# US Cities Namesakes' Death Certificates **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 27, 2014, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-namesakes-death-certificates/694175 "2014-07-27T17:49:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![X.L.Lent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a5b964/32.png) [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-namesakes-death-certificates/694175/21 "2014-07-28T06:49:51Z")
Phoenix, AZ - burned, but reborn from the ashes. ---
**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:** [July 28, 2014, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-namesakes-death-certificates/694175/22 "2014-07-28T16:41:30Z")
> [@movingfinger](#): > > Los Angeles: Just…carried off by God’s messengers Same with St. Marys, Georgia, and St. Mary’s City, Maryland. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-namesakes-death-certificates/694175/23 "2014-07-28T17:17:07Z")
Philadelphia: Defeated in the economic arena by Enterprise, Alabama, and City of Industry, California… ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-namesakes-death-certificates/694175/24 "2014-07-28T17:40:36Z")
Prescott, AZ - Stroke. Yarnell, AZ - “Heart Troubles." ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-namesakes-death-certificates/694175/25 "2014-07-28T18:02:51Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Same with St. Marys, Georgia, and St. Mary’s City, Maryland. Actually, St. Mary died (presumably of natural causes) and then her body disappeared from her tomb. Oh yeah, and add Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-namesakes-death-certificates/694175/26 "2014-07-28T19:01:07Z")
Augusta, GA: throat cancer Frankfort, KY: killed by Indians in a skirmish Irving, TX: heart attack Scottsdale AZ: hernia ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-namesakes-death-certificates/694175/27 "2014-07-28T23:51:37Z")
1/2 of Wilkes-Barre PA: \* “That depends, my lord, on whether I embrace your lordship’s principles or your mistress.”\* ---
**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:** [July 29, 2014, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-namesakes-death-certificates/694175/28 "2014-07-29T02:20:37Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > Actually, St. Mary died (presumably of natural causes) and then her body disappeared from her tomb. Cite? The Bible doesn’t mention her death or the disappearance of her body from her tomb. According to Catholic doctrine (and of some others) [Mary was “assumed body and soul” into heaven.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assumption_of_Mary) The doctrine does not state whether she suffered physical death. (I am of course only noting the doctrine about the Virgin Mary, not alleging that this actually happened.) ---
**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:** [July 29, 2014, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-namesakes-death-certificates/694175/29 "2014-07-29T02:35:52Z")
Marquette, Michigan: died after a bout of dysentery Durham, North Carolina: pneumonia Jefferson City, Missouri: fever Decatur, Illinois: killed in a duel Lewiston, Montana: suicide ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-namesakes-death-certificates/694175/30 "2014-07-29T02:40:56Z")
St. Lawrence County NY (and St. Lawrence River): roasted alive on a giant grill during the persecution of Valerian Dare County NC: probably starved as a child. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-namesakes-death-certificates/694175/31 "2014-07-29T02:45:13Z")
Cincinnati, Ohio (and Cincinnatus, New York): Old age on his farm. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-namesakes-death-certificates/694175/32 "2014-07-29T03:44:04Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > St. Mary’s City, Maryland. Just note that those two might refer to two different Marys. Possibly. For the state - overdose Fremont, CA and smaller cities, counties, etc. (Frémont) - peritonitis. Berkeley, Livermore, CA - natural causes? Berkley (either in reference to above or the town in MA) - chronic misspelling. Carson City, NV - abdominal aortic aneurysm. Various Humboldts - complications due to stroke. I’m sure there’s a joke there for the county if you look hard enough. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-namesakes-death-certificates/694175/33 "2014-07-29T03:51:43Z")
Assume Lewiston ME is the same guy. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-namesakes-death-certificates/694175/34 "2014-07-29T04:03:17Z")
Pulaski, VA, TN, GA, NY, IL-- battle wounds ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-namesakes-death-certificates/694175/35 "2014-07-29T04:06:30Z")
Frederick, MD - Fever. ---
**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-namesakes-death-certificates/694175/36 "2014-07-29T04:08:13Z")
Westbrook, ME: Broken heart Lake Champlain: Stroke ---
**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:** [July 29, 2014, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-namesakes-death-certificates/694175/37 "2014-07-29T04:12:14Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Just note that those two might refer to two different Marys. Possibly. For the state - overdose. Yes. In parochial school we were taught that although the state was named after the English queen, this was a subterfuge by the Catholic Calverts to actually honor the Virgin Mary. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2014, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-namesakes-death-certificates/694175/38 "2014-07-29T04:52:01Z")
Julesburg, Colorado: tied to a fencepost, shot, and had his ears cut off Miles City, Montana: heart attack while attending a circus Orlando, Florida: possibly killed by Seminoles (if he ever existed) Annapolis, Maryland: stroke Lubbock, Texas: typhoid San Luis Obispo: fever, probably typhoid ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-namesakes-death-certificates/694175/39 "2014-07-29T07:27:41Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > I live in Victoria, Texas: Uncontrolled Epilepsy Seizures. OTOH, for Victoria BC: cerebral hemorage Lewiston ID: either suicide or murder Clarkston WA: unknown ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-namesakes-death-certificates/694175/40 "2014-07-29T09:11:06Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Pulaski, VA, TN, GA, NY, IL-- battle wounds Kosciusko (not all of them cities - MS, MO, IN, AK, and NSW) - falling off a horse, then fever, then stroke. > [@Colibri](#): > > Yes. In parochial school we were taught that although the state was named after the English queen, this was a subterfuge by the Catholic Calverts to actually honor the Virgin Mary. Sneaky! By hiding behind Henrietta Maria of France, who I’m pretty sure was Presbyterian like all French people. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-namesakes-death-certificates/694175.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-namesakes-death-certificates/694175.md?page=3)