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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal> Since the list has been slow this week, I thought I would pass on this bit of trivia, for those of you who always wondered how long to make the city fields in your databases:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The <a href="http://geonames.usgs.gov/faqs.html#23" target="_blank"><span style='color:blue'>US Geological Survey</span></a>’s database has these as the longest non-hyphenated community names, with the number of characters:<br><br>Mooselookmeguntic, ME (17)<br>Kleinfeltersville, PA (17)<br>Chickasawhatchee, GA (16)<br>Chancellorsville, VA (16)<br>Eichelbergertown, PA (16)<br><br>These are the names that include hyphens:<br><br>Winchester-on-the-Severn, MD (24)<br>Linstead-on-the-Severn, MD (22)<br>Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, FL (21)<br>Vermillion-on-the-Lake, OH (21)<br>Wymberly-on-the-March, GA (21)<br>Kentwood-in-the-Pines, CA (21)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>