Except that we aim to simplify town names. Sure, it resolves the conflict, but why wouldn't I look to an alternate to the CDP first, especially if I have no indication of whether or not the CDP is legitimate?

CBenson wrote:I'm saying that the census data was in fact the basemap data. Thus in some areas the census naming remains the de facto default naming.

Specifically, it was 2000 Census data. CDP names and boundaries can and frequently do change with each Census. Municipality boundaries can change, too, although this is less frequent.