a city called Orange in California.

[mgint]

pine springs texas named after pines grown in town

[jcribb16]

  
Aspen, Colorado
Founded as a mining camp in the Colorado Silver Boom and named because of the abundance of aspen trees in the area, the city is now a ski resort and an upscale tourist center.

(courtesy of Wikipedia)

[mc1962]

Palm Springs, California

Histroy:
For thousands of years, the Coachella Valley was home to the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians. During the winter months, they established their village around the natural hot mineral springs (current site of the Spa Resort Casino). In summer, to escape the extreme temperatures of the desert floor, the small band moved to the canyons where it was more comfortable because of the higher elevation. Few had ever seen a white man.

In 1877, the Southern Pacific Railroad completed its line through the desert to the Pacific Ocean. A Congressional policy established that every odd section of land for 10 miles on either side of the track became the property of the railroad (a section was defined as one square mile). The even-numbered sections remained the property of the federal government.

In 1884, Judge John Guthrie McCallum of San Francisco and his family became the first non-Indians to settle here. McCallum, with the assistance of local Indians, built a 19 mile stone-lined ditch from the Whitewater River into Palm Springs bringing in pure, precious water for irrigation.

Throughout the 19th century, various explorers, colonizers, and soldiers came through the desert, but it was not until 1853 that the United States Topographical Engineers mentioned the oasis of palm trees and springs which they called "Palm Springs." The name did not stick at that time, however. After California became a state in 1850, various stage routes crossed the desert, and "Big Bill Bradshaw's" freight line began to stop at what Bradshaw called "Agua Caliente." The place was known by that name or variations of "Palm Valley" until 1890 when Harry McCallum referred in a letter to his post office address in "Palm Springs."

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[jcribb16]

  That was very interesting, mc1962 - thanks for sharing that.  I like everyone's tree city names in here. 

[jasmineandjustin]

There's an Oak Grove, Kentucky by us...does that count LOL

[jcribb16]

There's an Oak Grove, Kentucky by us...does that count LOL

Sure it does!!!     

[Valerie1979]

i think there is an Oak Grove, IL as well.

[ninajay]

Cherry Valley, California-One of the early white settlers was Isaac Smith and family. He built a ranch which was later used as a stagecoach stop. It evolved into a small hotel for people passing through. In 1884, the property was bought by a Los Angeles company which built a larger hotel there. They named it Highland Home. Nearby Banning and Beaumont began to develop and the area continued to grow. After the railroad came into the area in the late 1800's, more people moved here. Many cherry trees were planted in the Highland Ranch area which later led to the naming of the region Cherry Valley.

[jcribb16]

 
Elm Grove, Texas
Elm Grove is a small community located between Cistern and Waelder on FM Road 1115. It has a Baptist Church and was named after the elm trees that grew there in groves.

Cherryville, NC
Once known as White Pines, it acquired its present name from cherry trees planted along a stagecoach lane on Old Post Road.  The stagecoach drivers identified the area by the trees and thus dubbed it Cherryville. 

[stvdns]

West PALM Beach, FL

[smithjcsdfw]

I always enjoyed this sign when traveling between El Paso, TX and Carlsbad, NM

Pine Springs Population - 51 Altitude. 5,634   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 General-

The tiny community on U.S. 62/180 just south of the New Mexico state line was the location of a station on the famous stagecoach run, Butterfield Overland Mail Route.  Station was established in 1858; tumbled stone ruins and a granite historical marker are all that remain today.  Was named after the numerous pine trees surrounding the natural spring.