Lynn,   I think what you find is that a WHOLE group would move to a new area together and they would name the new area with familiar names as to where they moved from. I am originally from the Alabama-Georgia line around Columbus, Ga. and now living in San Antonio, Tx. In looking at names here in Texas, I have found that many place names common back home are typical here in Texas and, also, find that surrounding communities are the same names as the surrounding communities that relate to the city/town back in Ga. I find that the surrounding communities are spaced about the same distance from the city/town as they were back in Ga.(i.e., Columbus & LaGrange) In addition to place names, I find many family names in a community to be the same family names found in the city/town/community in Ga. As you may know, many people migrated from Ga. to the Texas piney woods.   I think you'll find the old Hollywood movie images of wagon trains with large groups traveling together from a particular area to another to have been the common place back in the early days.   Personal experience: I grew up in the Columbus, Ga./Phenix City, Al. area, ALL of my family was from Barbour County, Al. and when I moved to Texas, I had an interesting experience. My father's family split in the late 1800s and those who left Clio, Al. moved to Texas. I was aware of this when I moved here, but never thought I could find any of them. I work in juvenile probation and in 1997 helped to open a residential facility for youth offenders here in San Antonio. On our first day of training, we all introduced ourselves and I gave my name, Glenn Faulk and stated that I was from Alabama. When we took our first break, a young lady came up quite excited to talk with me. She said her grandfather had been a Faulk from Alabama. I asked her if she had any idea as to where he was from and she said a little town called Cilo. I asked her if she was trying to say Clio and she said, "That's it!" I told her that my dad was a Faulk from Clio. Well, my cousin was sitting right there in the room with me.   Another interesting (strange) story. Back in January, a friend sent me a short video of the "Fruitcake Lady" from the Jay Leno show. As I sat listening to her catty, humorous advice, I thought to myself that she looked an awful lot like my dad's side of the family. Out of curiosity, I did an internet search and found that she had passed away last November and that NBC had a eulogy page for her. In reading the page, it mentioned that her maiden name was Faulk and that she was born in Monroeville, Al. This town is located about 2 hours west of Clio, Al.  With the family resemblance, same family name, and the fairly close relationship of the towns, I am sure she and I are distant relatives.   On a final note, I am, too often, amazed at hearing accounts of HOW FAR many people traveled (quite frequently recurring trips to and from) in historical times over vast distances. During the time of the Romans/Egyptians, and many other groups, there are many recorded accounts of leaders traveling extensively. With these accounts on record, I find it funny that many archaeologists/historians find it difficult to conceive that early inhabitants of the deep south couldn't possibly have come from central Mexico and even further south.    Kindest Regards, Glenn --- On Sat, 7/12/08, Lynn <[email protected]> wrote: From: Lynn <[email protected]> Subject: [CREEK-SOUTHEAST] Same Counties? To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, July 12, 2008, 11:01 AM Has anyone noticed when families migrate to other states do they tend toward same name counties? Like from Monroe County, TN to Monroe County, AL, etc? When Monroe County,AL was mentioned I thought at first they were talking about Monroe CO, TN as I have some Monroe CO, TN ties. Was just brainstorming when I wondered about this. Thanks, Lynn ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message