# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2222
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New topic Place names that are an altered version of the name of the person for whom they were named (therefore not Washington, Jefferson City, etc) 1. Astoria, Queens: John Jacob Astor ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44427 "2016-06-14T23:35:01Z")
Place names that are an altered version of the name of the person for whom they were named (therefore not Washington, Jefferson City, etc) 1. Astoria, Queens: John Jacob Astor 2. Bolivia: Simon Bolivar ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44428 "2016-06-14T23:59:21Z")
Place names that are an altered version of the name of the person for whom they were named (therefore not Washington, Jefferson City, etc) 1. Astoria, Queens: John Jacob Astor 2. Bolivia: Simon Bolivar 3. Delaware – Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr Odd that his name was West, but it was Delaware named after hiim, not West Virginia. ---
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Place names that are an altered version of the name of the person for whom they were named (therefore not Washington, Jefferson City, etc) 1. Astoria, Queens: John Jacob Astor 2. Bolivia: Simon Bolivar 3. Delaware – Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr 4. Maryland - Queen Henrietta Maria (wife to King Charles I) ---
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Place names that are an altered version of the name of the person for whom they were named (therefore not Washington, Jefferson City, etc) 1. Astoria, Queens: John Jacob Astor 2. Bolivia: Simon Bolivar 3. Delaware – Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr 4. Maryland - Queen Henrietta Maria (wife to King Charles I) 5. Monrovia, Liberia: named after American President James Monroe ---
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Place names that are an altered version of the name of the person for whom they were named (therefore not Washington, Jefferson City, etc) 1. Astoria, Queens: John Jacob Astor 2. Bolivia: Simon Bolivar 3. Delaware – Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr 4. Maryland - Queen Henrietta Maria (wife to King Charles I) 5. Monrovia, Liberia: named after American President James Monroe 6. America - Cartographer Amerigo Vespucci ---
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Place names that are an altered version of the name of the person for whom they were named (therefore not Washington, Jefferson City, etc) 1. Astoria, Queens: John Jacob Astor 2. Bolivia: Simon Bolivar 3. Delaware – Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr 4. Maryland - Queen Henrietta Maria (wife to King Charles I) 5. Monrovia, Liberia: named after American President James Monroe 6. America - Cartographer Amerigo Vespucci 7. Georgia - after George II ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44433 "2016-06-15T03:21:58Z")
Place names that are an altered version of the name of the person for whom they were named (therefore not Washington, Jefferson City, etc) 1. Astoria, Queens: John Jacob Astor 2. Bolivia: Simon Bolivar 3. Delaware – Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr 4. Maryland - Queen Henrietta Maria (wife to King Charles I) 5. Monrovia, Liberia: named after American President James Monroe 6. America - Cartographer Amerigo Vespucci 7. Georgia - after George II 8. North Carolina/South Carolina - King Charles I Charles was latinized to Carolus. ---
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Place names that are an altered version of the name of the person for whom they were named (therefore not Washington, Jefferson City, etc) 1. Astoria, Queens: John Jacob Astor 2. Bolivia: Simon Bolivar 3. Delaware – Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr 4. Maryland - Queen Henrietta Maria (wife to King Charles I) 5. Monrovia, Liberia: named after American President James Monroe 6. America - Cartographer Amerigo Vespucci 7. Georgia - after George II 8. North Carolina/South Carolina - King Charles I 9. Santa Ana, California - named after Saint Anne ---
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Place names that are an altered version of the name of the person for whom they were named (therefore not Washington, Jefferson City, etc) 1. Astoria, Queens: John Jacob Astor 2. Bolivia: Simon Bolivar 3. Delaware – Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr 4. Maryland - Queen Henrietta Maria (wife to King Charles I) 5. Monrovia, Liberia: named after American President James Monroe 6. America - Cartographer Amerigo Vespucci 7. Georgia - after George II 8. North Carolina/South Carolina - King Charles I 9. Santa Ana, California - named after Saint Anne 10. Pennsylvania - William Penn ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44436 "2016-06-15T04:46:57Z")
Place names that are an altered version of the name of the person for whom they were named (therefore not Washington, Jefferson City, etc) 1. Astoria, Queens: John Jacob Astor 2. Bolivia: Simon Bolivar 3. Delaware – Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr 4. Maryland - Queen Henrietta Maria (wife to King Charles I) 5. Monrovia, Liberia: named after American President James Monroe 6. America - Cartographer Amerigo Vespucci 7. Georgia - after George II 8. North Carolina/South Carolina - King Charles I 9. Santa Ana, California - named after Saint Anne 10. Pennsylvania - William Penn 11. Rhodesia, for Cecil Rhodes ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44437 "2016-06-15T04:52:07Z")
Place names that are an altered version of the name of the person for whom they were named (therefore not Washington, Jefferson City, etc) 1. Astoria, Queens: John Jacob Astor 2. Bolivia: Simon Bolivar 3. Delaware – Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr 4. Maryland - Queen Henrietta Maria (wife to King Charles I) 5. Monrovia, Liberia: named after American President James Monroe 6. America - Cartographer Amerigo Vespucci 7. Georgia - after George II 8. North Carolina/South Carolina - King Charles I 9. Santa Ana, California - named after Saint Anne 10. Pennsylvania - William Penn 11. Rhodesia, for Cecil Rhodes 12. Colombia - Christopher Columbus/Colombo/Colon ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44438 "2016-06-15T05:49:22Z")
Place names that are an altered version of the name of the person for whom they were named (therefore not Washington, Jefferson City, etc) 1. Astoria, Queens: John Jacob Astor 2. Bolivia: Simon Bolivar 3. Delaware – Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr 4. Maryland - Queen Henrietta Maria (wife to King Charles I) 5. Monrovia, Liberia: named after American President James Monroe 6. America - Cartographer Amerigo Vespucci 7. Georgia - after George II 8. North Carolina/South Carolina - King Charles I 9. Santa Ana, California - named after Saint Anne 10. Pennsylvania - William Penn 11. Rhodesia, for Cecil Rhodes 12. Colombia - Christopher Columbus/Colombo/Colon 13. St Kitts - for St Christopher Next up, sports teams named for a location other than where their home stadium is located 14. Dallas Cowboys - Arlington, TX ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44439 "2016-06-15T06:48:53Z")
sports teams named for a location other than where their home stadium is located 1. Dallas Cowboys - Arlington, TX 2. Los Angeles Rams - Inglewood, CA ---
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sports teams named for a location other than where their home stadium is located 1. Dallas Cowboys - Arlington, TX 2. Los Angeles Rams - Inglewood, CA 3. New York Giants - East Rutherford, New Jersey ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44441 "2016-06-15T12:56:41Z")
Sports teams named for a location other than where their home stadium is located 1. Dallas Cowboys - Arlington, TX 2. Los Angeles Rams - Inglewood, CA 3. New York Giants - East Rutherford, New Jersey 4. Washington Redskins - Landover, Maryland ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44442 "2016-06-15T13:18:48Z")
Sports teams named for a location other than where their home stadium is located 1. Dallas Cowboys - Arlington, TX 2. Los Angeles Rams - Inglewood, CA 3. New York Giants - East Rutherford, New Jersey 4. Washington Redskins - Landover, Maryland 5. New York Jets - East Rutherford, New Jersey ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44443 "2016-06-15T13:39:20Z")
Sports teams named for a location other than where their home stadium is located 1. Dallas Cowboys - Arlington, TX 2. Los Angeles Rams - Inglewood, CA 3. New York Giants - East Rutherford, New Jersey 4. Washington Redskins - Landover, Maryland 5. New York Jets - East Rutherford, New Jersey 6. Tampa Bay Rays - St. Peersburg FL Actually, named for “Tampa Bay”, a body of water and a regional designation. MLB has a rule that a team cannot be named for a “place” where the ballpark is not located. So the Florida Marlins could not become the Miami Marlins until they built a new stadium inside Miami city limits. The Angels, playing in Ahameim, have to be “The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim”. ---
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Sports teams named for a location other than where their home stadium is located 1. Dallas Cowboys - Arlington, TX 2. Los Angeles Rams - Inglewood, CA 3. New York Giants - East Rutherford, New Jersey 4. Washington Redskins - Landover, Maryland 5. New York Jets - East Rutherford, New Jersey 6. Tampa Bay Rays - St. Petersburg, FL 7. Buffalo Bills - Orchard Park, New York A suburb of Buffalo but not in Buffalo itself ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44445 "2016-06-15T15:38:24Z")
Sports teams named for a location other than where their home stadium is located 1. Dallas Cowboys - Arlington, TX 2. Los Angeles Rams - Inglewood, CA 3. New York Giants - East Rutherford, New Jersey 4. Washington Redskins - Landover, Maryland 5. New York Jets - East Rutherford, New Jersey 6. Tampa Bay Rays - St. Petersburg, FL 7. Buffalo Bills - Orchard Park, New York 8. Green Bay Packers - Ashwaubenon WI Lambeau Field was built on a city block in Ashwaubenon, which was annexed to Green Bay to place their stadium within the city, creating a jog in the city limits line… Part of the stadium-owned complex is still in Ashwaubenon, including the adjacent outdoor practice field… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2221) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2223)