[aruanan]

Unlike Illinois, which has these unremarkable names to deal with:

Ursa
Thebes
Cairo
Pocahontas
Capron
Timewell
Manlius
Buda
Hamburg
Mahomet
Rantoul
Pesotum
Sadorus
Foosland
Bulpitt
Mattoon
Oblong
Neoga
Sandwich
Sabona
Teutopolis
Dunfermline
Equality
Carbon Hill
Coal City
Diamond
Pontoosuc

[Verginius Rufus]

I believe Mahomet, IL, is from an Indian name--not the old spelling of Muhammad.

There is a Ninety Six, SC (site of some fighting in the American Revolution).