What's in a Name? Part 2

So, if I had mentioned cities like St. Louis, St. Joseph, Kansas City, Hannibal, or even Independence... Most people could have guessed I was referring to the "Show Me State" or Missouri. What would the fun of that been? I was a little disappointed that I did not even get a single comment, but what can I do? All of the cities I listed in my last post are in fact in the state of Missouri. This map does not show them all, but I sort of liked it anyway.

As I was reading family histories and of course a few county history books for Missouri; I was amazed to see references to people from Texas or Mexico. These are common references for a lot of people, I would have thought they were referring to maybe Texas the state or even Mexico the country. NO! They were referring to some small towns in Missouri! That sure does get confusing.

I found this to be amazing that Missouri has so many towns with names from other places, especially foreign places. I guess that means if I want to visit Paris- I had better be real specific and say the one in France. Otherwise I may find myself sitting in Missouri. My guys would love to think they could get away with that one!

Have you found any unusual city names? It does not have to be in Missouri, it can be anywhere. I have read many family histories over the last few years, I am always amazed at what people will take for granted. Some of the older family histories even have abbreviations that are no longer in use. About 3 years ago I decided that all of my place names should be the full name; whether that was city, county, state, or even country.