NEW ENGLAND CITY AND TOWN NAMES FOUND IN MICHIGAN

The following list is cities and towns of Michigan that are also cities and towns found in New England with the same name.  These cities and towns are exact matches.  For example, there is a Benton Harbor in Michigan and there is a Benton in Connecticut.  However, these two cities names are not exact matches so they are not included in this list.

 

Key

 

1  Connecticut

2  Maine

3  Massachusetts

4  New Hamphsire

5  Vermont

6  Rhode Island

 

Albion 2

Athens 2

Auburn 1,2,3,4

Augusta 2

Baldwin 2

Bancroft 2

Bangor 2

Bath 1,2,4

Bedford 1,3,4

Belmont 1,3,4

Berkley 3

Bradley 2

Bridgewater 1,2,3,4

Burlington 2,3,5 

Byron 2

Camden 2

Casco 2

Charlotte 2,5 

Chatham 3,4

Chelsea 2,3,5 

Chesterfield 1,3,4

Clarksville 1,4

Clinton 2,3

Concord 1,3,4

Conway 1,3,4

Crystal 2

Deerfield 1,3,4

Detroit 2

Dexter 2

Douglas 3

Ellsworth 1,2,4

Falmouth 2,3

Farmington 1,2,4

Frankfort 2

Franklin 1,2,3,4

Freeport 2

Fremont 1,4

Gilford 1,4

Greenbush 2

Greenland 1,4

Greenville 1,2,4

Hadley 3

Hamilton 3

Hancock 1,2,3,4

Hanover 1,2,3,4

Harrison 2

Harrisville 1,4

Hartford 2

Hartland 2

Hersey 2

Holland 3

Hope 2

Hubbardston 3

Hudson 1,2,3,4

Jackson 1,2,4

Jamestown 6

Kingston 1,3,4

Lakeville 2,3

Lawrence 3

Lexington 3

Lincoln 1,2,3,4,6

Litchfield 1,2,4

Lowell 2,3,5

Manchester 1,2,4,5 

Marion 3

Mason 1,4

Mendon 3

Middleton 1,3,4

Milan 1,4

Milford 1,2,3,4

Monroe 1,2,3,4

Montague 3

Montgomery 3,5 

Moscow 2

New Boston 4

Newport 1,4,5,6 

North Adams 3

Northport 2

Norway 2

Oakland 2

Orleans 3

Oxford 2,3

Palmer 3

Palmyra 2

Paris 2

Perry 2

Plymouth 1,2,3,4

Portland 2

Presque Isle 2

Quincy 3

Reading 3

Richmond 1,2,3,4,5,6  

Rochester 1,3,4,5 

Rockland 23

Salem 1,3,4

Sanford 2

Shaftsburg 5 

Sidney 2

Smyrna 2

Somerset 3

Springfield 1,2,3,4

Standish 2

Sterling 3

Stockbridge 3

Sumner 2

Trenton 2

Troy 1,2,4

Turner 2

Union 2

Wakefield 1,3,4

Warren 1,2,3,4,6

Washington 4

Waterford 2

Wayland 3

Wayne 2

Weston 2,3

Westwood 3

Williamsburg 3

Winn 2

Woodland 2

 

THE FACTS

 

There are 243 cities’ and towns’ names in Michigan that match those of New England, and some of these names are repeated in multiple states of New England.

The name Richmond is found in all of the New England states and in Michigan.

Connecticut has 40 cities/towns with the same name as Michigan cities/towns.

Maine has 73 cities/towns with the same name as Michigan cities/towns.

Massachusetts has 57 city/town names in common with Michigan.

New Hampshire has 43 city/town names in common with Michigan.

Vermont and Michigan have 10 city/town names in common.

Rhode Island has 5 cities/towns that share the names of Michigan cities/towns.

 

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