central and eastern cities named after western cities (neighborhood, university)
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San Jose, IL (pronounced "San Johz") <-- San Jose, CA
Takoma Park, MD <-- Tacoma, WA
Mt. Rainier, MD <-- Mt. Rainier (WA)
Oregon, IL <-- Oregon
Oregon District, Dayton, OH <-- Oregon
Arizona, Chicago, IL (obscure neighborhood on southeast side, think the name may not be used much now. Came from the "desert"-like appearance with all the patches of dirt) <-- Arizona
California, MD <-- California
California, PA <-- California
My grandfather was born and raised in Oregon, Wisconsin in the early 1900s. According to him the town's name came from the fact that a bunch of newly arrived Danish and Norwegian immigrants were planning going out West but stayed in Wisconsin which they felt was plenty good but named the town for their original destination.
El Paso IL
Matamoras PA after Matamoros, Mexico
Tampico IL, Reagan birthplsce, after Tampico, Mexico.
Also, Mexico, Missoouri.
Houston, Missouri, county seat of Texas County, the biggest in MO.
Phenix City Alabama is interesting. Phoenix was a little-known oupost in Arizona territory when the Alabama city went through several other names, finally adoping the name of the cotton mill, which used the fabulous bird logo.
Wyoming County, NY, Wyoming County, PA and Wyoming County, WV are all named after a word in the Lenape language roughly meaning "broad bottomed plain". The Lenape people were indigenous to the Northeastern woodlands.
Later, the Territory and eventually the State of Wyoming were named after the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania.
The city of Wyoming, MI was named after (wait for it!) Wyoming County, NY (see above)
Wyoming County, NY, Wyoming County, PA and Wyoming County, WV are all named after a word in the Lenape language roughly meaning "broad bottomed plain". The Lenape people were indigenous to the Northeastern woodlands.
Later, the Territory and eventually the State of Wyoming were named after the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania.
The city of Wyoming, MI was named after (wait for it!) Wyoming County, NY (see above)
There is also Wyoming, Ohio (Cincinnati). It was named after Wyoming, Pa.
Rest of these are good examples but Anchorage, KY isn't named after the Alaska city.
"The nautical name is a bit odd, considering the city is over 12 miles (19 km) from the Ohio River. The origin is The Anchorage, the estate of riverboat captain and early resident James W. Goslee, and was chosen to honor him when the city incorporated in 1878, three years after his death. Tradition says that an anchor hanging inside the rim of a locomotive wheel at the center of town was taken by Goslee from his ship, the Matamora." (sec: Wikipedia)
It seems unlikely that any lower-48 town would be named after Anchorage, AK specifically, because historically Juneau and Sitka were the major towns in the state. Anchorage only really started to grow in the early 20th century with Fort Richardson and the growth of the airport as a military hub. As late as the 1940 census, Juneau was still bigger than Anchorage.
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