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  2. List of the most common U.S. place names - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of the most common U.S. place names (cities, towns, villages, boroughs and census-designated places [CDP]), with the number of times that name occurs (in parentheses). [1] Some states have more than one occurrence of the same name.

  3. List of short place names - Wikipedia

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    I, a town in Fujian Province, China [citation needed] Ì, Scottish Gaelic name for island of Iona, Scotland (also called Ì Chaluim Chille) L, two lakes in Nebraska both named for their right-angled shape [3] [4] Ô, a castle near Mortrée, France; O, a river in Devon, England; Ó Street, a street in Terézváros, Budapest, Hungary; O, a river ...

  4. List of Philadelphia placename etymologies - Wikipedia

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    Originally Baltimore Pike, named for the destination city of Baltimore, Maryland: Blair Street: Named for John Blair. [1] Broad Street: As with "Broad Street" in various other towns and cities, the street was named for its breadth and laid out and developed as a central thoroughfare. Cecil B. Moore Avenue

  5. List of palindromic places - Wikipedia

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    A palindromic place is a city or town whose name can be read the same forwards or backwards. An example of this would be Navan in Ireland. Some of the entries on this list are only palindromic if the next administrative division they are a part of is also included in the name, such as Adaven, Nevada.

  6. Brewerytown, Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    An unofficial region, Brewerytown runs approximately between the Schuylkill River's eastern bank and 25th Street, bounded by Montgomery Avenue to the north and Parrish Street to the south. Brewerytown derived its name from the numerous breweries that were located along the Schuylkill during the late 19th century and early 20th century. [ 2 ]

  7. List of Brooklyn neighborhoods - Wikipedia

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    The modern neighborhoods bearing these names are located roughly in the center of each of these original towns. Certain portions of the original six towns were also independent municipalities for a time, before being reabsorbed. Following an 1894 referendum, the entire consolidated City of Brooklyn became a borough of New York City in 1898.

  8. Greenwich Village - Wikipedia

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    Greenwich Village, [pron 1] or simply the Village, is a neighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan in New York City, bounded by 14th Street to the north, Broadway to the east, Houston Street to the south, and the Hudson River to the west.

  9. Smithtown, New York - Wikipedia

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    The present town hall and seat of the town was built in 1912 on Main Street in Smithtown. In 2015 the town hall was dedicated and renamed after former Supervisor Patrick R. Vecchio. [16] Smithtown is led by a Town Supervisor and a four-member Town Council, elected town-wide with each serving four year terms.