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USA Centric - Common Place Names #2 - No Townships

These are the most common place names in the USA, according to http://citypopulation.de/, not counting townships.
It's harder than I thought it would be. Don't be discouraged if you don't get many.
The categories include:
  • State
  • Region - Counties, Parishes, and Census Areas
  • Local - Cities, Towns, Boroughs, Villages, Precincts, and Unorganized Territories.
  • Neighborhoods within cities are not included.
    Because some states have dozens of townships with the same names, this quiz excludes them.
Unique names are counted separately. That means that Whoville, West Whoville, Whoville Heights, and Whoville Upper Falls don't count as the same name.
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Name
Total
State
Region
Local
1
Washington
61
1
31
29
2
Franklin
58
0
25
33
3
Lincoln
51
0
24
27
4
Jackson
47
0
24
23
5
Jefferson
45
0
26
19
6
Union
40
0
18
22
7
Madison
40
0
20
20
8
Monroe
37
0
17
20
9
Marion
37
0
17
20
10
Clinton
33
0
9
24
11
Warren
28
0
14
14
12
Montgomery
28
0
18
10
13
Grant
27
0
15
12
14
Hamilton
24
0
10
14
15
Marshall
24
0
12
12
16
Wayne
24
0
16
8
17
Springfield
23
0
0
23
18
Liberty
23
0
4
19
19
Richmond
23
0
4
19
20
Harrison
23
0
8
15
21
Columbia
23
0
8
15
22
Benton
23
0
9
14
23
Adams
23
0
12
11
24
Ashland
22
0
2
20
25
Chester
22
0
3
19
26
Perry
22
0
10
12
27
Douglas
22
0
12
10
28
Clay
22
0
18
4
29
Fairfield
21
0
3
18
30
Cleveland
21
0
3
18
31
Randolph
21
0
8
13
32
Hancock
21
0
10
11
33
Farmington
20
0
0
20
34
Clayton
20
0
2
18
35
Plymouth
20
0
2
18
36
Richland
20
0
7
13
37
Scott
20
0
11
9
38
Salem
19
0
1
18
39
Burlington
19
0
1
18
40
Newton
19
0
6
13
41
Butler
19
0
8
11
42
Fayette
19
0
11
8
43
Dover
18
0
0
18
44
Milton
18
0
0
18
45
Dayton
18
0
0
18
46
Trenton
18
0
0
18
47
Oakland
18
0
1
17
48
Columbus
18
0
1
17
49
Greenville
18
0
1
17
50
Newport
18
0
1
17
51
Georgetown
18
0
1
17
52
Lafayette
18
0
6
12
53
Taylor
18
0
7
11
54
Orange
18
0
8
10
55
Webster
18
0
8
10
56
Fulton
18
0
8
10
57
Jasper
18
0
8
10
58
Crawford
18
0
11
7
59
Johnson
18
0
12
6
60
Troy
17
0
0
17
61
Manchester
17
0
0
17
62
Oxford
17
0
1
16
63
Lebanon
17
0
1
16
64
Arlington
17
0
1
16
65
Lexington
17
0
2
15
66
Wilson
17
0
4
13
 
Name
Total
State
Region
Local
67
Henderson
17
0
5
12
68
Livingston
17
0
6
11
69
Pulaski
17
0
7
10
70
Lawrence
17
0
11
6
71
Morgan
17
0
11
6
72
Lee
17
0
12
5
73
Carroll
17
0
13
4
74
Greene
17
0
14
3
75
Milford
16
0
0
16
76
Auburn
16
0
0
16
77
Aurora
16
0
1
15
78
Weston
16
0
1
15
79
Greenwood
16
0
2
14
80
Albany
16
0
2
14
81
Fremont
16
0
4
12
82
Lancaster
16
0
4
12
83
Shelby
16
0
9
7
84
Canton
15
0
0
15
85
Windsor
15
0
1
14
86
Hudson
15
0
1
14
87
Spencer
15
0
2
13
88
Florence
15
0
2
13
89
Bristol
15
0
2
13
90
Buffalo
15
0
3
12
91
York
15
0
5
10
92
Cumberland
15
0
8
7
93
Logan
15
0
10
5
94
Calhoun
15
0
11
4
95
Lake
15
0
12
3
96
Clark
15
0
12
3
97
Polk
15
0
12
3
98
Fairview
14
0
0
14
99
Berlin
14
0
0
14
100
Sharon
14
0
0
14
101
Kingston
14
0
0
14
102
Hartford
14
0
1
13
103
Summit
14
0
3
11
104
Sherman
14
0
4
10
105
Russell
14
0
4
10
106
Decatur
14
0
5
9
107
Mason
14
0
6
8
108
Knox
14
0
9
5
109
Greenfield
13
0
0
13
110
Bloomfield
13
0
0
13
111
Albion
13
0
0
13
112
Holland
13
0
0
13
113
Centerville
13
0
0
13
114
Mount Vernon
13
0
0
13
115
Princeton
13
0
0
13
116
Lake City
13
0
0
13
117
Independence
13
0
1
12
118
Hampton
13
0
1
12
119
Montrose
13
0
1
12
120
Seneca
13
0
2
11
121
Somerset
13
0
4
9
122
Camden
13
0
4
9
123
Sheridan
13
0
5
8
124
Anderson
13
0
5
8
125
Campbell
13
0
5
8
126
Dallas
13
0
5
8
127
Houston
13
0
5
8
128
Garfield
13
0
6
7
129
Howard
13
0
7
6
130
Mercer
13
0
8
5
131
Putnam
13
0
9
4
132
Henry
13
0
10
3
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Level 82
Apr 5, 2019
Interesting quiz. I got 45. Biggest facepalm for me was Franklin. Most obscure get was Princeton - only guessed by 5% of quiz takers, surprised more didn't get that one. I picked up Centerville probably because I grew up in one, but I see them all over. Even in my state I think there were at least 3 or 4 maybe more, though most of them were spelled Centreville so I'm not sure if that counts or not.
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Level 82
Apr 5, 2019
Surprised so many place names I thought of don't occur at least 13 times in the country. Seems like this data is incomplete. I thought of so many while taking the quiz but right now one that springs to mind is Piedmont. I'm sure part of this is that unique names are counted separately but also I might be thinking of place names that are not counted. ... like... the name of my parents' gated community Piedmont Vista would be disqualified on both grounds. But it's also the name of one of the three regions of Virginia- just Piedmont.