Probably more than half of US placenames have oldworld equivalents. Paris is in texas. Bagdad is in florida. London is in Ohio. Canada is actually a town in Kansas. Not every city can be New Somethingorother.
Athens, GA is named due to having seven hills like of the famous cities in antiquity.
like San Francisco! "Spanish settlers distinguished just seven at the time of their arrival. Nob Hill, Russian Hill, Twin Peaks, Mount Davidson, Telegraph Hill, Rincon Hill and Mount Sutro make up the seven original hills of San Francisco."
No, that's Toh-lay-doh. We're talking about Toh-lee-doh here.
Toledo in the US is far more populated than Toledo in Spain
Yes, but which one is an UNESCO World Heritage Site and has records since 59 B.C.?