AHC: Three US states share a word in their names (other than North, New, etc.)

Someone noted that "Germany has only 16 states yet three of them have 'Saxony' in the name."

AHC: Get three US states to share a word in their names other than New, North or South (or West or East).

The most obvious would be Texas dividing itself up. Also, I could imagine an Upper California, Middle California, and Lower California.
Pacific York
 
Not the same, it's pronounced like "Ark-and-saw" in Arkansas and pronounced "Can-suss" in Kansas. At least the Arkansas River is.

I know, and it always confused me. But the “Kansas” in both words is a pluralization of the same native group, except that Arkansas closely follows the French pronunciation.
 
The current state of Washington gets re-named "George Washington."
Former British lands to the south (present day Oregon) are called "Martha Washington."
Former Russian lands to the north are named after "Charles Washington," George's only brother who survived to a ripe old age.
 
In my New Albion TL, you have South Carolina, North Carolina, and New Carolina-
British California (San Francisco north) renamed ; but that's a province of New Albion: British territory settled by fleeing southern Loyalists, so it doesn't really count.
 
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