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09-09-2006, 08:25 PM
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Cities and towns with the same name
When I was in Madison, I noticed something strange...there was also a Town of Madison. After doing some more research, I noticed that other cities in Wisconsin have a smaller town within them bearing the same name. What's up with that? I've yet to see that in Michigan. I know there are three places with the Lansing name, where I live...City of Lansing, City of East Lansing, and Lansing Township.
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09-09-2006, 08:50 PM
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Towns are townships
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Originally Posted by comingtowisconsin
When I was in Madison, I noticed something strange...there was also a Town of Madison. After doing some more research, I noticed that other cities in Wisconsin have a smaller town within them bearing the same name. What's up with that? I've yet to see that in Michigan. I know there are three places with the Lansing name, where I live...City of Lansing, City of East Lansing, and Lansing Township.
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Towns in MT are townships (not towns/cities/communities). Historically some regions (townships) took on the name of their only community. A town or township is a section (640 sq. acres), whereas a town/city/community may span any number of acres or square miles. Madison, Albany, many others in WI probably are names of both communities (villages, cities) and towns (townships). Regarding Lansing and East Lansing--that's no unusual. Various places in the country have City X and East City X or West City X or whatever. |
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02-16-2007, 12:43 AM
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Does anybody know any other cities/towns with the same name? Or maybe any of them from different countries? (For example Saint Petersburg:there is one in Russia and one-somewhere in America) If anybody has information about it, e-mail me please or write the answer here.
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02-16-2007, 09:46 AM
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www.city-data.com with it's search feature can be a great help here.
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02-16-2007, 03:17 PM
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i know there is a berlin, wi and of course berlin, germany....also in the state of WI berlin & new berlin...all I can think of right now
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02-17-2007, 08:26 AM
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I know Dublin, Warsaw and maybe few others. Great topic to start in "World" forum by the way.
Let's stay in Wisconsin in this thread.
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02-17-2007, 10:21 AM
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Fairly well-known North American cities that have common names with other (mostly European) cities:
Paris Texas (Paris France)
Moscow Idaho (Moscow Russia)
Dublin Ohio (Dublin Ireland)
London Ontario (London UK)
San Jose California (San Jose Costa Rica)
Panama City Florida (Panama City Panama)
Birmingham Alabama (Birmingham UK)
York Pennsylvania (York UK)
Bristol Tennessee (Bristol UK)
Manchester New Hampshire (Manchester UK)
Cambridge Massachusetts (Cambridge UK)
Rome New York (Rome Italy)
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02-17-2007, 12:38 PM
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Verona, WI and Verona, Italy
I think a lot of the cities with a New in it are often named after European cities
Last edited by homemakergirl; 02-17-2007 at 12:39 PM..
Reason: Typo
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03-06-2007, 06:46 AM
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cities and towns with the sane name
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02-03-2008, 08:26 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DaBears
i know there is a berlin, wi and of course berlin, germany....also in the state of WI berlin & new berlin...all I can think of right now
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From what MapQuest is saying, there is two Berlins in Ohio. Also, there is supposed to be two Mount Sterlings in Ohio.  |
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