How many towns in Texas were named after other towns?

[big daddy russ]

We were talking about it and it got us thinking. Where else do you know of?

Moscow (N of Houston)
Oakland (In SE/Central Texas)
Paris
London (Outside of Corpus, kids go to middle school there, but go to HS at, I believe, CC Carroll... About to be incorporporated with CC)
San Diego
Cleveland
Pittsburg, TX/Pittsburgh, PA (not sure if that one really counts)

Any other places you know of?

[SintonFan_inAustin]

i lived in London for a couple of months when i was a teenager, london tx:)

[CalallenWildcat]

Los Angeles (near Uvalde)...population: 4

[carter08]

Originally posted by CalallenWildcat
Los Angeles (near Uvalde)...population: 4

are they like 1/100A

[STANG RED]

There's a Tokyo out by the New Mexico border.
Also Arlington Va / Tx
Alpine
Abilene - I dont know if Abilene Kansas came before Abilene Texas or not.
Albany NY / TX

I'm sure thers hundreds more.

[formermbcouns]

Abilene, KS was before Abilene, TX



Originally posted by STANG RED
There's a Tokyo out by the New Mexico border.
Also Arlington Va / Tx
Alpine
Abilene - I dont know if Abilene Kansas came before Abilene Texas or not.
Albany NY / TX

I'm sure thers hundreds more.

[SintonFan_inAustin]

Originally posted by STANG RED
There's a Tokyo out by the New Mexico border.
Also Arlington Va / Tx
Alpine
Abilene - I dont know if Abilene Kansas came before Abilene Texas or not.
Albany NY / TX

I'm sure thers hundreds more.

dont forget Albany,Georgia :)

St Paul Texas just few miles from Sinton

[Keith7]

Gainesville, Tx and Gainesville, Florida or Gainesville, Georgia...

But Gainesville was actually named after the dude that founded it whos last name was Gaines

[3afan]

there are many maybes - who knows if they were named after another town in another state? safer to say they share names ........

omaha NE
columbus GA,OH
greenville NC,SC
portland OR
detroit MI
jacksonville FL,AL
miami OK,FL
memphis TN
lexington MA,KY
montgomery AL
charlotte NC
atlanta GA
arlington VA
albany NY,GA

just to name a few ..............

[Phil C]

During the sixties the cold war with the USSR was at a peak and the citizens of the small town of Moscow, Texas signed a petition that was sent to the USSR requesting that they rename their capitol because they didn't want the same name as the Russian capitol. Needless to say their request was refused. :)

[luvhoops34]

Originally posted by big daddy russ
We were talking about it and it got us thinking. Where else do you know of?

Moscow (N of Houston)
Oakland (In SE/Central Texas)
Paris
London (Outside of Corpus, kids go to middle school there, but go to HS at, I believe, CC Carroll... About to be incorporporated with CC)
San Diego
Cleveland
Pittsburg, TX/Pittsburgh, PA (not sure if that one really counts)

Any other places you know of?

I've never heard of Moscow or Oakland, but I sure as hell know where London is!!

[eagles_victory]

Palestine Tx and that country Palestine sp? where they have a lot of wars. That could just be hearsay but the Palestine guys can correct me if im wrong

[coach]

fairfield, maine

[Ranger Mom]

Not to hijack this thread...but when we went on our Hoover Road Trip.....we were surprised about all the town signs we saw that had the same name as a lot of 3A schools in Texas!!

[Phil C]

Originally posted by luvhoops34
I've never heard of Moscow or Oakland, but I sure as hell know where London is!!

This may help on Moscow, Texas.

http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/MM/hlm91.html

[luvhoops34]

From the Handbook of Texas online:

CHARLOTTE, TEXAS. Charlotte is at the junction of State Highway 97 and Farm roads 140, 1548, and 1333, in southwestern Atascosa County. Coahuiltecan Indian groups once roamed the site. Charlotte was carved from the Old Tobey Ranch, which at the time of its founding was owned by Jourdan Campbell and T. H. Zanderson. In 1910 the townsite was laid out by J. F. Edwards in the form of a wagon wheel, the streets forming spokes. In 1911 J. E. Franklin, from Missouri, offered to construct a railroad through the county. Landowners donated land to help finance the project; George F. Hindes and M. M. Davis are reported to have given thousands of acres. The name Charlotte was given by Dr. Charles Simmons, who aided in the development of Atascosa County. Towns in the county were named for all three of his daughters, Charlotte, Imogene, and Christine. In the early days cotton was the principle crop around Charlotte. At one time farmers waited in line for twenty-four hours, their wagons loaded, to have their cotton ginned. But ranching is still the basic industry, and some ranchers have developed fine herds of registered cattle. Some have also established dairy farms. Oil was discovered in 1946; there are now more than 700 producing oil wells in the school district.

[Phil C]

This may help on Oakland, Texas.

http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/OO/hno7.html

[marlin fan]

some of u must have really been bored today!!

[formermbcouns]

LOL...but it's kinda fun!



Originally posted by marlin fan
some of u must have really been bored today!!

[sww-bull52]

There's also a London, TX in the hill country about 23 miles NE of Junction.

[luvhoops34]

LONDON, TEXAS (Kimble County). London, also known as London Town, is a farming community on U.S. Highway 377 about eighteen miles northeast of Junction in northeastern Kimble County. The town was established in the late 1870s or early 1880s by Len L. Lewis, a horse trader and former officer in the Union Army who moved to the area in 1878. After marrying a local widow, Lewis bought a half-section of land and proceeded with his plans to build a town that he hoped would become a trade center for the region. In 1881 a store was opened on the site by Ed, Tom, and Robert Stevenson (the last the future father of Coke Robert Stevensonqv), and soon thereafter Lewis laid out a townsite. The plan included forty town lots and a town square, as Lewis hoped that his town would eventually become the county seat for a new county. The site was named London in 1882, when a post office was established at the store; and about this same time a Methodist Church Society was organized there. About thirty people lived in London in 1884. The town was on one of the branches of a cattle trail, and a number of local men were cattle drivers. By 1896 London had about 100 residents and had grown to include a blacksmith shop, a flour mill and cotton gin, a saloon, two hotels, two general stores, and Christian, Methodist, and Baptist churches. In 1914 London had five general stores, and about 175 people lived there. The town continued to grow during the 1920s, and by 1931 it had sixteen businesses and an estimated population of 360. Though its population fell by about half during the Great Depression,qv it revived during World War II,qv and by 1943 London had fifteen businesses and a population of about 420. The 1948 county highway map showed thirteen businesses, two churches, a school, and scattered dwellings at the site. London later declined, as farms in the area were consolidated and mechanized. By 1952 the town had eight businesses and about 250 residents; by 1972 it had four businesses and about 110 residents. London revived somewhat during the mid-1970s, and in 1982 it had four businesses and a population of 180. In 1992 it continued to report a population of 180.

[shankbear]

I like the towns that wanted a name that was already taken in Texas so they just spelled it backwards.

Walker...Recklaw

Lucas.....Sacul

[Highschoolfan78]

I always like the swiss alps out in the middle of nowhere in texas.. ehh dont remember where they are, on the way to lagrange maybe?

[luvhoops34]

Originally posted by Highschoolfan78
I always like the swiss alps out in the middle of nowhere in texas.. ehh dont remember where they are, on the way to lagrange maybe?



Swiss Alp is between Schulenburg and La Grange on Hwy 77, just north of High Hill.

[Bull Butter]

Originally posted by CalallenWildcat
Los Angeles (near Uvalde)...population: 4

Home of Ruby's Lounge:clap:

[Bull Butter]

Harlingen was named after a city in The Netherlands of the same name.

These days, Harlingen, The Netherlands has a pop. of 15,000.
Harlingen, Texas has a pop. of 66,000

[Stownhorse]

Originally posted by Bull Butter
Harlingen was named after a city in The Netherlands of the same name.

These days, Harlingen, The Netherlands has a pop. of 15,000.
Harlingen, Texas has a pop. of 66,000

Harlingen, The Netherlands isnt on the border of Mexico or it would have the same pop. Its not their fault there isnt any immigrants there lol

[Adidas410s]

what about Sweetwater and Agua Dulce? :thinking:

[PHS Wildcats]

Yea, Palestine, Tx and Palestine the country are pronounced differently. But it's funny sometime to hear the Dallas news stations pronounce it.

Oakland is a very small town on HWY 79 going toward Jacksonville, Tx, which is also named with Jacksonville, fl.

Athens Tx and Athens, Greece. Buffalo, Tx and Buffalo NY.

[sahen]

There is a China, Texas...

Also there is a Damascus, Texas...Everytime I go see my grandparents there is a sign that points to a road and says Damascus this way and I always think, so THATS the road to Damascus....

[htowntransplant]

cant forget pasadena texas

[KingRob]

Victoria, Texas and Victoria, British Columbia.

Please god, don't ever make me have to live in Victoria ever again!!:p :cool: :rolleyes:

[3afan]

Italy
Venus

[Fotbol]

LaGrange Georgia, not 2 far from Atlanta

[piratebg]

If memory serves me correct, there is a Beverly Hills, TX just outside of Waco.

[shankbear]

Nome, TX and Nome , Alaska

[big daddy russ]

Originally posted by piratebg
If memory serves me correct, there is a Beverly Hills, TX just outside of Waco.
Yup, right down the street from Floyd Casey Stadium.

[BTEXDAD]

Originally posted by Ranger Mom
Not to hijack this thread...but when we went on our Hoover Road Trip.....we were surprised about all the town signs we saw that had the same name as a lot of 3A schools in Texas!!

Which towns were named first?
Maybe they were ALL named after texas towns.

[Fotbol]

Originally posted by Fotbol
LaGrange Georgia, not 2 far from Atlanta
Columbus Georgia--------Columbus Texas

[halfnhalf]

Home of Ruby's Lounge
:thumbsup: thats what im talkin about
home of rattlesnakes, coyotes, cowboys, and mexicans:thumbsup:

[Highschoolfan78]

Yorktown tx, and yorktown VA.

[BIG BLUE DEFENSIVE END]

Originally posted by piratebg
If memory serves me correct, there is a Beverly Hills, TX just outside of Waco.

You stole mine. I hate you.

[Matthew328]

There tons of Texas towns that share names probably hundreds...

Gainesville (FL, GA)
Decatur (GA)
Dallas (GA)
Mesquite (NV)
Paris (France)
Atlanta (GA)
Pittsburg (PA)
Mt. Vernon (VA)
Arlington (VA)
Jacksonville (FL)
Athens (GA & Greece)
Henderson (NV)
Cleveland (OH)
Buffalo (NY)
Abilene (KS)
Rome (Italy)


Thats just a few

[Mustangpride09]

I know there is another Decatur, i'm pretty sure its connecticut.

[Mustangpride09]

Originally posted by Matthew328
There tons of Texas towns that share names probably hundreds...


Decatur (GA)



Thats just a few

Or Georgia.

[Stownhorse]

Originally posted by Mustangpride09
Or Georgia.

Tha Derrrrty South