You’re right, it was named after the St. Louis - San Francisco Railway / Frisco Lines [1]. In the case of Frisco, TX the railroad did at least go through the c

You’re right, it was named after the St. Louis - San Francisco Railway / Frisco Lines [1]. In the case of Frisco, TX the railroad did at least go through the city. Also, apparently that railroad never actually went to SF [2]. I guess the name was just aspirational. [1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frisco,_Texas https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frisco,_Texas [2]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis–San_Francisco_Railway https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis–San_Francisco_Rail...