Most Common Town/City Names in the US

19 August 2010

Here's the most common town names, again from the US Board on Geographic Names:

Its sort of amazing that the most common name is Midway, and Five Points isn't far behind. And a bunch of the rest are about hope or second chances.

+-----------------+-------+
| name            | tally |
+-----------------+-------+
| Midway          |   218 |
| Fairview        |   213 |
| Oak Grove       |   169 |
| Five Points     |   150 |
| Riverside       |   130 |
| Pleasant Hill   |   124 |
| Mount Pleasant  |   119 |
| Bethel          |   111 |
| Centerville     |   109 |
| New Hope        |   108 |
| Liberty         |    98 |
| Oakland         |    98 |
| Union           |    97 |
| Pleasant Valley |    97 |
| Shady Grove     |    94 |
| Pine Grove      |    92 |
| Salem           |    92 |
| Greenwood       |    91 |
| Pleasant Grove  |    89 |
| Forest Hills    |    89 |
| Oak Hill        |    88 |
| Georgetown      |    86 |
| Lakeview        |    85 |
| Shiloh          |    84 |
| Glendale        |    81 |
| Lakewood        |    80 |
| Concord         |    79 |
| Cedar Grove     |    78 |
| Highland Park   |    77 |
+-----------------+-------+