I counted 8 places in the U.S. with “San” or “Saint” in their names. California has 4 (San Francisco, San Bernandino, San Jose, San Diego), Texas has 2 (San Antonio and San Angelo), and Florida, Georgia and Minnesota each have one (St. Augustine, St. Simons Island, and St. Paul). Do you know of any others?
St Petersburg, FL. St. Louis, Missouri. San Luis Obispo, CA.
There are lots of them in CA. San Juan Capistrano, Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, Santa Monica, San Miguel, San Fernando, San Gabriel, Santa Clara, Santa Anita, San Marcos, I know there are more.
PS: Santa = female saint, so it is equivelant.
Uh, St. Louis, St. Joseph, St. Clair, St. James, St. Robert, St. Peters, St. Francois County, St. Ann, St. John, St. Genevieve, St. Marys and St. Charles, Missouri.
Minnesota - Saint Anthony-Saint Charles-Saint Cloud-Saint Francis-Saint James-Saint Joseph-Saint Michael-Saint Paul-Saint Peter-Saint Stephen
Check out http://uscitynameslist.com/ and pick a state.
Saint Joseph, Mo. Departure gate of the Pony Express.
St. Mary’s City, Md.
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.
Sandusky Ohio
Named after a priest?
Does El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula count? There’s no word meaning “saint” in there, but it’s still named after one.
St. Florian town
St. George city
St. Mary's city
St. Michael city
St. Paul city
St. David CDP
St. Johns city
St. Michaels CDP
St. Charles town
St. Francis city
St. Joe town
St. Paul town
St. Helena city
St. Mary's CDP
Glen St. Mary town
Port St. Joe city
Port St. John CDP
Port St. Lucie city
Port St. Lucie-River
St. Augustine city
St. Augustine Beach
St. Augustine Shores
St. Augustine South
St. Cloud city
St. George CDP
St. James City CDP
St. Leo town
St. Lucie village
St. Marks city
St. Pete Beach city
St. Petersburg city
St. Marys city
St. Simons CDP
St. Anthony city
St. Charles city
St. Maries city
East St. Louis city
St. Anne village
St. Augustine villag
St. Charles city
St. David village
St. Elmo city
St. Francisville cit
St. Jacob village
St. Johns village
St. Joseph village
St. Libory village
St. Peter village
St. Joe town
St. John town
St. Leon town
St. Paul town
St. Ansgar city
St. Anthony city
St. Charles city
St. Donatus city
St. Lucas city
St. Marys city
St. Olaf city
St. Paul city
St. Francis city
St. George city
St. John city
St. Marys city
St. Paul city
St. Charles city
St. Dennis CDP
St. Matthews city
St. Regis Park city
St. Francisville tow
St. Gabriel town
St. Joseph town
St. Martinville city
St. Rose CDP
Village St. George C
Cape St. Claire CDP
St. Charles CDP
St. James CDP
St. Leonard CDP
St. Michaels town
St. Charles village
St. Clair city
St. Clair Shores cit
St. Helen CDP
St. Ignace city
St. Johns city
St. Joseph city
St. Louis city
Lake St. Croix Beach
Marine on St. Croix
North St. Paul city
St. Anthony city
St. Anthony city
St. Bonifacius city
St. Charles city
St. Clair city
St. Cloud city
St. Francis city
St. Hilaire city
St. James city
St. Joseph city
St. Leo city
St. Louis Park city
St. Martin city
St. Marys Point city
St. Michael city
St. Paul city
St. Paul Park city
St. Peter city
St. Rosa city
St. Stephen city
St. Vincent city
South St. Paul city
West St. Paul city
Bay St. Louis city
St. Martin CDP
Lake St. Louis city
St. Ann city
St. Charles city
St. Clair city
St. Cloud village
St. Elizabeth villag
St. George city
St. James city
St. John city
St. Joseph city
St. Louis city
St. Martins city
St. Mary city
St. Paul city
St. Peters city
St. Robert city
St. Thomas town
St. Ignatius town
St. Marie CDP
St. Pierre CDP
St. Regis CDP
St. Xavier CDP
St. Edward city
St. Helena village
St. Paul city
St. Bonaventure CDP
St. James CDP
St. Johnsville villa
St. Helena village
St. James town
St. Pauls town
St. Stephens CDP
St. John city
St. Thomas city
St. Bernard city
St. Clairsville city
St. Henry village
St. Louisville villa
St. Martin village
St. Marys city
St. Paris village
St. Louis town
St. Helens city
St. Paul city
St. Clair borough
St. Clairsville boro
St. Lawrence borough
St. Marys city
St. Michael-Sidman C
St. Petersburg borou
Upper St. Clair CDP
St. Andrews CDP
St. George town
St. Matthews town
St. Stephen town
St. Charles CDP
St. Francis town
St. Lawrence town
St. Joseph city
St. Hedwig town
St. Jo city
St. Paul town
St. Paul CDP
St. George city
St. Albans city
St. Johnsbury CDP
St. Charles town
St. Paul town
St. John town
St. Albans city
St. Marys city
St. Cloud village
St. Croix Falls city
St. Francis city
St. Nazianz village
Here’s a list of US town names from the US census buereau. I’ll leave extracting the towns with “Saint” or “San” as a chance for someone else to practice their regex skills.
The Spanish forms, “San” and “Santa”, obviously, are common in areas where the first palefaces to settle were Spanish/Mexican. (Remembering that Mexico was part of Spain in those days.) In CA, this is most noticeable along Highway 101 as far north as Sonoma County (two counties north of San Francisco), which roughly follows the route of the 18th century padres who set up their chain of missions in Alta California. I think a substantial majority of cities along this route have Spanish names, with a great many of them being San-somebody or Santa-somebody.
Elsewhere in CA, there are fewer of those, but still some. For example, along State Route 99 through the San Joaquin Valley, there are a scattered few.
Santa Claus, Indiana
Wow! I never knew that there were so many. I went to St. Louis in '09, and I truly enjoyed it (especially the Arch).
St. Elsewhere
I’ve lived in (almost) three of them:
St. Louis, MO
San Diego, CA
And came thiiiiisssss close to moving to Santa Fe, NM
Don’t forget St. Olaf!
But Santa Fe (= “holy faith”) is not named after a saint, just as Santa Cruz (“holy cross”) isn’t either.