States On States

A quick look a state names within states with Mapbox GL and GNIS Place Names

Choose a state to see occurrences of each state name around the U.S.

All Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

Places are sized according to the total count of occurrences for each state name.

A BLUE dot indicates a place OUTSIDE of the state it's named like. An ORANGE dot indicates a place INSIDE of the state it's named like.

1 instances (Louisiana)

187 instances (Washington)

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by Jonah Adkins