Places with prefixed names that are bigger than their non-prefixed counterparts

[KCRoadFan]

Palm Beach, Florida, is home to a little over 9,000 people. West Palm Beach, on the other hand, has a population of about 117,000 - in other words, about 13 times as big.

Throughout the country, what are some other examples of cities or towns that have a prefix in their name, based on a nearby "non-prefixed" town name - but the town with the prefix is larger, as it is with WPB?

[hotdogPi]

North Adams, MA
South Hadley, MA

[jlam]

Wendover, UT: 1,115
West Wendover, NV: 4,512

[roadman65]

I'm sure we done this before, but what the heck.

[JayhawkCO]

York, England has 141,685 people
New York, NY has 8.335 million people

About 59x bigger.

[kphoger]

391,000 = Zeeland, Netherlands
5,100,000 = New Zealand

[7/8]

North Battleford, SK = population 13 836 (2021 census)
Battleford, SK = population 4400 (2021 census)

[epzik8]

East Stroudsburg, PA (9,913) vs. Stroudsburg (5,950).

[miclugo]

In New Jersey:

Orange (34,447) vs both East Orange (69,612) and West Orange (48,843).  (South Orange has 18,484.)
Caldwell (9,027) vs West Caldwell (11,012). (North Caldwell has 6,694.)

Other candidates include the Plainfields, Brunswicks, Amboys, and Wildwoods, but none of those work.

In Pennsylvania, Darby (9,264) and Upper Darby (85,681).   I thought there'd be more here but generally townships in the Philadelphia suburbs come in pairs where both have prefixes, like  "Lower Merion" and "Upper Merion".

[kphoger]

In New Jersey

9,200,000 = New Jersey
103,000 = Jersey

89:1

[JayhawkCO]

York, England has 141,685 people
New York, NY has 8.335 million people

About 59x bigger.

In New Jersey

9,200,000 = New Jersey
103,000 = Jersey

89:1

York, England has 141,685 people
New York (State) has 19.84 million people

140:1

[kphoger]

181.7 million = Central America
341.3 million = America

[NWI_Irish96]

North Vernon, IN: 6608
Vernon, IN: 236

[JayhawkCO]

181.7 million = Central America
341.3 million = America

Alas, this is the opposite of the OPs intention. The prefixed version should have more than the non-affixed.

[kphoger]

Aw, crap.  South America, then.  Population 441.9 million.  "It's like America, but South."

[Dirt Roads]

West Virginia only has one such pair, and they are not related to each other.  Bonus!  Both are county seats.

• West Union, Doddridge County (633)
• Union, Monroe County (408)

North Carolina has two such pairs.  North Topsail and Topsail are intriguing, as they are in adjacent counties but at the opposite ends of the same barrier island.

• East Flat Rock, Henderson County (5,760)
• Flat Rock, Henderson County (3,576)

• North Topsail Beach, Onslow County (1,058)
• Topsail Beach, Pender County (517)

*2024 estimates

[kphoger]

In case anyone is wondering, both Hampshire (Ceremonial county of England) and New Hampshire have a population of approximately 1.4 million.



3.35 million = Mongolia
24.0 million = Inner Mongolia

[JayhawkCO]

There are no examples in Colorado. The only cities that begin with the common prefix names (cardinal directions, "new", etc.) are South Fork, New Castle, and Westminster. There is no Fork, Castle, or Minster.

[jlam]

One to go with some recent events:

Wilkesboro, NC: 3,656
North Wilkesboro, NC: 4,131

[SEWIGuy]

East Troy, WI is larger than Troy, WI.

[TheCatalyst31]

Covina, CA: 51,268
West Covina, CA: 109,501

[CNGL-Leudimin]

Orléans, France: 116,617
New Orleans, LA: 383,977

[SEWIGuy]

Orléans, France: 116,617
New Orleans, LA: 383,977

Doesn't count toward what the OP was asking for...

Throughout the country, what are some other examples of cities or towns that have a prefix in their name, based on a nearby "non-prefixed" town name - but the town with the prefix is larger, as it is with WPB?

[roadman65]

Orléans, France: 116,617
New Orleans, LA: 383,977

Doesn't count toward what the OP was asking for...

Throughout the country, what are some other examples of cities or towns that have a prefix in their name, based on a nearby "non-prefixed" town name - but the town with the prefix is larger, as it is with WPB?

Look at post 16^?

The thread was derailed already before # 21.

[hotdogPi]

I have a complete list of municipalities in New England. With East/North/West/South directionals:

CT:
East Lyme (18693) vs. Lyme (2352)
East Hampton (12717) vs. Hampton (1728)
East Haddam (8875) vs. Haddam (8452)
North Canaan (3211) vs. Canaan (1080)

MA:
South Hadley (18150) vs. Hadley (5325)
East Longmeadow (16430) vs. Longmeadow (15853)
North Adams (12961) vs. Adams (8166)
West Boylston (7877) vs. Boylston (4849)
North Brookfield (4735) vs. Brookfield (3439)
West Brookfield (3833) vs. Brookfield (3439)

RI, ME, NH, and VT have none.