Editing Francisco Vázquez de Coronado (section)

==Commemoration==
{{See also|Coronado (disambiguation)}}
[[File:3c Coronado Expedition 400th anniversary single, 1940 issue.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|In 1940 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 400th anniversary of the Coronado expedition]]
In 1939, United States 76th Congress passes the [[Coronado Exposition Commission Act of 1939]] authorizing the erection of a monument at the nearest point of the [[Mexico–United States border|international boundary]] between the United States and Mexico where the Coronado expedition first crossed into North America.

In 1952, the United States established [[Coronado National Memorial]] near [[Sierra Vista, Arizona]] to commemorate his expedition. The nearby [[Coronado National Forest]] is also named in his honor.

In 1908, [[Coronado Butte]], a summit in the Grand Canyon, was officially named to commemorate him.

A large hill northwest of Lindsborg, Kansas, is called [[Coronado Heights]].{{cn|date=April 2023}}

Coronado High Schools in [[Coronado High School (Lubbock, Texas)|Lubbock]], Texas; [[Coronado High School (El Paso, Texas)|El Paso]], Texas; [[Coronado High School (Colorado)|Colorado Springs]], Colorado; and [[Coronado High School (Arizona)|Scottsdale]], Arizona were named for Vázquez de Coronado.

Coronado Road in [[Phoenix, Arizona]], was named after Vázquez de Coronado. Similarly, [[Interstate 40 in New Mexico#Albuquerque Metro Area|Interstate 40 through Albuquerque]] has been named the Coronado Freeway.

[[Coronado, California]] is not named after Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, but is named after [[Coronado Islands]], which were named in 1602 by [[Sebastián Vizcaíno]] who called them ''Los Cuatro Coronados'' (the four crowned ones) to honor four martyrs.<ref>[http://sunnycv.com/steve/local/coronado/adams.html Chauncey Adams, ''History of Coronado'']</ref>

The mineral [[Coronadite]] is named after him.<ref>{{cite web |title=Coronadite: Mineral information, data and localities. |url=https://www.mindat.org/min-1134.html |website=www.mindat.org}}</ref>