# 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:** 3
**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, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-with-state-names-any-others/730335/41 "2015-09-08T21:41:48Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Not a city or town, so, sorry it doesn’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. Well, fair enough if we’re only counting the incorporated names, but people sometimes refer to the entire Wilkes-Barre/Scranton metro area as the Wyoming Valley. It’s just some weird vagary of Google Maps that it only has it labeled as a single point there in that park. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-with-state-names-any-others/730335/42 "2015-09-08T21:42:39Z")
[Nebraska City, Nebraska.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebraska_City,_Nebraska) Hey, [Arbor Day!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbor_Day#United_States) You’ve heard of that, right? ---
**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:** [September 8, 2015, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-with-state-names-any-others/730335/43 "2015-09-08T22:16:52Z")
So… is New York, NY the only example of a city and state sharing the exact same name? ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-with-state-names-any-others/730335/44 "2015-09-08T22:19:00Z")
NVM ---
**Author:** ![joe.russell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@joe.russell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joe.russell)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-with-state-names-any-others/730335/45 "2015-09-08T22:57:27Z")
Missouri valley, IA ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-with-state-names-any-others/730335/46 "2015-09-08T23:07:12Z")
Michigan City, IN ---
**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-with-state-names-any-others/730335/47 "2015-09-08T23:49:04Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > Virginia City, Nevada > > There is also a Virginia City in Montana, but confusingly, that one is actually a town. Virginia City used to be much larger back during the gold rush. Down the road is Nevada City, MT, another gold rush town that is a preserved ghost town today. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-with-state-names-any-others/730335/48 "2015-09-08T23:52:38Z")
Nevada City, CA, which is the county seat of Nevada County. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2015, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-with-state-names-any-others/730335/49 "2015-09-08T23:58:52Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Vermontville MI There’s a Vermontville in New York as well. ---
**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 9, 2015, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-with-state-names-any-others/730335/50 "2015-09-09T00:03:22Z")
Jefferson City, MO. … well, [almost](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_(proposed_Pacific_state)) (in 3 different places, note). ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-with-state-names-any-others/730335/51 "2015-09-09T02:02:02Z")
> [@](#): > > Quoth **buddha\_david** : > > So… is New York, NY the only example of a city and state sharing the exact same name? Other than the other 22 plus duplicates that **MikeS** just listed, yes. ---
**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 9, 2015, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-with-state-names-any-others/730335/52 "2015-09-09T02:25:17Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Other than the other 22 plus duplicates that **MikeS** just listed, yes. Either you’re misunderstanding something, or I am. I don’t see any duplicates on that list except New York, NY. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-with-state-names-any-others/730335/53 "2015-09-09T02:56:51Z")
The duplicates are the 31 other municipalities named “Washington”, and so on. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-with-state-names-any-others/730335/54 "2015-09-09T03:01:12Z")
Years ago I got interested in the question in the OP. So I made up my own list and wrote a Word Ways article on the subject which can be downloaded [here](http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol32/iss2/21/). That’s a pdf image of the magazine. I used to have the article on my own web page, but I no longer have one. You may be able to find it in a wayback site. BTW, my list had some 340 such places. I did find several places with the exact same name as their own state. Other than New York, the only one I can remember is Oklahoma, Oklahoma, which is an old name for Oklahoma City. ---
**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 9, 2015, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-with-state-names-any-others/730335/55 "2015-09-09T03:55:43Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > The duplicates are the 31 other municipalities named “Washington”, and so on. How are those examples of a city and state sharing the same name? None of the Washingtons are in Washington state. ---
**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 9, 2015, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-with-state-names-any-others/730335/56 "2015-09-09T04:00:04Z")
As a bit of trivia, although it’s not a US example, the only city I know in which the city name, next highest political unit, and country name are identical is the city of Panama, in the province of Panama, in the Republic of Panama. (The name of the city is actually just “Panama,” rather than Ciudad Panama or other variant.) ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-with-state-names-any-others/730335/57 "2015-09-09T10:04:50Z")
So close, though, with Oklahoma City being in Oklahoma County. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-with-state-names-any-others/730335/58 "2015-09-09T12:03:01Z")
There’s [México](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico_City), [México](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico). But before El Distrito Federal was created in 1824, it won the trifecta: [México](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico_City), [México](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Mexico), [México](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico). ---
**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 9, 2015, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-with-state-names-any-others/730335/59 "2015-09-09T13:08:42Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > [Nebraska City, Nebraska.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebraska_City,_Nebraska) > > Hey, [Arbor Day!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbor_Day#United_States) You’ve heard of that, right? Arbor Day - cool. In 2009 I rode my motorcycle from San Francisco to St. Louis – it was a 2-week business trip to STL so I thought I’d take the bike. On I-80, entering NE, I saw the sign, “ **WELCOME TO NEBRASKA, HOME OF ARBOR DAY**.” Really??!! Never knew that before, so I had to snap a picture. So there I was, it was the middle of the night in a strong pouring rain, the sign lit by my bike’s headlight, parked on the shoulder. And I got my picture. [Here’s a picture (not mine).](http://s1087.photobucket.com/user/lcmpm7/media/nebraska.jpg.html) BTW, what is that mountaintop / hilltop / spire shown on the sign? ---
**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 9, 2015, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-with-state-names-any-others/730335/60 "2015-09-09T13:28:01Z")
[quote=“MikeS, post:40, topic:730335”] 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, here’s what we have: [ul][li]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, MO[_]Washington, DC & 31 smaller cities[/ul]Any state that’s not on this list does not have a city named after it, or at least not one in Wolfram’s database. If I’ve counted right, there are 27 such states, although eight of those are states with two-word names like “New Hampshire”.[/li][/QUOTE] 27 states without a city / town named after them? In **dtilque** ’s article (here: [http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4358&context=wordways](http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4358&context=wordways)) he says there are six such states: > [@](#): > > Six states, Hawaii, Massachusetts, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, and South Dakota have no community named after them and there’s only one place name for each of Connecticut, Louisiana, New Jersey, and West Virginia. That’s from this post: > [@dtilque](#): > > Years ago I got interested in the question in the OP. So I made up my own list and wrote a Word Ways article on the subject which can be downloaded [here](http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol32/iss2/21/). That’s a pdf image of the magazine. I used to have the article on my own web page, but I no longer have one. You may be able to find it in a wayback site. > > BTW, my list had some 340 such places. I did find several places with the exact same name as their own state. Other than New York, the only one I can remember is Oklahoma, Oklahoma, which is an old name for Oklahoma City. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-with-state-names-any-others/730335.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-with-state-names-any-others/730335.md?page=4)