The Origin of Certain Place Names In the United States

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The Something Awful Forums > Main > General Bullshit > The Origin of Certain Place Names In the United States

Anything on the origins of 'New England'? That one's always puzzled me.

# ¿ Sep 30, 2020 18:28

# ¿ May 16, 2024 08:03

Still waiting to hear what the book says about 'New England'

# ¿ Oct 3, 2020 03:10

Here's an easy one: why the fuckin poo poo are there so many Springfields in US and A?

Any place with a reliable crop of springs was highly sought after during the industrial revolution.

# ¿ Oct 4, 2020 21:29

Definitely sounds like old English so probably just named after some random English town

Do you have a sauce for that?

# ¿ Oct 11, 2020 03:09

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