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City/Town Names that are one-of-a-kind

Started by webny99, January 14, 2019, 12:01:00 PM

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MNHighwayMan

Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on April 02, 2019, 08:17:41 AM
Another big no for this thread. Houma, Louisiana isn't unique, as there is the county-level city of 侯马 (Hóumǎ) in Shanxi, China.

I don't think that counts.


hotdogPi

Quote from: MNHighwayMan on April 02, 2019, 02:28:00 PM
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on April 02, 2019, 08:17:41 AM
Another big no for this thread. Houma, Louisiana isn't unique, as there is the county-level city of 侯马 (Hóumǎ) in Shanxi, China.

I don't think that counts.

It should. A city named Beijing in the US wouldn't count because of the one in China, even though it's also transliterated.
Clinched, minus I-93 (I'm missing a few miles and my file is incorrect)

Traveled, plus US 13, 44, and 50, and several state routes

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MNHighwayMan

Quote from: 1 on April 02, 2019, 02:29:20 PM
Quote from: MNHighwayMan on April 02, 2019, 02:28:00 PM
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on April 02, 2019, 08:17:41 AM
Another big no for this thread. Houma, Louisiana isn't unique, as there is the county-level city of 侯马 (Hóumǎ) in Shanxi, China.
I don't think that counts.
It should. A city named Beijing in the US wouldn't count because of the one in China, even though it's also transliterated.

Sure, but that's because a hypothetical Beijing in the US is likely named for the Chinese city.

Houma, LA was named for the natives who formerly lived there. Vastly different etymology from whatever the Chinese city is named after.

kphoger

Quote from: MNHighwayMan on April 02, 2019, 02:32:23 PM
Quote from: 1 on April 02, 2019, 02:29:20 PM
Quote from: MNHighwayMan on April 02, 2019, 02:28:00 PM
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on April 02, 2019, 08:17:41 AM
Another big no for this thread. Houma, Louisiana isn't unique, as there is the county-level city of 侯马 (Hóumǎ) in Shanxi, China.
I don't think that counts.
It should. A city named Beijing in the US wouldn't count because of the one in China, even though it's also transliterated.

Sure, but that's because a hypothetical Beijing in the US is likely named for the Chinese city.

Houma, LA was named for the natives who formerly lived there. Vastly different etymology from whatever the Chinese city is named after.

So, then, what about towns named Clinton that aren't named after the same person?
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MNHighwayMan

Quote from: kphoger on April 02, 2019, 02:47:57 PM
So, then, what about towns named Clinton that aren't named after the same person?

The name "Clinton" likely has the same origin/etymology between two different people with that same last name, even if they're not related. I would count that as the same.

roadman65

Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on April 02, 2019, 08:17:41 AM
Another big no for this thread. Houma, Louisiana isn't unique, as there is the county-level city of 侯马 (Hóumǎ) in Shanxi, China.
Houma I almost moved there.  Great city not too much development and far enough away from NOLA to want to go to the big city without a lengthy drive.

If my friend did not wiggle out of a deal he made with someone and meet a conman in the process I would have helped him build a community there.  I liked the people there and though not one of a kind name a one of a kind type of city.
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Bruce

Houma, Shanxi has 290,000 people

Houma, Louisana has...34,000.

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bing101

Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on March 29, 2019, 04:39:56 AM
Quote from: oscar on January 14, 2019, 08:16:57 PM
For some others from those threads, which I've visited:

Asbestos, Quebec


Spelled "Asbestos" maybe, but there is Shimian (石棉) county in Sichuan, China, which translates to "Asbestos".

Tom Scott did a segment on Asbestos, Quebec due to the history of mining in that area.



Finrod

Quote from: Rushmeister on January 15, 2019, 12:52:41 PM
Indiana (almost certainly one-of-a-kinds)
Nappanee
Oolitic
Gnaw Bone

Don't forget East Oolitic.

Question: would Texarkana, TX/AR and Kansas City, KS/MO be considered one city or two for the purposes of this thread?
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DandyDan

This one is a challenge for Iowa, if native American names don't count. The one that definitely fits is Le Mars. I suspect Dubuque and Bettendorf are unique.
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vegas1962

A few I can think of off the top of my head:

Bad Axe, MI
Frankenmuth, MI
Pinconning, MI
Pigeon Forge, TN

sprjus4

Elizabeth City, NC
Kill Devil Hills, NC
Kitty Hawk, NC
Virginia Beach, VA
Myrtle Beach, SC

jakeroot

Quote from: sprjus4 on April 22, 2020, 12:10:46 AM
Elizabeth City, NC

This seems like a cop-out. There's a lot of cities named "Elizabeth".

sprjus4

Quote from: jakeroot on April 22, 2020, 01:19:59 AM
Quote from: sprjus4 on April 22, 2020, 12:10:46 AM
Elizabeth City, NC

This seems like a cop-out. There's a lot of cities named "Elizabeth".
Yes, but not "Elizabeth City" .

jakeroot

Quote from: sprjus4 on April 22, 2020, 01:33:27 AM
Quote from: jakeroot on April 22, 2020, 01:19:59 AM
Quote from: sprjus4 on April 22, 2020, 12:10:46 AM
Elizabeth City, NC

This seems like a cop-out. There's a lot of cities named "Elizabeth".
Yes, but not "Elizabeth City" .

So adding "City" makes it one-of-a-kind? I guess it gets in on a technicality**, but I feel like it misses the spirit of the thread.

Then again, I ain't the OP. Just my opinion.

** There was an Elizabeth City in the Virginia Colony

sprjus4

Quote from: jakeroot on April 22, 2020, 03:15:15 AM
** There was an Elizabeth City in the Virginia Colony
This is where the name comes from. Used to be where Hampton is today.

ftballfan

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Quote from: Brandon on March 14, 2019, 12:04:21 PM
Quote from: nexus73 on March 14, 2019, 01:53:15 AM
Powers sounds like a plebian name but it is the only city of Powers I could find with a web search.  Their high school is called the Cruisers, which is about timber cruising, not car cruising or naval warships.

Powers, Michigan, a village in the UP.

Is a village in Michigan incorporated or unincorporated?  Powers in Oregon is an incorporated city.  The police department is one man, the chief.  Recently he was set upon by some who wished to do him harm and the citizenry came to his rescue.  It sounds like something from the Wild West but that ~is~ the ethos of Powers, an isolated logging town in the Coast Range.

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jakeroot

Quote from: sprjus4 on April 22, 2020, 08:03:46 AM
Quote from: jakeroot on April 22, 2020, 03:15:15 AM
** There was an Elizabeth City in the Virginia Colony
This is where the name comes from. Used to be where Hampton is today.

This website seems to indicate that Elizabeth City was named after either Queen Elizabeth or Elizabeth Tooley, the latter being more likely as that was the name of a woman who owned a large chunk of the land where the city is today. It could have been named after Queen Elizabeth, but that would simply mean that both the colonial city, as well as the city in North Carolina, had the same eponym.

wriddle082

Statesboro, GA is the only Statesboro in existence.

Other possible one-of-a-kind places that I can think of:
Hohenwald, TN
Tullahoma, TN
Vonore, TN
Sneedville, TN
Alcoa, TN


cwf1701

Quote from: GaryV on January 14, 2019, 07:01:21 PM
Michigan in addition to Zilwaukee

Kalamazoo
Oshtemo
Otsego
Novi
Muskegon
Makatawa
Dowagiac
Allegan
Saugatuck
Hesperia
Newaygo
Onekama
Mackinac/Mackinaw
Tawas
Alpena
Escanaba
Cheboygan
Ontonagon
Petoskey
Charlevoix (or is there one in France?)
Epoufette
Naubinway
Brevort
Brimley
Munising
Manistee
Manistique
Ishpeming
Negaunee
Michigamme
Watersmeet
Copper Harbor

and Hell MI.

hotdogPi

Clinched, minus I-93 (I'm missing a few miles and my file is incorrect)

Traveled, plus US 13, 44, and 50, and several state routes

I will be in Burlington VT for the eclipse.

J3ebrules

Let's see... New Jersey.

My birth town, Hoboken.
Piscataway (it's an unincorporated place in Maryland, so doesn't count against the Jersey one).
Parsippany
Hackensack
Paramus
Barnegat
Oradell
Shamong
Hi-Nella

And of course, Ho-Ho-Kus.
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A few in NEPA:

       
  • Brodheadsville
  • Kunkletown
  • Blakeslee
  • Jim Thorpe
  • Lehighton
  • Stroudsburg
  • Effort
  • Dunmore
  • Throop
  • Moosic
  • Olyphant

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