U.S. Cities Named After People - Statistics

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Named after...	State	City	% Correct
First president of the United States	DC	Washington	99%
European long credited with discovering the New World	OH	Columbus	97%
President of the United States during the civil war	NE	Lincoln	96%
Often credited with the invention of the lightbulb	NJ	Edison	89%
French king who built the Palace of Versailles	KY	Louisville	89%
Chancellor who unified Germany in the 19th century	ND	Bismarck	88%
President responsible for the Trail of Tears	MS	Jackson	83%
One of the most important figures in early Christianity	MN	Saint Paul	83%
English king who returned to the throne after Oliver Cromwell died	SC	Charleston	79%
Leading general at the Battle of the Alamo	TX	Houston	77%
British Prime Minister during the Seven Years' War	PA	Pittsburgh	74%
Founder of the Roanoke colony	NC	Raleigh	74%
General in the Revolutionary War who invaded Quebec	AL	Montgomery	73%
Famous chocolatier and founder of the 5th largest candy company in the world	PA	Hershey	72%
French general who joined the Continental Army in the American Revolution	LA	Lafayette	71%
English noble who established the colony of Maryland	MD	Baltimore	66%
Frontiersman and American Indian relations diplomat	NV	Carson City	65%
American banking tycoon who founded multiple credit unions	ND	Fargo	61%
Carpenter from Nazareth	TX	Corpus Christi	53%
British explorer who mapped the coast of the Pacific Northwest	WA	Vancouver	48%

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