Place names that coincide with famous bands or persons

[Road Hog]

Found one on Facebook that actually is not far from where I work:

[ilpt4u]

Part of me is tempted to post any of the countless BGSs with "Washington" on them...but I'll pass

LOTS of places are named after famous people

[Road Hog]

I guess my intent is unique ones. There is probably at least a county, city or local feature named for a president up to the 1920s, maybe later in localized cases such as Truman in MO.

But my original intent was to highlight a wider subject tht isn't directly causal, like perhaps Elvis, Oregon.

[jt4]

Chevy Chase, MD. The actor's real name is Cornelius. His nickname "Chevy" and the town's name were derived from the Ballad of Chevy Chase, which dates back to the 15th century.

[1995hoo]

There's a bay on the Saguenay named in part after a recently departed member of this forum.



In all seriousness, there is a Jimi Hendrix Park in Seattle.

[Big John]

The bands Kansas, Chicago or Boston?

[roadman65]

Outerbridge Crossing is not named for being the outermost bridge in the NYC metro area, but after an actual person Eugenes  Outerbridge.

[hotdogPi]

Gene Autry, Oklahoma

[Rothman]

Jim Thorpe, PA

[JCinSummerfield]

Glen Campbell, PA

[freebrickproductions]

Phil Campbell, AL

[TheHighwayMan3561]

The exit to McCartney Road on I-10 in Arizona.

[kphoger]

The exit to McCartney Road on I-10 in Arizona.

Interestingly, Paul McCartney has a ranch in Arizona, but it's east of Tucson.

[NWI_Irish96]

The town of Ismay, MT is unofficially known as Joe, MT.

[Henry]

George, WA

[DandyDan]

There's Rich Hill, MO. Rich Hill is a baseball pitcher.

[kphoger]

The town of Ismay, MT is unofficially known as Joe, MT.

Not anymore.  It was part of a gimmick by a Kansas City radio station in 1993.  The publicity drew visitors, and those tourist dollars paid for a new community center.  I'm not sure if the community center is still open.

Anyway, the newspaper article in the Missoulian at the time called it a "temporary name change".  Montana's official tourist website states that the name change was requested to be "for the duration of the football season".  Reportedly, the sign pointing the way to "Joe, MT" is gone and has been replaced with one for regular old Ismay.  I strongly suspect nobody in town there calls it Joe anymore—if they ever really did outside the publicity stunt, which I also doubt.

[hbelkins]

There's a community near the Boyd/Carter county line in Kentucky, near the interchange of I-64, and US 60, known as Rush. It predates the Canadian power trio and the political commentator from Missouri with that first name.