Have you ever wondered how many states among the 50 United have cities or towns with duplicate names?
A trusty atlas proves that Clinton (really!) tops the list with 24, followed by Springfield with 23, two each in Pennsylvania and Virginia. How's that for confusion?
There are 19 Georgetowns and Greenvilles and Princetons; 16 Centervilles and six Crooked Creeks. Ashland and Madison number 20 each and Marion with 21. Newport is such a popular name that there are 19 of them followed closely by Arlington with 18... Winchester 16...Albany and Plymouth 15 each.
Palmyra might be an odd name for a town but there are nine of them across the country. There is only one Pysht in the state of Washington; one Zelienople in Pennsylvania; one Wytopitlock in Maine and one Xenia in Ohio.
The west is dotted with Spanish names while the northern states like Michigan, Minnesota and Ohio carry Indian names often quite unpronounceable. In Ohio alone there are towns named Wapakoneta, Tuscarawas, Coshocton, Chickasaw and Catawba.
A most unusual name for a town has to be Weed, of which there are two, one in New Mexico and the other in California. Would the citizens of Weed be Weeders or Weedites or just plain Weeds?
A person from a burg is a burger, a ville is a viller or a villain; a field is a fielder. When a town's name ends in a "ton" a native becomes a "tonian." Folks from Joes, Colorado, must surely be good but not Devine as those who live in that town in Texas. You can expect a cup of java from the residents of Coffee, Georgia, but tea drinkers will have to journey to Teapot Dome, Wyoming.
Citizens of Bourbon, living in Indiana and Missouri, are not necessarily of high spirits any more than the good people of Corn, Oklahoma , corny. Are people in a rut living in Hole-in-the-Ground Oregon? Hopefully, no folks are crooked living in Crook, Colorado.
Residents of Bath in the states of Maine, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and South Dakota are Bathers. Raisin, California, people are Raisins while Potters live in Potter, Nebraska, and Ponies in Pony, Nebraska.
A trusty atlas proves that Clinton (really!) tops the list with 24, followed by Springfield with 23, two each in Pennsylvania and Virginia. How's that for confusion?
There are 19 Georgetowns and Greenvilles and Princetons; 16 Centervilles and six Crooked Creeks. Ashland and Madison number 20 each and Marion with 21. Newport is such a popular name that there are 19 of them followed closely by Arlington with 18... Winchester 16...Albany and Plymouth 15 each.
Palmyra might be an odd name for a town but there are nine of them across the country. There is only one Pysht in the state of Washington; one Zelienople in Pennsylvania; one Wytopitlock in Maine and one Xenia in Ohio.
The west is dotted with Spanish names while the northern states like Michigan, Minnesota and Ohio carry Indian names often quite unpronounceable. In Ohio alone there are towns named Wapakoneta, Tuscarawas, Coshocton, Chickasaw and Catawba.
A most unusual name for a town has to be Weed, of which there are two, one in New Mexico and the other in California. Would the citizens of Weed be Weeders or Weedites or just plain Weeds?
A person from a burg is a burger, a ville is a viller or a villain; a field is a fielder. When a town's name ends in a "ton" a native becomes a "tonian." Folks from Joes, Colorado, must surely be good but not Devine as those who live in that town in Texas. You can expect a cup of java from the residents of Coffee, Georgia, but tea drinkers will have to journey to Teapot Dome, Wyoming.
Citizens of Bourbon, living in Indiana and Missouri, are not necessarily of high spirits any more than the good people of Corn, Oklahoma , corny. Are people in a rut living in Hole-in-the-Ground Oregon? Hopefully, no folks are crooked living in Crook, Colorado.
Residents of Bath in the states of Maine, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and South Dakota are Bathers. Raisin, California, people are Raisins while Potters live in Potter, Nebraska, and Ponies in Pony, Nebraska.
There is only one city named Pysht and you will find it in the state of Washington.
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