List of places named for Lewis Cass

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

Counties

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

Townships

Geographical features

Buildings

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

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

Notes

  1. Cass Lake Chamber of Commerce
  2. "Southeastern School Corporation Index". sesc.k12.in.us. Archived from the original on May 11, 2012.
  3. "Executive Order No. 2020-139, Naming the "Elliot-Larsen Building"" (PDF). State of Michigan Office of the Governor – via content.govdelivery.com.
  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.

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