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

Cesar Chavez Park (Seattle)^[2]

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)
- Cesar Chavez/67th Street station
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

César E. Chávez Regional Branch (Phoenix)

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

Chávez Huerta K-12 Preparatory Academy (Pueblo, 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

César E. Chávez Elementary School (Eugene)
César Chávez School^[12] (Portland)

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.

César Chávez Public Charter Schools for Public Policy

Wisconsin

César Chávez Elementary School (Madison^[13])

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

Colegio César Chávez

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. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ "West Valley City votes to name street after Cesar Chavez".
^ "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. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ "Library".
^ "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.

[UNION-TRIBUNE-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] ttp://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] ttp://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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v t e Cesar Chavez
Co-founded	National Farm Workers Association/United Farm Workers El Malcriado
Life	Delano Grape Strike The Forty Acres Salad Bowl strike
Honors	César E. Chávez National Monument Cesar Chavez Day List of places named after Cesar Chavez Colegio Cesar Chavez Cesar Chavez (2007 statue) Arch of Dignity, Equality, and Justice USNS Cesar Chavez Cesar Chavez Convocation
Related	Helen Fabela Chávez (wife) Sam Chavez (grandson) Richard Chavez (brother) Dolores Huerta McDonnell Hall Cesar Chavez (2014 film) Cesar's Last Fast (2014 documentary)