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Most Common Community Names

Based upon information collected by the Geographic Names Information System, a division of the United States Geological Survey, the top two names for communities are:

 Fairview      288
 Midway       250

This includes all names of entities where people live: incorporated places, unincorporated places, housing developments that are not yet incorporated places, and neighborhoods within incorporated places.

Longest Community Names

The longest community names without a hyphen or "-" in the name and total number of characters are:

Mooselookmeguntic, ME
Kleinfeltersville, PA
Chickasawhatchee, GA
Chancellorsville, VA
Eichelbergertown, PA

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Source:
Frequently Asked Questions about GNIS. Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey in cooperation with the U.S. Board of Geographic Names, Geographic Names Information System, 2004.

 

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