# Cities With State Names: Any Others? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 8, 2015, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-with-state-names-any-others/730335 "2015-09-08T14:35:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-with-state-names-any-others/730335/21 "2015-09-08T16:47:32Z")
Gas City, Indiana > **[Gas City, Indiana](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_City,_Indiana)** > > Gas City is a city in Grant County, Indiana, along the Mississinewa River. The population was 5,965 at the 2010 census. > Gas City was first known as Harrisburg when settled on May 25, 1867, by Noah Harris. It became something of a boom town when natural gas was found in the area in 1887. The Gas City Land Company was founded on March 21, 1892, and the town of about 150 people changed its name to Gas City a few days later. However, as of 2022 much of the gas is depleted. (See Indiana gas boom.) > ... ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-with-state-names-any-others/730335/22 "2015-09-08T16:55:54Z")
> [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](#): > > Gas City, Indiana > > [Gas City, Indiana - Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_City,_Indiana) šŸ˜• Iā€™ve been in a state of gas, but not in the State of Gas. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-with-state-names-any-others/730335/23 "2015-09-08T17:08:51Z")
> [@Flyer](#): > > šŸ˜•šŸ˜•šŸ˜• > > Okay. . . . > Let me see if I have this straight. You folks have listed a whole bunch of towns and small cities. And yet somehowā€“I have no idea howā€“youā€™ve managed to overlook the 42nd largest city in the entire nation, with a 2010 Census population of 416,000 people ā€“ Colorado Springs, CO. We decided to leave some of the easy ones for the šŸ˜•. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-with-state-names-any-others/730335/24 "2015-09-08T17:29:54Z")
Virginia City, Nevada There is also a Virginia City in Montana, but confusingly, that one is actually a town. ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-with-state-names-any-others/730335/25 "2015-09-08T18:06:03Z")
Another Wyoming in RI. Surely someone could dig up a list of census-designated places and run a quick script. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-with-state-names-any-others/730335/26 "2015-09-08T18:12:58Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Mt Washington, the mountain, is in the town of Sargentā€™s Purchase, NH. There is a town called Mount Washington in the south east corner of Massachusetts. South west corner, but to this day no one has ever been there! ETA: One would be hard pressed to locate the ā€œsouth east cornerā€ of MA. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-with-state-names-any-others/730335/27 "2015-09-08T18:45:49Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Doesnā€™t Washington DC count? It sure does! ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-with-state-names-any-others/730335/28 "2015-09-08T18:49:39Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > You overlooked New York, NY > [@Teuton](#): > > New York, New York! Hence the song! > > Wow do I suddenly feel dumb. Iā€™m not feeling all that smart, either! And I grew up Upstate, too. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-with-state-names-any-others/730335/29 "2015-09-08T18:53:59Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Iā€™m not sure if a population of 4200 counts as a ā€œcityā€, but there is California, MO. I am interested in towns also. Wow I didnā€™t realize there were so many. But I should have guessed that there would be alot of Washingtons. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-with-state-names-any-others/730335/30 "2015-09-08T18:56:08Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Are you allowing York, Hampshire, Mexico, and Jersey as answers? What about Dakota and Carolina and Rhode? Yes I am. That should yield many more. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-with-state-names-any-others/730335/31 "2015-09-08T18:58:05Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Nevada, MO (although they pronounce the first ā€˜aā€™ with the long sound (as in ā€˜stayā€™). So does Nevada TX, I believe. ---
**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreasyJack)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-with-state-names-any-others/730335/32 "2015-09-08T19:29:48Z")
Pennsylvania has the Wyoming Valley which should get bonus points because the state is actually named after it, for reasons Iā€™ve never entirely understood. ---
**Author:** ![Flyer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyer/32/7298_2.png) [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-with-state-names-any-others/730335/33 "2015-09-08T20:06:58Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > We decided to leave some of the easy ones for the šŸ˜•. šŸ˜‰ I wouldnā€™t be a true Doper if I didnā€™t let my inner snark come out and play. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Shinna\_Minna\_Ma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@Shinna\_Minna\_Ma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shinna_Minna_Ma)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-with-state-names-any-others/730335/34 "2015-09-08T20:20:44Z")
Thereā€™s a Maryland Line, Maryland ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-with-state-names-any-others/730335/35 "2015-09-08T20:32:59Z")
Maybe another question is if there are any states that have no city named for it. For example, I donā€™t think there is a New Mexico City, or New Hampshire City. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-with-state-names-any-others/730335/36 "2015-09-08T20:33:53Z")
Wisconsin Dells, WI Wisconsin Rapids, WI ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-with-state-names-any-others/730335/37 "2015-09-08T20:47:14Z")
> [@GreasyJack](#): > > Pennsylvania has the Wyoming Valley which should get bonus points because the state is actually named after it, for reasons Iā€™ve never entirely understood. Not a city or town, so, sorry it doesnā€™t count. I did find Wyoming Valley in Kirby Park. Wyoming Valley, near Wilkes-Barre. Map: [Google Maps](https://goo.gl/maps/2uUMT) Hey that rhymes. ---
**Author:** ![SeldomSeen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@SeldomSeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeldomSeen)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-with-state-names-any-others/730335/38 "2015-09-08T20:56:52Z")
[Idaho City, Idaho;](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Idaho_City,_Idaho.JPG) a city in name only, with a permanent population of less than 500. At one time in the 19th century it actually was a cityā€¦ largest or second-largest or something in the Pac-NW thanks to a late gold boom. Then the big timber interests moved in creating a few years of faux-prosperity until the old growth was logged out. A sad story repeated _ad infinitum_ all around the rural west. Today itā€™s the county seat of a bankrupt county that can hardly keep its schools open or the roads paved. Still an interesting place though; I own a share in a placer-mining claim in the area, go there a couple of times a year for a little R & R andā€¦ who knowsā€¦ maybe even a chance to strike it richā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-with-state-names-any-others/730335/39 "2015-09-08T21:06:35Z")
> [@SeldomSeen](#): > > [Idaho City, Idaho;](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Idaho_City,_Idaho.JPG) a city in name only, with a permanent population of less than 500. At one time in the 19th century it actually was a cityā€¦ largest or second-largest or something in the Pac-NW thanks to a late gold boom. Then the big timber interests moved in creating a few years of faux-prosperity until the old growth was logged out. A sad story repeated _ad infinitum_ all around the rural west. > > Today itā€™s the county seat of a bankrupt county that can hardly keep its schools open or the roads paved. Still an interesting place though; I own a share in a placer-mining claim in the area, go there a couple of times a year for a little R & R andā€¦ who knowsā€¦ maybe even a chance to strike it richā€¦ Itā€™s just NE of Boise. And itā€™s on the map. Iā€™ll take it! Map: [Google Maps](https://goo.gl/maps/OZ8yz) ---
**Author:** ![MikeS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MikeS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeS)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-with-state-names-any-others/730335/40 "2015-09-08T21:19:11Z")
I ran a quick search using Mathematica and the geographic data servers of Wolfram. If we restrict ourselves to cities and towns whose names are _exactly_ those of states, hereā€™s what we have: [ul][_]Oklahoma, PA[_]California: California, MD & 3 smaller cities[_]Texas, WI[_]Nevada, MO & 3 smaller cities[_]Indiana, PA[_]Virginia, MN & 2 smaller cities[_]Alabama, NY[_]Iowa, LA[_]Vermont, LA[_]Georgia, VT[_]Florida, NY & 4 smaller cities[_]Wyoming, MI & 9 (!) smaller cities[_]Tennessee, IL[_]New York, NY[_]Oregon, OH & 3 smaller cities[_]Kansas, OK & 2 smaller cities[_]Ohio, NY & 1 smaller city[_]Delaware, OH & 3 smaller cities[_]Maine, NY & 2 smaller cities[_]Montana, WI[_]Maryland, NY[_]Louisiana, MOWashington, DC & 31 smaller cities[/ul]Any state thatā€™s not on this list does not have a city named after it, or at least not one in Wolframā€™s database. If Iā€™ve counted right, there are 27 such states, although eight of those are states with two-word names like ā€œNew Hampshireā€. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-with-state-names-any-others/730335.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-with-state-names-any-others/730335.md?page=3)