We Bet We Can Guess Which US Town You're From

You are from New Orleans, Louisiana. Did you know that the city is named after the Duke of Orleans, who reigned as Regent for Louis XV from 1715 to 1723, as it was established by French colonists and strongly influenced by their European culture? It is well known for its distinct French and Spanish Creole architecture, as well as its cross-cultural and multilingual heritage.

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You are from Miami, Florida. Did you know that the Miami area was inhabited for thousands of years by indigenous cultures? The Tequestas occupied the area for a thousand years before encountering Europeans. An Indian village of hundreds of people dating to 500–600 B.C. was located at the mouth of the Miami River.

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You are from Memphis, Tennessee. Occupying a substantial bluff rising from the Mississippi River, the site of Memphis has been a natural location for human settlement by varying cultures over thousands of years.

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You are from Nashville, Tennessee. Did you know that the town of Nashville was founded by James Robertson, John Donelson, and a party of Overmountain Men in 1779, near the original Cumberland settlement of Fort Nashborough? It was named for Francis Nash, the American Revolutionary War hero. By 1800, the city had 345 residents, including 136 African American slaves and 14 free blacks.

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You are from San Antonio, Texas. Did you know that at the time of the European encounter, Payaya Indians lived near the San Antonio River Valley in the San Pedro Springs area, calling the vicinity Yanaguana, meaning "refreshing waters"? In 1691, a group of Spanish Catholic explorers and missionaries came upon the river and Payaya settlement on June 13, the feast day of St. Anthony of Padua. They named the place and river "San Antonio" in his honor.

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You are from Savannah, Georgia. Did you know that Savannah was named for the Savannah River, which probably derives from variant names for the Shawnee, a Native American people who migrated to the river in the 1680s?

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You are from Charlotte, North Carolina. Did you know that Charlotte is traditionally considered the home of Southern Presbyterianism? But in the 19th century, numerous churches, including Presbyterian, Baptist, Methodist, Episcopalian, Lutheran, and Roman Catholic formed, eventually giving Charlotte the nickname, "The City of Churches."

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You are from Phoenix, Arizona. Did you know that the history of Phoenix begins with Jack Swilling, a Confederate veteran of the Civil War? In 1867 he saw in the Salt River Valley a potential for farming, much like that already cultivated by the military further east, near Fort McDowell. He formed a small community that same year about 4 miles east of the present city. Lord Darrell Duppa suggested the name "Phoenix", as it described a city born from the ruins of a former civilization.

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