List of places named after Cesar Chavez
The following is a list of places named after Cesar Chavez, an American labor leader and civil rights activist:
Communities
Texas
- César Chávez (unincorporated area in Hidalgo County)
Parks
Arizona
California
- 25th & Commercial station (San Diego) (Orange Line SDMTS Trolley Station, trains bound for Courthouse (Downtown) & Arnele Ave. (El Cajon) stations)[1]
- Plaza de César Chávez (San Jose)
- Cesar E. Chavez Plaza (Sacramento)
- César E. Chávez Waterfront Park (San Diego)
- César E. Chávez Park (Delano)
- César E. Chávez Park (Oakland)
- César Chávez Park (Berkeley)
- César E. Chávez Park (Modesto)
- César E. Chávez Park (Colton)
- César Chávez Community Center (Riverside) (2060 University Ave, also known as the César Chávez Auditorium)
- Cesar E Chavez Park (Long Beach)
- Cesar E. Chavez National Monument (Keene)
- César Chávez Library (San Jose)
- Cesar Chavez Middle School (Union City)
- César Chávez High School (Stockton)
Colorado
- Cesar E. Chavez Park (Denver)
Nevada
- César E. Chávez Park (Las Vegas)
Washington
Major streets
Arizona
- Cesar Chavez Blvd (San Luis) (formerly G Street)
- César Chávez Street (San Luis) (formerly 3rd Avenue)
- Cesar Chavez Avenue (Somerton) (formerly Avenue F)
California
- Avenida Cesar Chavez (Los Angeles) (formerly Brooklyn Avenue, Macy Street and part of Sunset Boulevard)
- Calle César Chávez (Santa Barbara) (formerly South Salsipuedes Street)
- César Chávez Drive (Oxnard) (newer street planned to commemorate César Chávez)
- César E. Chávez Parkway (San Diego) (formerly Crosby Street)
- César Chávez Street (Brawley) (formerly North 10th Street)
- Cesar Chavez Street (San Francisco) (formerly Army Street)
Idaho
- César Chávez Lane (Boise, Idaho)
New Mexico
- Avenida César Chávez (Albuquerque) (formerly Stadium Boulevard)
Michigan
- Chávez Drive (Flint) (Interstate 475 Service Drive through downtown)
- César E. Chávez Avenue (Grand Rapids) (formerly Grandville Avenue, renamed in 2022)[3]
- César E. Chávez Avenue (Lansing) (East Grand River Avenue, Beginning at Oakland Avenue to Washington Avenue and West Grand River Avenue)
- César E. Chávez Avenue (Pontiac) (Business U.S. Highway 24)
Minnesota
- Cesar Chavez Avenue (Minneapolis) (formerly 4th Ave N)
- César Chávez Street (Saint Paul) (formerly Concord St)
Missouri
- Avenida César Chávez (Kansas City) (formerly 23rd Street)
Oregon
- César Chávez Boulevard (Portland) (formerly NE/SE 39th Ave) [4]
Texas
- Cesar Chavez Memorial Highway (Corpus Christi) (Texas State Highway 44)
- Cesar Chavez Street (Austin) (formerly 1st Street)
- César Chávez Boulevard (Dallas) (formerly South Central Expressway)
- César Chávez Border Highway (El Paso) (Texas State Highway Loop 375; formerly Border Highway)
- César Chávez Boulevard (Houston) (formerly 67th Street)
- César Chávez Boulevard (San Antonio) (formerly Durango Boulevard)
- César E. Chávez Drive (Lubbock) (formerly Canyon Lakes Drive)
- César Chávez Rd. (San Juan)
Utah
- 500 South in Salt Lake City bears the honorary designation Cesar E. Chavez Boulevard
- 30th Street in Ogden bears the honorary designation Cesar E. Chavez Street
- 2320 South in West Valley City bears the honorary designation Cesar Chavez Drive[5]
Wisconsin
- César E. Chávez Drive (Milwaukee) (formerly S. 16th Street)
Libraries
Arizona
California
- Maywood César Chávez Library (Maywood) [6]
- César E. Chávez Branch Library (Oakland) [7]
- Cesár Chávez Public Library (Salinas) [8]
- César Chávez Central Library (Stockton) [9]
- Cesar Chavez Library (Perris)
Cesar Chavez Library- 2100 Moorpark Ave., San Jose, CA 95128 [10]
Michigan
- Cesar E. Chavez Collection/Colección Cesar E. Chavez, East Lansing, Michigan [11]
K-12 schools
Arizona
- César Chávez Elementary School (San Luis)
- César Chávez Community School (Phoenix, Arizona)
- César Chávez High School (Laveen, Arizona)
California
- Chávez High School (Delano)
- César Chávez Learning Academies (San Fernando)
- Chávez High School (Santa Ana)
- Cesar Chavez High School (Stockton)
- César E. Chávez School for Social Change (Santa Cruz)
- César Chávez Middle School (San Bernardino)
- César Chávez Middle School (Hayward)
- Cesar Chavez Elementary School (Calexico)
- César Chávez Elementary School (Coachella)
- Cesar Chavez Elementary School (Corona)
- César Chávez Elementary School (Davis)
- César Chávez Elementary School (Greenfield)
- César E. Chávez Elementary School (Norwalk)
- César Chávez Elementary School (Oxnard) (formerly Juanita Elementary School)
- César E. Chávez Intermediate School (Sacramento)
- César Chávez Elementary School (Salinas)
- César Chávez Elementary School (San Francisco)
- César Chávez Elementary School (San Jose)
- Cesar E. Chavez Academy (East Palo Alto)
- Cesar Chavez Elementary School (San Diego)
- Cesar Chavez Middle School (Oceanside)
- Cesar E. Chavez Elementary School (Bell Gardens)
- César Estrada Chávez Dual Language Immersion School (Santa Barbara)
- Cesar E. Chavez Elementary School (Madera)
- Cesar Chavez Continuation High School (Compton)
- Cesar E. Chavez Middle School (Planada)
- Cesae E. Chavez Middle School (Ceres, California )
Colorado
Illinois
- César E. Chávez Multicultural Academic Center (Chicago)
Maryland
- César Chávez Elementary School (Unincorporated Prince George's County - Hyattsville address)
Minnesota
- Academia Cesar Chavez Charter School (St. Paul)
Michigan
- Cesar Chavez Academy (Detroit)
- César E. Chávez Elementary School (Grand Rapids)
New Mexico
- César E. Chávez Elementary School (Las Cruces)
- César Chávez Elementary School (Santa Fe)
- César Chavez Charter High School (Deming)
Ohio
- César Chavez College Preparatory School (Columbus)
Oklahoma
- César Chávez Elementary School (Oklahoma City)
Oregon
Texas
- Chávez High School (Houston)
- César Chávez Academy (Corpus Christi)
- César Chávez Middle School (La Joya)
- César Chávez Middle School (Waco)
- César Chávez Elementary School (Dallas)
- César Chávez Elementary School (Fort Worth)
- César Chávez Elementary School (Little Elm)
- César Chávez Elementary School (Pharr)
- César Chávez Academy (El Paso)
Washington, D.C.
Wisconsin
Post-secondary schools
Arizona
- César Chávez Building, (Formerly the Econ Building) University of Arizona (Tucson)
California
- César Chávez Student Center, University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley)
- César E. Chávez Student Services Center, Southwestern College (Chula Vista)
- César Chávez Campus of the Fresno Adult School (Fresno)
- César E. Chávez Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies at UCLA (Los Angeles)
- César E. Chávez Campus of San Diego Continuing Education (San Diego)
- Cesar Chavez Student Center, San Francisco State University (San Francisco)
- César Chávez Building (A building), Santa Ana College (Santa Ana)
Colorado
- César Chávez Cultural Center[14] at the University of Northern Colorado
Michigan
- César Chávez Lounge[15] at the University of Michigan
New York
- Chávez Hall, Stony Brook University (Brookhaven)
Former places
Post-secondary schools
Oregon
References
- ^ "Art honors works of César Chávez". UNION TRIBUNE. 2006-03-23.
- ^ "Cesar Chavez Park". www.seattle.gov. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
- ^ "Grand Rapids Feb. 22 ceremony to dedicate Cesar E. Chavez and Martin Luther King Jr. streets". mlive. 2022-02-21. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
- ^ http://www.katu.com/news/50242262.html.
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- ^ "LA County Library".
- ^ "César E. Chávez Branch | Oakland Public Library".
- ^ "Hours/Locations - Salinas Public Library". Archived from the original on 2006-08-23.
- ^ http://www.stockton.lib.ca.us/chavez.html.
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- ^ "Cesar E. Chavez | MSU Libraries".
- ^ "Cesar Chavez School / Homepage".
- ^ "LTSB Geographic Information Services".
- ^ "César Chávez Cultural Center".
- ^ "César Chávez Cultural Lounge University of Michigan Housing". University Housing. Retrieved 2019-10-19.