Border towns in the United States with portmanteau names
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A list of border town
Border town
A border town is a town or city close to the boundary between two countries, states or regions. Usually the term implies that it is one of the things the town is most famous for. Border towns can have highly cosmopolitan communities, a feature they share with port cities...

s in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 with portmanteauitaric names to indicate the border they are near:

Border town portmanteaus

  • Calexico, California
    Calexico, California
    Calexico is a city in Imperial County, California. The population was 38,572 at the 2010 census, up from 27,109 at the 2000 census. Calexico is about east of San Diego and west of Yuma, Arizona...

     (California and Mexico); see also Mexicali
    Mexicali
    Mexicali is the capital of the State of Baja California, seat of the Municipality of Mexicali, and 2nd largest city in Baja California. The City of Mexicali has a population of 689,775, according to the 2010 census, while the population of the entire metropolitan area reaches 936,826.The city...

  • Cal-Nev-Ari, Nevada
    Cal-Nev-Ari, Nevada
    Cal-Nev-Ari is a census-designated place and town in Clark County, Nevada, United States, near the state's southernmost point. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 278...

     (California, Nevada, and Arizona)
  • Chulajuana, California (Chula Vista, California; Tijuana, Mexico)
  • Dalhart, Texas
    Dalhart, Texas
    Dalhart is a city in Dallam and Hartley counties in the U.S. state of Texas, and the county seat of Dallam County. The population was 7,237 at the 2000 census. Founded in 1901, Dalhart is named for its location on the border of Dallam and Hartley counties. Dalhart sits at the intersection of U.S....

      (Dallam and Hartley counties)
  • Dalworthington Gardens, Texas
    Dalworthington Gardens, Texas
    Dalworthington Gardens is a city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,259 at the 2010 census.The name is a portmanteau of parts of names of the three anchor cities of the Metroplex: Dallas, Fort Worth, and Arlington.-Geography:Dalworthington Gardens is located at ...

     (Dallas, Fort Worth, and Arlington)
  • Delmar, Delaware
    Delmar, Delaware
    As of the census of 2000, there were 1,407 people, 542 households, and 344 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,498.9 people per square mile . There were 595 housing units at an average density of 633.9 per square mile...

     and Delmar, Maryland
    Delmar, Maryland
    Delmar is a town in Wicomico County, Maryland, United States. The population was 3,003 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Salisbury, Maryland Metropolitan Statistical Area. When the population is added to "twin city" Delmar, Delaware the town's total population is 4,600...

     (Delaware and Maryland)
  • Florala, Alabama
    Florala, Alabama
    Florala is a city in Covington County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 1,964.-Geography:Florala is located at . According to the U.S...

     (Florida and Alabama)
  • Idavada, Idaho
    Idavada, Idaho
    Idavada is a historical locale in Twin Falls County, Idaho. It is home to the Idavada Volcanics formation of silicic rocks. The nearest major highway is U.S. Route 93, and the nearest established settlement is Jackpot, Nevada.- References :***...

     (Idaho and Nevada)
  • Illiana, Illinois
    Illiana, Illinois
    Illiana is an unincorporated community in Newell Township, Vermilion County, Illinois, United States. In this area, State Line Road runs along the border between Illinois and Indiana; Illiana is just across the road from the town of State Line City in Warren County in Indiana. Its name is based...

     (Illinois and Indiana)
  • Inyokern, California
    Inyokern, California
    Inyokern is a census-designated place in Kern County, California, United States. Inyokern is located west of Ridgecrest, at an elevation of 2434 feet . Located in the Indian Wells Valley. The population was 1,099 at the 2010 census, up from 984 at the 2000 census...

     (Kern and Inyo Counties)
  • Kanorado, Kansas
    Kanorado, Kansas
    Kanorado is a city in Sherman County, Kansas, United States. The name is a portmanteau of Kansas and Colorado. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 153.-Geography:Kanorado is located at...

     (Kansas and Colorado)
  • Kenova, West Virginia
    Kenova, West Virginia
    Kenova is a city in Wayne County, West Virginia, at the confluence of the Ohio and Big Sandy Rivers. The name of the town comes from its unique position where the borders of Kentucky, Ohio, and Virginia meet. Founded in 1859 but not incorporated until 1894, the town's early history and...

     (Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia)
  • Kentuckiana
    Kentuckiana
    Kentuckiana is a name that is often used to refer to metropolitan areas with counties in both Indiana and Kentucky.* Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area, the area most commonly referred to as Kentuckiana...

    , a popular local name for the Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area centered on Louisville, Kentucky
    Louisville, Kentucky
    Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...

     and spreading across the Ohio River
    Ohio River
    The Ohio River is the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River. At the confluence, the Ohio is even bigger than the Mississippi and, thus, is hydrologically the main stream of the whole river system, including the Allegheny River further upstream...

     into Indiana
  • Mardela Springs, Maryland
    Mardela Springs, Maryland
    Mardela Springs is a town in Wicomico County, Maryland, United States. The population was 364 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Salisbury, Maryland Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Mardela Springs is located at ....

     (Maryland and Delaware)
  • Marydel, Delaware
    Marydel, Delaware
    Marydel is an unincorporated community in Kent County, Delaware, United States. It lies along Delaware Route 8 West of the city of Dover, the county seat of Kent County and Delaware's state capital. Because the community has borne multiple names, the Board on Geographic Names officially...

     and Marydel, Maryland
    Marydel, Maryland
    Marydel is a town in Caroline County, Maryland, United States. The population was 147 at the 2000 census. It is named after its location, being partially located in Maryland and partially in Delaware.-Geography:...

     (Delaware and Maryland)
  • Michiana, Michigan
    Michiana, Michigan
    Michiana is a village in New Buffalo Township, Berrien County in the extreme southwest corner of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 200 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...

     (Michigan and Indiana); see also Michiana
    Michiana
    Michiana is a region in northern Indiana and southwestern Michigan centered on the city of South Bend, Indiana. The Chamber of Commerce of St. Joseph County, Indiana defines Michiana as "counties that contribute at least 500 inbound commuting workers to St. Joseph County daily." Those counties...

    , the surrounding region whose main urban center is South Bend, Indiana
    South Bend, Indiana
    The city of South Bend is the county seat of St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States, on the St. Joseph River near its southernmost bend, from which it derives its name. As of the 2010 Census, the city had a total of 101,168 residents; its Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 316,663...

  • Monida, Montana (Montana and Idaho)
  • Norlina, North Carolina
    Norlina, North Carolina
    Norlina is a town in Warren County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,107 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Norlina is located at ....

     (North Carolina and Virginia)
  • Pen Mar, Maryland (Maryland and Pennsylvania)
  • Tennga, Georgia
    Tennga, Georgia
    Tennga is a small unincorporated community in Murray County, Georgia, United States, along U.S. Route 411 near the Tennessee border. The community's name is unique, being a portmanteau of the "Tenn." and "Ga." abbreviations used prior to USPS-standard state codes.Tennga is located at , at an...

     (Tennessee and Georgia)
  • Texarkana, Texas
    Texarkana, Texas
    Texarkana is a city in Bowie County, Texas, United States. It effectively functions as one half of a city which crosses a state line — the other half, the city of Texarkana, Arkansas, lies on the other side of State Line Avenue...

     and Texarkana, Arkansas
    Texarkana, Arkansas
    As of the census of 2000, there were 26,448 people, 10,384 households, and 7,040 families residing in the city. The population density was 830.5 people per square mile . There were 11,721 housing units at an average density of 368.1 per square mile...

     (Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana)
  • Texhoma, Oklahoma
    Texhoma, Oklahoma
    Texhoma is a town in Texas County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 926 at the 2010 census. Founded around the Rock Island Railroad laying tracks through the area, much of the town's local economy is from ranching and livestock...

     and Texhoma, Texas
    Texhoma, Texas
    Texhoma is a city in Sherman County, Texas, United States. The population was 371 at the 2000 census. Texhoma is a divided city with the Texas-Oklahoma state border separating the city from Texhoma, Oklahoma.-Geography:...

     (Texas and Oklahoma)
  • Texico, New Mexico
    Texico, New Mexico
    Texico is a city in Curry County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 1,065 at the 2000 census.-Name:The name is a portmanteau of "Texas" and "New Mexico". Texico is located on the Texas-New Mexico border...

     (Texas and New Mexico)
  • Ucolo, Utah
    Ucolo, Utah
    Ucolo is an unincorporated community locale in San Juan County, Utah. It is located close to the Colorado border, and its name is a portmanteau of Utah and Colorado. The nearest major highway is U.S. Route 491, and the nearest established settlement is Egnar, Colorado....

     (Utah and Colorado)
  • Virgilina, Virginia
    Virgilina, Virginia
    Virgilina is a town in Halifax County, Virginia, United States. The population was 159 at the 2000 census. Virgilina was once a copper mining town...

     (Virginia and North Carolina)
  • Vershire, Vermont
    Vershire, Vermont
    Vershire is a town in Orange County, Vermont, United States, created under Vermont Charter of August 3, 1781. The population was 629 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...

     (Vermont and New Hampshire)
  • Wamac, Illinois
    Wamac, Illinois
    Wamac is a city in Clinton County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,185 at the 2010 census. The town sits on the joining lines of adjacent three counties: Washington, Marion and Clinton. It derives its name from the first letters of those counties...

     (Washington, Marion, and Clinton counties)
  • Penndel, Pennsylvania
    Penndel, Pennsylvania
    Penndel is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,328 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Penndel is located at ....

     (named after the Pennsylvania/Delaware Highway)

Other portmanteaus

  • Ark-La-Tex
    Ark-La-Tex
    The Ark-La-Tex, Arklatex, or ArkLaTex is a U.S. socio-economic region where Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, and Oklahoma intersect. Some prefer the more inclusive Arklatexoma...

    , a U.S. socio-economic region where Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, and Oklahoma intersect.
  • Arrowbear Lake, California
    Arrowbear Lake, California
    Arrowbear Lake is an unincorporated community in San Bernardino County, California, United States. Its altitude is 6,086 feet , in the San Bernardino Mountains....

    , a small community halfway between Lake Arrowhead and Big Bear Lake in the San Bernardino mountains.
  • Delmarva Peninsula
    Delmarva Peninsula
    The Delmarva Peninsula is a large peninsula on the East Coast of the United States, occupied by most of Delaware and portions of Maryland and Virginia...

     is a large peninsula on the East Coast of the United States, occupied by Delaware
    Delaware
    Delaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...

     and portions of Maryland
    Maryland
    Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...

     and Virginia
    Virginia
    The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...

    .
  • Deltona, Florida
    Deltona, Florida
    Deltona is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida and is the largest city in Volusia County. It is located east of DeBary and north of Lake Monroe. It is the twenty-ninth largest city in Florida, with a 2010 Census population of 85,182...

    , a city between DeLand
    DeLand, Florida
    DeLand is the county seat of Volusia County, Florida. In 2006, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's population to be 24,375. It is part of the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had an estimated population of 436,575 in 2006...

     and Daytona.
  • Lake Texoma
    Lake Texoma
    Lake Texoma is one of the largest reservoirs in the United States, the 12th largest Corps of Engineers lake, and the largest in USACE Tulsa District....

    , a man-made lake on the Red River
    Red River (Mississippi watershed)
    The Red River, or sometimes the Red River of the South, is a major tributary of the Mississippi and Atchafalaya Rivers in the southern United States of America. The river gains its name from the red-bed country of its watershed. It is one of several rivers with that name...

     that divides Texas and Oklahoma
  • Lamorinda, California, a region of Contra Costa County comprising Lafayette, Moraga and Orinda
  • SeaTac, Washington
    SeaTac, Washington
    SeaTac is an American city in southern King County, Washington, and an outlying suburb of Seattle, Washington. Incorporated in February 1990, the City of SeaTac is ten square miles in area and has a population of 26,909 according to the 2010 census...

    , between Seattle and Tacoma
  • Lake Wissota
    Lake Wissota
    Lake Wissota is a reservoir in Chippewa County, Wisconsin, USA, just east of the city of Chippewa Falls. It covers an area of and has a maximum depth of . The lake was formed by the construction of a hydroelectric dam on the Chippewa River, completed in 1917. The dam was built by the...

    , a large reservoir in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, combines Wisconsin and Minnesota.
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