This is a list of geographic portmanteaus.
Portmanteaus (also called blends) are names constructed by combining elements of two, or occasionally more, other names.
For the most part, the geographic names in this list were derived from two other names or words. Those derived from three or more names are usually considered
acronyms or initialisms and can be found in the
List of geographic acronyms and initialisms. However, there are exceptions to this two/three rule in both lists, so it is more of a guideline than a hard-and-fast rule.
Note that not all combinations of two names are considered portmanteaus. Simple
concatenation of two names (whether hyphenated or not) does not produce a portmanteau. Nor does a combinative form of one name plus the full name of another (examples: Eurasia, Czechoslovakia). These kinds of names are excluded from this list.
Regions named from their components
Some regions (including countries and provinces) have names that are portmanteaus of subregions or cities within the region.
During the
Joseon Kingdom, seven Korean provinces (all but the region around the capital) were named by combining the first characters of their two major cities. The provinces were reorganized in the 1890s but the names are still in use. All these traditional provincial names are carried forward by two current provinces and for all except Gangwon (which is the only one where the two carrying the name were split between North and South Korea) a North and a South province of the same name. However note that for most former provinces, the two current provinces with the name are usually not entirely coextensive with the former province.
The dates of the former provinces are those when they carried that name; they often existed with a different name before that year.
Jeolla Province —
Jeonju and
Naju (The first character of Naju is actually "ra"—"r" changes to "n" in the initial position, and the combination "nr" changes to "ll" due to phonological characteristics of the Korean language); now in South Korea
Sometimes a portmanteau name is created from the names of predecessor towns. Names that are merely a concatenation of the predecessor names, such as Budapest, are excluded.
Beaverdell, British Columbia — Beaverton and Rendell[1]
Some school districts that serve two or three towns have names that are blends of those towns' names. Or they're a blend of county names that the district covers parts of.
Chariho Regional School District (Charlestown, Richmond, and Hopkinton), three towns in southwestern Rhode Island who share the district.
Talsinki —
Tallinn,
Estonia and
Helsinki,
Finland, informal region around these two capitals, especially in regards to the proposed tunnel between them
Valguedas —
Valtierra and Arguedas, informal name for the area of two
Navarrese villages
Border portmanteaus
A border portmanteau combines the names of two, or occasionally three, adjacent polities (countries, states, provinces, counties, cities) to form a name for a region, town, body of water, or other feature on or near their mutual border.
Regions
Generalized border regions
These are generalized (and unofficial) regions usually centered on cities near state borders in the United States. They usually extend across state lines and their names are portmanteaus of two or three state names.
Arklamiss (Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi) region near
Monroe, Louisiana
Ark-La-Tex (Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas) a U.S. socio-economic region where Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, and Oklahoma intersect; urban center is
Shreveport, Louisiana
Minnesconsin (Minnesota and Wisconsin) area of northwestern Wisconsin near the
Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area (unlike the others, this region does not extend across the state line)
Texhoma (Texas and Oklahoma) centered on
Wichita Falls, Texas and not necessarily distinct from Texoma
Delmarva Peninsula (Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia) a large peninsula on the East Coast of the United States, occupied by
Delaware and portions of
Maryland and
Virginia
Kennessee (Kentucky and Tennessee) a formerly disputed strip of land along the Kentucky-Tennessee border
Towns, villages, and localities
§ This symbol marks localities with no current population; some of them never had any population.[9]
Blends of country, state, and province names
Note: places listed on the same line are immediately across the border from each other. Some others with non-similar names are also across a border from each other.
§ Alaflora, Alabama (Alabama and Florida) former logging town in Escambia County[9]: 97
§ Alaga, Alabama (Alabama and Georgia) town and shipping point where the Alabama Midland Railway crossed the
Chattahoochee River[9]: 80
Alcan Border, Alaska (Alaska and Canada) port of entry where the Alaska Highway (formerly the Alcan Highway) crosses into Alaska
Arkana, Louisiana and Arkana, Arkansas (Arkansas and Louisiana) town of some 500 people with post office (1890–1931) in Lafayette County, Arkansas and Bossier Parish, Louisiana; now reduced to a single tavern on the Louisiana side of the border,[10][9]: 350
Arkinda, Arkansas (Arkansas and Indian Territory, now Oklahoma) former trading post with the Choctaw Nation just across the Indian Territory line[9]: 372
§ Arkla, Arkansas (Arkansas and Louisiana), former railroad stop in Chicot County[9]: 309
§ Arkmo, Missouri (Arkansas and Missouri) likely former stop on the Kennett & Osceola Railroad in Dunklin County[9]: 328
§ Calzona, California (California and Arizona) former town with a post office (1909–14) and rail depot (1909–17) on the Arizona and California Railway; site now west of
Big River, California[12]
§ Carotenn, North Carolina (North Carolina and Tennessee) another name for
Lost Cove, North Carolina, a former logging town and moonshining locale, now a ghost town[9]: 188
§ Cokan, Kansas (Colorado and Kansas), community located about 2 miles (3 kilometers) east of the Colorado-Kansas line in Greeley County from the 1930s to the 1950s[5]
§ Colmex, Colorado (Colorado and New Mexico) former Denver and Rio Grande Railroad stop in La Plata County[9]: 471
§ Colokan, Kansas (Colorado and Kansas) a short-lived (1887–1897) town half a mile east of the Colorado-Kansas border in Greeley County[9]: 429
Illmo, Scott City, Missouri (Illinois and Missouri) railroad town located at the Missouri end of a rail bridge over the Mississippi River; now merged with Scott City[19]
§ Kanado, Kansas (Kansas and Colorado), community located about 10 miles (16 kilometers) east of Colorado-Kansas line in Greeley County during the 1940s[5]
Kanorado, Kansas (Kansas and Colorado) town in the middle of sunflower fields that has seen busier days[5]
§ Missala, Alabama (Mississippi and Alabama) former post office (1916–1925) serving a short-lived logging boom in Choctaw County[9]: 114
Moark, Arkansas (Missouri and Arkansas) town formed when the railroad came in the 1870s and went away when the rail did in the 1960s[9]: 335
§
Moark, Missouri (Missouri and Arkansas) former shipping point for the Missouri-Arkansas Lumber Company[23]
§ Mokan, Missouri (Missouri and Kansas) former coal-shipping town in Bates County[9]: 300
§
Mondak, Montana and East Mondak, North Dakota (Montana and North Dakota) Wild West town providing liquor, gambling, and other adult recreations during a period when North Dakota prohibited alcohol and Montana did not; losing its raison d'etre with
Prohibition, the town was abandoned and then destroyed by wildfire in the 1920s,[9]: 259 [7]
Monida, Montana (Montana and Idaho) former rail service town where the Utah and Northern Railroad crossed the Continental Divide at Monida Pass[24]
§ Monota, Montana (Montana and North Dakota) village with post office in the early 20th century[9]: 449
Nocarva, North Carolina (North Carolina and Virginia) community of lakeside homes with private airstrip on the shore of
Lake Gaston[25]
§ Nosodak, North Dakota (North and South Dakota) platted, but never actually settled; town site now within
Lake Oahe[7]
§ Nypenn, New York (New York and Pennsylvania) former station on the New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad south of State Line in Chautauqua County[9]: 52
§ Oklarado, Colorado (Oklahoma and Colorado) former farming community in Baca County[5]
§ Orcal, Oregon (Oregon and California) former railroad stop on the Southern Pacific's Siskiyou Line[14]
§ Otex, Oklahoma (Harmon County) (Oklahoma and Texas)[11]
§ Otex, Oklahoma (Texas County) (Oklahoma and Texas) former post office just northeast of Texhoma[11]
Penowa, Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia) small residential community, formerly a coal mining town, in Washington County[9]: 141
Saskalta, Alberta (Saskatchewan and Alberta), former name of
Altario
Sylmar, Maryland and Sylmar, Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania and Maryland) former town with rail station straddling the state border near US Highway 1, now a rural area[5]
§ Tenark, Arkansas (Tennessee and Arkansas) Union Pacific Railroad stop southwest of West Memphis, Arkansas[25]
§ Tennelina, North Carolina (Tennessee and North Carolina) former post office on Shut-in Creek in Madison County[9]: 181
§ Tennemo, Tennessee (Tennessee and Missouri) former lumber town (saw mill and shipping point) on the Mississippi River in Dyer County[26]
§ Urado, Utah (Utah and Colorado) former post office and school in San Juan County[9]: 519
§ Utida, Utah (Utah and Idaho) former railroad town (including maintenance shop) on the Utah Northern Railroad (now Union Pacific Railroad) in Cache County[9]: 510
Uvada, Nevada (Utah and Nevada) ranching community in White Pine County[32]
§ Uvada, Utah (Utah and Nevada) former rail station and siding in Iron County[9]: 526
Kreuzkölln, Berlin (Kreuzberg and Neukölln) unofficial name of a gentrified area composed of northern
Neukölln and southern
Kreuzberg, two boroughs of Berlin, Germany[41]
Lake Koocanusa — a reservoir named for the river it dams (
Kootenay River) and the countries whose border it straddles (Canada and United States) located in British Columbia and Montana
Mansask Lake[47] (Manitoba and Saskatchewan) near Saskman Lake[3]
Texarkana Reservoir (Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana) original name of reservoir on the Sulphur River in Texas, renamed Lake Texarkana, now known as
Wright Patman Lake
These can either run along or near a border or connect two places.
Roads along a border
Beltagh Avenue (
North Bellmore, New York and
Wantagh, New York) part runs along the boundary between the hamlets of North Bellmore and Wantagh, the rest along the boundary between Bellmore and North Bellmore
Can-Ada Road (
Canyon County, Idaho and
Ada County, Idaho) along two different sections of the county line, one known as North Can-Ada Road and the other as South Can-Ada Road.
Canusa Street (Canada and United States) runs along the border between Beebe Plain, Vermont and Standstead, Quebec
Clarwin Road, Clarwin Avenue (Clare County Michigan and
Gladwin County, Michigan) road along county line, with different parts known as Road and Avenue
Michiana Drive (Michigan and Indiana) street on the mutual city limits of Michiana, Michigan and Michiana Shores, Indiana, which also puts it on the state border between Michigan and Indiana
Floribraska Avenue,
Tampa, Florida (Florida Avenue and Nebraska Avenue) connects North Florida Avenue on the west with Nebraska Avenue on the east, passing under Interstate-275 and crossing several other streets
Mantario Trail (Manitoba and Ontario) hiking trail mostly in Manitoba but partially in Ontario
Mari-Osa State Wildlife Area, Missouri (Maries and Osage Counties)[61]
Minn-Kota State Wildlife Management Area, Minnesota (Minnesota and South Dakota)[62]
Maps
Below are maps of the towns (red dots), bodies of water (blue dots), and other geographic features (green dots) that are portmanteaus of country, state, and province names. Also included are pseudo-border portmanteau towns (yellow dots).
Some places have names that are blends of country, state, and provincial names. However, they are either not near their mutual border, or of regions that do not have a mutual border.
Altario, Alberta (Alberta and Ontario), formerly Saskalta (Saskatchewan and Alberta)[9]: 148
Altorado, Alberta (Alberta and Colorado), named by Mormon settlers from Colorado[63]
Arizmo, Arizona (Arizona and Missouri), settled by people from Missouri[64]
Arkana, Arkansas (Baxter County) (Arkansas and Louisiana)[9]: 356
Delmar Boulevard (Delaware and Maryland), major street in St. Louis, Missouri; named by two early landowners along the street, one from Delaware and one from Maryland
Gragreen, North Dakota[84] —A. H. Gray and D. W. Green, early pioneers[7]
Grano, North Dakota — either Charles Grace and Lano Robert Ortberg, newspapermen from Mohall ND, or A. D. Greene, railroad official, and Charles Lano, postmaster at Mohall (or possibly from Grain-0 cereal)[85]
Greenspond, Newfoundland and Labrador — first two families: Green and Pond[86] (very old name dating from the early 1700s)
Joetta, Illinois — Joel and Marietta Booz, son-in-law and daughter of James Martin, first postmaster[18]
Jonancy, Kentucky — Joe Hudson and Nancy Ratliffe, employees (bookkeeper and timekeeper, respectively) of the local coal mining company (Kentucky Block Fuel Company)[21]
Juliaetta, Idaho — Julia and Etta, daughters of Charles Snyder, the first postmaster[17]
Mabank, Texas — G. W. Mason and Thomas Eubank, town founders, ranchers[94]
Macworth, Saskatchewan[95] — McEwen and Elsworth, local families[3]
Mansfield, Texas — Ralph S. Man and Julian Feild[sic], mill and business owners[96]
Marchwell, Saskatchewan[97] — Frank M. and Charles H. March and Henry Wells, owners of March Brothers and Wells, a land holding and development company[3]
Borosolvay, California — Pacific Coast Borax Company and the Solvay Process Company[12]
BosWash or BosNYWash, terms occasionally used for the chain of interlocking coastal metropolitan areas (stretching from
Boston in the north to
Washington, D.C. in the south) that make up the
Northeast megalopolis.
Bralorne, British Columbia — Bralco and Lorne (name of the mine); Bralco is a company name coined by combining BRitish, ALberta, and COlumbia[1]
Clackamette Cove — Clackamas River and Willamette River, an inlet along the Clackamas River near the confluence. Also called Clackamette Lake.
Clackamette Park is nearby.[107]
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This is a list of geographic portmanteaus.
Portmanteaus (also called blends) are names constructed by combining elements of two, or occasionally more, other names.
For the most part, the geographic names in this list were derived from two other names or words. Those derived from three or more names are usually considered
acronyms or initialisms and can be found in the
List of geographic acronyms and initialisms. However, there are exceptions to this two/three rule in both lists, so it is more of a guideline than a hard-and-fast rule.
Note that not all combinations of two names are considered portmanteaus. Simple
concatenation of two names (whether hyphenated or not) does not produce a portmanteau. Nor does a combinative form of one name plus the full name of another (examples: Eurasia, Czechoslovakia). These kinds of names are excluded from this list.
Regions named from their components
Some regions (including countries and provinces) have names that are portmanteaus of subregions or cities within the region.
During the
Joseon Kingdom, seven Korean provinces (all but the region around the capital) were named by combining the first characters of their two major cities. The provinces were reorganized in the 1890s but the names are still in use. All these traditional provincial names are carried forward by two current provinces and for all except Gangwon (which is the only one where the two carrying the name were split between North and South Korea) a North and a South province of the same name. However note that for most former provinces, the two current provinces with the name are usually not entirely coextensive with the former province.
The dates of the former provinces are those when they carried that name; they often existed with a different name before that year.
Jeolla Province —
Jeonju and
Naju (The first character of Naju is actually "ra"—"r" changes to "n" in the initial position, and the combination "nr" changes to "ll" due to phonological characteristics of the Korean language); now in South Korea
Sometimes a portmanteau name is created from the names of predecessor towns. Names that are merely a concatenation of the predecessor names, such as Budapest, are excluded.
Beaverdell, British Columbia — Beaverton and Rendell[1]
Some school districts that serve two or three towns have names that are blends of those towns' names. Or they're a blend of county names that the district covers parts of.
Chariho Regional School District (Charlestown, Richmond, and Hopkinton), three towns in southwestern Rhode Island who share the district.
Talsinki —
Tallinn,
Estonia and
Helsinki,
Finland, informal region around these two capitals, especially in regards to the proposed tunnel between them
Valguedas —
Valtierra and Arguedas, informal name for the area of two
Navarrese villages
Border portmanteaus
A border portmanteau combines the names of two, or occasionally three, adjacent polities (countries, states, provinces, counties, cities) to form a name for a region, town, body of water, or other feature on or near their mutual border.
Regions
Generalized border regions
These are generalized (and unofficial) regions usually centered on cities near state borders in the United States. They usually extend across state lines and their names are portmanteaus of two or three state names.
Arklamiss (Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi) region near
Monroe, Louisiana
Ark-La-Tex (Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas) a U.S. socio-economic region where Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, and Oklahoma intersect; urban center is
Shreveport, Louisiana
Minnesconsin (Minnesota and Wisconsin) area of northwestern Wisconsin near the
Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area (unlike the others, this region does not extend across the state line)
Texhoma (Texas and Oklahoma) centered on
Wichita Falls, Texas and not necessarily distinct from Texoma
Delmarva Peninsula (Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia) a large peninsula on the East Coast of the United States, occupied by
Delaware and portions of
Maryland and
Virginia
Kennessee (Kentucky and Tennessee) a formerly disputed strip of land along the Kentucky-Tennessee border
Towns, villages, and localities
§ This symbol marks localities with no current population; some of them never had any population.[9]
Blends of country, state, and province names
Note: places listed on the same line are immediately across the border from each other. Some others with non-similar names are also across a border from each other.
§ Alaflora, Alabama (Alabama and Florida) former logging town in Escambia County[9]: 97
§ Alaga, Alabama (Alabama and Georgia) town and shipping point where the Alabama Midland Railway crossed the
Chattahoochee River[9]: 80
Alcan Border, Alaska (Alaska and Canada) port of entry where the Alaska Highway (formerly the Alcan Highway) crosses into Alaska
Arkana, Louisiana and Arkana, Arkansas (Arkansas and Louisiana) town of some 500 people with post office (1890–1931) in Lafayette County, Arkansas and Bossier Parish, Louisiana; now reduced to a single tavern on the Louisiana side of the border,[10][9]: 350
Arkinda, Arkansas (Arkansas and Indian Territory, now Oklahoma) former trading post with the Choctaw Nation just across the Indian Territory line[9]: 372
§ Arkla, Arkansas (Arkansas and Louisiana), former railroad stop in Chicot County[9]: 309
§ Arkmo, Missouri (Arkansas and Missouri) likely former stop on the Kennett & Osceola Railroad in Dunklin County[9]: 328
§ Calzona, California (California and Arizona) former town with a post office (1909–14) and rail depot (1909–17) on the Arizona and California Railway; site now west of
Big River, California[12]
§ Carotenn, North Carolina (North Carolina and Tennessee) another name for
Lost Cove, North Carolina, a former logging town and moonshining locale, now a ghost town[9]: 188
§ Cokan, Kansas (Colorado and Kansas), community located about 2 miles (3 kilometers) east of the Colorado-Kansas line in Greeley County from the 1930s to the 1950s[5]
§ Colmex, Colorado (Colorado and New Mexico) former Denver and Rio Grande Railroad stop in La Plata County[9]: 471
§ Colokan, Kansas (Colorado and Kansas) a short-lived (1887–1897) town half a mile east of the Colorado-Kansas border in Greeley County[9]: 429
Illmo, Scott City, Missouri (Illinois and Missouri) railroad town located at the Missouri end of a rail bridge over the Mississippi River; now merged with Scott City[19]
§ Kanado, Kansas (Kansas and Colorado), community located about 10 miles (16 kilometers) east of Colorado-Kansas line in Greeley County during the 1940s[5]
Kanorado, Kansas (Kansas and Colorado) town in the middle of sunflower fields that has seen busier days[5]
§ Missala, Alabama (Mississippi and Alabama) former post office (1916–1925) serving a short-lived logging boom in Choctaw County[9]: 114
Moark, Arkansas (Missouri and Arkansas) town formed when the railroad came in the 1870s and went away when the rail did in the 1960s[9]: 335
§
Moark, Missouri (Missouri and Arkansas) former shipping point for the Missouri-Arkansas Lumber Company[23]
§ Mokan, Missouri (Missouri and Kansas) former coal-shipping town in Bates County[9]: 300
§
Mondak, Montana and East Mondak, North Dakota (Montana and North Dakota) Wild West town providing liquor, gambling, and other adult recreations during a period when North Dakota prohibited alcohol and Montana did not; losing its raison d'etre with
Prohibition, the town was abandoned and then destroyed by wildfire in the 1920s,[9]: 259 [7]
Monida, Montana (Montana and Idaho) former rail service town where the Utah and Northern Railroad crossed the Continental Divide at Monida Pass[24]
§ Monota, Montana (Montana and North Dakota) village with post office in the early 20th century[9]: 449
Nocarva, North Carolina (North Carolina and Virginia) community of lakeside homes with private airstrip on the shore of
Lake Gaston[25]
§ Nosodak, North Dakota (North and South Dakota) platted, but never actually settled; town site now within
Lake Oahe[7]
§ Nypenn, New York (New York and Pennsylvania) former station on the New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad south of State Line in Chautauqua County[9]: 52
§ Oklarado, Colorado (Oklahoma and Colorado) former farming community in Baca County[5]
§ Orcal, Oregon (Oregon and California) former railroad stop on the Southern Pacific's Siskiyou Line[14]
§ Otex, Oklahoma (Harmon County) (Oklahoma and Texas)[11]
§ Otex, Oklahoma (Texas County) (Oklahoma and Texas) former post office just northeast of Texhoma[11]
Penowa, Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia) small residential community, formerly a coal mining town, in Washington County[9]: 141
Saskalta, Alberta (Saskatchewan and Alberta), former name of
Altario
Sylmar, Maryland and Sylmar, Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania and Maryland) former town with rail station straddling the state border near US Highway 1, now a rural area[5]
§ Tenark, Arkansas (Tennessee and Arkansas) Union Pacific Railroad stop southwest of West Memphis, Arkansas[25]
§ Tennelina, North Carolina (Tennessee and North Carolina) former post office on Shut-in Creek in Madison County[9]: 181
§ Tennemo, Tennessee (Tennessee and Missouri) former lumber town (saw mill and shipping point) on the Mississippi River in Dyer County[26]
§ Urado, Utah (Utah and Colorado) former post office and school in San Juan County[9]: 519
§ Utida, Utah (Utah and Idaho) former railroad town (including maintenance shop) on the Utah Northern Railroad (now Union Pacific Railroad) in Cache County[9]: 510
Uvada, Nevada (Utah and Nevada) ranching community in White Pine County[32]
§ Uvada, Utah (Utah and Nevada) former rail station and siding in Iron County[9]: 526
Kreuzkölln, Berlin (Kreuzberg and Neukölln) unofficial name of a gentrified area composed of northern
Neukölln and southern
Kreuzberg, two boroughs of Berlin, Germany[41]
Lake Koocanusa — a reservoir named for the river it dams (
Kootenay River) and the countries whose border it straddles (Canada and United States) located in British Columbia and Montana
Mansask Lake[47] (Manitoba and Saskatchewan) near Saskman Lake[3]
Texarkana Reservoir (Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana) original name of reservoir on the Sulphur River in Texas, renamed Lake Texarkana, now known as
Wright Patman Lake
These can either run along or near a border or connect two places.
Roads along a border
Beltagh Avenue (
North Bellmore, New York and
Wantagh, New York) part runs along the boundary between the hamlets of North Bellmore and Wantagh, the rest along the boundary between Bellmore and North Bellmore
Can-Ada Road (
Canyon County, Idaho and
Ada County, Idaho) along two different sections of the county line, one known as North Can-Ada Road and the other as South Can-Ada Road.
Canusa Street (Canada and United States) runs along the border between Beebe Plain, Vermont and Standstead, Quebec
Clarwin Road, Clarwin Avenue (Clare County Michigan and
Gladwin County, Michigan) road along county line, with different parts known as Road and Avenue
Michiana Drive (Michigan and Indiana) street on the mutual city limits of Michiana, Michigan and Michiana Shores, Indiana, which also puts it on the state border between Michigan and Indiana
Floribraska Avenue,
Tampa, Florida (Florida Avenue and Nebraska Avenue) connects North Florida Avenue on the west with Nebraska Avenue on the east, passing under Interstate-275 and crossing several other streets
Mantario Trail (Manitoba and Ontario) hiking trail mostly in Manitoba but partially in Ontario
Mari-Osa State Wildlife Area, Missouri (Maries and Osage Counties)[61]
Minn-Kota State Wildlife Management Area, Minnesota (Minnesota and South Dakota)[62]
Maps
Below are maps of the towns (red dots), bodies of water (blue dots), and other geographic features (green dots) that are portmanteaus of country, state, and province names. Also included are pseudo-border portmanteau towns (yellow dots).
Some places have names that are blends of country, state, and provincial names. However, they are either not near their mutual border, or of regions that do not have a mutual border.
Altario, Alberta (Alberta and Ontario), formerly Saskalta (Saskatchewan and Alberta)[9]: 148
Altorado, Alberta (Alberta and Colorado), named by Mormon settlers from Colorado[63]
Arizmo, Arizona (Arizona and Missouri), settled by people from Missouri[64]
Arkana, Arkansas (Baxter County) (Arkansas and Louisiana)[9]: 356
Delmar Boulevard (Delaware and Maryland), major street in St. Louis, Missouri; named by two early landowners along the street, one from Delaware and one from Maryland
Gragreen, North Dakota[84] —A. H. Gray and D. W. Green, early pioneers[7]
Grano, North Dakota — either Charles Grace and Lano Robert Ortberg, newspapermen from Mohall ND, or A. D. Greene, railroad official, and Charles Lano, postmaster at Mohall (or possibly from Grain-0 cereal)[85]
Greenspond, Newfoundland and Labrador — first two families: Green and Pond[86] (very old name dating from the early 1700s)
Joetta, Illinois — Joel and Marietta Booz, son-in-law and daughter of James Martin, first postmaster[18]
Jonancy, Kentucky — Joe Hudson and Nancy Ratliffe, employees (bookkeeper and timekeeper, respectively) of the local coal mining company (Kentucky Block Fuel Company)[21]
Juliaetta, Idaho — Julia and Etta, daughters of Charles Snyder, the first postmaster[17]
Mabank, Texas — G. W. Mason and Thomas Eubank, town founders, ranchers[94]
Macworth, Saskatchewan[95] — McEwen and Elsworth, local families[3]
Mansfield, Texas — Ralph S. Man and Julian Feild[sic], mill and business owners[96]
Marchwell, Saskatchewan[97] — Frank M. and Charles H. March and Henry Wells, owners of March Brothers and Wells, a land holding and development company[3]
Borosolvay, California — Pacific Coast Borax Company and the Solvay Process Company[12]
BosWash or BosNYWash, terms occasionally used for the chain of interlocking coastal metropolitan areas (stretching from
Boston in the north to
Washington, D.C. in the south) that make up the
Northeast megalopolis.
Bralorne, British Columbia — Bralco and Lorne (name of the mine); Bralco is a company name coined by combining BRitish, ALberta, and COlumbia[1]
Clackamette Cove — Clackamas River and Willamette River, an inlet along the Clackamas River near the confluence. Also called Clackamette Lake.
Clackamette Park is nearby.[107]
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hdl:
2027/mdp.39015009099824.