Ambiguous City Names

[TheHighwayMan3561]

One that I don't really think of because I live near one of them, but I run into more people than I realize that confuse Albert Lea and Albertville, MN. Albertville is a regional destination due to their large outlet mall.

[ethanhopkin14]

What about state vs. city?  It's almost obligatory to add "state" at the end of Washington and New York referring to the state, cutting down the confusion from Washington, DC and New York, respectively. 

[zachary_amaryllis]

westminster, co seems more north than west, to me.

longmont is much wider than it is long. (named for longs peak, i think, but it sounded funny)

[Desert Man]

California City in where else CA! Home of the Whiptails minor league baseball team (not sure they're coming back). It has 200 square miles of city area but 20,000 residents overall. Close to Edwards AFB and Space-X facilities, so people who live there have a job close to them. And in the Star Trek universe, it is a massive major city akin to New York City or nearby L.A. in size.

[Desert Man]

There are 8 counties named Orange, although I know of one in Southern CA, home to Disneyland.

Orange County, California, part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area.
Orange County, Florida, containing Orlando and Walt Disney World.
Orange County, Indiana (home county of VP Danforth "Dan" Quayle).
Orange County, New York, part of the New York metropolitan area.
Orange County, North Carolina.
Orange County, Texas (not sure it has the city of Orange, like the one in CA).
Orange County, Vermont.
Orange County, Virginia.

In Tulsa OK, a city similar in size to the state capital OK City, locals joke about Osage County is their "Orange County". It has affluent areas known for oil pumping (similar to CA's own Kern county where many Oklahomans have relatives from the 1930s dust bowl relocations). In Provo UT, Utah county is their "Orange county", must be from all those Californians who moved in.

The Orange County Choppers are based in the one in upstate NY.

[webny99]

I always found it mildly humorous that the Village of Florida, NY is located in Orange County.

[roadman65]

Well in New Jersey it is Washington as the most ambiguous name as no matter where you drive, there is a Washington Township.  NJ 57 encounters two with Washington and one Borough.  I believe the USPS considers the Morris County Washington as Mount Olive, though, to avoid confusion in mail sending.

Jasper is used a lot in the Southeast. 

Jasper, FL
Jasper, AL
Jasper, TN
Jasper, MS
Jasper County, SC (part of the Savannah, GA metropolitan area)

[empirestate]

Joke to follow:

There are 9 counties named Orange, although I know of one in Southern CA, home to Disneyland.

Orange County, California, part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area.
Orange County, Florida, containing Orlando and Walt Disney World.
Orange County, Indiana (home county of VP Danforth "Dan" Quayle).
Orange County, New York, part of the New York metropolitan area.
Orange County, North Carolina.
Orange County, Texas (not sure it has the city of Orange, like the one in CA).
Orange County, Vermont.
Orange County, Virginia.
[...]
The Orange County Choppers are based in the one in upstate NY.

</joke> 

[NWI_Irish96]

There are 8 counties named Orange, although I know of one in Southern CA, home to Disneyland.

Orange County, California, part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area.
Orange County, Florida, containing Orlando and Walt Disney World.
Orange County, Indiana (home county of VP Danforth "Dan" Quayle).
Orange County, New York, part of the New York metropolitan area.
Orange County, North Carolina.
Orange County, Texas (not sure it has the city of Orange, like the one in CA).
Orange County, Vermont.
Orange County, Virginia.

In Tulsa OK, a city similar in size to the state capital OK City, locals joke about Osage County is their "Orange County". It has affluent areas known for oil pumping (similar to CA's own Kern county where many Oklahomans have relatives from the 1930s dust bowl relocations). In Provo UT, Utah county is their "Orange county", must be from all those Californians who moved in.

The Orange County Choppers are based in the one in upstate NY.

Quayle isn't from Orange County. He was born in Indy and spent most of his adult life in Huntington before retiring to Arizona.

[ethanhopkin14]

There are 8 counties named Orange, although I know of one in Southern CA, home to Disneyland.

Orange County, California, part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area.
Orange County, Florida, containing Orlando and Walt Disney World.
Orange County, Indiana (home county of VP Danforth "Dan" Quayle).
Orange County, New York, part of the New York metropolitan area.
Orange County, North Carolina.
Orange County, Texas (not sure it has the city of Orange, like the one in CA).
Orange County, Vermont.
Orange County, Virginia.

In Tulsa OK, a city similar in size to the state capital OK City, locals joke about Osage County is their "Orange County". It has affluent areas known for oil pumping (similar to CA's own Kern county where many Oklahomans have relatives from the 1930s dust bowl relocations). In Provo UT, Utah county is their "Orange county", must be from all those Californians who moved in.

The Orange County Choppers are based in the one in upstate NY.

Quayle isn't from Orange County. He was born in Indy and spent most of his adult life in Huntington before retiring to Arizona.

Orange, Texas is indeed in Orange County.  Not a bad assumption though, the list of counties and like named cities not in that county in Texas is lengthy. 

[roadman65]

There are 8 counties named Orange, although I know of one in Southern CA, home to Disneyland.

Orange County, California, part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area.
Orange County, Florida, containing Orlando and Walt Disney World.
Orange County, Indiana (home county of VP Danforth "Dan" Quayle).
Orange County, New York, part of the New York metropolitan area.
Orange County, North Carolina.
Orange County, Texas (not sure it has the city of Orange, like the one in CA).
Orange County, Vermont.
Orange County, Virginia.

In Tulsa OK, a city similar in size to the state capital OK City, locals joke about Osage County is their "Orange County". It has affluent areas known for oil pumping (similar to CA's own Kern county where many Oklahomans have relatives from the 1930s dust bowl relocations). In Provo UT, Utah county is their "Orange county", must be from all those Californians who moved in.

The Orange County Choppers are based in the one in upstate NY.

Quayle isn't from Orange County. He was born in Indy and spent most of his adult life in Huntington before retiring to Arizona.

Orange, Texas is indeed in Orange County.  Not a bad assumption though, the list of counties and like named cities not in that county in Texas is lengthy. 

Pretty much everywhere.  Georgia and Ohio have plenty of examples.

[zachary_amaryllis]

cheyenne, wy is in laramie county.
laramie, wy is in albany county.

[Dirt Roads]

There are 8 counties named Orange, although I know of one in Southern CA, home to Disneyland.

Orange County, California, part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area.
Orange County, Florida, containing Orlando and Walt Disney World.
Orange County, Indiana (home county of VP Danforth "Dan" Quayle).
Orange County, New York, part of the New York metropolitan area.
Orange County, North Carolina.
Orange County, Texas (not sure it has the city of Orange, like the one in CA).
Orange County, Vermont.
Orange County, Virginia.

The ones in Virginia and North Carolina are both named after the Scottish House of Orange (which ironically was and is the royalty in The Netherlands).  Similarly, the ones in New York and Vermont are named after William of Orange (later King William III, to whom our Revolutionary War was waged).  The one in Indiana is named after mine here in North Carolina.

I suspect that all the others are named after the citrus fruits that grow in those states.

[Urban Prairie Schooner]

I've been to both Murfeesboro, TN and AR, and the AR one is famous because of the nearby Crater of Diamonds State Park. Despite being there before, I had to look up where Murfeesboro, AR was because the town itself isn't very significant.

Ironically both Murfreesboros are just down the road from a Nashville.

[Dirt Roads]

I've been to both Murfeesboro, TN and AR, and the AR one is famous because of the nearby Crater of Diamonds State Park. Despite being there before, I had to look up where Murfeesboro, AR was because the town itself isn't very significant.

Ironically both Murfreesboros are just down the road from a Nashville.

In the grander scheme of things, the other Murfreesboro is not too far from Nashville, North Carolina (but not down the same road).  One of my wife's ancestors was buried in this Murfreesboro with his horse in the family cemetery.  It's become a well-known Halloween tale in that area.

[Desert Man]

Oklahoma City (state capital of Oklahoma) in Oklahoma County...the city limits is 600 some square miles of area, it is actually in 6 counties...and only half a million people overall. The name Oklahoma means "Land of the red people" in Choctaw, one of 5 major Native American tribal nations, and 35-50 tribes have land jurisdictions in the eastern and southern halves of the state. OKC is in the middle portion not within any tribal nations jurisdictions, parts of northern and western OK aren't either.

[US 89]

Oklahoma City (state capital of Oklahoma) in Oklahoma County...the city limits is 600 some square miles of area, it is actually in 6 counties...and only half a million people overall. The name Oklahoma means "Land of the red people" in Choctaw, one of 5 major Native American tribal nations, and 35-50 tribes have land jurisdictions in the eastern and southern halves of the state. OKC is in the middle portion not within any tribal nations jurisdictions, parts of northern and western OK aren't either.

Six counties? I only see four - Oklahoma, Cleveland, Canadian, and just a tiny bit of Pottawatomie.

[Desert Man]

Oklahoma City (state capital of Oklahoma) in Oklahoma County...the city limits is 600 some square miles of area, it is actually in 6 counties...and only half a million people overall. The name Oklahoma means "Land of the red people" in Choctaw, one of 5 major Native American tribal nations, and 35-50 tribes have land jurisdictions in the eastern and southern halves of the state. OKC is in the middle portion not within any tribal nations jurisdictions, parts of northern and western OK aren't either.

Six counties? I only see four - Oklahoma, Cleveland, Canadian, and just a tiny bit of Pottawatomie.

Yes, I stand corrected. The OK City metro area is 7 counties including Pottawatomie where the city of Shawnee is located. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_metropolitan_area