# Redundant places **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 7, 2013, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundant-places/668281 "2013-09-07T21:06:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**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, 2013, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundant-places/668281/21 "2013-09-08T04:16:56Z")
> [@robert\_columbia](#): > > Newark, New Jersey and Newark, Delaware (I prefer Newark, Delaware) I haven’t been to Newark, Delaware. But I’ve been to Newark, New Jersey and Newark, New York. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundant-places/668281/22 "2013-09-08T04:35:54Z")
Alexandria in Ohio and Virginia Ashland in Ohio and Kentucky Hamilton in Ohio and Ontario Harrisburg in Ohio an Pennsylvania London in Ohio, Ontario, and England Monroe in Ohio and Michigan Richmond in Indiana and Virginia Toronto in Ohio and Ontario Washington in Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia Windsor in Ontario and England ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundant-places/668281/23 "2013-09-08T04:36:02Z")
Off the top of my head: London, England and Ontario Washington, DC, IL, and PA Orange County, FL, CA, and NC Gainesville, FL and GA (same day, while living in the former) Jacksonville, FL and IL Bloomington, IL and MN Oxford, England and MS Richmond, VA and IN Vancouver, British Columbia and WA Peru, the country and IL ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundant-places/668281/24 "2013-09-08T04:37:54Z")
Bloomington, IL, Bloomington, IN, and Bloomington, MN Springfield, IL, Springfield, OH, and Springfield, MO Danville, IL, and Danville, IN And, three different spellings, but all named for the same Indian tribe: Menomonie, WI, Menominee, MI, and Menomonee Falls, WI ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundant-places/668281/25 "2013-09-08T04:58:54Z")
Philadelphia, PA and Greece Paris, TX and France Las Vegas, NM and Nevada Athens, TX and Greece ---
**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, 2013, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundant-places/668281/26 "2013-09-08T05:12:04Z")
Kingston, New York and Kingston, Ontario ---
**Author:** ![Pixel\_Dent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@Pixel\_Dent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixel_Dent)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundant-places/668281/27 "2013-09-08T12:14:09Z")
At least a dozen Greenvilles in the US. There’s a boatload of them. Oh, and one in Nova Scotia. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundant-places/668281/28 "2013-09-08T12:19:25Z")
The ones I know of: Portland, ME and Portland, OR Lots of Greenville’s Lafayette, GA, Lafayette, LA and Lafayette, IN Springfield, IL and Springfield, TN Monroe, GA and Monroe, LA ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundant-places/668281/29 "2013-09-08T13:39:37Z")
Oostburg, Zeeland, Netherlands Oostburg, Wisconsin, USA People get 'em confused _all the time_. ---
**Author:** ![breezman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@breezman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/breezman)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundant-places/668281/30 "2013-09-08T14:07:36Z")
I’ve been to Montgomery Counties in Alabama, Ohio, and Maryland. ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundant-places/668281/31 "2013-09-08T18:51:05Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Philadelphia, PA and Greece… I remember wondering as a little kid why the Book of Revelations (yeah, I read way above my grade level) had John writing a letter to the church at Philadelphia but not to the church at New York, DC, or Boston. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundant-places/668281/32 "2013-09-08T20:31:17Z")
In Toledo Spain, there’s a street less than one block long, named “Toledo, Ohio.” Any other places have something like that? ---
**Author:** ![aNewLeaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@aNewLeaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aNewLeaf)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundant-places/668281/33 "2013-09-08T21:05:30Z")
> [@tim-n-va](#): > > Bristol, VA and Bristol, TN > Kansas City, KS and Kansas City, MO Been theres, done thats. On the Greyhound bus. 😃 I live in Colorado Springs, Colorado. That’s doubly redundant, so we just call it the Springs. ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundant-places/668281/34 "2013-09-08T21:28:40Z")
Only within a mile, not actually in, but Cambridge, Cambridgeshire and Cambridge Gloucestershire. ---
**Author:** ![sylmar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@sylmar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sylmar)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundant-places/668281/35 "2013-09-08T21:35:53Z")
Concord MA is 60 miles from Concord NH which is 100 miles from Concord VT. ---
**Author:** ![indyvet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b77776/32.png) [@indyvet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/indyvet)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundant-places/668281/36 "2013-09-11T14:07:56Z")
I’ve passed through the ones in IL, IN, and KY. A lazy search turned up (in the US alone) Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri Two Aurora’s in New York, one in Cayuga County and one in Erie County Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, West Virginia Two Aurora’s in Wisconsin, one in Florence County and one in Kenosha County. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundant-places/668281/37 "2013-09-11T14:51:36Z")
I’ve been to centerville Ohio and centerville Ohio, as well as Oakwood Ohio and Oakwood Ohio. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2013, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundant-places/668281/38 "2013-09-11T15:00:24Z")
Paris IL and Paris France (breaking the streak of people going to Paris TX) Bloomington IL & Bloomington IN (this one seems common) ---
**Author:** ![tallcoldone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9a140/32.png) [@tallcoldone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tallcoldone)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundant-places/668281/39 "2013-09-11T17:33:58Z")
Atlanta (GA & MI) Aurora (OH & IL) Auburn (MI & IN) Augusta (GA & MI) Bay City (TX & MI) Bloomington (IN & MN) Brooklyn (NY & MI) Carmel (CA & IN) Charleston (WV and SC) Coldwater (OH & MI) Columbus (OH & IN) Houston (TX & OH) Lima (OH & Peru) Monroe (MI, OH & LA) Newark (OH & NJ) New London (WI & OH) Niagara Falls (NY & ON) Sandusky (MI & OH) Union City (IN & OH - also at the same time!) Close but no cigar - Sidney, OH and Sydney, NSW AU [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundant-places/668281.md?page=1)