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Tidbits: What’s in a name? A list of city- and other-related eponyms
Jeffrey Hill | Thu, Jan 24th, 2008 | Category: Report | Tags: jeffrey hill, most popular city name, names, laughable cities, catholic saints, flu strains asia, john f kennedy memorials | 5
31 U.S. Cities and Towns are named after the wealthy French financier of the American Revolution, Marquis de La Fayette.
11 U.S. Cities are named after Catholic saints.
The state capitals named after U.S. presidents are: Lincoln, NE, Jackson, MS, Madison, WI, and Jefferson City, MO. Monrovia, Liberia, is the only capital city outside of the U.S. to be named after a U.S. president.
-image courtesy of Mustangs1985.comThere are 115 places in the United States named after the…
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