Indiana Towns with the Same Name

You might be surprised to know how many towns/cities share the same name throughout the Hoosier State.

If your kids ever ask you how important it is to know your ZIP code, here's a good example of why that ZIP code is important. Each ZIP code assigns specific numbers to geographic regions, post offices, and delivery routes to better assist the United States Postal Service in routing and delivering mail efficiently. It's especially useful in the case in which there is more than one town throughout the state that has the same name.

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It's funny; I didn't even think about the fact that Indiana has multiple towns/cities that share the same name. It's no secret that a town or city's name typically has a few other cities throughout the country that share the same name, but doesn't it seem weird to have two or more cities/towns in a single state that share the same name? Well, there are many Indiana towns that share the same name.

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There are dozens of cities/towns and smaller unincorporated communities with duplicate names across multiple Hoosier counties. Hence why that ZIP code is pretty important; in fact, you might be surprised to find that you live in one that has a duplicate name.

Indiana Towns that Share the Same Name

There's a fun resource on Blogger.com, that lists all of the towns in Indiana that share the same name. Most of these are small unincorporated communities that you have probably never heard of before, while a few are some pretty big cities/towns. For the most part, there are only two towns that share the same name, but there are two cases where a town name has three to four different locations in the Hoosier State. Check out the list of towns that share the same name below:

• Antioch - Clinton and Jay Counties
• Augusta - Marion and Pike
• Bethel - Delaware and Wayne
• Bloomfield - Greene and Spencer
• Bono - Lawrence and Vermillion
• Bridgeport - Harrison and Hendricks
• Brownstown - Crawford and Jackson
• Buena Vista - Franklin, Gibson, Harrison, and Randolph
• Bunker Hill - Miami and Washington
• Burr Oak - Marshall and Noble
• Carrollton - Carroll and Hancock
• Center - Howard and Jay
• Charlottesville - Hancock and Union
• Clarksville - Clark and Hamilton
• Concord - DeKalb and Tippecanoe
• Converse - Blackford and Miami
• Cuba - Allen and Owen
• Dover - Boone and Dearborn
• Ellis - Greene and Steuben
• Erie - Lawrence and Miami
• Fairview - Fayette, Randolph, and Switzerland
• Farmers - Owen and Rush
• Five Points - Marion and Morgan
• Foresman - Benton and Newton
• Forest - Clinton and Whitley (the town in Whitley is AKA Laud)
• Franklin - Johnson and Wayne

There you have it. Do you live in any of these towns with duplicate names in Indiana? Are there any towns that were not on this list? I'd love to know. If you want a little more fun with Indiana town names, I put together a list of some of the most outrageous city/town names in Indiana that you might have a hard time reading, and an even harder time pronouncing!