From: de@moscom.com (David Esan)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: 'Springfield' is NOT a city in all states!
Date: 16 Dec 92 20:45:55 GMT
Organization: Moscom Corporation, Pittsford NY

In article <lisqabINN7mg@news.bbn.com> pdsmith@bbn.com (Peter D. Smith) writes:
>
>How many of you have heard the rumor that there's a "Springfield" in
>all the states of America?
>
>NOT TRUE!  In fact there are *no* towns that are found in all states!
>This is easy to determine; just get an atlas and start comparing ...
>(I recommend comparing 'Nevada' and 'Alaska' first; they have hardly
>any towns to begin with).

The company for whom I slave build telephone cost monitoring systems, units
that attach to your telephone switch and can be used to monitor telephone
usage.  To cost calls we must do like the telephone company and calculate
the distance from one point to the next.  There is a grid laid down over the
US from which you can calculate this distance.  This information is provided
to us by BellCore which also provides a name to go with each of these
locations.  

Now, not all towns are mentioned here.  Many of the local suburbs are 
merged into a nearer large city.  But, a point of reference, the tape 
does not contain 50 Springfields, but only 17.

The most popular name is (this is kinda spooky) Clinton.  Clinton occurs
in the following 26 states and provinces:

AR BC CT IA IL IN KS KY LA MA MD ME MI MN MO MS MT NC NJ NY OH OK ON SC TN WA WI

(That's Arkansas, British Columbia, Connecticut, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, 
 Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, 
 Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, New Jersey, 
 New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, South Carolina, Tennessee, Washington,
 and Wisconsin).

 Even discounting the two Canadian provinces, it remains the most popular
 place name on the BellCore V&H tape.

 A list of those cities with more than ten entries is included for your
 perusal.

  10 ALBION	    10 WILLIAMSTN     13 AUBURN		16 FARMINGTON
  10 ANDOVER	    10 WINCHESTER     13 CENTERVL	16 LIBERTY
  10 ATLANTA	    11 ALEXANDRIA     13 CLAYTON	16 MONROE
  10 AUGUSTA	    11 BENTON	      13 FREEPORT	16 NEWPORT
  10 BERLIN	    11 CAMBRIDGE      13 GREENWOOD	16 TROY
  10 BLOOMFIELD	    11 CAMDEN	      13 HUDSON		17 HILLSBORO
  10 BRIDGEPORT	    11 CAMERON	      13 LANCASTER	17 MILTON
  10 BUTLER	    11 CHATHAM	      13 TRENTON	17 OXFORD
  10 COVINGTON	    11 CONCORD	      13 WINDSOR	17 RICHMOND
  10 CUMBERLAND	    11 DANVILLE	      14 ATHENS		17 SPRINGFLD
  10 DAYTON	    11 DOVER	      14 BUFFALO	18 ARLINGTON
  10 DECATUR	    11 HENDERSON      14 COLUMBUS	18 BURLINGTON
  10 FAIRFIELD	    11 JACKSONVL      14 FAIRVIEW	18 CANTON
  10 FAYETTEVL	    11 JASPER	      14 HAMILTON	18 KINGSTON
  10 GLENWOOD	    11 MONTGOMERY     14 HAMPTON	18 LEBANON
  10 HANOVER	    11 MTPLEASANT     14 JAMESTOWN	18 LEXINGTON
  10 HOPE	    11 PERRY	      14 MILFORD	18 PRINCETON
  10 INDEPNDNCE	    11 WAVERLY	      14 MONTICELLO	19 GREENVILLE
  10 JEFFERSON	    12 BRISTOL	      14 PLYMOUTH	19 SALEM
  10 MIDDLETOWN	    12 CLARKSVL	      14 ROCHESTER	20 GEORGETOWN
  10 MONTROSE	    12 CLEVELAND      14 SPENCER	20 JACKSON
  10 NEW LONDON	    12 ELGIN	      14 WARREN		20 MADISON
  10 PARIS	    12 FLORENCE	      15 MANCHESTER	21 FRANKLIN
  10 PETERSBURG	    12 LINCOLN	      15 MARSHALL	22 CHESTER
  10 PORTLAND	    12 NEWTON	      15 MT VERNON	22 MARION
  10 RAYMOND	    12 OAKLAND	      16 ASHLAND	22 WASHINGTON
  10 ST	MARYS	    12 SIDNEY	      16 AURORA		26 CLINTON
  10 WEST POINT	    12 UNION	      16 COLUMBIA	
  10 WILLIAMSBG	    13 ALBANY
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