Hungarian settlements in North America
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The Hungarian settlements in North America are those settlements, which were founded by Hungarian settlers, immigrants. Some of them is still exist, sometimes their names was changed. The first greater Hungarian immigration wave reached North America in the 19th century, the first settlements were established at that time.
Settlements with Hungarian name
- Esterhazy, SaskatchewanEsterhazy, SaskatchewanEsterhazy is a town in the southeastern portion of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, located 83 km southeast of Yorkton along Highways 22 and 80. The town is located within the rural municipality of Fertile Belt No...
- The town was named after Count Paul Oscar Esterhazy (Eszterházy). He was a Hungarian nobleman, who settled down Hungarians in the late 19th century. - Otthon, SaskatchewanOtthon, SaskatchewanOtthon is a hamlet in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Listed as a designated place by Statistics Canada, the hamlet had a population of 56 in the Canada 2006 Census....
- The name of the settlement means Home. - New Buda - This unincorporated towm is now in New Buda Township, Decatur County, IowaNew Buda Township, Decatur County, IowaNew Buda Township is a township in Decatur County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 270.-Geography:New Buda Township covers an area of 25.28 square miles ; of this, 0.09 square miles or 0.35 percent, is water...
, which wears its name. It was founded by László Újházy. He wanted to collect the Hungarian immigrants of 1848-1849 to one place, where they could built a New Hungary. - Budapest, GeorgiaBudapest, Georgia-General:Budapest is a small unincorporated community of seven buildings in Haralson County in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is located at , at an elevation of on the USGS Bremen Quadrangle. Budapest is on U.S. Route 78, about five miles southeast of Tallapoosa...
- It was named after the capital of Hungary and it really had Hungarian population, so as the nearby Tokaj, too, which is also named after a Hungarian settlement. - Budapest, MissouriBudapest, MissouriBudapest is an unincorporated community in Ripley County, Missouri ....
- Also named after the capital of Hungary. - Balaton, MinnesotaBalaton, MinnesotaBalaton is a city in Lyon County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 643 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water....
- It was named after the greatest Hungarian lake BalatonBalatonBalaton may refer to:* Lake Balaton in Hungary, the largest lake in central Europe* Balaton Principality , a Slavic state* Balaton , a Hungarian microcar* Balaton, Minnesota, a city in the United States* 2242 Balaton, a main-belt asteroid...
. - Kossuthville, Florida - It was named after Louis Kossuth, and it has Hungarian population.
Settlements, whose name was changed
- Albany, LouisianaAlbany, LouisianaAlbany is a village in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 865 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
- Albany was founded as Árpádhon ('Árpád's Home') in 1896. - Kipling, SaskatchewanKipling, Saskatchewan-Government:Town council members:* Mayor Kelly Kish, employee of GeeBee Construction, elected in 2009* Alderman Terry Barath, elected in 2009* Alderman Kevin Kish, employee of Marton's Auto Body, first elected in 1999 by-election...
- This was one of the largest Hungarian settlements in Canada. The original name of the Hungarian district was Békevár ('Peaceburgh'). - Sauk City, WisconsinSauk City, WisconsinSauk City is a village in Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3,109 at the 2000 census. The first incorporated village in the state, the community was founded by Agoston Haraszthy and his business partner, Robert Bryant...
- It was founded by Agoston HaraszthyAgoston HaraszthyAgoston Haraszthy was a Hungarian-American traveler, writer, town-builder, and pioneer winemaker in Wisconsin and California, often referred to as the "Father of California Viticulture," or the "Father of Modern Winemaking in California"...
. The original name was Széptáj ('Beautiful place'). - Corning, OhioCorning, OhioCorning is a village in Perry County, Ohio, United States. The population was 593 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Corning is located at , along Sunday Creek....
- The original name was Kongó ('Tinkler', 'Pealer'), it was established in 1812.
Settlements, where there is a significant Hungarian population
- Cleveland - Cleveland once was known as the second greates Hungarian city outside Hungary. Cleveland and the neighboring area has about 130,000 Hungarian population.
- Fairport Harbor, OhioFairport Harbor, OhioFairport Harbor is a village in Lake County, Ohio, United States, along Lake Erie at the mouth of the Grand River. The population was 3,180 at the 2000 census....
- This village contains the highest percentage of Hungarian population, 11.5 %. The current mayor, the fire department leader and the police chief all has Hungarian roots. - Yorkville, ManhattanYorkville, ManhattanYorkville is a neighborhood in the greater Upper East Side, in the Borough of Manhattan in New York City. Yorkville's boundaries include: the East River on the east, 96th Street on the north, Third Avenue on the west and 72nd Street to the south. However, its southern boundary is a subject of...
- East 79th Street79th Street (Manhattan)79th Street is a major two-way street in the Upper East Side and Upper West Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan. East 79th Street stretches from East End Avenue to Fifth Avenue on the Upper East Side, where it enters Central Park through Miners' Gate...
was the Hungarian Boulevard. On East 82nd Street stands the St. Stephen Catholic churchSt. Stephen of Hungary Church (New York City)The Church of St. Stephen of Hungary is a Roman Catholic parish church and friary in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 402-412 East 82nd Street, Manhattan, New York City. It has been overseen by Franciscans since 1922....
and farther east on the same street the Hungarian Reformed Church. - New Brunswick, New Jersey - Around the turn of the 20th century the Hungarian population began to attracting in New Brunswick. There is a Hungarian FestivalHungarian FestivalThe Hungarian Festival is a one-day event held the first Saturday of June in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The festival is a street fair celebrating Hungarian culture, organized each year by the Hungarian Civic Association. Food available includes töltött káposzta, kolbász, pecsenye, and gulyásleves...
in the city and there are many Hungarian institutions, including churches, kindergartens, schools, associations or folk dance ensembles. - Edmonton, Alberta - In 2006 there lived 12 110 Hungarians.
- South Bend, IndianaSouth Bend, IndianaThe city of South Bend is the county seat of St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States, on the St. Joseph River near its southernmost bend, from which it derives its name. As of the 2010 Census, the city had a total of 101,168 residents; its Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 316,663...
- 3.3 % of the population (3 559 persons) is Hungarian. - Toledo, OhioToledo, OhioToledo is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Lucas County. Toledo is in northwest Ohio, on the western end of Lake Erie, and borders the State of Michigan...
- From 1892 it has a great Hungarian community, in 2006 there lived 6,093 Hungarians. - Prince RupertPrince Rupert, British ColumbiaPrince Rupert is a port city in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It is the land, air, and water transportation hub of British Columbia's North Coast, and home to some 12,815 people .-History:...
and Terrace, British ColumbiaTerrace, British ColumbiaTerrace is a city on the Skeena River in British Columbia, Canada. The Kitselas people, a tribe of the Tsimshian Nation, have lived in the Terrace area for thousands of years. The community population fell between 2001 and 2006 from 12,109 with a regional population of 19,980 to 11,320 and...
- settlements which became home to refugees from the SopronSopronIn 1910 Sopron had 33,932 inhabitants . Religions: 64.1% Roman Catholic, 27.8% Lutheran, 6.6% Jewish, 1.2% Calvinist, 0.3% other. In 2001 the city had 56,125 inhabitants...
Faculty of Forestry in 1956 and since