I believe in those cases they were named for a neighboring main city.
About 15+ years ago the Cardinals were once known as the 'Phoenix' Cardinals even though they never played a game IN Phoenix but neighboring Tempe. So I can't remember why but they changed to the 'Arizona Cardinals'.
I had no idea about Wake Forest. I never knew there was an actual city 'Wake Forest' from what I know their campus and athletic facilities are in Winston-Salem. I never put much thought into the name 'Wake Forest', I imagined it was like 'Rice' in Houston.
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