No Witby that I know of, but there is a Whidby Island in Washington State. I no longer remember where the name came from though.

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>>>>>What American cheeses are there, BTW?
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>>>>What about Monterey Jack, Coby, Chedder. I think these are american.
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>>>Cheddar is a cheese making region in England :-)
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>>I said I think! lol We have Wisconson Chedder that is Not a cheese making region in England. rofl :-D
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>I believe you also have a city called Boston, which is derived from anglo-saxon words (we have at least 2 towns of that name). I don't think the Angles and Saxons settled in the US though.
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>You've probably got a Witby - I don't think the Danes and Jutes did either.
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>I imagine emigrants took their particular cheese-making skills with them from England. We have Philly cheese over here but don't clain it to be OUR invention :-)
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>FYI:
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>http://www.cheddarcaves.co.uk/
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>http://www.cheddarsomerset.co.uk/
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>and the famous Cheddar Gorge:
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>http://www.bbc.co.uk/somerset/content/panoramas/cheddar_360.shtml