Comments on: U.S. Towns Named after Planets

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:15:35 +0000

Now that Pluto’s been demoted, you either need to leave it off the list, or in fairness, visit Pallas in PA and UT, Vesta, MN and Ceres (CA GA IA NY OK VA WA WV) as well.

By: Joan

Joan — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:05:29 +0000

I don’t think there is a Mars, Texas; however, there is a Venus, Texas. http://www.texasescapes.com/TOWNS/VenusTexas/venustx.htm

By: Morgen Jahnke

Morgen Jahnke — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 03:45:11 +0000

Rhonda: I found these towns on the U.S. Geological Survey Web site (see above for the link) and I don’t have any further information about them. I’d suggest searching Google (if you haven’t already) to find out more about these towns. Sorry I can’t be of more help.

By: Rhonda

Rhonda — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 03:45:32 +0000

This is a great list. However, I can't find some of these cities, as I want to find out population, anyone famous from these cities, etc.

Can you help??

Thanks, Rhonda

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 13:26:47 +0000

Just mentioning: There is the township of Moon, right by the Pittsburgh International Airport in Pennsylvania. I happen to live 5 minutes south of Mars, PA, and know people from Mars.

By: Joe Kissell

Joe Kissell — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:12:59 +0000

John: Yes, I’m sure you’re right that some of these weren’t actually named with planets in mind, but we still think the coincidence is pretty groovy.

By: John Cooper

John Cooper — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 13:45:31 +0000

These towns are certainly named the same as planets–but are they named after them? The “Earth” in several of the Earth names clearly refers to the soil, and it would be surprising if the founders of a few of these towns weren’t thinking of the gods for whom the planets were named.