# US places named for regions **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 9, 2017, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-places-named-for-regions/779385 "2017-02-09T11:13:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2017, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-places-named-for-regions/779385/61 "2017-02-19T02:29:02Z")
See also [Suomi, MN](http://www.grandrapidsmn.com/news/a-suomi-celebration-years-of-finnish-farming-community-in-northern/article_f95c7060-5bea-11e6-853e-87e23aac8bdb.html), named after the Finnish name for Finland. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2017, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-places-named-for-regions/779385/62 "2017-02-19T02:51:25Z")
And [Balkan, KY](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkan,_Kentucky), for the eponymous mountains. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-places-named-for-regions/779385/63 "2017-02-20T12:17:16Z")
> [@](#): > > As far as what I want, any non-US geographic entity that’s not a city or municipality that has a US city or county named for it. Or even maybe some other US region. Jersey City, New Jersey. The city, and indeed the State, are named after the island of Jersey. The State counts as “Some other region.” Norfolk, Virginia. Named for the English county. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-places-named-for-regions/779385/64 "2017-02-20T20:52:32Z")
Thank you Peter. I’m afraid I’ve been ignoring this list for the last few days, as I’ve been busy with the other list. I’ll get this updated today. I have other additions as well. Any reaction on the fomat of the two lists: [city list](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:List_of_cities_outside_the_United_States_which_have_a_city,_town,_village,_or_hamlet_within_the_United_States_named_for_them) vs [region list](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Dtilque/sandbox&redirect=no)? I’m wondering which is easier to use/better looking/otherwise better? Or maybe some other organization? Looking for any feedback you have. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-places-named-for-regions/779385/65 "2017-02-20T21:41:46Z")
Cambria, California. Named for Wales. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-places-named-for-regions/779385/66 "2017-02-22T07:50:56Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > Any reaction on the fomat of the two lists: [city list](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:List_of_cities_outside_the_United_States_which_have_a_city,_town,_village,_or_hamlet_within_the_United_States_named_for_them) vs [region list](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Dtilque/sandbox&redirect=no)? I’m wondering which is easier to use/better looking/otherwise better? Or maybe some other organization? Looking for any feedback you have. They both seem fine to me, I kind of forget what each of them looks like after I’ve been working with the other one for a while. By the way, I think but cannot yet confirm that [Nordmore, ND](http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=272162) is named for the district of [Nordmøre](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordm%C3%B8re) in Norway. I’m guessing the same is true of [Voss, ND](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voss,_North_Dakota) and the Norwegian district of Voss. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stafford_cripps/32/7167_2.png) [@The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stafford_Cripps)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-places-named-for-regions/779385/67 "2017-02-22T17:22:33Z")
Just looking at the ‘sandbox’ mentioned in the OP - a place called Avon would probably be named after any of the several River Avons in Britain - the former county of that name was only formed in the 1970s, and named after one of those rivers. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-places-named-for-regions/779385/68 "2017-02-23T00:35:08Z")
> [@The\_Stafford\_Cripps](#): > > Just looking at the ‘sandbox’ mentioned in the OP - a place called Avon would probably be named after any of the several River Avons in Britain - the former county of that name was only formed in the 1970s, and named after one of those rivers. That’s an error by whoever wrote the Wikipage for [Avon, Connecticut](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avon,_Connecticut), wherein it says: > [@](#): > > In 1830, the Connecticut General Assembly incorporated Northington as the town of Avon, after County Avon in England. Thanks for the heads up. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-places-named-for-regions/779385/69 "2017-02-23T02:08:11Z")
The underwater ghost town of [Pactola SD](http://www.onlyinyourstate.com/south-dakota/pactola-underwater-ghost-town-sd/), named for the Pactolus River in ancient Greece. [Hecla SD](https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015027015455;view=1up;seq=117), named for the Iceland volcano. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-places-named-for-regions/779385/70 "2017-02-23T06:38:40Z")
[Calvary IL, and WI](https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA50) from the Biblical Calvary. [Ladoga, MI](https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA91) from Lake Ladoga in Russia. [Narenta, MI](https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA105) from the river Neretva in Bosnia/Herzegovina and Croatia. [Ulao, WI](https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA132) from the river Ulua in Honduras. ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-places-named-for-regions/779385/71 "2017-02-23T17:09:14Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Cuba and Japan in Missouri. And Pacific, MO, Hayti, MO, Mexico, MO, Versailles, MO, Westphalia, MO, Mount Moriah, MO, Rhineland, MO, Carthage, MO, and Amazonia, MO. There’s also Town and Country, MO, named after regions from all over the world. 😉 Fun fact: Rolla, MO was named after Raleigh, North Carolina, but they chose to spell it phonetically. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-places-named-for-regions/779385/72 "2017-02-23T20:48:58Z")
> [@DrCube](#): > > And Pacific, MO, Hayti, MO, Mexico, MO, Versailles, MO, Westphalia, MO, Mount Moriah, MO, Rhineland, MO, Carthage, MO, and Amazonia, MO. Have most of those, either from Missouri or another state. Of those I don’t have: Hayti has two derivations (I still may add it); Wikipedia says Amazonia has an obscure origin; and Mount Moriah is a biblical name with an unknown location. I got rid of all names in the last category, so it’s not going to be added. BTW Missouri is a very fertile state for names on this list. Altenburg, Congo, Samoa, Klondike, Darien, Samos, Granada, Moselle, and Normandy are all in MO and already on the list. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-places-named-for-regions/779385.md?page=3)