Quote:
Originally Posted by iheartthed
But... I wonder if there is a case of the original name holder being located farther west than the descendants?
|
California, PA (coal mining town in the Monongahela Valley south of Pittsburgh) was founded in 1849 and named for the state of California due to the famous gold rush year.
It is home to California University of Pennsylvania, aka CALU (a state school, part of the PA State System of Higher Education).
Interestingly enough, there is also an Indiana, PA which is the home of Indiana University of Pennsylvania, aka IUP. Though the borough of Indiana, PA and Indiana County were named and settled in the 1760s, long prior to the state of Indiana, and prior to the naming of the Indiana Territory in 1800.