Statistics for US Cities Named for British and Irish Places/People

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Type	Named for		City	State	Population	% Correct
Place	Irish capital	D	Dublin	OH	49,085	86%
Place	Irish capital	D	Dublin	CA	71,674	86%
Place	Scottish capital	E	Edinburg	TX	102,338	83%
Place	Channel island	J(C)	Jersey City	NJ	283,927	83%
Place	West Midlands city	B	Birmingham	AL	197,575	82%
Place	Lincolnshire town	B	Boston	MA	654,776	79%
Person	James, Duke of ___	(N)Y	New York	NY	8,467,513	78%
Place	Northwestern English city	M	Manchester	NH	115,462	73%
Place	East Anglian county	N	Norfolk	VA	235,089	71%
Place	Northern English cathedral city	Y	York	PA	44,834	71%
Place	University of _________	C	Cambridge	MA	117,090	70%
Person	Sir Walter ______	R	Raleigh	NC	469,124	64%
Place	Borough of London	R	Richmond	VA	226,604	62%
Place	Nottinghamshire town	N	Newark	NJ	307,220	59%
Person	William ___ the Elder	P	Pittsburgh	PA	300,431	57%
Person	William ___ the Elder	P	Pittsfield	MA	43,641	57%
Place	Home counties county town	H	Hartford	CT	120,576	56%
Other	1643 theological assembly	W	Westminster	CA	90,195	56%
Place	Borough of London	W	Westminster	CO	114,561	56%
Place	Southeastern English county	K	Kent	WA	134,835	55%
Person	Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Sout______	H	Hampton	VA	137,746	51%
Place	West Midlands city / county town	W	Worcester	MA	205,918	50%
Place	East Anglian county	S	Suffolk	VA	96,194	47%
Place	Southwestern English city	B	Bristol	CT	60,661	45%
Person	King _____ II	C	Charleston	SC	151,612	45%
Place	Hampshire city	P	Portsmouth	VA	97,840	45%
Person	Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron ________	B	Baltimore	MD	576,598	40%
Place	Berkshire town	R	Reading	PA	94,844	39%
Place	Island of three nations	(N)B	New Britain	CT	73,841	37%
Person	William ____	T	Trenton	NJ	90,457	37%
Place	Northwestern English county town	L	Lancaster	PA	57,503	35%
Other	Dukes of _______	(N)B	New Bedford	MA	100,941	35%
Place	East Anglian county town	N	Norwich	CT	40,014	35%
Person	Richard _________	M	Montgomery	AL	198,665	34%
Person	Charles ___	(F)L	Fort Lee	NJ	39,871	33%
Place	Hemel _________	H	Hempstead	NY	58,734	33%
Place	Midlands county town	W	Warwick	RI	83,011	33%
Place	King's ____	L	Lynn	MA	100,843	31%
Place	Dorset island	P	Portland	ME	68,313	30%
Place	Essex village	S	Springfield	MA	154,789	29%
Person	________ Carteret	E	Elizabeth	NJ	135,407	26%
Place	Lincolnshire town	S	Stamford	CT	136,309	25%
Person	George _________	V	Vancouver	WA	192,169	25%
Person	Duke of _____	A	Albany	NY	98,617	24%
Person	Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of _________	W	Wilmington	NC	117,643	23%
Person	Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of _________	W	Wilmington	DE	70,750	23%
Person	Charles Pratt, 1st Earl ______	C	Camden	NJ	71,773	21%
Person	John _____ Sr.	H	Harrisburg	PA	50,135	18%
Place	Somerset county town	T	Taunton	MA	59,600	16%
Person	William _______	P	Paterson	NJ	157,794	15%
Person	George _________	D	Davenport	IA	101,009	14%
Place	Essex village	D	Danbury	CT	86,759	12%
Person	George _______	B	Berkeley	CA	117,145	11%
Place	_______ Abbey	W	Waltham	MA	64,015	11%
Place	East Riding town	B	Beverly	MA	42,446	10%
Person	James _____	I	Irvine	CA	309,031	10%
Person	James Drummond, 4th Earl of ____	P(A)	Perth Amboy	NJ	55,291	10%
Person	John ______	M	McAllen	TX	143,920	9%
Place	Dorset town	W	Weymouth	MA	57,670	9%
Person	John _____ , Isaac ____	WB	Wilkes-Barre	PA	44,453	9%
Person	Sir William _________	B	Bellingham	WA	92,289	8%
Place	Suffolk town	F	Framingham	MA	71,265	8%
Other	Tune about a Moray town	E	Elgin	IL	113,911	7%
Place	Essex town	M	Malden	MA	65,074	7%
Place	Wiltshire town	M	Marlborough	MA	41,110	6%
Place	Devon town	B	Barnstable	MA	49,583	5%
Person	William _____	B	Burnsville	MN	63,943	5%
Place	Suffolk town	H	Haverhill	MA	67,361	5%
Person	Frank P. ______	K	Killeen	TX	156,261	5%
Person	Peter ___	K	Kirkland	WA	92,107	5%
Place	Herefordshire town	L	Leominster	MA	43,613	5%
Place	Surrey village	M	Milford	CT	50,541	5%
Person	Luke Mc______	R	Redmond	WA	76,354	5%
Place	Essex town	B	Brentwood	CA	64,870	4%
Person	Patrick _____	E	Eagan	MN	68,642	4%
Place	Warwickshire / West Midlands village	M	Meriden	CT	60,517	4%
Place	Bedfordshire town	W	Woburn	MA	41,056	4%
Place	Norfolk town	A	Attleboro	MA	46,580	3%
Person	John G. ______	D	Downey	CA	111,645	3%
Person	Christopher _____	L	Layton	UT	83,291	3%
Person	Robert ________	L	Livermore	CA	86,798	2%
Person	Sir Paul ______	M	Methuen	MA	52,798	2%
Place	County Kilkenny estate	MJ	Mount Juliet	TN	40,766	2%
Place	County Mayo village	T	Turlock	CA	72,682	2%
Person	George ______	C	Coppell	TX	42,221	1%
Person	Juan Bautista _____	G	Gilroy	CA	58,101	1%
Person	James ______ I	O(B)	Ormond Beach	FL	43,517	1%
Person	Fred T. _____	P	Perris	CA	79,835	1%