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List of geographic anagrams and anadromes

January 01, 1970

These are geographic anagrams and anadromes. Anagrams are rearrangements of the letters of another name or word. Anadromes (also called reversals or ananyms) are other names or words spelled backwards. Technically, a reversal is also an anagram, but the two are derived by different methods, so they are listed separately.

An animation illustrating the anagrammatical origin of the name of the Florida town El Jobean

Anagrams edit

Place names created by anagramming fall into three distinct groups:

  • Single letters swapped Sometimes this is due to a typo that did not get fixed. Others are just to make a different name, but not too different, from the original.
  • Syllables swapped Usually based on someone's surname.
  • Well mixed combinations When a completely different name was desired.
Name Anagram of Notes Reference
Aloha, Oregon Aloah Aloah was a small resort in Wisconsin; letters swapped by Post Office during application approval [1]
Birson, Saskatchewan[2] Robins George Cornelius Robins, early settler; now known as Fir Ridge [3]
Boncar, West Virginia carbon Now known as Alloy, West Virginia [4]
Carol City, Florida Coral name changed after Coral Gables threatened to sue [5]
Dongola, Wisconsin Gondola name misspelled (during post office approval?) and never corrected [6]
El Jobean, Florida Joel Bean developer anagrammed his own name [5]
Elroy, Wisconsin Leroy chosen to avoid post office name duplication [6]
Garus, California sugar   [7]
Goliad, Texas Hidalgo (except silent H) indirect naming for Miguel Hidalgo, Mexican national hero [8]
Kinhop, Saskatchewan[9] Hopkins (minus the S) William Hopkins [3]
Landrose, Saskatchewan Roseland William Roseland [3]
Lerado, Kansas Laredo, Texas post office clerical error resulted in a swap of the E and A [10]
Linbro Park, Sandton, South Africa Brolin local family name [11]
Lipona Plantation, Florida Napoli owned by Prince Achille Murat, former prince of Naples [5]
Malesus, Tennessee[12] Samuels Samuels was a prominent local who did not want the town named for him. Malesus was a compromise [13]
Medina, North Dakota median name changed from Midway, so named because it's about halfway between the extreme east and west of the continent [14]
Nada, Kentucky Dana Dana Lumber Company, which owned the sawmill [15]
Neola, West Virginia Olean, New York   [4]
Romley, Colorado[16] Morely Colonel B. F. Morely, mine owner; now a ghost town [17]: 323 
Salitpa, Alabama Satilpa Creek error when someone apparently crossed the wrong letter (thus switching the L and T) when applying for a post office [18]
Shallmar, Maryland Marshall "a New Yorker who founded the community"

[19]

Sury Basin, London, England Sainsbury street in Kingston upon Thames and location of the town's Sainsbury's supermarket; first part is also a mis-spelling of Surrey, the town's traditional county [20]
Ticona, Illinois[21] Tonica, Illinois a nearby town [22]
Vadis, West Virginia Davis   [4]
Vinsulla, British Columbia[23] Sullivan Michael Sullivan, early pioneer [24]
Windber, Pennsylvania Berwind Charles and Edward Berwind, mine owners [25]

Anagram-like constructions of place names edit

A few places names were constructed by arranging a preselected set of letters in an order that made a pronounceable name.

Name Notes Reference
Agloe, New York the initials of Otto G. Lindberg, director of the General Drafting Co., and his assistant, Ernest Alpers. Initially a copyright trap, but then made real by a store taking the name from an Esso road map. [26]
Delmita, Texas seven sons of founder Nicéforo G. Peña, Sr. each drew a letter [27]
Solina, Ontario School teacher John Hughes suggested a name be coined from the letters A I L N O and S. Solina was chosen over several other choices such as Linosa and Sinola [28]

Anadromes edit

Name Reversal of Notes Reference
Adanac, Nipissing District, Ontario Canada   [citation needed]
Adanac, Parry Sound District, Ontario Canada community within Carling, Ontario. [citation needed]
Adanac, Saskatchewan Canada   [3]
Adaven, Nevada Nevada ghost town [29]
Aksarben Village, Omaha, Nebraska Nebraska mixed-use development. Formerly, the Ak-Sar-Ben (arena), a horse race track and indoor arena [30]
Amabala, Oklahoma[31] Alabama   [32]
Anidem, Oregon Medina named after a previous home/work place of the mine owner, possibly a Medina Mine in Colorado [1]
Atokad Park Dakota location of Atokad Downs horse racing track in South Sioux City, Nebraska [33]
Cleo, Oregon[34] O(regon) E(xport) L(umber) C(ompany) reversed acronym; railroad stop [1]
Egnar, Colorado range   [35]
Ekal, Florida lake   [36]
Ekoms, Oregon smoke post office approved but never established; up river from Ragic (q.v.) [1]
Enola, South Carolina[37] alone   [36]
Enola Hill[38] alone hill in Oregon, applied by a homesteader whose house was isolated [1]
Etlah, Missouri halte German for "stop" [39]
Lebam, Washington Mabel Goodell daughter of early settler [40]
Lennut, Kentucky[41] tunnel now known as Combs, Kentucky [15]
Maharg, Oklahoma Graham reversed due to postal name conflict; now named Foss, Oklahoma [42]
Mahned, Mississippi Denham community founder name [43]
Muroc, California Ralph and Clifford Corum now the location of Edwards Air Force Base, formerly Muroc Field [36]
Nagrom, Washington Elmer G. Morgan owner of Morgan Lumber Company [40]
Namorf, Oregon[44] George Froman local resident [1]
Narod, California Daron railroad section foreman's name; RR stop south of Montclair, California [7]
Nedra, Florida Arden, Pennsylvania home town of developers [45]
Nedrow, New York Worden town founder  
Nikep, Maryland Pekin former name arbitrarily reversed to avoid postal confusion [46]
Nillup, Western Australia Harold Maughan Pullin popular local who did not want the place named after him [47]
Nilrem, Alberta Merlin   [48]
Nivloc, Nevada[49] Colvin mine owner [29]
Nolem, Florida melon   [36]
Niton, Alberta not in   [48]
Notla, Texas Alton Grocery Company landowner also owned Alton grocery store in Enid, Oklahoma [36]
Ocapos, Arizona SO(uthern) PA(acific) CO(mpany) reversed acronym; also known as Southern Pacific Railroad [50]
Orestod, Colorado Dotsero, Colorado opposite ends of a short railroad line; Dotsero is derived from dot-zero, origin point of rail line [35]
Radec, California cedar   [7]
Ragic, Oregon cigar post office on the Rogue River(1898–1900); see also Ekoms [1]
Redart, Virginia Trader early settler's name [51]
Rednaxela Terrace, Hong Kong Alexander believed to have been the last name of a former part-owner of the street; name is believed to have been reversed due to a clerical error [52][53]
Reklaw, Texas Margaret Walker land donor; reversed due to post office name conflict [36]
Remlap, Alabama James W. Palmer First postmaster. A relative of Palmer's was the postmaster of a neighboring town, which he had already named Palmerdale, and the name Remlap was chosen to avoid the confusion of having two similarly named towns in close proximity. [54]
Remlap, Florida[55] Palmer Town developers from Chicago [45]
Remlig, Texas Alexander Gilmer owner of the Gilmer Lumber Company [56]
Remlik, Virginia[57] Willis Sharpe Kilmer estate owned by Kilmer, a patent medicine entrepreneur [58]
Retlaw, Alberta Walter R. Baker Canadian Pacific Railway official [59]
Retlaw, Oregon H. L. Walter Southern Pacific Railroad employee [1]
Retrop, Oklahoma Ira J. Porter first postmaster [32]
Retsil, Washington Ernest Lister Washington Governor (1913–1919) [40]
Retsof, New York Foster town founder [citation needed]
Revilo, Tennessee[60] Oliver brand name of a plow [13]
Revloc, Pennsylvania Colver, Pennsylvania two company towns, owned by Monroe Coal Company [61]
Robat, South Carolina[62] Mount Tabor locality in Union County [citation needed]
Rolyat, Oregon Taylor probably the name of a Post Office official in Washington [1]
Rotavele, California elevator   [63]
Sacul, Texas Lucas land owner's name; reversed due to post office name conflict [64]
Saxet, Texas[65] Texas locality in Shelby County [66]
Saxet Lake Park Texas park in Victoria County, Texas [67]
Seloc, South Carolina Coles   [42]
Senoj Lake (Oregon) Jones person unknown [1]
Senyah, Florida Haynes developer's last name [45]
Setag, Texas James T. Gates company owner [68]
Silaxo, California Oxalis, California Silaxo is a few miles south of Oxalis [7]
Sniktaw, California W. F. Watkins journalist who used Sniktaw as an pseudonym [36]
Tesnus, Texas sunset sunset appearing on a logo of Southern Pacific Railroad [69]
Ti, Oklahoma I(ndian) T(erritory) reversed abbreviation; named before territory was renamed to Oklahoma [32]
Tinrag, Texas Garnit local family name [70]
Trebloc, Mississippi Colbert local family name [71]
Trevlac, Indiana Colonel Calvert resort developer; reversed to avoid duplication [36]
Wabasso, Florida Ossabaw Island in Georgia   [36]
Yellek, Ontario R J. Kelley trainmaster for Canadian Pacific Railway [72]
Yewed, Oklahoma Admiral George Dewey reversed due to post office name conflict [32]

Imperfect ananyms edit

Name Reversal of Notes Reference
Enola, Nebraska T. J. Malone founder; omitted the M when reversed. [36]
Lionilli, Kentucky[73] Illinois intended to be Sionilli, but name misrecorded by post office clerk [15]
Nonnell, Kentucky John Lennon L&N RR maintenance supervisor; extra L [15]
Revelo, Kentucky Oliver railroad construction engineer; formerly spelled Revilo; name changed for unknown reasons [15]
Revillo, South Dakota J. S. Oliver railroad man; extra L added. [36]
Samoth, Illinois John R. Thomas Congressman from Illinois; TH kept intact for pronunciation [22]
Sarben, Nebraska Nebraska omitting the KA [74]: 85 
Mount Sniktau, Colorado Watkins "Sniktau" was a pen name of journalist E. H. N. Patterson, who borrowed and modified W. F. Watkins's nom de plume; see Sniktaw above [35]
Tensed, Idaho Pierre-Jean De Smet Belgian missionary; reversed due to post office name conflict, and then misspelled during name approval process [36]
Yelrome, Illinois Isaac Morley Mormon elder; E added for pronunciation; town burned down by anti-Mormon mob in 1845 [22]
Yesmar, Alabama Ramsay local family name, but with an E replacing an A. [36]

See also edit

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These are geographic anagrams and anadromes Anagrams are rearrangements of the letters of another name or word Anadromes also called reversals or ananyms are other names or words spelled backwards Technically a reversal is also an anagram but the two are derived by different methods so they are listed separately An animation illustrating the anagrammatical origin of the name of the Florida town El Jobean Contents 1 Anagrams 1 1 Anagram like constructions of place names 2 Anadromes 2 1 Imperfect ananyms 3 See also 4 ReferencesAnagrams editPlace names created by anagramming fall into three distinct groups Single letters swapped Sometimes this is due to a typo that did not get fixed Others are just to make a different name but not too different from the original Syllables swapped Usually based on someone s surname Well mixed combinations When a completely different name was desired Name Anagram of Notes Reference Aloha Oregon Aloah Aloah was a small resort in Wisconsin letters swapped by Post Office during application approval 1 Birson Saskatchewan 2 Robins George Cornelius Robins early settler now known as Fir Ridge 3 Boncar West Virginia carbon Now known as Alloy West Virginia 4 Carol City Florida Coral name changed after Coral Gables threatened to sue 5 Dongola Wisconsin Gondola name misspelled during post office approval and never corrected 6 El Jobean Florida Joel Bean developer anagrammed his own name 5 Elroy Wisconsin Leroy chosen to avoid post office name duplication 6 Garus California sugar 7 Goliad Texas Hidalgo except silent H indirect naming for Miguel Hidalgo Mexican national hero 8 Kinhop Saskatchewan 9 Hopkins minus the S William Hopkins 3 Landrose Saskatchewan Roseland William Roseland 3 Lerado Kansas Laredo Texas post office clerical error resulted in a swap of the E and A 10 Linbro Park Sandton South Africa Brolin local family name 11 Lipona Plantation Florida Napoli owned by Prince Achille Murat former prince of Naples 5 Malesus Tennessee 12 Samuels Samuels was a prominent local who did not want the town named for him Malesus was a compromise 13 Medina North Dakota median name changed from Midway so named because it s about halfway between the extreme east and west of the continent 14 Nada Kentucky Dana Dana Lumber Company which owned the sawmill 15 Neola West Virginia Olean New York 4 Romley Colorado 16 Morely Colonel B F Morely mine owner now a ghost town 17 323 Salitpa Alabama Satilpa Creek error when someone apparently crossed the wrong letter thus switching the L and T when applying for a post office 18 Shallmar Maryland Marshall a New Yorker who founded the community 19 Sury Basin London England Sainsbury street in Kingston upon Thames and location of the town s Sainsbury s supermarket first part is also a mis spelling of Surrey the town s traditional county 20 Ticona Illinois 21 Tonica Illinois a nearby town 22 Vadis West Virginia Davis 4 Vinsulla British Columbia 23 Sullivan Michael Sullivan early pioneer 24 Windber Pennsylvania Berwind Charles and Edward Berwind mine owners 25 Anagram like constructions of place names edit A few places names were constructed by arranging a preselected set of letters in an order that made a pronounceable name Name Notes Reference Agloe New York the initials of Otto G Lindberg director of the General Drafting Co and his assistant Ernest Alpers Initially a copyright trap but then made real by a store taking the name from an Esso road map 26 Delmita Texas seven sons of founder Niceforo G Pena Sr each drew a letter 27 Solina Ontario School teacher John Hughes suggested a name be coined from the letters A I L N O and S Solina was chosen over several other choices such as Linosa and Sinola 28 Anadromes editName Reversal of Notes Reference Adanac Nipissing District Ontario Canada citation needed Adanac Parry Sound District Ontario Canada community within Carling Ontario citation needed Adanac Saskatchewan Canada 3 Adaven Nevada Nevada ghost town 29 Aksarben Village Omaha Nebraska Nebraska mixed use development Formerly the Ak Sar Ben arena a horse race track and indoor arena 30 Amabala Oklahoma 31 Alabama 32 Anidem Oregon Medina named after a previous home work place of the mine owner possibly a Medina Mine in Colorado 1 Atokad Park Dakota location of Atokad Downs horse racing track in South Sioux City Nebraska 33 Cleo Oregon 34 O regon E xport L umber C ompany reversed acronym railroad stop 1 Egnar Colorado range 35 Ekal Florida lake 36 Ekoms Oregon smoke post office approved but never established up river from Ragic q v 1 Enola South Carolina 37 alone 36 Enola Hill 38 alone hill in Oregon applied by a homesteader whose house was isolated 1 Etlah Missouri halte German for stop 39 Lebam Washington Mabel Goodell daughter of early settler 40 Lennut Kentucky 41 tunnel now known as Combs Kentucky 15 Maharg Oklahoma Graham reversed due to postal name conflict now named Foss Oklahoma 42 Mahned Mississippi Denham community founder name 43 Muroc California Ralph and Clifford Corum now the location of Edwards Air Force Base formerly Muroc Field 36 Nagrom Washington Elmer G Morgan owner of Morgan Lumber Company 40 Namorf Oregon 44 George Froman local resident 1 Narod California Daron railroad section foreman s name RR stop south of Montclair California 7 Nedra Florida Arden Pennsylvania home town of developers 45 Nedrow New York Worden town founder Nikep Maryland Pekin former name arbitrarily reversed to avoid postal confusion 46 Nillup Western Australia Harold Maughan Pullin popular local who did not want the place named after him 47 Nilrem Alberta Merlin 48 Nivloc Nevada 49 Colvin mine owner 29 Nolem Florida melon 36 Niton Alberta not in 48 Notla Texas Alton Grocery Company landowner also owned Alton grocery store in Enid Oklahoma 36 Ocapos Arizona SO uthern PA acific CO mpany reversed acronym also known as Southern Pacific Railroad 50 Orestod Colorado Dotsero Colorado opposite ends of a short railroad line Dotsero is derived from dot zero origin point of rail line 35 Radec California cedar 7 Ragic Oregon cigar post office on the Rogue River 1898 1900 see also Ekoms 1 Redart Virginia Trader early settler s name 51 Rednaxela Terrace Hong Kong Alexander believed to have been the last name of a former part owner of the street name is believed to have been reversed due to a clerical error 52 53 Reklaw Texas Margaret Walker land donor reversed due to post office name conflict 36 Remlap Alabama James W Palmer First postmaster A relative of Palmer s was the postmaster of a neighboring town which he had already named Palmerdale and the name Remlap was chosen to avoid the confusion of having two similarly named towns in close proximity 54 Remlap Florida 55 Palmer Town developers from Chicago 45 Remlig Texas Alexander Gilmer owner of the Gilmer Lumber Company 56 Remlik Virginia 57 Willis Sharpe Kilmer estate owned by Kilmer a patent medicine entrepreneur 58 Retlaw Alberta Walter R Baker Canadian Pacific Railway official 59 Retlaw Oregon H L Walter Southern Pacific Railroad employee 1 Retrop Oklahoma Ira J Porter first postmaster 32 Retsil Washington Ernest Lister Washington Governor 1913 1919 40 Retsof New York Foster town founder citation needed Revilo Tennessee 60 Oliver brand name of a plow 13 Revloc Pennsylvania Colver Pennsylvania two company towns owned by Monroe Coal Company 61 Robat South Carolina 62 Mount Tabor locality in Union County citation needed Rolyat Oregon Taylor probably the name of a Post Office official in Washington 1 Rotavele California elevator 63 Sacul Texas Lucas land owner s name reversed due to post office name conflict 64 Saxet Texas 65 Texas locality in Shelby County 66 Saxet Lake Park Texas park in Victoria County Texas 67 Seloc South Carolina Coles 42 Senoj Lake Oregon Jones person unknown 1 Senyah Florida Haynes developer s last name 45 Setag Texas James T Gates company owner 68 Silaxo California Oxalis California Silaxo is a few miles south of Oxalis 7 Sniktaw California W F Watkins journalist who used Sniktaw as an pseudonym 36 Tesnus Texas sunset sunset appearing on a logo of Southern Pacific Railroad 69 Ti Oklahoma I ndian T erritory reversed abbreviation named before territory was renamed to Oklahoma 32 Tinrag Texas Garnit local family name 70 Trebloc Mississippi Colbert local family name 71 Trevlac Indiana Colonel Calvert resort developer reversed to avoid duplication 36 Wabasso Florida Ossabaw Island in Georgia 36 Yellek Ontario R J Kelley trainmaster for Canadian Pacific Railway 72 Yewed Oklahoma Admiral George Dewey reversed due to post office name conflict 32 Imperfect ananyms edit Name Reversal of Notes Reference Enola Nebraska T J Malone founder omitted the M when reversed 36 Lionilli Kentucky 73 Illinois intended to be Sionilli but name misrecorded by post office clerk 15 Nonnell Kentucky John Lennon L amp N RR maintenance supervisor extra L 15 Revelo Kentucky Oliver railroad construction engineer formerly spelled Revilo name changed for unknown reasons 15 Revillo South Dakota J S Oliver railroad man extra L added 36 Samoth Illinois John R Thomas Congressman from Illinois TH kept intact for pronunciation 22 Sarben Nebraska Nebraska omitting the KA 74 85 Mount Sniktau Colorado Watkins Sniktau was a pen name of journalist E H N Patterson who borrowed and modified W F Watkins s nom de plume see Sniktaw above 35 Tensed Idaho Pierre Jean De Smet Belgian missionary reversed due to post office name conflict and then misspelled during name approval process 36 Yelrome Illinois Isaac Morley Mormon elder E added for pronunciation town burned down by anti Mormon mob in 1845 22 Yesmar Alabama Ramsay local family name but with an E replacing an A 36 See also editAnagram Ananym List of geographic acronyms and initialisms List of geographic portmanteausReferences edit a b c d e f g h i j McArthur Lewis A McArthur Lewis L 1992 Oregon Geographic Names 6th ed Oregon Historical Society Press ISBN 0 87595 237 2 Birson Saskatchewan 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