Border towns in the United States with portmanteau names

Border towns in the United States with portmanteau names

A list of border towns in the United States with portmanteau names to indicate the border they are near:

Border town portmanteaus

* Calexico, California (California and Mexico) (Also see Mexicali)
* Cal-Nev-Ari, Nevada (California, Nevada, and Arizona)
* Chulajuana, California (Chula Vista, California and Tijuana, Mexico)
* Dalhart, Texas (Dallam and Hartley counties)
* Dalworthington Gardens, Texas (Dallas, Fort Worth, and Arlington)
* Delmar, Delaware and Delmar, Maryland (Delaware and Maryland)
* Florala, Alabama (Florida and Alabama)
* Idavada, Idaho (Idaho and Nevada)
* Illiana, Illinois (Illinois and Indiana)
* Kanorado, Kansas (Kansas and Colorado)
* Kenova, West Virginia (Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia)
* Kentuckiana, a popular local name for the Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area centered on Louisville, Kentucky and spreading across the Ohio River into Indiana
* Mardela Springs, Maryland (Maryland and Delaware)
* Marydel, Delaware and Marydel, Maryland (Delaware and Maryland)
* Michiana, Michigan (Michigan and Indiana — see also Michiana, the surrounding region whose main urban center is South Bend, Indiana)
* Monida, Montana (Montana and Idaho)
* Norlina, North Carolina (North Carolina and Virginia)
* PenMar, Maryland (Maryland and Pennsylvania)
* SeaTac, Washington (named after the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, physically located in this community)
* Tennga, Georgia (Tennessee and Georgia)
* Texarkana, Texas and Texarkana, Arkansas (Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana)
* Texhoma, Oklahoma and Texhoma, Texas (Texas and Oklahoma)
* Texico, New Mexico (Texas and New Mexico)
* Ucolo, Utah (Utah and Colorado)
* Virgilina, Virginia (Virginia and North Carolina)
* Vershire, Vermont (Vermont and New Hampshire)
* Wamac, Illinois (Washington, Marion, and Clinton counties)

See also:
* Delmarva Peninsula, which includes portions of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia
* Pennsyltucky, a pejorative term for the rural area of Pennsylvania outside of Pittsburgh and Philadelphia)
* Fontucky, a pejorative term for Fontana, California, a city in San Bernadino County
* Lake Texoma, a man-made lake on the Red River that divides Texas and Oklahoma
* Alsask, Saskatchewan, a Canadian town on border of Alberta and Saskatchewan
* Lamorinda, California, a region of Contra Costa County comprised of Lafayette, Moraga and Orinda
* Arrowbear Lake, California, a small community halfway between Lake Arrowhead and Big Bear Lake in the San Bernardino mountains.
* Inyokern, California, a community in the northeast corner of Kern County near Inyo County in the Mojave Desert


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