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Unlike our main unusual names of towns in the U.S. page,
U.S. towns with CHRISTMAS or holiday season names,
U.S. towns with names associated with HALLOWEEN
and U.S. towns with names associated with VALENTINE'S DAY or romance,
this page focuses exclusively on place names
that are now, or were at some point in
the past, used by manufacturers as the name of
a make or model of automobile. Some of these
cars are no longer produced (in some cases,
that's a blessing), and frankly, some of the
towns have dwindled to just a few buildings,
but they're all actual places, whose
names have come to mean something altogether
different in our automotive-obsessed society.
While most of the cities and towns appearing
here were named for a prominent individual,
one cannot help but think of the automotive
brand, not the local pioneer for whom a town's
named, when passing through or learning of the
town's existence.
Note that additional location information is
offered for smaller towns that might be less
familiar to the reader.
Accord, Massachusetts (in Plymouth County, Massachusetts) We have a double winner here!
Amigo, West Virginia (in Raleigh County, West Virginia)
Armada, Michigan (in Macomb County, Michigan)
Avalon, Maryland (in Talbot County, Maryland)
Avalon, Catalina Island, California We have a double winner here!
Beetle, Kentucky (in Carter County, Kentucky)
Bentley, Louisiana (in Grant Parish, Louisiana)
Blackwood, Alabama (in Henry County, Alabama)
Blazer, Missouri (in Pemiscot County, Missouri)
Bonneville, Alabama (in Limestone County, Alabama)
Bronco, Georgia (in Walker County, Georgia)
Buick, Missouri (Iron County, Missouri)
Cadillac, Michigan (in Wexford County, Michigan)
Capri Village, Illinois (in Cook County, Illinois)
Caravelle, Tennessee (in Wilson County, Tennessee)
Catalina, Arizona (Falcon Valley, Pima County, N. of Tucson and S.W. of Oracle, Arizona)
Century, West Virginia (in Barbour County, West Virginia)
Cherokee, Iowa (in Cherokee County, Iowa)
Chevrolet, Kentucky (in Harlan County, Kentucky)
Chrysler, Alabama (in Monroe County, Alabama)
Cobalt, Connecticut (in Middlesex County, Connecticut)
Colt, Arkansas (in St. Francis County, Arkansas)
Comet, Montana (in Jefferson County, Montana)
Concord, California (in Contra Costa County, California)
Conquest, New York (in Cayuga County, New York)
Continental, Ohio (in Putnam County, Ohio)
Coronado, Arizona (in Pima County, Arizona)
Corsica, Pennsylvania (in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania)
Cougar, California (in Siskiyou County, California)
Dakota, Illinois (in Stephenson County, Illinois)
Dasher, Georgia (in Lowndes County, Georgia)
DeSoto, Georgia (in Floyd County, Georgia)
Dodge, Massachusetts (Worcester County, Massachusetts)
Dodge City, Kansas (in Ford County, Kansas) We have a double winner here!
Durango, Colorado
Eagle, Colorado (in Eagle County, Colorado)
Echo, Minnesota (Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota)
Eclipse, Texas (in both Jasper County, and Gaines County, Texas)
El Dorado, California (in El Dorado County, California)
Endeavor, Pennsylvania (in Forest County, Pennsylvania)
Fairmont, Minnesota (in Martin County, Minnesota)
Falcon, Tennessee (in McNairy County, Tennessee)
Fiat, Indiana (in Jay County, Indiana)
Fleetwood, Alabama (in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama)
Ford, Mississippi (in Jackson County, Mississippi)
Fox, Oklahoma (in Carter County, Oklahoma)
Frontier, Wyoming (in Lincoln County, Wyoming)
Golf, Illinois (in Cook County, Illinois)
Granada, Minnesota (in Martin County, Minnesota)
Honda, California (in Santa Barbara County, California)
La Honda, California (in San Mateo County, California)
Horizon, Utah (in Salt Lake County, Utah)
Imperial, California
Lancer, Kentucky (in Floyd County, Kentucky)
LaSalle, Texas (in Limestone County, Texas)
Liberty, South Carolina (in Pickens County, South Carolina)
Lincoln, Nebraska
Lotus, California (in El Dorado County, California)
Lynx, Ohio (in Adams County, Ohio)
Malibu, California
Mariner, Maine (in Cumberland County, Maine)
Marquis, Ohio (in Mahoning County, Ohio)
Mercury, Nevada (in Nye County, Nevada)
Milan, Illinois (in Rock Island County, Illinois)
Mirage, New Mexico (in Luna County, New Mexico)
Monaco, California (in Los Angeles County, California)
Monte Carlo, Kansas (in Cherokee County, Kansas)
Monterey, California
Mustang, Oklahoma (in Canadian County, Oklahoma)
Newport, Nebraska (in Rock County, Nebraska)
Nova, Ohio (in Ashland County, Ohio)
Omega, Missouri (in Wright County, Missouri)
Packard, Iowa (in Butler County, Iowa)
Passport, Illinois (in Richland County, Illinois)
Pilot, Nevada (in Elko County, Nevada)
Pinto, Maryland (in Allegany County, Maryland)
Plymouth, Michigan
Pontiac, Michigan
Premier, West Virginia (in McDowell County, West Virginia)
Regal, Minnesota (in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota)
Ranger, West Virginia (in Lincoln County, West Virginia)
Reno, Nevada
Riviera, Arizona (in Mohave County, Arizona)
Rocky, Arkansas (in Polk County, Arkansas)
Rodeo, California (in Contra Costa County, California)
Rover, Arkansas (in Yell County, Arkansas)
Sable, Mississippi (in Clarke County, Mississippi)
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Saturn, Texas (in Gonzales County, Texas)
Seville, Ohio (in Medina County, Ohio)
Shadow, Virginia (in Mathews County, Virginia)
Silverado, California (in Orange County, California)
Somerset, California (in El Dorado County, California) We have a double winner here!
Spider, Kentucky (in Knott County, Kentucky)
Spirit, Washington (in Stevens County, Washington)
Sterling, West Virginia (in Boone County, West Virginia)
Summit, Arkansas (in Marion County, Arkansas)
Sundance, Montana (in Glacier County, Montana)
Swift, Minnesota (in Roseau County, Minnesota)
Tacoma, Maine (in Kennebec County, Maine)
Tahoe, Idaho (in Idaho County, Idaho)
Thunderbird, New Mexico (in Torrance County, New Mexico)
Tiburon, California (in Marin County, California)
Topaz, Missouri (in Douglas County, Missouri)
Torrent, Kentucky (in Wolfe County, Kentucky)
Torino, Illinois (in Will County, Illinois)
Triumph, Illinois (in La Salle County, Illinois) We have a double winner here!
Trooper, Pennsylvania (in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania)
Zephyr, North Carolina (in Surry County, North Carolina)
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