Oddities of geography (calculated, rated, corporate)

[Bellside High]

Originally Posted by 1greatcity

There are currently just 14 US counties or parishes (out of more than 3100) whose names consist of a person’s first AND last names.
Mississippi and Louisiana both have Jefferson Davis, and Texas and Georgia both have Jeff Davis.
Colorado has both Kit Carson and Roger Mills.
Texas has Def Smith, Jim Hogg, Tom Green, and Jim Wells.
The others are: Jo Daviess, IL; Anne Arundel, MD; Charles Mix, SD; and Ben Hill, GA.

Roger Mills County is located in Oklahoma, not Colorado

[1greatcity]

^Right you are!
Ohio is the only state where the names of the three largest cities all begin with the same letter (in this case, C.)
Maine is the only single-syllable US state name. Guam is the only single-syllable US possession name.
The most common word in US state names is “New”.

[averysgore]

Originally Posted by 1greatcity

Two state capitals have rhyming names: Boston and Austin. (Unless you’re from the former and pronounce it Baston, lol.)

Don't forget Indianapolis and Annapolis.

And, arguably, Jefferson City and Carson City.

[1greatcity]

Originally Posted by averysgore

Don't forget Indianapolis and Annapolis.

And, arguably, Jefferson City and Carson City.

I totally disagree. Two words truly rhyme only when they have an identical number of syllables.
Carson and Jefferson in no way rhyme; Carson rhymes with parson.

[1greatcity]

Alma, Colorado has the highest elevation of any incorporated municipality in the US. It sits at approximately 10,578 feet, which is roughly two miles above sea level, and about twice as high as Denver.

[knke0204]

This isn't crazily mind-blowing, but Minnesota has some uniqueness

For example:

Duluth, MN to Ironwood, MI is 2 hours.
Hills, MN to Hartington, NE is 2 hours.
Eitzen, MN to Galena, IL is 2 hours.


It might not be shocking, but as a MN it's odd that one can get to MI, NE or IL in just 2 hours from our state's border.

[Ben Around]

Originally Posted by 1greatcity

^Right you are!
Ohio is the only state where the names of the three largest cities all begin with the same letter (in this case, C.)
Maine is the only single-syllable US state name. Guam is the only single-syllable US possession name.
The most common word in US state names is “New”.

Haven't you ever heard of Nyork?

[1greatcity]

Georgia the US state is larger and far more populous than Georgia the independent nation.

[Tusco]

Originally Posted by Ben Around

Haven't you ever heard of Nyork?

You mean Nyawk

[biscuit_head]

Originally Posted by TheTimidBlueBars

I wonder what it's like to live in one of those places? (Eastern Elko County, NV is another one.) Do residents have a specific way of indicating that they mean "official" local time, can you just pick it up from context, or is official time basically never used?

Phenix City, AL in the Central Time Zone is directly across the river from Columbus, GA, which is in the Eastern Time Zone, along with Lannett, AL across from West Point, GA unofficially recognize Eastern Time