What is the longest community name in the United States?
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Question: What is the longest community name in the United States?

Answer:

The following list is for names of communities only, and does not represent the longest name in the database.

These are the longest community names with a hyphen or "-" in the name and total number of characters.

Winchester-on-the-Severn, MD
Linstead-on-the-Severn, MD
Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, FL
Vermillion-on-the-Lake, OH
Wymberly-on-the-March, GA
Kentwood-in-the-Pines, CA
24
22
21
21
21
21

These are the longest community names without a hyphen or "-" in the name and total number of characters.

Mooselookmeguntic, ME
Kleinfeltersville, PA
Chickasawhatchee, GA
Chancellorsville, VA
Eichelbergertown, PA
17
17
16
16
16

The longest name in the database at present is (blanks are valid characters):

University of Rhode Island Coastal Institute on Narragansett Bay Conference and Visitor Center in Rhode Island  94
For more information contact the GNIS Manager.

Source of this FAQ:
http://geonames.usgs.gov/faqs.html#23

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