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Cesar Chavez Street sign in Austin, TX

The following is a list of places named after Cesar Chavez, an American labor leader and civil rights activist:

Communities

Texas

Cesar Chavez, Texas

Parks

César Chávez Park - Berkeley, California

Arizona

California

Plaza de César Chávez, San Jose

Colorado

Nevada

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

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)
  • 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

Laurelhurst gates at Chavez and Stark - Portland Oregon

Texas

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

Wisconsin

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

Libraries

Perris library

Arizona

California

  • Maywood César Chávez Library (Maywood)
  • César E. Chávez Branch Library (Oakland)
  • Cesár Chávez Public Library (Salinas)
  • César Chávez Central Library (Stockton)
  • Cesar Chavez Library (Perris)

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

Michigan

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

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

Oregon

  • César E. Chávez Elementary School (Eugene)
  • César Chávez School (Portland)

Texas

Chávez High School

Washington, D.C.

Wisconsin

  • César Chávez Elementary School (Madison)

Post-secondary schools

Arizona

California

Cesar Chavez Student Center

Colorado

Michigan

New York

Former places

Post-secondary schools

Oregon

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. "Grand Rapids Feb. 22 ceremony to dedicate Cesar E. Chavez and Martin Luther King Jr. streets". mlive. 2022-02-21. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
  4. http://www.katu.com/news/50242262.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. "West Valley City votes to name street after Cesar Chavez".
  6. "LA County Library".
  7. "César E. Chávez Branch | Oakland Public Library".
  8. "Hours/Locations - Salinas Public Library". Archived from the original on 2006-08-23.
  9. http://www.stockton.lib.ca.us/chavez.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. "Library".
  11. "Cesar E. Chavez | MSU Libraries".
  12. "Cesar Chavez School / Homepage".
  13. "LTSB Geographic Information Services".
  14. "César Chávez Cultural Center".
  15. "César Chávez Cultural Lounge University of Michigan Housing". University Housing. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
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