Variant Names (United States and Foreign)

In general, towns which are possessive are often spelled with and without an apostrophe. Those cites are not included in this list; e.g., Bell's Station, California; Wilsons Mills, North Carolina.

	Preferred name	Variant name	County	Comment
ALABAMA
	Centreville	Centerville	Bibb	alternate spelling*
	Lapine	La Pine	Crenshaw	alternate spelling*
	Mathews	Matthews	Montgomery	alternate spelling*
	Pinson	Mount Pinson	Jefferson	railroad station*
ARKANSAS
	Hot Springs	Hot Springs National Park	Garland	variant
	Maumelle	Maumelle New Town	Pulaski	variant
CALIFORNIA
	Angels Camp	Angels	Calaveras	corporate name*
	Cardiff-by-the-Sea	Cardiff	San Diego	variant*
	Carmel	Carmel-by-the-Sea	Monterey	corporate name
	Cerritos	Dairy Valley	Los Angeles	railroad station*
	Greenbrae	Green Brae	Marin	alternate spelling
	Jacumba	Jacumba Hot Springs	San Diego	variant
	Lemoncove	Lemon Cove	Tulare	alternate spelling*
	Paso Robles	El Paso de Robles	San Luis Obispo	corporate name
	Rancho Cucamonga	Cucamonga	San Bernardino	variant
	Simi Valley	Simi	Ventura	variant
	Suisun City	Suisun-Fairfield	Solano	railroad station*
	Tuolumne	Tuolumne City	Tuolumne	census designated place
	Valley Springs	Valley Spring	Calaveras	variant*
	Ventura	San Buenaventura	Ventura	corporate name
	Villa Grande	Mesa Grande	Sonoma	variant*
	Yreka	Yreka City	Siskiyou	corporate name
COLORADO
	Coal Creek	Coalcreek	Fremont	alternate spelling*
CONNECTICUT
	Branford	Branford Center	New Haven	census designated place
	Canton	Canton Valley	Hartford	variant
	Chester	Chester Center	Middlesex	census designated place
	Deep River	Deep River Center	Middlesex	census designated place
	Derby	Derby-Shelton	New Haven	variant*
	Glastonbury	Glastonbury Center	Hartford	census designated place
	Grosvenor Dale	Grosvenordale	Windham	alternate spelling*
	Guilford	Guilford Center	New Haven	census designated place
	Kensington	Berlin	Hartford	railroad station*
	Lyme	Black Hall	New London	variant*
	North Grosvenor Dale	North Grosvenordale	Windham	alternate spelling*
	Old Saybrook	Old Saybrook Center	Middlesex	census designated place
	Plainfield	Plainfield Village	Windham	census designated place
	Uncasville	Montville (station)	New London	railroad station*
	Woodbury	Woodbury Center	Litchfield	census designated place
FLORIDA
	Cape Canaveral	Port Canaveral	Brevard	variant*
	Cocoa	Cocoa-Rockledge	Brevard	railroad station*
	Gulfport	Gulf Port	Pinellas	railroad station*
	Pembroke Park	Pembroke	Broward	variant*
	Rixford	Rixsford	Suwanee	variant
GEORGIA
	Chatham City	Chatham	Chatham	variant*
	Everett Springs	Everetts Springs	Floyd	variant*
	Halls	Linwood	Bartow	variant*
HAWAII
	Waikoloa Village	Waikoloa	Hawaii	postal name
IDAHO
	Boise	Boise City	Ada	corporate name
ILLINOIS
	Calumet City	Calumet Park	Cook	railroad station*
	Dundee	West Dundee	Kane	corporate name
	Elkhart	Elk Hart City	Logan	variant*
	Great Lakes Naval Trng Ctr	Great Lakes	Lake	post office name
	Le Roy	Leroy	McLean	alternate spelling*
	Louisville	Louis	Clay	railroad station*
	Paw Paw	Pawpaw	Lee	alternate spelling
	Romeoville	Romeo	Will	railroad station*
	White Hall	Whitehall	Greene	railroad station*
INDIANA
	Ashley	Ashley-Hudson	DeKalb	railroad station*
	Borden	New Providence	Clark	corporate name
	Hortonville	Horton	Hamilton	variant
	Pershing	East Germantown	Wayne	corporate name
	Sandcut	Meltonville	Vigo	variant*
	West Baden	West Baden Springs	Orange	corporate name
IOWA
	Clay Grove	Clay's Grove	Lee	variant*
	Clemons	Clemons Grove	Marshall	variant*
	Middle Amana	Middle	Iowa	variant
KANSAS
	Weir	Weir City	Cherokee	railroad station*
KENTUCKY
	Todds Point	Toddspoint	Shelby	alternate spelling
LOUISIANA
	Lecompte	Le Compte	Rapides	alternate spelling*
	River Ridge	East Bank	Jefferson	census designated place
	Westlake	West Lake	Calcasieu	railroad station*
MAINE
	Biddeford	Biddeford-Saco	York	railroad station*
	Brewer	Brewer Junction	Penobscot	railroad station*
	Brunswick	Brunswick Center	Cumberland	variant*
	Nobleboro	Nobleborough	Lincoln	alternate spelling*
	Paris	Paris Hill	Oxford	variant*
	Scarborough	Scarboro	Cumberland	alternate spelling*
MARYLAND
	Brooklyn	Brooklyn-Curtis Bay	Baltimore	variant
	Clinton	Surrattsville	Prince George's	variant*
	Gorsuch Mills	Gorsuch(')s Mills	Baltimore	variant*
	Hydes	Hyde	Baltimore	variant*
	Leisure World	Rossmoor	Montgomery	variant
	Port Tobacco	Port Tobacco Village	Charles	corporate name
	Sandyville	Sandymount	Carroll	variant*
	Upperco	Arcadia	Baltimore	variant*
MASSACHUSETTS
	Ashburnham	Ashburnham Center	Worcester	variant*
	Attleboro	Attleborough	Bristol	alternate spelling*
	Barnstable	Barnstable Village	Barnstable	variant*
	Billerica	Billerica Center	Middlesex	variant*
	Cheshire	Cheshire Center	Berkshire	census designated place*
	Dudley	Merino Village	Worcester	variant*
	Easton	Easton Center	Bristol	variant*
	Fitchburg	Fitchburgh	Worcester	alternate spelling*
	Foxborough	Foxboro	Norfolk	alternate spelling
	Grafton	Grafton Center	Worcester	variant*
	Holden	Holden Center	Worcester	variant*
	Lancaster	Lancaster Center	Worcester	variant*
	Leicester	Leicester Center	Worcester	variant*
	Mansfield	Mansfield Center	Bristol	census designated place
	Marlborough	Marlboro	Middlesex	railroad station*
	Middleboro	Middleborough Center	Plymouth	census designated place
	North Attleboro	North Attleborough	Bristol	town name
	Northborough	Northborough Center	Worcester	census designated place
	Northborough	Northboro	Worcester	railroad station*
	Northbridge	Northbridge Compact	Worcester	variant*
	Pembroke	Pembroke Center	Plymouth	variant*
	Raynham	North Raynham	Bristol	variant
	Rockport	Rockport Center	Essex	variant*
	Southborough	Southboro	Worcester	railroad station*
	Swansea	Swansea Village	Bristol	variant*
	Vineyard Haven	Tisbury	Dukes	town name
	Wareham	Wareham Center	Plymouth	variant
	West Bridgewater	West Bridgewater Center	Plymouth	variant*
	Westborough	Westboro	Worcester	railroad station*
MICHIGAN
	Redford	Redford Township	Wayne	variant*
MINNESOTA
	Coon Rapids	Coon Creek	Anoka	railroad station*
MISSOURI
	Acorn	Sinsabaugh	Ripley	railroad station*
	Big River Mills	Big River	Saint Francois	variant*
	Brookline Station	Brookline	Greene	corporate name and railroad station
	Elk Horn Township	Elkhorn Township	McDonald	alternate spelling
	Flint Hill	Flinthill	Saint Charles	alternate spelling*
	Florissant	Saint Ferdinand	Saint Louis	variant*
	Knob Noster	Knobnoster	Johnson	railroad station*
	Lemay	Luxemburg	Saint Louis	variant*
	Montgomery City	Montgomery	Montgomery	railroad station*
	Spickard	Spickards	Grundy	railroad station*
NEW HAMPSHIRE
	Center Conway	Conway Centre	Carroll	railroad station*
	Littleton	Littleton Compact	Grafton	census designated place
	Northwood	Northwood Narrows	Rockingham	variant*
	Sanbornton	Sanbornton Square	Belknap	variant*
	West Lebanon	Westboro	Grafton	railroad station*
NEW JERSEY
	Avon-by-the-Sea	Avon	Monmouth	variant*
	Brick	Laurelton	Ocean	local name
	East Hanover	Hanover	Morris	railroad station*
	Edison	Piscatawaytown	Middlesex	variant*
	Fair Lawn	Fairlawn	Bergen	alternate spelling*
	Gloucester City	Gloucester	Camden	reference may be to "town" rather than the village; see note in "Explanation of Geographical Data"
	Neptune City	Neptune	Monmouth	variant*
	Pennsauken	Pensauken	Camden	alternate spelling*
	Pequannock	Pequannock Township	Morris	census designated place
	Piscataway	New Market	Middlesex	railroad station*
	Riverdale	Riverdale-Pompton	Morris	variant*
	Thorofare	Thoroughfare	Gloucester	alternate spelling*
	Union	Unionbury	Union	railroad staion*
NEW YORK
	Lansingburgh	Lansingburg	Rensselaer	alternate spelling
	Millgrove	Mill Grove	Erie	alternate spelling*
	Royalton	Royalton Center	Niagara	variant
	Tuxedo Park	Tuxedo	Orange	railroad station*
NORTH CAROLINA
	Browns Summit	Brown Summit	Guilford	railroad station*
	Keyser	Kaiser	Moore	alternate spelling*
	Ogburn Station	Ogburn	Forsyth	variant
	Paw Creek	Thrift	Mecklenburg	railroad station*
OHIO
	Brady Lake	Bradys Lake	Portage	railroad station*
	Fairview Park	Fairview	Cuyahoga	variant*
	Greensburg(h)	Inland	Summit	variant*
	Laporte	La Porte	Lorain	alternate spelling
	Liverpool	Liverpool Center	Medina	variant*
	Peoli	Newtown	Tuscarawas	variant*
	Ross	Venice	Butler	variant*
	Shauck(s)	Johnsville	Morrow	variant*
	Smith(')s Landing	Smith Landing	Clermont	variant*
	Tiltonsville	Tiltonville	Jefferson	railroad station*
	Washington Court House	Washington	Fayette	corporate name
	Waverly	Waverly City	Pike	variant
	West Chester	Cadwallader	Tuscarawas	post office name*
OKLAHOMA
	Cordell	New Cordell	Washita	variant
	Newcastle	New Castle	McClain	variant
	Pryor	Pryor Creek	Mayes	variant
PENNSYLVANIA
	Adrian Mines	De Lancey	Jefferson	post office name
	Allegheny	Allegheny City	Allegheny	variant*
	Attleborough	Attleboro	Bucks	alternate spelling*
	Bensalem	Bensalem Township	Bucks	census designated place
	Blackash	Black Ash	Crawford	alternate spelling
	Center Valley	Centre Valley	Lehigh	railroad statio *
	Chanceford Township	Upper Chanceford	York	variant*
	Coal Run	Clune	Indiana	post office name*
	Dunkard	Taylortown	Greene	variant
	Eleanora	Eleanor	Jefferson	variant*
	Fredericktown	Fredericktown-Millsboro	Washington	census designated place
	Havertown	Llanerch	Delaware	railroad station*
	Leeper	Tylersburg (station)	Clarion	railroad station*
	Lenni	Lenni Mills	Delaware	variant*
	Marsteller	Moss Creek	Cambria	variant*
	Monocacy	Monocacy Station	Berks	railroad station
	Monroeton	Monroe	Bradford	corporate name
	Nanty Glo	Nanty-Glo	Cambria	corporate name
	North Point	Northpoint	Indiana	alternate spelling*
	Osceola Mills	Osceola	Clearfield	variant*
	Plum Borough	Plum	Allegheny	variant
	Rutherford Heights	Rutherford	Dauphin	variant
	Tremont	Tremont Ramp	Schuylkill	railroad station*
	Trumbauersville	Cressman	Bucks	variant*
	Turtle Creek	Westinghouse	Allegheny	variant*
	Wendel	Edna Mine No. 2	Westmoreland	variant*
	Whitehall	Fullerton	Lehigh	census designated place
	Wiconisco	Wiconisco Center	Dauphin	census designated place*
	William Penn	Penn Station	Westmoreland	railroad station*
	Zerbe	Newtown	Schuylkill	variant*
SOUTH CAROLINA
	Smithville	Spring Hill	Lee	variant*
TENNESSEE
	Centerville	Centreville	Hickman	railroad station*
	Greenbrier	Greenbriar, Green Brier	Robertson	alternate spellings*
	Jonesborough	Jonesboro	Washington	alternate spelling*
	Tusculum College	Tusculum	Greene	variant
TEXAS
	Bluff Dale	Bluffdale	Erath	railroad station*
	Dodson	Dodsonville	Collingsworth	variant*
	Larue	LaRue, La Rue	Henderson	alternate spellings*
	Mobeetie	New Mobeetie	Wheeler	variant*
	Sweetwater	Sweet Water	Nolan	post office name*
UTAH
	Heber City	Heber	Wasatch	variant
VERMONT
	Berlin Corners	Berlin	Washington	variant
	Corinth	Cookville	Orange	variant
	Enosburg Falls	Enosburgh Falls	Franklin	alternate spelling*
	Essex	Essex Center	Chittenden	variant
	Hortonville	Horton	Rutland	variant*
VIRGINIA
	Amelia Court House	Amelia	Amelia	railroad station*
	New Castle	Newcastle	Craig	alternate spelling*
	Pennington Gap	Pennington	Lee	railroad station*
	Weber City	Moccasin Gap	Scott	railroad station*
WASHINGTON
	Fort Steilacoom	Western State Hospital	Pierce	variant
WEST VIRGINIA
	Berkeley Springs	Bath	Morgan	variant name*
	Glen Dale	Glendale	Marshall	railroad station
	Highcoal	High Coal	Boone	alternate spelling*
	Northfork	North Fork	McDowell	railroad statio
	Nutter Fort	Park, Park Branch	Harrison	variant*
	Plum Run	Plum	Tyler	variant
WISCONSIN
	Clinton	Clinton Junction	Rock	railroad station
	Laona	Snyders	Forest	railroad station*
	Marathon	Marathon City	Marathon	railroad station*
FOREIGN
	Liepaja, Latvia	Libau (German)
	Frank, Russia	Medveditskoi Krestovoi Buerak

* Historical names, obsolete