(2) The historical geography of classical town names reinforces the notion of the primacy of New England Extended, in the cultural, social, and economic evolution of the nation, despite the paucity of classical terms in nuclear New England. It also strengthens the suspicion that this region may have been the source of most of the characteristics that make the United States peculiarly American. A practice originating and flourishing along the growing edge of the culture area that was clearly the intellectual pacemaker of the young Republic spread vigorously outward to the farther reaches of the expanding region. Eventually, like many another idea and innovation of similar nativity, only a few of which have been studied, it diffused throughout the country and became continental in scope.
（2）古典城镇名称的历史地理学增强了在国家的文化、社会和经济演进中“新英格兰扩展”至上的观念，尽管在核心新英格兰缺乏古典的地位。它也增强了这一地区可能是使美国特别美国的大多数特性的源头的猜疑。沿着正在成长的文化区域的边缘起源和蓬勃发展的实践，显然是年轻的共和国精力充沛的向外延伸到达到更远的扩展地区的智能的心脏起搏器。最终，像类似耶稣诞生的很多别的想法和创新一样，其中只有很少已得到研究，它扩散到了整个国家，成了大陆的范围。