[MR] New to the area

[Garth G. Groff]

Friends,

Springfield is the most over-used town name in the United States, with 
at least one town of this name in at some 30 states. Wisconsin has FIVE, 
and several other states have two. Must make things fun for the postal 
people. One reason is that there are at least 14 places with this name 
in the UK (including one in Scotland!), which probably contributed 
settlers to many of the early Springfields over here.

Kind regards,


Lord Mungo Napier, That Crazy Scot

On 6/9/2011 11:47 AM, Kađlín Fjǫrleifardóttir wrote:
> There is even a Rockville here in Caer Mear in central VA
>
> On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 10:07 PM, Glynis Knibb (Glynis Gwynedd)<
> ylandra at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> Without rancor, there is also a Rockville in NY, CT, SC, and IN. It
>> was a valid question.
>>
>> For some reason there isn't a College of Heralds in the modern world
>> to keep people from giving all their towns the same exact name. (Want
>> a better example? Drive through PA and count the number of "Franklin
>> Township" signs you see. They are NOT the same place.)
>>
>> Glynis Knibb
>> aka
>> ~Lady Glynis Gwynedd
>> Barony of Highland Foorde
>> "Have you hugged a harp today?"
>> --
>> "Never argue with