Cordova in Alaska? Madrid in New York? what about Toledo?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordova%2C_Alaska
The Cordova is not strange because of the explorers but Madrid in New York and Seville are:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrid%2C_New_York
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seville,_Ohio

What about Toledo in United States:
Toledo, Illinois
Toledo, Iowa
Toledo, Ohio
Toledo, Oregon
Toledo, Washington

and more and more cities.

They are very small towns but well it really doesn't matter.

I'm assuming the reason for this is that the founders of those towns came from the original or wanted to SAY they were from Madrid, Paris, Toledo, etc. In Texas we have a Paris, there's an Athens in Georgia, and a London in Connecticut.

<<I'm assuming the reason for this is that the founders of those towns came from the original or wanted to SAY they were from Madrid, Paris, Toledo, etc. In Texas we have a Paris, there's an Athens in Georgia, and a London in Connecticut. >>

It's easier to copy Europan names for cities rather than inventing them from scratch I guess.

Saludos Skippy and Madrid Hilton: You both have a postcard from Spain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2dJa2XlA04&feature=related

Toledo, Ohio is more famous in the US than Toledo, Spain.
There are Venice and Naples in Florida, and Venice in California.

<<Toledo, Ohio is more famous in the US than Toledo, Spain. >>

In the rest of the world Toledo , Spain is more famous.

I suppose there are citie's names from Spain,Italy,England,France. From where more? maybe Holland and Germany as well?

"Ayer estuve leyendo en el periódico QUÉ, una noticia que me pareció curiosa, ya sabía de la existencia de otras ciudades repartidas por el mundo con el nombre de Madrid, pero sinceramente no creía que tantas.
En el mundo hay 26 ciudades que comparten nombre con la capital española. Están habitadas por decenas de miles de personas que viven un día a día sin las grandezas y las miserias de nuestra ciudad (sacado textualmente del diario QUE).
En EEUU hay diez: Alabama, Colorado, Iowa,Kentucky, Maine,Missouri, Nebraska, Nueva Jork, Nuevo Méjico y Virginia.
También en Guinea, Suecia, Sudafrica, Filipinas, México, Guatemala, El Salvador, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Chile, Canada.
La ciudad más grande con el nombre de Madrid, aparte de la nuestra, está situada en Colombia con unos 25.000 habitantes, y la más pequeña en Nuevo México con 149 habitantes."

http://cronicasdevelilla.blogspot.com/2008/01/ciudades-con-el-nombre-de-madrid-en-el.html

Map of cities with the name of madrid

http://bp0.blogger.com/_uA507aAGY6Y/R4yA0SgF6gI/AAAAAAAAAC4/1-1_G7Sseoo/s1600-h/mapamundipolitico1.gif

<<grandezas y las miserias de nuestra ciudad >>
I suppose this also happens in many cities.
It is strange that Suecia, Sudafrica,Canada have the name of 'madrid'. The rest of the countries is normal.
What about barcelona? You know anything?

In Venezuela there is another Barcelona. I guess that in US there must be a few ones as well. It sounds a bit kitsch in some way those US cities called like the European ones.

Do not forget the island Montserrat.

there is a Prauge, Nebraska (founded by Czech immigrants) and a Sevastapol, Mississippi (ditto, but Ukrainians)

There's a Moscow in the USA too.

Hmm, this is kind of funny. But at the same time, I wouldn't really want to be from one of these towns and then go overseas and have people asking where I'm from.