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Same-named counties in different states containing cities with the same names

Started by golden eagle, October 31, 2014, 12:19:40 AM

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golden eagle

There's a Champaign County in Illinois and Ohio. Both have cities named Urbana.

Alabama and Mississippi both have a Madison County, and both have cities named Madison. There's also a Madison County, TN, where Jackson is located. A very small portion of Jackson, MS, extends into Madison County.


Alps

Essex County, NY and MA both have a Town of Essex.

vtk

Quote from: golden eagle on October 31, 2014, 12:19:40 AM
There's a Champaign County in Illinois and Ohio. Both have cities named Urbana.

Not only that, but each Urbana is the seat of its respective Champaign County.
Wait, it's all Ohio? Always has been.

Brandon

Clinton County: Both Iowa and Michigan have a DeWitt in it.
(Then Illinois flips it with Clinton in DeWitt County.)
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NWI_Irish96

#4
Both Henry County, IN and Henry County, KY have a county seat of New Castle.
Shelby County, IN and Shelby County, KY and Shelby County, IL all have a county seat of Shelbyville.
Both Fulton County, IN and Fulton County, KY have small communities named Fulton.

Both Clark County, IN and Clark County, IL have a Clarksville, though Illionois' is unincorporated.
Both Clay County, IN and Clay County, IL have a Clay City.
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Illinois: counties 100%, highways 61%
Michigan: counties 100%, highways 56%
Wisconsin: counties 86%, highways 23%

yanksfan6129

Quote from: Alps on October 31, 2014, 12:52:02 AM
Essex County, NY and MA both have a Town of Essex.

There's a town of Essex in NJ?

golden eagle

Quote from: yanksfan6129 on October 31, 2014, 06:24:51 PM
Quote from: Alps on October 31, 2014, 12:52:02 AM
Essex County, NY and MA both have a Town of Essex.

There's a town of Essex in NJ?

There's an Essex Falls in Essex County, NJ. I couldn't find an actual city named Essex.

Pete from Boston


Quote from: golden eagle on October 31, 2014, 06:42:55 PM
Quote from: yanksfan6129 on October 31, 2014, 06:24:51 PM
Quote from: Alps on October 31, 2014, 12:52:02 AM
Essex County, NY and MA both have a Town of Essex.

There's a town of Essex in NJ?

There's an Essex Falls in Essex County, NJ. I couldn't find an actual city named Essex.

Essex Fells.  Falls = water going down.  Fells = various kinds of high ground.

golden eagle


Pete from Boston


Pete from Boston

Essex County VT and NJ both contain a Bloomfield.  Does that work?

Pete from Boston

Getting back to the framer's intent,

Union County/Borough, NJ
Union County/Township, PA


Pete from Boston

Fayetteville, Fayette County, Georgia

Fayetteville, Fayette County, West Virginia

Fayetteville, Fayette County, Texas

The Marquis sure did leave a mark. 

golden eagle


Scott5114

Removed the posts that don't meet the criteria, since there was so many of them it was causing other people to plunge off the Cliff of Not Understanding the Topic like lemmings.

For clarification's sake, the thread is looking for instances where counties with the same name in different states also contain cities of the same name in different states (which may or may not be the same as the county name). Not counties which contain a city of the same name–there's hundreds of those, and is probably the most common method of naming a county.
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ET21

DeKalb, IL in DeKalb County, IL
Plus a DeKalb county in GA
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Clinched:
IL: I-88, I-180, I-190, I-290, I-294, I-355, IL-390
IN: I-80, I-94
SD: I-190
WI: I-90, I-94
MI: I-94, I-196
MN: I-90

Pete from Boston

Osceola, Polk County, Wisconsin

Osceola, Polk County, Nebraska

golden eagle

#17
Quote from: ET21 on November 02, 2014, 12:09:13 PM
DeKalb, IL in DeKalb County, IL
Plus a DeKalb county in GA

Do the Illinois and Georgia counties share a city with the same name?

There is an Orange County in California and Texas, both which contain a city named Orange.

ET21

Quote from: golden eagle on November 02, 2014, 02:21:03 PM
Quote from: ET21 on November 02, 2014, 12:09:13 PM
DeKalb, IL in DeKalb County, IL
Plus a DeKalb county in GA

Do the Illinois and Georgia counties share a city with the same name?

There is an Orange County in California and Texas, both which contain a city named Orange.

No, just found it interesting there's another DeKalb Co. in the US. DeKalb in DeKalb is the only occurrence
The local weatherman, trust me I can be 99.9% right!
"Show where you're going, without forgetting where you're from"

Clinched:
IL: I-88, I-180, I-190, I-290, I-294, I-355, IL-390
IN: I-80, I-94
SD: I-190
WI: I-90, I-94
MI: I-94, I-196
MN: I-90

Big John

Quote from: ET21 on November 03, 2014, 12:04:11 AM
Quote from: golden eagle on November 02, 2014, 02:21:03 PM
Quote from: ET21 on November 02, 2014, 12:09:13 PM
DeKalb, IL in DeKalb County, IL
Plus a DeKalb county in GA

Do the Illinois and Georgia counties share a city with the same name?

There is an Orange County in California and Texas, both which contain a city named Orange.

No, just found it interesting there's another DeKalb Co. in the US. DeKalb in DeKalb is the only occurrence
Though spelled the same, they are pronounced differently. The one in GA does not pronounce the "L". ("De Cab" there)

Doctor Whom

Quote from: golden eagle on November 02, 2014, 02:21:03 PMThere is an Orange County in California and Texas, both which contain a city named Orange.
The county seat of Orange County, Virginia, is Orange.

huskeroadgeek

Jasper County, IL and Jasper County, IA both have county seats named Newton.

Roadgeek2500

Cape May in Cape May County, NJ
Atlantic City in Atlantic County, NJ
Lancaster in Lancaster County, PA
New Castle in New Castle County, PA
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Molandfreak

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Pete from Boston

In fairness, the thread title could have been clearer.  Not without being really long, but "in different states" in there somewhere would have helped.

This is the price of ever more arcane and super-specific thread subjects.



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