This is a list of the most common U.S. place names (cities, towns, villages, boroughs and Census Designated Places), with number of times that name occurs (in parentheses). Some states have more than one occurrence of the same name. Cities with populations over 100,000 are in bold.
Read more about List Of The Most Common U.S. Place Names: Greenville (50), Franklin (30), Clinton (29), Springfield (28), Salem (25), Fairview (24), Washington (24), Madison (23), Georgetown (22), Arlington (21), Marion (21), Oxford (21), Ashland (20), Burlington (20), Manchester (20), Clayton (19), Jackson (19), Milton (19), Auburn (18), Dayton (18), Lexington (18), Milford (18), Riverside (18), Cleveland (18), Dover (17), Hudson (17), Kingston (18), Mount Vernon (17), Newport (17), Oakland (17), Centerville (18), Winchester (17)
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—Charlotte Bunch (b. 1944)
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)