SHORTEST CITY NAME IN EVERY STATE

STATE	CITY	POP.		STATE	CITY	POP.
Alabama	Opp	6,665		Montana	Troy	710
Alaska	Eek	455		Nebraska	Ord	2,257
Arizona	Mesa	458,860		Nevada	Ely (3)	4,206
Arkansas	Bay	1,973		New Hampshire	Dover	30,534
California	Napa	79,193		New Jersey	Lodi (6)	24,590
Colorado	Rye	209		New Mexico	Jal	2,161
Connecticut	Derby (1)	12,796		New York	Rye	15,944
Delaware	Dover (2)	37,144		North Carolina	Cary	151,186
Florida	Lee	561		North Dakota	Ray	527
Georgia	Ila	428		Ohio	Ada	6,050
Hawaii	Puhi	3,435		Oklahoma	Ada	17,149
Idaho	Kuna	16,557		Oregon	Bend	87,180
Illinois	Ina	2,342		Pennsylvania	Yoe	1,067
Indiana	Amo	508		Rhode Island	Warwick (7)	81,855
Iowa	Ely (3)	1,994		South Carolina	Iva	1,085
Kansas	Gas (4)	606		South Dakota	Tea	4,427
Kentucky	Clay	1,283		Tennessee	Dyer	2,330
Louisiana	Sun	323		Texas	Van	2,654
Maine	Saco	18,874		Utah	Roy	37,670
Maryland	Luke	97		Vermont	Ludlow	944
Massachusetts	Lynn	91,626		Virginia	Wise	3,185
Michigan	Troy (5)	82,542		Washington	Roy	634
Minnesota	Ely (3)	3,445		West Virginia	Man	991
Mississippi	Luka	3,005		Wisconsin	Rio	1,102
Missouri	Ava	2,961		Wyoming	Cody (8)	9,741

1	Derby	Also, Connecticut’s smallest city (see Blog post dated 12/2/18)
2	Dover	Capital of Delaware
3	Ely	Most common shortest name for a city (Iowa, Minnesota, Nevada)
4	Gas	Named after abundance of natural gas found in the area
5	Troy	Named after the city of same name in New York
6	Lodi	Named after an Italian city. Home to the Soprano’s TV show
7	Warwick	Shortest city name in Rhode Island is an astounding 7 letters long!
8	Cody	Named after “Buffalo” Bill Cody

Special mention to Warwick, Rhode Island. The smallest state in the U.S. is home to the longest shortest name of any city in the U.S.!