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Several states have cities or towns that share the same name. For example, in the state of Pennsylvania, there are two towns named Hamlin, one in Wayne County and one in Lebanon County. The eMILER database contains several thousand examples of such duplicates. In certain circumstances, duplicates can be separately identified by means of their differing ZIP codes. However, some duplicate towns do not have a ZIP code assigned by the Postal Service. You can identify your desired stop from all of its duplicate towns by the county listing in the town name. In the database, the county name follows the state abbreviation (i.e. Hamlin, PA, Wayne).
If you know the county in which the duplicate city is located, you can enter that exact city in the stop entry field. Do so by entering the city and state names in a normal fashion, followed by a comma and the county name. Your entry must be in one of the following formats:
hamlin, pa, wayne
hamlin, pa,wayne
hamlin,pa, wayne
hamlin,pa,wayne
If you are not sure which city is the stop you want, enter the city name and state abbreviation, and then run the route. Select the correct city from the choices provided in the Spelling Helper listbox that appears when the warning message is posted.
In Canada, duplicate city names are found in the same provinces. eMILER identifies the town by assigning a county or tourist region code to it. The code is listed after the province abbreviation in the same way that the county name follows the US city name. See Canadian codes for a complete listing of these codes.
Mexico also contains duplicate names, which can be distinguished from one another by the states in which they are located. eMILER lists all Mexican stops with their state names included, in the format (city name), MX, (state name). An example of a duplicate Mexican city name is:
Guadalajara, MX, Chihuahua
Guadalajara, MX, Jalisco