What is the northernmost town or city that you can think of, that has a Spanish or apparently Spanish name?

San Francisco? Just a wild guess…

If you go by major cities, would seem to be Sacramento (which is the most northern in CA the Spanish got)

Of course, Toledo is spanish, and that’s a bit norther than Sacto.

Edited to add: I’m putting my money on Toledo, Ohio at 41 degrees 40 minutes North =)

There are a lot of candidates on the North American continent. My entire state has a spanish name. Off the top of my head, the northernmost one I can think of is Buena Vista, Colorado.

Spanish Harlem, NY :)

@grumpyfish

Toledo, OH is about 20º south of the town that I’m thinking of.

@Brian1946 I knew you had one up your sleeve. 60N is Way up there!

Port Alberni, British Columbia (49°14′2″N), named for Captain Don Pedro de Alberni, a Spanish officer, who commanded Fort San Miguel at Nootka Sound on Vancouver Island’s west coast from 1790 to 1792.

San Juan Island (48°32′N) The name “San Juan” comes from the 1791 expedition of Francisco de Eliza, who named the archipelago Isla y Archiepelago de San Juan to honor his patron, Juan Vicente de Güemes Padilla Horcasitas y Aguayo, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo.

Cordova and Valdez in Alaska

@jaytkay That’s funny, it didn’t occur to me the Alberni is a spanish name… =)

Valdez, Alaska (61°7′51″N)

On June 15, 1790, [the Salvador Fidalgo expedition] discovered a port, which they named Puerto Valdez, after Antonio Valdés, then Minister of the Spanish Navy.

Same people who named Cordova, BTW.

Is there an echo in here?

Mail carriers know more than is quite fair. About this.

@AstroChuck

I can’t hear you there is an—E C H O !

Montana: from “montaña,” mountain. Representative James M. Ashley of Ohio suggested using the Spanish word in honor of the territory’s mountainous western part.

@SeventhSense Montana’s not a town or city =)

Oh….now I have to read directions…aww man.

Cadiz, Ohio

Cocksueno, Alaska

Umatilla, OR?

Half the American West has Spanish influence and naming.

And then there is Alta, Norway. 69°56′25″N

Alta does mean “upper” in Spanish. Of course this town wasn’t named for that, but it would make sense if it was.

Then there is the Taco Bell at Saskatchewan. Of course made famous by a little dog who remarked to the utter surprise of early settlers, “Quiero Taco Bell”.