If partial names count, there’s Calexico, California.
Jupiter, FL …
Mexicali, Baja …
Persia, NY and Iowa
Several towns in the US are named China, but seem to be named either after chinaberry trees or in one case a hymn.
There are lots of Goshens, evidently named after the biblical Land of Goshen in Egypt, but this land could be merely legendary.
Florida, NY, is named after the peninsula (founded on the anniversary of its discovery by Ponce de Leon).
Cornwall, NY is named after the English county, although the name was first applied to the general area as New Cornwall.
Russia, Ohio was named by French-speaking Swiss veterans of Napoleon’s invasion of Russia. There is also a Russia NY.
There are many Albions, presumably some of which were named after the ancient name for Great Britain.
Middlesex, NY
The OP is looking for US cities.
New York
Paris, TX
Athens, TX
He’s looking for cities named after regions, not other cities.
There is also Bohemia LA, a small hamlet.
Yes, I know. That’s the main reason I have the British Isles split out from the rest of Europe. Also the Scottish, Welsh and Irish counties.
And Mount Tabor. I believe Tabor, Iowa is named for that, although the other Tabors are named after a Czech city. And yes, mountains and other geographic features (valleys, rivers, lakes, etc.) are requested. If this list gets too long, I may split them off into a separate Wiki page.
Hey, I merely castigated you mildly about the head and shoulders… you should recover in a few weeks…
But Portland ME is a good answer for this query, so it’s not actually a whoosh.
I live on the West Coast too, in fact in the same state as you. It doesn’t bother me that there aren’t many places around here that are valid suggestions. There weren’t very many for the other list either. If we look long enough, we’ll find some, though.
That’s true, but I think I’m going to go with how things are right now. I’d have to explain that in the wikipage, and some people would still not get it, even if I did. Better to keep things simple.
I forgot to mention in the OP, but just like the other list, I’m only interested in one city per region. Or maybe I should say one city per name. Regions often have more than one name, for example, Wales also has the Latin name Cambria. I’ll take one of each. But not when it’s just spelling variation, such as Lorraine/Loraine/Lorain/etc.
This multiple names for one place was rarely an issue in the other list. It’s not that cities don’t have multiple names, but for US place names, they usually all used the same one. The only exception I can think of off-hand is Tokyo, for which there are both Jeddo and Tokio around.
Thanks for all the contributions. It’ll take me a couple days or so to get them all in the list.
Someone on the previous thread mentioned Angola, NY
Lots of places in America called Arcadia. Including Arcadia University which used to be called Beaver College but had to change names in the Internet era.
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How about
Arctic, NY
Arctic, RI
South, KY
West, TX
West, WV
West, MI
West, AL
North, SC
China, TX
China, NY
China, MO
China, ME
China, LA
China, IN
China, FL
China, AL
Asia, TN
Ocean, NC
Ocean, MD
Southwest, PA
Southwest, NC
Southwest, IN
Korea, KY
Korea, VA
Africa, OH
Africa, IN
Narnia, MD
Islandia, NY
Islandia, FL
Orion, WI
Orion, OK
Orion, NC
Orion, MS
Orion, IL
Orion, AR
Orion, AL
Nirvana, MI
Omar, I appreciate all the suggestions, but you may have missed the part where I only need one place per name. But really, Orion? OK, I suppose that goes along with the Mars and Jupiter people suggested earlier. But let’s keep this more down to Earth, ok?
Ontario, OR
North Pole AK was so named in a failed attempt to lure toy manufacturers to relocate there. There is also a North Pole NY, home of the Santa’s Village amusement park.