Towns named after first names: example Pierre SD.

[Swede]

Saints don't count in this game.

[Arkana]

1. Lynn, Massachusetts

[Norbert]

24. There is a Lynn, Indiana too.

[UrbScotty]

2. Wayne, MI

Next to Detroit.

[UrbScotty]

14. And another one next to Detroit: Warren (nt)

[KamaAina]

3. Mililani, HI

You think I'm yanking your chain? Meet Hawaiian sovereignty activist Mililani Trask:

http://www.worldhistory.com/wiki/M/Mililani-Trask.htm



Mililani Trask is a leader of the Hawaiian sovereignty movement and an internationally acclaimed political speaker and attorney. Trask's most significant contribution to the Hawaiian sovereignty movement was her founding of Na Koa Ikaika o Ka Lahui Hawaii, an internationally recognized native Hawaiian non-governmental organization. Outside of Hawaii, Trask has worked with the United Nations to aid indigenous people from around the world seeking independence. She was a member of the Indigenous Initiative for Peace, helped author the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and was elected vice chair of the General Assembly of Nations of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization. For seven years, she worked and studied under the guidance of Mother Teresa of Calcutta. She is the younger sister of activist and writer Haunani-Kay Trask.

[Reverend_Smitty]

4. Meredith, NH

n/t

[Rowdyboy]

5. Jackson, Mississippi

[murphymom]

6. Eugene, Oregon

Named after Eugene Skinner - sounds a little better than Skinner's Mudhole, another early nickname for the town.

[wolfgirl]

7. Gary, Indiana

[NoPasaran]

8. Joe, Montana

[SOteric]

9. George, Washington

Yep. Really.

[hollywood926]

10. Columbus, OH

I knew a guy called Columbus Jones. Yes, he was black.

[hollywood926]

11. Olivia, Minnesota

Corn capital of the world. Or at least Minnesota.

[hfojvt]

20. Ada, Mn

Nora Springs, Iowa (actually named for an Eleanor - it was once called Woodstock)

[madinmaryland]

29. Ada, Ohio.

[meow2u3]

12. Helena, Montana

Troy, New York

Olympia, Washington

[HalfManHalfBiscuit]

13. Paris, France

[murphymom]

15. Joseph, Oregon

Little town in eastern Oregon that's known for fine-art bronze foundries.

[dad]

16. 13 posts and nobody came up with Charlotte?

Jesus Christ.... maybe when we win the NCAA tournament we will get some love!!

[hfojvt]

17. I cannot find the history of Pierre

I do know that it is pronounced as "peer" by the locals. Also, I believe there is a Loomis, Ca. Loomis is a last name, but it is also used as a first name. I have a nephew named Tanner, and my brother had a childhood friend whose last name was Tanner. So they go back and forth.
How about
Lawrence, Ks
Sydney, Australia

[KitchenWitch]

18. Stephen Minnesota

[KitchenWitch]

19. Olivia Minnesota

[maveric]

21. Sharon MA.

[maveric]

22. Ramona CA

[Norbert]

23. Anna, Ohio

[regnaD kciN]

25. Everett, Washington...

...also Everett, Massachusetts, and probably several other Everett, SomeStateOrOthers that exist out there.

And Beverly, Massachusetts.

[Norbert]

26. Sydney, Australia

[NoPasaran]

27. Iraan, Texas

Actually two first names, Ira + An.

[mrbill]

28. myra, texas

current population, maybe 200

named after the daughter of the postmaster in 1910.

[madinmaryland]

30. Gomer, Ohio

Assuming characters from TV shows are ok.

It really does exist:



The Gomer area is famous for its Welsh settlers and also had one of the first "mall" concepts back in the Lincoln Highway days, with a post office, hardware, grocery store and filling station under one roof. You can still spot this building. In 1937, Ripley's Believe It or Not also listed Gomer as the only US town with all white houses on its main street! Wow!

[Spirochete]

31. Elizabeth, NJ