 Aulin liked having a Spanish name, "to honor the Spanish heritage of the state," and decided to name his post office location "Oviedo" after the city of Oviedo in northern Spain (the capital city of the Principality of Asturias) and the University of Oviedo.Some say he visited the university, while others say he just liked the sound of it, but most agree that he likely pronounced the name correctly rather than the Americanized way of .A recent campaign advocates for honoring Aulin's original concept for the town's moniker by returning to the correct Spanish pronunciation ).