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Samuel Goodson and Joseph R. Anderson: Bristol, Va.

The Municipal Posted on June 7, 2017 by The MunicipalJune 6, 2017

Depending on whom you ask, the independent city of Bristol, Va., was founded by Joseph R. Anderson. Or Col. Samuel Eason Goodson. Or both. The city of 17,341 shares its name with its larger municipal Siamese twin to the south, … Continue reading →

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German and Swiss Settlers: Hohenwald, Tenn.

The Municipal Posted on May 4, 2017 by The MunicipalMay 9, 2017
During the late 19th century, hundreds of German and Swiss settlers arrived at the Hohenwald train depot in boxcars such as the one depicted, enhancing the population of Hohenwald and establishing the adjacent village of New Switzerland. Territorial and cultural clashes resulted in litigation, and a judge merged the two towns under the name of Hohenwald. (Photo provided)

Augusta Smith named the Tennessee town she and her husband, Warren, founded in 1878 Hohenwald, the German word for “high forest,” a descriptive term referring to the surrounding countryside and its location on the Western Highland Rim a few miles … Continue reading →

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Abraham Pickering: Pickerington, Ohio

The Municipal Posted on March 30, 2017 by The MunicipalMarch 28, 2017
Abraham Pickering Pickerington Ohio Founder

Having your neighbors and friends name a town in your honor shows a lot of respect — especially when they displace the name of a war hero to do so. Abraham Pickering (1776-1833) earned that respect. Pickering was born in … Continue reading →

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Josiah White: Jim Thorpe, Pa.

The Municipal Posted on January 21, 2017 by The MunicipalJanuary 19, 2017

Josiah White and Jim Thorpe never met; White died 37 years before Thorpe was born. Yet the confluence of the two men’s impact forged the town of Jim Thorpe, Pa. White (1781-1850) was an industrialist and entrepreneur with a staggering … Continue reading →

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William Butler: Saugatuck, Mich.

The Municipal Posted on January 1, 2017 by The MunicipalJanuary 4, 2017
William Butler, founder of Saugatuck, Mich.

For several years, William G. Butler (1799-1857) and his wife, Emily, were the only white inhabitants of what would become known as Saugatuck, Mich., and its surrounding county of Allegan. They were by all historical accounts “on the most kindly … Continue reading →

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William McIntosh Jr.: Peachtree City, Ga.

The Municipal Posted on October 3, 2016 by The MunicipalOctober 3, 2016

As a planned community charted March 9, 1959, Peachtree City, Ga., is a relative newcomer to the nation’s family of municipalities. But the city of 35,000 carries ubiquitous earmarks harkening to the person and heritage of William McIntosh Jr. (1775-1825), … Continue reading →

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Zackquill Morgan: Morgantown, W.Va.

The Municipal Posted on August 20, 2016 by The MunicipalAugust 23, 2016
Zackquill Morgan

Several rival factions — including settlers, Native Americans, the English and the French — grappled over possession of the land now known as Morgantown, W.Va., until Zackquill Morgan (1735–1795) literally settled the matter for good. Morgan served honorably in the … Continue reading →

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Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad: Audubon, Iowa

The Municipal Posted on June 24, 2016 by The MunicipalJune 27, 2016
Although no records indicate ornithologist John James Audubon lived in or visited the area, his name was applied to the settlement as an honor.

Audubon, Iowa, was platted by a railroad, settled through the invaluable efforts of two highly energetic real estate promoters and named after a vaunted ornithologist and artist who may or may not have passed through the area 35 years before. … Continue reading →

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Andrew Hynes: Elizabethtown, Ky.

The Municipal Posted on June 7, 2016 by The MunicipalJune 7, 2016
Andrew Hynes, Elizabethtown KY

Back in the days of Colonel Andrew Hynes, who lived from Feb. 28, 1750, to September of 1800, establishing a town was not always as simple as staking a plot of uncharted wilderness, tacking up a few shanties and growing … Continue reading →

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Theodore Koch: Clara City, Minn.

The Municipal Posted on April 23, 2016 by The MunicipalMay 2, 2016
Theodore Koch

Theodore Koch, founder of Clara City, was born in the Netherlands in 1854. An exemplary student, he mastered four languages before his formal education was cut short for lack of funds. After that, the energetic and frugal entrepreneur schooled himself … Continue reading →

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Davidson College – Davidson, N.C.

The Municipal Posted on March 15, 2016 by The MunicipalMarch 15, 2016
Davidson, N.C., was settled in 1837 when Davidson College — now Davidson University — located there. Pictured are a few members of Davidson’s faculty in 1873, six years before the town’s first municipal council was organized.

Most modern-day communities were founded by individuals and were named after their founder. Davidson, N.C., follows about half that tradition. The lakeside town of 11,750 was named after its founder, Davidson College, which was named after Brigadier General William Lee … Continue reading →

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