List of places named for Lewis Cass

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

Cass, West Virginia
Cass City, Michigan
Cass Lake, Minnesota
Cassopolis, Michigan
Casstown, Ohio
Cassville, Georgia, formerly the county seat of Bartow County, Georgia, which was formerly Cass County, Georgia, until after the American Civil War
Cassville, Missouri
Cassville, New Jersey
Cassville, Pennsylvania
Cassville, Wisconsin
Cassville, New York

Townships

Geographical features

Buildings

Lewis Cass Technical High School, Detroit, Michigan
Lewis Cass Jr. Sr High School, Walton, Indiana^[2]
Lewis Cass Elementary School, Livonia, Michigan

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

Cass Corridor, Detroit, Michigan
Cass Park and Cass Park Historic District, Detroit, Michigan
Cass-Davenport Historic District, Detroit, Michigan
Center Cass School District #66, Downers Grove, Illinois
Cass Cliff, Mackinac Island, Michigan^[4]
Fort Cass

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

Cass Street, Exeter, New Hampshire
Cass Place, Walnut Park, California
Cass Avenue, Bay City, Michigan
Cass Avenue, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Cass Avenue, Detroit, Michigan
Cass Avenue, Macomb County, Michigan
Cass Street, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Cass Street, San Diego, California^[6]
Cass Street, Omaha, Nebraska
Cass Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Cass Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri^[7]
Cass Street, Albion, Michigan
Cass Street, Dresden, Ohio

Note: Cass Street in Traverse City, Michigan and in Cadillac, Michigan were named for Lewis Cass's nephew, George Washington Cass.

Notes

^ Cass Lake Chamber of Commerce
^ "Southeastern School Corporation Index". sesc.k12.in.us. Archived from the original on May 11, 2012.
^ "Executive Order No. 2020-139, Naming the "Elliot-Larsen Building"" (PDF). State of Michigan Office of the Governor – via content.govdelivery.com.
^ Wood 1916, pp. 56–57
^ "'Good time to change': ISD gets rid of Cass name". 21 January 2021.
^ Locker 1976
^ "Laws and Lawmaking". stlouis-mo.gov.

References

Cass Lake Chamber of Commerce, History of the Cass Lake Area
Locker, Zelma B. (1976), "Whatever Happened to Izard Street?", The Journal of San Diego History, 26 (2)
Wood, Edwin O. (1916), History of Genesee County, Michigan: Her People, Industries and Institutions, Federal Publishing

[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.