Laughlin is a small resort town on the banks of the Colorado River, located at the southern tip of Nevada, 90 miles south of Las Vegas. It is the geographic meeting point of San Bernardino County, California, Mohave County, Arizona, and Clark County, Nevada. What city in Arizona borders Nevada? […]
New Jersey. The United States in Order of Statehood Order State Date Admitted 1 Delaware 1787-12-7 2 Pennsylvania 1787-12-12 3 New Jersey 1787-12-18 4 Georgia 1788-1-2 What was the 4th state? Georgia (U.S. state), one of the original Thirteen Colonies, and the fourth to ratify the Constitution of the United […]
Monument Valley Fees, Permits & Hours The entrance fee is $10 per person or $20 per vehicle (up to four people, $6 per additional person). Children 9 and younger are free. Permits are required for backcountry hiking, camping, filming and various special uses such as weddings. Do you have to […]
Cities in Two States Bristol (Virginia and Tennessee) Bristol is a city located across the boundary line that separates Tennessee and Virginia. Texarkana (Arkansas and Texas) Texarkana is a town in Bowie County, Texas. Texhoma (Oklahoma and Texas) Union City (Indiana and Ohio) What cities are in more than one […]
Lookout Mountain. The edge of Lookout Mountain is already in Georgia and a half mile from Chattanooga, TN. If you look southwest from your vantage point at the edge of Lookout Mountain, you’ll see Alabama 25 miles away. People also say that when the sky is clear and with a […]
Most Common U.S. Street Names Cedar (5,644) Eighth (5,524) Elm (5,233) View (5,202) Washington (4,974) Ninth (4,908) Lake (4,901) Hill (4,877) What is the most commonly named street in America? Second StreetThe official list also showed that there were more Second streets than First streets. In fact, it found that […]
Four Corners Monument. Four Corners Monument is where the corners of Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico meet. It’s the only place in the United States where four states touch at the same point! Where can you stand in all four states at once? Four Corners MonumentFour Corners Monument, marking […]
The Most Common Street Names in America The longest street name in the U.S. is 38 characters long: “Jean Baptiste Point du Sable Lake Shore Drive” located in Chicago, Illinois. The second longest street name is 34 characters long: “Northeast Kentucky Industrial Parkway” located in Greenup, Kentucky. What is the […]
10 Rarest Last Names in the United States Tuffin. Bombardo. Duckstein. Stawarski. Ragsdill. Panchak. Mosheyev. Guillebeaux. What is the weirdest last name ever? Rather, each one of them has an intriguing meaning that reveals, little by little, the kind of world our forefathers inhabited. English. Bodycomb. Bytheseashore (pronounced ‘Bitherseeshore’) Italian. […]
31 of the 50 United States are home to a Washington County. There are 5 Washington Townships (and one Washington Borough) in the State of New Jersey.Washington (91) Place Type State/Territory Washington, Vermont town Vermont Washington, Virginia town Virginia Washington, West Virginia CDP West Virginia What town name is in […]
Check out these nine pairs of U.S. cities that share the same name. Portland, Maine and Portland, Oregon. Nashville, Tennessee and Nashville, Indiana. Springfield, Illinois and Springfield, Oregon. Orange County, California and Orange County, Florida. Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri. Is there a city in each state with […]
In 2019, only 208 babies were named Rome, making it the rarest baby name in the United States. The unique name comes from the capital city of Italy. What is the most uncommon name in the US? Most Unusual Picks in the Top 1000 U.S. Names Name Gender Origin America […]
It was almost named Rabbitville or Possom Trot. What was Kansas City called before? This area included Westport Landing and in 1850 was incorporated as the Town of Kansas. City founders derived the name from the Kansas, or Kaw, River which was named for the Kansa Indians. The state of […]
Recent counts show the name “Riverside” occurring in the most states with 186 occurrences in 46 States; only Alaska, Hawaii, Louisiana, and Oklahoma not having a community so named. Is there a town that every state has? According to a common factoid, there’s a community called Springfield in all 50 […]
The name “Springfield” is often thought to be the only community name appearing in each of the 50 states, but at last count it was in only 34 states. Which states do not have a Springfield? This isn’t true; 35 states have a Springfield or a close cousin; but the […]