Westfield

en-prop

Westfield (countable and uncountable, plural Westfields)

From Old English west (“west”) + feld (“field”), equivalent to west + field. Doublet of Westerveld.
The former village in New Brunswick may be named after Westfield, Massachusetts. The civil parish is named after the village.

A number of places in the United States:

A city in Hampden County, Massachusetts.


Ingalls

A minor city and township in Gray County, Kansas, named after John J. Ingalls.


Fond du Lac

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Fond du Lac.wav

From French fond du lac (bottom of the lake), referring to its location at the south end of Lake Winnebago.

Fond du Lac County
Fond du Lac County#English

A city and town, the county seat of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States.


Boyden

A minor city in Sioux County, Iowa, United States.


Dupree

A small city, the county seat of Ziebach County, South Dakota, United States.


McCall

A city and resort town in Valley County, Idaho, United States.


Murrieta

en-proper noun

Murrieta (countable and uncountable, plural Murrietas)

Borrowed from Spanish Murrieta, itself of Basque origin.

Riverside County
Riverside County#English

A city in Riverside County, California, United States.


Weir

Weir (countable and uncountable, plural Weirs)

A minor city in Cherokee County, Kansas.

Williamson County
Williamson County#English

A minor city in Williamson County, Texas.


Wickliffe

A small city, the county seat of Ballard County, Kentucky, United States.

A city in Lake County, Ohio, United States.


Winton

Winton (usually uncountable, plural Wintons)

From either the Old English personal name Wine, which is a byname from wine (“friend”), or winn (“pasture”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Saint Louis County
Saint Louis County#English

A minor city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota.


Worley

Worley (countable and uncountable, plural Worleys)

A city in Kootenai County, Idaho, United States.


Gretna

A small city in Gadsden County, Florida, United States.

Jefferson Parish
Jefferson Parish#English

A city, the parish seat of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States.

A city in Sarpy County, Nebraska, United States.


Gadsden

A city, the county seat of Etowah County, Alabama.


McKinney

A city, the county seat of Collin County, Texas, United States.


Etowah

From a Cherokee version of a Muskogee word.

A city in McMinn County, Tennessee, United States.


Richland

A number of places in the United States:

A city in Camden County, Laclede County and Pulaski County, Missouri.


Kanawha

A small city in Hancock County, Iowa, United States


Keokuk

A city in Iowa, United States and one of the two county seats of Lee County.


Laclede

A small city in Linn County, Missouri, United States, named after Pierre Laclède.


Colfax

From coal + fox, describing a fox with black marks.

A city in Placer County, California; named for Schuyler Colfax.

A city in Jasper County, Iowa; named for Schuyler Colfax.

A city in Richland County, North Dakota.

A city, the county seat of Whitman County, Washington; named for Schuyler Colfax, Vice President for Ulysses S. Grant.


Atlantic City

From Atlantic + city.
* (New Jersey): From being a resort community on the Atlantic seaboard.

Coordinate term: Ocean City

Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty / And meet me tonight in Atlantic City

1982, Bruce Springsteen, “Atlantic City”, in Nebraska:

A resort city on Absecon Island, Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States.


Oswego

From a Mohawk name meaning "flowing out", referring to the river.

A city, the county seat of Labette County, Kansas, United States.

A city and town, the county seat of Oswego County, New York, United States.


Childress

Childress County
Childress County#English

A city, the county seat of Childress County, Texas, United States.


Downey

en-prop

Downey (countable and uncountable, plural Downeys)

Various origins:
* Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dúnadhaigh (“descendant of Dúnadhach”), a personal name which derives from a diminutive form of dúnadh (“closing, securing, fastening”).
* Irish surname from a reduced form of McEldowney or Muldowney.
* Scottish habitational surname from the barony of Downie or Duny, named from Scottish Gaelic dùn (“hill”) + the locative suffix -ach.

der

Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County#English

A city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.

A city in Bannock County, Idaho, United States.


Kosciusko

A city, the county seat of Attala County, Mississippi, United States.

Kosciusko, Mississippi
Tadeusz Kościuszko


Labette

A tiny city in Labette County, Kansas, named after Pierre LaBette.


New London

New London County
New London County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A seaport city in New London County, Connecticut.

Kandiyohi County
Kandiyohi County#English

A small city, the county seat of Ralls County, Missouri.

Outagamie County
Outagamie County#English

A city in Outagamie County and Waupaca County, Wisconsin.


St. Clair

An abbreviation of Saint Clair, variant of Saint Clare under influence from French Claire, a calque of Latin Sancta Clara (“holy Clara”), chiefly in reference to Italian Chiara Offreduccio, St. Clare of Assisi. The placenames listed below are typically spelt St. Clair—abbreviated with punctuation—following North American practice.

St Clair (alternative)
Saint Clair (alternative)
Saint-Clair (alternative)
St-Clair (alternative)
St.-Clair (alternative)

St. Clair County
St. Clair County#English

A city in St. Clair County, Michigan, United States.

Blue Earth County
Blue Earth County#English

A small city in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States.


Waupaca

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A city, the county seat of Waupaca County, Wisconsin, United States.


San Miguel

Borrowed from Spanish San Miguel (“Saint Michael”).


Kandiyohi

From a Dakota [Term?] word meaning "where the buffalo fish come" (kandi’ - the buffalo fish + oh-hi’-yu - v. of hiyu - to come through).

A small city in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, United States.


Bowling Green

A home rule city, the county seat of Warren County, Kentucky.

A city, the county seat of Pike County, Missouri.

A city, the county seat of Wood County, Ohio.


Blue Earth

Faribault County
Faribault County#English

A city, the county seat of Faribault County, Minnesota, United States. Named after the Blue Earth River.


Sandusky

A city, the county seat of Sanilac County, Michigan.

A city, the county seat of Erie County, Ohio.


Atchison

The coin is named after Atkinson, a coin minter in the beginning of James VI reign.

A city, the county seat of Atchison County, Kansas, United States, named after David Rice Atchison.


Ashland

From Old English æsċ (“ash tree”) + land. Many places in the United States are named after Ashland, Henry Clay's estate.

A small city, the county seat of Clark County, Kansas.

A home rule city in Boyd County, Kentucky.

Places in the United States:
A city in Boone County, Missouri.

Places in the United States:
A city in Saunders County, Nebraska.

A city, the county seat of Ashland County, Ohio.

Places in the United States:
A city in Jackson County, Oregon.

A city and port, the county seat of Ashland County, Wisconsin, located in Ashland County and Bayfield County.


Prattville

A city, the county seat of Autauga County, Alabama.


Bay Minette

A city, the county seat of Baldwin County, Alabama.


Faribault

A city, the county seat of Rice County, Minnesota, United States.


St. Charles

Saint Charles (alternative)
Saint-Charles (alternative)
St-Charles (alternative)
St.-Charles (alternative)
St Charles (alternative)

Bear Lake County
Bear Lake County#English

A small city in Bear Lake County, Idaho, United States.

A city in DuPage County and Kane County, Illinois, United States.

A small city in Madison County, Iowa, United States.

A small home rule city in Hopkins County, Kentucky, United States.

A city in Winona County, Minnesota, United States.

St. Charles County
St. Charles County#English

A city, the county seat of St. Charles County, Missouri, United States.


Fort Calhoun

Washington County
Washington County#English


Clemson

en-proper noun

Clemson (countable and uncountable, plural Clemsons)

From a short form of the personal name Clement + -son.

A city in Pickens County and Anderson County, South Carolina, United States, that is home to Clemson University.


Colorado Springs

A city, the county seat of El Paso County, Colorado, United States.


Saginaw

/ˈsæɡ.ɪ.nɔː/

From Ojibwe Zaagiinaang (“at-the-outlet”).

A city, the county seat of Saginaw County, Michigan, United States.

A city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States, and a suburb of Fort Worth.


Cherokee Village

A city in Fulton County and Sharp County, Arkansas.


Chilton

Chilton (countable and uncountable, plural Chiltons)

Chilton
Chilton, Oxfordshire
Domesday Book
Medieval Latin

From Old English ċilda tūn, a compound of ċilda (genitive plural of ċild (“child”)) + tūn (“town”). The name of Chilton, Oxfordshire is attested under various spellings in Medieval Latin texts of the 11th and 12th centuries: Cilda tun, Childatun, Chiltune, Chiltuna, Ciltone, Cilletone (in the Domesday Book), and Childestuna.

A city, the county seat of Calumet County, Wisconsin.


Tarrant

Tarrant (countable and uncountable, plural Tarrants)

Jefferson County
Jefferson County#English

A city in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States.


Bago

A city in Myanmar near Yangon, formerly known as Pegu.


Pathein

A city in the Irrawaddy Delta, Myanmar, formerly known as Bassein


Oneonta

A city, the county seat of Blount County, Alabama.

A town in the same county that surrounds the city and is a separate political jurisdiction.


Union Springs

A city, the county seat of Bullock County, Alabama.


Clarkesville

Habersham County
Habersham County#English

A city, the county seat of Habersham County, Georgia.


Clarksville

Montgomery County
Montgomery County#English

A city, the county seat of Montgomery County, Tennessee; named for George Rodgers Clark.

A city, the county seat of Johnson County, Arkansas.

Red River County
Red River County#English

A city, the county seat of Red River County, Texas; named for founder James Clark.

A city in Missouri, named for William Clark.


Ripon

A cathedral city and civil parish with a city council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate borough (OS grid ref SE3171).

San Joaquin County
San Joaquin County#English

A city in San Joaquin County, California, United States.

Fond du Lac County
Fond du Lac County#English

A city and town in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States.


Newry

From Irish an iúraigh, the genitive or archaic dative of iúrach (“object made of yew wood”).

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland#English

A city in County Armagh and County Down, Northern Ireland.


Armagh

From Irish Ard Mhacha (literally “height of Macha”).

bor

A city in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, which is the county town.


Gorman

en-proper noun

Gorman (countable and uncountable, plural Gormans)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gormáin (“descendant of Gormán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive form of gorm (“dark blue; noble”). Compare O'Gorman.

der

A city in Eastland County, Texas, United States.


Donahue

en-proper noun

Donahue (countable and uncountable, plural Donahues)

Donahues (plural)
Donaghey (alternative)
Donaghue (alternative)
Donahey (alternative)
Donaho (alternative)
Donahoe (alternative)
Donahoo (alternative)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Donnchadha (“descendant of Donnchadh”), a personal name composed of the elements donn (“brown-haired”) + cath (“battle”).

der

A city in Scott County, Iowa, United States.


Tataouine

From French Tataouine, from Arabic تَطَاوِين (taṭāwīn), from Tunisian Berber tiṭṭawin (“springs”).

Arabic تَطَاوِين (taṭāwīn)


Chamberlain

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Chamberlain.wav

A city, the county seat of Brule County, South Dakota, United States.


Hollis

English topographical surname from the noun holly. Compare Hollen, Holley.

A number of places in the United States:

A city, the county seat of Harmon County, Oklahoma.


Covington

en-prop

Covington (countable and uncountable, plural Covingtons)

From Old English Cofingtun, from Cofa (a masculine given name) + -ing (“belonging to”) + -tun (“settlement”, literally “Cofa's town”).

A city, the county seat of Newton County, Georgia; named for Leonard Covington.

A city, the county seat of Fountain County, Indiana.

A city in Kentucky, United States and one of the two county seats of Kenton County; named for American general and statesman Leonard Covington.

St. Tammany Parish
St. Tammany Parish#English

A city, the parish seat of St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana; named for Leonard Covington.

A city, the county seat of Tipton County, Tennessee; named for Leonard Covington.

A locale in the United States.
A city in Texas.

Allegheny County
Allegheny County#English

A city, the county seat of Allegheny County, Virginia; named for Leonard Covington.

A city in Washington; named for railroad surveyor Richard Covington.


Edmonds

en-proper noun

Edmonds (countable and uncountable, plural Edmondses)

Snohomish County
Snohomish County#English

A city in Snohomish County, Washington, United States.


Devine

Devine (countable and uncountable, plural Devines)

Devines (plural)
Devens (alternative)
Divens (alternative)

Reduced Anglicized form of either of two Irish surnames, Ó Duibhín (“descendant of Duibhín”), a byname from a hypocoristic form of dubh (“black”), or Ó Daimhín (“descendant of Daimhín”), a byname from a hypocoristic form of damh (“stag”).

A city in Medina County, Texas, United States.


Purcell

Purcell (countable and uncountable, plural Purcells)

A small city in Jasper County, Missouri, United States.

A city, the county seat of McClain County, Oklahoma, United States.


Sadler

Sadler (countable and uncountable, plural Sadlers)

A minor city in Grayson County, Texas, United States.


Miner

Miner (countable and uncountable, plural Miners)

Mississippi County
Mississippi County#English

A minor city in Mississippi County and Scott County, Missouri, United States.


Spivey

A minor city in Kingman County, Kansas, United States


Coulter

Coulter (countable and uncountable, plural Coulters)

Coulters (plural)
Coulters (alternative)

→ Translingual: coulteri

A minor city in Franklin County, Iowa, United States.


Hilliard

Hilliard (countable and uncountable, plural Hilliards)

A city in Franklin County, Ohio, United States, established by John Reed Hilliard.


Washburn

Washburn (countable and uncountable, plural Washburns)

A number of places in the United States:

A township and minor city therein, in Barry County, Missouri.

A small city, the county seat of McLean County, North Dakota.

A city, the county seat of Bayfield County, Wisconsin.


Smiley

Smiley (countable and uncountable, plural Smileys)

Smileys (plural)
Smellie (alternative)
Smylie (alternative)
Smyly (alternative)
Smilie (alternative)

a placename
A city in Texas, United States.


Spicer

Spicer (countable and uncountable, plural Spicers)

Kandiyohi County
Kandiyohi County#English

A city in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, United States, named after landowner John M. Spicer.


Hawley

en-prop

Hawley (countable and uncountable, plural Hawleys)

Two main origins:
* The village in Hampshire is from Old English heall (“hall, dwelling, house”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to hall + -ley (“lea”).
* The village in Kent is from Old English hāliġ (“holy, sacred”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to holy + -ley (“lea”).

der

A city in Jones County, Texas, United States.


Calvert

en-proper noun

Calvert (countable and uncountable, plural Calverts)

From Middle English calfhirde, equivalent to modern calf + herd.

Robertson County
Robertson County#English

A city in Robertson County, Texas, United States.


Corcoran

Corcoran (countable and uncountable, plural Corcorans)

Corcorans (plural)
Corkern (alternative)
Corkran (alternative)

From Irish Ó Corcráin (literally “descendant of Corcrán”). Variant of Cochrane.

der

A city in Kings County, California, United States.

A rural city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States.


Heredia

en-proper noun

Heredia (countable and uncountable, plural Heredias)

Borrowed from Spanish Heredia, itself of Basque origin.

A district and city, the capital of both Heredia canton and Heredia province, Costa Rica.


Waldron

Waldron (countable and uncountable, plural Waldrons)

A city, the county seat of Scott County, Arkansas, United States.


Crowell

A small city, the county seat of Foard County, Texas, United States.


Staples

Staples (countable and uncountable, plural Stapleses)

A city in Todd County and Wadena County, Minnesota, United States.

Guadalupe County
Guadalupe County#English

A minor city in Guadalupe County, Texas, United States.


Ransom

Ransom (countable and uncountable, plural Ransoms)

A minor city in Ness County, Kansas, also named after Thomas Ransom.


Eastman

Eastman (countable and uncountable, plural Eastmans)

Eastmans (plural)
Eastmond (alternative)

A city, the county seat of Dodge County, Georgia, United States.


Naylor

Naylor (countable and uncountable, plural Naylors)

Naylors (plural)
Nailor (alternative)
Nayler (alternative)

An English occupational surname for a maker of nails.

A minor city in Ripley County, Missouri, United States.


Doran

Doran (countable and uncountable, plural Dorans)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Deoradháin (“descendant of Deoradhán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of deoradh (“pilgrim, exile, stranger”).

der

A minor city in Wilkin County, Minnesota, United States, named after Michael Doran (politician).


Purvis

en-proper noun

Purvis (countable and uncountable, plural Purvises)

Perhaps from Middle English purveys (“provisions, supplies”), hence a metonymic occupational surname for an official responsible of obtaining supplies.

der

A city, the county seat of Lamar County, Mississippi, United States.


Easley

A city in Pickens County and Anderson County, South Carolina.


Rincon

en-proper noun

Rincon (countable and uncountable, plural Rincons)

Effingham County
Effingham County#English

A place in the United States:
A city in Effingham County, Georgia.


Whiting

Whiting (countable and uncountable, plural Whitings)

A number of places in the United States:

A minor city and township in Jackson County, Kansas.


Felton

en-prop

Felton (countable and uncountable, plural Feltons)

From Old English feld (“field”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A city in Clay County, Minnesota, United States.


Valdivia

en-proper noun

Valdivia (countable and uncountable, plural Valdivias)

A city and commune, the capital of Valdivia province and Los Ríos region, Chile, named after Pedro de Valdivia.


Monahans

A city, the county seat of Ward County, Texas, United States.


Wray

Wray (countable and uncountable, plural Wrays)

From Old Norse vrá (“nook, corner, recess”).

A small city, the county seat of Yuma County, Colorado, United States.


Banda

A city and district of Chitrakoot division, Uttar Pradesh, India.


Beebe

Beebe (countable and uncountable, plural Beebes)

A city in White County, Arkansas, United States.


Hills

Hills (countable and uncountable, plural Hillses)

A minor city in Johnson County, Iowa, United States.

A minor city in Rock County, Minnesota, United States.


Ellsworth

Ellsworth County
Ellsworth County#English

A city, the county seat of Ellsworth County, Kansas, United States.

A city, the county seat of Hancock County, Maine, United States.

A minor city in Nobles County, Minnesota.


Hemphill

A small city, the county seat of Sabine County, Texas, United States. Named after John Hemphill.


Newberry

From Old English nīewe (“new”) + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“stronghold”).

A place in the United States:
A city in Alachua County, Florida.

A city, the county seat of Newberry County, South Carolina.


Marlow

Marlow (countable and uncountable, plural Marlows)

From Old English mere (“lake, pool”) + hlǣw (“mountain, hill”).

A city in Stephens County, Oklahoma, United States.


Pattaya

Pattaya transitioned from fishing village to open-air brothel. The western-style strip club married the Asian harem: the successful Titty Palace, Purring Pussy, Pussy Galore.

2019, Luke Williams, Down and Out in Paradise: East, West, Sex, Death, Echo, →ISBN:

A resort city in Chonburi Province, Thailand.


Barstow

Barstow (countable and uncountable, plural Barstows)

Barstows (plural)
Bairstow (alternative)
Baistow (alternative)
Bastow (alternative)

From Middle English Bayrestowe, derived from Old English beġer (“berry”) + stōw (“place, location”).

San Bernardino County
San Bernardino County#English

A city in San Bernardino County, California, United States, named after William Barstow Strong.

A small city in Ward County, Texas, United States.


Guntur

A district and city in Andhra Pradesh, India.


Anantapur

From Sanskrit अनन्त (ananta, “endless, boundless, eternal, infinite”) + Telugu పురము (puramu, “city, town”).

der

A city and district of Andhra Pradesh, India.


Condon

en-proper noun

Condon (countable and uncountable, plural Condons)

A small city, the county seat of Gilliam County, Oregon, United States.


Willey

Willey (countable and uncountable, plural Willeys)

From Old English welig (“willow”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to willow + -ley (“lea”).

A city in Carroll County, Iowa, United States.


Burden

Burden (countable and uncountable, plural Burdens)

A minor city in Cowley County, Kansas, United States.


Radford

Radford (countable and uncountable, plural Radfords)

From Old English rēad (“red”) + ford (“ford”).

A place in the United States:
An independent city in Virginia.


Lipscomb

Jefferson County
Jefferson County#English

A city in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States.


Gaffney

Gaffney (countable and uncountable, plural Gaffneys)

Gaffneys (plural)
Gaffaney (alternative)
Goffney (alternative)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gamhna (“descendant of Gamhain”), a byname from gamhain (“calf”).

der

A city, the county seat of Cherokee County, South Carolina, United States.


Durant

Muscatine County
Muscatine County#English

A city in Cedar County, Muscatine County and Scott County, Iowa, United States.

A city in Holmes County, Mississippi, United States.

A city, the county seat of Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States.


Geary

en-proper noun

Geary (countable and uncountable, plural Gearys)

* As an Irish surname, from Ó Gadhra, from gadhar (“hound”)
* As an English surname, from gar (“spear”), as well as a nickname derived from Middle English gery (“unpredictable”)
* As a German surname, from Gehring and Gehrig.

A minor city in Blaine County and Canadian County, Oklahoma, United States, named after Edmund Guerrier.


Ralston

Ralston (countable and uncountable, plural Ralstons)

⇒ Translingual: Ralstonia

From the Old English personal name Rǣdwulf (“Ralph”) + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A city in Carroll County, Iowa, United States.

A city in Douglas County, Nebraska, United States.


Gao

Gao (countable and uncountable, plural Gaos)

Gaos (plural)
Gau (alternative)
Kao (alternative)

A city, the capital of the Gao Region, Mali.


Moulton

en-prop

Moulton (countable and uncountable, plural Moultons)

Moultons (plural)
Muleton (alternative)
Multon (alternative)

From the Old English personal name Mūla + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A city, the county seat of Lawrence County, Alabama, United States.

Appanoose County
Appanoose County#English

A small city in Appanoose County, Iowa, United States.


Landrum

Spartanburg County
Spartanburg County#English

A city in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States.


Alcaraz

From Spanish Alcaraz, from Arabic الكرز (al-Karaz), from ال (al-, “the, place of the”) + كرز (karaz, “cherry”).


Menard

en-proper noun

Menard (countable and uncountable, plural Menards)

A small city, the county seat of Menard County, Texas, United States.


Ellington

Ellington (countable and uncountable, plural Ellingtons)

From either the Old English personal name Ella or ǣl (“eel”) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A number of places in the United States:

A minor city in Reynolds County, Missouri.


Butterfield

en-prop

Butterfield (countable and uncountable, plural Butterfields)

A minor city and township in Watonwan County, Minnesota.

A township and minor city therein, in Barry County, Missouri.


Harwood

en-proper noun

Harwood (countable and uncountable, plural Harwoods)

From Old English hara (“hare”) or hār (“hoar, grey”) + wudu (“wood”).

A city in Cass County, North Dakota, United States.


Hardwick

Hardwick (countable and uncountable, plural Hardwicks)

From Old English heord (“herd”) + wīċ (“village”). Compare Hardwicke, which shares the same etymology.

A common placename in England and US:
A place in the United States:
A minor city in Rock County, Minnesota.


Skidmore

Skidmore (countable and uncountable, plural Skidmores)

A minor city in Nodaway County, Missouri.


Wolford

Wolford (countable and uncountable, plural Wolfords)

From Old English wulf (“wolf”) + weard (“guard, protector”). The second element was at some point misanalyzed as ford.

A city in Pierce County, North Dakota, United States.


Clawson

Clawson (countable and uncountable, plural Clawsons)

A city in Oakland County, Michigan, United States.


Newkirk

Newkirk (countable and uncountable, plural Newkirks)

A city, the county seat of Kay County, Oklahoma, named for a settlement named Kirk, which it replaced.


Ratcliff

Ratcliff (countable and uncountable, plural Ratcliffs)

A minor city in Logan County, Arkansas, United States.


Griswold

Griswolds (plural)
Griswood (alternative)
Griswald (alternative)

A city in Iowa; named for railroad director J. N. A. Griswold.


Quinlan

Quinlan (countable and uncountable, plural Quinlans)

* As an Irish surname, from Ó Caoindealbháin, a personal name from caoin + dealbh + -án.
* Also as an Irish surname, from Ó Conalláin. See Connell.

A city in Hunt County, Texas, United States.


Motley

A city in Morrison County and Cass County, Minnesota, United States.


Searcy

A city, the county seat of White County, Arkansas, United States.


Sanborn

Sanborn (countable and uncountable, plural Sanborns)

A minor city in Redwood County, Minnesota.

A minor city in Barnes County, North Dakota.


Littlefield

Littlefield (countable and uncountable, plural Littlefields)

A city, the county seat of Lamb County, Texas, United States.


Mangum

A city, the county seat of Greer County, Oklahoma, United States.


Lumpkin

Lumpkin (countable and uncountable, plural Lumpkins)

→ Russian: Ла́мпкин (Lámpkin)

A small city, the county seat of Stewart County, Georgia, United States.


Wheaton

A city, the county seat of DuPage County, Illinois, United States.

A city, the county seat of Traverse County, Minnesota, United States


Belton

Belton (countable and uncountable, plural Beltons)

From an unexplained first element + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

(uncountable) A placename:
A place in the United States:
A city in Cass County, Missouri.

A city in Anderson County, South Carolina.

A city, the county seat of Bell County, Texas, named after Peter Hansborough Bell.


Halstead

en-proper noun

Halstead (countable and uncountable, plural Halsteads)

A city in Harvey County, Kansas, United States, named after Murat Halstead.


Gobles

He was born at Gobles, Michigan, July 18, 1883, the son of Martin W. and the late Carrie (Smith) Clement.

1940, William Joseph Doty, Charles Edwin Congdon, Lewis Henry Thornton, The Historic Annals of Southwestern New York, page 703:

Van Buren County
Van Buren County#English

A city in Van Buren County, Michigan, United States.


Beattie

Beattie (countable and uncountable, plural Beatties)

A minor city in Marshall County, Kansas, United States.


Mexicali

From Spanish Mexicali, a blend of México + California.

The capital city of the state of Baja California, Mexico, and seat of the Municipality of Mexicali.


Weatherford

Weatherford (countable and uncountable, plural Weatherfords)

A city in Custer County, Oklahoma, United States.

A city, the county seat of Parker County, Texas, United States.


Durand

Durand (countable and uncountable, plural Durands)

A city, the county seat of Pepin County, Wisconsin, United States.


Tennant

Tennant (countable and uncountable, plural Tennants)

A city in Shelby County, Iowa, United States.


Asbury

Asbury (countable and uncountable, plural Asburys)

A city in Dubuque County, Iowa, United States.

A city in Jasper County, Missouri, United States.


Ketchum

A city in Blaine County, Idaho, United States.


Ballinger

Ballinger (countable and uncountable, plural Ballingers)

/ˈbælɪndʒəɹ/

A city, the county seat of Runnels County, Texas, United States.


Landa

Landa (countable and uncountable, plural Landas)

Bottineau County
Bottineau County#English

A city in Bottineau County, North Dakota, United States


Winfield

Winfield (countable and uncountable, plural Winfields)

A number of places in the United States:

A city in Marion County and Fayette County, Alabama.

A city, the county seat of Cowley County, Kansas, named after Winfield Scott (chaplain).

A minor city in Titus County, Texas, named after W. H. Winfield.


Armour

Armour (countable and uncountable, plural Armours)

Armour (disambiguation)#Places
Armour (surname)

A small city, the county seat of Douglas County, South Dakota, United States.


Sayre

Sayre (countable and uncountable, plural Sayres)

A city, the county seat of Beckham County, Oklahoma, United States.


Sumpter

Sumpter (countable and uncountable, plural Sumpters)

From Middle English sumpter (“carrier, or driver of pack animals”).


Everson

en-proper noun

Everson (countable and uncountable, plural Eversons)

A city in Whatcom County, Washington, United States.


Fontana

Fontana (countable and uncountable, plural Fontanas)

From Romance. From Vulgar Latin fontana.

A city in San Bernardino County, California, United States.

A minor city in Miami County, Kansas, United States, named for a spring.

A city in Chaco province, Argentina; derived from the surname.


Morehead

A city, the county seat of Rowan County, Kentucky, United States.


Heflin

A city, the county seat of Cleburne County, Alabama, United States.


Pomeroy

Pomeroy (countable and uncountable, plural Pomeroys)

A small city in Calhoun County, Iowa, United States.

A city, the county seat of Meigs County, Ohio, United States.

A city, the county seat of Garfield County, Washington, United States.


Thornhill

Thornhill (countable and uncountable, plural Thornhills)

A small city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States.


Bussey

Bussey (countable and uncountable, plural Busseys)

Habitational surname of Norman origin, from any of various places in Normandy called Boucé or Bucy.

A city in Marion County, Iowa, United States.


Woodbury

Woodbury (countable and uncountable, plural Woodburys)

From Old English wudu (“wood”) + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).

A number of places in the United States:

Washington County
Washington County#English

Gloucester County
Gloucester County#English

A city, the county seat of Gloucester County, New Jersey.


Gooding

From the Old English hypocorism Gōding, from gōd (“god”) + -ing (“diminutive suffix”).

Godding (alternative)
Goding (alternative)
Goodinge (alternative)
Goodings (alternative)

A city, the county seat of Gooding County, Idaho, United States.


Ackley

Ackley (countable and uncountable, plural Ackleys)

English habitational surname, from Old English āc (“oak”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”), equivalent to oak + -ley (“lea”). Compare Oakley, which has the same origin.

A city in Franklin County, Iowa, United States.


Slayton

Slayton (countable and uncountable, plural Slaytons)

A city, the county seat of Murray County, Minnesota, United States.


Hartwell

Hartwell (countable and uncountable, plural Hartwells)

A city, the county seat of Hart County, Georgia, United States.


Bozeman

en-prop

Bozeman (countable and uncountable, plural Bozemans)

Unofficial results from Gallatin County are in, and they indicate Bozeman voters want to make plastic bags at checkout counters a thing of the past.

2024 November 6, Bryanna Carroll, “Bozeman voters are ready to say goodbye to single-use plastic bags”, in NBC Montana:

A city, the county seat of Gallatin County, Montana, United States.


Shively

en-proper noun

Shively (countable and uncountable, plural Shivelys)

Shivelys (plural)
Shiveley (alternative)

Americanized spelling of Swiss German Schäublin or Scheublin.

(uncountable) A placename, from the surname:

A city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States.


Beardsley

Beardsley (countable and uncountable, plural Beardsleys)

Big Stone County
Big Stone County#English

A minor city in Big Stone County, Minnesota, named after W. W. Beardsley.


Baxley

Baxley (countable and uncountable, plural Baxleys)

A city, the county seat of Appling County, Georgia, United States.


Lamont

Lamont (countable and uncountable, plural Lamonts)


Bonham

A city, the county seat of Fannin County, Texas, United States.


Farah

The provincial capital of Farah Province, Afghanistan.


Mallard

Mallard (countable and uncountable, plural Mallards)

Palo Alto County
Palo Alto County#English

A minor city in Palo Alto County, Iowa, United States, named for the duck.


Hermosillo

Holonym: Hermosillo municipality


Rigby

Rigby (countable and uncountable, plural Rigbys)

A city, the county seat of Jefferson County, Idaho, United States.


Crittenden

Crittenden (countable and uncountable, plural Crittendens)

A city in Grant County and Kenton County, Kentucky, United States.


Niles

Niles (countable and uncountable, plural Nileses)

A city in Berrien County and Cass County, Michigan, named after Hezekiah Niles.

A city in Trumbull County, Ohio, named after Hezekiah Niles.


Cumming

Cumming (countable and uncountable, plural Cummings)

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic Cuimeinich, presumably from Anglo-Norman de Comyn, which was a surname of toponymic origin, either from Commin near Rouen or Comines near Lille.

bor+

A city, the county seat of Forsyth County, Georgia, United States.

A small city in Warren County, Iowa, United States.


Bunnell

A city, the county seat of Flagler County, Florida, United States.


Kingsbury

en-proper noun

Kingsbury (countable and uncountable, plural Kingsburys)

Kingsburys (plural)
Kingsberry (alternative)

Originally from Old English Cingesberia, Chinesburie, &c., from cyninges (“king's”) + burh (“fort, manor, town”). Later derived from earlier places named Kingsbury and from people bearing the surname. Equivalent to king's -bury. Doublet of Kingsburg, Kingsburgh, and Conisbrough. Cf. Kingstown, Kingston, Kingsville, Coniston, Conington, and Queensbury.

doublet

A place in the United States of America:

A small city in Guadalupe County, Texas.


Morehouse

en-proper noun

Morehouse (countable and uncountable, plural Morehouses)

New Madrid County
New Madrid County#English

A city in New Madrid County, Missouri, United States.


Whitehouse

en-prop

Whitehouse (countable and uncountable, plural Whitehouses)

A number of places in the United States:


Burwell

en-proper noun

Burwell (countable and uncountable, plural Burwells)

A city, the county seat of Garfield County, Nebraska, United States.


Wilber

Wilber (countable and uncountable, plural Wilbers)

A city, the county seat of Saline County, Nebraska, United States.


Stilwell

Stilwell (countable and uncountable, plural Stilwells)

A city, the county seat of Adair County, Oklahoma, United States.


Hindman

A small city, the county seat of Knott County, Kentucky, United States.


Chaffee

Chaffee (countable and uncountable, plural Chaffees)

From Old French chauf (“bald”), perhaps through Norman.

A city in Scott County, Missouri, United States.


Boardman

Boardman (countable and uncountable, plural Boardmans)


Claxton

Claxton (countable and uncountable, plural Claxtons)

From either the Old Norse personal name Klakkr or Old English clacc (“hill, peak”) + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A city, the county seat of Evans County, Georgia, United States.


Loveland

Loveland (countable and uncountable, plural Lovelands)

A city in Hamilton County, Clermont County and Warren County, Ohio.


Tolley

Tolley (countable and uncountable, plural Tolleys)

A minor city in Renville County, North Dakota, United States.


Dilley

Dilley (countable and uncountable, plural Dilleys)

Possibly a pet form of an unrecorded Old English personal name *Dylla, found in placenames such as Dillington or Dilton.

A city in Frio County, Texas, United States.


Marlin

Marlin (countable and uncountable, plural Marlins)

A city in Falls County, Texas, United States. Named after John Marlin.


Slaton

Slaton (countable and uncountable, plural Slatons)

A city in Lubbock County, Texas, United States, named after O. L. Slaton.


Appleby

Appleby (countable and uncountable, plural Applebys)

Applebys (plural)
Applebee (alternative)

From Old English æppel (“apple”) and Old Norse býr (“farm, town”), from the root of the verb Old Norse búa (“to dwell”).

A small city in Nacogdoches County, Texas, United States.

Nacogdoches County
Nacogdoches County#English


Deming

Deming (countable and uncountable, plural Demings)

A city, the county seat of Luna County, New Mexico, United States.


Brookshire

Brookshire (countable and uncountable, plural Brookshires)

Brookshires (plural)
Brooksher (alternative)
Brookshier (alternative)

Unexplained, but perhaps related to Brookshaw.

unk

Unexplained

A city in Waller County, Texas, United States.


Kite

en-proper noun

Kite (countable and uncountable, plural Kites)

* As an English surname, from the noun kite (“bird of prey”).
* As a German surname, Americanized from Keith.
* Also as an English surname, from placenames derived from Old English cȳte (“hut, cottage”).

A minor city in Johnson County, Georgia, United States, named after Shaderick Kight, who chose the spelling.


Burgin

Burgin (countable and uncountable, plural Burgins)

A minor city in Mercer County, Kentucky, United States.


Vermillion

Vermillion (countable and uncountable, plural Vermillions)

A city, the county seat of Clay County, South Dakota, United States.


Beckley

Beckley (countable and uncountable, plural Beckleys)

"Becca's wood or clearing", from Old English personal name Becca + lēah (“wood, clearing”).

A city, the county seat of Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. Named after John J. Beckley.


Hagerman

Hagerman (countable and uncountable, plural Hagermans)

A place in the United States:
A minor city in Gooding County, Idaho.


Delano

A city in Kern County, California, United States, named in honor of the Secretary of the Interior at the time, Columbus Delano.


Bushnell

Bushnell (countable and uncountable, plural Bushnells)

A city, the county seat of Sumter County, Florida, United States.

McDonough County
McDonough County#English

A city in McDonough County, Illinois, United States.


Eubank

Eubank (countable and uncountable, plural Eubanks)

Topographic surname, from Old English īw (“yew”) + banc (“bank, hillock, embankment”).

A city in Pulaski County, Kentucky, United States.


Greenway

Greenway (countable and uncountable, plural Greenways)

A place name:
In the United States:
A minor city in Clay County, Arkansas.


Port Moody

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A city in Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada.


Coquitlam

From a Coast Salish term meaning "red fish up the river".

A city in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada.


Forest

Forest (countable and uncountable, plural Forests)

A city, the county seat of Scott County, Mississippi, United States.


Harriman

Harriman (countable and uncountable, plural Harrimans)

A city located primarily in Roane County, Tennessee, with a small extension into Morgan County.


Elwood

en-prop

Elwood (countable and uncountable, plural Elwoods)

Elwoods (plural)
Allwood (alternative)
Ellwood (alternative)

From the Middle English personal name Elwald, Elwold, Alwold, which is composed of the Old English elements ælf (“elf”) and weald (“rule”).

A city in Madison County and Tipton County, Indiana.

A number of places in the United States:

A small city in Doniphan County, Kansas.


Benham

en-proper noun

Benham (countable and uncountable, plural Benhams)

A minor city in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States.


Summerville

Chattooga County
Chattooga County#English

A city, the county seat of Chattooga County, Georgia, United States.


Pearsall

A city, the county seat of Frio County, Texas, United States.


Holladay

Holladay (countable and uncountable, plural Holladays)

Salt Lake County
Salt Lake County#English

A city in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States.


Racine

Racine (countable and uncountable, plural Racines)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Racine.wav

A small city in Mower County, Minnesota, United States.

A city, the county seat of Racine County, Wisconsin.


Barnwell

A city, the county seat of Barnwell County, South Carolina, United States.


Welton

Welton (countable and uncountable, plural Weltons)

From Old English wella (“well, spring, stream”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

A minor city and township in Clinton County, Iowa, United States.


Dilworth

en-proper noun

Dilworth (countable and uncountable, plural Dilworths)

A habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from Old English dile (“dill, anise”) + worþ (“enclosure”).

A city in Clay County, Minnesota, United States.


Humble

Humble (countable and uncountable, plural Humbles)

A city in Harris County, Texas, United States, the former home of Humble Oil.


Halliday

Halliday (countable and uncountable, plural Hallidays)

A minor city in Dunn County, North Dakota, United States.


Findlay

Findlay (countable and uncountable, plural Findlays)

A city, the county seat of Hancock County, Ohio.


Williamsburg

* From Williams + -burg.
** (Brooklyn): Named after Jonathan Williams.
* From William + -s- + -burg.
** (Indiana): Named after its founder William Johnson.

The name of many places in the USA.
A city in Iowa County, Iowa.

A small city in Franklin County, Kansas.

A home rule city, the county seat of Whitley County, Kentucky.

James City County
James City County#English

An independent city, the county seat of James City County, Virginia.


James City

(historical) An incorporation (city) established in the Virginia Colony in 1619, of which part is now in James City County, Virginia.


Marengo

A city in Illinois; named for the Battle of Marengo in Piedmont, in which Napoleon defeated the Austrians.


Dodgeville

A city, the county seat of Iowa County, Wisconsin, United States.


Columbia City

A city, the county seat of Whitley County, Indiana, United States.

A city in Columbia County, Oregon, United States.


St. George

St George (alternative)
Saint George (alternative)

St. George Island
St. George Island#English

Pribilof Islands
Pribilof Islands#English

A small city on St. George Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska.

Pottawatomie County
Pottawatomie County#English

A small city in Pottawatomie County, Kansas, United States.

A city, the county seat of Washington County, Utah, United States.


Traverse City

Grand Traverse County
Grand Traverse County#English

A city, the county seat of Grand Traverse County, Michigan, United States.


Moultrie

Moultrie (countable and uncountable, plural Moultries)

Moultries (plural)
Moultry (alternative)

A city, the county seat of Colquitt County, Georgia, United States.


Stockdale

Stockdale (countable and uncountable, plural Stockdales)

Stockdales (plural)
Stockdill (alternative)
Stogdale (alternative)
Stogdill (alternative)
Stogsdill (alternative)

Habitational surname from a minor place in Cumbria, from Old English stocc (“tree trunk”) + dæl (“valley”).

A city in Wilson County, Texas, United States.


Atwater

Atwater (countable and uncountable, plural Atwaters)

Atwaters (plural)
Attwater (alternative)

From at + water, a toponymic surname for someone who lived by a river or lake.

A city in Merced County, California, United States.

Kandiyohi County
Kandiyohi County#English

A city in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, United States.


Woodland

A number of places in the United States:

A city, the county seat of Yolo County, California.

A small city in Hennepin County, Minnesota.

A city in Clark County and Cowlitz County, Washington.


New Bern

A city, the county seat of Craven County, North Carolina; named for Bern, Switzerland.


Hinckley

Hinckley (countable and uncountable, plural Hinckleys)

A city and township in Pine County, Minnesota, named after Isaac Hinckley.


Lakin

Lakin (countable and uncountable, plural Lakins)

A city, the county seat of Kearny County, Kansas.


Heppner

A city, the county seat of Morrow County, Oregon, United States.


Ashburn

A city, the county seat of Turner County, Georgia, United States.


Murchison

Murchison (countable and uncountable, plural Murchisons)

/məːt͡ʃɪsən/

Henderson County
Henderson County#English

A small city in Henderson County, Texas, United States.


Brownfield

A city, the county seat of Terry County, Texas, United States.


Hazard

Hazard (countable and uncountable, plural Hazards)

A home rule city, the county seat of Perry County, Kentucky, United States.


Folkston

From Folks + -ton; named after William Brandon Folks M.D.

A city, the county seat of Charlton County, Georgia, United States.


Blackshear

Blackshear (countable and uncountable, plural Blackshears)

A city, the county seat of Pierce County, Georgia, United States.


Eskridge

Eskridge (countable and uncountable, plural Eskridges)

Wabaunsee County
Wabaunsee County#English

A minor city in Wabaunsee County, Kansas, United States, named after Charles V. Eskridge.


Wadley

Wadley (countable and uncountable, plural Wadleys)

From either the Old English personal name Wada or wād (“woad”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

Jefferson County
Jefferson County#English

A city in Jefferson County, Georgia, United States.


Galesburg

A city, the county seat of Knox County, Illinois, named after founder George Washington Gale.

A number of places in the United States:

Kalamazoo County
Kalamazoo County#English

A small city in Traill County, North Dakota.


Lepe

A city and municipality of Huelva, Andalusia, Spain.


Vincennes

François-Marie Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes

From French Vincennes, ultimately from a Gaulish root. The US placename was named after François-Marie Bissot, Lord of Vincennes in France.

A city and commune of Val-de-Marne department, Île-de-France, France.

A city, the county seat of Knox County, Indiana, United States.


Burlingame

Burlingame (countable and uncountable, plural Burlingames)

A variant of Burlingham, itself from the Old English personal name *Bærla or *Byrla + -ing (“diminutive marker”) + hām (“homestead”).

San Mateo County
San Mateo County#English

A place in the United States:
A city in San Mateo County, California.

A place in the United States:
A minor city in Osage County, Kansas.


Barbourville

A home rule city, the county seat of Knox County, Kentucky, United States.


Bogard

Bogard (countable and uncountable, plural Bogards)

Shortened form of Dutch van der Bogaard.

A minor city in Carroll County, Missouri.


Drain

* As an Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, from Ó Dreain (“descendant of Drean”), probably from dreán (“wren, songbird”) (see Welsh dryw (“wren”)).
* Also as an Irish surname, from Ó Druacháin; see Drohan.
* As an English surname, occupational surname related to the noun drain.
* Also as an English surname, spelling variant of Drane.
* As a French surname, reduced from Derain, from Old French dererain (“the last”), nickname for the youngest son of a family; see derrière (“behind”).

A city in Douglas County, Oregon, United States.


Bridgewater

From bridge + water.
The town in Nova Scotia is named for its location next to a bridge over the LaHave River.

/ˈbɹɪd͡ʒ.wɑ.təɹ/

A city in Adair County, Iowa, United States.

A city in McCook County, South Dakota, United States.


Barwick

Barwick (countable and uncountable, plural Barwicks)

From Old English bere (“barley”) + wīc (“village”).

A city in Thomas County, Georgia, United States.


Rockland

en-prop

Rockland (countable and uncountable, plural Rocklands)


Edina

Grand Bassa County
Grand Bassa County#English

A city in Grand Bassa County, Liberia, named after Edinburgh in Scotland.

A city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States.

A city, the county seat of Knox County, Missouri, United States.


Towner

en-proper noun

Towner (countable and uncountable, plural Towners)

A small city, the county seat of McHenry County, North Dakota, United States.


Lockridge

Lockridge (countable and uncountable, plural Lockridges)

A city in Jefferson County, Iowa, United States.


Tye

Tye (countable and uncountable, plural Tyes)

A city in Taylor County, Texas, United States, named after John P. Tye.


Mount Vernon

United States of America
United States of America

Montgomery County
Montgomery County#English

The name of many places in the United States of America:

A city, the county seat of Montgomery County, Georgia.

A city, the county seat of Jefferson County, Illinois.

A city, the county seat of Posey County, Indiana.

Rockcastle County
Rockcastle County#English

A home rule city, the county seat of Rockcastle County, Kentucky.

A city, the county seat of Lawrence County, Missouri.

Westchester County
Westchester County#English

A city, the county seat of Knox County, Ohio.

A small city in Davison County, South Dakota.

A city, the county seat of Skagit County, Washington.


Knoxville

The name of a number of places in the United States of America:

A city, the county seat of Marion County, Iowa.

A large city, the county seat of Knox County, Tennessee.


Freer

Freer (countable and uncountable, plural Freers)

A city in Duval County, Texas, United States.


Plasencia

A market city in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain.


Sealy

Sealy (countable and uncountable, plural Sealys)

A city in Austin County, Texas, United States, named after George Sealy.


Hearne

Hearne (countable and uncountable, plural Hearnes)

Robertson County
Robertson County#English

A city in Robertson County, Texas, United States.


Hot Springs

A city, the county seat of Garland County, Arkansas, United States.

Fall River County
Fall River County#English

A city, the county seat of Fall River County, South Dakota, United States.


Lake City

Most places appear to get their names from the presence of lakes, but one or two are derived from the surname Lake.

Craighead County
Craighead County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A city in Arkansas, and one of the two county seats of Craighead County.

A city, the county seat of Columbia County, Florida.

A city in Calhoun County, Iowa, named after Lake Creek.

Missaukee County
Missaukee County#English

A city, the county seat of Missaukee County, Michigan.

A city in Wabasha County and Goodhue County, Minnesota.

A city in Florence County, South Carolina.


Elkader

Named after Algerian leader Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza'iri.

A city, the county seat of Clayton County, Iowa, United States.


St. Helens

A city, the county seat of Columbia County, Oregon, United States.


Portage

A city in Portage Township, Porter County, Indiana.

A city, the county seat of Columbia County, Wisconsin.


Amersfoort

/ˈɑməɹsfɔɹt/

/ˈɑːməsfɔːt/

A city and municipality in Utrecht province, Netherlands.


Hillsboro

Hillsboro
Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire

Variant of Hillsborough. The civil parish is named after British politician Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire (1718 - 1793). Coined by British-Dutch surveyor Samuel Holland.

coin

A city, the county seat of Montgomery County, Illinois; perhaps named for the area's hilly terrain, or for Hillsborough, North Carolina.

A city in Kansas; named for early settler John Gillespie Hill.

A city, the county seat of Jefferson County, Missouri; a translation of Monticello (literally “little mount”), the home of President Thomas Jefferson.

A city, the county seat of Traill County, North Dakota; named for Canadian-American railroad official James J. Hill.

A city, the county seat of Highland County, Ohio; named for nearby hills.

Washington County
Washington County#English

A city, the county seat of Washington County, Oregon; named for early settler and Oregon politician David Hill.

A city, the county seat of Hill County, Texas; named for its county.


Lenoir

en-proper noun

Lenoir (countable and uncountable, plural Lenoirs)

A city, the county seat of Caldwell County, North Carolina, United States.


Kennett

Kennett (countable and uncountable, plural Kennetts)

A city, the county seat of Dunklin County, Missouri, United States


Banning

Riverside County
Riverside County#English

A city in Riverside County, California, United States.


Manor

English surname, variant of Mayner, of Norman origin, from a Proto-Germanic personal name composed of the elements *maginą (“power, might”) + *harjaz (“army”).

A city in Travis County, Texas, United States


Bicknell

Bicknell (countable and uncountable, plural Bicknells)

A city in Knox County, Indiana, United States, named after John Bicknell.


Belmont

Belmont (countable and uncountable, plural Belmonts)

From either French bel (“beautiful”) + mont (“mountain, mount”), or else Italian bel (a clipped form of bello (“beautiful”) + monte (“mountain”).

A number of places in the United States:


American Falls

American Falls (disambiguation)
en:Snake River

American+falls
* (Idaho): Named after the original falls on the Snake River.
* (Niagara): From being on the U.S. side of the international border.

A city, the county seat of Power County, Idaho, United States.


Higbee

Higbee (countable and uncountable, plural Higbees)

Higbees (plural)
Higbie (alternative)
Higby (alternative)

Unknown; even though it looks like a habitational surname, no place with this name is known in England.

A city in Randolph County, Missouri, United States.


Tingley

Tingley (countable and uncountable, plural Tingleys)

A minor city in Ringgold County, Iowa, United States.


Bainbridge

Bainbridge (countable and uncountable, plural Bainbridges)

From Bain (“a river in North Yorkshire”) + Old English brycġ (“bridge”).

A city, the county seat of Decatur County, Georgia.


Brewton

Brewton (countable and uncountable, plural Brewtons)

A city, the county seat of Escambia County, Alabama, United States.


Moline

Moline (countable and uncountable, plural Molines)

Rock Island County
Rock Island County#English

A city and township in Rock Island County, Illinois.

A place in the United States:
A minor city in Elk County, Kansas.


Lewisburg

A home rule city in Logan County, Kentucky, United States.

A city, the county seat of Marshall County, Tennessee, United States.

Greenbrier County
Greenbrier County#English

A city, the county seat of Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States.


Pelham

Pelham (countable and uncountable, plural Pelhams)

From the Old English personal name *Pēola + hām (“homestead”).

A city in Shelby County, Alabama, United States.

A city in Mitchell County, Georgia, United States.


Seguin

Seguin (countable and uncountable, plural Seguins)

Guadalupe County
Guadalupe County#English

A city, the county seat of Guadalupe County, Texas, United States.


La Crosse

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-La Crosse.wav

La Crosse County
La Crosse County#English

A city, the county seat of La Crosse County, Wisconsin.

A city, the county seat of Rush County, Kansas.


Mount Carmel

From Hebrew כַּרְמֶל (karmél, literally “vineyard of God”).

der

A city, the county seat of Wabash County, Illinois.


Wabash

Via French Ouabache, from Miami [Term?] (“it shines white”), referring to the Wabash River (which has a limestone bed), ultimately from Proto-Algonquian *wa·p- (“(be) white”).

A number of places in the United States:

A city, the county seat of Wabash County, Indiana.


Blanding

en-proper noun

Blanding (countable and uncountable, plural Blandings)

A city in San Juan County, Utah, United States.


Merced

Merced (countable and uncountable, plural Merceds)

A city, the county seat of Merced County, California, United States.


Wetmore

Wetmore (countable and uncountable, plural Wetmores)

A place in the United States:
A minor city in Nemaha County, Kansas.


Safford

Safford (countable and uncountable, plural Saffords)

A city, the county seat of Graham County, Arizona, United States.


Lawrenceville

A city, the county seat of Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States.

A city, the county seat of Lawrence County, Illinois, United States.


Monticello

/ˌmɑntɨˈt͡ʃɛloʊ/

Originally borrowed from Italian monticello (“little mount”). Many places in the United States are named after Thomas Jefferson's estate. Cognate to French monceau (“heap, pile”) and Spanish montecillo (“hill”).

The name of many places in the United States:

A city, the county seat of Drew County, Arkansas.

Jefferson County
Jefferson County#English

A city, the county seat of Jefferson County, Florida.

A city, the county seat of Jasper County, Georgia.

A city, the county seat of Piatt County, Illinois.

A city, the county seat of White County, Indiana.

A home rule city, the county seat of Wayne County, Kentucky.

A city, the county seat of San Juan County, Utah.


White Plains

A small city in Greene County, Georgia, United States.

A home rule city in Hopkins County, Kentucky, United States.

A city, the county seat of Westchester County, New York, United States.


New Castle

New Castle County
New Castle County#English

A city in New Castle County, Delaware, United States.

A city, the county seat of Henry County, Indiana, United States.

A home rule city, the county seat of Henry County, Kentucky.

A city, the county seat of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States.


Lawrenceburg

A city, the county seat of Dearborn County, Indiana, United States.

A home rule city, the county seat of Anderson County, Kentucky, United States.

A city, the county seat of Lawrence County, Tennessee, United States.


Susanville

From Susan + -ville. Named after Susan Roop, the daughter of Isaac Roop, the original name of Susanville was Rooptown.

A city, the county seat of Lassen County, California, United States.


Mellen

Mellen (countable and uncountable, plural Mellens)

From the Dutch surname, spelling variant of Melin.

A minor city in Ashland County, Wisconsin, United States.


Paton

Paton (countable and uncountable, plural Patons)

Scottish patronymic surname from a hypocoristic form of the personal name Patrick + Old French -on.

A city and township in Greene County, Iowa, United States.


Chatfield

Chatfield (countable and uncountable, plural Chatfields)

Habitational surname from a place in Sussex, from the Old English personal name Ceatta + feld (“field”).

A city in Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States.


Fort-de-France

/ˌfɔː də ˈfɹɒ̃s/

/ˌfɔː də ˈfɹɑːns/

The capital city of the overseas department of Martinique, France.


Thompson Falls

A city, the county seat of Sanders County, Montana, United States, named after David Thompson.


Farwell

Farwell (countable and uncountable, plural Farwells)

A tiny city in Pope County, Minnesota, United States.

A small city, the county seat of Parmer County, Texas, United States.


Owingsville

From Owings + -ville, named after Colonel Thomas Dye Owings.

A home rule city, the county seat of Bath County, Kentucky, United States.


Warm Springs

Meriwether County
Meriwether County#English

A small city in Meriwether County, Georgia, United States.


Alturas

A city, the county seat of Modoc County, California, United States.


Medicine Lodge

A city, the county seat of Barber County, Kansas, United States.


Goodhue

A city in Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States.


Red Wing

From the title of a Sioux chief, which in turn is from the use of a dyed swan's wing as a symbol of rank.

A city, the county seat of Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States.


San Patricio

San Patricio County
San Patricio County#English

A small city in Nueces County and San Patricio County, Texas, United States.


Stevens Point

Named after George Stevens, a local trader.

A city, the county seat of Portage County, Wisconsin, United States.


Ripoll

The capital of Ripollès, Girona, Catalonia.


Flemingsburg

A home rule city, the county seat of Fleming County, Kentucky, United States.


Scottsburg

A city, the county seat of Scott County, Indiana, United States.


Scott City

A city, the county seat of Scott County, Kansas, United States, named after Winfield Scott.

Cape Girardeau County
Cape Girardeau County#English

A city in Cape Girardeau County and Scott County, Missouri, United States.


Shakopee

A city, the county seat of Scott County, Minnesota, United States.


Huntsville

Sidewalks in Huntsville were mostly decorative. People drove their SUVs to grocery stores two blocks away, their air-conditioning on full blast.

2020, Yaa Gyasi, Transcendent Kingdom, Viking (2021), page 103:

A city, the county seat of Madison County, Alabama, United States.

A city, the county seat of Madison County, Arkansas, United States.

A city, the county seat of Randolph County, Missouri, United States.

There was this boy I sent to the gas chamber at Huntsville here a while back. My arrest and my testimony. He killed a fourteen-year-old girl. Papers said it was a crime of passion but he told me there wasn't any passion to it. Told me that he'd been planning to kill somebody for about as long as he could remember. Said that if they turned him out he'd do it again.

2007, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men (motion picture), spoken by Ed Tom Bell (Tommy Lee Jones):

A city, the county seat of Walker County, Texas, United States.


Viroqua

A city, the county seat of Vernon County, Wisconsin, United States.


Leesville

A city, the parish seat of Vernon Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Watseka

From the name of a Native American woman, Watseka.

A city, the county seat of Iroquois County, Illinois, United States.


Batesville

Independence County
Independence County#English

A city, the county seat of Independence County, Arkansas, United States.

A city in Franklin County and Ripley County, Indiana, United States.

A city in Mississippi, United States and one of the two county seats of Panola County.


Summersville

From Summer or Summers (“surnames”) + -ville.

A small city in Shannon County and Texas County, Missouri, United States.

A city, the county seat of Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States.


Ellaville

A city, the county seat of Schley County, Georgia, United States.


Bardwell

en-prop

Bardwell (countable and uncountable, plural Bardwells)

Bardwells (plural)
Bardell (alternative)
Bodwell (alternative)

From either the Old English personal name Bearda or breord (“brim, rim, edge”) + wella (“well, spring, stream”).

A small city, the county seat of Carlisle County, Kentucky, United States.

A small city in Ellis County, Texas, United States.


Pauls Valley

A city, the county seat of Garvin County, Oklahoma, United States. Named after Smith Paul.


Wabasha

A city, the county seat of Wabasha County, Minnesota, United States.


Goodyear

en-proper noun

Goodyear (countable and uncountable, plural Goodyears)

Probably a nickname from Middle English good + year, bestowed on someone who frequently used the expression.

A city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States.


Rockwood

Rockwood (countable and uncountable, plural Rockwoods)

A number of places in the United States:


Rogersville

A city in Greene County and Webster County, Missouri, United States.


Axtell

Axtell (countable and uncountable, plural Axtells)

Two possible origins:
* An Anglicized form of the Old Norse personal name Ásketill, which is composed of the elements áss (“god”) + ketill (“kettle, cauldron”).
* Occupational surname for a salt merchant, from Middle English hacksalt (“salt-chopper”).

der

A city in Marshall County, Kansas, United States.


Wiltz

One of the twelve cantons of Luxembourg, located in the north-west of the country.


Rosemead

Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County#English

A city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.


Corry

en-proper noun

Corry (countable and uncountable, plural Corrys)

Two main origins:
* Reduced form of McCorry, a surname of Irish origin.
* A variant spelling of Corrie, a surname of Scottish Gaelic origin.

A city in Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States.


Summerfield

Summerfield (countable and uncountable, plural Summerfields)

A minor city in Marshall County, Kansas.


Sargeant

Sargeant (countable and uncountable, plural Sargeants)

A township and minor city therein, in Mower County, Minnesota, United States.


Millington

Millington (countable and uncountable, plural Millingtons)

From Old English mylen (“mill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States.


Mandeville

Mandeville (countable and uncountable, plural Mandevilles)

St. Tammany Parish
St. Tammany Parish#English

A city in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Anamosa

A city, the county seat of Jones County, Iowa, United States.


Ellisville

A city in Mississippi, United States and one of the two county seats of Jones County.

St. Louis County
St. Louis County#English

A city in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States.


Murdo

A small city, the county seat of Jones County, South Dakota, United States.


Nezperce

A small city, the county seat of Lewis County, Idaho, United States.


Vanceburg

From Vance + -burg, after William Vance, one of the town's two founders.

A home rule city, the county seat of Lewis County, Kentucky, United States.


Hohenwald

A city, the county seat of Lewis County, Tennessee, United States.


Chehalis

From Lower Chehalis C̓x̣íl̕əš (“Westport, Washington”).

bor

A city, the county seat of Lewis County, Washington, United States.


Van Wert

A small city in Decatur County, Iowa, United States, named after the city in Ohio.

A city, the county seat of Van Wert County, Ohio, United States. Named after Isaac Van Wart.


Hyden

A tiny home rule city, the county seat of Leslie County, Kentucky, United States.


Silverton

A number of places in the United States:

A small city, the county seat of Briscoe County, Texas.


Pasco

A city, the county seat of Franklin County, Washington, United States.


Marquette

en-proper noun

Marquette (countable and uncountable, plural Marquettes)

A small city in Clayton County, Iowa, United States.

McPherson County
McPherson County#English

A small city in McPherson County, Kansas, United States.

“I figure I’ll fly up to Marquette—I’ve got a buddy up there—I’ll take a look around, try to get some information on what’s going on, maybe get some supplies, and come back.”

2014, Emily St. John Mandel, Station Eleven, Picador (2022), page 248:

Marquette County
Marquette County#English

A city, the county seat of Marquette County, Michigan, United States.


Woodburn

Woodburn (countable and uncountable, plural Woodburns)

A city in Maumee Township, Allen County, Indiana.

A place name:
A place in the United States:
A minor city in Clarke County, Iowa.

A minor city in Warren County, Kentucky.

A place name:
A place in the United States:
A city in Marion County, Oregon.


Fordyce

Fordyce (countable and uncountable, plural Fordyces)

A city, the county seat of Dallas County, Arkansas, United States.


Maddock

Maddock (countable and uncountable, plural Maddocks)

A city in Benson County, North Dakota, United States.


Panguitch

A city, the county seat of Garfield County, Utah, United States.


Creswell

Creswell (countable and uncountable, plural Creswells)

Creswells (plural)
Chriswell (alternative)
Cresswell (alternative)
Crisell (alternative)
Criswell (alternative)

From Old English cærse (“watercress”) + welle (“well, spring”).

A city in Lane County, Oregon, United States.


St. Clairsville

From St. Clair + -s- + -ville. Named after Arthur St. Clair.

A city, the county seat of Belmont County, Ohio, United States.


Windom

Cottonwood County
Cottonwood County#English

A city, the county seat of Cottonwood County, Minnesota, United States.


Vinita

A city, the county seat of Craig County, Oklahoma, United States. Named after sculptress Vinnie Ream; the change in spelling is a mystery.


Godley

Godley (countable and uncountable, plural Godleys)

Godleys (plural)
Godlee (alternative)
Goodleigh (alternative)

From the Old English byname Gōda + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

A minor city in Johnson County, Texas, United States.


Banfield

Banfield (countable and uncountable, plural Banfields)

English and Irish (by way of Norman) surname, from Banville in Calvados. Sometimes confused with Bonfield, Benfield, but unrelated.

A city within Buenos Aires, Argentina, named after Edward Banfield (railroad engineer).


Sebring

Highlands County
Highlands County#English

A city, the county seat of Highlands County, Florida, United States.


Millwood

Millwood (countable and uncountable, plural Millwoods)

A number of places in the United States:


Borger

Borger (countable and uncountable, plural Borgers)

Hutchinson County
Hutchinson County#English

A city in Hutchinson County, Texas, United States, named after Asa Phillip "Ace" Borger.


Colquitt

Colquitt (countable and uncountable, plural Colquitts)

A small city, the county seat of Miller County, Georgia, United States.


Cozad

Cozad (countable and uncountable, plural Cozads)

A city in Dawson County, Nebraska, United States.


Anaconda

Deer Lodge County
Deer Lodge County#English

A city, the county seat of Deer Lodge County, Montana, United States, situated at the foot of the Anaconda Range.


Deer Lodge

A city, the county seat of Powell County, Montana, United States.


Cape Girardeau

Named after a promontory (cape) in the Mississippi River, and Jean Baptiste de Girardot (with a change in spelling).

A city in Cape Girardeau County and Scott County, Missouri, United States.


Rushville

A city, the county seat of Rush County, Indiana, United States.

A small city, the county seat of Sheridan County, Nebraska, United States.


Wayland

Wayland (countable and uncountable, plural Waylands)

From Old English Wēland, related to Old Norse Vǫlundr, Old High German Wiolant (German Wieland). Cf. English wile.

A city and separate township in Allegan County, Michigan.


Ladue

A city in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States.


Scranton

Scranton (countable and uncountable, plural Scrantons)

Lackawanna County
Lackawanna County#English

A city, the county seat of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States.


Torrance

Torrance (countable and uncountable, plural Torrances)

A city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.


Arvin

Arvin (countable and uncountable, plural Arvins)

A city in Kern County, California, United States.


LaFayette

LaFayette (countable and uncountable, plural LaFayettes)

A city, the county seat of Chambers County, Alabama, United States.

A city, the county seat of Walker County, Georgia, United States.

Christian County
Christian County#English

A home rule city in Christian County, Kentucky, United States.


Reynosa

Reynosa (countable and uncountable, plural Reynosas)

A city in Tamaulipas, Mexico, located on the Mexico–United States border.


Quanah

A city, the county seat of Hardeman County, Texas, United States.


Colusa

A city, the county seat of Colusa County, California, United States.


Cortland

A city, the county seat of Cortland County, New York, United States.

A city in Trumbull County, Ohio, United States.


Crystal City

Jefferson County
Jefferson County#English

A city in Jefferson County, Missouri, United States.

A city, the county seat of Zavala County, Texas, United States.


Eminence

A home rule city in Henry County, Kentucky, United States.

A city, the county seat of Shannon County, Missouri, United States.


Austerlitz

Borrowed from German Austerlitz, perhaps from an earlier Neusedlitz, borrowed from an old Czech name Novosedlice.

That dinner at the King’s Arms with his friends had been Henchard’s Austerlitz: he had had his successes since, but his course had not been upward.

1886, Thomas Hardy, chapter XX, in The Mayor of Casterbridge:

Former name of Slavkov u Brna, Czech Republic. The site of Napoleon's victory over the combined Russian and Austrian armies in 1805.


Guymon

A city, the county seat of Texas County, Oklahoma, United States. Named after Edward T. Guymon.


Centerville

A city in Houston County, Georgia; named for its central location relative Macon and Perry.

St. Clair County
St. Clair County#English

Appanoose County
Appanoose County#English

A city, the county seat of Appanoose County, Iowa; named for William Tandy Senter (originally "Senterville").

A small city in Anoka County, Minnesota; named for its central location relative Saint Paul, Anoka, and Stillwater.

A tiny city, the county seat of Reynolds County, Missouri; named for its central location in its county.

Montgomery County
Montgomery County#English

A city in Montgomery County and Greene County, Ohio.

A small city in Turner County, South Dakota; named for its central location relative Parker and Vermillion.

A city, the county seat of Leon County, Texas; named for its central location in its county.

A city in Davis County, Utah; named for its central location relative Farmington and Bountiful.


Hallettsville

A city, the county seat of Lavaca County, Texas, United States.


Port Lavaca

A city and seaport, the county seat of Calhoun County, Texas, United States.


Kewaunee

Purportedly from an archaic Menominee term for "duck", "Kewāneh".

A city, the county seat of Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, United States, on Lake Michigan.


Chatsworth

A city, the county seat of Murray County, Georgia, United States.

A small city in Sioux County, Iowa, United States.


Broken Hill

A mining city in far western New South Wales, Australia.

Kabwe 1

the "Broken Hill skull", a famous fossil


Meigs

A city in Mitchell County and Thomas County, Georgia, United States.


Cleghorn

Cleghorn (countable and uncountable, plural Cleghorns)

Cleghorns (plural)
Claghorn (alternative)
Gleghorn (alternative)

Habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.

A minor city in Cherokee County, Iowa, United States.


Wilmer

From Old English willa (“mind, will, determination, purpose, desire, wish”) + mǣre (“famous”), from Proto-Germanic *Wiljamērijaz, from *wiljô + *mērijaz.

inh

A city in Dallas County, Texas, United States, named after A. J. Wilmer.


Waterbury

en-proper noun

Waterbury (countable and uncountable, plural Waterburys)

New Haven County
New Haven County#English

A city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.


St. Joseph

The placenames all come ultimately from the saint's name, either directly (as tributes) or indirectly (if inspired by previously founded places of the same name).

A city, the county seat of Berrien County, Michigan, United States.

A city, the county seat of Buchanan County, Missouri, United States.


Moberly

Moberly (countable and uncountable, plural Moberlys)

A city in Randolph County, Missouri, United States.


Hoxie

A city, the county seat of Sheridan County, Kansas, United States.


Plentywood

A city, the county seat of Sheridan County, Montana, United States.


McClusky

McClusky (countable and uncountable, plural McCluskys)

A small city, the county seat of Sheridan County, North Dakota, United States.


Canandaigua

A city and town, the county seat of Ontario County, New York, United States.


Renwick

Renwick (countable and uncountable, plural Renwicks)

From Old English hræfn (“raven”) + wīc (“abode, dwelling-place”).

A minor city in Humboldt County, Iowa, United States.


Joplin

Joplin (countable and uncountable, plural Joplins)

English surname, from Jobelin (“stupid man, fool”), a diminutive of the biblical name Job, with a negative association of patience with lethargy and stupidity.

A city in Jasper County and Newton County, Missouri.


Avellaneda

Avellaneda (countable and uncountable, plural Avellanedas)

A city, port, and partido in Buenos Aires province, Argentina.


Bartow

A city, the county seat of Polk County, Florida, United States.


Westby

Westby (countable and uncountable, plural Westbys)

A city in Vernon County, Wisconsin, United States, named after Norwegian Ole T. Westby.


Port Gibson

Claiborne County
Claiborne County#English

A city, the county seat of Claiborne County, Mississippi, United States.


Gympie

A city in Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia, 160 kilometres north of Brisbane.


Alvord

Alvord (countable and uncountable, plural Alvords)

A city in Lyon County, Iowa, United States.


Luverne

A city, the county seat of Crenshaw County, Alabama, United States.

A city, the county seat of Rock County, Minnesota, United States.

A tiny city in Steele County, North Dakota, United States.


Crystal Falls

A city, the county seat of Iron County, Michigan, United States.


Parowan

A city, the county seat of Iron County, Utah, United States.


Wilburton

A city, the county seat of Latimer County, Oklahoma, United States.


Garden City

A number of places in the United States:

A city, the county seat of Finney County, Kansas.


Bamyan

From Persian بامیان (bâm(i)yân), from بامیه (bâmiye, “okra”).

Bamian (alternative)
Bamiyan (alternative)


Dakota City

A small city, the county seat of Humboldt County, Iowa, United States.

A city, the county seat of Dakota County, Nebraska, United States.


Dothan

A city, the county seat of Houston County, Alabama, United States. Named after the biblical Dothan.


Idaho City

A small city, the county seat of Boise County, Idaho, United States, which had a much larger population in the 19th century.


Ville Platte

Evangeline Parish
Evangeline Parish#English

A city, the parish seat of Evangeline Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Anoka

Borrowed from Dakota anoka, meaning "on/from both sides," referring to its location on both banks of the Rum River.

A city, the county seat of Anoka County, Minnesota, United States.


Groveton

A city, the county seat of Trinity County, Texas, United States.


Farmington

Washington County
Washington County#English

Several places in the United States:
A city in Washington County, Arkansas.

Several places in the United States:
A city in Fulton County, Illinois.

Van Buren County
Van Buren County#English

Several places in the United States:
A small city in Van Buren County, Iowa.

The former name of Kingsley, a home rule city in Jefferson County, Kentucky.

The former name of Hustonville, a home rule city in Lincoln County, Kentucky.

Several places in the United States:
A city in Oakland County, Michigan.

Several places in the United States:
A city in Dakota County, Minnesota.

St. Francois County
St. Francois County#English

A city, the county seat of St. Francois County, Missouri.

Several places in the United States:
A city in San Juan County, New Mexico.

A city, the county seat of Davis County, Utah.


Longueuil

A city in the region of Montérégie, Quebec, Canada.


Burnaby

British Columbia
British Columbia#English


Goldendale

Klickitat County
Klickitat County#English

A city, the county seat of Klickitat County, Washington, United States.


El Centro

A city, the county seat of Imperial County, California, United States. It is the largest city in the United States that is below sea level.


Pontiac

Most places are named after Pontiac, a war chief, whose name is a borrowing of Ottawa Bwandiag.

Livingston County
Livingston County#English

A city, the county seat of Livingston County, Illinois, United States.

A city, the county seat of Oakland County, Michigan, United States.


Waynesville

From Wayne + -ville, most places are named after Anthony Wayne.

A city, the county seat of Pulaski County, Missouri, United States.


Brownsville

United States of America
United States of America

The name of many places in the United States of America:

A small home rule city, the county seat of Edmonson County, Kentucky.

A small city in Houston County, Minnesota.

A city, the county seat of Haywood County, Tennessee.

A city, the county seat of Cameron County, Texas, named after Fort Brown, which was naned after Jacob Brown.


Orange City

A city in Volusia County, Florida, United States.

A city, the county seat of Sioux County, Iowa, United States. Named after William of Orange.


Mount Holly

A suburban city in Gaston County, North Carolina, United States.


Groesbeck

Limestone County
Limestone County#English

A city, the county seat of Limestone County, Texas, United States. Named after a railroad employee.


Colorado City

A city, the county seat of Mitchell County, Texas, United States.

Old Colorado City

formerly Colorado City, now part of Colorado Springs


Statham

Statham (countable and uncountable, plural Stathams)

Habitational surname from a place in Cheshire, from Old English staþum, dative plural of stæþ (“landing stage”).

A city in Barrow County, Georgia, United States.


Thomasville

A city in Clarke County, Alabama, United States.

A city, the county seat of Thomas County, Georgia, United States.

A city in Davidson County, North Carolina, United States.


Grundy Center

A city, the county seat of Grundy County, Iowa, United States.


Largo

Largo (countable and uncountable, plural Largos)

A city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States.


Westgate

Westgate (countable and uncountable, plural Westgates)

A place in the United States:
A minor city in Fayette County, Iowa.


Belz

A city in Lviv Oblast, in western Ukraine.


Janesville

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Janesville.wav

From Jane + -s- + -ville or Janes + -ville.

Black Hawk County
Black Hawk County#English

A small city in Black Hawk County and Bremer County, Iowa, United States, named after Jane McPherson Barrick.

A city and township in Waseca County, Minnesota, United States.

Whether the closure of this fabled 4.8-million-square-foot facility does or does not destroy Janesville is for the reader to decide.

2017 April 19, Jennifer Senior, “In ‘Janesville,’ When the G.M. Plant Closed, Havoc Followed”, in The New York Times:

A city, the county seat of Rock County, Wisconsin, United States, named after Henry F. Janes.


Owatonna

A city, the county seat of Steele County, Minnesota, United States.


Bellevue

Bellevue (countable and uncountable, plural Bellevues)

Bellevues (plural)
Belle Vue (alternative)
Belle-Vue (alternative)
Belle-vue (alternative)
Belleview (alternative)
Bellvue (alternative)
Bellview (alternative)

Borrowed from French Bellevue and belle (“nice, fair”) + vue (“view”).

A placename
A place in the United States
A city in Blaine County, Idaho.

A placename
A place in the United States
A city in Jackson County, Iowa.

A home rule city in Campbell County, Kentucky.

A placename
A place in the United States
A city in Sarpy County, Nebraska.

A city in Erie County, Huron County and Sandusky County, Ohio.

A placename
A place in the United States
A small city in Clay County, Texas.

A placename
A place in the United States
A city in King County, Washington.


Elkhart

A city in Elkhart County, Indiana, United States.

A city in Polk County, Iowa, United States.

A city, the county seat of Morton County, Kansas, United States.


Roanoke

Borrowed from Powhatan rawrenock (“roanoke”, literally “things rubbed smooth by hand”).

bor+

A city in Randolph County, Alabama, United States.

A city in Denton County, Texas, United States.

An independent city in Virginia, United States.


Cullman

A city, the county seat of Cullman County, Alabama, United States


Sutherlin

A city in Douglas County, Oregon, United States.


Thibodaux

Lafourche Parish
Lafourche Parish#English

A city, the parish seat of Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States. It was named after Henry S. Thibodaux.


Mebane

en-proper noun

Mebane (countable and uncountable, plural Mebanes)

A city in Alamance County, North Carolina, United States.


Saipan

From Chamorro Saipan. A folk etymology connects it with the Carolinian for “empty place”.

Theſe Iſlands were diſcovered by Magellan in the year 1521 ; and by the account given of the two he firſt fell in with, it ſhould ſeem that they were the Iſlands of Saypan and Tinian ; for they are deſcribed in his expedition as very beautiful Iſlands, and as lying between 15 and 16 degrees of North latitude. Theſe characteriſtics are particularly applicable to the two above mentioned places ; for the pleaſing appearance of Tinian hath occaſioned the Spaniards to give it the additional name of Buenaviſta ; and Saypan, which is in the latitude of 15° : 22' North, affords no contemptible proſpedt when ſeen from the ſea, as may be ſufficiently evinced from the annexed view of its North Weſt ſide, taken at three leagues diſtance.

[1748, Richard Walter, A Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. by George Anson, Eſq; Commander in Chief of a Squadron of His Majeſty's Ships, ſent upon an Expedition to the South-Seas., London: J. and P. Knapton, →OCLC, page 337:

Northern Mariana Islands
Northern Mariana Islands#English

An island, the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands


Charlotte Amalie

The capital and the largest city of the U.S. Virgin Islands


Fernandina Beach

A city, the county seat of Nassau County, Florida, United States.


Keosauqua

A small city, the county seat of Van Buren County, Iowa, United States.


Nahunta

A small city, the county seat of Brantley County, Georgia, United States.


Cuero

A city, the county seat of DeWitt County, Texas, United States.


Maheshwar

From Sanskrit महेश्वर (maheśvara); ultimately from महा (mahā, “great”) + ईश्वर (īśvara, “god”).


Riggins

Riggins (countable and uncountable, plural Rigginses)

Unexplained, but possibly a variant of Higgins.

unk

Unexplained

A city in Idaho County, Idaho, United States.


Dysart

en-proper noun

Dysart (countable and uncountable, plural Dysarts)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic dìseart (“hermit's cell, hermitage”), itself from Latin desertum (“desert, waste, solitary spot”).

der

A city in Tama County, Iowa, United States.


Chino

San Bernardino County
San Bernardino County#English

A city in San Bernardino County, California, United States.


Marysville

A city, the county seat of Yuba County, California, United States.

A small city in Marion County, Iowa, United States.

A city, the county seat of Marshall County, Kansas, United States.

St. Clair County
St. Clair County#English

A city in St. Clair County, Michigan, United States.

Snohomish County
Snohomish County#English

A city in Snohomish County, Washington, United States.


Wallingford

en-proper noun

Wallingford (countable and uncountable, plural Wallingfords)

A small city in Emmet County, Iowa, United States.


Pensacola

/ˌpɛnsəˈkəʊlə/

A city, the county seat of Escambia County, Florida, United States.


Port Orchard

Named after Harry Masterman Orchard by George Vancouver.

A city, the county seat of Kitsap County, Washington, United States, named after the strait.


Dali

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大理 (Dàlǐ).


DeLand

A city, the county seat of Volusia County, Florida, United States. Named after Henry Addison DeLand.


Gastonia

A city, the county seat of Gaston County, North Carolina, United States.


Martinsburg

From Martin + -s- + -burg.
* (Indiana): Founded in 1818 by Dr. Abner Martin.

The name of several places in the United States of America:

A small city in Audrain County, Missouri.

A city, the county seat of Berkeley County, West Virginia.


Coshocton

Coshocton County
Coshocton County#English

A city, the county seat of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States.


Kingman

A city, the county seat of Mohave County, Arizona.

A city, the county seat of Kingman County, Kansas.


Waverly

The name of many places in the United States of America:

A small city in Morgan County, Illinois.

A city, the county seat of Bremer County, Iowa.

A small home rule city in Union County, Kentucky.

A small city in Wright County, Minnesota.

Lafayette County
Lafayette County#English

A small city in Lafayette County, Missouri.

Lancaster County
Lancaster County#English

Humphreys County
Humphreys County#English

A city, the county seat of Humphreys County, Tennessee.


Orangeburg

Orangeburg County
Orangeburg County#English

A city, the county seat of Orangeburg County, South Carolina, United States. Named after William IV, Prince of Orange.


Watonga

A city, the county seat of Blaine County, Oklahoma, United States.


Talbotton

From Talbot + -ton, named after Matthew Talbot.

A small city, the county seat of Talbot County, Georgia, United States.


Barnesville

A city, the county seat of Lamar County, Georgia, United States.

A city in Clay County, Minnesota, United States.


Schenectady

From Mohawk skahnéhtati (“beyond the pines”).

Schenectady County
Schenectady County#English

A city, the county seat of Schenectady County, New York, United States.


Lake Charles

The name of many lakes and reservoirs, including:

A city, the parish seat of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, named after the lake.

Calcasieu Parish
Calcasieu Parish#English


McMinnville

A city, the county seat of Yamhill County, Oregon, United States. Named after the city in Tennessee.

A city, the county seat of Warren County, Tennessee, United States. Named after Joseph McMinn.


Yamhill

A small city in Yamhill County, Oregon, United States.


San Joaquin

A city in Fresno County, California, United States.


Van Buren

A number of places in the United States:

A city, the county seat of Crawford County, Arkansas.

A small city, the county seat of Carter County, Missouri.


Strafford

Stafford (alternative)
Stratford (alternative)
Strafforth (alternative)
Stafforth (alternative)

From Old English staithe (“landing place”) + ford.

A city in Greene County, Missouri, United States.


DeWitt

A city and one of the two county seats of Arkansas County, Arkansas; named for DeWitt Clinton.

A city in Iowa; named for American politician and naturalist DeWitt Clinton.

A city in Michigan; named for DeWitt Clinton.


Piggott

Piggott (countable and uncountable, plural Piggotts)

From the Old French personal name Pigot, a pet form of Pic.

A city in Arkansas, United States and one of the two county seats of Clay County.


Grand Marais

A small city, the county seat of Cook County, Minnesota, United States.


Seligman

Seligman (countable and uncountable, plural Seligmans)

A city in Barry County, Missouri, United States.


Loudon

Loudon (countable and uncountable, plural Loudons)

A city, the county seat of Loudon County, Tennessee, United States.


Oberlin

A city, the county seat of Decatur County, Kansas, United States.

A city in Lorain County, Ohio, United States. Also named after J. F. Oberlin.


Bucklin

Bucklin (countable and uncountable, plural Bucklins)

A minor city and township in Ford County, Kansas, United States; the city was named after the township.

A minor city in Linn County, Missouri, United States, named after railroad official James H. Bucklin.


Ringgold

Ringgold (countable and uncountable, plural Ringgolds)

From the German surname, Americanized from Ringold.

A number of places in the United States, those named after Samuel Ringgold (United States Army officer) marked ★.

A city, the county seat of Catoosa County, Georgia. ★


Fort Collins

A city, the county seat of Larimer County, Colorado, United States.


Albury

Albury (countable and uncountable, plural Alburys)

From eald (“old”) + burg (“fort”). Compare other placenames, such as Aldborough, Aldbrough, Aldbury, Aldeburgh and Aldeby, and German Oldenburg.

A major city in New South Wales, Australia, near the border with the neighbouring state of Victoria.


Lackawanna

/ˌlækəˈwɑnə/

From Lenape Lechauwa-hannek : "the river that forks".

A city in Erie County, New York, United States, named after the Lackawanna Steel Company.


Watertown

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

The name of several places in the United States of America:

A city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

A small city in Carver County, Minnesota.

Jefferson County
Jefferson County#English

A city, the county seat of Jefferson County, New York.

United States of America
United States of America

Codington County
Codington County#English

A city, the county seat of Codington County, South Dakota.

A city in Dodge County and Jefferson County, Wisconsin.


Belzoni

A city, the county seat of Humphreys County, Mississippi, United States.


Tacoma

From earlier Takhoma (“the area south of Seattle”), borrowed from Lushootseed təˈkhoʊʔməʔ, təlˈkhoʊʔbəʔ, təloʊʔl (the area surrounding Mount Rainier), from təˡqʷuʔbəʔ (“mother of waters”) in a direct reference to Mount Rainier.

Tahoma (alternative)
Takoma (alternative)
Taquoma (alternative)

A city, the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States.


Gisborne

A city in the Gisborne Region, North Island, New Zealand, named after William Gisborne.


Munising

A city, the county seat of Alger County, Michigan, United States, on Lake Superior, Upper Peninsula.


Elyria

A city, the county seat of Lorain County, Ohio, United States.


Chaska

Borrowed from Dakota čhaské (“oldest son”).

bor+

A city, the county seat of Carver County, Minnesota, United States.


Antlers

Pushmataha County
Pushmataha County#English

A city, the county seat of Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, United States.


Leola

A small city in Grant County, Arkansas, United States.


Carrollton

A number of places in the United States:

A city, the county seat of Carroll County, Georgia.

A city, the county seat of Greene County, Illinois.

A city, the county seat of Carroll County, Kentucky.

A city, the county seat of Carroll County, Missouri.

A city in Denton County, Dallas County and Collin County, Texas.


Hinesville

A city, the county seat of Liberty County, Georgia, United States.


Key West

Borrowed from Spanish Cayo Hueso (literally “Bone Cay”), which was coined in reference to the indigenous use of the island as a gravesite. Modified by folk etymology to Key + West as it is the westernmost inhabited island of the Florida Keys.

Cayo Hueso

island in the Florida Keys, Florida, USA

A city, the county seat of Monroe County, Florida, United States, in the Florida Keys, situated on the island of Key West and surrounding islands.


Parlier

en-proper noun

Parlier (countable and uncountable, plural Parliers)

A city in Fresno County, California, United States.


Artigas

A city and department in north-west Uruguay, named after José Gervasio Artigas.


Allegan

A city, the county seat of Allegan County, Michigan, United States.


San Bernardino

A city, the county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States.


Winnsboro

A city, the parish seat of Franklin Parish, Louisiana, United States.

A city in Franklin County and Wood County, Texas, United States.


Greensburg

A city, the county seat of Decatur County, Indiana, United States.

A small city, the county seat of Kiowa County, Kansas, United States.

A city, the county seat of Green County, Kentucky, United States.

Westmoreland County
Westmoreland County#English

A city, the county seat of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States.


Sublette

A city, the county seat of Haskell County, Kansas, United States.


Stigler

A city, the county seat of Haskell County, Oklahoma, United States.


St. Johns

A city, the county seat of Apache County, Arizona, United States.

A city, the county seat of Clinton County, Michigan, United States.


Tierra Amarilla

From Spanish tierra amarilla (“yellow soil”) (clay in New Mexico).

Copiapó Province
Copiapó Province#English

A city and commune of Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile.


Alamosa

A city and home rule municipality, the county seat of Alamosa County, Colorado, United States.


Walsenburg

From Walsen + -burg, named after Fred Walsen, an early settler.

A small statutory city, the county seat of Huerfano County, Colorado, United States.


Las Animas

A statutory city, the county seat of Bent County, Colorado, United States.


Tucumcari

A city, the county seat of Quay County, New Mexico, United States.


San Luis Obispo

From Spanish San Luis obispo; named after Saint Louis of Toulouse.

He found them on the road just north of San Luis Obispo.

1998, Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents, HEADLINE PUBLISHING GROUP (2019), page 372:

San Luis Obispo County
San Luis Obispo County#English

A city, the county seat of San Luis Obispo County, California, United States.


Salida

A statutory city, the county seat of Chaffee County, Colorado, United States.


Gunnison

A city, the county seat of Gunnison County, Colorado, United States.

A city in Sanpete County, Utah, United States.


La Junta

A city and municipality, the county seat of Otero County, Colorado, United States.


Wolf Point

Roosevelt County
Roosevelt County#English

A city, the county seat of Roosevelt County, Montana, United States.


La Grange

La Grange (countable and uncountable, plural La Granges)

La Granges (plural)
LaGrange (alternative)
laGrange (alternative)
Lagrange (alternative)
la Grange (alternative)
Grange (alternative)
Delagrange (alternative)
DeLaGrange (alternative)
deLaGrange (alternative)
deLagrange (alternative)
DeLagrange (alternative)
De Lagrange (alternative)
de Lagrange (alternative)
de la Grange (alternative)
de La Grange (alternative)
De La Grange (alternative)

A home rule city, the county seat of Oldham County, Kentucky, United States.

A small city in Lewis County, Missouri, United States.

A city, the county seat of Fayette County, Texas, United States.


Mason City

A city in Mason County, Illinois, United States. It was named after the county.

Cerro Gordo County
Cerro Gordo County#English

A city, the county seat of Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, United States.


Central City

Sebastian County
Sebastian County#English

A small city in Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States.

A small city in Linn County, Iowa, United States.

Muhlenberg County
Muhlenberg County#English

A home rule city in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, United States.

A city, the county seat of Merrick County, Nebraska, United States.

A small city in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States.


Steamboat Springs

Named after the chugging noise produced by the springs, which sounded like a steamboat.

A city, the county seat of Routt County, Colorado, United States.


Uintah

A small city in Weber County, Utah, United States.


Grand Junction

A city, the county seat of Mesa County, Colorado, United States.

A small city in Greene County, Iowa, United States.

A small city in Hardeman County, Tennessee, United States.