City names with "City"

[Molandfreak]

Junction City, OR. Where U.S. 99 split.

[PHLBOS]

One of the pieces of junkmail that I recently tossed had a White City, OR address.

It's worth noting that there's also a White City, FL and a White City, KS.  I confess, that I only discovered the latter two while typing White City, OR on Google Maps.

[ethanhopkin14]

Bridge City, TX
Johnson City, TN and TX
Jersey Village, TX
Baytown, TX
Fredricksburg, TX
Halletsville, TX
Colorado City, TX
Canyon City, TX
Missouri City, TX
Floresville, TX
Beeville, TX
Brownsville, TX

Always City of Industry, CA.  Is the legal name the City of The City of Industry?

[ethanhopkin14]

Burlington, VT

[bassoon1986]

Also Texas City

[ethanhopkin14]

Also Texas City

Yeah, but that one had been mentioned in the thread already.

[bassoon1986]

Aw shoot. Hadn't read back in a while. Thanks.

[hotdogPi]

Burlington, VT

That doesn't have City in it...

[ethanhopkin14]

Burlington, VT

That doesn't have City in it...

Not city, but what does the suffix ton mean?

[sammi]

Burlington, VT

That doesn't have City in it...

Not city, but what does the suffix ton mean?

I think I said "city", not "to(w)n".

[ethanhopkin14]

Burlington, VT

That doesn't have City in it...

Not city, but what does the suffix ton mean?

I think I said "city", not "to(w)n".

That's cool.  Now rip all the other people who have posted on this thread who used "Village" while you get on to me for using town. There were several posts using village so I am not cool with being singled out here.

[sammi]

That's cool.  Now rip all the other people who have posted on this thread who used "Village" while you get on to me for using town. There were several posts using village so I am not cool with being singled out here.

Fine, "town" counts. So do "village", "township" and "-polis".

[Brandon]

Burlington, VT

That doesn't have City in it...

Not city, but what does the suffix ton mean?

I think I said "city", not "to(w)n".

That's cool.  Now rip all the other people who have posted on this thread who used "Village" while you get on to me for using town. There were several posts using village so I am not cool with being singled out here.

Hell, if we include the "ton" suffix, we'd need to include "berg", "burg", "bourg", "boro", and "ville" as well.  I think the suffixes should be excluded and we should only include them if "city", "village", "boro or borough", and "town" appear separate from the municipal name, i.e. "Texas City", "Elk Grove Village", "Charles Town", etc.

[vtk]

Burlington, VT

That doesn't have City in it...

Not city, but what does the suffix ton mean?

I think I said "city", not "to(w)n".

That's cool.  Now rip all the other people who have posted on this thread who used "Village" while you get on to me for using town. There were several posts using village so I am not cool with being singled out here.

It's not quite the same.  You didn't use " Town", a separate word, but "ton", a suffix.  A suffix in a proper name is more easily overlooked than a separate word.  One may argue that once Burlington officially acquired its name, it was no longer "Burling town" but simply Burlington, a word to be treated as a unit not meant to be broken apart and parsed.  One may also argue that this happens even with separate-word names like Grove City, but I think this effect is weaker when the city word remains a separate word.

On the other hand, I think someone already pointed out cities using the "ton" suffix, but as I recall that person also explained in that post why the example fits the topic, avoiding reader confusion.

In summary: nobody's completely right, nobody's completely wrong, everybody please chill.

[ethanhopkin14]

Burlington, VT

That doesn't have City in it...

Not city, but what does the suffix ton mean?

I think I said "city", not "to(w)n".

That's cool.  Now rip all the other people who have posted on this thread who used "Village" while you get on to me for using town. There were several posts using village so I am not cool with being singled out here.

It's not quite the same.  You didn't use " Town", a separate word, but "ton", a suffix.  A suffix in a proper name is more easily overlooked than a separate word.  One may argue that once Burlington officially acquired its name, it was no longer "Burling town" but simply Burlington, a word to be treated as a unit not meant to be broken apart and parsed.  One may also argue that this happens even with separate-word names like Grove City, but I think this effect is weaker when the city word remains a separate word.

On the other hand, I think someone already pointed out cities using the "ton" suffix, but as I recall that person also explained in that post why the example fits the topic, avoiding reader confusion.

In summary: nobody's completely right, nobody's completely wrong, everybody please chill.

I completely agree, but since a poster used Indianapolis as an example (a 100% fake name with a Greek suffix that is also one word) and all was okay with it, I just followed suit and put in Burlington, since it's translation is Burling Town. Then it is not okay. All is good and I will abide by the rules from now on.

[GaryV]

I completely agree, but since a poster used Indianapolis as an example (a 100% fake name with a Greek suffix that is also one word) and all was okay with it, I just followed suit and put in Burlington, since it's translation is Burling Town. Then it is not okay. All is good and I will abide by the rules from now on.

But I posted Indianapolis and Minneapolis with a winking smiley, indicating they weren't serious entries.

[hotdogPi]

I completely agree, but since a poster used Indianapolis as an example (a 100% fake name with a Greek suffix that is also one word) and all was okay with it, I just followed suit and put in Burlington, since it's translation is Burling Town. Then it is not okay. All is good and I will abide by the rules from now on.

But I posted Indianapolis and Minneapolis with a winking smiley, indicating they weren't serious entries.

Someone else also used it as a serious answer.

[Pete from Boston]

Hell, if we include the "ton" suffix, we'd need to include "berg", "burg", "bourg", "boro", and "ville" as well.  I think the suffixes should be excluded and we should only include them if "city", "village", "boro or borough", and "town" appear separate from the municipal name, i.e. "Texas City", "Elk Grove Village", "Charles Town", etc.

I realize this may be a bad time, but I was hoping to add Hart's Location, NH, to the list.

[Molandfreak]