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City/town names ending with state abbreviations

Started by 2Co5_14, March 12, 2014, 01:05:02 PM

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2Co5_14

My wierd roadgeek mind started thinking about this: what are some examples of city or town names ending with the abbreviation of their state?
Here are some I have thought of:

Adak; Aniak; Emmonak; Kodiak, AK (there are a few others I left out)
Santa Monica; Manteca, CA
Frisco, CO
Dahlonega, GA
Albany, NY
Aliquippa, PA

Others???


briantroutman

Coincidentally, I came across one yesterday where the inclusion of the state abbreviation was intentional: Claycomo, MO (located in Clay County, MO). I suppose that also makes it a little redundant.

Is this the only example that's also intentional?

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NE2

Pfaffl, FL
Alan, AN
Okay, OK
Tennga, GA
Illmo, MO
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agentsteel53

Quote from: NE2 on March 12, 2014, 01:24:05 PM
Pfaffl, FL
Alan, AN
Okay, OK
Tennga, GA
Illmo, MO

bzzt, wrong.  Okay is not in Aysen Region, Chile, and we all know that the two-letter postal abbreviation for Alanland is GOAT.
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hotdogPi

#6
If Canada is included, there are a lot in Ontario.

Hamilton
Burlington
Princeton
Brampton
Milton

In the United States:

Rome (you can figure out the state)
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DTComposer

Quote from: 2Co5_14 on March 12, 2014, 01:05:02 PM
My wierd roadgeek mind started thinking about this: what are some examples of city or town names ending with the abbreviation of their state?
Here are some I have thought of:

Adak; Aniak; Emmonak; Kodiak, AK (there are a few others I left out)
Santa Monica; Manteca, CA
Frisco, CO
Dahlonega, GA
Albany, NY
Aliquippa, PA

Others???

Pacifica, CA
Mattawa, WA

bassoon1986

Bayou Goula, LA
Catahoula, LA
Creola,LA
Olla, LA
Ponchatoula, LA

golden eagle

La Paz, AZ...if ghost towns and counties count.

NWI_Irish96

Indiana: counties 100%, highways 100%
Illinois: counties 100%, highways 61%
Michigan: counties 100%, highways 56%
Wisconsin: counties 86%, highways 23%

PHLBOS

Quote from: 1 on March 12, 2014, 03:11:28 PM
If Canada is included, there are a lot in Ontario.

Hamilton
Burlington
Princeton
Brampton
Milton
I'm surprised that you didn't include Boston in your above-list.  :sombrero:

Here's one I'm surprised nobody thought of yet:

Philadelphia, IA
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Kacie Jane

Quote from: briantroutman on March 12, 2014, 01:15:02 PM
Coincidentally, I came across one yesterday where the inclusion of the state abbreviation was intentional: Claycomo, MO (located in Clay County, MO). I suppose that also makes it a little redundant.

Is this the only example that's also intentional?

Off NE2's list, Tennga and Illmo look pretty intentional to me. :)

pianocello

Quote from: PHLBOS on March 13, 2014, 11:46:08 AM
Here's one I'm surprised nobody thought of yet:

Philadelphia, IA

Umm... because it doesn't exist? (If you could prove me wrong, that would be awesome)

Albia, IA does, though.
Davenport, IA -> Valparaiso, IN -> Ames, IA -> Orlando, FL -> Gainesville, FL -> Evansville, IN

roadman65

Nome, AK
Rome, GA

Delmar, DE & MD (funny even though created from the two states it is in it has another state thousands of miles away)
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hotdogPi

Quote from: roadman65 on March 15, 2014, 05:59:22 PM
Nome, AK
Rome, GA

Delmar, DE & MD (funny even though created from the two states it is in it has another state thousands of miles away)

It has to end with the state it's in.
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Traveled, plus
US 13, 44, 50
MA 22, 35, 40, 107, 109, 126, 141, 159
NH 27, 111A(E); CA 133; NY 366; GA 42, 140; FL A1A, 7; CT 32; VT 2A, 5A; PA 3, 51, 60, QC 162, 165, 263; 🇬🇧A100, A3211, A3213, A3215, A4222; 🇫🇷95 D316

Lowest untraveled: 25

golden eagle

Normal, AL (home to Alabama A&M University).

KEVIN_224

For Connecticut: Prospect and...good question!

Zeffy

I'm going to assume that nowhere in the US does a city/town end with 'NJ'. Actually, does any word end with J?

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hotdogPi

Quote from: Zeffy on March 15, 2014, 09:22:34 PM
I'm going to assume that nowhere in the US does a city/town end with 'NJ'. Actually, does any word end with J?

No common words in English end with the letter j or the letter v.
Clinched

Traveled, plus
US 13, 44, 50
MA 22, 35, 40, 107, 109, 126, 141, 159
NH 27, 111A(E); CA 133; NY 366; GA 42, 140; FL A1A, 7; CT 32; VT 2A, 5A; PA 3, 51, 60, QC 162, 165, 263; 🇬🇧A100, A3211, A3213, A3215, A4222; 🇫🇷95 D316

Lowest untraveled: 25

golden eagle

If you want to use the long abbreviation, there's Florala, Ala.

agentsteel53

Quote from: 1 on March 15, 2014, 09:23:48 PM
No common words in English end with the letter j or the letter v.

only one I can think of offhand is "hajj" and that is definitely an import.
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KEVIN_224

#24
Found one! ---> Rome, ME in Kennebec County

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome,_Maine



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