You can pm me the name if you want reference. I'll try and find a list after lunch and when i'm done laughing about Germany losing!
Found one ... never realized it was Dutch ... but ... Schuylkill. Thyat's probably how many are. I just don't think of them as such until it's pointed out.
that's indeed old Dutch, Translates to modern Dutch as: "Schuil kuil" which is literally translated to "shelter hole".
Just like back home, trade went by water. So chances are if the towns are near a river they where colonised earlier then inland. Which increases the likeliness its a Dutch name.
LOL - no worries, don't lose sleep over it. I'll look it up myself. I was just surprised because my boyhood home had many, many Native American names and lots of towns named after their founders, but I'm having a hard time thinking of any that (to me) seem related to the Dutch.
I'm from SE Pennsylvania and we have lots of PA Dutch names ... but in reality, that's a misnomer, as PA Dutch were actually German Immigrants. Anyway, no sweat, I'll figure it our - LOL
Good cause the laughing might last a while! :P
If it has "Sch" in it or ends in "Burg" or "Dam" it's 99% dutch. And aye the PA Dutch ain't motherfucking Dutch! "Muuuuuhhhhh cultural Appropriatiunnnnnn!!!!"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_place_names_of_Dutch_origin_in_the_United_States
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Global list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_place_names_of_Dutch_origin
Sweet
Edit: A friend of mine commented after taking a trip through Staten Island that they seemed proud of killing people. "Is there really a town called Great Kills?"
When I told him "kill" was Dutch for river or stream or something like that he was a little let down.
Very interesting, I wish there was a key though that listed names, places, etc. I was actually born and raised in one of the hot spots.