Mark Brader wrote:
> Oddly enough, this came up in alt.usage.english not long ago. According
> to the place names database at http://geonames.usgs.gov, there are only
> 3 examples of this kind among "populated places" in the entire US; the
> other two, tiny places both, are Maine and Wyoming. In the analogous
> database for Canada at http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca, Quebec is the only
> example.
>
> If you look at counties, there are 7 with the same name as the state
> containing them: Arkansas, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, New York, Oklahoma,
> and Utah. I don't think there are any examples in Canada, but I can't
> confirm that right now because the database is down.
That overlooks Oregon's Owahee(sp) County.
> Using data from multiple sources, Dan Tilque has constructed an
> even longer list which can be found on his web site
> .
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