States that have city names the same as large/fairly-sized cities from another

[Brian556]

Atlanta, Texas
Chattanooga, Oklahoma
Paris, Texas
Gainesville, Texas, Georgia, Florida
St Petersburg, FL / Russia
Memphis, Tx

[hotdogPi]

St Petersburg, FL / Russia

In that case, Manchester NH / England and Birmingham AL / England.

[Henry]

Charlotte, NC and Charlotte, MI

[hbelkins]

Lots of small towns in Kentucky have the same name as other, larger cities.

The joke around here is that if anyone goes to London, they're going to see the queen.

Dayton, Ky. is a suburb of Cincinnati, but I doubt it ever gets confused with Dayton, Ohio.

Someone upthread mentioned Lexington VA/NC/SC. Lexington, Ky. and Lexington, Va., are both served by I-64 and US 60.

We even have a few communities named after other states: California (northern Kentucky) and Texas (central Kentucky) are two I can think of. We even have a Canada, in Pike County, and there is a state highway garage there that is commonly referred to as "Canada Maintenance."

[HazMatt]

NC has a Dallas, Denver, and Minneapolis.

[agentsteel53]

Jackson, TN and Las Vegas, NM come to mind offhand.

[agentsteel53]

In that case, Manchester NH / England and Birmingham AL / England.

and Paris, TX.

[Brandon]

In that case, Manchester NH / England and Birmingham AL / England.

and Paris, TX.

and Paris, IL, home of IDOT District 5.

[roadman65]

Lexington, KY and Lexington, VA are both located on I-64.

You have a Delaware, NJ and OH.
You have a Florida, NY and MA.

Lake Placid, FL and Lake Placid, NY
Davenport, IA and Davenport, FL
Nashville, TN and Nashville, NC.
Washington, VA and Washington, DC (both were along US 211 at one time and mileage signs there still use the DC when denoting the big city)
Dover, DE and Dover, NJ.
Milford, DE and Milford, PA as well as Milford, CT.

[pianocello]

Burlington, VT and MA (45000, 20000)

Also Burlington, Ontario (175000) and Burlington, IA (25000)

There's Rochester, MN, and Rochester, NY, and then there's a relatively large Bloomington in Minnesota, Illinois, and Indiana.

[Brandon]

Burlington, VT and MA (45000, 20000)

Also Burlington, Ontario (175000) and Burlington, IA (25000)

And Burlington, Illinois (618).

Now, some city names are far more limited in use than others.  Take mine for instance.

Joliet, Illinois (150,000)
Joliet, Montana (595)
Joliet Twp, Platte County, Nebraska (188)
Joliette, North Dakota (unincorporated - no population given)
Joliette, Quebec (20,000)
Joliette Regional County Municipality, Quebec (64,000)

All have the same root and are named for the same family.

[kkt]

Vancouver, Washington and Vancouver, B.C.

[Brandon]

Vancouver, Washington and Vancouver, B.C.

The only thing worse for directional purposes is having them next to each other a la Kansas City, MO and Kansas City, KS.

[golden eagle]

In Mississippi:

Columbus (OH, GA and IN)
Columbia (MO, TN & SC)
Greenville (SC & NC)
Canton (OH)
Brandon (FL)
Jackson (TN)
Madison (WI)

[bing101]

San Jose, CA and San Jose, Costa Rica.

[CNGL-Leudimin]

St John's, Antigua and Barbuda, and St John's, NL, Canada.

In Mississippi:
Canton (OH)

Both may have been named after Guangzhou (formerly Canton), China.

[bing101]

Oakland, Michigan and Oakland, California

San Mateo, Rizal (Philippines), San Mateo, CA

[adventurernumber1]

St John's, Antigua and Barbuda, and St John's, NL, Canada.

In Mississippi:
Canton (OH)

Both may have been named after Guangzhou (formerly Canton), China.

There's also a Canton, Georgia in the northern Atlanta Metro Area.

There's also Trenton, GA as there is a Trenton, NJ, and it's not too far from me either.

[agentsteel53]

there's a St. Johns (no apostrophe) in Arizona.

there is a Canton in Massachusetts.  I grew up there.  there's one in Connecticut, too.  they were our major political enemies due to some perceived slight against one of our school administrators many years before my time.

Canton, OH seems to be the original one - indeed named after the place in China. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_places_named_after_Guangzhou

[Bruce]

Vancouver, Washington and Vancouver, B.C.

Ah, Vancouver (not Canada), Clark County (not Las Vegas), Washington (not DC), a northern suburb of Portland (not Maine).



Here's some Washingtonian cities:

• Aberdeen (Scotland)
• Arlington (TX & VA)
• Auburn (AL)
• Burlington (VT)
• Everett (MA)
• Kent (England)
• Lakewood (CA & CO)
• Leavenworth (KS)
• Mount Vernon (VA)
• Newport (RI)
• Olympia (Greece)

[bassoon1986]

Alexandria (LA and VA)
Monroe (LA, NC, MI, WI)
Winnsboro (LA, TX, SC)

[bing101]

Auburn, ca (Sacramento suburb)

Pittsburg,  ca and Pittsburgh,  PA.

[jakeroot]

Vancouver, Washington and Vancouver, B.C.

Ah, Vancouver (not Canada), Clark County (not Las Vegas), Washington (not DC), a northern suburb of Portland (not Maine).



Here's some Washingtonian cities:

• Aberdeen (Scotland)
• Arlington (TX & VA)
• Auburn (AL)
• Burlington (VT)
• Everett (MA)
• Kent (England)
• Lakewood (CA & CO)
• Leavenworth (KS)
• Mount Vernon (VA)
• Newport (RI)
• Olympia (Greece)

Don't forget Fife (Scotland) and Newcastle (England).

[english si]

Fife's a county/region/ancient kingdom, not a city.

[briantroutman]

Pittsburg,  ca and Pittsburgh,  PA.

On a more than a few occasions living in the Bay Area, I've mentioned Pittsburgh (like that my wife is a graduate of Pitt, or maybe something about the Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, or whatever), and they assume I'm talking about Pittsburgh, CA. And when I clarify "PA" , I get this vacant sort of "Huh... there's a Pittsburg in Pennsylvania, too? Never knew that. Weird, man."

Yeah. Weird, man.