The three main naming schemes from left to right are: Spanish Catholic/Myth about gold -> Native Tribes names as interpreted by the French/someone related to cattles last name -> European towns/religous sect.
With spattering of what someone saw when they named (Oaksville, Pleasentview, spring view, Littlerock, etc)
The Pacific Northwest also has a bunch of places where we actually kept the names the locals gave them. And one major city we named after a chief we got along great with.
You say that, if we put you on the spot to name a thousand roads and a hundred towns, you would run out too, let alone with endless need for names. They use a lot of native names, a good share of states are native words.
lol I was surprised that the UK has those too, then opened the article, and apparently there’s a Suffolk in the USA 🙃
The three main naming schemes from left to right are: Spanish Catholic/Myth about gold -> Native Tribes names as interpreted by the French/someone related to cattles last name -> European towns/religous sect.
With spattering of what someone saw when they named (Oaksville, Pleasentview, spring view, Littlerock, etc)
The Pacific Northwest also has a bunch of places where we actually kept the names the locals gave them. And one major city we named after a chief we got along great with.
You say that, if we put you on the spot to name a thousand roads and a hundred towns, you would run out too, let alone with endless need for names. They use a lot of native names, a good share of states are native words.