Re: Municipalities with the word "City" in their names (OT but of roadgeek interest)

Gary V <gjvoshol@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

On Sep 11, 12:34 am, Steve Sobol <sjso...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

National City, San Diego County, California; a suburb of the City of San
Diego.

Did National City Bank buy up the naming rights?

Here in Michigan, we've got the Village of Gould City.

And not in Michigan, Michigan City.

Here's what the DeLorme Texas Atlas lists under that requirement. (Some of
these will be small enough to not be incorporated, to which I'll attach a *.)

Abell City* (Pecos County, NNW of Fort Stockton)
Angel City* (Goliad County, NW of Goliad)
Archer City (seat of Archer County, SW of Wichita Falls)
Arkansas City* (Starr County, NNW of Edinburg and McAllen)
Arthur City* (Lamar County, just south of the Red River, N of Paris)
Bay City (county seat of Matagorda County, SW of Houston)
Beach City* (Chambers County, east of Houston)
Bowers City* (Gray County, ENE of Amarillo)
Bridge City (Orange County between Port Arthur and Orange)
Burns City* (Cooke County N of Denton)
Cain City* (Gillespie County SE of Fredericksburg)
Caney City (Henderson County W of Athens)
Canyon City (Comal County N of New Braunfels)
Citrus City* (Hidalgo County NW of McAllen)
Clarksville City (Gregg County just west of Longview)
Clear Lake City (Harris County; annexed by Houston in 1977)
Close City* (Garza County, WNW of Post - close to what, no one knows)
Coffee City* (Henderson County, between Athens and Jacksonville)
Colorado City (county seat of Mitchell County, WSW of Abilene)
Coryell City* (Coryell County, NE of Gatesville)
Coy City* (Karnes County, SE of Karnes City)
Crystal City (county seat of Zavala County)
Custer City* (Cooke County NE of Gainesville)
Dell City (Hudspeth County, E of El Paso)
Dodd City (Fannin County, E of Sherman)
Electric City* (Hutchinson County, just N of Borger)
Falls City* (Karnes County, NW of Karnes City)
Foard City* (Foard County, S of Quanah)
Frankel City* (Andres County, WNW of Andrews)
Garden City (county seat of Glass*** County, NW of San Angelo)
Glaze City* (Gonzales County, SE of Gonzales)
Gun Barrel City (Henderson County, between Athens and Ennis)
Haltom City (Tarrant County suburb of Fort Worth)
Hays City* (Hays County, SW of Austin)
Hill City* (Hood County, SW of Fort Worth)
Horizon City* (El Paso County, ESE of El Paso)
Hynds City* (Montague County, N of Bowie near Red River)
Jacinto City (Harris County suburb of Houston)
Johnson City (county seat of Blanco County)
Karnes City (county seat of Karnes County)
Knox City* (Knox County, SW of Wichita Falls)
Lackland City* (next to Lackland AFB in San Antonio)
Lane City (Wharton County, between Wharton and Bay City)
League City (Galveston County suburb of Houston)
Liberty City (Gregg County, W of Longview)
Lime City* (Coryell County, SE of Gatesville)
Magic City* (Wheeler County, E of Pampa)
Mirando City (Webb County, E of Laredo)
Missouri City (Fort Bend _and_ Harris County suburb of Houston)
Monroe City* (Chambers County, E of Anahuac)
Mound City* (Anderson County, SE of Palestine)
Mountain City* (Hays County, between Austin and San Marcos)
Nelson City (Kendall County, NW of Boerne and San Antonio)
Oil City (Hutchinson County, NW of Borger)
Pearl City* (DeWitt County, W of Yoakum)
Pope City* (Harrison County, N of Marshall)
Provident City* (Lavaca County, SE of Hallettsville)
Queen City (Cass County, S of Texarkana)
Rio Grande City (county seat of Starr County)
Rose City (Orange County, just E of Beaumont)
Royse City (Rockwall County suburb of Dallas)
Scharbauer City* (Ector County, N of Odessa)
Schwab City* (Polk County, SE of Livingston)
Selman City (Rusk County, W of Henderson)
Silver City* (Red River County, NE of Paris)
Silver City* (Fannin County, NE of McKinney)
Silver City* (Navarro County, SW of Corsicana)
Silver City* (Milam County, N of Cameron)
Sinclair City* (Smith County, W of Henderson)
Sterling City (county seat of Sterling County)
Stone City* (Brazos County, W of Bryan/College Station)
Sullivan City (Hidalgo County, SE of Rio Grande City)
Texas City (Galveston County, between Houston and Galveston)
Todd City* (Anderson County, between Jacksonville and Palestine)
Universal City (Bexar County suburb of San Antonio)
Victory City* (Bowie County, W of Texarkana)
Warren City* (Gregg County, W of Longview)
White City* (Wilbarger County, NW of Vernon)
White City* (San Augustine County, in Angelina National Forest E of Lufkin)
Willow City (Gillespie County, NE of Fredericksburg)
Wolfe City (Hunt County, NE of Dallas)
Wright City* (Rusk County, W of Henderson)

(What can I say? Texas is like a whole other country. ;-)

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