Editing George Bancroft (section)

==Namesakes and monuments==
[[File:Bankroft Tower.jpg|thumb|[[Bancroft Tower]], Worcester, Massachusetts]]

The United States Navy has named several ships [[USS Bancroft|USS ''Bancroft'']] for him, as well as the fleet ballistic missile submarine [[USS George Bancroft (SSBN-643)|USS ''George Bancroft'' (SSBN-643)]], the mid-19th century [[United States Coast and Geodetic Survey|United States Coast Survey]] [[schooner]] [[USCS Bancroft|USCS ''Bancroft'']] and steel [[gunboat]] {{USS|Bancroft|1892}}

The dormitory at the [[United States Naval Academy]], [[Bancroft Hall]], is named after him. It is the largest single dormitory in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.azinet.com/Annapolis/|title=Annapolis Maryland Area Information|website=www.azinet.com}}</ref>

Bancroft is one of 23 famous names on the [[Educational Series|$1 educational currency note of 1896]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tomchao.com/na/na43.html |title=United States Bank Notes |date=December 27, 2009 }}</ref>

The name of Bancroft, honoring George Bancroft, is found atop one of several marble pillars in the Thomas Jefferson Building of the United States [[Library of Congress]] in Washington, D.C.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/loc/walls/jeff1.html |title=United States Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building |website=[[Library of Congress]] |date=January 18, 2010 }}</ref>

Many schools, streets, towns, etc. bear his name:
* [[Bancroft School]], Worcester, MA
* Bancroft Hall<ref>{{cite web|url=http://phillips.exeter.edu/classof/1970/30th_reunion/pages/BANCROFT%20HALL_jpg.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501233945/http://phillips.exeter.edu/classof/1970/30th_reunion/pages/BANCROFT%20HALL_jpg.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 1, 2009|title=Bancroft Hall|access-date=February 23, 2017}}</ref> at [[Phillips Exeter Academy]], [[Exeter, New Hampshire]].
* [[Bancroft Tower]], erected in his honor in Salisbury Park,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/search/Bancroft+Tower+Rd,+Worcester,+Worcester,+Massachusetts+01609/data=!4m2!2m1!4b1?hl=en&dg=dbrw&newdg=1|title=Google Maps|access-date=February 23, 2017}}</ref> Worcester, MA
* Bancroft Commons,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bancroftcommons.com/|title=Apartment Rentals in Worcester MA – The Grid District|access-date=February 23, 2017}}</ref> an apartment building in downtown Worcester, MA
* Bancroft Motors, now owned by HARR Motor Company<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harrcjd.com/news_item.php?uid=3|title=Harr Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram: New & Used Car Dealers Worcester, MA – Harr CJDR|access-date=February 23, 2017}}</ref>
* Bancroft Street,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/search/Bancroft+St,+Gardner,+Worcester,+Massachusetts+01440/data=!4m2!2m1!4b1?hl=en&dg=dbrw&newdg=1|title=Google Maps|access-date=February 23, 2017}}</ref> [[Gardner, Massachusetts|Gardner]], MA
* Bancroft Street,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/search/Bancroft+St,+Worcester,+Worcester,+Massachusetts+01610/data=!4m2!2m1!4b1?hl=en&dg=dbrw&newdg=1|title=Google Maps|access-date=February 23, 2017}}</ref> Worcester, MA
* Bancroft Elementary School,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bancroft.mpls.k12.mn.us/|title=Welcome to Bancroft!|access-date=February 23, 2017}}</ref> <small>(in the Bancroft neighborhood of the City of)</small> [[Minneapolis]], MN
* Bancroft Elementary School,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bancroftelementary.org/|title=Bancroft Elementary School|access-date=February 23, 2017}}</ref> <small>(in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of)</small> Washington, D.C.
* Bancroft Elementary School, [[Scranton, Pennsylvania]]
* Bancroft's Talon, an item in the 2014 ''MOBA Smite''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smite.gamepedia.com/Bancroft's_Talon|title=Bancroft's Talon – Official SMITE Wiki|access-date=February 23, 2017}}</ref>
* Bancroft, Iowa
* Bancroft, Maine
* Bancroft, Michigan

Bancroft is interred at [[Rural Cemetery (Worcester, Massachusetts)|Rural Cemetery]] in Worcester.