Most Common US City Names (A-Z)

See if you can identify the most common city/town name in the United States for each letter of the alphabet.

Using data from simple maps' United States Cities Database

For each letter, I've named one or more states with notable instances of that city name, as well as a hint and the overall number of instances for that city name.

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Letter	Notable Instances	Hint	#	City Name
A	Virginia	General Robert E. Lee's former estate, now the most hallowed U.S. National Cemetery	18	Arlington
B	Vermont	Birthplace of Ben & Jerry's ice cream	17	Burlington
C	Iowa	Named after former New York governor Dewitt C______, not the 42nd U.S. President	23	Clinton
D	Ohio	Hometown of Orville & Wilbur Wright	18	Dayton
E	Illinois	Named after a popular Scottish tune "The Song of E____," not former NBA star E____ Baylor	14	Elgin
F	Tennessee	American Founding Father known as a writer, scientist, inventor, diplomat, printer, and political philosopher.	29	Franklin
G	South Carolina, North Carolina	350 miles separate the South Carolina and North Carolina cities that share this name	22	Greenville
H	New York	Named for a 17th century English explorer	15	Hudson
I	Missouri	Hometown of U.S. President Harry S Truman	14	Independence
J	Mississippi	Mississippi state capital	17	Jackson
K	New York,	Not to be confused with the capital of Jamaica	20	Kingston
L	Kentucky	Home of the University of Kentucky	18	Lexington
M	Iowa, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois	Most are named after American Revolutionary War hero Gen. Frances "Swamp Fox" M_____	23	Marion
N	Rhode Island	Mansions of Gilded Age tycoons, including the Vanderbilt family's "The Breakers"	15	Newport
O	California	Northern California city forever in the shadow of its neighbor across the bay.	18	Oakland
P	New Jersey	Ivy League university	17	Princeton
Q	Massachusetts, Illinois	Named for Colonel John Q_____, grandfather of Abigail Adams and great-grandfather of the 6th U.S. president.	7	Quincy
R	California	California Inland Empire city	16	Riverside
S	Illinois,	Or Massachusetts, or Missouri, or Oregon, or on the Simpsons	21	Springfield
T	New Jersey	New Jersey state capital	16	Trenton
U	Missouri	There are 50 states in the U____	15	Union
V	Texas	Named for George Washington's family home	9	Vernon
W	D.C.	1st President of the United States	18	Washington
X	Ohio	Over half ot the city's buildings were destroyed by an F5 tornado in 1974	2	Xenia
Y	Pennsylvania	Named after a cathedral city in England.	7	York
Z	Illinois	Named after biblical Mount Z___	4	Zion

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