I grew up in Arlington Heights IL, not to be confused with Arlington
IL. Doesn't that count for half a point?
I think you need to update this wikipedia page with your research since
it doesn't list Arlington.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_most_common_U.S._place_names
Of course, there are conflicting data and questions about whether
unincorporated cities count.
http://geography.about.com/od/lists/a/placename50.htm claims that
"Riverside" wins the most unoriginal award.
On 4/3/09 7:53 PM, Ricker, William wrote:
Uri is correct, but it's close and depends on what the meaning of is is.
Springfield wins 31+2 to 26+4 instances in the US,
but Arlington appears in more states 29 to 26.
The plus two and four are for named villages within an incorporated
larger city, and double counts Arlington in Arlington Wisc, and counts
Jacksonville FL village/neighborhoods for both.
So both names appear in more states than not.
Only WV has two Arlingtons (2+0) besides the nested pair in WI (1+1),
but for Springfields, NJ has 2+1, WI 5+0, FL 1+1. They're at least all
in different counties.
Springfield MA is credited as being the Original (population 154,082),
and Springfield MO the most populous (154,777) at last census. So total
population of any pair is pretty low, but the sum could be vaguely
respectable
Arlington County,VA, (population 206,800, undivided) isn't so much
more; like the larger Arlington TX (371,038, 50th largest city in it's
own right) it is not it's metropolis standard bearer. They're a pretty
decent pair, but in either case you'd say Greater Washington or Greater
DalWorth was the host.
The states with one or both:
ALa AZa CAas COas FL(a)s(s) GAas ILas INas
IOa KAa KYas LAs MEs MD(a) MAas MIas MNas
MOs NEas NHs NJss(s) NYas NCa OHas ORas PA(a)
SCs SDas TNas TXa VTas VAas WAa WVaas
WIa(a)sssss
[http://en.wikipedia.org/]
We should encourage the states with neither to adopt one or both !
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