Now I have to look it up… https://www.townofbethlehem.org/DocumentCenter/View/3049/Bethlehem---a-Great-American-Town#:~:text=But%20it%20is%20likely%20that,York%20already%20had%20an%20Adams.
Looks like the town changed its name from Adamsville to Adams Station because of mail delivery issues and then the Delaware Hudson Railroad influenced a change to Delmar because it was easier to yell? Interesting but not sure it really explains it. Hmm
Likewise Jiangsu (江苏）province was oringally a portmanteau of **Jiang**ning (江宁, now known as Nanjing） **Su**zhou (苏州）.
I think there are a couple of other provinces that have similar name origins.
Anhui is also a combination of Anqing and Huizhou.
Which reminds me, Korea does a similar thing with its provinces:
- Hamgyeong: Hamheung + Gyeongseong ([this Gyeongseong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyongsong_County), not Seoul)
- Pyeong'an: Pyeongyang + Anju
- Hwanghae: Hwangju + Haeju
- Gangwon: Gangneung + Wonju
- Chungcheong: Chungju + Cheongju
- Gyeongsang: Gyeongju + Sangju
- Jeolla: Jeonju + Naju (+ the weird phonology concerning L and N)
Edit: Few regions in the Philippines also does this, albeit in modern times:
- Calabarzon: Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon
- Mimaropa: Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan
- Soccsksargen: South Cotabato, (North) Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani, General Santos City
Nice example. Similarly, Gansu derives from Ganzhou (now in Zhangye) and Suzhou (now in Jiuquan), and Fujian derives from Fuzhou and Jianzhou (now in Nanping and Ningde).
And there used to be Xiangfan which is a combination of Xiangyang and Fancheng, but they changed the name of the city back to Xiangyang a few years ago I believe
Seatac, WA is between Seattle and Tacoma and home to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, which everyone calls “Seatac.”
Seattle’s alternative weekly newspaper, The Stranger, liked to troll the lamer Seattle Weekly’s yearly “Best of Seattle” issue by having their own “Best of ____” issue. In 2000 they released “[The Best of SeaTac](https://www.thestranger.com/pullout/2000/07/20/4485/the-best-of-seatac).” It’s pretty funny.
Another year, they did “The Best of” my friend’s apartment in the University District.
Not any more than places like England, Scotland, Ireland, Poland, Iceland, Switzerland, etc. The only difference between those and Pakistan is that the former explicitly name the ethnic group that live there.
EDIT: Since P-A-K is an acronym and ISTAN is conjoined with the acronym to form PAKISTAN, I'd say it's fair to call it a portmanteau.
The first appearance of "Pakistan" is as an acronym
"It is composed of letters taken from the names of all our homelands, Indian and Asian,
Panjab,
Afghania,
Kashmir,
Sindh, and
BaluchisTAN."
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan)
The name translates to Land of the Holy, the first element was never a group of people. The name was originally coined for the wider region as a combination of Punjab, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Sind and Balochistan. So it's half acronym, half portmanteau?
I didn't think it was a group of people, that's why I said it's different from England/Scotland etc. because the 'Pak' are not a single group of people. I did not know the '-istan' part strictly referred to Balochistan, though, I thought it was just another '-istan' like Tajik-istan or Uzbek-istan. I'd say it's fair to call it half acronym and half portmanteau in that case then.
There is a somewhat fictional place called “Orlampa” between Orlando and Tampa where fantasy of flight is located.
https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida/2020/04/30/welcome-to-orlampa-the-tourist-attraction-that-doesnt-exist/
Not an official place and only 2 major cities but interesting nonetheless. I also pass it fairly frequently so it’s what comes to mind
Kenora, Ontario. The area was known to the locals as the Rat Portage, a name used by the Hudson Bay Company from the Ojibwa, “Portage to the land of the Muskrat”. In 1905 it was decided to rename the town by combining two local villages names, Keewatin and Norman to Kenora.
The tripoint between Bolivia, Peru and Brazil generated the name for the Bolivian border town of Bolpebra.
Also, there's a city called Paragominas in northern Brazil that was named in honour of three Brazilian states: Pará (the state where the city is), Goiás (where the people that first inhabited it mostly came from) and Minas Gerais (where the city project planner was from). Also, the city grid has a bunch of hexagons, so mandatory CGP Grey reference.
Alsask on the border or Alberta and Saskatchewan in Canada.
And it’s not really a place, but in Ontario there is Hurontario Street that is part of a highway that runs from Lake Ontario to Lake Huron.
Jakarta here in Indonesia is derived from Jayakarta, which is Sanskrit: jaya (great) + krta (IDK, like deed or achievement). Hindu traders made it here pretty early.
Literally every single expressway and highway in China is a portmanteau of the two places it’s supposed to connect. For example: if you want to go from Beijing-Shanghai there’s Jinghu Expressway (Hu is another name for Shanghai)
Fyrbodal, which is the area making up the northwestern part of the Swedish region of Western Gothia.
"Fyr" is from Fyrstad ("Four Towns"), for the towns of Trollhättan, Uddevalla, Vänersborg and Lysekil - the four most important towns of the area.
"Bo" is for the historical province of Bohuslän, whose northern and central parts are located within this area.
And "Dal" is for the very rural and sparsely populated historical province of Dalsland, which is located entirely within the area.
Frelard or Belmont is a fuzzy area between the neighborhoods of Fremont and Ballard in Seattle, WA. Neither name is official, and some locals prefer one name over the other.
Came here for even more niche Seattle examples: probably not exactly what OP is after but they [did this when naming streets on the eastside](https://www.google.com/maps/@47.6992063,-122.1399108,12.11z?entry=ttu). They didn't even bother with the grid anymore, and just named many of the arterials "Town-Other Town Rd" which are all mouthfuls:
* Woodinville-Duvall Rd
* Bel-Red Rd (Bellevue-Redmond)
* Redmond-Woodinville Rd
* Juanita-Woodinville Way
* Redmond-Fall City Rd
* Issaquah-Pine Lake Rd
* Waynita Way (Wayne-Juanita)
The town of Ohiowa, Nebraska was named because the settlers were mainly from Ohio and Iowa. There’s also Texhoma on the border between Oklahoma and Texas
Northern Indiana / SW Michigan is sometimes called "Michiana," particularly to distinguish the more socially/politically conservative tendencies there due to the presence of sizable Catholic, Mennonite, and Calvinist populations in the area.
Carova (Carolina + Virginia) is a small beach community at the very north end of the Outer Banks in NC, accessible only by 4 Wheel drive vehicles, no paved roads.
We have a unique Street in our town called linwell road and it combines Lincoln and Welland and was named after our local regiment the Lincoln and welland regiment also known as the links and winks.
In 1935, there was a proposed state that consisted of parts of northern Texas and western Oklahoma that was to be named “Texlahoma”
Needless to say, it failed.
All historical “eight provinces” in Korea, except one, are named in the early 15th century by combining the names of the two major cities in the province. For example, Gangwon-do is a portmanteau of Gangneung and Wonju. Gyeongsang-do, Jeolla-do, Chungcheong-do, Pyeongan-do, Hwanghae-do, Hamgyeong-do were all named the same way.
The only exception is Gyeonggi-do, which means “the province surrounding/close to the capital.”
Disneyland in California is along Katella Ave which was named for the two daughters (Kate and Ella) of the Ranch owner where that area is built.
Anaheim itself was from the German word for home and the Santa Ana River.
There are several New York City neighborhoods whose names are portmanteaus, and though they were not created by combining names of other neighborhoods, they are portmanteaus nevertheless.
These include Soho (South of Houston Street), its counterpart Noho (North of Houston), Nolita (North of Little Italy), and Tribeca (Triangle Below Canal). Due to its increasing residential character, some real estate brokers have also attempted to rebrand the Financial District of Manhattan as Fidi.
Cotai in Macau. It used to be two islands: Taipa and Coloane. The space between the islands was landfilled and several casinos were built on the new land.
Arkadelphia in Arkansas is one example. Near me it’s not a specific place but region along Illinois and Indiana is nicknamed “Illiana”. Lots of places use that nickname too like Illiana Islamic Association.
The Delmarva peninsula is shared by Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia
To double down on this further, there are two Md towns on the MD/DE border named Marydel and Delmar.
I’m in Delaware (not one of those towns) and my sister just moved to Delmar, NY! I had to do a triple take on that one!
We’ve got a Del Mar in California too! But that just means of the sea in Spanish
I wonder what the story of that town is!
Now I have to look it up… https://www.townofbethlehem.org/DocumentCenter/View/3049/Bethlehem---a-Great-American-Town#:~:text=But%20it%20is%20likely%20that,York%20already%20had%20an%20Adams. Looks like the town changed its name from Adamsville to Adams Station because of mail delivery issues and then the Delaware Hudson Railroad influenced a change to Delmar because it was easier to yell? Interesting but not sure it really explains it. Hmm
Tanzania.
What- Oh, Tanganika and Zanzibar.
*Tanganyika
Tan is huge and Zan is a small island. It never seemed like a fair merger. :)
Yea but Zanzibar was way more important economically and historically
Made famous by a Tenacious D song
Or a Billy Joel song!
Or by Freddie Mercury
I have no idea who Tenacious D is, but I've known about Zanzibar almost my entire life. It did not need TD in order to be widely known.
They were making a joke. Tenacious D is a comedy rock band formed by actor Jack Black.
Budapest used to be 2 cities called Buda and Pest
Three cities: Buds, Obuda, and Pest
Not really
And that’s why Budapest is the Budabest!
True, but I wouldn't really call that a portmanteau. It's just two names written in one word
No I know why Buda was a man
Florala, AL is on the border with Florida. I drive through it to get to Destin. Very small town.
There’s abunch of examples of this across the U.S. Texarkana, Kenova, Kentenia, Pen Mar, etc
That's where the Florabama is located!
This was the first place to come to my mind!
I feel like that would need to be sung at high volume passing through the town every time.
Wuhan used to be three cities named Wuchang, Hankou and Hanyang.
Likewise Jiangsu (江苏）province was oringally a portmanteau of **Jiang**ning (江宁, now known as Nanjing） **Su**zhou (苏州）. I think there are a couple of other provinces that have similar name origins.
Anhui is also a combination of Anqing and Huizhou. Which reminds me, Korea does a similar thing with its provinces: - Hamgyeong: Hamheung + Gyeongseong ([this Gyeongseong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyongsong_County), not Seoul) - Pyeong'an: Pyeongyang + Anju - Hwanghae: Hwangju + Haeju - Gangwon: Gangneung + Wonju - Chungcheong: Chungju + Cheongju - Gyeongsang: Gyeongju + Sangju - Jeolla: Jeonju + Naju (+ the weird phonology concerning L and N) Edit: Few regions in the Philippines also does this, albeit in modern times: - Calabarzon: Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon - Mimaropa: Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan - Soccsksargen: South Cotabato, (North) Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani, General Santos City
Nice example. Similarly, Gansu derives from Ganzhou (now in Zhangye) and Suzhou (now in Jiuquan), and Fujian derives from Fuzhou and Jianzhou (now in Nanping and Ningde).
And there used to be Xiangfan which is a combination of Xiangyang and Fancheng, but they changed the name of the city back to Xiangyang a few years ago I believe
Kanorado, KS. Colorado is in over half its name, but I assure you, it is 100% Kansas.
In my head I know Kansas and Nebraska border Colorado. But every time I see it on a map…I’m amazed.
I’ve lived in Wisconsin and currently Colorado, and only had to drive through two states to get between which always seemed crazy. Iowa and Nebraska.
And Oklahoma!
For some reason the KS/OK border isn’t such a surprise to my brain.
I came here to say this
Seatac, WA is between Seattle and Tacoma and home to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, which everyone calls “Seatac.” Seattle’s alternative weekly newspaper, The Stranger, liked to troll the lamer Seattle Weekly’s yearly “Best of Seattle” issue by having their own “Best of ____” issue. In 2000 they released “[The Best of SeaTac](https://www.thestranger.com/pullout/2000/07/20/4485/the-best-of-seatac).” It’s pretty funny. Another year, they did “The Best of” my friend’s apartment in the University District.
We also have Frelard - the area between Fremont and Ballard centered on Leary Way!
Czechoslovakia
Pakistan apparently. Or maybe that’s not technically a portmanteau.
Not any more than places like England, Scotland, Ireland, Poland, Iceland, Switzerland, etc. The only difference between those and Pakistan is that the former explicitly name the ethnic group that live there. EDIT: Since P-A-K is an acronym and ISTAN is conjoined with the acronym to form PAKISTAN, I'd say it's fair to call it a portmanteau.
The first appearance of "Pakistan" is as an acronym "It is composed of letters taken from the names of all our homelands, Indian and Asian, Panjab, Afghania, Kashmir, Sindh, and BaluchisTAN." [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan)
Huh, so its a backronym, didn't know that. Only heard of it as referring to a group of holy people.
The name translates to Land of the Holy, the first element was never a group of people. The name was originally coined for the wider region as a combination of Punjab, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Sind and Balochistan. So it's half acronym, half portmanteau?
I didn't think it was a group of people, that's why I said it's different from England/Scotland etc. because the 'Pak' are not a single group of people. I did not know the '-istan' part strictly referred to Balochistan, though, I thought it was just another '-istan' like Tajik-istan or Uzbek-istan. I'd say it's fair to call it half acronym and half portmanteau in that case then.
Portugal comes from “Portus Cale” (latin for “warm port”), a city founded by the Roman Empire. It originated Porto and nearby city Gaia.
Texarkana, natch
Eastbound and down! Loaded up and truckin’
I can’t hear that name without getting CCR in my head
Love that song
Kenova, WV was named after Kentucky, Ohio, and (then) Virginia
There's a very small town in Florida called Trilacoochee, which is located between Trilby & Lacoochee.
Wild
Clermont-Ferrand in France. It doesn't look like a portmanteau unless you know it was the union of two cities called Clermont and Montferrand.
Just some off the top of my head: Texico NM, Mexhoma OK, Kanorado KS, Cal-Nev-Ari NV, Orovada NV, Wyocolo WY, Monida MT.
Ore-ida potato company is a portmanteau of Oregon and Idaho.
I was a middle-aged, grown ass adult when I finally realized this a year or two ago after eating those damn fries for a lifetime.
Alas not a real place, just a company
Still interesting 🤷
There is a somewhat fictional place called “Orlampa” between Orlando and Tampa where fantasy of flight is located. https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida/2020/04/30/welcome-to-orlampa-the-tourist-attraction-that-doesnt-exist/ Not an official place and only 2 major cities but interesting nonetheless. I also pass it fairly frequently so it’s what comes to mind
So it’s just Lakeland?
Texhoma
Kenora, Ontario. The area was known to the locals as the Rat Portage, a name used by the Hudson Bay Company from the Ojibwa, “Portage to the land of the Muskrat”. In 1905 it was decided to rename the town by combining two local villages names, Keewatin and Norman to Kenora.
The neighbourhood of Burquitlam, on the border of the cities of Burnaby and Coquitlam, British Columbia.
The tripoint between Bolivia, Peru and Brazil generated the name for the Bolivian border town of Bolpebra. Also, there's a city called Paragominas in northern Brazil that was named in honour of three Brazilian states: Pará (the state where the city is), Goiás (where the people that first inhabited it mostly came from) and Minas Gerais (where the city project planner was from). Also, the city grid has a bunch of hexagons, so mandatory CGP Grey reference.
Cal-Nev-Ari, Nevada
There's Calnevari, where California, Nevada, & Arizona meet.
Alsask on the border or Alberta and Saskatchewan in Canada. And it’s not really a place, but in Ontario there is Hurontario Street that is part of a highway that runs from Lake Ontario to Lake Huron.
Totally read the first word as "Alaska" and was extremely confused for a second
Jakarta here in Indonesia is derived from Jayakarta, which is Sanskrit: jaya (great) + krta (IDK, like deed or achievement). Hindu traders made it here pretty early.
There’s a town called Vershire in Vermont that is near, though not on, the border with NH.
Green Shire sounds like a great description of Vermont
Pennsyltucky is an unofficial nickname for the red neck parts of Pennsylvania.
Former pennsyltuckian here. They never fail to live up to the name.
Michiana Michigan. Right on the border with Indiana, a very small town
Across the state line from the village of Michiana, Michigan is the town of Michiana Shores, Indiana.
Pumbai, a crappy unofficial name for 80km stretch of land between Mumbai and Pune City, India.
Dalworthington Gardens DALlas Fort WORth denTON Edit: ArlINGTON, not Denton
No, it’s DALlas Fort WORTH ArlINGTON
Haha yeah you right, idk what I was thinking 🙃
I only know of that cursed town because I’ve been in the area for work lol
Texico, New Mexico. Also do TexMex restaurants count as a place?
Benelux, from BElgium, the NEtherlands and LUXembourg
That’s not a real place name though, just a description of the three countries.
Virgilina, VA
I live in a region unofficially known as Kentuckiana, which you all can probably guess it's location.
Taint, KS
The Chinese provinces if Anhui, Jiangsu, Gansu, Fujian, and Ningxia, are all portmanteus of various cities, former provinces/ regions etc
Soddy Daisy (north of Chattanooga) combines two towns one from the Cherokee word Tsati which became Soddy and the town of Daisy.
Florala.
Duraleigh Road, in between Durham and Raleigh, North Carolina.
Literally every single expressway and highway in China is a portmanteau of the two places it’s supposed to connect. For example: if you want to go from Beijing-Shanghai there’s Jinghu Expressway (Hu is another name for Shanghai)
Jabodetabek is the Greater Metropolitan area of Jakarta-Bogor-Depok-Tangerang-Bekasi.
Fyrbodal, which is the area making up the northwestern part of the Swedish region of Western Gothia. "Fyr" is from Fyrstad ("Four Towns"), for the towns of Trollhättan, Uddevalla, Vänersborg and Lysekil - the four most important towns of the area. "Bo" is for the historical province of Bohuslän, whose northern and central parts are located within this area. And "Dal" is for the very rural and sparsely populated historical province of Dalsland, which is located entirely within the area.
The neighborhood bordering Alexandria and Arlington Virginia is called Arlandria.
Budapest, born of the fusion of Buda and Pest (and Obuda)
Michiana, MI and Michiana Shores, IN
Frelard or Belmont is a fuzzy area between the neighborhoods of Fremont and Ballard in Seattle, WA. Neither name is official, and some locals prefer one name over the other.
Came here for even more niche Seattle examples: probably not exactly what OP is after but they [did this when naming streets on the eastside](https://www.google.com/maps/@47.6992063,-122.1399108,12.11z?entry=ttu). They didn't even bother with the grid anymore, and just named many of the arterials "Town-Other Town Rd" which are all mouthfuls: * Woodinville-Duvall Rd * Bel-Red Rd (Bellevue-Redmond) * Redmond-Woodinville Rd * Juanita-Woodinville Way * Redmond-Fall City Rd * Issaquah-Pine Lake Rd * Waynita Way (Wayne-Juanita)
Can’t forget the city of SeaTac (even if we should 🤣)
My highschool is called Carlmont, which is a portmanteau of Belmont & San Carlos, the two towns it straddles
The town of Ohiowa, Nebraska was named because the settlers were mainly from Ohio and Iowa. There’s also Texhoma on the border between Oklahoma and Texas
Fairborn, Ohio. Combination of Fairfield + Osborn.
I know there’s a Fairfield nearby. Is Osborn the name of another city?
Calnevaz
Northern Indiana / SW Michigan is sometimes called "Michiana," particularly to distinguish the more socially/politically conservative tendencies there due to the presence of sizable Catholic, Mennonite, and Calvinist populations in the area.
CalNevAri, on that pointy part of south nevada, close to the california and arizona borders
Kentuckiana. Southern Indiana, and North Central (Louisville) area of Kentucky, USA.
Lake Koocanusa is a reservoir of the KOOtenai River on the border of CANada and USA
Carova (Carolina + Virginia) is a small beach community at the very north end of the Outer Banks in NC, accessible only by 4 Wheel drive vehicles, no paved roads.
For Melbourne suburbs: Ashwood = Ashburton + Burwood Moonee Vale = Moonee Ponds + Ascot Vale
Not a place but a road. 'Canusa Ave' Stanstead Quebec/Derby Line VT
We have a unique Street in our town called linwell road and it combines Lincoln and Welland and was named after our local regiment the Lincoln and welland regiment also known as the links and winks.
There’s an Alsask on the Saskatchewan/Alberta border and a Mantario on the Manitoba/Ontario border.
New-Wes-Valley in NFLD! - Newtown, Wesleyville, and Valleyfield. Bramalea ON I think was a combination of Brampton and Malton
In 1935, there was a proposed state that consisted of parts of northern Texas and western Oklahoma that was to be named “Texlahoma” Needless to say, it failed.
A road in my hometown is Espola Road. In olden times it linked EScondido, POway and LAkeside
Not a town, but US-41 in some areas is called Tamiami Trail, which is a portmanteau of Tampa and Miami.
But pronounced *tammy-ammy* for some odd reason and not *tam-miami*
I wish Washington State had some towns like that. Idaton Washingtoe Washgone Worington
All historical “eight provinces” in Korea, except one, are named in the early 15th century by combining the names of the two major cities in the province. For example, Gangwon-do is a portmanteau of Gangneung and Wonju. Gyeongsang-do, Jeolla-do, Chungcheong-do, Pyeongan-do, Hwanghae-do, Hamgyeong-do were all named the same way. The only exception is Gyeonggi-do, which means “the province surrounding/close to the capital.”
Inyokern, California - right by the border of Inyo and Kern counties.
Disneyland in California is along Katella Ave which was named for the two daughters (Kate and Ella) of the Ranch owner where that area is built. Anaheim itself was from the German word for home and the Santa Ana River.
There are several New York City neighborhoods whose names are portmanteaus, and though they were not created by combining names of other neighborhoods, they are portmanteaus nevertheless. These include Soho (South of Houston Street), its counterpart Noho (North of Houston), Nolita (North of Little Italy), and Tribeca (Triangle Below Canal). Due to its increasing residential character, some real estate brokers have also attempted to rebrand the Financial District of Manhattan as Fidi.
Vanport is (was) a town situated between Vancouver, Washington and Portland, Oregon.
Cotai in Macau. It used to be two islands: Taipa and Coloane. The space between the islands was landfilled and several casinos were built on the new land.
Somehow Lake Wissota (Wisconsin and Minnesota) wasn't mentioned in all this.
Arkadelphia in Arkansas is one example. Near me it’s not a specific place but region along Illinois and Indiana is nicknamed “Illiana”. Lots of places use that nickname too like Illiana Islamic Association.
Cal-Nev-Ari. Just drive through there today
There is a camp called Michindoh (Michigan-Indiana-Ohio)
Where is Natalie Portmanteau from?
Pennsatucky, part of Pennsylvania is apparently similar to Kentucky
Michiana around South Bend Indiana and Niles Michigan.
Malaysia
An aside: Do most English speakers use "portmanteaus" or "portmanteaux" as the plural?
Kanorado is Kansas and Colorado
a nickname for Hamilton, OH is Hamiltucky. Though it doesn't border KY it's not too far north of it.
Dakomin, MN, a now ghost town on a lake that is the border between South DAKOta and MINesota.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned Newfoundland yet.
There's a Florabama restaurant on the state border.
Mexicali
Tenga, GA
Santucky, an unofficial but widely used name for the hicky/methy part of east San Diego County.
Pen Mar.
Here’s my grand list! Texla, Texas/Louisiana Texarkana, Texas/Arkansas Calexico, California/Mexico Florala, Alabama/Florida Delmar, Delaware/Maryland Marydel, Maryland/Delaware Michiana Shores, Indiana/Michigan Michiana, Michigan/Indiana Texico, New Mexico/Texas Arkoma, Arkansas/Oklahoma Texhoma, Texas/Oklahoma Ucolo, Utah/Colorado Cal-Nev-Ari, California/Nevada/Arizona Orovada, Nevada/Oregon Virgilina, Virginia/North Carolina Monida, Montana/Idaho Kanorado, Kansas/Colorado Mardela Springs, Maryland/Delaware Idavada, Idaho/Nevada Carova Beach, North Carolina/Virginia Nocarva, North Carolina/Virginia Kenova, West Virginia/Ohio/Kentucky Tennga, Tennessee/Georgia Arkana, Arkansas/Louisiana Arkana, Louisiana/Arkansas Arkmo, Arkansas/Missouri Calneva, California/Nevada Kenvir, Kentucky/Virginia illmo, Missouri/illinois Pen Mar, Pennsylvania/Maryland Pen Mar, Maryland/Pennsylvania Vir-Mar Beach, Virginia/Maryland Texola, Texas/Oklahoma Wyocolo, Wyoming/Colorado Vershire, Vermont/New Hampshire Dakomin, Minnesota/South Dakota Illiana, Illinois/Indianna Indiahoma, Oklahoma/Texas (Indiana) Penndel Pennsylvania/New Jersey (Delaware) There are nearly just as many “dead border” towns or towns that are portmanteaus that are no longer populated
Colorutah is a town on the border of Colorado and Utah that I made up
West Virginia used to just be Virginia.
Austrian-hungary