Cities and Towns of USA

The Potawatomi originally named the area gnozhé ("place of the pike").

kenosha , wisconsin

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The Potawatomi originally named the area gnozhé ("place of the pike").

i like the idea of explaining a little bit about the background of a name , not mandatory , of course .
what do you think ?

The settlement of Mobile, then known as Fort Louis de la Louisiane, was first established in 1702, at Twenty-seven Mile Bluff on the Mobile River, as the first capital of the French colony of Louisiana. It was founded by French Canadian brothers Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville and Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, in order to establish control over France's Louisiana claims with Bienville having been made governor of French Louisiana in 1701.

On September 18, 1777, during the American Revolutionary War, a convoy of wagons carrying the Liberty Bell from Philadelphia to Allentown stopped in Quakertown. The Liberty Bell was stored overnight behind the home of Evan Foulke (1237 West Broad Street), and the entourage stayed at the Red Lion Inn, which is known now as McCoole's Tavern. The Red Lion also fomented John Fries' Rebellion.

Tonawanda began as a hamlet with the settlement of Henry Anguish who built a log home in 1808 and a tavern in 1811 at the mouth of Tonawanda Creek where it empties into the Niagara River. The hamlet grew slowly until the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825. The lumber industry provided economic opportunity and the two Tonawandas on either side of Tonawanda Creek became a leading lumber processing center by the end of the 19th century. Tonawanda incorporated as a village in mid century and as a city in 1904. It was formerly part of the Town of Tonawanda.

Vidalia (pron. vi - DALE - yah) is a city in Montgomery and Toombs counties in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 10,491. It is the largest city in Toombs County. Vidalia is said to be the named for the daughter of the railroadman who passed through the area on his route. Like so many towns it grew up around a train depot that serviced farmers in the area who grew such crops as pecans and tobacco. The famous sweet onions were not an important crop until much later.

Xenia was founded in 1803, the year Ohio was admitted into the Union. In that year, pioneer John Paul bought 2,000 acres (8 km²) of land from Thomas and Elizabeth Richardson of Hanover County, Virginia, for "1050 pounds current moneys of Virginia." Paul influenced county commissioners to locate the town seat on this land at the forks of the Shawnee Creeks.

Joseph C. Vance was named to survey the site and lay out the town. The following year, he bought the town site of 257 acres (1.04 km2) from John Paul for $250. The name of the new village was chosen in typically democratic fashion. Vance called a town meeting to discuss possible names. The committee had considered several suggestions without reaching any decision. Then the Rev. Robert Armstrong proposed the name "Xenia," meaning "hospitality" in Greek, because of the fine hospitality extended to him in this friendly community. When a tie developed, Laticia Davis, wife of Owen Davis, was invited to cast the deciding ballot. She voted for "Xenia."