http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2661

"Dept of Redundancy dept" comes from a 1970 record album - see the 7th post

the discussion at this URL gets into city names vs post office
addresses vs redundancy etc

Reportedly - there is no Dukes County in Massachusetts - but there is
a County of Dukes County - or Dukes County County - or Dukes County
Squared

New York is the real name of NYC - or something like that - apparently
the real name is City of New York - not City of New York City

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So if you get arrested on Martha's Vineyard - when you get to court -
ask the judge about the police report - does it say the incident was
in Dukes County or Dukes County County?

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