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From: Roger Thijs, Euro-Support, Inc. <roger.thijs at euro-support.be>
Subject: LL-L Place names

 After I found this on a US political website
quote. *"hey clintonites: if you want to get in good with those of us in
michigan, you can start by using the term preferred by the majority of the
residents in the state: michiganders, not michiganians...."
*I thought, for lowl*anders*, it is worthwile to spend some thoughts on
exported lowland names.

I did a little search on exported *Belgian* place names.

Belgium
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium

Belgium, Illinois
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium,_Illinois
Belgium is a village in Vermilion County, Illinois, United States. It is
part of the Danville, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population
was 466 at the 2000 census.

Belgium, West Virginia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium,_West_Virginia
Belgium is an unincorporated community in Taylor County, West Virginia,
United States.

Belgium (village), West Virginia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium,_Wisconsin
Belgium is a village located in the Town of Belgium in Ozaukee County,
Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,678 at the 2000 census.

Belgium (town), West Virginia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium_(town),_Wisconsin<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium_%28town%29,_Wisconsin>
Belgium is a town in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. The
population was 1,513 at the 2000 census.
The Village of Belgium is located within the town.

Belgium toxnship, Minnesota
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium_Township,_Minnesota
Belgium Township is a township in Polk County, Minnesota, United States. The
population was 111 at the 2000 census. It is part of the 'Grand Forks-ND-MN
Metropolitan Statistical Area'.

Flanders
Region in Belgium
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flanders
Province West-Flanders
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Flanders
Province East-Flanders
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Flanders
Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, part of the province Zeeland, Netherland
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeeuws-Vlaanderen
French Flanders in France
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Flanders
consisting of a Flemish language part
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Westhoek
and a Romance language part
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_Flanders
All having been part of the County of Flanders
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Flanders

Flanders, New Jersey
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flanders,_New_Jersey
Flanders is an unincorporated area located in Mount Olive Township and parts
of Roxbury Township, in southwest Morris County, New Jersey, United States.
Flanders is served by the United States Postal Service as ZIP Code 07836.

Flanders, New York
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flanders,_New_York
Flanders is a hamlet (and a census-designated place) in Suffolk County, New
York, United States. The population was 3,646 at the 2000 census. It is the
location of the Big Duck.
It is located on the south side of the Peconic River at its mouth in Peconic
Bay. Riverhead is across the river to the north.

Flanders, a village in the town of East Lyme, Connecticut, U.S.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Lyme,_Connecticut
The town consists of two villages, the Village of Flanders, and the Village
of Niantic. Its common for the town of East Lyme to be erroneously called
Niantic, due to this side of town being the "beach" side which is popular
with tourists and visitors in the summer months. Niantic's population
doubles in the summer months for the beach season, and it's a much higher
density than the more sparsely populated Flanders side of town, which is
known for its apple orchards, the town's high school, and forest.
The Village of Flanders gets its name from Flanders, Belgium, due to the
fact that in what was originally a farming area along the Old Post Road, a
cottage textile industry developed similar to that in Flanders, Belgium. The
part of Flanders most referred to is Flanders four-corners, which is the
intersection of Chesterfield Road (Route 161) with the Boston Post Road
(Route 1) that is the site of many small stores and businesses.

A village in Litchfield County, Connecticut, U.S.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litchfield_County,_Connecticut
In the Disambiguition Wikipedia also gives:
Flanders, a village in Litchfield County, Connecticut, U.S.
But it is lot listed in the list of Cities, towns, boroughs, and villages

Ghent
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghent
Ghent (IPA: /../; Gent IPA: [...] in Dutch, Gand [...] in French, and
formerly Gaunt in English) is a city and a municipality located in Flanders,
Belgium

Ghent, Kentucky
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghent,_Kentucky
Ghent is a town in Carroll County, Kentucky, United States, along the Ohio
River. The population was 371 at the 2000 census. The name comes from the
European city Ghent.
Ghent was settled at the end of Eighteenth Century and was first known as
"McCool's Creek Settlement." [1]. The community was established in 1814. The
Town is named is derived from the Treaty of Ghent, which was signed on
December 24, 1814, in Ghent, Flanders, United Kingdom of the Netherlands,
which ended the War of 1812 between the United States and United Kingdom.
Henry Clay suggested the town's name, he represented the United States at
the Peace Commission. The Ghent Post Office opened in 1816.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Ghent

Ghent, Minnesota
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghent,_Minnesota
Ghent is a city in Lyon County, Minnesota, United States. The population was
315 at the 2000 census. It was named after the Flemish city of Gent.

Ghent, New-York
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghent,_New_York
Ghent is a town in Columbia County, New York, United States, with a ZIP code
of 12075. The population was 5,276 at the 2000 census. 2004 estimates put
the population at 5,316.
The Town of Ghent is centrally located in the county. Ghent is northeast of
the City of Hudson.
Around 1735, early settlers, exploiting areas cleared by the natives, moved
into the area. In 1818, the Town of Ghent was founded from parts of the
Towns of Chatham, Claverack, and Kinderhook. The name has its origin in the
Flemish city Ghent, in Flanders.

Ghent, Ohio
Ghent, Ohio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghent,_Ohio
Ghent (pronounced ...) is an unincorporated hamlet in central Bath Township,
Summit County, Ohio, United States. It lies in the area of Granger and
Cleveland-Massillon Roads just north of the Ghent Road exit of Interstate
77. It is included in the Montrose-Ghent census-designated place. It has a
number of local businesses such a gas station, restaurants, a bakery, a
dentist office.

Ghent, West Virginia, Raleigh County
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghent,_West_Virginia
Ghent (pronounced /.../ Jent, locally /../ Gent) is an unincorporated
community in Raleigh County in the U.S. state of West Virginia.
On January 30, 2007, the Flat Top Little General Store (a local convenience
store) on U.S. Route 19 exploded, killing four people and injuring several
others, near the Winterplace Ski Resort.

Ghent District, Norfolk, West Virginia,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghent_district
The Ghent District includes the various Ghent neighborhoods (Ghent, West
Ghent, East Ghent) in Norfolk, Virginia. Its boundaries are roughly
Brambleton Avenue/The Hague on the south, the Elizabeth River on west,
Monticello Avenue on the east and the railroad crossing immediately north of
22nd Street. The area continues to spread eastward with newer developments
(Bristol at Ghent).

Antwerp
City
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antwerp
District within the city
(the core municipality, before the last merging operation)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antwerp_(district<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antwerp_%28district>
)
Province
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antwerp_(province<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antwerp_%28province>
)
Mark Antwerp (later part of Brabant)
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markgraafschap_Antwerpen

Antwerp, Ohio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antwerp,_Ohio
Antwerp is a village in Paulding County, Ohio, United States, along the
Maumee River. The population was 1,740 at the 2000 census.

Antwerp Township, Michigan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antwerp_Township,_Michigan
Antwerp Township is a civil township of Van Buren County in the U.S. state
of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 10,813. It
was named after the major Flemish city of Antwerp.

Antwerp (village), New York
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antwerp_(village),_New_York<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antwerp_%28village%29,_New_York>
Antwerp is a village in Jefferson County, New York, United States. The
population was 716 at the 2000 census.
The Village of Antwerp is in center of the Town of Antwerp and is northwest
of Watertown.
The village was formerly called "Indian River" due to its location on that
river.
Antwerp was incorporated as a village in 1853.

Antwerp (town), New York
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antwerp_(town),_New_York<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antwerp_%28town%29,_New_York>
Antwerp is a town in Jefferson County, New York, USA. The population was
1,793 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Antwerp in Belgium, the
home of one of the early investors in the town.
The Town of Antwerp contains a village also called Antwerp. The town is at
the eastern corner of the county and is northeast of Watertown.
Settlement began around 1803 near Oxbow.
The town was created from part of the Town of Le Ray in 1810.
In 1855, the town had the second largest number of cows in New York.

Antwerp, Victoria
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antwerp,_Victoria
Antwerp is a small town in Victoria, Australia. It is located on the
Dimboola - Rainbow Road, in the Shire of Hindmarsh, 22 kilometers north of
Dimboola and 356 kilometers north-west of Melbourne.
The area was first settled by Europeans in 1846, when George Shaw and
Horatio Ellerman applied for 130,000 acres (530 km²) for sheep grazing.
Ellerman named the area after his birthplace, the Belgian city of Antwerp

Hoboken
(former municipality, now part of Antwerp)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoboken,_Antwerp
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoboken_(Antwerpen<http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoboken_%28Antwerpen>
)

Land of Hoboken in Rotterdam
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_van_Hoboken
Het Land van Hoboken in Rotterdam, was een landgoed dat vanaf de 17e eeuw
tot 1924 eigendom was van de redersfamilie Van Hoboken. Het landgoed lag
tussen de Nieuwe Binnenweg, de Westersingel, de Westzeedijk en de Coolhaven
en besloeg 56 ha.

Hoboken, New Jersey
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoboken,_New_Jersey
The name "Hoboken" was decided upon by Colonel John Stevens when he
purchased land, on a part of which the city still sits.
It's believed that the Lenape (later called Delaware Indian) referred to the
area as the "land of the tobacco pipe", most likely to refer to the
soapstone collected there to carve tobacco pipes, and used a phrase that
became "Hopoghan Hackingh".[8]
The first Europeans to live there were Dutch/Flemish settlers to New
Netherlands, who may have bastardized the Lenape phrase, though there is no
known written documentation to confirm it. It also cannot be confirmed that
the American Hoboken is named after the Flemish town Hoboken, annexed in
1983 to Antwerp, Belgium, whose name is derived from Middle Dutch Hooghe
Buechen or Hoge Beuken, meaning High Beeches or Tall Beeches

Hoboken, Georgia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoboken,_Georgia
Hoboken is a city in Brantley County, Georgia, United States. It is part of
the 'Brunswick, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area'. As of the 2000
census, the city had a total population of 463.

Brussels
Municipality
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Brussels
Capital Region (19 municipalities)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels-Capital_Region

Brussels, Illinois
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels,_Illinois
Brussels is a village in Calhoun County, Illinois, United States. The
population was 141 at the 2000 census.

Brussels, Wisconsin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels,_Wisconsin
Brussels is a town in Door County, Wisconsin, United States. The population
was 1,112 at the 2000 census.
... Wisconsin's and the nation's largest Belgian American settlement is
located in portions of Brown, Kewaunee and Door counties adjacent to the
waters of Green Bay. Walloons settled the region in the 1850s and still
constitute a high proportion of the population. A variety of elements
attests to the Belgian American presence: place names (Brussels, Namur,
Rosiere, Luxemburg), the Walloon language, common surnames, unique foods
(boohyah, tripper jutt), the Kerrniss harvest festival, and especially
architecture.

Brussels, Ontario
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels,_Ontario
 Brussels is a community in Huron County, Ontario, Canada. It was originally
called Ainleyville. The name was changed in the 1870s when a branch line of
the Grand Trunk Railway from Guelph came through the town.

Wallonia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walloon_Region
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communities,_regions_and_language_areas_of_Belgium
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallonia

Walloon Lake; Northern Michigan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walloon_Lake
Walloon Lake is the headwater for the Bear River located in Charlevoix and
Emmet counties in Northern Michigan. Formerly known as Bear Lake, the
glacier-formed lake has had a rich history. It once housed two sawmills and
the surrounding wood was used to help build Chicago and Detroit. It quickly
became a prime vacation spot for many. A long train ride was followed by
steam ferry rides that took vacationers to their cabins. The childhood
summer home of Ernest Hemingway was located on Walloon Lake. The house is
still kept in the Hemingway family. A local butcher named J. R. Haas named
the lake. He had seen that a group of Walloons from Belgium had settled the
north end of the lake on an old railroad map, and so it was named.

Wikipedia further gives (disambiguation)
Wallonia commonly refers to:
- the Walloon Region, one of the three Regions of Belgium.
- the French-speaking language area of Belgium.[1]
- Wallonia, a geographic term of a part of Belgium based on an identity
concept.
- Wallonia, an administrative region created on 21 March 1917 by a decree of
Moritz von Bissing, General Governor of the occupation authorities of
Belgium, within the framework of Flamenpolitik.
- Wallonia, Kentucky
But it has no webpage for: Wallonia, Kentucky
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=4363 gives
Wallonia is in Trigg County, in the Clarksville metro area.
The community was named for Maj. Braxton *Wall*, who built a mill here
The latitude of Wallonia is 36.944N. The longitude is -87.783W.
It is in the Central Standard time zone. Elevation is 440 feet.

Namur
City
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namur_(city<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namur_%28city>
)
Province
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namur_(province<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namur_%28province>
)
Former County
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graafschap_Namen

Rosières
former municipality, now part of Rixensart
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosieres_(Belgique<http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosieres_%28Belgique>
)

Rosiere, Wisconsin
http://www.silentsports.net/features/a_belgian_bike_tour_in_eastern.html
... the fact that Wisconsin Belgians remain an island of Romance culture.
Most Dairy State natives who relish the bratwurst have never heard of the
local favorite sausage called trippe, or that Belgium has two distinct
ethnic groups, Flemish and the French speaking Walloon.
More than 30,000 Walloons from the Brabant and Hesbaye regions followed to
found communities reminiscent of the old country like Brussels, Namur and
the little village of Rosiere.

Luxemb(o)urg
City
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg_(city<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg_%28city>
)
Grand-Duchy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg
Province in Belgium
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg_(Belgium<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg_%28Belgium>
)
Historical
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Luxembourg

Luxemburg,Iowa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxemburg,_Iowa
Luxemburg is a city in Dubuque County, Iowa, United States. It is part of
the 'Dubuque, Iowa Metropolitan Statistical Area'. The population was 246 at
the 2000 census.

Luxemburg village, Wisconsin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxemburg,_Wisconsin
Luxemburg is a village in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, United States. The
population was 1,935 at the 2000 census. The village is located within the
Town of Luxemburg.
Luxemburg was settled in the 1850's by the Arendt and Colle families on the
north end of town and the Kaut and Merens families on the south side. They
came from the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. A few years later the Daul, Peot,
and Wahl families arrived from Germany.

Luxemburg town, Wisconsin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxemburg_(town),_Wisconsin<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxemburg_%28town%29,_Wisconsin>
Luxemburg is a town in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, United States. The
population was 1,402 at the 2000 census. The Village of Luxemburg is located
within the town.
Also, the town received a statue donated by the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in
commemoration of the U.S. soldiers who helped liberate Luxembourg during
World War II.

Luxemburg township, Minnesota
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxemburg_Township,_Minnesota
Luxemburg Township is a township in Stearns County, Minnesota, United
States. It is the proper name of Township 122 North Range 30 West, and is
located approximately 15 Km (10 mi) SW of Saint Cloud, the county seat. Its
name derives from the that of the country Luxembourg, from which many of its
early settlers immigrated. The population was 689 at the 2000 census.

*Miscellaneous*

I momentarily excluded Waterloo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterloo,_Belgium
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterloo
Are there eventually more places which inherited a Belgian placenames?

Regards,
Roger

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From: Roger Thijs, Euro-Support, Inc. <roger.thijs at euro-support.be>
Subject: LL-L Place names Addendum

I see I lost for Namur:

Namur, Wisconsin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namur,_Wisconsin
Namur, Wisconsin is an unincorporated community in the Town of Brussels in
Door County, Wisconsin. The community is located on Wisconsin Highway 57 at
its intersection with County Road N. It is located approximately 5 miles
east of the Bay of Green Bay, 5 miles west of the unincorporated community
of Brussels, Wisconsin. The registered historic place Namur Historic
District is located in the city.

Regards,
Roger
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