U.S. Cities Named After People

Can you guess these American cities named after significant figures based on the clues provided?

Some cities do not exactly share their names with the people they were named after

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

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