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[MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY CCDC AVMC (USA)]

> Also, in the nineteenth century there was a fad for naming towns after those in classical 
> literature. A drive through upstate New York turns up many, Utica, Syracuse, etc.


See also "Little Egypt" in Illinois, where the towns of Cairo, Thebes, and Karnak are located.

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