using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

            List<string> selectListName = new List<String>();

    selectListName.Add("Ohio");

    selectListName.Add("Maine");

    selectListName.Add("Texas");

    selectListName.Add("Oregon");

    selectListName.Add("Alabama");

​

var result2  = selectListName.Select( (state, index) => new { index, state  

}).OrderBy(a=>a.state).ToList();        

Console.WriteLine(result2.FirstOrDefault(a=>a.index.Equals(2)).state);

    }

}