Can you name the cities named after historical figures??

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  • Enter a city in the box below
  • Correctly named citys will show up below
  • Click any empty Biography or City to answer for that location
  • Name the American city, using the clues about the historical figure whom the city is named after! The cities are almost all in the top 50 in population, or state capitals.
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BiographyCityHistorical Figure
519 BC-430 BC: Victorious Roman general who returned to the life of a farmer
1st Century: Adoptive Father of Jesus (hint: not necessarily in English!)
AD 1-33: The Messiah (hint: literally 'Body of Christ')
5 BC-AD 67: Apostle, blinded on the Road to Damascus
1181-1226: Patron Saint of animals, the environment, and Italy
1195-1231: Portuguese friar, patron saint of lost items
1214-1270: French crusader-king and saint
died 1463: Spanish friar; whale's vagina?
1451-1506: Italian explorer and discoverer of two continents
1533-1603: English Queen famous for never marrying
1552-1618: Founded the lost colony of Roanoke
1605-1675: English Baron who promoted tolerance of Catholics in his American colony
1633-1701: Last Catholic king of England, formerly a Duke
1742-1777: Revolutionary War hero from North Carolina
1708-1778: British statesman credited for victory in French & Indian War
BiographyCityHistorical Figure
1754-1793: French King, aided American revolutionaries, guillotined during his own country's revolution
1732-1799: 'Father of his country'
1754-1806: Surveyor of the Connecticut Western Reserve (hint: not in Connecticut)
1744-1818: German wife of King George III
1751-1836: 'Father of the Constitution'; President during the War of 1812
1793-1836: Led Anglo colonization of Texas
1767-1845: 'Old Hickory'; Military hero and President, graces the $20 bill
1794-1849: American hero of the Mexican War
1793-1863: First President of the Republic of Texas
1792-1864: US Vice President under James Polk, during Mexican War
1809-1865: 'The Great Emancipator'
1780-1866: Leader of the Duwamish Tribe, peacefully accomodated white settlers
1817-1892: Governor of Kansas Territory during 'Bleeding Kansas' slavery crisis
1815-1898: Prussian statesman who unified Germany, famous for 'Realpolitik'
1836-1899: French-Canadian gold prospector and miner
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US Cities Named after Historical Figures Quiz

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  • Created Mar 26, 2010 in Geography
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