Longest US City names...

[Mike Schwartz]

     Since the list has been slow this week, I thought I would pass on this
bit of trivia, for those of you who always wondered how long to make the
city fields in your databases:

 

The  <http://geonames.usgs.gov/faqs.html#23> US Geological Survey's database
has these as the longest non-hyphenated community names, with the number of
characters:

Mooselookmeguntic, ME (17)
Kleinfeltersville, PA (17)
Chickasawhatchee, GA (16)
Chancellorsville, VA (16)
Eichelbergertown, PA (16)

These are the names that include hyphens:

Winchester-on-the-Severn, MD (24)
Linstead-on-the-Severn, MD (22)
Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, FL (21)
Vermillion-on-the-Lake, OH (21)
Wymberly-on-the-March, GA (21)
Kentwood-in-the-Pines, CA (21)

 

 

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