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U.S. City Names Starting with U.S. City Names

For each pair of U.S. city names listed below, the second city name begins with the full name of the first city listed. Guessing the name of the first city will give you both answers.
Using only the 1,000 biggest U.S. cities based on 2022 estimates from citypopulation.de
The starting letter for the cities is provided to make it a little easier
Excluding cities located in the same state, i.e. Miami and Miami Beach, Florida
For multiple cities with the same name, only the largest is included.
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A___
Allen
Texas
111,551
Allentown
Pennsylvania
125,094
 
 
 
A________
Arlington
Texas
394,602
Arlington Heights
Illinois
75,195
 
 
 
B______
Buffalo
New York
276,486
Buffalo Grove
Illinois
42,569
 
 
 
C_____
Carson
California
92,388
Carson City
Nevada
58,130
 
 
 
C________
Charlotte
North Carolina
897,720
Charlottesville
Virginia
45,373
 
 
 
C____
Chico
California
101,299
Chicopee
Massachusetts
54,980
 
 
 
D_____
Dayton
Ohio
135,944
Daytona Beach
Florida
77,958
 
 
 
E_____
Edmond
Oklahoma
96,286
Edmonds
Washington
42,593
 
 
 
F_________
Farmington
New Mexico
46,127
Farmington Hills
Michigan
82,737
 
 
 
H________
Henderson
Nevada
331,415
Hendersonville
Tennessee
62,896
 
 
 
H_________
Huntington
West Virginia
45,746
Huntington Beach
California
194,310
 
 
 
J______
Jackson
Mississippi
145,995
Jacksonville
Florida
971,319
 
 
 
K___
Kent
Washington
134,392
Kentland
Michigan
54,077
L___
Lynn
Massachusetts
100,891
Lynnwood
Washington
43,212
 
 
 
M______
Mission
Texas
86,635
Mission Viejo
California
91,776
 
 
 
M____
Moore
Oklahoma
63,223
Mooresville
North Carolina
52,656
 
 
 
O______
Oakland
California
430,553
Oakland Park
Florida
43,824
 
 
 
P________
Pittsburg
California
77,572
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
302,898
 
 
 
R________
Rochester
New York
209,352
Rochester Hills
Michigan
75,936
 
 
 
S_____
Salina
Kansas
46,231
Salinas
California
161,020
 
 
 
S____
Sandy
Utah
93,022
Sandy Springs
Georgia
107,763
 
 
 
S_. _____
St. Louis
Missouri
286,578
St. Louis Park
Minnesota
48,827
 
 
 
S_. ______
St. Peters
Missouri
58,523
St. Petersburg
Florida
261,256
 
 
 
T_____
Taylor
Michigan
62,258
Taylorsville
Utah
57,879
 
 
 
W______
Wichita
Kansas
396,192
Wichita Falls
Texas
102,664
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Level 74
Mar 4, 2024
You should use the 2023 estimate or the 2020 census, the population numbers youre using (taken from the quiz you linked) hasn't been updated since 2013
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Level 91
Mar 4, 2024
Thank you for pointing that out. I have just updated the quiz using the latest-available (2022) data from citypopulation.de. Since I'm limiting this quiz to the 1,000 largest cities in the U.S., a few pairs dropped out and a few more have been added from the version that used the 2013 data.