Dakar-A OP t1_iqo8hcl wrote on October 1, 2022 at 9:28 PM

Fayetteville AR: "County commissioners chose the name Fayetteville because 2 of the commissioners, James Buchanan and John Wooddy, hailed from Fayetteville, Tennessee."

Fayetteville TN: "The city was named for Fayetteville, North Carolina, where some of its earliest residents had lived before moving to Tennessee."

And Fayetteville NC is named for the Marquis de Lafayette from the revolutionary war.

There are two other Fayettevilles, in WV and GA, but both of those are named for the Marquis as well.

Blutarg t1_iqobbw9 wrote on October 1, 2022 at 9:49 PM

And marquis de Lafayette was named after Fayetteville, Arkansas!!!

s_arrow24 t1_iqobo0v wrote on October 1, 2022 at 9:52 PM

But I thought that was named after Fayetteville, TN?

RombieZombie25 t1_iqomcac wrote on October 1, 2022 at 11:14 PM

it's turtles all the way down

ILL_Show_Myself_Out t1_iqrzpzs wrote on October 2, 2022 at 5:50 PM

In all seriousness isn’t he named after Fayette, France? Doesn’t his name mean “the Marquis of Fayette?”

wewinwelose t1_iqstxgc wrote on October 2, 2022 at 8:55 PM

Yes they were making a joke but I love your username

Silvernaut t1_iry087i wrote on October 11, 2022 at 9:39 PM

Probably the same reason there’s a Fayetteville AND Lafayette, in NY