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:

Cesar Chavez Street sign in Austin, TX

Communities

Texas
Cesar Chavez, Texas

Parks
César Chávez Park - Berkeley, California

Arizona
  • César Chávez Square (Phoenix)
  • César Chávez Park (Laveen)

California
Plaza de César Chávez, San Jose

Colorado
  • Cesar E. Chavez Park (Denver)

Nevada
  • César E. Chávez Park (Las Vegas)

Washington
  • Cesar Chavez Park (Seattle)[2]

Major streets

Arizona
  • César Chávez Street (San Luis) (formerly 3rd Street)
  • Cesar Chavez Avenue (Somerton) (formerly Avenue F)
Avenida Cesar Chavez

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

New Mexico
  • Avenida César Chávez (Albuquerque) (formerly Stadium Boulevard)

Michigan
  • Chávez Drive (Flint) (Interstate 475 Service Drive through downtown)
  • César E. Chávez Avenue (Pontiac) (Business U.S. Highway 24)
  • César E. Chávez Avenue (Lansing) (East Grand River Avenue, Beginning at Oakland Avenue to Washington Avenue and West Grand River Avenue)

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
Laurelhurst gates at Chavez and Stark - Portland Oregon

Texas
  • Cesar Chavez Memorial Highway (Corpus Christi) (Also known as Texas Hwy 44)
  • Cesar Chavez Street (Austin) (formerly 1st Street)
  • César Chávez Boulevard (Dallas) (formerly South Central Expressway)
  • César Chávez Border Highway (El Paso) (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[4]

Wisconsin
  • César E. Chávez Drive (Milwaukee) (formerly S. 16th Street)

Libraries
Perris library

Arizona
  • César E. Chávez Regional Branch (Phoenix)

California

Cesar Chavez Library- 2100 Moorpark Ave., San Jose, CA 95128 [9]

Michigan
  • Cesar E. Chavez Collection/Colección Cesar E. Chavez, East Lansing, Michigan [10]

K-12 schools

Arizona


California

Colorado

Illinois
  • César E. Chávez Multicultural Academic Center (Chicago)

Maryland

Minnesota
  • Academia Cesar Chavez Charter School (St. Paul)

Michigan

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

Washington, D.C.
  • César Chávez Public Charter Schools for Public Policy

Wisconsin

Post-secondary schools

Arizona

California
Cesar Chavez Student Center

Colorado

Michigan

New York

Former places

Post-secondary schools

Oregon
  • Colegio César Chávez
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References
  1. "Art honors works of César Chávez". UNION TRIBUNE. 2006-03-23.
  2. "Cesar Chavez Park". www.seattle.gov. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
  3. http://www.katu.com/news/50242262.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. "West Valley City votes to name street after Cesar Chavez".
  5. "LA County Library".
  6. "César E. Chávez Branch | Oakland Public Library".
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20060823104955/http://www.salinas.lib.ca.us/hours_locations.html. Archived from the original on 2006-08-23. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. http://www.stockton.lib.ca.us/chavez.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. "Library".
  10. "Cesar E. Chavez | MSU Libraries".
  11. http://www.pps.k12.or.us/schools/chavez. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. "César Chávez Cultural Center".
  13. "César Chávez Cultural Lounge University of Michigan Housing". University Housing. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
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