Talk:List of U.S. cities named after their state
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editI thought it might be insteresting to create a page listing cities named after their home state or nation. I'd actually like to expand this (and rename it accordingly) to include all world cities named after their state/province or nation. (Probably doesn't make sense to include county-level naming, as that could get pretty huge.) This would require a good deal of research, however, so I thought I'd start with just the US and see how well this page was received before trying a project of that scale. Lurlock (talk) 16:11, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
Out of curiosity, what was the criteria used for labeling the cities as "actual" cities as opposed to "not actual" (*) cities? For example, Oklahoma City, OK and Jersey City, NJ are both labeled as "not actual cities", but from what I know about them they both meet the qualifications for a city and are "real". OKC is the largest city (and capital city) of Oklahoma [1]and Jersey City is the second largest city in the state of New Jersey[2]. Similarly, I believe Florida City is also a city, although it was once a township[3]. I was just wondering what the justification for labeling these cities as "not actual cities" was. 131.247.67.11 (talk) 19:35, 6 January 2014 (UTC)
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How can Charleston be considered to be named after South Carolina? The diff comment says they're both named after King Charles, but that doesn't mean the city is named after the state; they're both named after the king. That's different. Maybe if it was a city called South Charleston, there'd be more weight to it. I think Charleston should be removed. Dcrafti (talk) 22:15, 16 August 2020 (UTC)