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Morgan County (Ala.)
Located in north-central Alabama, the county was named for U.S. congressman Daniel Morgan. The county seat is Decatur.
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Madison County (Ala.)
Located in north-central Alabama, along the Tennessee border, the county was named for U.S. president James Madison. The county seat is Huntsville.
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Limestone County (Ala.)
Located in north-central Alabama, along the Tennessee border, the county was named for Limestone Creek, which in turn was named for the local limestone deposits. The county seat is Athens.
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Jefferson County (Ala.)
Located in central Alabama, the county was named for U.S. president Thomas Jefferson. The county seat is Birmingham.
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Dallas County (Ala.)
Located in south-central Alabama, the county was named for U.S. Treasury Secretary Alexander James Dallas. The county seat is Selma.
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Choctaw County (Ala.)
Located in southwestern Alabama, along the Mississippi border, the county was named for the Choctaw indigenous people. The county seast is Butler.
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Sparta (Ky.)
Though mostly located in Gallatin County, the southern portion of town is in Owen County.
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Somerset (Ky.)
The county seat of Pulaski County, the town was named for Somerset County, New Jersey, the origin of many of the town's early residents.
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Richmond (Ky.)
The county seat of Madison County, it was named for Richmond, Virginia.
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Priceville (Ky.)
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Pleasureville (Henry and Shelby Counties, Ky.)
The modern-day town straddles the Henry County-Shelby County line. At one time, each side of the town had its own name and post office. They legally merged in 1962.
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North Middletown (Ky.)
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Joy (Ky.)
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Carrsville (Ky.)
Located on the Ohio River in Livingston County, the town was named for the man who laid it out, Billy Karr.
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Campbellsburg (Ky.)
Originally incorporated as 'Chiltonsville', the name was almost immediately changed to Campbellsburg, as was the nearby town of Benevola. The two eventually merged into the mordern-day town.
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Bromley (Kenton County, Ky.)
Bromley is a river town, located on the Ohio River, across from Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Anchorage (Ky.)
Now a suburb of Louisville, the town was named for The Anchorage, the estate of James W. Goslee, a riverboat captain and early resident of the area.
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Belleville (Kan.)
The county seat of Republic County, Kansas, the town was named for Arabelle Tutton, whose husband was a member of the company that founded the town.
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Wichita (Kan.)
The county seat of Sedgwick County, Wichita is located at the juncture of the Arkansas and Little Arkansas Rivers. It was named for the local native people.
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Topeka (Kan.)
The county seat of Shawnee County, as well as the state capital of Kansas. The name comes from a Kansa-Osage word for 'a good place to dig up potatoes'.
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Ottawa (Kan.)
The county seat of Franklin County, it was named for the Ottawa people.
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Leavenworth (Kan.)
The county seat of Leavenworth County, the town was named for General Henry Leavenworth. It is the site of Fort Leavenworth.
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Lawrence (Kan.)
The county seat of Douglas County, the town was named for Amos Lawrence of Boston.
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Kansas City (Kan.)
The county seat of Wyandotte County, the town was formed by merging five existing municipalities: Armstrong, Armourdale, Riverview, Wyandotte, and "old" Kansas City.