What's the most common town name in America?

Springfield. Many people believe Springfield is the most common name in the United States—after all, even the Simpsons live there.

What town name is in all 50 states?

The name "Springfield" is often thought to be the only community name appearing in each of the 50 states, but at last count it was in only 34 states.

What town in America has the longest name?

17 letters: Mooselookmeguntic, Maine

Mooselookmeguntic has 17 letters and five syllables, making it the longest town or city name (without hyphens or spaces) in the US.

What is the shortest town name?

The Shortest Geographical Place Names

There are seven different villages in Denmark, Sweden, and Norway with the name Å, which means “river” in the Scandinavian languages. The name stems from Old Norse á which means “(small) river”. What is this? Å, a place in Funen, Denmark.

What is the world's longest name?

How Rhoshandiatellyneshiaunneveshenk Koyaanisquatsiuth Williams Got Her Name. Basically, her mother had two main reasons for naming her the longest name in the world: She wanted to set a Guinness record. She wanted her daughter to have a name unlike anyone else in the world.

25 Most Common City/Town Names in U.S.

Is there a city called No Name?

Essentially a suburb of Glenwood Springs, No Name is just three miles east of Glenwood Springs along I-70. So how did this Glenwood Canyon hamlet get its oddball moniker?

What is the longest English town name?

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (Llanfair PG for short) is a small, quiet town on the island of Anglesey off the northwest coast of North Wales, famous for having the longest place name in Europe. Apart from its name, it is similar to other nearby villages.

What is the largest town name?

But if you visit the North Island of New Zealand, there's one word that no local will give you a hard time about mispronouncing. In fact, they often shorten it themselves. Ready? It's Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu.

What is the shortest city name in America?

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What is the oldest common name?

Kushim is the earliest known example of a named person in writing. The name "Kushim" is found on several Uruk period (c. 3400–3000 BCE) clay tablets used to record transactions of barley.

Which 8 towns are now cities?

Today, the Cabinet Office announced the eight winners: Colchester, Doncaster, and Milton Keynes in England; Bangor, Northern Ireland; Douglas, Isle of Man; Dunfermline, Scotland; Stanley, Falkland Islands; and Wrexham, Wales.

Are there any villages in USA?

Total 241 Villages found.

What is the longest city name in Asia?

Apparently, Bangkok is the city's nickname and it's ceremonial name is “Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Yuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit!"

What is the longest English world?

In that case, what's the longest word in the English language dictionary? It's pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.

What is the 2nd longest place name in the world?

LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGERYCHWYRNDROBWLLLLANTYSILIOGOGOGOCH, WALES. This village on the Ynys Môn island off the north-west coast of Wales has 58 letters. It is the place with the second-longest name in the world.

Why does Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch mean?

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch means 'St Mary's Church in the Hollow of the White Hazel Near to the Rapid Whirlpool of Llantysilio of the Red Cave', a collection of geographical and cultural features that are all found in the vicinity of the village.

Who named Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch?

The long name was supposedly contrived in 1869 as an early publicity stunt to give the station the longest name of any railway station in Britain. According to Sir John Morris-Jones the name was created by a local tailor, whose name he did not confide, letting the secret die with him.

What is the weirdest British village name?

Can a city have two names?

Similarly, places may simply have an official name which consists of two names, such as the Australian territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, which consists of the North Keeling Island and the South Keeling Islands.

What's the only city named after a woman?

Ciudad Evita, the city of Eva Peron

Ciudad Evita located in Greater Buenos Aires is accepted as a National Historic Monument of Argentina. With a population of 70 thousand, the city is named after Argentina's legendary First Lady, Eva Peron.

Is there a city without a country?

There are 41 independent cities in the United States. Of these, 38 are in Virginia. They are called 'independent' because they are not in the territory of any county or counties.