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That hint didn't make it easy, put did make it possible.
The River is the Okanagan (spelling changes to Okanogan in Washington) which begins in British Columbia. The towns in order and their populations are listed below and string along route 97 (US highway in WA, province of BC 97 across the border).
Okanagan Falls, BC pop. ?
Oliver, BC pop. 4,370
Osoyoos, BC pop. 4,932
Oroville, WA pop. 1,653
Omak, WA pop. 4,721
Okanogan, WA pop. 2,484
Couldn't confirm a population for Okanagan Falls in either Road Atlas I have or from Wikipedia. The town of Tonasket, WA almost messes up the question as it has a population of 994. Perhaps they should drop the "t" and be Onasket. Ellisford, WA and Riverside, WA were not listed in the Rand McNalley listing of towns and populations, but both are dots on the map.
I learned several interesting tidbits in this research. Oliver, BC is known as the wine capital of Canada. Osoyoos, BC is considered the warmest place in Canada, often recording temps over 100 F during summer months. Oroville, WA was once a mining town of over 10,000 and is trying to rebound and become a tourist designation like its neighboring town of Osoyoos across the border. A quarter of Omak, WA lies within the Colville Indian Reservation, 15% of its population is native American. Okanogan, WA is the hometown of Pappy Boyington of Black Sheep Squadron fame.
I feel like I need to turn this in as an assignment and get a grade!
Jtur mentioned in his original question of towns over 1,000 and that there were three smaller villages listed between them. I mentioned this in my reply, that Tonasket almost messes up his question as its last population was listed at 994.
Here's something I just noticed - I've found six rivers in the US that have the same name as a state, and some portion of each river forms the boundary between two states, neither of which is the one that shares the river's name.
Can you name the rivers, and did I miss any others who fit the criteria?
Do the rivers all have the same name? Not sure if I'm reading the question correctly. The Connecticut and Mississippi Rivers also form boundaries between two states that aren't named Connecticut or Mississippi.
I guess I didn't word that well enough. I was looking for rivers that have all three characteristics:
A. the river has the same name as a US state
B. some part of the river forms the boundary between two states
C. neither of the two states in 'B' is the state that has the same name as the river
So the Connecticut and Mississippi rivers are two of the six I had in mind.
Backing up to gdude's post, the Missouri, Ohio and Colorado rivers qualify, but the Illinois and Arkansas rivers are not a state boundary, and the Tennessee River is one that I missed! It forms a short portion of the boundary between Alabama and Mississippi.
More details:
The Connecticut River is the boundary between Vermont and New Hampshire.
The Mississippi River is the boundary between several pairs of states not named Mississippi, ranging from Minnesota/Wisconsin down to Tennessee/Arkansas.
The Missouri River is the boundary between Nebraska on one side and Iowa & South Dakota on the other.
The Ohio River is the boundary between Kentucky on one side and Indiana and Illinois on the other.
The Colorado River is the boundary between California and Arizona.
That's five of the six I thought of originally. Who can come up with the last one?
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