BJ Mallen, a resident of Colon, Michigan, is actively trying to rename two other Colons in the United States, so Michigan is the only state with a Colon.
A press release has been delivered stating he has started the Envoy of the One True Colon at onlyonecolon.com, and he says that multiple colons create a mess, and that one Colon keeps the country regular.
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In separate letters sent to both Colon, North Carolina, and Colon, Nebraska, he details why they should consider changing the name of their communities:
Colon, Nebraska (an incorporated village in Saunders County) is formally invited to adopt the honorary designation “Semi-Colon, NE” (;), in recognition of its shared name, population, and distinguished position within the national punctuation landscape…