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* Many places in Texas use the last name of prominent historical figures, Houston, Austin and Dallas being the big three examples. After the Civil War, because many of these people were officials or soldiers under the Confederate government, there was pressure from the North to change the namesakes and the fact that some of the place names were after people who sided with the Union and fought aginst Texas regiments. So while some counties and have the same names to reduce confusion as much as possible, their historical meaning can be confused at best and a bitter subject for arguments involving both slavery and a corrupt occupation government at worst. For example, Walker County can claim at least three different namesakes, [[Walker, Texas Ranger|besides the one we're all familiar with]].
* Many [[The Windy City|Chicago]] neighborhoods started out as suburbs, and got absorbed. Most of the street names were retained in the process. At the time this happened to Bucktown in the 1800s, it was a German enclave, so the streets had German names: Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Rhine, and so on. Then, [[World War I]] happened. Most would (eventually) get changed to the names of English authors.
** Street names often change when a once-independent suburb is annexed to the larger city, as every takeover or merger leaves duplicated name between the former municipalities. Ottawa annexed everything within the Ottawa-Carleton regional county line, leaving streets with names like "Manotick Main" or "Osgoode Main", but sometimes a road is simply renamed outright.
* The settlement of Frenchtown, Michigan Territory, was incorporated as the Village of Monroe, and the newly-formed surrounding county named Monroe County, following [[James Monroe|President James Monroe]]'s visit to the territory in 1817. The Frenchtown name remains an important part of the region, however, due to the Battle of Frenchtown in the [[The War of 1812]], and the township north of the present City of Monroe is named Frenchtown.
* Also in Michigan: in 1829, Bucklin Township split in half to become Nankin (west) and Pekin (east) Townships. Nankin further split into Livonia (north) and Nankin (south) Townships, while Pekin was split into Redford (north) and Dearborn (south) Townships. Livonia incorporated as a city in 1950, while Redford saw most of its area annexed by Detroit in the 1920s.
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