List of places with numeric names

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Sign in Hundred, WV, USA
Thousand Oaks, a city in California was named after thousands of trees surrounding the area back in 1964

Places that have numerals in their names include:

0

  • Nulde (nl), ('zero'), Netherlands, old name for a hamlet in Putten
  • Nullarbor, locality in South Australia (Latin: no trees)
  • Nullarbor Plain, desert region in Western and South Australia (Latin: no trees)

1/2 (half)

  • Halbstadt, ('half town'), several places
  • Half Hollow Hills, New York, US
  • Half Moon Bay, California, US
  • Half Rock, Missouri, US
  • Half Tree Hollow, Saint Helena
  • Halfway, Missouri, US

1

  • 1 Decembrie ('1st of December'), Romania, a commune south of Bucharest
  • Aintree, England ('one tree')
  • Een, The Netherlands ('one')
  • Einhaus, Germany ('Onehouse')
  • Einsiedeln, Switzerland
  • Einsiedelei ('one (person) living (place)', eremitage), a (forgotten) place on the foot of a hill in the West of Graz, Austria[1]
  • One Tree Hill, South Australia
  • Province No. 1, Nepal

2

  • Aberdaucleddau ('mouth of the two rivers Cleddau'), Welsh name for Milford Haven, Wales
  • Deux-Sèvres, France (refers to two rivers in the department called Sèvre)
  • Dois Vizinhos ('2 neighbours'), Paraná, Brazil
  • Duas Bocas Biological Reserve ('2 mouths'), Brazil
  • Duas Barras ('2 bars'), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Duas Estradas ('2 roads'), Paraíba, Brazil
  • Duas Igrejas ('2 churches'), Paredes, Portugal
  • Dos Pilas ('2 wells'), Guatemala
  • Dos Vientos and Dos Vientos Open Space ('2 winds'), California, US
  • Dos Hermanas ('two sisters'), Andalusia, Spain
  • Dvigrad ('two towns'), Croatia
  • El Segundo ('the second'), California, United States
  • Río Segundo in Argentina and Costa Rica, 'second river'
  • Llanddeusant, Anglesey, Wales ('church of two saints')
  • Llanddeusant, Carmarthenshire, Wales ('church of two saints')
  • Second Garrotte, California, US
  • Second Mesa, Arizona, US
  • Song District, Phrae, Thailand [2] but the name (Thai: สอง) is same as the Thai word (Thai: สอง) that means 'two'.
  • Song Khwae District ('two waterways'[3]), Nan, Thailand
  • Song Phi Nong District ('two siblings'), Suphan Buri, Thailand
  • Twee Riviere ('two rivers'), a town in South Africa
  • Twee Rivieren ('two rivers'), a suburb in South Africa
  • Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein, ('two buffaloes with one shot') South Africa
  • Tweehuizen (nl), ('two houses'), Netherlands
  • Tweerivieren (af) ('two rivers'), Namibia
  • Tweedetol ('second toll'), near Dordrecht, Netherlands
  • Twin Cities, Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, US
    • Twin Cities (disambiguation), several other places
  • Twin City, a developing concept for Vienna, Austria and Bratislava, Slovakia
  • Twin City, Georgia, in Emanuel County, Georgia, US
  • Twin City, nickname for Winston-Salem, North Carolina, US
  • Two Bridges, Manhattan, a neighborhood in New York City, United States
  • Two Buttes, Colorado
  • Two Guns, Arizona
  • Two Harbors, Minnesota, United States
  • Two Harbors, California, United States
  • Two Rock, California
  • Two Rocks, Western Australia
  • Two Wells, South Australia
  • Twyford, Berkshire, England ('two fords')
  • Twyford, Buckinghamshire, England ('two fords')
  • Twyford, Hampshire, England ('two fords')
  • Twyford, Leicestershire, England ('two fords')
  • Zweibrücken ('two bridges'), Germany
  • Zweisimmen, Switzerland, at the confluence of the Gross and Klein Simme rivers (zwei means 'two')

3

  • Dreiflüssestadt, a colloquial name for Passau, Germany ('three (merging) rivers town')
  • Dreikirchen, Germany ('three churches')
  • Drie, Gelderland, The Netherlands ('three')
  • Driebergen, The Netherlands ('three mountains')
  • Driehuis, The Netherlands ('three houses')
  • Driemond, The Netherlands ('three (river) mouths')
  • Llantrisant, Wales ('church of three saints')
  • Río Tercero in Argentina, 'third river'
  • Salatiga ('three wrongs'), Indonesia
  • Sam Chai District, Kalasin, Thailand ('three wins' or 'three victories'[4])
  • Sam Khok District, Pathum Thani, Thailand ('three mounds')
  • Sam Ngam District, Phichit, Thailand ('three prongs'[5])
  • Sam Ngao District, Tak, Thailand ('three shadows'[6])
  • Sam Phran District, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand ('three hunters')
  • Third Hill Mountain, West Virginia, US
  • Three Bridges (disambiguation), several places
  • Three Churches, West Virginia, US
  • Three Points, California, US
  • Three Rivers, California, US
  • Three Rivers, Michigan, US
  • Three Rivers, New Mexico, US
  • Three Rivers, Texas, US
  • Three Rivers, Prince Edward Island, Canada
  • Three Rivers District, England
  • Three Rivers South, Oregon, US
  • Three Rocks, California, US
  • Three Sisters (Australia)
  • Three Sisters (Northern Cape), South Africa
  • Three Sisters (Oregon), US
  • Three Springs, Pennsylvania, US
  • Three Springs, Western Australia
  • Three Mile Island, New Hampshire, US
  • Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania, US
  • Three Way, Tennessee, US
  • Tre Kronor castle ('three crowns castle'), Sweden
  • Trekroner ('three crowns'), Denmark
  • Trekroner Fort ('three crowns fort'), Denmark
  • Tres Cantos ('3 corners'), Madrid, Spain
  • Tres Cerros ('3 hills'), Argentina
  • Três Coroas ('3 crowns'), Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
  • Tres Cruces ('3 crosses'), Uruguay
  • Tres de Febrero Partido ('3rd of February'), Argentina
  • Tres Islas, Guatemala
  • Tres Islas, Uruguay
  • Tres Pinos, California
  • Tres Valles ('3 valleys'), Mexico
  • Tri cities, see Twin Cities
  • Tricity, Poland of Gdynia, Sopot and Gdańsk
  • Triangle cities, see Twin Cities
  • Triglav ('3 peaks/), Slovenia, a national symbol of the country
  • Triple cities, see Twin Cities
  • Tripoli, Lebanon ('three towns')
  • Tripoli, Libya ('three towns')
  • Trishal ('3 Shal' = Shorea robusta), Bangladesh
  • Trois-Pistoles, Canada ('three pistoles (coins)')
  • Trois-Ponts (German: Dreibrücken), Belgium ('three bridges')
  • Trois-Rivières, Canada ('three rivers')
  • Trois-Rivières, Guadeloupe ('three rivers')

4

  • 4S Ranch, California, US
  • Big Four, West Virginia, US
  • Cuatro Caminos ('4 roads'), one of the first metro stations in Madrid, Spain
  • Cuatro Cañadas ('4 paths'), Bolivia
  • Cuatro Ciénegas ('4 marshes'), Mexico
  • Cuatro Torres ('4 towers'), Madrid business district, Spain
  • Cuatro Vientos ('4 winds'), Madrid neighbourhood and military-civil airport and museum
  • Four Acres, California, US
  • Four Corners, a region of the United States
  • Four Crosses, Staffordshire, England
  • Four Lane Ends, a district within the ward of Richmond, South Yorkshire, England
  • Four Lane Ends, a hamlet near Tiverton, Cheshire, England
  • Four Lane Ends Interchange, a Metro station in Newcastle upon Tyne, England
  • Four Square Mile, Colorado, US
  • Fourth Crossing, California, US
  • Kiryat Arba, Israel ('City of Four')
  • Quad Cities, a region of the United States
  • Quad cities, see further Twin Cities
  • Quart, Girona, a town in Spain
  • Quart, Aosta Valley, a town in Italy
  • Quart de Poblet, a town in Valencia, Spain
  • Quart de les Valls, a town in Valencia, Spain
  • Río Cuarto in Argentina and Costa Rica ('fourth river')
  • Sichuan, China ('4 rivers')
  • Tetrapolis (Attica)
  • Doric Tetrapolis
  • Vierhouten ('4 pieces of wood'), Nunspeet, The Netherlands
  • Vierlingsbeek, The Netherlands
  • Vierwaldstättersee, Switzerland ('Lake of the four forested settlements')

5

  • Cinco Ranch, Texas, US
  • Cinque Ports, England
  • Cinque Terre ('five lands'), Italy, after the five villages along the coastline
  • Five Corners, Oregon, US
  • Five Corners, Washington, US
  • Five Dock, New South Wales, Australia
  • Five Fingers, New Brunswick, US
  • Five Forks, Calhoun County, West Virginia, US
  • Five Forks, Ritchie County, West Virginia, US
  • Five Forks, Upshur County, West Virginia, US
  • Five Islands, Nova Scotia, Canada
  • Five Mile Terrace, California, US
  • Five Towns, Long Island, New York; a group of communities in the Town of Hempstead
  • Five Ways, Birmingham, England
    • Five Ways railway station
  • Five Ways, Victoria, Australia
  • Fiveways, Brighton, a district of Brighton, England
  • Fünfhaus ('five houses'), in Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus district, Vienna, Austria
  • Llanpumsaint, Wales ('church of five saints')
  • Ma'ale HaHamisha, Israel ('ascent of the five')
  • Panchagarh ('5 forts'), Bangladesh
  • Panchbibi ('5 wives'), Bangladesh
  • Piatykhatky, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast ('five houses'), Ukraine
  • Pentapolis, five cities in Greek
  • Pompeii, Italy, after the five districts of the city
  • Pumsaint ('five saints'), Wales
  • Punjab, India and Punjab, Pakistan ('The Land of Five Waters')
  • Pyatigorsk, Stavropol Krai, Russia ('five mountains')
  • Río Quinto, Argentina ('fifth river')
  • Vijfhuizen, The Netherlands ('five houses')
  • Vyf Rand ('five rand'), Namibia

6

  • Doric Hexapolis in Greek
  • Blue Jay 6, West Virginia, US
  • Sechshaus (Amtsbezirk) ('six houses'), former district of Lower Austria, Austria
  • Sechshaus ('six houses'), Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus district, Vienna, Austria
  • Sechshaus ('six houses'), Brand-Nagelberg, Lower Austria, Austria
  • Sexdrega, Sweden ('six fishing places')
  • Six, West Virginia, US
  • Sixes, Georgia, US
  • Sixes, Oregon, US, named after the Sixes river (accounts vary as to how the river got its name; one local postmaster said Sixes was named for a Native American chief)
  • Six Hills in Stevenage, England
  • Six Mile Bottom, village near Cambridge, England
  • Six Mile Creek (disambiguation), several places
  • Six Shooter Canyon, Arizona
  • 6th of October, in Egypt
    • 6th of October Governorate

7

  • Beer Sheva ('seven wells'), Israel
  • Heptapolis in Greek
  • Hét ('7'), Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hungary
  • Prampir Makara ('January 7th'), Phnom Penh, Cambodia
  • Satara (Sat-Tara = 'seven forts'), Maharashtra, India
  • Satkhira ('7 Kheers'), Bangladesh
  • Sete Cidades (disambiguation), several places
  • Sete Fontes ('7 springs'), Braga, Portugal
  • Sete Lagoas ('7 lagoons'), Minas Gerais, Brazil
  • Seven Fields, Pennsylvania, US
  • Seven Hills, NSW, Australia
  • Seven Kings, London, England
  • Seven Mile, Arizona, US
  • Seven Mile, Ohio, US
  • Seven Oaks, California, US
  • Seven Oaks, Oregon, US
  • Seven Oaks, South Carolina, US
  • Seven Sisters, London, England
  • Seven Springs, Pennsylvania, US
  • Seven Troughs, Nevada, US
  • Sevenoaks, Kent, England
  • Seventh Mountain, Oregon, US
  • Sieben ('seven' in German), Lewis and Clark County, Montana, US[7]
  • Sieben, U.S. Virgin Islands, US
  • Siebenbürgen ('seven castles'), German for Transylvania, historical region in Romania
  • Siebenhengste-Hohgant-Höhle ('seven male horses'), cave in Switzerland
  • Siebenhirten ('seven shepherds'), Vienna, Austria
  • Sietes ('sevens'), Valles (Villaviciosa), in Asturias, Spain; in 2009 it was famous for the promotion of Microsoft Windows 7
  • Zevenaar
  • Zevenhoven ('seven gardens'), the Netherlands
  • Zevenhuizen (disambiguation) ('seven houses'), several places in the Netherlands

8

  • Acht (Eifel), Germany
  • Acht, near Eindhoven, Netherlands
  • Achtmaal, The Netherlands ('eight times')
  • Austagram ('containing 8 villages'), Bangladesh
  • Eight, West Virginia, US
  • Eight Mile Plains, Brisbane, Australia
  • Eightmile, Oregon, US
  • Kiryat Shmona ('town of the eight'), Israel
  • Ocho Ríos ('8 rivers'), Jamaica
  • Tuvalu ('8 (islands) together'), state in Oceania

9

  • Negenhuizen (nl), Netherlands ('9 houses')
  • Neunkirchen, Austria ('9 churches')
  • Nine Elms, London, England
  • Nueve de Julio (disambiguation) ('July 9th'), several towns in Argentina
    • Nueve de Julio Department (disambiguation), several departments in Argentina
    • Nueve de Julio District, Peru
    • Nueve de Julio Partido, Argentina
  • Kao Liao District ('9 turns' or '9 curves'[8][9]), Nakhon Sawan, Thailand
  • Kelok 9 ('9 turns'), a bridge and road segment in Lima Puluh Kota Regency, Indonesia
  • Kowloon, a region of Hong Kong ('9 Dragons')
  • Pont Neuf, crossing the river Seine in Paris, France ('bridge (number) 9')
  • Stowe Nine Churches, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
  • Nine Mile Falls, Washington, US

10

  • 10th of Ramadan, Egypt
  • Decapolis in Greek
  • Diez de Octubre ('October 10th'), Cuba
  • Ten Mile (or Tenmile), lists several places in Canada, USA
  • Ten Sleep, Wyoming, US
  • Tiendeveen ('tenth peat'), Netherlands
  • Tiengeboden ('Ten Commandments'), The Netherlands
  • Tiengemeten ('Ten Acres'), The Netherlands
  • Washakie Ten, Wyoming, US

11

  • Lot 11 and Area, Prince Edward Island, Canada
  • Once de Octubre ('October 11th'), Argentina
  • Once de Septiembre ('September 11th'), Argentina
  • Ruyton-XI-Towns, England

12

  • Dutzendsee (de), Germany ('a dozen lakes')
  • Dutzendteich (de), Großer and Kleiner, two ponds in Germany ('dozen ponds')
  • Dutzendteich (Nürnberg) (de), a statistical districts (Statischer Bezirk) of Nürnberg, Germany
  • Zwölfaxing, Austria (Zwölf means 'twelve')
  • Doce de Octubre ('October 12th'), Argentina
  • Baramulla ('12 roots'), India
  • Xishuangbanna ('12 districts', literally '12 township rice-fields'), China

13

  • Thirteen Mile Creek, Yukon, Canada
  • Trece Mártires ('13 martyrs'), Philippines
  • Treze Tílias (/ German: Dreizehnlinden) ('13 Lindens'), Brasilien

14

  • Chauddagram ('14 villages'), Bangladesh
  • Vierzehn, Rainbach im Mühlkreis, Austria
  • Catorce, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
    • Real de Catorce, Mexico (14 real (a currency of Spanish America), or from '14 killed soldiers')
  • Catorce de Noviembre ('November 14th'), Panama

16

  • Solapur, Maharashtra, India

17

  • Seventeen Mile Point, California, US
  • Seventeen Mile Rocks, Queensland, Australia

18

  • 18-Hazari, 18-Hazari Tehsil, Jhang District, Punjab, Pakistan
  • Dieciocho Airport, Costa Rica
  • Dieciocho de Julio ('July 18th'), Uruguay
  • Dieciocho de Mayo ('May 18th'), Uruguay

20

  • Kurigram ('containing 20 villages'), Bangladesh
  • Twenty, Lincolnshire, England
  • Veinte de Junio ('June 20th'), BBAA, Argentina
  • Veinte Reales, Philippines ('20 reales' (a coin), the price for the lands or for the use of a magical spring)

23

  • Mila 23 ('Mile 23'), Romania, a village in the Danube Delta

24

  • North 24 Parganas district
  • South 24 Parganas
  • Veinticuatro de Mayo and Veinticuatro de Mayo Canton ('May 24th'), Ecuador

25

  • Veinticinco de Agosto ('August 25th'), Uruguay
  • Veinticinco de Diciembre ('December 25th'), Paraguay
  • Veinticinco de Mayo (disambiguation) ('May 25th), several places in Argentina and Uruguay

26

  • Twentysix, Kentucky, United States

27

  • Veintisiete de Abril ('April 27th'), Costa Rica

28

  • Veintiocho de Noviembre ('November 28th'), Argentina
  • 28 May, Azerbaijan

29

  • Twentynine Palms, California, United States

30

  • Thirtymile, Oregon, United States

33

  • Treinta y Tres and Treinta y Tres Department, Uruguay (from the 33 original fighters for the independence)

35

  • Netiv HaLamed-Heh, ('path of the 35') Kibbutz in Israel

36

  • Chhattisgarh ('36 forts'), a state in India

40

  • Chalisgaon ('40 cities') historic town, India
  • Cuarenta Casas ('40 houses') archaeological site, Mexico
  • Forty Mile, Yukon, Canada
    • Fortymile River, Yukon, Canada

50

  • Lima Puluh Kota ('50 towns'), Indonesia

56

  • Fifty-Six, Arkansas, United States

60

  • Hatvan ('sixty'), Hungary
  • Sixtymile, Yukon, Canada
    • Sixty Mile River, Yukon, Canada

66

  • Sixty Six, South Carolina, United States

76

  • Seventy Six, Kentucky, United States
  • Seventy-Six, Missouri, United States

84

  • Eighty Four, Pennsylvania, United States

88

  • Eighty Eight, Kentucky, United States

96

  • Ninety Six, South Carolina, United States

100

  • Hundred, West Virginia, United States
  • 100 Mile House, British Columbia: named for being the location of a roadhouse at the 100 mile mark up the Old Cariboo Road during the Cariboo Gold Rush
  • Chafford Hundred, England, a 21st-century built settlement named for the historic Hundred of Chafford
  • List of hundreds of England and Wales; hundreds were an ancient subdivision of counties in England and Wales
  • Hundred Mile Landing, Yukon, Canada

101

  • Roi Et Province ('101'), Thailand
  • Wonowon, British Columbia ("one-oh-one"), located at Mile 101 on Highway 97, the Alaska Highway

108

  • 108 Mile Ranch, Canada

300

  • Sam Roi Yot District ('three hundred peaks'), Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand

400

  • Fjärdhundra, Sweden

1,000

  • Thousand Islands, an archipelago in the St. Lawrence River along the boundary between New York, United States, and Ontario, Canada
  • Thousand Islands (Indonesia), an archipelago under the administrative division of Jakarta
  • Thousand Oaks, California, United States
  • Thousand Palms, California, United States
  • Thousandsticks, Kentucky, United States
  • Vila Nova de Milfontes, Portugal

1,400

  • Chowddoshata (bn) ('fourteen hundred'), Bangladesh

1,770

  • Seventeen Seventy, Queensland, Australia, referred to locally as "1770"

2,500

  • Araihazar ('two-and-a-half thousand), Bangladesh

3,000

  • Bueng Sam Phan District ('Lake 3,000'), Phetchabun, Thailand
  • Khlong Chorakhe Sam Phan ('crocodile 3,000'), a canal in Kanchanaburi and Suphan Buri, Thailand
  • Sam Phan Bok ('3,000 shallow lakes'), Thailand

4,000

  • Si Phan Don ('Four Thousand Islands'), Laos

10,000

  • Na Muen District ('ten thousand (rice) paddy fields'), Nan, Thailand
  • Ten Thousand Islands, Florida, United States

20,000

  • Ventimiglia, Italy (coincidental, as it comes from Album Intimilium)

40,010

  • Shimanto, Kōchi, Japan

100,000

  • Thong Saen Khan District ('hundred thousand bowls of gold'), Uttaradit, Thailand

Names with trailing numbers

  • Kapur IX, a district in Lima Puluh Kota, Indonesia
  • Krems I, a part of the village Leezen, Germany
    • Krems II, a part of a different region, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
  • Peter I Island, Antarctica
  • Petersdorf I, Styria, Austria
  • Petersdorf II, until end of 2014, Styria, Austria
  • Takern I, part of the community St. Margarethen an der Raab, Styria, Austria
    • Takern II, part of the same community, Styria, Austria
  • Wakendorf I, a municipality in the district of Segeberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
    • Wakendorf II, a different municipality in the district of Segeberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

See also

References

  1. Einsiedelei (Graz)[circular reference]
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  7. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: List of places with numeric names
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