Same city name, different state.

[crispini]

For example: Texarkana, Texas, and Texarkana, Arkansas.

How many can you name?

[Guy Fawkes]

1. Janesville, Wi.

Janesville, Ca.

Hell, Mi.
Austin, Tx.

[fudge stripe cookays]

99. Janesville, MN too. n/t

[Spider Jerusalem]

2. Athens, GA; Athens, VT; Athens, OH; Athens, AL; Athens, MI; Athens, ME;

Athens, IL; Athens, IN; Athens, LA; Athens, NY; Athens, PA; Athens, TN; Athens, WI; Athens, VA; Athens, WV; Athens, TX

(I may have missed a couple.)

[hfojvt]

6. Athens, Mi

Alpena, Mi + Alpena, SD

[crispini]

7. DANG.

Very good.

[Spider Jerusalem]

16. Then there's Rome, GA; Rome, NY; Rome, OH; Rome, IL...

and continuing the classical theme Troy, NY; Troy, IL; Troy, WI; Troy, PA; Troy, VT; Troy, TN (having a near-photographic memory means I have a head full of utterly useless stuff like this...heh)

[CottonBear]

25. Sparta, GA, Sparta, IL, Sparta, NJ, Sparta, TN, Sparta, WI, Sparta, MO

The classical theme continues...

[CottonBear]

30. Sparta, MI, Sparta, IN and Sparta, NC n/t

[CottonBear]

33. Sparta, OH and Sparta, KY n/t

[CottonBear]

39. Sparta, PA, Sparta, VA, Sparta, MS n/t

[CottonBear]

23. Athens, AL. (I live in Athens, GA!) n/t

[Spider Jerusalem]

27. Athens GA was the 1st to come to mind...

I'm near Atlanta, myself, and I have many memories of doing the whole pub-crawl thing the length of Broad Street in my younger and more degenerate days... :)

[CottonBear]

29. I've spent many happy hours sipping fine beer at the Globe

and listening to music at the 40 Watt Club(four different locations)among many other venues! I love this little town!

BTW, we're having a DU meetup in Atlanta at the Graveyard in East Atlanta on February 25 at 7pm. See the Georgia forum for more info and address/phone #'s etc! Our favorite AAR people, Mike and Kathy Malloy, are going to attend along with lots of other DUers! We hope to see you there!

[LynneSin]

3. Newark New Jersey and Newark Delaware

but they're pronounced differently

[Ally McLesbian]

67. California has a Newark too

in the San Francisco Bay Area, but it was redneck-y enough to murder a transgender woman by the name of Gwen Araujo and attempt a "gay panic" defense.

[baldguy]

106. Newark, NY

[tjwmason]

117. Newark, Lincolnshire - in England.

The original is (as usual) over here.

[mongo]

144. Newark, Oh

pronounced "nerkk"

[hfojvt]

4. Bloomington, Indiana

Bloomington, Mn

Madison, Oh + Madison, Wi

Portland, Iowa + Portland, NY :evilgrin: (are there others?)

Lincoln, Mt + Lincoln, Ne

Buffalo, Wy + Buffalo, NY

[XemaSab]

65. Portland, Oregon

:P

[hfojvt]

68. there's a few more too

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=4561477#4565241 :hi:

[China_cat]

5. Pittsburgh, PA/Pittsburg, CA

[LynneSin]

9. They aren't spelled the same

:P

[KamaAina]

48. ...but Pittsburg, CA and Pittsburg, KS are!

Pittsburg, KS is also home to the Pittsburg State Gorillas. No, silly, the Gorillas are the sports teams of Pittsburg State Univ. Get your minds out of the gutter, people!

[cfield]

8. Auburn,

KS; MA; and some more I don't recall off the top of my head.

[crispini]

10. Auburn, Alabama.

I grew up there.

[LeftyMom]

24. CA has one. nt

[yellowdogintexas]

43. Kentucky has an Auburn, too. nt

[NYdemocrat089]

73. New York also has an Auburn.

n/t

[Ariana Celeste]

82. Auburn, WA

[hfojvt]

11. Columbus, Wi + Columbus, Oh + Columbus, Ne

Beloit, Ks + Beloit, Wi

Houston, Mn + Houston, Tx

[mzteris]

121. Columbus, GA

[Initech]

12. Paris, France / Perris, California

They're both pronounced the same!

[crispini]

15. There's a Paris, Texas.

They even have a little Eiffel Tower. :rofl:

[Initech]

28. There's also the Paris Casino in Vegas

[yellowdogintexas]

44. Paris, TN and Paris KY as well. nt

[RebelOne]

13. Marietta, Georgia and Marietta, Ohio

Jasper, Georgia and Jasper, Alabama
Athens, Georgia and Athens, Alabama
Woodstock, Georgia and Woodstock, NY
Cambridge, Maryland and Cambridge, Massachusetts
Burlington, Maryland and Burlington, Massachusetts

[Greyhound]

90. Right next door, Smyrna GA. & TN n/t

[doc03]

111. Smyrna, Ohio it consists of about a dozen houses.

[Greyhound]

116. There ya go. n/t

[KitchenWitch]

101. Cambridge MN

[mongo]

142. and Cambridge, Oh

[huskerlaw]

14. Kansas City

Kansas & Missouri

[no name no slogan]

17. Minneapolis, MN and Minneapolis, KS

I drove thru the one in KS twice, but I only saw it once. I think I blinked the second time.

[no name no slogan]

19. Almost forgot: Springfield, Everywhere

except for HI, IIRC, there is a Springfield in every state in the union.

[crispini]

34. I did not know that!

Very interesting!

[hfojvt]

36. I am not finding one in

Rhode Island, Utah, ND, or OK

but they could be too small to show up in my road atlas

[nutsnberries]

131. my brother told me that when i was a kid

and i was impressed! :)

[Left Is Write]

85. Isn't there a Manhattan in Kansas also?

[no name no slogan]

133. There is

and it's bigger than Minneapolis, KS too!

[RebelOne]

18. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia, Mississippi

West Point, Georgia and West Point, Mississippi
Long Beach, California and Long Beach, Mississippi
Holly Springs, Mississippi and Holly Springs, Georgia
Hartford, Connecticut and Hartford, Alabama
Greenville, North Carolina and Greenville, Alabama

I'll think of more.

[Deep13]

20. Boston, OH; Miami, OH; Cambridge, OH

[Deep13]

22. Portland OR and ME

[democracyindanger]

57. Portland was a coin flip away from being Boston, Oregon

Just a bit of useless trivia. The founders flipped a coin to decide.

[kick-ass-bob]

21. Wilmington, NC and Wilmington, DE.

One, the original port city of the south, the other, home to credit card companies galore.

[Jokerman]

26. Frankfort IN, KY, IL...

Just off the top of my head, I'm sure there are more.

[Rosie1223]

31. "Lincoln"

Lincoln RI
Lincoln DE
Lincoln PA
Lincoln AL
Lincoln MD
Lincoln PA
Lincoln MA
Lincoln AL
Lincoln IN
Lincoln OH
Lincoln VT
Lincoln TX
Lincoln OH
Lincoln OR
Lincoln WA
Lincoln NE
Lincoln CA
Lincoln OR
Lincoln VA
Lincoln WI
Lincoln MI
Lincoln NH
Lincoln KY
Lincoln WV
Lincoln NY
Lincoln WA
Lincoln NJ
Lincoln UT
Lincoln NM
Lincoln CA
Lincoln ME
Lincoln OK
Lincoln NY
Lincoln ID
Lincoln UT
Lincoln MI
Lincoln AR
Lincoln ND
Lincoln KS
Lincoln IL
Lincoln MT
Lincoln MO
Lincoln MI
Lincoln IA
Lincoln MN
Lincoln TN
Lincoln CO


*whew*

[crispini]

35. Wow!

That's a lot!

[Rosie1223]

37. They're more

if you include "Lincoln Park", "Lincoln Heights" etc.

[Ron Green]

32. Henderson.

NV, TN, NC, TX (to name a few)

[Ariana Celeste]

38. Plainfield....

IN; Plainfield, IL; Plainfield, CT; Plainfield, NJ; Plainfield, Iowa.

I have to be careful doing searches for stuff in my area, because the Plainfields of other states always pop up too.

[fudge stripe cookays]

100. Isn't there one is Wisconsin?

I think that's where Ed Gein was from.

[Ariana Celeste]

109. did a search and it appears you are right

:hi:

[fudge stripe cookays]

120. I drove past it on the way from Madison to Wausau.

But I can never remember if it's Plainfield, or Plainview (which we have here in Texas). :hi:

[Left Is Write]

137. Yes and yes he was.

[kwassa]

40. Montgomery County, seventeen different states, and Montgomery, Alabama

All named after Richard Montgomery, the first American general to die in the Revolution, in the seige of Quebec.

I live in Montgomery County, Maryland. Here are a few more:

Montgomery County, PA
Montgomery County, OH
Montgomery County, TX
Montgomery County, VA
Montgomery County, AL
Montgomery County, IN
Montgomery County, TN
Montgomery County, IL
Montgomery County, NY
Montgomery County, NC
Montgomery County, KS
Montgomery County, KY

[StaggerLee]

41. Lansing - MI, IL and KS

n/t

[Rowdyboy]

42. Canton, Mississippi Canton, China

Canton, Ohio
Canton, Georgia
Canton, Texas
canton, Illinois
Canton, South Dakota

maybe more

[sbj405]

69. Canton, MI

[yellowdogintexas]

45. Clarksville, Tennessee, Indiana and Texas, for sure. NT

[yellowdogintexas]

46. Johnson City Tennessee and Texas; Greenville KY, TN, & TX nt

[XemaSab]

47. Eureka: California and Nevada

[SeattleGirl]

49. Springfield, OR and Springfield, IL

[vademocrat]

50. Richmond, VA - Richmond, CA

[Ptah]

51. Fairfield

Montana and Connecticut and, on edit, Ohio.

[XemaSab]

66. Fairfield CA

[XemaSab]

52. Delta California and Delta Louisiana.

Pittsburg California and Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.

Oakland California and Oakland Michigan.

[NoPasaran]

53. Jackson, Mississippi---Jackson, Tennessee

[ScreamingMeemie]

70. Jackson, Michigan...home of the state penitentiary.

:hi:

[auntAgonist]

146. don't forget ... or yeah maybe we should forget ...

birthplace of the republican party. :puke:

[BrotherBuzz]

75. Jackson, California

[ncrainbowgrrl]

54. Jacksonville, North Carolina and Jacksonville, Florida

[ncrainbowgrrl]

55. Durham, NC; Durham, NH

[BrotherBuzz]

88. Durham, California

[supernova]

95. and Durham, England

of course. :D

[NoPasaran]

56. Madison, Wisconsin---Madison, Connecticut

[BrotherBuzz]

77. Madison, California

[NoPasaran]

58. Washington, D.C---Washington, Pennsylvania

[BrotherBuzz]

81. Washington, California

[NoPasaran]

59. Las Vegas, Nevada---Las Vegas, New Mexico

If you're planning a vacation, be clear which is which!

[UrbScotty]

60. Atlanta: GA and MI; Grand Rapids: MI, MN, OH (nt)

[Left Is Write]

86. I just added Atlanta, ID downthread.

[EstimatedProphet]

61. Columbia MO, Columbia SC, Columbia MD, Columbia TN

[BrotherBuzz]

79. Columbia, California

[EstimatedProphet]

92. Oops! Time to find a new atlas!

[Momgonepostal]

127. Columbia, CA is REALLY small nt

[madinmaryland]

62. Ada: Ohio, Minnesota, and Oklahoma.

[UrbScotty]

129. And Michigan (by Grand Rapids) (nt)

[DrDebug]

63. Franklin AL, AR, GE, ID, IL, IN, IO, KE, LA, MA, MN, MS, NB, NC, NH, NJ...

Okay I've cheated...

[UrbScotty]

130. And Michigan (by Pontiac)

My grandma used to live there.

[KamaAina]

64. Norwalk, CT, OH and CA

I believe the latter two were named for the original in Conn., which is also the home of Raggedy Ann and Andy.

[sbj405]

71. Plymouth - MA, MI, MN, IN, PA

[BrotherBuzz]

74. No surprise, California has one, too.

[Nikia]

136. WI too

[uppityperson]

72. Baker, everywhere

[Redstone]

76. Redstone, Alabama, and Redstone, New Hampshire.

Redstone

[Catchawave]

78. Norfolk....

Norfolk, Connecticut, United StatesNorfolk, Massachusetts, United StatesNorfolk, Nebraska, United StatesNorfolk, New York, United StatesNorfolk, Virginia, United States

:sigh: it's a bitch getting a flight outta here :hi:

[no name no slogan]

80. Bloomington: IN, IL, MN

and probably many many more

[salin]

103. apparantly also TN

once had auto parts sent to B-ton TN instead of IN - delayed the repair job by two days.

[Left Is Write]

83. Atlanta, GA; Atlanta, ID

[Crazy Guggenheim]

84. Wakefield R.I. and MA.

[Left Is Write]

87. Also: Duluth, MN and Duluth, GA

[Greyhound]

89. Easy, Inglewood or Englewood AnyState. n/t

[Initech]

91. Cant believe no one has mentioned this one yet - Springfield KY, OR, IL...

[no name no slogan]

134. They did (see post #19)

:hi:

[GalleryGod]

93. The Burlingtons ! Trifecta !

New Jersey, North Carolina, Vermont !!!

We (the Bada Bing Bar crowd)vote for Jersey, of course!

[bbinacan]

94. Sanford, NC where I was born plus

Sanford's in Fl., TX., ME., MI., VA., and CO.

[SiobhanClancy]

96. Augusta,ME.and Augusta,GA..

there's also an Augusta,KS

[crispini]

97. Wow. Didn't expect this to be one of my longest threads ever.

Cool!

[BrotherBuzz]

98. LOL, you just may catch that Oscar thread

:thumbsup:

[Redstone]

105. You should have; people here have a strong sense of place.

Note how well my thread about "towns you've been to that you don't think other people have" has been doing. I am thunderstruck that it's over 600 replies.

Duers like "thinking posts" like this one. I'm NOT surprised it's doing well.

I'm glad you thought of the question, because I'm enjoying reading the answers.

Redstone

[KitchenWitch]

102. Appleton MN, Appleton WI

[TheBaldyMan]

104. St. Louis & St Louis

must be the easiest, even I know that one.

[Burma Jones]

107. Bristol, TN and Bristol, VA

[BrotherBuzz]

114. Bristol, Maine!

[meow2u3]

126. Bristol, PA

[baldguy]

108. Niagara Falls, Ont & Niagara Falls, NY

Vancouver, BC & Vancouver, WA

[doc03]

110. Smyrna, OH Smyrna, TN Smyrna, GA

[tyedyeto]

112. Groveland, CA, FL, GA... any more?

[Pithlet]

113. Jackson, Tennessee, Jackson Miss, Jackson Michigan

I'm sure there are Jacksons in most states, but those are the three I know of for certain. Edit: Duh, someone already got those.

[charlie and algernon]

115. Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Bethlehem, Israel

[tjwmason]

118. St. Petersburg, Florida - St. Petersburg, Russia.

Birmingham, Alabama - Birmingham in England.

and of course the most famous of all -

Washington, D.C., Washington State, a million other Washingtons in the U.S. plus Washington, Tyne and Wear in the north-east of England.

[JVS]

119. Urbana IL--- Urbana OH

[mzteris]

122. Elizabethtown

KY and NC

[GalleryGod]

125. PA, too! Cha-ching! Trifecta!

:bounce: :toast: :bounce:

[mzteris]

145. Do they call

the one in PA - E'Town, too?

[Strong Atheist]

123. Springfield is everywere. Mount Vernon, Ohio. nt.

[donheld]

124. Aurora Colorado,

Aurora IL, Aurora NE, Aurora IN, Aurora IA, Aurora KS, Aurora ME, Aurora MN, Aurora MO, Aurora NC, Aurora OH, Aurora SD

[Momgonepostal]

128. Miami, FL and Miami, AZ nt

[Jara sang]

132. Norfolk, Virginia : Norfolk, Nebraska

[Nikia]

135. Fremont, Ohio, Wisconsin, California

[The_LongestName_onDU]

138. Eureka, Kansas and Eueka, California

[The_LongestName_onDU]

139. Dover, Ohio and Dover, Maryland.

[The_LongestName_onDU]

140. Cleveland, Ohio and Cleveland, Illinois.

[The_LongestName_onDU]

141. Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missuri.

[stlsaxman]

143. Moscow, MO and Moscow, ID...

any other Moscows?

[auntAgonist]

147. Springfield Ill, Springfield OH