Cities named 'X City' that aren’t the capital of X

[bibliophage]

A lot of countries (and one U.S. state and one Canadian province) have as their capital (in English) the name of the country or state followed by the word “city”, such as Oklahoma City, Quebec City, Panama City (Panama), or Mexico City. But how many cities are there with such names that aren’t the capitals of the like-named jurisdictions? The city doesn’t have to be in the jurisdiction it shares its name with, and it can be a former capital. It doesn’t count unless “city” is part of the name (so not Greece, New York, or Poland, Maine).

Cities in the U.S. that share their name with their own state
Alabama City, Alabama
Arizona City, Arizona
Arkansas City, Arkansas
California City, California
Colorado City, Colorado
Delaware City, Delaware
Florida City, Florida
Idaho City, Idaho
Illinois City, Illinois
Iowa City, Iowa
Kansas City, Kansas
Maryland City, Maryland
Minnesota City, Minnesota
Mississippi City, Mississippi
Missouri City, Missouri
Montana City, Montana
Nebraska City, Nebraska
Nevada City, Nevada
New York City, New York
Ohio City, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Ohio City, Ohio (Van Wert County)
Oregon City, Oregon
Texas City, Texas
Virginia City, Virginia

Cities in the U.S. that share their name with a different state
Arkansas City, Kansas
Arkansas City, Texas
Colorado City, Arizona
Colorado City, Texas
Georgia City, Missouri
Iowa City, California
Iowa City, Florida
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Tennessee
Michigan City, Indiana
Michigan City, Mississippi
Michigan City, North Dakota
Missouri City, Texas
Nevada City, California
Nevada City, Montana
Ohio City, Missouri
Oregon City, California
Texas City, Illinois
Virginia City, Montana
Virginia City, Nevada
Virginia City, New Mexico
Virginia City, Washington
Washington City, Missouri
Wyoming City, West Virginia

Cities in the U.S. that share their name with another country
Mexico City, New Mexico
Panama City, Florida
Georgia City, Missouri (I counted this one twice)
Cuba City, Wisconsin

Cities outside the U.S.
Belize City, Belize (the one that started it all for me)

If I knew how many of them there were in the U.S. I never would have started this. I can’t believe how much time I’ve wasted tracking these down. I thought there must be more Cities named after foreign countries in the U.S., but I couldn’t think of any more. There are a couple of places called “Columbia City”, but the country is Colombia. I didn’t even look for cities in Canada that might fit the bill, but that’s only because I’m getting sick of this game.

[bibliophage]

Well, there’s a lesson learned. I used alt+0147 and alt+0148 instead of regular quotation marks in the word processor, but vBulletin still truncated it when I pasted it into the subject line (I foolishly previewed).

I will eternally be in the debt of any mod who would be so kind as to make the title say Cities named “X City” that aren’t the capital of X

[waterj2]

I’m pretty sure that New York is just New York, the name New York City just be an unofficial one to distinguish it from the state.

[Greg_Charles]

There’s a Lebanon, MO. They don’t pronounce it like the country, but I thought it took its name from there.

[AndYrAStar]

There’s a Jersey City, NJ.

Also, create another list for “cities in the US that share their name with another planet”… Neptune City, NJ.

[Protesilaus]

*Originally posted by bibliophage *
Well, there’s a lesson learned. I used alt+0147 and alt+0148 instead of regular quotation marks in the word processor, but vBulletin still truncated it when I pasted it into the subject line (I foolishly previewed).

I’ve recently discovered that there’s another way around that problem which still allows you to preview.

[mongrel_8]

I am writing this from Mexico, Missouri. I know it doesn’t meet the “X City” but it should be close enough. BTW there is also a Cuba, Missouri. In counties Scotland County and Texas County, Missouri.

[HeyHomie]

Carson City, NV
Jefferson City, MO
Johnson City, TN

[matt_mcl]

TO my knowledge, Carson, Jefferson, and Johnson are not political entities.

[Ike_Witt]

Belize City used to be the capital of Belize. The city was pretty much wiped out by a hurricane several years ago. After that, the government moved the Capital to Belmopan which is inland, and slightly less at risk from hurricanes.

[Crunchy_Frog]

There’s also a Cairo, Illinois, most commonly pronounced there as KAY-ro. I have no idea if it has anything to do with the one in Egypt or not.

[stuyguy]

waterj2 wrote:

“I’m pretty sure that New York is just New York, the name New York City just be an unofficial one to distinguish it from the state.”

Nuh-uh, wj2. But to be absolutely techical it’s The City of New York. (Yup, capital “C” – and capital “T”!). Sez so right in the charter.

[Hometownboy]

Just to confuse the issue, Oregon City, “the first incorporated city west of the Mississippi” was incorporated in 1829 and was named as the capital of the Oregon Territory. Somewhere in there the capital shifted to Salem (though Portland and other cities certainly wanted those juicy state jobs as well). Check out this site,

Hometownboy
whose hometown is not Oregon City, but is definitely in Oregon

P.S. We also have in Oregon a town of Wasco which is not only not the county seat of Wasco County, it’s not even in Wasco County but in the adjacent Sherman County,

For a fun look at strange Oregon place names, cruise down the page here

[Greg_Charles]

*Originally posted by Crunchy Frog *
**There’s also a Cairo, Illinois, most commonly pronounced there as KAY-ro. I have no idea if it has anything to do with the one in Egypt or not.
**

Yeah, but we haven’t started a category for American cities named after foreign cities … just foreign countries. There must be hundreds of examples of the former. Some famous ones: Athens, GA, Paris, TX, St. Petersburg, FL …

[Scribble]

Originally posted by Greg Charles in this thread:

                     Yeah, but we haven't started a category for American cities named
                     after foreign cities ... just foreign countries. There must be hundreds of
                     examples of the former. Some famous ones: Athens, GA, Paris, TX,
                     St. Petersburg, FL ...

There’s an Odessa, Texas, a Versailles (pronounced “Ver-sales”)Indiana, and a London, Ohio.

What others do you know of?

OK. I’m getting back to work now.

[Scribble]

I meant to start a new thread with that last post. Sorry
for the hijack.

[mongrel_8]

I forgot this one tell I saw it today Kuwait City, Kuwait.

[Ike_Witt]

How about Lima, Ohio?

[Balance]

Well, I’ve been through Yazoo City, Mississippi a few times. It’s in Yazoo County, but it’s not the county seat (that being Water Valley).

[screech-owl]

Dade City is nowhere near Dade County - it’s actually in Pasco County, above Tampa.
De Soto City is actually in Highlands County, which borders De Soto County.
Lake City is not in Lake County (central Florida), but Columbia County, bordering Georgia.
Orange City is actually in Volusia County, notheast of Orange County

Polk City is actually in Polk County, but it’s not the county seat - Bartow is.

Everglades City, however, is in the Everglades (but in Collier County, not near Glades County, which in itself is not near the Everglades).