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Some of the recent articles included places in the New York City area, an odd coincidence. I also happened to spot an interesting name on Long Island during the process, a place called Middle Island. It appeared to be pretty close to the middle of Long Island, which indeed is a long<\/em> island. I drove from LaGuardia Airport to Montauk (map<\/a>) once and I experienced that firsthand. I thought the journey would never end so it made sense to me that someone would mark a spot about halfway across the expanse and call it Middle Island (map<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Prosser Pines Nature Preserve; Middle Island, New York<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

That’s how it went as I searched for other Middles. I found many names that seemed to make sense while others, well, sometimes they remained inexplicable mysteries. I ignored the scores of Middleburg, Middleton, and Middletown occurrences though. Those were entirely too common and pedestrian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other locations like Middle Place, GA (map<\/a>), Middlepoint, IL (map<\/a>) and Middleground, GA (map<\/a>) had slightly more unusual names although they still seemed logical in what they hoped to portray even if a bit unimaginative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Historical Locations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n