Nothing adjacent or intentional. Non-US is allowed, using equivalents of states.
Allen and McAllen, Texas (lesser is 105k)
Benton and Bentonville, Arkansas (lesser is 36k)
Otego, Owego, Otsego, and Oswego, New York (second highest is 18k)
Medford and Medfield, Massachusetts (lesser is 12k)
Rochester (city) and Rochester (town), New York (lesser is 7k)
Belmar and Bellmawr, New Jersey (lesser is slightly under 6k)
Boston and Bolton, Massachusetts (lesser is slightly under 5k)
California has two unincorporated communities called Elk. There is a other unincorporated community called Elk Creek and a City called Elk Grove. I know only one of those is a municipality but it is kind of interesting how many "Elk" oriented communities there are. There are bunch of cities and unincorporated communities that once were called Dog Town during their early days.
Wisconsin has Menominie and Menomonee Falls, (plus Menominee Michigan, which is on the Wisconsin border). Note that they're spelled differently.
Michigan has Manistee and Manistique. Also Mackinaw City and Mackinac Island (both pronounced MACK-in-aw). One is in Mackinac County, and one is not.
Ohio has Arlington Heights and Upper Arlington (Upper Arlington is actually on higher ground between two rivers. Arlington Hts is in a valley)
I'm sure I'll think of more....
Ohio has Upper Sandusky and Sandusky.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on January 18, 2021, 09:54:02 AM
California has two unincorporated communities called Elk. There is a other unincorporated community called Elk Creek and a City called Elk Grove. I know only one of those is a municipality but it is kind of interesting how many "Elk" oriented communities there are. There are bunch of cities and unincorporated communities that once were called Dog Town during their early days.
California has 4 places with the name Walnut
Walnut Grove in the Sacramento area
Walnut Creek in Contra Costa county
Walnut in the San Gabriel Valley area of Los Angeles County.
Walnut Park also in LA County
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walnut_Park,_California
Indiana has Greensburg, Greentown, Greenville, Greenfield, Greencastle, Greensboro, Green Fork and Etna Green.
NONE of them are in Greene County.
Quote from: cabiness42 on January 18, 2021, 11:54:04 AM
Indiana has Greensburg, Greentown, Greenville, Greenfield, Greencastle, Greensboro, Green Fork and Etna Green.
NONE of them are in Greene County.
Not to mention Huntertown, Huntingburg and Huntington
These conversations always make me think of ...
Quote from: kphoger on June 11, 2020, 10:12:14 AM
... Frank Zappa.
Quote from: Billy the Mountain
However, we can assure parents in the Southern California area that a recent narcotics crack-down, in Torrance, Hawthorne, Lomita, Westchester, Playa Del Rey, Santa Monica, Tujunga, Sunland, San Fernando, Pacoima, Sylmar, Newhall, Canoga Park, Palmdale, Glendale, Irwindale, Rolling Hills, Granada Hills, Shadow Hills, Cheviot Hills, will provide the secret evidence the Palmdale Grand Jury has needed to seek a criminal inictment, and pave the way for stiffer legislation, increased federal aid, and avert a crippling strike of bartenders and veterinarians throughout the inland empire...
Several examples I can think now:
Santa Clara and Santa Clarita, California. The first by San José, the second north of Los Angeles.
Walcott and Walnut, at opposite ends of Iowa along I-80.
I remember reading the Big Island of Hawaii, Oahu and Kauai all had places named Waimea.
Quote from: Big John on January 18, 2021, 10:37:13 AM
Wisconsin has Menominie and Menomonee Falls, (plus Menominee Michigan, which is on the Wisconsin border). Note that they're spelled differently.
Gotcha, I was about to say that. Also, the first is Menom
onie.
Forest Park, and Park Forest, both in the Chicago suburbs.
Virginia has Richmond County and the City of Richmond, which are about an hour apart.
Albertville and Albert Lea, MN, which some people locally do get crossed up.
Quote from: Takumi on January 18, 2021, 03:14:28 PM
Virginia has Richmond County and the City of Richmond, which are about an hour apart.
Also the separate independent cities of Manassas and Manassas Park, which are close together.
Morristown and Moorestown, NJ
Morganfield and Morgantown, Ky. (Neither in Morgan County)
Clay and Clay City, Ky. (Neither in Clay County).
Martinsburg and New Martinsville, WV. (I've always wondered if New Martinsville was named to distinguish it from Martinsville, Va.; if West Virginia hadn't broken from Virginia, the two would still be in the same state.
San Jose and St Joseph, Illinois - my experience in both towns is both refer to themselves as "Saint Joe" but if someone with more time in either/both wish to confirm or dispute that, feel free
West Frankfort and Frankfort, Illinois - Frankfort is about 255 miles north (and slightly east) of West Frankfort
Streamwood and Shorewood, Illinois - Not super similar, but similar enough I used to get them confused when I lived in Northern IL
McLean and McLeansboro, Illinois
Zion and Mt Zion, Illinois
Oak ______, Illinois
Hoffman and Hoffman Estates, Illinois
Vernon, Mt Vernon, Vernon Hills, Illinois
Highland and Highland Park, Illinois
Elizabeth and Elizabethtown, Illinois - basically in opposite corners of the state (Far NW and Far SE). There is also an Eliza, Illinois
Dixon and Dixon Springs, Illinois
I'm sure there are more across the state
Quote from: ilpt4u on January 18, 2021, 07:20:52 PM
West Frankfurt and Frankfurt, Illinois - Frankfort is about 255 miles north (and slightly east) of West Frankfort
No, folks: for those of you keeping count, that is not four different towns.
Quote from: kphoger on January 18, 2021, 07:41:39 PM
Quote from: ilpt4u on January 18, 2021, 07:20:52 PM
West Frankfurt and Frankfurt, Illinois - Frankfort is about 255 miles north (and slightly east) of West Frankfort
No, folks: for those of you keeping count, that is not four different towns.
Whoops - spelling error
West Frankfort and Frankfort, Illinois
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on January 18, 2021, 03:18:44 PM
Albertville and Albert Lea, MN, which some people locally do get crossed up.
For my nomination, I'd head a few more miles down I-94 and go with Rogers and Rochester. That one always surprises me, but it's a common mix-up (at least in central MN). There's also the whole Brooklyn Park/Brooklyn Center deal that I don't really want to get into :-D.
Utah has so many "Spring" named places it's hard to keep them straight:
- Springdale: town in southern Utah known as the gateway to Zion National Park
- Springdell: mostly-abandoned community halfway up Provo Canyon
- Springville: Utah County city and by far the largest of the Springs, used to be its own thing but is more a Provo suburb now
- Spring City: small city in Sanpete County, was on original US 89 before it was bypassed
- Spring Glen: community and CDP next to Helper, on original US 50
- Spring Lake: community and CDP in southern Utah County, on original US 91
There are also a bunch of Cedars:
- Cedar City: by far the most important, a significant city and regional hub in southwest Utah that's home to Southern Utah University
- Cedar Fort: small town on SR 73 west of Utah Valley, in the Cedar Valley (we'll get to that later)
- Cedar Highlands: essentially an HOA in the mountains above Cedar City that has been incorporated into its own town
- Cedar Hills: Utah County suburb
- Cedar Valley: not a settlement, but the Postal Service's name for the 84013 ZIP code which includes Cedar Fort and Fairfield. Also the name of the valley those communities lie in - not to be confused with the other Cedar Valley in southern Utah, where Cedar City is.
Others:
- Central and Central Valley: both small farm towns, but one is in the mountains north of St George and the other is in the Sevier Valley. To make things more confusing, Central Valley used to just be Central and still appears as such on some maps.
- Fairfield and Fairview: both small rural farm towns - one in western Utah County, the other in Sanpete County.
- Fountain Green and Mountain Green: both are on located on the eastern side of a mountain range. Fountain Green is the incorporated one, but Mountain Green is more than twice as big.
- Garden City and Garden: Garden City is the town on the southwest shore of Bear Lake where US 89 comes down from Logan Canyon. Garden isn't really an actual community, but it's the CDP just to the south.
- Midvale and Midway: one is a SLC suburb, the other a farming and resort town on the other side of the mountains.
- Pleasant Grove and Pleasant View: both suburbs - one of Provo, the other of Ogden
- West Point, West Haven, West Warren, West Weber: these would be easier to keep straight if they weren't all in the same general area west of Ogden. Farr West is also up there.
Sterling and Mt. Sterling Illinois.
Oh Berlin and New Berlin right across Interstate 72 from each other.
Athens and New Athens, Illinois
Ellisville and Ellis Grove, Illinois
Harristown and Harrisburg, Illinois
Christopher and Chrisman, Illinois
CT has (not including small villages):
Norwalk and Norwich
Plainville and Plainfield
Waterbury, Watertown, and Waterford (all but the last are together)
New, East, North, and West Haven
Milford and New Milford
Preston and New Preston
Canaan, New Canaan, and North Canaan (the last of which contains the village of Canaan)
Hamden, Hampton and East Hampton (guess which Hampton is farther east?)
Lyme, Old Lyme, and East Lyme
Killingworth and Killingly
Middlefield and Middletown
Fairfield and New Fairfield
Stamford and Stratford
Windsor, Windsor Locks, East Windsor, and South Windsor
Old Saybrook and Westbrook
Haddam and East Haddam
Ashford and Eastford
Woodstock and Woodbury
Bridgeport and Bridgewater
Southington and Stonington (and North Stonington)
Quote from: EpicRoadways on January 18, 2021, 08:09:38 PM
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on January 18, 2021, 03:18:44 PM
Albertville and Albert Lea, MN, which some people locally do get crossed up.
For my nomination, I'd head a few more miles down I-94 and go with Rogers and Rochester. That one always surprises me, but it's a common mix-up (at least in central MN). There's also the whole Brooklyn Park/Brooklyn Center deal that I don't really want to get into :-D.
McGrath and McGregor
Big Fork, Big Falls, and Littlefork (I constantly screw up this trio)
Red Lake and Red Lake Falls
Another one from Illinois I remembered and nobody has mentioned: Rochelle and Roselle.
In Louisiana:
Homer and Houma
iPhone
My favorite case from Washington: the two Lakewoods.
They are on opposite ends of the Seattle metro area, one to the extreme north beyond Everett, and one to the far south near Tacoma. The northern one was first to use the name, but was never incorporated. The southern one incorporated in 1996, choosing an arbitrary new name. The Post Office kept sending mail to the wrong Lakewood, so the southern one was granted the name while the northern one became "North Lakewood".
Woodinville and Woodway are in the same bit of the Seattle metro area along the King-Snohomish border, but it's hard to mistake the two. One is an inland suburb, the other a coastal hamlet with few people.
Michigan also has Alberta and Elberta. The former is the site of one of Henry Ford's lumber mills in the Upper Peninsula, and the latter was the site of a car ferry dock in the Lower Peninsula with connections across Lake Michigan.
A few offerings from Maryland:
Annapolis & Annapolis Junction
Frederick & Prince Frederick
Clarksville & Clarksburg
Owings Mills & Owings
Upper Marlboro & Lower Marlboro
(Also, not the same state, but Washington County MD is only ~50 miles away from Washington DC.)
More California ones:
Fair Oaks (Sacramento County) vs. North Fair Oaks (San Mateo County)
Greenfield (Monterey County) vs. Greenfield (Kern County)
Santa Margarita (San Luis Obispo County) vs. Rancho Santa Margarita (Orange County)
Quote from: jmacswimmer on January 20, 2021, 10:09:07 AM
A few offerings from Maryland:
Annapolis & Annapolis Junction
Frederick & Prince Frederick
Clarksville & Clarksburg
Owings Mills & Owings
Upper Marlboro & Lower Marlboro
None of those are intentional?
The one in Iowa I confused once is Rockwell and Rockwell City.
In Minnesota, I have mixed up Spring Valley with Spring Grove, both of which are in southeast Minnesota.
Iowa: Cedar Falls, Cedar Rapids
I get those mixed up all the time.
And, while I'm at it, even though they're not in the same state... Sioux Falls and Sioux City are way to close to each other!
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on January 19, 2021, 08:38:50 AM
Another one from Illinois I remembered and nobody has mentioned: Rochelle and Roselle.
I used to get this confused a lot.
Lots of Illinois posts so far, but I'll add:
Illinois has an Elwood and an Elmwood.
Illinois also has a Morris, a Mt. Morris, and a Morrison.
There's a lot in MS:
Benton and Bentonia (same county)
Madisonville and Madison (right beside each other)
Jefferson county and Jefferson Davis county (only a county apart)
Jackson county and Jackson, MS (people think Hinds county (actual) is Jackson county but it's actually on the coast)
Pearl and Pearl City
Greenville and Greenwood (about 50 miles apart, both located off of US 82)
Poplar Springs and Poplar Creek (right beside each other)
Brooksville, Booneville, and Burnsville (all on the east side of the state along 45)
And there's more than that...
Depew and DeWitt NY.
I used to have trouble remembering which went with Buffalo and with Syracuse.
Quote from: frankenroad on January 18, 2021, 10:49:34 AM
Michigan has Manistee and Manistique.
Fun fact about these two: In 2010, the school district in Manistee hired the then-superintendent of the school district in Manistique for the same position
Quote from: Big John on January 18, 2021, 10:37:13 AM
Wisconsin has Menominie and Menomonee Falls, (plus Menominee Michigan, which is on the Wisconsin border). Note that they're spelled differently.
Not to mention all the cities and towns that have the "wau" syllable. This is just form memory, so I'm sure I'm missing a few:
Milwaukee
Waukesha
Pewaukee
Waunakee
Wausau
Packwaukee
Waupun
Waupaca
Wautoma
Kewaunee
Wauwatosa
And then there is Shorewood, a suburb of Milwaukee, and Shorewood Hills, a suburb of Madison.
And the Milwaukee suburbs or Greendale, Greenfield, and Glendale.
Quote from: 3467 on January 18, 2021, 08:57:01 PM
Oh Berlin and New Berlin right across Interstate 72 from each other.
No, they are about 1:30 drive time apart from each other here in Wisconsin.
:nod:
Also in Wisconsin (not all are incorporated):
Reedsburg
Reedsville
Readfield
Reeseville.
Mike
Plenty of O- names in Central NY that I can see people getting confused.
Onondaga, Oneida, and Otisco are all lakes near Syracuse. And then you've got Otsego County, Oswego, and Oneonta.
A few I thought of on Long Island
Farmingdale and Farmingville
All the Islips (West, Central, East, Islip Terrace, etc)
Westbury and Old Westbury
Quote from: mgk920 on January 22, 2021, 11:28:18 PM
Quote from: 3467 on January 18, 2021, 08:57:01 PM
Oh Berlin and New Berlin right across Interstate 72 from each other.
No, they are about 1:30 drive time apart from each other here in Wisconsin.
:nod:
Also in Wisconsin (not all are incorporated):
Reedsburg
Reedsville
Readfield
Reeseville.
Mike
There is also Muskego and Mukwonago. They both happen to be in Waukesha County.
PA Examples:
Jefferson: There are 2 current boroughs named Jefferson, one in Greene County and one in York County. At one time, there used to be 3 with Jefferson in Allegheny County as well (it was renamed Jefferson Hills in the late 1990s). For mailing purposes, the one in York County is known as Codorus (though the official borough name remains Jefferson).
Franklin: There is a city of Franklin in Venango County and a borough of Franklin in Cambria County. For mailing purposes, the one in Cambria County has Johnstown as its USPS name and zip code (as it is a suburb of Johnstown).
Washington: There were once 2 Washingtons in PA, a city in Washington County and a borough in Lancaster County. For mailing purposes, the one in Lancaster County has been known to the USPS as "Washington Boro" to differentiate it from the city of Washington. The borough dissolved in 1973, however it is still named "Washington Boro" to the USPS.
New Salem: 2 New Salems exist, a village in Fayette County and a borough in York County. To the USPS, the one in York County is known as "York New Salem" to differentiate it from the other New Salem.
Also, PA contains these combos: Mifflinburg/Mifflintown/Mifflin/Mifflinville, Millersburg/Millerstown/Millersville
Thought of some others in Louisiana.
Jonesboro and Jonesville
Winnsboro and Winnfield
Hosston and Haughton
Oak Grove and Oak Ridge are not far from one another.
Also cities of Franklin, Franklinton, and a Franklin Parish which are not in the same areas.
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Quote from: paulthemapguy on January 21, 2021, 11:22:48 AM
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on January 19, 2021, 08:38:50 AM
Another one from Illinois I remembered and nobody has mentioned: Rochelle and Roselle.
I used to get this confused a lot.
Lots of Illinois posts so far, but I'll add:
Illinois has an Elwood and an Elmwood.
Illinois also has a Morris, a Mt. Morris, and a Morrison.
And not to be forgotten, Minook, Minooka, and Mokena.
Quote from: kenarmy on January 21, 2021, 11:39:52 AM
There's a lot in MS:
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And there's more than that...
Such as the two municipalities named Bogue Chitto. That's really weird.
As for me, I can get Benton and Bentonville in Arkansas mixed up sometimes.
And here's some Texas ones:
Algoa and Arcola in the Houston area
Diboll and Driscoll (this one's hard to keep track of right now because they are both getting bypasses on I-69 in the near future)
Center and Centerville
Denison and Denton
Iowa Park and Iowa Colony
Vidor and Vinton, LA
and probably tons more
Quote from: Brandon on January 23, 2021, 08:09:05 PM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on January 21, 2021, 11:22:48 AM
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on January 19, 2021, 08:38:50 AM
Another one from Illinois I remembered and nobody has mentioned: Rochelle and Roselle.
I used to get this confused a lot.
Lots of Illinois posts so far, but I'll add:
Illinois has an Elwood and an Elmwood.
Illinois also has a Morris, a Mt. Morris, and a Morrison.
And not to be forgotten, Minook, Minooka, and Mokena.
I had a cousin who lived in Minooka and another cousin (his brother) in Mokena. I could never keep it straight as to who lived where. Of course, now they both live in Florida.
Strafford and Stratford NH, which are close to being on opposite ends of the state.
Ditto for Pittsburg and Pittsfield NH.
Quote from: Brandon on January 23, 2021, 08:09:05 PM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on January 21, 2021, 11:22:48 AM
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on January 19, 2021, 08:38:50 AM
Another one from Illinois I remembered and nobody has mentioned: Rochelle and Roselle.
I used to get this confused a lot.
Lots of Illinois posts so far, but I'll add:
Illinois has an Elwood and an Elmwood.
Illinois also has a Morris, a Mt. Morris, and a Morrison.
And not to be forgotten, Minook, Minooka, and Mokena.
Minonk*, pronounced "mih-NONK." Rhymes with "honk."
I also discovered that there's a Norris and Norris City in addition to Morris, Morrison, and Mount Morris.
QuoteAlso, PA contains these combos: Mifflinburg/Mifflintown/Mifflin/Mifflinville, Millersburg/Millerstown/Millersville
Pottstown/Pottsville and Elizabethtown/Elizabethville get to be within an hour of each other. I am sure that is not confusing at all :spin:
Quote from: SectorZ on January 25, 2021, 03:48:43 PM
Pittsburg and Pittsfield NH.
Illinois has towns by those names, too. I'm familiar with both of them, as Pittsfield is where US-54 deviates from I-72 on its way to Missouri, and I used to live near Pittsburg. But I've never gotten them mixed up. Might be because they're 200 miles apart.
Quote from: 74/171FAN on January 25, 2021, 04:13:11 PM
QuoteAlso, PA contains these combos: Mifflinburg/Mifflintown/Mifflin/Mifflinville, Millersburg/Millerstown/Millersville
Pottstown/Pottsville and Elizabethtown/Elizabethville get to be within an hour of each other. I am sure that is not confusing at all :spin:
There's also Grantham and Grantville, both unincorporated places adjacent to freeway exits on opposite fringes of Harrisburg (Grantham along US 15 to the southwest, Grantville along I-81 to the northeast).
And speaking of Harrisburg, let's not overlook the various Paxton Townships, Paxtonia, and Paxtang, (plus Paxton Street) all of which (I believe) were derived from a corruption of the Lenape name describing Paxton Creek. But the various Paxton names are scattered around the area, and some of them are not particularly near the namesake creek.
Kentucky has a Burnside and a Bernstadt, and they're in adjacent counties. There's also an East Bernsdadt, which is actually larger than Bernstadt. EB is about an hour away from here and is on the way to Burnside, and I've heard more than one local call it "East Burnside."
Quote from: 1 on January 18, 2021, 09:42:09 AM
Nothing adjacent or intentional. Non-US is allowed, using equivalents of states.
Allen and McAllen, Texas (lesser is 105k)
Benton and Bentonville, Arkansas (lesser is 36k)
Otego, Owego, Otsego, and Oswego, New York (second highest is 18k)
Medford and Medfield, Massachusetts (lesser is 12k)
Rochester (city) and Rochester (town), New York (lesser is 7k)
Belmar and Bellmawr, New Jersey (lesser is slightly under 6k)
Boston and Bolton, Massachusetts (lesser is slightly under 5k)
Kingsland, Kingsville and Kingwood, Texas
Brownwood, Brownsville and Brownfield, Texas
Richland Hills and North Richland Hills, Texas
Funny thing is none of these examples are even in the same region of Texas as their like named counterparts, which is good for local traffic, I guess. If you live far away from Kingwood, Kingsville or Kingsland, like I do, you better listen carefully to which destination you were told to go to because you might end up north of Houston, southwest of Corpus Christi or in Central Texas, respectively, while meaning to go to the other place!!
There are at least three different Oak Hills in Texas, in various states of municipalities.
Glad someone mentioned Minooka, Mokena and Minonk in Illinois. There are a few in Wisconsin that always annoyed me besides Berlin and New Berlin. Alma & Algoma and Waupun & Waupaca.
QuoteAnd speaking of Harrisburg, let's not overlook the various Paxton Townships, Paxtonia, and Paxtang, (plus Paxton Street) all of which (I believe) were derived from a corruption of the Lenape name describing Paxton Creek. But the various Paxton names are scattered around the area, and some of them are not particularly near the namesake creek.
I should just go ahead and mention Harrisville at the intersection of PA 8 and PA 58.
NC has the problem that its counties have cities that are named similar to them, but on the other side of the state. Example: Lenoir (Caldwell Co, Northeast "corner" of the state) and Lenoir Co (way out east)
Also: Greenville NC/SC and Greensboro get confused by outsiders
Quote from: ahj2000 on January 26, 2021, 05:38:51 PM
NC has the problem that its counties have cities that are named similar to them, but on the other side of the state. Example: Lenoir (Caldwell Co, Northeast "corner" of the state) and Lenoir Co (way out east)
Also: Greenville NC/SC and Greensboro get confused by outsiders
Texas has a bunch. These come to mind:
Caldwell
Austin
Houston
Henderson
Tyler
Rusk
Burleson
Sherman
Terrell
Cameron
Travis
Most are separated by at least 100 miles.
Then there are counties that are the shorthand version of their seat.
Brownwood in Brown County
Hillsborough in Hill County
Beeville in Bee County
Kerrville in Kerr County
Belton in Bell County
Then there are 2 that the city is in the county of the same name, but not the seat.
Blanco in Blanco County
Hays in Hays County
Then the fun fact:
Dallas is the seat of Dallas County, but it is commonly thought that they were named after different people. So technically, Dallas County isn't named after Dallas, Texas, and it's kinda a coincidence Dallas is in Dallas County. (The person the city and county is named after is not known)
Quote from: kenarmy on January 21, 2021, 11:39:52 AM
There's a lot in MS:
Benton and Bentonia (same county)
Madisonville and Madison (right beside each other)
Jefferson county and Jefferson Davis county (only a county apart)
Jackson county and Jackson, MS (people think Hinds county (actual) is Jackson county but it's actually on the coast)
Pearl and Pearl City
Greenville and Greenwood (about 50 miles apart, both located off of US 82)
Poplar Springs and Poplar Creek (right beside each other)
Brooksville, Booneville, and Burnsville (all on the east side of the state along 45)
And there's more than that...
Quitman County and the city of Quitman (near opposite ends of the state)
Alcorn County and Alcorn State University (also opposite ends of the state)
Ridgeland and Richland
Flora and Florence
Forest and Forrest County
Columbia and Columbus
Walnut and Walnut Grove
(perhaps a stretch) Bay St. Louis and Bay Springs
Quote from: golden eagle on April 27, 2022, 12:57:00 PM
(perhaps a stretch) Bay St. Louis and Bay Springs
Yeah... no. If that counts, then...
Santa Clarita & Santa Monica, CA :no:
In Colorado we have:
Carbonate and Carbondale
Castle Pines and Castle Rock
Center and Central City
Holly and Holyoke
Jamestown and Johnstown
La Jara and La Junta
Mead and Meeker
Ordway and Ouray
Raymer and New Raymer
Sheridan and Sheridan Lake
Silverton and Silverthorne
Walden and Walsenburg
Some of these are a stretch and there are probably a lot more that I'm missing.
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on January 18, 2021, 02:18:07 PM
I remember reading the Big Island of Hawaii, Oahu and Kauai all had places named Waimea.
Still do, though for postal purposes the one on the Big Island is Kamuela, and the one on Oahu is Maunawai.
Two Kailuas as well, though the one on the Big Island is better known as Kailua-Kona
Kauai has a Kilauea, at the other end of the state from the more famous Kilauea volcano (postally Volcano).
Ontario:
Bradford, Brantford, and Brampton (more so the first two)
Milton and Malton
Thornhill and Thornbury
At my first job, I was told the next site was in Tecumseh and for some reason, I was thinking of New Tecumseth and almost went there. That would've been bad since they're 4 hours apart!
I live in Palm Springs. Nearby are Palm Desert, Thousand Palms, and Twentynine Palms. Desert is also a popular theme. Along with the previously mentioned Palm Desert are Desert Hot Springs, Desert Center, Desert Shores, and Desert Camp. My favorite local names are those that don't fit this category but fit the "my god it's freakin' hot here" concept like Thermal, Mecca, and Oasis.
Quote from: hbelkins on January 18, 2021, 03:34:02 PM
Martinsburg and New Martinsville, WV. (I've always wondered if New Martinsville was named to distinguish it from Martinsville, Va.; if West Virginia hadn't broken from Virginia, the two would still be in the same state.
Regarding West Virginia, I'm surprised nobody has yet mentioned Charles Town and Charleston. Plus, there was another Charles Town along the Ohio River in the Northern Panhandle, now known as Wellsburg. All three are county seats and at one time were were considered very important cities in Virginia before the Civil War (just behind Wheeling, Parkersburg and possibly Clarksburg). The remaining small town of Charles Town is still well known for the Charles Town Races, a thoroughbred betting facility and (more recently) casino.
Quote from: Big John on January 18, 2021, 10:37:13 AM
Wisconsin has Menominie and Menomonee Falls, (plus Menominee Michigan, which is on the Wisconsin border). Note that they're spelled differently.
Also Menomonee County (both in Wisconsin and Michigan). They are all spelled differently because the name of the Tribe does not directly translate into English.
Mike
Quote from: tchafe1978 on January 22, 2021, 11:21:23 PM
Quote from: Big John on January 18, 2021, 10:37:13 AM
Wisconsin has Menominie and Menomonee Falls, (plus Menominee Michigan, which is on the Wisconsin border). Note that they're spelled differently.
Not to mention all the cities and towns that have the "wau" syllable. This is just form memory, so I'm sure I'm missing a few:
Milwaukee
Waukesha
Pewaukee
Waunakee
Wausau
Packwaukee
Waupun
Waupaca
Wautoma
Kewaunee
Wauwatosa
And then there is Shorewood, a suburb of Milwaukee, and Shorewood Hills, a suburb of Madison.
And the Milwaukee suburbs or Greendale, Greenfield, and Glendale.
Near Appleton is Sherwood, WI.
Also South Milwaukee and West Milwaukee.
And the Green Bay suburb of Ashwaubenon.
Reedfield, Reedsburg and Reedsville, well scattered throughout Wisconsin.
Mike.
Houghton and Houghton Lake, MI - both named for the same guy, but 375 miles apart.
Quote from: Dirt Roads on April 27, 2022, 10:56:49 PM
Regarding West Virginia, I'm surprised nobody has yet mentioned Charles Town and Charleston.
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The remaining small town of Charles Town is still well known for the Charles Town Races, a thoroughbred betting facility and (more recently) casino.
By FAR the most confused pair in the state. Often by DC types who actually think Charles Town is the capital, or thus that people in Charleston can just drive over in a few minutes.
Some others are Weston and Westover; Terra Alta and just plain Alta; Man and Van; West Union and just plain Union (which are very far apart) ; Grant Town (always pronounced as "Grant's Town" by locals), Grantsville, and Granville; and Petersburg and Peterstown. Although Petersburg is more often confused with the one in Virginia.
Some more for Iowa:
Someone mentioned Cedar Falls and Cedar Rapids on the Cedar River. There’s also Iowa Falls and Iowa City on the Iowa River.
Likewise, Rock Rapids and Rock Valley are both found on the Rock River in northwest Iowa, and Rock Falls, Rockford, Marble Rock, and Shell Rock are all along the Shell Rock River.
Northwest Iowa has Sioux City, the smaller Sioux Center, and the even smaller Sioux Rapids.
North Liberty, West Liberty, New Liberty, Liberty Center, and Libertyville. The first three are within 40 miles of each other.
Hampton and New Hampton are both county seats about 50 miles apart.
Dallas Center and Melcher-Dallas are also about 50 miles apart. The latter was a pair of separate neighboring cities that merged in 1986.
Creston and Preston. One letter difference, 215 miles apart.
Pleasant Hill and Pleasantville, which are only about 20 miles apart. And then there’s Mount Pleasant.
Fairfax, Fairbank, and Fairfield can all be found in eastern Iowa, as are Riverdale, Riverside, and River Junction.
Tiffin and Tipton are only about 30 miles apart.
Urbana and Urbandale. Three more letters and about 48,000 more people in the latter.
There are quite a few “Lake” places in Iowa, but only 60 miles of US 71 separate Spirit Lake and Storm Lake.
Edit: I'll add Coralville, a suburb of Iowa City, and Coalville, a bedroom community for Fort Dodge.
And then there are Wilton, Milton, and Welton, all scattered throughout eastern Iowa. Wilton actually called itself Wilton Junction for many years until ZIP codes came along; in 1972 they officially dropped the Junction.
There's two Saint-Fabien in neighboring regional municipalities in Québec, one on QC 132 near Rimouski and one on QC 283 south of Montmagny (the latter being Saint-Fabien-de-Panet).
I can envision someone from one of the coasts confusing Des Moines and Dubuque, IA.
Mike
A few more for Ohio
Fairfield, Fairfax, Fairborn, Fairlawn. Respectfully, suburbs of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Dayton, and Cleveland.
Milford and Milford Center (about 100 miles apart),
Camden, Canton, and Canfield.
Columbus and Columbus Grove (also about 100 miles apart)
Washington Court House and Old Washington (neither of which is in Washington County)
Westville and Westerville
I'll go one better than all of these.
Perry County, AR (https://goo.gl/maps/4CRgESve6Q9gjb7M7)
Perry and Perryville in Perry County, AR.
There's barely even 2 miles between the towns.
KC suburb examples:
Westwood and Westwood Hills
Mission, Mission Hills, and Mission Woods
Overland Park and Roeland Park
Also, a little further west in Kansas, Horton and Holton aren't too far from one another.
More in Mississippi:
Collins and Collinsville
Vicksburg and Vossburg
Louin and Louise
Taylor and Taylorsville
Richton and Richland
Ontario:
Township of Alnwick/Haldimand
and
Haldimand County
There's also Brantford and Bradford West Gwillimbury.
Oregon has Bend in Central Oregon and North Bend on the south coast. North Bend is named for the north bend of the bay around the peninsula that North Bend is located on.
Rick
NC: Henderson and Hendersonville
Henderson is the county seat of Vance County, located on I-85 in the north-central part of the state.
Hendersonville is located off I-26 in the southwestern part of the state, and is the county seat of Henderson County :colorful:
VA: Front Royal and Port Royal
Both are incorporated. Front Royal sits on the Shenandoah River, at the southern junction of US 340 and US 522, and near I-66.
Port Royal is on the Rappahannock River by the junction of US 17 and US 301.
Also VA: Montpelier
There are two places named Montpelier in Virginia. One is a plantation and the home of James Madison, located in Orange County just west of the county seat (Orange).
The other is a CDP located in western Hanover County, on US 33. I've lived in the latter a couple times.
I learned recently there are two towns named Agua Dulce in Texas. One is near El Paso, and the other is in South Texas near Corpus Christi which is the one referenced in "This Old Porch" by Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen. They are separated by 670 miles and a time zone so I guess no one confuses them.
Quote from: plain on May 01, 2022, 12:29:03 PM
NC: Henderson and Hendersonville
Henderson is the county seat of Vance County, located on I-85 in the north-central part of the state.
Hendersonville is located off I-26 in the southwestern part of the state, and is the county seat of Henderson County :colorful:
VA: Front Royal and Port Royal
Both are incorporated. Front Royal sits on the Shenandoah River, at the southern junction of US 340 and US 522, and near I-66.
Port Royal is on the Rappahannock River by the junction of US 17 and US 301.
Also VA: Montpelier
There are two places named Montpelier in Virginia. One is a plantation and the home of James Madison, located in Orange County just west of the county seat (Orange).
The other is a CDP located in western Hanover County, on US 33. I've lived in the latter a couple times.
On the same route. but in NY. Adams NY and Adams Center NY. Located off exits 38 and 39 (guessed?) :colorful:
(https://storage13.openstreetcam.org/files/photo/2021/3/30/proc/3483741_b16cd5884d01d022421479ccf6c4ed6b.jpg)
New bridge was also replaced in 2015, per Bridgereports.
Quote from: iowahighways on April 28, 2022, 07:29:13 PM
Some more for Iowa:
Someone mentioned Cedar Falls and Cedar Rapids on the Cedar River. There's also Iowa Falls and Iowa City on the Iowa River.
Likewise, Rock Rapids and Rock Valley are both found on the Rock River in northwest Iowa, and Rock Falls, Rockford, Marble Rock, and Shell Rock are all along the Shell Rock River.
Northwest Iowa has Sioux City, the smaller Sioux Center, and the even smaller Sioux Rapids.
North Liberty, West Liberty, New Liberty, Liberty Center, and Libertyville. The first three are within 40 miles of each other.
Hampton and New Hampton are both county seats about 50 miles apart.
Dallas Center and Melcher-Dallas are also about 50 miles apart. The latter was a pair of separate neighboring cities that merged in 1986.
Creston and Preston. One letter difference, 215 miles apart.
Pleasant Hill and Pleasantville, which are only about 20 miles apart. And then there's Mount Pleasant.
Fairfax, Fairbank, and Fairfield can all be found in eastern Iowa, as are Riverdale, Riverside, and River Junction.
Tiffin and Tipton are only about 30 miles apart.
Urbana and Urbandale. Three more letters and about 48,000 more people in the latter.
There are quite a few "Lake" places in Iowa, but only 60 miles of US 71 separate Spirit Lake and Storm Lake.
Edit: I'll add Coralville, a suburb of Iowa City, and Coalville, a bedroom community for Fort Dodge.
And then there are Wilton, Milton, and Welton, all scattered throughout eastern Iowa. Wilton actually called itself Wilton Junction for many years until ZIP codes came along; in 1972 they officially dropped the Junction.
Even more in Iowa (Why are there so many of these?):
Waukee and Waukon. The former is a rapidly-growing Des Moines suburb, and the latter is a county seat in northeast Iowa.
Gilbert and Gilbertville. The former is north of Ames and the latter is southeast of Waterloo.
Beacon and Beaconsfield, both in southern Iowa about 80 miles apart
Atkins and Watkins, only 10 miles apart and in the same county
Chester and West Chester, nowhere near each other
Grundy Center and Guthrie Center, both county seats of their namesake counties
Sidney and Sibley, also both county seats. The former in the SW corner of Iowa and the latter near the NW corner.
Keokuk and Keosauqua, county seats in adjacent counties in southeast Iowa
Eldora, Ladora, and Panora
Clear Lake and Crystal Lake, only 21 miles apart
Oakland and Oakland Acres, over 130 miles apart
Farmersburg and Farmington, near the NE and SE corners of the state, respectively
Sloan and Solon, over 240 miles apart
Springville and Springdale, both in east-central Iowa
Early and Earling, about 50 miles apart in western Iowa
Gilman and Gilmore City
Woodward and Woodbine
Aplington and Arlington
Stockton and Stockport
Stanhope and Stanwood
Lawton and Luton, only 10 miles apart and in the same county
Arion, Elberon, Albion, and Albia
Dows and Dow City
Lone Tree and Lone Rock
Elkhart, Elk Horn, and Elkport
I'd like to dedicate this next section to the county seats in Iowa starting with the letter c. There are way too many of them and there are several that I constantly mix up due to having very similar names, especially the ones in southern Iowa since they're all fairly close together.
Creston and Cresco
Chariton, Clarion, and Clarinda
Corning and Corydon
WI has 3 Blacks (Black Earth, Black Creek, Black River Falls), and 3 Greens (Green Bay, Greendale, Greenville)
Quote from: thspfc on June 05, 2022, 08:04:29 AM
WI has 3 Blacks (Black Earth, Black Creek, Black River Falls), and 3 Greens (Green Bay, Greendale, Greenville)
I still think it's funny that Green Bay is in Brown County.
There are two cities named St. Anthony in Minnesota, and there used to be two cities named Franklin.
Greenwich, CT is both a town and city adjacent to each other.
Groton, CT has a town and city east of New London.
Newburgh, NY in Orange County is the name of two municipalities.
Quote from: roadman65 on June 06, 2022, 12:32:27 AM
Greenwich, CT is both a town and city adjacent to each other.
Groton, CT has a town and city east of New London.
Newburgh, NY in Orange County is the name of two municipalities.
Pfft. Lots of Town of X and Village of X in NY.
Quote from: Rothman on June 06, 2022, 06:47:19 AM
Quote from: roadman65 on June 06, 2022, 12:32:27 AM
Greenwich, CT is both a town and city adjacent to each other.
Groton, CT has a town and city east of New London.
Newburgh, NY in Orange County is the name of two municipalities.
Pfft. Lots of Town of X and Village of X in NY.
That would explain Lake George Vil. on highway guides along the two NY 9N exits in Lake George. I always wondered why the need to add the type of municipality for it.
Quote from: roadman65 on June 06, 2022, 08:29:09 AM
Quote from: Rothman on June 06, 2022, 06:47:19 AM
Quote from: roadman65 on June 06, 2022, 12:32:27 AM
Greenwich, CT is both a town and city adjacent to each other.
Groton, CT has a town and city east of New London.
Newburgh, NY in Orange County is the name of two municipalities.
Pfft. Lots of Town of X and Village of X in NY.
That would explain Lake George Vil. on highway guides along the two NY 9N exits in Lake George. I always wondered why the need to add the type of municipality for it.
In that case, the signs are referring to the village itself instead of the lake.
The town/village thing is different, as it's way more common and rarely to never differentiated on signage. I can think of about a dozen examples just in the Rochester area alone: Webster, Pittsford, Sodus, Lyons, Palmyra, Macedon, Victor, Lima, Avon, Caledonia, LeRoy, Bergen, etc.
Quote from: plain on May 01, 2022, 12:29:03 PM
NC: Henderson and Hendersonville
Henderson is the county seat of Vance County, located on I-85 in the north-central part of the state.
Hendersonville is located off I-26 in the southwestern part of the state, and is the county seat of Henderson County :colorful:
VA: Front Royal and Port Royal
Both are incorporated. Front Royal sits on the Shenandoah River, at the southern junction of US 340 and US 522, and near I-66.
Port Royal is on the Rappahannock River by the junction of US 17 and US 301.
Also VA: Montpelier
There are two places named Montpelier in Virginia. One is a plantation and the home of James Madison, located in Orange County just west of the county seat (Orange).
The other is a CDP located in western Hanover County, on US 33. I've lived in the latter a couple times.
Accomack County has Mappsburg and Mappsville, two separate CDPs.
Quote from: Molandfreak on June 05, 2022, 10:48:47 PM
There are two cities named St. Anthony in Minnesota, and there used to be two cities named Franklin.
There's also Spring Park and Spring Lake Park in very different parts of the metro.
Quote from: webny99 on June 06, 2022, 10:26:57 AM
Quote from: roadman65 on June 06, 2022, 08:29:09 AM
Quote from: Rothman on June 06, 2022, 06:47:19 AM
Quote from: roadman65 on June 06, 2022, 12:32:27 AM
Greenwich, CT is both a town and city adjacent to each other.
Groton, CT has a town and city east of New London.
Newburgh, NY in Orange County is the name of two municipalities.
Pfft. Lots of Town of X and Village of X in NY.
That would explain Lake George Vil. on highway guides along the two NY 9N exits in Lake George. I always wondered why the need to add the type of municipality for it.
In that case, the signs are referring to the village itself instead of the lake.
...or instead of the Town of Lake George
Quote from: Rothman on June 06, 2022, 01:21:37 PM
Quote from: webny99 on June 06, 2022, 10:26:57 AM
In that case, the signs are referring to the village itself instead of the lake.
...or instead of the Town of Lake George
Possible, but then I question why it isn't done anywhere else. Plus, there's not much reason to sign the town as distinct from the village.
Quote from: webny99 on June 06, 2022, 02:13:31 PM
Quote from: Rothman on June 06, 2022, 01:21:37 PM
Quote from: webny99 on June 06, 2022, 10:26:57 AM
In that case, the signs are referring to the village itself instead of the lake.
...or instead of the Town of Lake George
Possible, but then I question why it isn't done anywhere else. Plus, there's not much reason to sign the town as distinct from the village.
The Village is the tourist draw.
Not in the same state, but Lake County, IL and Lake County, IN both share common borders with Cook County, IL.
Also, and this sometimes gets me going, is when the local radio and TV weather people say that the NWS has sounded a tornado warning for Menominee County. In response, I'll yell out loud, "Menominee County IN WHAT STATE?".Menominee County Michigan and Menominee County Wisconsin are both in the local TV coverage range of the Green Bay market, but are well separated from each other. :banghead:
Mike
Quote from: MikieTimT on April 29, 2022, 02:42:35 PM
I'll go one better than all of these.
Perry County, AR (https://goo.gl/maps/4CRgESve6Q9gjb7M7)
Perry and Perryville in Perry County, AR.
There's barely even 2 miles between the towns.
Usually there are more state troopers between the 2 towns than there are miles.
Illinois has a Beecher and a Beecher City. Beecher is in Will County; Beecher City is in Effingham County.