ok, I think as I brought this subject up I will start the ball rolling... feel free to add any more you know of!

Aberdeen - USA (Maryland; Mississippi; South Dakota; Washington); Canada (Saskatchewan; there's also an Aberdeen Lake in North West Territories); Australia (New South Wales); China (Hong King) and South Africa.

Ayr, Blair Athol and Dunbar - all in Queensland, Australia.

Banff - as already mentioned in Alberta, Canada!

Callander - Ontario, Canada.

Edinburgh - Indiana, USA and also and Edinburg in Texas and Illinois!

Elgin - Illinois, North Dakota, Nevada and Utah!

Glasgow - Kentucky, Montana and Virginia, USA as well as Jamaica.

Glencoe - Ontario, Canada and South Africa!

Huntly - New Zealand

Inverness - Florida, USA and Nova Scotia, Canada!

Irvine - Carolina and Kentucky, USA.

Kelso - California and Washington, USA.

Kincardine - Ontario, Canada.

Kinross - South Africa.

Lanark - Illinois, USA and Ontario, Canada.

Livingston - California, Montana, Tennessee and Texas, USA.

Montrose - Colorado, Michigan and Pennsylvania, USA.

Oban - Nigeria!

Perth - Ontario, Canada and Tasmania in Australia as well as Western Australia!

Scotland - Ontario, Canada.

St. Andrews - New Brunswick, Canada.

Stirling - South Australia and California, USA.

Strathmore - Alberta and British Columbia, Canada.

Sutherland - Nebraska, USA and South Africa.

Thurso - Quebec, Canada!

You hav got too much time on your hands Bruce

Aye... maybe I do

Meanwhile, we've got a Moscow and at least two Californias...

I seem to recall a TV or radio programm about a guy who travelled round the world to visit all the Aberdeens. Can't currently find a reference to it, but there are more examples here:

http://www.rampantscotland.com/placenam ... ames1a.htm

Linking to a site would have been a lot easier than copying from a book... why didn't I think of that?

There's a "Tobermory" on the "Bruce Peninsula" in Ontario, Canada
and it's twinned with Tobermory on the Isle of Mull.

Rome is the capital of Italy & hardly a hamlet in Angus
(north of the A 90, north west of Brechin, Paphrie Burn, NO 522664).

Camlough(Camloch in gaelic) - The village I live in Co. Armagh. Named after the lake beside it.
Cam Loch close to Elphin of the A835 in Assynt.

Oban , New Zealand

Principal settlement on Stewart Island/Rakiura, the southernmost inhabited island of the New Zealand archipelago. Oban is located on Half Moon Bay (sometimes used as an alternative name for the town), on Paterson Inlet. It has aircraft connections with Invercargill and a ferry service to Bluff.

we have more

I know that they have an Aviemore in New Zealand, but there is also a Jericho, near Glamis, very tiny place, just a few houses for the farm workers at Nether Hayston.
Avril

CUMNOCK
originally Comenagh, Comenoch, Cumnock, now known as: New Cumnock, Ayrshire, South West Scotland. This was the site of Castle Cumnock and village. 5 miles from Black Craig.

CUMNOCK
South West Scotland, 11 miles from Black Craig

CUMNOCK
New South Wales, 15 miles from Black Rock

CUMNOCK
Ontario, Canada

CUMNOCK
Lee County, North Carolina, United States.

AFTON
New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland. Robert Burns' Sweet Afton.
Perhaps ging its name to:

AFTON
Devon, England

AFTON
Oklahoma, established in 1886, was named by a Scottish railroad surveyor for his daughter, who was named after the River Afton in Scotland, made famous by Robert Burn’s poem.
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/OK-Afton.html

AFTON
Nelson County, (Blue Ridge Mountains) Virginia.
http://virginia.hometownlocator.com/va/nelson/afton.cfm
Black Rock, VA to Afton, VA, USA
73.2 miles – about 1 hour 59 mins

AFTON
Lincoln County, Wyoming.
Afton, named in honor of the "Sweet Afton Fame" stream of Scotland, was originally settled by a group of Mormon pioneers travelling along the Lander cutoff of the Oregon Trail. http://www.sangres.com/wyoming/places/lincoln/afton.htm

AFTON
Afton village in Chenango County. The community was named for a stream in Scotland.
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=61

AFTON
Afton, New York, a town and a village in Chenango County, New York.
Afton lies wholly within the original township of Clinton. It derives its name from Afton Water a small river in Ayrshire, England , immortalized by the Scottish poet Burns.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afton_(town),_New_York

AFTON
Afton Mountain, a mountain summit in Augusta, Virginia

Hi Aulyin

Welcome to the forum, I have been reading your posts with interest.



Found it interesting that not only the same name has been used for the settlement but also that nearby landmarks are similarly names as in 'Black Craig' and 'Black Rock' - perhaps this is quite common, it's something I haven't noticed before.

Thanks for the welcome Hebhunter.

I don't know if the Black Rock is significant but I think I have found a common factor with New Cumnock, Ayrshire and the Cumnock in NSW.

The Arthur Memorial UF Church, which sits on the site of Cumnock Castle was built in 1912/13 with the help of money from the Arthur family, one of whom had moved to NSW.
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http://www.littleriver-landcare.org.au/ ... istory.pdf
Cumnock, NSW was established during the 1860s

D. McDonald (1968) They Came to a Valley
J. Marriott (1993) The Crossroads - The History of Cumnock

Hugh ARTHUR was born in 1828 in Benston Farm, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland. He died in 1898 in "Curra", Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Hugh sailed for Australia in 1848 aged 20, and worked for seven years before taking up a block of land "Burr" at Strathbogie in 1855. This was sheep and mining country. Hugh returned to Scotland and married his neighbour, Wilhelmina Janet Houston from Garclough, a neighbouring farm on the 5th of May 1859. Both of Hugh's parents were now deceased, but his brother William from Well Hill and his wife's brother John Houston witnessed the marriage.

Cheers, Aulyin
ps The nearby Arthurville, NSW was named after the Duke of Wellington (probably)

One of Hugh Arthur's brothers, William, was born at Wellhill farm, New Cumnock, Ayrshire in 1810 and died at his home, Arthur's Seat, Pathhead, New Cumnock, 1894.

He included in his will: "....to the Deacons' Court of the Free Church Congregation in the Castle of New Cumnock for the purpose of repairing, improving, enlarging or rebuilding the Free Church at New Cumnock.

Another brother, J F Arthur Esq. M.D. C.S.I., born c.1807 and died at Lochside House, New Cumnock 26th July 1886 aged 79 years.
This hero of Luckow also left quite a large amount of money in his will.

Cheers, Aulyin