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Subject: City names including "the"
Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005
From: Dennis McClendon <[log in to unmask]>
To: maps-l

A run through the FIPS 55-3 listing of incorporated places produces:

Head of the Harbor, NY
Ingleside on the Bay, TX
Lake in the Hills, IL
The Colony, TX
The Hills, TX
The Plains, VA
The Rock, GA
The Village, OK (Br. P.O. name Village)
Village of the Branch, NY (local name The Branch)
The Village of Indian Hill, OH
The Dalles, OR

A run through the list of current post offices in the US produces:

AVON BY THE SEA     NJ    07717
CARDIFF BY THE SEA     CA    92007
HOWEY IN THE HILLS     FL    34737
SAINT MARY OF THE WOODS     IN    47876
THE DALLES     OR    97058
THE PLAINS     OH    45780
THE PLAINS     VA    20198
THE ROCK     GA    30285

To do the post office run, I downloaded lists of post offices for 50
states and DC from the USPS website and combined them.  That
aggregated list can be found at
http://www.chicagocarto.com/PO2005.html
I'm also happy to send it to anyone who emails me.




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