Sources: All images from NationalEclipse.com, eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov, Google, INEGI, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center. Also: eclipse2024.org.
Kentucky:
Arlington, Bardwell, Cairo, Columbus, Derby, Euterpe (a female name meaning “delight” and “rejoice”; the Greek muse of music and poetry, depicted playing a double flute; granddaughter of Zeus), Free Union, Future City, Geneva, High Point, Joy, La Center, Levias (derived from Leviathan, meaning “whale”), Little Zion, Marion, New Salem, New York, Newman, Niagara, Nunn, Paducah (alternate name of the Comanche tribe), Pride, Saint Johns, Saint Vincent, Salem, Uniontown, Virginia, West Future City, Williams, Wilson, Zion.
Indiana:
A — Acme, Adams, Advance, Alaska, Albany, Alert, Alexandria, Algiers, Alliance, America, Amity, Amo, Anthony, Antioch (in Boone Co.; meaning: the cradle of Christianity; the place where followers of Jesus Christ were first labeled “Christians”; also, stubborn), Arcana (esoteric occult wisdom regarding complex topics or karmic life lessons), Arlington (Bloomington), Arlington (Rush Co.), Armstrong, Art, Arthur, Atlanta, Augusta, Austin, Avon.
B — Bacon, Balbec (alternative spelling of Baalbec / Lord Baal), Batesville, Bath, Bengal, Berne, Bethany (Bartholomew Co.), Bethany (Brooklyn), Bethel, Bethel Village, Blackhawk, Boston, Boston Corner, Boundary City, Brazil, Bright, Broad Ripple, Broadview, Brooklyn, Buckskin, Buddha, Byron.
C — Carbon, Carmel, Carthage, Cascade, Cataract, Celestine, Centenary, Center, Center Point, Center Valley, Centerton, Centerville, Ceylon, Chandler, Chapel Hill, Charlottesville, Christiansburg, Cicero, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Clinton, Clinton Falls, Coal City, Coalmont, Columbia, Columbus, Como, Converse, Cope, Correct, Crete, Cross Roads, Crossroad Temple, Crown Center, Crystal, Cuba, Cumback, Cunot (meaning: visionary, original in your ideas, inventive, ingenious, and creative in dealing with practical aspects of life), Curryville, Cyclone, Cynthiana (moon goddess).
D — Dark Hollow, Dawnbury, Daylight, Dayville, Decatur (name of a town destroyed during the Civil War), Delaware, Denmark, Deputy, Desoto, Dewey, Dixon, Domestic, Douglas, Dublin, Dubois Crossroads, Dundee, Dunkirk, Dunreith (meaning: wants success, wealth, power, and material comforts), Dupont, Durbin, Durham.
E — Eames, Earle, East Haven, East Liberty, East Mount Carmel, East Union, Easytown, Economy, Edinburgh, El Dorado, Elizabethtown, Elnora, Elrod, Elwood, Elwren, Eminence, English, Enochsburg, Enos Corner, Epsom, Erie (Lawrence Co), Eureka, Exchange.
F — Fairland, Farmers, Farmersburg, Farmersville, Farmland, Fayette (meaning: faith), Fayetteville, Ferdinand (meaning: bold or peace), Fiat (meaning: an authoritative decree), Fields, Fishers, Fisherville, Five Points (star), Florida, Frances, Francisco, Franklin, Fredericksburg, Freedom, Freelandville, Freeman, Freeport, Freetown, Friendly Corner, Friendswood, Furnace.
G — Geneva (Adams Co.), Geneva (Shelby Co.), Georgia, Gnaw Bone, Goldsmith, Gospel Grove, Graham, Grammer, Grant City, Grantsburg, Green Valley, Greenbrier, Greenfield, Greensburg, Greentown, Greenwood, Groomsville, Guion (English: a screenplay for TV or a play).
H — Hamburg, Hangman Crossing, Hardscrabble, Harmony, Harris City, Harrisburg, Harrison, Harrisville, Hemlock, Heritage Lake, Hibernia (Latin name for Ireland), Hidden Valley, Hindostan, Hindostan Falls, Hindustan, Hitchcock, Hobbs, Holland, Home Place, Homer, Honduras, Hoosier, Hoosierville, Hope, Houston, Hubbell, Huron, Hyde Park, Hymera [Greek mythology: the personification of day; the daughter of Erebus (Darkness) and Nyx (Night)].
I & J — Ilene (Greek; variant of Aileen or Eileen, meaning: light, energetic, zest for life), Iona (meaning: dove, island; Hebrew and Gaelic origins; significant in Christianity), Ireland, Ironton, Iva (meaning: God is gracious), Jadden (Hebrew meaning: “Thankful” or “God has heard”), Jamestown, Jeff, Jerome, Jessup, Jockey, Johnson, Johnstown, Jonestown, Jordan (Daviess Co.), Jordan (Owen Co.), Judah.
K — Kennedy, Keystone, Kinder, King, Kingsland, Kingston, Kirby, Klondyke, Knight Ridge, Knighthood Grove, Knighthood Village, Knightstown, Knightsville, Knob Hill.
L — Lapland, Lebanon, Leipsic (alternative English and French spelling for the German city of Leipzig), Leisure, Lewis, Lewisville, Liber (meaning: free; also: records, deeds, wills), Liberal, Liberty, Liberty Center, Libertyville, Lincoln City, London, London Heights, Lone Tree, Lookout, Lyons (“lion” or “brave warrior”), Lyonsville.
M — Mace, Mackey (Gaelic: “virile” or “manly”), Manchester, Manhattan, Manilla, Mansfield, Marietta, Marion, Marion Heights, Markle, Markles, Markleville, Marrs Center, Marshall, Matamoras (derived from Matamoros, meaning: killer of the Moors, specifically Muslims), Matthews, Mayflower Meadows, McCarty (Gaelic meaning: loving), McCoy (meaning something or someone that is real or genuine), McDaniel, McKinley (Gaelic, meaning: Son of the fair warrior), Mecca, Mechanicsburg, Medora (resourceful, resilient; a tower of strength), Merom (meaning: a lake in Palestine formed by the river Jordan, about ten miles north of the Sea of Galilee), Merom Station, Metamora, Midway, Milan, Miller, Milton (meaning: Mill Town), Mineral City, Mixersville, Modoc, Mohawk, Monmouth (a town in Wales where Henry V was born in 1387), Monroe, Monroe City, Monroeville, Monrovia (capital of Liberia and the largest city; founded in 1822 as a home for freed American slaves), Montclair, Montezuma, Montgomery (meaning: “mountain belonging to the ruler” or “man of power”), Montpelier, Moscow, Mount Carmel, Mount Comfort, Mount Etna, Mount Healthy, Mount Liberty, Mount Meridian, Mount Olive, Mount Olympus, Mount Sinai, Mount Vernon, Mount Zion.
N — Napoleon, Nashville, Natchez, Nebraska, Needmore, Nevada, New Britton, New Castle, New Columbus, New Fairfield, New Frankfort, New Harmony, New Hope, New Lebanon, New Lisbon, New Marion, New Market, New Mount Pleasant, New Palestine, New Philadelphia, New Pittsburg, New Point, New Salem, New Trenton, New Unionville, New Whiteland, New Winchester, Nineveh (meaning: Land Between the Rivers; land of early Sumerian civilization, later the Babylonian; capital of the ancient Assyrian empire; now Iraq), Noblesville, Normal, Norman, North Salem, North Union, North Vernon, Nottingham.
O — Oakland City, Occident, Odon (Old English and Hungarian, meaning: wealthy protector and defender), Old Bath, Old Milan, Old Saint Louis, Omega, Orleans, Ossian (a legendary Gaelic hero and bard of the 3rd century A.D.).
P — Palestine (Franklin Co.), Paradise, Paragon, Paris, Paris Crossing, Patton Hill, Paxton, Peoria, Perth, Petersburg, Petroleum, Phenix, Philadelphia, Philomath (scholar; lover of learning), Plano, Poland, Portland, Prescott, Princeton, Progress, Prosperity, Providence.
R & S — Raleigh, Rapture, Reagan, Royalton, Rumble, Rural, Rushville, Salem, Samaria (Hebrew, meaning: watch tower), Sandusky, Santa Claus, Saratoga, Sardinia (the second-largest island in the Mediterranean), Scotland, Selma, Shepherd, Sheridan, Shields, Shiloh, Shoals, Siberia, Silverville, Smartsburg, Solitude, South Boston, South Salem, South Washington, Southport, Sparta, St. Anthony, St. Bernice, St. Croix, St. Joseph, St. Leon, St. Louis Crossing, St. Marks, St. Mary of the Woods, St. Maurice, St. Meinrad, St. Omer, St. Paul, St. Peter, Stanford, State Line, Stendal, Stone, Stone Head, Sunnyview, Surprise, Survant, Swayzee, Syndicate, Syria.
T & U — Tecumseh, Temple, Tennyson, Terre Haute (meaning: high ground), Thomas, Trafalgar, Trails End, Trinity, Turner, Twelve Points, Union, Union City, Union City, Unionport, Uniontown, Unionville, Universal, Upland, Upton.
V, W, Y & Z — Van Buren, Van Buren Park, Vaughan, Vera Cruz, Vermont, Vernon, Versailles, Vicksburg, Victor, Victoria, Waco, Warren, Washington, Waterloo (Rush Co.), Webster, West Clinton, West Liberty, Westchester, Westland, Wheatland, Whitehall, Whiteland, Whitestown, Whitesville, Whitewater, Williamsburg, Williamstown, Winchester, Windsor, Wiser, Yankeetown, Yellowstone, Zionsville, Zoar (a place of refuge), Zulu.
Ohio:
A — Abanaka (meaning: practicality, realism, reliability, discipline, sincerity and experience; Congo family name, and Native American term for “easterner”), Academia, Acme, Ada (meaning: noble, nobility; Turkish meaning “island”; Hebrew meaning “ornament”; American with Disabilities Act), Adams Ridge, Adario (meaning: great and noble friend; name of an Iroquois Native American chief), Adrian (referring to the Adriatic Sea; also: water or sea), Africa, Akron (summit or highpoint), Albion (Old English: poetic or literary term for Britain or England; alternative of the Latin “albus,” meaning “white,” alluding to the white cliffs of Dover; albus in geomancy: positive when good individuals work together, but weak by itself), Alert, Alexis Addition (Alexis means “defender” or “protector”), Alger (Old English: “elf spear”), Alpha, Alta (high; elevated), Amherst, Amity (Columbus), Amity (Knox Co.), Andover, Angus, Anna, Ansonia (meaning: child of the divine; splendid, powerful and complete), Antwerp (an ancient city in Belgium, with Gallo-Roman origins, ca 150-270 BC; named Antwerp in the 4th century), Arcanum (meaning esoteric knowledge), Arlington (Dayton), Arlington (Hancock Co.), Armstrong, Arnold, Arthur, Ashley (Hebrew meaning: happy, blessing), Ashtabula (Lenape language, meaning: river of many fish, always enough fish to be shared around, halfway place), Astoria, Attica, Aurora, Austin Village, Austinburg, Avon (a county in the UK).
B — Baldwin, Bath, Beacon Hill, Belmont Park, Berkshire, Berlin Heights, Berlin Heights Station, Berlinville, Bethlehem, Birmingham, Bismarck, Black Horse, Blanco, Bloomer, Blue Jay, Bogart, Boston Heights, Bowling Green, Boys Village, Broadway, Broken Sword, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights, Brown, Browns, Brunswick, Bulkhead, Burbank, Burgoon (family name from Prussia, before the Norman Conquest of 1066), Byron.
C — Cairo, Caledonia (name of northern Scotland), Camden, Camp Calvary, Camp Roosevelt, Canaan, Caroline, Celeryville, Celina (Latin, meaning: heaven; moon goddess; dedicated to Mars), Center, Centerburg, Centerville, Central Avenue Park, Cesarea (from the Roman title “Caesar”), Ceylon, Champion, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Chippewa Lake, Choctaw Lake, Christiansburg, Cleveland, Clinton, Columbus Grove, Comet, Congress, Continental, Converse, Convoy, Cosmos, Curtice, Custar.
D — Danbury, Dawn, Defiance, Dekalb, Delaware, Delightful, Delphi, Denmark, Denmark Center, Depew, Devil Town, Deweyville, Diamond, Dixon, Dodo, Dorset, Douglas, Dublin, Dunkirk, Dunlap, Dupont, Durbin.
E — Eagle City, Eagleville, Earls Island, Earlville, East Cleveland, East Liberty, East Union, Edenville, Edinburg, Edison, Eldorado, Elgin, Elida (meaning: divinity; small winged one; fast sailing ship), England, Enterprise, Erastus (meaning: beloved, loving), Erhart, Eris (Greek goddess of strife & discord; also a dwarf planet), Essex, Euclid, Evanston, Everett.
F — Fairborn, Fairhaven, Fairport Harbor, Fargo, Five Points, Flint, Florida, Fort Jefferson, Fort Jennings, Fort Loramie, Fort McKinley, Fort Recovery, Fort Seneca, Fort Shawnee, Franklin, Frederick, Fredericksburg, Fredericktown, Freedom, Freedom Station, Fremont, Frenchtown, Friendsville, Fulton, Funk.
G — Galatea (ancient Greek name meaning “she who is milk-white”; a female figure sculpted by Pygmalion and given life by Aphrodite), Galena (a mineral containing lead; meaning “calm”), Gallup, Ganges (a sacred river in India), Garden, Garland, Geneva, Genoa (name of a city in Italy), Gettysburg, Ghent (industrial city and port in NW Belgium), Greenwich, Gypsum.
H — Hamilton, Hancock, Hardscrabble, Harmony, Harrison, Harrod (meaning: heroic), Hartland, Hartland Station, Havana, Haven Park, Havens, Hiram, Hiram Rapids, Holland, Homewood, Houston, Hudson, Hume, Hunter, Huron.
I & J — Independence, Industry, Ithaca, Jefferson, Junction.
K — Kansas, Kemp, Kennard (meaning: Royal guard; Gaelic: brave chieftan), Kent, Kinsey (meaning: king's victory), Kinsman, Klondike.
L — Lafayette (Allen Co.), Lafayette (Madison Co.), Leipsic (older spelling of Leipzig, Germany), Lexington, Liberty, Liberty Center, Lima, Lindsey, Little Sandusky, Little Washington, Little York, Lock Two, London, Long Beach, Lucerne, Luckey.
M — Macedonia, Mad River, Madison, Marseilles, Mecca, Medina, Mesopotamia, Mexico, Miami Villa, Middle Point, Milan, Monroe, Monroe Center, Monroeville, Montezuma, Monticello, Montrose (Scottish general who changed allegiance and led a force of Highlanders in a series of military victories on behalf of Charles I during the English Civil War, in 1643; He was later captured and hanged), Mount Jefferson, Mount Liberty, Mount Saint John, Mount Vernon, Mount Victory, Mutual.
N — Napoleon, Nashville, Nelson, Neptune, Nevada, New Baltimore, New California, New Chicago, New Cleveland, New Dover, New Franklin, New Germany, New Hampshire, New Haven, New Hope, New Jerusalem, New Knoxville, New Lebanon, New London, New Madison, New Miami, New Paris, New Pittsburg, New Pittsburgh, New Richland, New Rochester, New Washington, New Winchester, Newman, Newmans, Nineveh, North Liberty, North Madison, North Mount Vernon, North Star, Nova, Novelty.
O — Oberlin, Omar, Ontario, Oregon, Orwell, Ottawa, Oxford.
P — Palestine, Pandora, Peru, Phalanx, Plattsburg, Plymouth (Ashtabula Co.), Plymouth (Huron Co.), Polk, Port Clinton, Port Jefferson, Potsdam, Powhattan, Princeton, Prospect.
R — Ransom, Red Lion, Reminderville, Republic, River Styx (in Greek mythology, one of the rivers of the underworld; “styx” means “shuddering” and loathing of death), Rochester, Rockaway, Rockport, Rudolph, Rushmore, Russia.
S — Saint Charles, Sandusky, Santa Fe, Savannah, Scotland, Selma, Shenandoah, Shiloh, Siam (Sanskrit word for Thailand), Sidney, Sparta, Spencer, Saint Henry, Saint James, Saint Johns, Saint Joseph, Saint Marys, Saint Paris, Saint Peter, Saint Rosa, Saint Stephens, Standardsburg, Stanley,
T — Terre Haute, Texas, Toledo, Tradersville, Trenton, Triumph, Troy.
U — Union, Union City, Uniontown, Unionville, Unionville Center, Uniopolis, Upper Sandusky, Urbana.
V — Van Buren, Verona, Versailles, Victory Camp, Vienna, Vienna Center.
W — Warren, West Berlin, West Canaan, West Independence, West Leipsic, West Liberty, West Lodi, West Manchester, West Mecca, West Point (Morrow Co.), West Salem, Westminster, Wheatville, Whitehouse, Widowville, Williamstown, Windfall, Windsor.
X, Y, Z — Xenia (ancient Greek: meaning friendship & hospitality), Yale, Yankee Hills, Yankee Lake, Yoder (shortened version of Theodor, who was the patron saint of western Switzerland; many Mennonites (Amish) have the surname Yoders, and their ancestors are from Bern), York, Yorkshire, Zimmerman.
Pennsylvania:
Adamsville, Albion, Atlantic, Avonia (Biblical Greek meaning lawlessness; also, ambition for power & wealth), Bagdad, Black Ash, Brokenstraw, Center Road, Centerville (Crawford Co.), Columbus, Erie, Fairplain, Fairview (Erie Co.), Francis, Franklin Center, Freehold, Frenchtown, Garland, Geneva, Jamestown, Keepville, Kennard, Little Hope, New Hamburg, New Ireland, North East, Oil Creek, Oniontown, Patagonia, Penn State Erie, Pittsfield, Pymatuning (derogatory meaning: “The crooked-Mouthed Man's Dwelling Place,” referring to a Native American chief who once resided in the area), Riceville, Russell, Sampson, Sparta, Summit, Sunville, Torpedo, Transfer, Turner, Turnersville, Union City, Venturetown, Vernon, Vernondale, Warren, West Salem, Westminster.