Is it true every state has or had a Springfield?
Lots of towns were named for other places, either biblical, historical, or just a place someone immigrated from.
My hometown county has or had Warsaw, Harvard, Peoria, Bethlehem, and New York. The county seat Corydon was supposedly named for the judge's birthplace in Indiana. (Coincidentally, one of my relatives with that first name was there, so I wonder if he had an influence).
In adjacent counties are Derby, Cinncinnati, Iconium, and Moravia.
People get some states confused. A favorite t-shirt I once saw said "University of Idaho, Iowa City, Ohio".
Arkansas City, Arkansas. County Seat of Desha County, Population 320 +/- " Salute"
Many of the more western states are loaded with town names and county names that were appropriated from locations much further east.?ÿ Kansas has Detroit, Urbana, Augusta, Manhattan, Oswego, Erie, Elkhart, Galena, Columbus, Decatur, Hanover, Uniontown, Frontenac, New Albany, Hesston, Ottawa, Lansing, Canton, Danville, Galesburg, Hartford, Hamilton, Zurich, Williamsburg, Toronto, Tampa, Buffalo, Scranton, Syracuse, Elgin, Louisville, Long Island, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Lebanon, Peru, Cuba, Havana, Moline, Muscotah, Reading, Princeton and many more.
Kansas City, KS
Isn't Kansas City not in Kansas? I remember CNN making a big deal about Trump not knowing this fact.
There are 2 Kansas City's: one in Kansas and one in Missouri. With only a river between them.
The Royals and Chiefs play in Kansas City, Missouri not Kansas City, Kansas, which is only ten miles or so from the stadium.?ÿ That is what caused the issue to come up.?ÿ KCK is surrounded by VERY nice other cities.?ÿ KCMO to a lesser extent as it covers a larger area.?ÿ Many people say they are going to Kansas City but never hit the city limits of either City.
No Paris, TX or Vancouver, WA yet.
A few off the top of my head (because I have been there).
Nevada City, Montana (and California)
Virginia City, Montana
Idaho City, Idaho
Moscow, Idaho
Austin, Nevada
And probably several others that don't come immediately to mind.
Loyal
East TX is a wonderful place for town names that don't seem to fit.?ÿ There's Paris of course, then there's a Mt. Vernon, Pittsburg (no H), Coffeeville, Atlanta, New Boston, Detroit, Klondike, Lafayette, Deadwood and Naples, just to name a few.
I had family in Gilmer, TX for a while.?ÿ Driving down that way I always went through Paris.?ÿ North of Paris in OK there's a junction with a roadsign that has an arrow to the left to a small town in OK named Frogville.?ÿ The same sign has a straight arrow labeled Paris.
I always thought there was a seed of a good country song on that sign...something like "I lost my girl halfway between Frogville and Paris".
Then there was the guy who said he couldn't find the town he was from on the map, but his mother told him he was born just outside of Wedlock, in Texas.
but no New Hampshire City, NH (guessing)
Google is your friend...
Municipalities, Counties and Regions
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No New Hampshire City; but New Hampton is close.
