Border towns in the United States with portmanteau names
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A list of border towns in the United States with portmanteauitaric names to indicate the border they are near:
[edit] Border town portmanteaus
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- Calexico, California (California and Mexico); see also Mexicali
- Cal-Nev-Ari, Nevada (California, Nevada, and Arizona)
- Chulajuana, California (Chula Vista, California; Tijuana, Mexico)
- Dalhart, Texas (Dallam and Hartley counties)
- Dalworthington Gardens, Texas (Dallas, Fort Worth, and Arlington)
- Delmar, Delaware and Delmar, Maryland (Delaware and Maryland)
- Florala, Alabama (Florida and Alabama)
- Idavada, Idaho (Idaho and Nevada)
- Illiana, Illinois (Illinois and Indiana)
- Inyokern, California (Kern and Inyo Counties)
- Kanorado, Kansas (Kansas and Colorado)
- Kenova, West Virginia (Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia)
- Kentuckiana, a popular local name for the Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area centered on Louisville, Kentucky and spreading across the Ohio River into Indiana
- Mardela Springs, Maryland (Maryland and Delaware)
- Marydel, Delaware and Marydel, Maryland (Delaware and Maryland)
- Michiana, Michigan (Michigan and Indiana); see also Michiana, the surrounding region whose main urban center is South Bend, Indiana
- Monida, Montana (Montana and Idaho)
- Norlina, North Carolina (North Carolina and Virginia)
- Pen Mar, Maryland (Maryland and Pennsylvania)
- Tennga, Georgia (Tennessee and Georgia)
- Texarkana, Texas and Texarkana, Arkansas (Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana)
- Texhoma, Oklahoma and Texhoma, Texas (Texas and Oklahoma)
- Texico, New Mexico (Texas and New Mexico)
- Tuckasse,a popular local name for the area centered between Bowling Green, Kentucky and Clarksville, Tennessee and spreading across the shared state line of South Central KY and North Central Tennessee
- Ucolo, Utah (Utah and Colorado)
- Virgilina, Virginia (Virginia and North Carolina)
- Vershire, Vermont (Vermont and New Hampshire)
- Wamac, Illinois (Washington, Marion, and Clinton counties)
- Penndel, Pennsylvania (named after the Pennsylvania/Delaware Highway)
[edit] Other portmanteaus
- Ark-La-Tex, a U.S. socio-economic region where Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, and Oklahoma intersect.
- Arrowbear Lake, California, a small community halfway between Lake Arrowhead and Big Bear Lake in the San Bernardino mountains.
- Delmarva Peninsula is a large peninsula on the East Coast of the United States, occupied by Delaware and portions of Maryland and Virginia.
- Deltona, Florida, a city between DeLand and Daytona.
- Lake Texoma, a man-made lake on the Red River that divides Texas and Oklahoma
- Lamorinda, California, a region of Contra Costa County comprising Lafayette, Moraga and Orinda
- SeaTac, Washington, between Seattle and Tacoma
- Lake Wissota, a large reservoir in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, combines Wisconsin and Minnesota.