VETERAN POPULATION BY CONFLICT PERIOD

THE UNION WATERSPHERE

The Union Watersphere, also known as the Union Water Tower, a sphere-shaped water tank in Union, New Jersey, is the world’s tallest water sphere. The Union Watersphere is located adjacent to U.S. Route 22, New Jersey Route 82, and the Garden State Parkway. Standing 212 feet tall, it was originally built in 1964 at the cost of $89,500. It holds 250,000 gallons of well water. A museum dedicated the watersphere is located in Austin, Texas and is operated by a former Union resident.

GRAND MESA

The Grand Mesa, located in western Colorado, is the largest flat-topped mountain in the world. Grand Mesa has an area of about 500 square miles and stretches for about 40 miles east of Grand Junction between the Colorado River and the Gunnison river. The mesa rises about 6,000 feet above the surrounding river valleys, including the Grand Valley to the west, reaching an elevation of about 11,000 feet.

A panoramic view of the Grand Mesa, with Mt. Garfield and the Book Cliffs visible on the left
By Tewy - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2553591

CITY NAMES THAT ARE ALSO A STATE-NAME (PART 2)

For some unknown reason, I was unable to include all of the information on state-named-cities in one post. Please see Part 1 for a listing of all of the state-named-cities. The charts below provide summary information on state-named-cities.

STATES THAT DO NOT HAVE A STATE-NAMED-CITY
Alaska	Arizona	Florida	Hawaii	Mississippi	Montana
Nevada	Oregon	South Carolina	South Dakota	Tennessee	Wyoming

STATE-NAMED-CITIES THAT DO NOT EXIST
Arkansas	Connecticut	Hawaii	Illinois	Kentucky
Massachusetts	Minnesota	Mississippi	Missouri	Montana
New Hampshire	New Jersey	New Mexico	North Carolina	North Dakota
Oklahoma	Pennsylvania	Rhode Island	South Carolina	South Dakota
Texas	Utah	West Virginia	Wisconsin

RANK ORDER OF THE STATES BY NUMBER OF  STATE-NAMED-CITIES
State-Named-Cities	State	State-Named-Cities	State
8	Illinois	2	Texas
8	Ohio	2	Wisconsin
6	Indiana	2	West Virginia
6	New York	1	California
5	Iowa	1	Connecticut
5	Minnesota	1	Delaware
5	Missouri	1	Georgia
5	Pennsylvania	1	Idaho
4	Nebraska	1	Kansas
4	Oklahoma	1	Kentucky
3	Arkansas	1	Maine
3	Louisiana	1	North Carolina
3	Vermont	1	North Dakota
2	Alabama	1	New Hampshire
2	Colorado	1	New Mexico
2	Massachusetts	1	Rhode Island
2	Maryland	1	Utah
2	Michigan	1	Virginia
2	New Jersey	1	Washington

RANK ORDER OF THE STATE-NAMED-CITIES
Number of State-Named-Cities	Name of  State-Named-City	Number of State-Named-Cities	Name of State-Named-City
26	Washington	2	Michigan
11	Wyoming	2	New York
8	Florida	2	Ohio
5	Nevada	2	Tennessee
5	Oregon	2	Vermont
5	Virginia	1	Alabama
4	Delaware	1	Alaska
4	Kansas	1	Arizona
3	California	1	Colorado
3	Georgia	1	Indiana
3	Maryland	1	Iowa
2	Idaho	1	Louisiana
2	Maine	1	Nebraska

CITY NAMES THAT ARE ALSO A STATE-NAME (PART 1)

The following list was compiled exclusively by your humble blogger using the USPS on-line zip code look-up. I put the name of the state in the city box and then clicked on every state in order to determine if there was a city with that name in that state. Accordingly, to make it on to the list, the state-named-city had to have a postal zip code. To the best of my knowledge, the following list is the only single listing of all city names that are the same as a state name to be found on the Internet. Only state-named-cities that exactly match a state name are on the list. For example, Kansas City, MO is not on the list because the city name is “Kansas City” and not just “Kansas”. Also, there can be no difference in the spelling of the name of the state-named-city. For example, there is an “Arkansaw, WI 54721, but it does not qualify to be on this list because it is not spelled the same as the state of Arkansas. Also, please note that New York City’s actual name is “The City of New York”, and therefore “New York, NY” is not on the list. Finally, there were some zip codes that had a state-named-city, but the zip code and corresponding state-named-city were assigned to a P.O. Box only. Since those state-named-city postal zip codes are not actual populated places they are not included in the following list.

STATE-NAMED-CITIES
1	Alabama	NY	14013	51	Oregon	OH	43605
2	Alaska	MN	56667	52	Oregon	PA	17540
3	Arizona	LA	71040	53	Oregon	WI	53575
4	California	KY	41067	54	Tennessee	AR	71655
5	California	MD	20619	55	Tennessee	IL	62374
6	California	PA	15419	56	Vermont	CA	90029
7	Colorado	MD	21917	57	Vermont	IL	61484
8	Delaware	AR	72835	58	Virginia	ID	83234
9	Delaware	IA	52036	59	Virginia	IL	62691
10	Delaware	OH	43015	60	Virginia	MN	55792
11	Delaware	OK	74027	61	Virginia	NE	68458
12	Florida	AL	36442	62	Virginia	WA	98370
13	Florida	CO	81120	63	Washington	AR	71862
14	Florida	IN	47874	64	Washington	CO	81101
15	Florida	MA	01247	65	Washington	CT	06777
16	Florida	MO	65283	66	Washington	GA	30673
17	Florida	NM	87801	67	Washington	IL	61571
18	Florida	NY	10921	68	Washington	IN	47501
19	Florida	OH	43545	69	Washington	IA	52353
20	Georgia	IN	47446	70	Washington	KS	66968
21	Georgia	NJ	07728	71	Washington	LA	70589
22	Georgia	VT	05454	72	Washington	ME	04574
23	Idaho	AL	36251	73	Washington	MA	01223
24	Idaho	OH	45661	74	Washington	MI	48094
25	Indiana	PA	15701	75	Washington	MO	63090
26	Iowa	LA	70647	76	Washington	NE	68068
27	Kansas	IL	61933	77	Washington	NH	03280
28	Kansas	OH	44841	78	Washington	NJ	07882
29	Kansas	OK	74347	79	Washington	NC	27889
30	Kansas	VT	05252	80	Washington	OH	43160
31	Louisiana	MO	63353	81	Washington	OK	73093
32	Maine	MN	56586	82	Washington	PA	15301
33	Maine	NY	13802	83	Washington	TX	77860
34	Maryland	IN	47802	84	Washington	UT	84780
35	Maryland	NY	12116	85	Washington	VT	05675
36	Maryland	OK	74644	86	Washington	VA	22742
37	Michigan	NE	68862	87	Washington	WV	26181
38	Michigan	ND	58259	88	Washington	WI	54521
39	Nebraska	IN	47223	89	Wyoming	DE	19934
40	Nevada	IN	46068	90	Wyoming	IL	61491
41	Nevada	IA	50201	91	Wyoming	IA	52362
42	Nevada	MN	55953	92	Wyoming	MI	49418
43	Nevada	MO	64772	93	Wyoming	MN	55092
44	Nevada	OH	44849	94	Wyoming	NE	68410
45	New York	IA	50238	95	Wyoming	NY	14591
46	New York	TX	75770	96	Wyoming	OH	45215
47	Ohio	IL	61349	97	Wyoming	PA	18644
48	Ohio	NY	13324	98	Wyoming	RI	02896
49	Oregon	IL	61061	99	Wyoming	WV	24898
50	Oregon	MO	64473