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This is a list of the most common U.S. place names (cities, towns, villages, boroughs and census-designated places [CDP]), with the number of times that name occurs (in parentheses). [1] Some states have more than one occurrence of the same name.
Chillicothe – from Shawnee Chala·ka·tha, referring to members of one of the five divisions of the Shawnee people: Chalaka (name of the Shawnee group, of unknown meaning) + -tha 'person'; [67] the present Chillicothe is the most recent of seven places in Ohio that have held that name, because it was applied to the main town wherever the ...
This is a list of US places named after non-US places.In the case of this list, place means any named location that's smaller than a county or equivalent: cities, towns, villages, hamlets, neighborhoods, municipalities, boroughs, townships, civil parishes, localities, census-designated places, and some districts.
One of the many ways Native American influence shines through the United States is in our place names.
List of American cities by year of foundation List of populated places in the United States with Hispanic plurality populations List of the most common U.S. place names
The borough's name is derived from Essex County, as well as from John R. Fell, the son-in-law of American banker Anthony Drexel and the majority shareholder of the development company that was ...
The new name came about in 1950 when, for the 10th anniversary of NBC radio's Truth or Consequences game show, host Ralph Edwards suggested there might be a town willing to adopt the name as their ...
These are lists of North American place name etymologies: . Mexican state name etymologies; Canadian provincial name etymologies; Origins of names of cities in Canada; List of U.S. places named after non-U.S. places