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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsDoes any state in the US have cities that start with all letters of the alphabet?
Example...
Ohio is close with Xenia and Zanesville. But there is no Q town so far as I know.
ohiosmith
(24,262 posts)alphafemale
(18,497 posts)I'd guess the term "city" is a stretch.
ohiosmith
(24,262 posts)Chan790
(20,176 posts)You asked about Ohio first so I compiled that one first. Some additional limitations were placed upon this compilation: Only municipal incorporated areas that are self-governing (cities and villages) were considered, townships (incorporated entities that do not self-govern and are part of a city) were excluded. Also not considered were city names including directionals (North, South, East, West. ie. South Euclid) or prefixes (New, Old, St. ie. St. Mary's) as those could be argued as alphabetized under their proper names (ie. Euclid, Mary's). This list was compiled with the assistance of Wikipedia.
Akron
Berea
Canton
Dayton
Euclid
Fairborn
Green
Hamilton
Independence
Jackson
Kettering
Lorain
Middletown
Niles
Oberlin
Parma
Quincy
Reynoldsburg
Springfield
Toledo
Urbana
Vandalia
Warren
Xenia
Youngstown
Zanesville
alphafemale
(18,497 posts)Chan790
(20,176 posts)It's a self-standing town of 700 residents (meaning it barely makes the OH statutory standard to be a village and not be forced to incorporate itself into another municipality.) in Logan county with an area of just over 1 sq. mi. It was named after John Quincy Adams. The mayor is Daniel Robinson, elected in 2007 unopposed. The nearest city is Bellfontaine, OH (population ~14,000) the county seat of Logan county. It's WNW of Columbus, about 3/4 the distance to the IN border.
That's everything I know about Quincy, OH. Thank good for Google; I've never been there. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincy,_Ohio
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Atlanta
Bainbridge
Carrollton
Douglasville
Eatonton
Forest Park
Gainesville
Hapeville
Ivey
Jesup
Kennesaw
LaGrange
Milledgeville
Norcross
Oconee
Pine Mountain
Quitman
Rome
Suwanee
Tybee Island
Unadilla
Vidalia
Waycross
Yatesville
Zublon
alphafemale
(18,497 posts)I think Ohio may be one of the few with Xcity.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)alphafemale
(18,497 posts)It's a great place to be...from.
lol
I would not want to still BE there.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Oh and, one of my good friends was born in Ohio. Need I say more.
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alphafemale
(18,497 posts)Wanted to give the kids a taste of another era.
I found maybe the last surviving river ferry to cross the Oh Hi. They thought it awesome.
Racked Mom points that day. lol
In_The_Wind
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alphafemale
(18,497 posts)Cleveland? Seriously? Why?
There are probably at least 19 cities I could name that would have been better suited for that than Cleveland.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)It looked easily accessible to the public.
alphafemale
(18,497 posts)Again. Why, Cleveland?
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)What does a rest stop have to do with anything?
I have no idea why the Hall of Fame is there.
a la izquierda
(11,797 posts)I am counting the few days I have until I move. 91 days. 91 days...
I can't wait to get out of this Twilight Zone of a state. It's like the South, except...freezing. I will explain that I live in central Ohio.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)a la izquierda
(11,797 posts)I really like Cleveland and Cincinnati, but holy cow. Central Ohio has more Mossy Oak wearin', gun totin' hicks than Oklahoma!
I am looking forward to mountains, kayaking, and rock climbing...and I'm so close to DC now.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)I'm out along the Hudson River in New York. I would not want to live in Ohio. But I did have memorable visits there with DUers. So when I hear ~ Ohio . . . I think about DU.
grilled onions
(1,957 posts)it's a bit south of middle Illinois
fishwax
(29,149 posts)I'm betting they probably have the other letters covered too
Interesting question
In_The_Wind
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MineralMan
(146,333 posts)There are plenty of Q cities.