# American cities named after foreign cities **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 29, 2001, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-cities-named-after-foreign-cities/66873 "2001-05-29T10:23:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2026, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-cities-named-after-foreign-cities/66873/61 "2026-07-06T23:32:22Z")
Southold, NY (Southwold, UK) Southampton, NY (Southampton, UK) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2026, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-cities-named-after-foreign-cities/66873/62 "2026-07-07T00:53:46Z")
Let’s reverse it. Filadelfia is a small municipality in Italy named after the US city > **[Filadelfia, Calabria](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filadelfia,_Calabria)** > > Filadelfia (Greek: Philadelphia) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Vibo Valentia in the Italian region Calabria, located about 30 kilometres (19 mi) southwest of Catanzaro and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) northeast of Vibo Valentia. The city was built in 1783 by the people of Castelmonardo, on land that was 6 kilometres (4 mi) from their city that was destroyed by an earthquake. It was named after the city of Philadelphia in the United States. As of 31 December 2013, it had a popula Th... ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2026, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-cities-named-after-foreign-cities/66873/63 "2026-07-07T01:07:05Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Let’s reverse it. You’re probably not going to get much except for those in Canada. I did the same list for Canadian cities, but it was voted off the island. I don’t remember how many Canadian cities were named for American ones, but it was roughly the same as the reverse. I believe that voted-off pages can be restored on Wikipedia, but I don’t know the exact procedure. If anyone wants to try it, let me know and I’ll vote in favor. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2026, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-cities-named-after-foreign-cities/66873/64 "2026-07-08T14:42:19Z")
Filadelfia is the only one in Europe, since nearly all municipalities in Europe are older than this in the US. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2026, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-cities-named-after-foreign-cities/66873/65 "2026-07-08T14:47:57Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > And Lima. (Pronounced “ly-mah”, because it’s not Peru.) There’s a Lima, IL which is pronounced like the Peruvian city as far as I know. My wife, who is Peruvian, made me stop the car so she could get a photo by the “Welcome to Lima” sign. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2026, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-cities-named-after-foreign-cities/66873/66 "2026-07-08T15:09:39Z")
Carlsbad, California Carlsbad, New Mexico Carlsbad, Texas Carlsbad Springs, Ontario are all named after the town formerly known as Carlsbad, Austria-Hungary, now known as Karlovy Vary, in the Czech Republic. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-cities-named-after-foreign-cities/66873.md?page=3)