My map gives 67 "Sutton" places and 59 "Stoke" in Britain, but only one of each in the US. My Europe map lists 37 places called "Santa Maria" plus 10 "Sainte-Marie", and two "St. Mary" but it's a small map, there may be more. Is any name commoner in the US than Avon --- I can find 21 Avons, including the Avondales and Avonvales.
I don't mean prefixes like New, Santa, and Stary of course, I mean the substantial core of the name. For example, on this criterion I count Stoke St. Mary in Somerset as a Stoke, but not as a St. Mary.
2006-09-18 22:39:40 · 18 answers · asked by MBK 7 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
Most common place name? Surely it's got to be "home", there's no place like home
2006-09-18 23:16:59 · answer #1 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As far as I am aware below is the top 25 most common place names and how many placces are called it in the USA.
1 Franklin (35)
2 Greenville (26)
3 Clinton (21)
4 Madison (21)
5 Clayton (19)
6 Georgetown (19)
7 Greenwood (19)
8 Riverside (19)
9 Centerville (18)
10 Columbia (18)
11 Columbus (18)
12 Marion (18)
13 Oak Grove (18)
14 Salem (18)
15 Fairview (17)
16 Lexington (17)
17 Manchester (17)
18 Milford (17)
19 Springfield (17)
20 Washington (17)
21 Cleveland (16)
22 Jackson (16)
23 Midway (16)
24 Oxford (16)
25 Paris (16)
2006-09-19 05:53:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the States, the joke is that there is a Springfield in every state. Don't know if that's exactly true, but there are several, and it's the basis of the idea in the TV show "The Simpsons" that everyone - or no one - can claim that theirs is the Springfield in which the show is set.
I've lived all over the U.S. and have driven much of it. Springfield is as good a guess as any, because I can't think of any town name that came up frequently during my travels.
As for streets, no, it's not MLK. More like Main, or Washington, perhaps.
2006-09-19 05:51:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Red Lion pub
2006-09-19 11:52:26 · answer #4 · answered by Monty323 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alexanderia
2006-09-19 05:48:30 · answer #5 · answered by Asmizam M 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Springfield.
2006-09-19 06:26:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
In America, I think it is Martin Luther King Jr. (Drive, Avenue, Street, etc.)
2006-09-19 05:43:51 · answer #7 · answered by heatherbee 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Probably Newcastle (& foreign variants) or New Town
2006-09-19 05:44:36 · answer #8 · answered by pmsteph 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
for US cities it's Springfield. Every state has a Springfield city.
2006-09-19 05:49:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
mr chans house
2006-09-21 12:10:21 · answer #10 · answered by sbete2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋