There are 35 populated places named Bristol around the world, the vast majority of which are in the United States
Bristol in England played a major part in the discovery and settlement of the United States, it being the port from where John Cabot sailed on his 1497 voyage which is commonly credited as the first from Europe to North America, although there is evidence that he was not the first European to sail there. The city was a major port at the time North America was being colonized, resulting in many of the American and Canadian towns of the same name being named after it
[ source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_places_called_Bristol ]