In the United States, I’d probably name Oregon City, the famous end of the Oregon Trail and the first city founded west of the Rocky Mountains during the pioneer era. Its population is only 37,000.

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    A good number of these are examples where most people don’t actually know that the name comes from a town. I feel like they shouldn’t count.