Melrose

Melrose (countable and uncountable, plural Melroses)

From Scottish Gaelic maol (“bare, barren”) + ros (“promontory, headland”).

A small town in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT5434).

A number of places in the United States:

A village and town in Jackson County, Wisconsin.


Alameda

From Spanish alameda (“avenue lined with poplars”).


Templeton

A small town on the outskirts of Christchurch, New Zealand.

Worcester County
Worcester County#English

A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.


Pritchett

A statutory town in Baca County, Colorado, United States.


Headrick

en-proper noun

Headrick (countable and uncountable, plural Headricks)

Headricks (plural)
Hettrick (alternative)

Scottish habitational or topographic surname, from Old English headrig (“ridge at the end of a field”).

der

A town in Jackson County, Oklahoma, United States.


McKinley

Anglicized from Scottish Gaelic Mac Fhionnlaoich, "son of Fionnlaoch (=Fair Warrior)".

A town and unincorporated community in Polk County, Wisconsin, United States.

A town in Taylor County, Wisconsin, United States.


Ridgeway

Fairfield County
Fairfield County#English

A town in Fairfield County, South Carolina.

A village and town in Iowa County, Wisconsin.


Seabrook

en-proper noun

Seabrook (countable and uncountable, plural Seabrooks)

From either the Old English personal name Sǣga or sǣge (“slowly moving”) + brōc (“brook, stream”).

Rockingham County
Rockingham County#English

A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States.


Skelton

Skelton (countable and uncountable, plural Skeltons)

From Old English scylfe (“deck, shelf”) + tun (“town”). Doublet of Shelton. The alteration of /ʃ/ to /sk/ is down to Old Norse influence.

Skelton and Brotton
Skelton and Brotton#English

Redcar and Cleveland
Redcar and Cleveland#English

A town, otherwise known as Skelton-in-Cleveland, in Skelton and Brotton parish, Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref NZ6619).


Westfield

Westfield (countable and uncountable, plural Westfields)

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

Aroostook County
Aroostook County#English

A small town in Aroostook County, Maine.

A large town in Union County, New Jersey.

Chautauqua County
Chautauqua County#English

A town and village in Chautauqua County, New York.

A small town in Orleans County, Vermont.

Marquette County
Marquette County#English

A small town and village in Marquette County, Wisconsin.

A number of places in the United States:


Ingalls

A town in Green Township, Madison County, Indiana, named after Melville E. Ingalls.


Stuckey

Stuckey (countable and uncountable, plural Stuckeys)

Habitational surname from the village of Stiffkey, in Norfolk, from Old English *styfic (“clearing in a wood”) + īeġ (“island”).

der

Williamsburg County
Williamsburg County#English

A town in Williamsburg County, South Carolina, United States.


Peebles

* The town in Scotland is from Scots Peebles, from Scottish Gaelic Na Pùballan, of Brythonic origin, from Proto-Brythonic *pėbɨll (“tent, temporary settlement”), from Vulgar Latin păpiliō, from Latin pāpiliō.
* The surname is Scottish and derived from the town.

Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders#English

A town (royal burgh) in Tweeddale, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, and the former county town of Peeblesshire (OS grid ref NT2540).


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.


Stow-on-the-Wold

A market town in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England.


Roxburgh

en-proper noun

Roxburgh (countable and uncountable, plural Roxburghs)

Roxburghs (plural)
Rosborough (alternative)
Roseberry (alternative)
Rosebery (alternative)
Roseboro (alternative)
Roseburrow (alternative)
Roxborough (alternative)

From the Old English personal name Hrōc, a byname from hrōc (“rook, kind of crow”), + -s- + burg (“fortified place”).

A town in Central Otago district, Otago, New Zealand.


Witney

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP3510).


Stratton

Stratton (countable and uncountable, plural Strattons)

From Old English strǣt (“street, paved high-way”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

A market town in Bude-Stratton parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SS2306).

Kit Carson County
Kit Carson County#English

A town in Kit Carson County, Colorado, United States.

A town in Windham County, Vermont, United States.


Teachey

en-proper noun

Teachey (countable and uncountable, plural Teacheys)

Americanized spelling of Swiss German Dietschi.

A town in Duplin County, North Carolina, United States.


Weir

Weir (countable and uncountable, plural Weirs)

A town and municipality in Bharatpur District, Rajasthan, India.


Wickliffe

Rural City of Ararat
Rural City of Ararat#English

A small town in the Rural City of Ararat, Victoria, Australia.


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”).

A town, the county seat of Hertford County, North Carolina.

(uncountable) A common placename:
A town in Southland, New Zealand.

A town in the Shire of Winton, Queensland, Australia.

A town in the Rural City of Benalla, Victoria, Australia.


Shepperton

From Old English Scepertūn (“shepherd's town”), equivalent to shepherd + -ton.

inh

A town in Spelthorne borough, Surrey, England, historically in the county of Middlesex (OS grid ref TQ0867).


Castleberry

A town in Conecuh County, Alabama, United States.


Featherstone

en-proper noun

Featherstone (countable and uncountable, plural Featherstones)

From Middle English featherston, fetherstane, from Old English feoþerstān, fiþerstān (literally “four-stone”), from Old English fiþer- (“four”) + stān (“stone”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4220).


Gretna

Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway#English

A small town in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland, to the south of the more famous village of Gretna Green.

Pittsylvania County
Pittsylvania County#English

A town in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States.


Gadsden

A small town in Crockett County, Tennessee.


Edson

From Ed + -son; originally given to the son of a man named Ed.

A town in Alberta, Canada; the centre of Yellowhead County.


Moree

A town in Moree Plains Shire, northern New South Wales, Australia.

A coastal town in the Central Region of Ghana.


Etowah

From a Cherokee version of a Muskogee word.

Mississippi County
Mississippi County#English

A small town in Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States.

Cleveland County
Cleveland County#English

A small town in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, United States.


Richland

A number of places in the United States:


Nava

From Spanish, Catalan and Asturian-Leonese surname, from several placenames derived from nava (“plain, treeless plateau”), from Paleo-Hispanic, probably Basque naba (“plain, valley”). See Navarra.

A town in central Asturias, in northern Spain


Portadown

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland#English

A town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.


Colfax

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

A town in Perry Township, Clinton County, Indiana; named for Schuyler Colfax.

A town, the parish seat of Grant Parish, Louisiana; named for Schuyler Colfax.

A town and village in Dunn County, Wisconsin; named for Schuyler Colfax.


Oswego

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

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


Belk

A town in Fayette County, Alabama, United States.


Gilmer

A town, the county seat of Upshur County, Texas, United States.


McNeil

McNeil (countable and uncountable, plural McNeils)

McNeils (plural)
McNeal (alternative)
McNeile (alternative)
McNeill (alternative)
McNiel (alternative)

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Néill (“son of Níall”).

der

A town in Columbia County, Arkansas, United States.


Woodside

en-proper noun

Woodside (countable and uncountable, plural Woodsides)

San Mateo County
San Mateo County#English

A town in San Mateo County, California, United States.


New London

Merrimack County
Merrimack County#English

A town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.

A town in Stanly County, North Carolina.


Waupaca

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

A town in Waupaca County, Wisconsin, United States, mostly surrounding the city of the same name.


Oakham

A town and civil parish (with a town council) in and the county town of Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK8508).

Worcester County
Worcester County#English

A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.


Merrimack

Hillsborough County
Hillsborough County#English

A town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States.


Bowling Green

A number of places in the United States:

An incorporated town, the county seat of Caroline County, Virginia.


Steuben

At least in Maine and New York, named after Prussian army officer Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (1730–1794), who participated in the American Revolution. The name is also of German origin.

named-after

Washington County
Washington County#English

A place in the United States:
A town in Washington County, Maine.

A place in the United States:
A town in Oneida County, New York.


Ashland

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

A town, the county seat of Clay County, Alabama.

census-designated place
census-designated place

Aroostook County
Aroostook County#English

A town and census-designated place in Aroostook County, Maine.

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

A town, the county seat of Benton County, Mississippi.

A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.

Places in the United States:
A town in Chemung County, New York.

Places in the United States:
A town in Greene County, New York.

Pittsburg County
Pittsburg County#English

A small town in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma.

Places in the United States:
A town in Hanover County, Virginia.

A town in Ashland County, Wisconsin, 15 miles south-east of the city.


Allegany

Cattaraugus County
Cattaraugus County#English

A town and village in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States.


Blountsville

A town in Blount County, Alabama, United States.

A town in Henry County, Indiana, United States.


St. Charles

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

A small town in Arkansas County, Arkansas, United States.

A small town in Lee County, Virginia, United States.


Chemung

From a Lenape word meaning “at the horn” or “big horn”.

A town in Chemung County, New York; named for the river.


Chilton

en-proper noun

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 small town and civil parish with a town council in County Durham (OS grid ref NZ2829).

A town in Calumet County, Wisconsin, partially within which the city is.


Blandford Forum

From Old English blǣġena (“gudgeon”, gen. pl.) + ford. The addition of Latin forum dates to the 18th century.

inh

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Dorset, England, previously in North Dorset district (OS grid ref ST8806).


Sturminster Newton

A town and civil parish with a town council in North Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST7814).


Clarksville

A town in Clark County, Indiana; named for explorer William Clark.

A town in Virginia; named for founder Clarke Royster.

Allegheny County
Allegheny County#English

A town in Allegheny County, New York; named for Holland Land Company agent S. N. Clark.

A town in New Hampshire; named for the Clark family, who cleared the land for settlement.


Ripon

Fond du Lac County
Fond du Lac County#English

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


Hollis

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

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.


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 town in New York; named for Leonard Covington.

A locale in the United States.
A town in Oklahoma.


Harden

en-proper noun

Harden (countable and uncountable, plural Hardens)

A town in Hilltops council area, southern New South Wales, Australia.


Curran

Curran (countable and uncountable, plural Currans)

Currans (plural)
Corran (alternative)
Corrin (alternative)
Currams (alternative)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Corraidhín (“descendant of Corraidhín”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of corradh (“spear”).

der

(uncountable) A placename, from the surname:

A town in Jackson County, Wisconsin, United States.


Bullard

en-proper noun

Bullard (countable and uncountable, plural Bullards)

A town in Smith County and Cherokee County, Texas, United States


Hilliard

Hilliard (countable and uncountable, plural Hilliards)

A town in Nassau County, Florida, United States.


Washburn

Washburn (countable and uncountable, plural Washburns)

A town and census-designated place therein, in Aroostook County, Maine.

A town in Bayfield County, Wisconsin, adjacent to the city.


Levin

en-prop

Levin (countable and uncountable, plural Levins)

Levins (plural)
Leven (alternative)
Levene (alternative)
Lewin (alternative)

From Russian Левин (Levin), from Леви (Levi) + -ин (-in, “forming possessives & adjectives”), ultimately from Biblical Hebrew לֵוִי (“Levi”), of uncertain origin. Doublet of Levine.

The latter's loss of time between Manakau and Levin was due to the mishap of dropping the tablet at Ohau, which entailed an out-of-course stop of 3 min. to recover it.

1939 November 25, “Overseas Railways: Locomotive Performance in New Zealand”, in Railway Magazine, page 351:

A town in the Manawatu-Wanganui region of New Zealand. Named after William Levin.


Waite

en-proper noun

Waite (countable and uncountable, plural Waites)

Waites (plural)
Waight (alternative)
Waitt (alternative)

English surname for a watchman of Norman origin, from the verb wait. Sometimes confused with White or Wheat.

A town in Washington County, Maine, United States, named after a lumberman.


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 town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States.

A town in Clay County, Minnesota, United States.


Woodson

en-proper noun

Woodson (countable and uncountable, plural Woodsons)

Throckmorton County
Throckmorton County#English


Nunn

Nunn (countable and uncountable, plural Nunns)

A statutory town in Weld County, Colorado, United States, named after Tom Nunn.


Arnett

A town, the county seat of Ellis County, Oklahoma, United States.


Rincon

Rincon (countable and uncountable, plural Rincons)

A town in Bonaire, a special municipality of the Netherlands in the Caribbean.


Whiting

Whiting (countable and uncountable, plural Whitings)

A number of places in the United States:


Felton

en-prop

Felton (countable and uncountable, plural Feltons)

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

A town in Kent County, Delaware, United States.


Parham

en-proper noun

Parham (countable and uncountable, plural Parhams)

A coastal town on Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda.

Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda#English

A coastal town on Gulf St Vincent, South Australia.


Hinds

Hinds (countable and uncountable, plural Hindses)

A small town and river (the Hinds River) in south Canterbury, New Zealand.


Falcon

Falcon (countable and uncountable, plural Falcons)

* From Spanish Falcón
* Calque from Amerindian languages, for the bird falcon.

Falcon (disambiguation)#Places
Falcon (surname)

Cumberland County
Cumberland County#English

A town in Cumberland County and Sampson County, North Carolina.


Parish

Parish (countable and uncountable, plural Parishes)

A town and village therein, in Oswego County, New York, United States.


Newcomb

Newcomb (countable and uncountable, plural Newcombs)

Nickname for a new arrival in a place, from Middle English neowecomen (“just arrived; newcomer”). The intrusive -b is the result of placenames ending in -combe, which is from combe (“wooded valley”).

der

A town in Essex County, New York, United States.


Ellsworth

A town in Pierce County, Wisconsin, United States


Newberry

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

A place in the United States:
A small town in Greene County, Indiana.


Marlow

en-proper noun

Marlow (countable and uncountable, plural Marlows)

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

A town and civil parish with a town council on the River Thames in southern Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SU8586).

A town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States.


Sukhothai

Borrowed from Thai สุโขทัย (sù-kǒo-tai).

A town, the capital of Sukhothai Province, Thailand, also known as Sukhothai Thani.


Edithburgh

/ˈiːdɪθbɜːɹɡ/

From Edith + burgh, named by Governor Sir James Fergusson after his wife Edith.

A small coastal town in South Australia.


Leggett

Leggett (countable and uncountable, plural Leggetts)

Edgecombe County
Edgecombe County#English

A town in Edgecombe County, North Carolina.


Lipscomb

A small town, the county seat of Lipscomb County, Texas, United States.


Lusk

Lusk (countable and uncountable, plural Lusks)

A town in Fingal, formerly in County Dublin, Ireland.

A town, the county seat of Niobrara County, Wyoming, United States.


Denney

Territoire de Belfort
Territoire de Belfort#English

A town in Territoire de Belfort department, France.


Ralston

Ralston (countable and uncountable, plural Ralstons)

⇒ Translingual: Ralstonia

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

A town in Pawnee County, Oklahoma, United States.


Altamirano

Altamirano (countable and uncountable, plural Altamiranos)

A town in Brandsen Partido, Buenos Aires province, Argentina.


Birch

Birch (countable and uncountable, plural Birches)

A town in Lincoln County, Wisconsin, United States.


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 town in Lavaca County, Texas, United States.


Billingsley

A town in Autauga County, Alabama, United States.


Moffett

en-proper noun

Moffett (countable and uncountable, plural Moffetts)

A town in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, United States.


Ponder

Ponder (countable and uncountable, plural Ponders)

A town in Denton County, Texas, United States.


Patten

Patten (countable and uncountable, plural Pattens)

Penobscot County
Penobscot County#English

A town, village, and census-designated place therein, in Penobscot County, Maine, 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:

Chautauqua County
Chautauqua County#English

Outagamie County
Outagamie County#English


Carman

Carman (countable and uncountable, plural Carmans)

A town in Pembina Valley Region, southern Manitoba, Canada.


Martell

Martell (countable and uncountable, plural Martells)

A town and unincorporated community therein, in Pierce County, Wisconsin, United States.


Hamel

Hamel (countable and uncountable, plural Hamels)

A small town in the Shire of Waroona, Western Australia.

Western Australia
Western Australia#English


Hardwick

Hardwick (countable and uncountable, plural Hardwicks)

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

Worcester County
Worcester County#English

A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.

census-designated place
census-designated place

Caledonia County
Caledonia County#English

A town and census-designated place therein, in Caledonia County, Vermont.


Clawson

Clawson (countable and uncountable, plural Clawsons)

A minor town in Emery County, Utah, United States.


Snead

Snead (countable and uncountable, plural Sneads)

A town in Blount County, Alabama, United States.


Griswold

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

A town in Connecticut; named for Roger Griswold, 22nd Governor of Connecticut.


Windham

Windham (countable and uncountable, plural Windhams)

Windhams (plural)
Windon (alternative)
Wyndham (alternative)

From Wymondham, from personal name Wigmund's + hām (“home”).

A town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States.

A town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States.

Rockingham County
Rockingham County#English

A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States.

A town, hamlet, and census-designated place in Greene County, New York, United States.

A town in Windham County, Vermont, United States.


Lindley

Lindley (countable and uncountable, plural Lindleys)

Two possible origins:
* The places in North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire are named with Old English līn (“flax”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”), with epenthetic -d-. Equivalent to line + -ley (“lea”).
* The deserted medieval village in Leicestershire is named with Old English lind (“lime tree”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to lind + -ley (“lea”).

A town in Steuben County, New York, United States.


Earley

Earley (countable and uncountable, plural Earleys)

A town and civil parish with a town council in Wokingham borough, Berkshire, England, near Reading (OS grid SU7571).


Broome

Broome (countable and uncountable, plural Broomes)

Schoharie County
Schoharie County#English

A town in Schoharie County, New York, United States, named after John Broome.

A town in the Shire of Broome, Kimberley region, Western Australia, named after Sir Frederick Broome.


Sanborn

Sanborn (countable and uncountable, plural Sanborns)

A number of places in the United States:


Colburn

Colburn (countable and uncountable, plural Colburns)

From Old English cōl (“cool”) + burna (“stream”).

(uncountable) A small town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE2098).

(uncountable) A number of places in the United States:

A town and unincorporated community therein, in Chippewa County, Wisconsin.


Littleton

Littleton (countable and uncountable, plural Littletons)

From Old English lȳtel (“small, little”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

United States of America
United States of America

Aroostook County
Aroostook County#English

Places in the United States of America:
A town in Aroostook County, Maine.

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.

A town in Halifax County, North Carolina.


Handley

Handley (countable and uncountable, plural Handleys)

A town in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.


Cable

Cable (countable and uncountable, plural Cables)

A town and census-designated place therein, in Bayfield County, Wisconsin.


Cosgrove

Cosgrove (countable and uncountable, plural Cosgroves)

Cosgroves (plural)
Cosgrave (alternative)
Cosgray (alternative)
Cosgriff (alternative)
Crossgrove (alternative)

Two main origins:
* English habitational surname from the village in Northamptonshire, which is named with the Old English personal name Cof + -s- + grāf (“grove, thicket”); recorded as Covesgrave in 1086 (DB).
* Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Coscraigh (“descendant of Coscrach”), a byname from coscrach (“victorious, triumphant”).

der

Greater Shepparton
Greater Shepparton#English

A small town in the City of Greater Shepparton, Victoria, Australia.


Cady

en-proper noun

Cady (countable and uncountable, plural Cadys)

St. Croix County
St. Croix County#English

A town in St. Croix County, Wisconsin, United States, named after Jacob Cady.


Gallants

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Halstead

Halstead (countable and uncountable, plural Halsteads)

A town and civil parish with a town council in Braintree district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL8130).


Durand

Durand (countable and uncountable, plural Durands)

A town in Pepin County, Wisconsin, United States, surrounding the city of the same name.


Shorter

Shorter (countable and uncountable, plural Shorters)

A town in Macon County, Alabama, United States.


Kersey

Kersey (countable and uncountable, plural Kerseys)

From Old English cærse (“cress”) + īeġ (“island”).

A town in Weld County, Colorado, United States, derived from a maiden name.


True

True (countable and uncountable, plural Trues)

A town in Rusk County, Wisconsin, United States.


Winfield

Winfield (countable and uncountable, plural Winfields)

A number of places in the United States:

A township and town therein, in Lake County, Indiana.

A town in Herkimer County, New York, named after Winfield Scott.

A town in Scott County, Tennessee, named after Winfield Scott.

A town, the county seat of Putnam County, West Virginia, named after Winfield Scott.

A town in Sauk County, Wisconsin, named after Winfield Scott.


Knowlton

Knowlton (countable and uncountable, plural Knowltons)

From Old English cnoll (“knoll, summit”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).

A town and census-designated place therein, in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States.


Tilton

Tilton (countable and uncountable, plural Tiltons)

Habitational surname from the village of Tilton on the Hill, in Leicestershire, from the Old English personal name Tila + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A town in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States.


Denning

Denning (countable and uncountable, plural Dennings)

Two main origins:
* English patronymic surname from the Old English personal name Dynna.
* Borrowed from German Denning, a habitational surname from a place in Bavaria.

A town in Franklin County, Arkansas, United States.

A town in Ulster County, New York, United States.


Sumpter

Sumpter (countable and uncountable, plural Sumpters)

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


Milburn

en-proper noun

Milburn (countable and uncountable, plural Milburns)

From Old English mylen (“mill”) + burna (“stream, brook”); compare the doublet Milbourne.


Jackman

Jackman (countable and uncountable, plural Jackmans)

A town in Somerset County, Maine, United States.


Fenner

Fenner (countable and uncountable, plural Fenners)

A town in Madison County, New York, United States.


Stidham

Stidham (countable and uncountable, plural Stidhams)

Apparently a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place.

A town in McIntosh County, Oklahoma, United States.


Newland

Newland (countable and uncountable, plural Newlands)

A town, the county seat of Avery County, North Carolina, United States.


Thornhill

Thornhill (countable and uncountable, plural Thornhills)

A small town in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NY8795).

Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway#English

Kouga Local Municipality
w:Kouga Local Municipality

A town in Kouga Local Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa.


Woodbury

Woodbury (countable and uncountable, plural Woodburys)

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

Litchfield County
Litchfield County#English

A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut.

Meriwether County
Meriwether County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A town and village in Orange County, New York.

A town, the county seat of Cannon County, Tennessee.

Washington County
Washington County#English


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 town in Langlade County, Wisconsin, United States.


Boynton

Boynton (countable and uncountable, plural Boyntons)

From the Old English personal name Bofa + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement; town”).

A town in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States.


Lamont

Lamont (countable and uncountable, plural Lamonts)

Lafayette County
Lafayette County#English

A town and unincorporated community therein, in Lafayette County, Wisconsin.

A town in Lamont County, central Alberta, Canada, named after John Henderson Lamont.


Porterfield

Porterfield (countable and uncountable, plural Porterfields)

From porter + field, a Scottish topographic surname from the hereditary lands owned by a porter.

Marinette County
Marinette County#English

A town and census-designated place therein, in Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States.


Roden

Roden (countable and uncountable, plural Rodens)

A town in Drenthe province, Netherlands.


Copley

Copley (countable and uncountable, plural Copleys)

From Old English copp (“hilltop”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

A placename
A small town in South Australia.


Brigham

Brigham (countable and uncountable, plural Brighams)

From bryċġ + hām, "homestead by the bridge".

A town in Iowa County, Wisconsin, United States.


Campo

Campo (countable and uncountable, plural Campos)

A statutory town in Baca County, Colorado, United States.


Hatley

Hatley (countable and uncountable, plural Hatleys)

From the Old English personal name Hætta + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

A town in Monroe County, Mississippi, United States.


Niles

Niles (countable and uncountable, plural Nileses)


Kingsbury

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:


Morehouse

en-proper noun

Morehouse (countable and uncountable, plural Morehouses)

A town in Hamilton County, New York, United States.


Barham

Barham (countable and uncountable, plural Barhams)

Barhams (plural)
Bareham (alternative)
Boram (alternative)

Two possible origins:
* The villages in Cambridgeshire and Suffolk are named with Old English beorg (“hill”) + hām (“homestead”).
* The village in Kent is probably named with an unattested Old English personal name *Beora, a derivative of bera (“bear”), + hām (“homestead”).

A town in Riverina district, New South Wales, Australia.


Rule

Rule (countable and uncountable, plural Rules)

A town in Haskell County, Texas, United States.


Denman

Denman (countable and uncountable, plural Denmans)

A town in Muswellbrook Shire, New South Wales, Australia, formerly in Denman Shire.


Boardman

Boardman (countable and uncountable, plural Boardmans)

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Columbus County, North Carolina.


Thurmond

Thurmond (countable and uncountable, plural Thurmonds)

A small town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States, named after settler W. D. Thurmond.


Markle

Markle (countable and uncountable, plural Markles)

Huntington County
Huntington County#English

A town in Huntington County and Wells County, Indiana, United States.


Milliken

Milliken (countable and uncountable, plural Millikens)

A town in Weld County, Colorado, United States.


Marble

A statutory town in Gunnison County, Colorado.


Loveland

Loveland (countable and uncountable, plural Lovelands)

(historical) A town in Pierce County, Washington.


Coria

A town and municipality of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain.


Franzen

Franzen (countable and uncountable, plural Franzens)

A town in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States.


Bushey

Bushey (countable and uncountable, plural Busheys)

From Old English bysċe (“bush, thicket”), with possible influence from Old French boisseie (“woodland”).

A town in Hertsmere district, Hertfordshire, England, close to the border with Greater London.


Ridgway

Ridgway (countable and uncountable, plural Ridgways)

A town in Ouray County, Colorado, United States, alternatively spelt Ridgeway.


Hagerman

Hagerman (countable and uncountable, plural Hagermans)

A place in the United States:
A town in Chaves County, New Mexico.


Wortham

From Old English worþ (“enclosure”) + hām (“homestead”).

Freestone County
Freestone County#English

A town in Freestone County, Texas, United States.


Bushnell

Bushnell (countable and uncountable, plural Bushnells)

Brookings County
Brookings County#English

A small town in Brookings County, South Dakota, United States.


Groom

Groom (countable and uncountable, plural Grooms)

A town in Carson County, Texas, United States.


Haworth

Haworth (countable and uncountable, plural Haworths)

⇒ Translingual: Haworthia

From Old English haga (“enclosure, yard; hedge”) + worþ (“enclosure”).

der

McCurtain County
McCurtain County#English

A town in McCurtain County, Oklahoma, United States.


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”).

Box Elder County
Box Elder County#English


Woodford

en-proper noun

Woodford (countable and uncountable, plural Woodfords)

Woodfords (plural)
Wadforth (alternative)

From Old English wudu (“wood”) + ford (“ford”).

A small town in Moreton Bay, Queensland.

United States of America
United States of America

Orangeburg County
Orangeburg County#English

Various places in the United States of America:

A small town in Orangeburg County, South Carolina.

Bennington County
Bennington County#English


Burford

Burford (countable and uncountable, plural Burfords)

From Old English Beorgford, equivalent to beorg (“mountain”) + ford (“ford”).

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP2512).


Brockway

Brockway (countable and uncountable, plural Brockways)

A number of places in the United States:

A town and unincorporated community in Jackson County, Wisconsin.


Endicott

Endicott (countable and uncountable, plural Endicotts)

A town in Whitman County, Washington, named after William Endicott Jr.


Cathcart

Cathcart (countable and uncountable, plural Cathcarts)

Cathcarts (plural)
Kithcart (alternative)

From Scottish Gaelic cath (“battle”) + the name of the River Cart.

A town in Eastern Cape province, South Africa.


Thaxton

Thaxton (countable and uncountable, plural Thaxtons)

A town in Pontotoc County, Mississippi, United States.


Humble

Humble (countable and uncountable, plural Humbles)

A small town in Langeland municipality, island of Langeland, southern Denmark.


Rothwell

Rothwell (countable and uncountable, plural Rothwells)

From Old English roþa, the genitive plural of roþ (“forest clearing”) + wella (“spring”).

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Kettering borough (OS grid ref SP8181).

A market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3428).


Kells

A town in County Meath, Ireland (Irish grid ref N 7376).


Hou

The present paper deals with a collection of mammalian fossils found in situ by a field team of IVPP in the late Pleistocene sandy clays interbeding [sic] with sands and gravels along the Laochihegou valley in Houzhen Commune, Lantian District, Shensi.

[1994, Late Quaternary Studies in Beringia and Beyond, 1950-1993: An Annotated Bibliography, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 258:

Shanghou is also mentioned on the Buzhi ding 不栺鼎 (JC: 2735), which was excavated from the tomb no.3 in Fufeng, Shaanxi and records that the Zhou King went to the garrison at Shanghou.⁸⁴ In a recent study, Shanghou is identified with the present-day Houzhen 厚鎮, located between the Lantian 藍田 county and the Weinan 渭南 county in Shaanxi province.⁸⁵

[2013, Minna Wu, On the Periphery of a Great “Empire”: Secondary Formation of States and Their Material Basis in the Shandong Peninsula during the Late Bronze Age, ca. 1000-500 B.C.E, Columbia University, →DOI, page 164:

The study profile, an outcrop formed by road building (Fig. 2), is at an altitude of about 920 m in west Hou Town (N34°16', E109°27'), Lantian County.

2011, Qian Xue, Zhiguo Rao, Suping Wang, Pingyu Zhang, Fahu Chen, “Stable carbon and oxygen isotopic study of carbonate along a loess/paleosol section in Lantian County, Shaanxi Province, on the southeastern edge of the Chinese Loess Plateau”, in Environmental Earth Sciences, volume 64, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 238:

Key projects are Lantian modern broiler industrial park, Dazhai bungeana breeding base, Hou Town walnut industrial park, Bailu Plain film city, and Hou Town mountain biking theme park.

2013 March 13, “Four Agriculture Demonstration Zones to Be Built in Shaanxi”, in Shaanxi Province Department of Commerce, archived from the original on 2021-05-15:

During the winter vacation, Starflag-Bearers cooperated with Xi'an Youth Palace to provide volunteer teaching for primary and middle school students in Dongju Village, Houzhen Town, Lantian County, Xi 'an, delivering academic guidance for the children and witnessing their development.

[2023 February 24, Deng BuGe, Yu Junhao, Feng Ze, Han Huichun, “Documentary on Online Volunteer Teaching and Rural Revitalization of Starflag-Bearers of QMES”, in Liu Yang, transl., edited by Cheng Yin, Northwestern Polytechnical University, archived from the original on 2023-03-30:

A town in Lantian, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.


Williamsburg

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

A statutory town in Fremont County, Colorado.

Hampshire County
Hampshire County#English

A town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts.


Marengo

A town, the county seat of Iowa County, Iowa; named for the Battle of Marengo.

A town in Indiana; named for the Battle of Marengo.

census-designated place
census-designated place

A town and census-designated place in Wisconsin.


St. George

St George (alternative)
Saint George (alternative)

Charlotte County
Charlotte County#English

A town in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada.

A town in Knox County, Maine, United States.

Dorchester County
Dorchester County#English

A town, the county seat of Dorchester County, South Carolina, United States.

Chittenden County
Chittenden County#English

A town in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States.


Trempealeau

From French trempe à l'eau, shortened from La Montagne qui trempe à l'eau.

Trempealeau County
Trempealeau County#English

A village and town in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, United States.


Stickney

Stickney (countable and uncountable, plural Stickneys)

From Old English sticca (“stick; long strip of land”) + īeġ (“island”).

der

A town in Aurora County, South Dakota, United States.


Witham

en-proper noun

Witham (countable and uncountable, plural Withams)

Withams (plural)
Whittome (alternative)
Withem (alternative)

From the Old English personal name Wit or wiht (“bend”) + hām (“homestead”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in Braintree district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL8214).


Woodland

A number of places in the United States:

A small town in Randolph County, Alabama.

Aroostook County
Aroostook County#English

Northampton County
Northampton County#English

A town in Northampton County, North Carolina.


Woodlands

A planning area and town in Northern Singapore.


Hinckley

Hinckley (countable and uncountable, plural Hinckleys)

Hinckley and Bosworth
Hinckley and Bosworth#English

A town in Hinckley and Bosworth borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK4293).

A town in Millard County, Utah, named after Ira Hinckley.


Killen

Killen (countable and uncountable, plural Killens)

From the Irish surname, from Coilín. See Colin.

Lauderdale County
Lauderdale County#English

A town in Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States.


Mount Gilead

Montgomery County
Montgomery County#English

A town in Montgomery County, North Carolina, United States.


Kirkham

Kirkham (countable and uncountable, plural Kirkhams)

From a Scandinvianized form of Old English ċiriċe (“church”) + hām (“homestead”).

A town and civil parish in Fylde borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4232).


Ashburn

A town in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States.


Murchison

Murchison (countable and uncountable, plural Murchisons)

/məːt͡ʃɪsən/

A small town in the Tasman Region of New Zealand.

A town in Limpopo province, South Africa.


Muldoon

Muldoon (countable and uncountable, plural Muldoons)

From Irish Ó Maoldúin (“descended from Maoldúin”), from Ó+Maoldúin.

der

A town in Fayette County, Texas, United States.


Brownfield

A town in Oxford County, Maine, United States.


Renfrow

en-proper noun

Renfrow (countable and uncountable, plural Renfrows)

A town in Grant County, Oklahoma, United States.


Wadley

Wadley (countable and uncountable, plural Wadleys)

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

A town in Randolph County, Alabama, 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 town in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia, Australia.

A common placename:
A town in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Litchfield County
Litchfield County#English

A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States.

A town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States.

A town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States.

A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States.

A town in Oneida County, New York, United States.

A town in Windsor County, Vermont, United States.

Rockingham County
Rockingham County#English

A town in Rockingham County, Virginia, United States.


Rockland

en-prop

Rockland (countable and uncountable, plural Rocklands)

A number of places in the United States:

A town, the county seat of Knox County, Maine.

A town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

Manitowoc County
Manitowoc County#English


Wheelock

en-proper noun

Wheelock (countable and uncountable, plural Wheelocks)

Caledonia County
Caledonia County#English

A town in Caledonia County, Vermont, United States.


Swink

Swink (countable and uncountable, plural Swinks)

A town in Otero County, Colorado, United States, named after George W. Swink.


Mount Vernon

United States of America
United States of America

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

A small town in Faulkner County, Arkansas.

A town, the county seat of Franklin County, Texas.


Knoxville

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


Langham

Langham (countable and uncountable, plural Langhams)

From Old English lang (“long”) + hām (“homestead”).

A town in the Rural Municipality of Corman Park, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Southwick

Southwick (countable and uncountable, plural Southwicks)

From Old English sūþ (“south”) + wīċ (“village, specialized farm”).

(uncountable) A number of places in England:

A town in Adur district, West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ2405).

(uncountable) A town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States.


Broadwater

Broadwater (countable and uncountable, plural Broadwaters)

A town in Richmond Valley council area and City of Lismore, northern New South Wales, Australia.


Lahr

Lahr (countable and uncountable, plural Lahrs)

A town in Ortenaukreis District, western Baden-Württemberg, Germany.


Chittenden

A town in Rutland County, Vermont, United States.


Haughton

Haughton (countable and uncountable, plural Haughtons)

A town in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Strahan

Strahan (countable and uncountable, plural Strahans)

A town on Macquarie Harbour in West Coast council area, Tasmania, Australia, named after Sir George Strahan. A former name was Regatta Point.


Hot Springs

A town in Sanders County, Montana, United States.

A small town in Madison County, North Carolina, 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.

A number of places in the United States:

A statutory town, the county seat of Hinsdale County, Colorado.

A small town in Marshall County, South Dakota.

San Patricio County
San Patricio County#English

A small town in San Patricio County, Texas.


Portage

Livingston County
Livingston County#English

Box Elder County
Box Elder County#English

A small town in Box Elder County, Utah, named after Portage County in Ohio.


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 town in Fountain County, Indiana; named for the area's hilly terrain.

A small town in Caroline County, Maryland. Not to be confused with Hillsborough in Prince George's County.

A town in West Virginia; named for early settler John Hill.


Pearl River

St. Tammany Parish
St. Tammany Parish#English

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


Kempton

en-proper noun

Kempton (countable and uncountable, plural Kemptons)

From the Old English personal name Cempa, a byname from cempa (“soldier, warrior”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A town in Tipton County, Indiana, United States.

A town in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States.


Manor

A town in Palghar district, Maharashtra, India


Leader

Leader (countable and uncountable, plural Leaders)

English surname, both from the noun leader and an occupational use of lead (“heavy metal”).

A town in the Rural Municipality of Happyland No. 231, western Saskatchewan, Canada, originally named Prussia.


Hendon

Hendon (countable and uncountable, plural Hendons)

From Old English hēan, dative case of hēah (“high”), + dūn (“hill”).

A rural town in Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.


Bicknell

Bicknell (countable and uncountable, plural Bicknells)

A town in Wayne County, Utah, United States, named after Thomas W. Bicknell.


Palazzolo

A town in the province of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy.


Belmont

Belmont (countable and uncountable, plural Belmonts)

From French bel (“beautiful”) + mont (“mountain, mount”).

A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A town and village therein, in Lafayette County, Wisconsin.

Lafayette County
Lafayette County#English


Brough

Brough (countable and uncountable, plural Broughs)

From Old English burh (“fortified place”). Doublet of borough, burgh, and Bury.

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A town on the Humber estuary in Elloughton-cum-Brough parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9426).


Bainbridge

Bainbridge (countable and uncountable, plural Bainbridges)

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

A number of places in the United States:

A town and village therein, in Chenango County, New York.


Pelham

Pelham (countable and uncountable, plural Pelhams)

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

Hampshire County
Hampshire County#English

A town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States.

Hillsborough County
Hillsborough County#English

A town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States.

Westchester County
Westchester County#English

A town in Westchester County, New York, United States.


Moorefield

In most cases, if not all, from Moore + field.

Independence County
Independence County#English

A small town in Independence County, Arkansas, United States.

A town, the county seat of Hardy County, West Virginia, United States.


La Crosse

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


Mount Carmel

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


Throckmorton

en-proper noun

Throckmorton (countable and uncountable, plural Throckmortons)

Throckmortons (plural)
Throgmorton (alternative)

Possibly from Old English þroc (“beam bridge”) + mere (“pool”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Throckmorton County
Throckmorton County#English

A town, the county seat of Throckmorton County, Texas, United States.


Southall

Southall (countable and uncountable, plural Southalls)

From Old English suþ (“south”) + halh (“hollow, nook”).

A suburban town in the borough of Ealing, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1280).


Pound

Pound (countable and uncountable, plural Pounds)

* As an English surname, from both senses of the noun pound meaning "measure of weight" and "enclosure."
* As a German surname, variant of Pfund, or as a north/Low German surname, from the variants of it, Pund, Pundt, all meaning "pound," thus related to the above.

A town in Wise County, Virginia, United States.

Marinette County
Marinette County#English

A village and town in Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States, both named after Thaddeus C. Pound.


Kennebec

A small town, the county seat of Lyman County, South Dakota, United States.


Richburg

Richburg (countable and uncountable, plural Richburgs)

Richburgs (plural)
Richbourg (alternative)

Probably an Americanized form of German Reichenberg.

A town in Chester County, South Carolina, United States.


Govan

Govan (countable and uncountable, plural Govans)

A small town in Bamberg County, South Carolina, United States.


Swinford

Swinford (countable and uncountable, plural Swinfords)

From Old English swīn (“swine, pig”) + ford.


Moffat

Moffat (countable and uncountable, plural Moffats)

Moffats (plural)
Maffett (alternative)
Moffatt (alternative)
Moffett (alternative)
Moffitt (alternative)
Mofield (alternative)
Muffett (alternative)

From Scottish Gaelic magh (“field, plain”) + fada (“long”).

Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway#English

A town and former burgh in Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT085052).

A town in Saguache County, Colorado, United States.


Walnut Ridge

A town, the county seat of Lawrence County, Arkansas, United States.


Lawrenceville

Brunswick County
Brunswick County#English

A town, the county seat of Brunswick County, Virginia, 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”).

Aroostook County
Aroostook County#English

The name of many places in the United States:

A town, the county seat of Lawrence County, Mississippi.


New Castle

Rockingham County
Rockingham County#English

A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States.

A town in Westchester County, New York, United States.

A small town, the county seat of Craig County, Virginia, United States.


Candia

From Venetan or Latin, from Ancient Greek Χάνδαξ (Khándax) or Χάνδακας (Khándakas), from Arabic رَبْض الخَنْدَق (rabḍ al-ḵandaq), name of the Cretan city of Heraklion under the Emirate of Crete.

der

رَبْض الخَنْدَق

Candie (alternative)
Candy (alternative)

Rockingham County
w:Rockingham County, New Hampshire


Owego

A town in Tioga County, New York, United States, surrounding the village of the same name.


Clear Creek

The name of many creeks, rivers and other places in North America, including:

A town in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, United States.

Eau Claire County
Eau Claire County#English


Beveridge

en-proper noun

Beveridge (countable and uncountable, plural Beveridges)

Beveridges (plural)
Berridge (alternative)
Beverage (alternative)

From Middle English beverage, probably a nickname or an occupational surname.

A town in the City of Whittlesea and Shire of Mitchell, Victoria, Australia.


Haralson

Haralson (countable and uncountable, plural Haralsons)

Meriwether County
Meriwether County#English

A small town in Coweta County and Meriwether County, Georgia, United States. Named after Hugh A. Haralson.


Hinsdale

Berkshire County
Berkshire County#English

A town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States.

A town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States.

Cattaraugus County
Cattaraugus County#English

A town in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States.


San Patricio

A town and district of Misiones department, Paraguay.


Scottsburg

A small town in Halifax County, Virginia, United States.


Huntsville

A town, the county seat of Scott County, Tennessee, United States.

A town in Weber County, Utah, United States.


Gate City

The town was described as the "Gate Way to the West" when it received this name in 1886. It had two other names prior to this.

A town, the county seat of Scott County, Virginia, United States.


Marlinton

Pocahontas County
Pocahontas County#English

A town, the county seat of Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States.


Preble

Preble (countable and uncountable, plural Prebles)

A town in Cortland County, New York, United States.


Vevay

Named after Vevey, a town in Switzerland.

Switzerland County
Switzerland County#English

A town, the county seat of Switzerland County, Indiana.


Schley

A town in Lincoln County, Wisconsin, United States.


Newbridge

A town in County Kildare, Ireland (Irish grid ref N 8015).

A town and community in Caerphilly county borough (OS grid ref ST2096).


Boydton

Mecklenburg County
Mecklenburg County#English

A small town, the county seat of Mecklenburg County, Virginia, United States.


Cobourg

Northumberland County
Northumberland County#English

A town, the county seat of Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada, situated on Lake Ontario.


Rogersville

Lauderdale County
Lauderdale County#English

A town in Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States.

A town, the county seat of Hawkins County, Tennessee, United States.


Rothes

A small town in Moray council area, in northeastern Scotland (OS grid ref NJ2749).


Musso

Musso (countable and uncountable, plural Mussos)

A town and comune in Como province, Lombardy, Italy.


Summerfield

Summerfield (countable and uncountable, plural Summerfields)

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Guilford County, North Carolina.


Millington

Millington (countable and uncountable, plural Millingtons)

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

A town in Kent County, Maryland, United States.


Mandeville

Mandeville (countable and uncountable, plural Mandevilles)

A town, the parish capital of Manchester parish, Jamaica.


St Just

A town in the area of Penwith, Cornwall, England, not far from Land's End.


Lowville

A town in Lewis County, New York, United States.

A town and unincorporated community in Columbia County, Wisconsin, United States. Named after Jacob Low.


Warne

Warne (countable and uncountable, plural Warnes)

Habitational surname from a minor place in Devon recorded as Wagefen in the Domesday Book, probably from Old English wagian (“to sway, shake, quiver”) + fen (“bog, marsh”).

der

(uncountable) A placename, from the surname:

A small town in the Shire of Buloke, Victoria, Australia.


Warnes

en-proper noun

Warnes (countable and uncountable, plural Warneses)

Variant of Warne, with an excrescent -s.

A town in Santa Cruz department, Bolivia, named after Ignacio Warnes.


Hyden

Western Australia
Western Australia#English

A small town in the Shire of Kondinin, Western Australia.


Fifield

Fifield (countable and uncountable, plural Fifields)

From Old English fīf (“five”) + hīd (“hide, a unit of land”).

A town in Lachlan Shire, New South Wales, Australia.

A town in Price County, Wisconsin, United States.


Silverton

A statutory town, the county seat of San Juan County, Colorado.


Carberry

Carberry (countable and uncountable, plural Carberrys)

From Scottish Gaelic craobh (“tree”) + barran (“hedge”). The surname can also be an Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cairbre (“descendant of Cairbre”).


Howley

en-proper noun

Howley (countable and uncountable, plural Howleys)

The town in Newfoundland is named after geologist and surveyor James Patrick Howley (1847 - 1918).

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Hiles

en-prop

Hiles (countable and uncountable, plural Hileses)

unk

Unexplained

A town and unincorporated community therein, in Forest County, Wisconsin, United States, named after Franklin P. Hiles.

A town in Wood County, Wisconsin, named after George Hiles.


Friday Harbor

Named after Joseph Poalie Friday, a Hawaiian.

San Juan Islands
San Juan Islands#English

A town on San Juan Island in the San Juan Islands, Washington, United States, and the county seat of San Juan County.


Marquette

en-proper noun

Marquette (countable and uncountable, plural Marquettes)

Green Lake County
Green Lake County#English

A town and village in Green Lake County, Wisconsin, United States.


Woodburn

Woodburn (countable and uncountable, plural Woodburns)

A town in Richmond Valley council area, New South Wales, Australia.


Lanigan

Lanigan (countable and uncountable, plural Lanigans)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Lonagáin (“descendant of Lonagán”), apparently a double diminutive of lon (“blackbird”), but possibly a variant of Flanagan.

der

A town in the Rural Municipality of Usborne, No. 210, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Lumsden

en-proper noun

Lumsden (countable and uncountable, plural Lumsdens)

The town in Newfoundland is named after Methodist minister James Lumsden (1854 - 1915).

A town in Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

A town in the Qu'Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan, Canada.


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”).

Washington County
Washington County#English

A town in Washington County, North Carolina, United States.


Windom

A town in Fannin County, Texas, United States.


Balboa

From Spanish, from Galician Balboa, from Valboa, from Latin vallis bona, "Good Valley".

A town in Panama, formerly in the Panama Canal Zone.


Breed

Breed (countable and uncountable, plural Breeds)

A town and unincorporated community therein, in Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States, named after postmaster George M. Breed.


Wittenberg

North German surname, from the place in Germany (see below).

A town and rural district of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.


Victory

Victory (countable and uncountable, plural Victorys or Victories)

Victorys (plural)
Victories (plural)
victory (alternative)

A number of places in the United States:


Blandford

Blandford (countable and uncountable, plural Blandfords)

census-designated place
census-designated place

A town and census-designated place therein, in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States.


Fyffe

Fyffe (countable and uncountable, plural Fyffes)

A town in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States.


Tonopah

An unincorporated town, the county seat of Nye County, Nevada, United States.


Kimba

In South Australia, from an Aboriginal word for bushfire.

A town in the northern Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.


Rushville

A town, the county seat of Schuyler County, Illinois, 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.

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, named after Dr. Francis Wayland.

A town and village therein, in Steuben County, New York.


Yadkinville

A town, the county seat of Yadkin County, North Carolina, United States.


LaFayette

LaFayette (countable and uncountable, plural LaFayettes)

A town in Onondaga County, New York, United States.


Embree

Embree (countable and uncountable, plural Embrees)

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Weddington

Weddington (countable and uncountable, plural Weddingtons)

From an unattested Old English personal name Hwæt + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).

A town in Union County, North Carolina, United States.


Scurry

Scurry (countable and uncountable, plural Scurrys)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Scoireadh (“descendant of Scoireadh”).

der

A town in Kaufman County, Texas, United States.


Friedland

en-proper noun

Friedland (countable and uncountable, plural Friedlands)

A town in Oder-Spree district, Brandenburg, Germany.

Mecklenburgische Seenplatte
Mecklenburgische Seenplatte#English

A town and Amt in Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.


Yeoman

Yeoman (countable and uncountable, plural Yeomans)

Yeomans (plural)
Yeaman (alternative)
Youman (alternative)

A town in Jefferson Township, Carroll County, Indiana, United States.


Selmer

A town, the county seat of McNairy County, Tennessee, United States. Named after Selma, Alabama.


Trumbull

Trumbull (countable and uncountable, plural Trumbulls)

Fairfield County
Fairfield County#English

A town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.


Bothwell

Bothwell (countable and uncountable, plural Bothwells)

From Middle English bothe (“booth”) + welle (“well, spring”).

A small town in central Tasmania, Australia.


Ellenburg

Ellenburg (countable and uncountable, plural Ellenburgs)

The New York town is from the given name Ellen + -burg.

A town in Clinton County, New York, United States.


Tazewell

Claiborne County
Claiborne County#English

A town, the county seat of Claiborne County, Tennessee, United States.

A town, the county seat of Tazewell County, Virginia, United States.


Hadfield

Hadfield (countable and uncountable, plural Hadfields)

From Old English hǣþ (“heath”) + feld (“field”).

A town in High Peak borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK0296).


Cortland

An incorporated town in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States.


Centerville

A town in Center Township, Wayne County, Indiana; named for its central location in its county.

Wilkinson County
Wilkinson County#English

A town in Amite County and Wilkinson County, Mississippi.

A small town in Allegany County, New York.

A town, the county seat of Hickman County, Tennessee.

Manitowoc County
Manitowoc County#English


Chatsworth

A town near Gympie, Queensland, Australia.

Livingston County
Livingston County#English

An incorporated town in Livingston County, Illinois, United States.


Dumbarton

From Scottish Gaelic Dùn Breatann (“fort of the Britons”).

der

West Dunbartonshire
West Dunbartonshire#English

A town in West Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland.


Eastham

en-proper noun

Eastham (countable and uncountable, plural Easthams)

From Old English ēast (“east”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“river meadow”).

Barnstable County
Barnstable County#English

A town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.


Talmadge

Talmadge (countable and uncountable, plural Talmadges)

Talmadges (plural)
Tallmadge (alternative)

Metonymic occupational surname for an itinerant merchant, from Old French talemasche (“knapsack”). Compare Tollemache.

A town in Washington County, Maine, United States.


Rathbone

Rathbone (countable and uncountable, plural Rathbones)

Rathbones (plural)
Rathbun (alternative)

A town and hamlet therein, in Steuben County, New York, United States, named after General Ransom Rathbone.


Pelzer

A town in Anderson County, South Carolina.


Waterbury

Waterbury (countable and uncountable, plural Waterburys)

A town and village in Washington County, Vermont, 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 town, the parish seat of Tensas Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Kelliher

Kelliher (countable and uncountable, plural Kellihers)

A town in Beltrami County, Minnesota, United States.


Worsley

Worsley (countable and uncountable, plural Worsleys)

From either Old English personal name Weorc, in the genitive case Weorces + Proto-Brythonic *cę̃d (“a wood”) + lēah (“wood clearing, glade”), or else from the feminine personal name *Worcgȳth, genitive singular *Weorcgȳthe + lēah.

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Salford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9400).

A town in the Shire of Collie, Western Australia.


Hoxie

A town in Lawrence County, Arkansas, 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 small town in Marlborough district and region, New Zealand.


Nettleton

Nettleton (countable and uncountable, plural Nettletons)

From Old English netele (“nettle”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A town in Monroe County, Mississippi, United States.


Varley

Varley (countable and uncountable, plural Varleys)

A small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.


Bartow

Jefferson County
Jefferson County#English

A small town in Jefferson County, Georgia, United States.


Drysdale

Drysdale (countable and uncountable, plural Drysdales)

A rural town in the City of Greater Geelong, Victoria, Australia.


Harford

Harford (countable and uncountable, plural Harfords)

A town in Cortland County, New York, United States.


Westby

Westby (countable and uncountable, plural Westbys)

A town in Sheridan County, Montana, United States.


Darnall

Darnall (countable and uncountable, plural Darnalls)

From Old English dierne (“secret, hidden”) + healh (“nook, angle, recess”).


Alvord

Alvord (countable and uncountable, plural Alvords)

A town in Wise County, Texas, United States.


Bate

Bate (countable and uncountable, plural Bates)


Garden City

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Blount County and Cullman County, Alabama.

A statutory town in Weld County, Colorado.

A tiny town in Clark County, South Dakota.


Farmington

Several places in the United States:
A town in Hartford County, Connecticut.

Several places in the United States:
A town in Kent County, Delaware.

A town and census-designated place, the county seat of Franklin County, Maine.

Several places in the United States:
A town in Alcorn County, Mississippi.

Strafford County
Strafford County#English

A town and census-designated place in Strafford County, New Hampshire.

Several places in the United States:
A town in Ontario County, New York.

A small town in Whitman County, Washington.

A small town in Marion County, West Virginia.

A town and unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Wisconsin.

La Crosse County
La Crosse County#English

Several places in the United States:
A town in La Crosse County, Wisconsin.

Several places in the United States:
A town in Polk County, Wisconsin.

Several places in the United States:
A town in Washington County, Wisconsin.

Several places in the United States:
A town in Waupaca County, Wisconsin.


Accomac

* (Virginia): From the Accawmack, an Amerind tribe originally resident in Accomac Shire, Colony of Virginia, Colonial America, British North America.

A town, the county seat of Accomack County, Virginia, United States.


Sitges

A town in Barcelona province, Catalonia, Spain.


Waynesville

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

A town, the county seat of Haywood County, North Carolina, United States.


Masvingo

Former name: Fort Victoria (until 1982)

A town in Zimbabwe, and the capital of the province of the same name.


Fort Yates

Named after the fort, which was named after George Yates.

A small town, the county seat of Sioux County, North Dakota, United States.


Mount Holly

A town in Rutland County, Vermont, United States.


Bakersville

A town, the county seat of Mitchell County, North Carolina, United States.


Colorado City

A town in Mohave County, Arizona, United States.


Netherton

Netherton (countable and uncountable, plural Nethertons)

"The lower settlement", from Old English niþera (“lower”) + tūn (“settlement”).

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO9488).


Woodfin

Woodfin (countable and uncountable, plural Woodfins)

A town in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States.


Greenlaw

Greenlaw (countable and uncountable, plural Greenlaws)

From Old English grēne (“green”) + hlǣw (“mountain, mound, hill”).

Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders#English

A town and civil parish in Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT710460).


Janesville

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

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

A town in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States, adjacent to the city of the same name.


Gatton

Gatton (countable and uncountable, plural Gattons)

Habitational surname for someone from Gatton, Surrey, from Old English gāt (“goat”) + tūn (“settlement”).

A rural town in Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia.


Elkhart

A town in Anderson County, Texas, United States.


Roanoke

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

bor+

A town in Huntington County, Indiana, United States.

Huntington County
Huntington County#English


Pittsboro

Hendricks County
Hendricks County#English

A town in Hendricks County, Indiana, United States.

A town, the county seat of Chatham County, North Carolina, United States.


Jennette

A town in Crittenden and St. Francis counties, Arkansas, United States.


Watlington

en-proper noun

Watlington (countable and uncountable, plural Watlingtons)

Watlingtons (plural)
Wadlington (alternative)

From an unattested Old English personal name + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

A market town and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU6894).


Paw Paw

A small town in Morgan County, West Virginia, United States, named after the pawpaw.


Mocksville

A town, the county seat of Davie County, North Carolina, United States.


Almon

Almon (countable and uncountable, plural Almons)

A town and unincorporated community therein, in Shawano County, Wisconsin, United States.


Lisle

Lisle (countable and uncountable, plural Lisles)

Lisles (plural)
Isle (alternative)
LIsle (alternative)
L'Isle (alternative)
l'Isle (alternative)

A town and village therein, in Broome County, New York, United States.


Roseboro

Roseboro (countable and uncountable, plural Roseboros)

A town in Sampson County, North Carolina, United States.


Dysart

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 town and locality in Isaac Region, Queensland, Australia.


Marysville

A small town in the Shire of Murrindindi, Victoria, Australia.

A town, the county seat of Union County, Ohio, United States.


Wallingford

en-proper noun

Wallingford (countable and uncountable, plural Wallingfords)

A town and civil parish with a town council in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU6089).

New Haven County
New Haven County#English

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

A town in Rutland County, Vermont, United States.


Rake

Rake (countable and uncountable, plural Rakes)

Winnebago County
Winnebago County#English

A small town in Winnebago County, Iowa, United States, named after a pioneer citizen.


Rochford

Rochford (countable and uncountable, plural Rochfords)

From Middle English Rochford, from two sources in Old English, both of which eventually converged into the modern form:
# 'The rook ford' or 'Rook's ford', from Old English hrōc (“rook”), genitive plural hrōca + ford, or else from Old English personal name Hrōc, genitive singular Hrōces + ford (respectively).
# 'Ford of the hunting dogs', from Old English ræċċ (“hunting dog”), genitive singular ræċċes (the vowel later assimilated to that of Old French roche (“rock, cliff”)) + ford.

A town and civil parish in Rochford district, in southeastern Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ8790).


Mertens

A town in Hill County, Texas, United States.


Mulhall

Mulhall (countable and uncountable, plural Mulhalls)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maolchathail (“descendant of the devotee of (Saint) Cathal”).

der

A town in Logan County, Oklahoma, United States.


Albuixech

Town of the Horta Nord district, in the Valencian Community (Spain)


Dali

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


Dali

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大瀝 /大沥 (Dàlì).

A town in Foshan city, Guangdong province, China.


Moncks Corner

A town, the county seat of Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States.


Martinsburg

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

United States of America
United States of America

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


Kingman

A place in the United States:
A town in Fountain County, Indiana.


Waverly

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

A small town in Chambers County and Lee County, Alabama.

An incorporated town in Sussex County, Virginia.

A small town in Spokane County, Washington.


Barnesville

Montgomery County
Montgomery County#English

A small town in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.


Van Buren

A number of places in the United States:

census-designated place
census-designated place

Aroostook County
Aroostook County#English

A town and census-designated place in Aroostook County, Maine.


Strafford

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

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

A town in Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States.

A town in Orange County, Vermont, United States.


DeWitt

A town in New York; named for judge and soldier Maj. Moses DeWitt.


Loudon

en-proper noun

Loudon (countable and uncountable, plural Loudons)

Merrimack County
Merrimack County#English

A town and census-designated place in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States.


Pigeon

Pigeon (countable and uncountable, plural Pigeons)

Trempealeau County
Trempealeau County#English

A town in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin.


Oberlin

A town, the parish seat of Allen Parish, Louisiana, United States. Named after J. F. Oberlin.


Capel

Capel (countable and uncountable, plural Capels)

Western Australia
Western Australia#English

A town in south-west Western Australia, within the above shire.


Mallow

Mallow (countable and uncountable, plural Mallows)

A town in County Cork, Ireland (Irish grid ref W 5598).


Hambleton

Hambleton (countable and uncountable, plural Hambletons)

From Old English hamel (“crooked (hill)”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A small town in Tucker County, West Virginia, United States.


Capron

Capron (countable and uncountable, plural Caprons)

A place in the United States:
A small town in Woods County, Oklahoma.

Southampton County
Southampton County#English

A place in the United States:
A town in Southampton County, Virginia.


Fessenden

Fessenden (countable and uncountable, plural Fessendens)

Fessendens (plural)
Fishenden (alternative)

A town, the county seat of Wells County, North Dakota, United States.


Bramwell

Bramwell (countable and uncountable, plural Bramwells)

A town in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States, named after civil engineer J. H. Bramwell.


Ringgold

Ringgold (countable and uncountable, plural Ringgolds)

From the German surname, Americanized from Ringold.

Bienville Parish
Bienville Parish#English

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

A town in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. ★


Highfields

A rural town and locality in Toowoomba Region, Queensland.


Seddon

Seddon (countable and uncountable, plural Seddons)

Perhaps a habitational surname from an unidentified place in England.

A small town in Marlborough, New Zealand, named after prime minister Richard Seddon.


Cantley

Cantley (countable and uncountable, plural Cantleys)

Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais
Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais#English

A town in Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.


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.

(uncountable) A placename:
A town in Ontario, Canada.


Watertown

Litchfield County
Litchfield County#English

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

A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut.

Jefferson County
Jefferson County#English

A town in Jefferson County, New York, within the city of the same name.

A town in Jefferson County, Wisconsin, adjacent to the city of the same name.


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)

An unincorporated community and coal town in Wise County, Virginia, United States.


Gisborne

A town in Victoria, Australia, named after Henry Fyshe Gisborne.


Leola

McPherson County
McPherson County#English

A small town, the county seat of McPherson County, South Dakota, United States.

A small town in Adams County, Wisconsin, United States.


Carrollton

A number of places in the United States:

A town, the county seat of Pickens County, Alabama.

A town in Mississippi, United States and one of the two county seats of Carroll County.

Cattaraugus County
Cattaraugus County#English


Maynooth

Borrowed from Irish Maigh Nuad (literally “plain of Nuada”).

bor

A town in County Kildare, Ireland, about 22 km west of Dublin city centre: home of Maynooth University and St Patrick’s college.


Partington

en-proper noun

Partington (countable and uncountable, plural Partingtons)

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ7191).


Hankey

Hankey (countable and uncountable, plural Hankeys)

A town in Eastern Cape province, South Africa, named after the Rev. William Alers Hankey.


Winnett

Winnett (countable and uncountable, plural Winnetts)

Petroleum County
Petroleum County#English

A town, the county seat of Petroleum County, Montana, United States.


Winnsboro

Fairfield County
Fairfield County#English

A town, the county seat of Fairfield County, South Carolina, United States.


Greensburg

St. Helena Parish
St. Helena Parish#English

A town, the parish seat of St. Helena Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Montross

Montross (countable and uncountable, plural Montrosses)

Westmoreland County
Westmoreland County#English

A small town, the county seat of Westmoreland County, Virginia, United States.


Eads

A statutory town, the county seat of Kiowa County, Colorado, United States.


Tylertown

From Tyler + town; previously in the form of Tyler Town.

A town, the county seat of Walthall County, Mississippi, United States.


Boulder

A town in Western Australia, merged with Kalgoorlie in 1989 as the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

A town, the county seat of Jefferson County, Montana, United States.

A small town in Garfield County, Utah, United States.


Sublette

Rio Arriba County
Rio Arriba County#English

A railroad town in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States.


Pinedale

A town, the county seat of Sublette County, Wyoming, United States.


Bernalillo

A town, the county seat of Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States.


Los Alamos

From Spanish los álamos (“the poplars, aspens or cottonwoods”).

Los Alamos County
Los Alamos County#English

A town, the county seat of Los Alamos County, New Mexico, United States.


Pagosa Springs

From the Ute language "pah gosah", apparently meaning "water with a bad smell", presumably because of the sulphur content.

Archuleta County
Archuleta County#English

A town and home rule municipality, the county seat of Archuleta County, Colorado, United States.


Estancia

A town, the county seat of Torrance County, New Mexico, United States.


San Luis

A statutory town, the county seat of Costilla County, Colorado, United States. The full name is San Luis de la Culebra.


Del Norte

From Spanish del norte, as in Rio Grande del Norte.

Rio Grande County
Rio Grande County#English

A statutory town, the county seat of Rio Grande County, Colorado, United States.


Dove Creek

A statutory town, the county seat of Dolores County, Colorado, United States


Saguache

From the Ute language via Spanish. Doublet of Sawatch.

A statutory town, the county seat of Saguache County, Colorado, United States.


Hot Sulphur Springs

A statutory town, the county seat of Grand County, Colorado, United States.


Gunnison

A town in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States.


Chuahit

The borehole of Chuahit, located 3 km SE of Chuahit town revealed the existence of 3 m thick clay layers within the basalt.

2017, Krystyna Stave, Goraw Goshu, Shimelis Aynalem, Social and Ecological System Dynamics, →ISBN:


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 town in Lenoir County, North Carolina, United States.

A town in Fayette County, Tennessee, United States.

A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin, United States.

A town and unincorporated community in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States.

A town in Goshen County, Wyoming, United States.


Ordway

Ordway (countable and uncountable, plural Ordways)

From the Old English personal name Ordwīġ, which is composed of the elements ord (“point of a spear”) and wīġ (“war, battle”).

A statutory town, the county seat of Crowley County, Colorado, United States.


Chipping Norton

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

A market town and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP3127).


Stretford

From Old English strǽt (“road”) + ford (“ford”). Doublet of Stratford.

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England.


Cromarty

Cromarty (countable and uncountable, plural Cromartys)

Cromartys (plural)
Cromartie (alternative)

From Scottish Gaelic crom (“crooked, bent”) + àrd (“height”) or bati (“bay”).

A small coastal town in the Highland council area, northern Scotland (OS grid ref NH7867).


Nairn

A town in Highland council area, in northern Scotland (OS grid ref NH8856).


Kinross

Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross#English

A town or burgh in Perth and Kinross council area, in central Scotland, and the county town of Kinross-shire.

A gold mining town in Mpumalanga province, South Africa.


Ettrick

Trempealeau County
Trempealeau County#English

A town and village in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, United States.


Genesee

/ˌd͡ʒɛnɪˈsiː/

From Seneca Gen-nis'-hee-yo (“pleasant valley, beautiful valley”).

der

The name of various places in North America:

A number of places in the United States:


Menzies

From Early Scots Menȝies, from Scottish Gaelic Mèinnearach, from Anglo-Norman Mesnières.

Western Australia
Western Australia#English

A town in Goldfields-Esperance region, Western Australia.


Stonehaven

A coastal town in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland. It was the county town of Kincardineshire until 1975 (OS grid ref NO8786).


Kincardine

From Scottish Gaelic Cinn Chàrdainn, possibly adapted from an earlier Pictish *Pencarden, equivalent to Welsh pen (“head, top”) + cardden (“enclosure”).

A town on the River Forth in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9387).


Banchory

A town on Deeside, Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO6995).


Clackmannan

Derived from Scottish Gaelic siorrachd chlach Mhannainn (“county with the stone of Manau”). For the second element see cloch (“stone”). The last element is from Celtic, but of unknown meaning; see Manau.

A town in Clackmannanshire council area, Scotland, which was the county town of the historic county of Clackmannanshire until 1822 (OS grid ref NS9192).


Alloa

A town which is the administrative centre of Clackmannanshire council area, Scotland, and the county town of the historic county of Clackmannanshire between 1822 and 1975 (OS grid ref NS8893).


Cowdenbeath

Borrowed from Scots Coudenbeith, from Cowden + Scottish Gaelic beith (birch).

A town and burgh in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT1691).


Rosyth

From Scottish Gaelic Ros Fhìobh ("headland of Fife", the name is much older than the town).

q

A town on the Firth of Forth in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT1183).


Glenrothes

/ɡlɛnˈɹɒθɪs/

From glen (“valley”) + Rothes (“after the Earl of Rothes”). It was originally named Rothes, but renamed to avoid confusion with Rothes in Moray.

affix

A town in Fife council area, Scotland, and the administrative centre of Fife (OS grid ref NO2701).


Kirkcaldy

From Scottish Gaelic Cair Chaladain (“place of Caled's fort”), from Pictish caer (“fort”) + caled (“hard, harsh, rough”), possibly referring to a tough ruler.

der

A town and former royal burgh in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2791)


Leven

A coastal town in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO3800).


Dunblane

A town in Stirling council area, Scotland; historically it was a royal burgh in Perthshire until 1975 (OS grid ref NN7801), infamous for the mass shooting that happened there in 1996.

(by extension) The mass shooting itself.


Methil

A town and port in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3799).


Newport-on-Tay

A small town in Fife council area, Scotland, on the south side of the Firth of Tay opposite the city of Dundee (OS grid ref NO4127).


Forfar

A town in Angus council area, Scotland; it is the administrative centre of Angus, and was the county town of the historic county of Angus (OS grid ref NO4550).


Arbroath

Historically Aberbrothock. From Pictish *aber (“estuary”) + Brothock, a river name.

A coastal town and former royal burgh in Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO6441).


Tapanui

From Maori Te Papanui, an early name for the Blue Mountains nearby.

A small town in West Otago, New Zealand, the largest in the area.


Spafford

en-proper noun

Spafford (countable and uncountable, plural Spaffords)

A town in Onondaga County, New York, United States.


Hopewell

Hopewell (countable and uncountable, plural Hopewells)

Ultimately from hope + well.
The civil parish in New Brunswick may have been named after Hopewell, Pennsylvania.

A large number of places in the United States:


Dunmore

Dunmore (countable and uncountable, plural Dunmores)

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic dùn (“fortress, fort, stronghold”) + mòr (“big, large, great”).

der

A placename:
A town in County Galway, Ireland.


Dummer

en-proper noun

Dummer (countable and uncountable, plural Dummers)

In Hampshire, recorded as Dunmere in 1086 (DB), from Old English dūn + mere (pond on a hill). The surname possibly originates from Hampshire.

A town in Coos County, New Hampshire, United States.


Balclutha

From Scottish Gaelic baile + Clutha, an old name for the River Clyde.

A town on the Clutha River in South Otago, New Zealand, which is the administrative centre for Clutha District.


Summerford

Summerford (countable and uncountable, plural Summerfords)

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Pitkin

Pitkin (countable and uncountable, plural Pitkins)

A small town in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States.


Greenock

A town in Inverclyde council area, on the south side of the Firth of Clyde, Scotland, which is the administrative centre of Inverclyde (OS grid ref NS2776).

A small town in the Barossa Valley, South Australia.


Gourock

From Scottish Gaelic Guireag (“pimple”), from Middle Irish guirín (“pustule”), from or related to Old Irish guirid (“to warm, heat”).

A town on the Firth of Clyde in Inverclyde council area, Scotland; historically it was a burgh in Renfrewshire (OS grid ref NS2477).


Lanark

From Cumbric *lanerc (“a glade”), compare Welsh llannerch (“glade, clearing”).

South Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire#English

A town in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland, which was the county town of the historic county of Lanarkshire (OS grid ref NS8843).

A place in the United States:
A town in Portage County, Wisconsin.


Wishaw

North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire#English

A town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland, at one time (1920-1975) in the burgh of Motherwell and Wishaw (OS grid ref NS7955).


Tyers

A small town in the City of Latrobe, Victoria, Australia, named after Charles Tyers.


Casco

Casco (countable and uncountable, plural Cascos)

census-designated place
census-designated place

Cumberland County
Cumberland County#English

A town and census-designated place therein, in Cumberland County, Maine.

A town and village therein, in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin.


Elliston

Elliston (countable and uncountable, plural Ellistons)

In Newfoundland, from Ellis (a surname) + -ton. The town is named after missionary William Ellis (1780 - 1837).

A coastal town on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, named after Ellen Liston.


Gilford

Gilford (countable and uncountable, plural Gilfords)

A town in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States.


Sugden

Sugden (countable and uncountable, plural Sugdens)

Habitational surname from a place in West Yorkshire, from Old English suċġa (“kind of small bird”) + dene (“valley”).

der

Jefferson County
Jefferson County#English

A town in Jefferson County, Oklahoma, United States.


Hempstead

en-proper noun

Hempstead (countable and uncountable, plural Hempsteads)

From Old English hām (“homestead”) + stede (“place”). Doublet of Hampstead.

A town and village in Nassau County, New York, United States.


Fort William

A town in Highland council area, Scotland.


Clydebank

West Dunbartonshire
West Dunbartonshire#English

A town on the north side of the River Clyde in West Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS4970).


Cumbernauld

A town in North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland, a new town founded in the 1950s on the site of a village of the same name (OS grid ref NS7674).


Prestwick

A coastal town in South Ayrshire council area, Scotland, which is probably more famous for its airport (OS grid ref NS3526).


Ardrossan

A harbour town on the Firth of Clyde in North Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS2342).


Largs

The hourly EMU service means that Largs, arguably an underrated seaside destination, is easy enough to reach from Glasgow for a day out.

2025 March 5, “Ayr miles with a 'Spirit of Scotland'”, in RAIL, number 1030, page 46:

A town on the Firth of Clyde in North Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS2059).

A small town in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.


Croghan

Croghan (countable and uncountable, plural Croghans)

A town in Lewis County, New York, United States.


East Kilbride

A town in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6354).


Dalry

A small town in North Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS2949)


Musselburgh

/ˈmʌsəlbəɹə/

A town in East Lothian council area, Scotland; historically it was in Midlothian (OS grid ref NT3472).


North Berwick

/nɔːθ ˈbɛɹɪk/

A coastal town in East Lothian council area, Scotland, north-west of Berwick-upon-Tweed, England (OS grid ref NT5585).

A town in York County, Maine, United States, near Berwick, Maine, which was named after Berwick-upon-Tweed, England, not the Scottish town.


Haddington

A town, the administrative centre of East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT5173).


Ludington

Ludington (countable and uncountable, plural Ludingtons)

Eau Claire County
Eau Claire County#English

A town in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, United States.


Paoli

Paoli (countable and uncountable, plural Paolis)

A statutory town in Phillips County, Colorado, United States.

A town, the county seat of Orange County, Indiana, United States.

A town in Garvin County, Oklahoma, United States.


Tewksbury

Tewksbury (countable and uncountable, plural Tewksburys)

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.


Edgecomb

Edgecomb (countable and uncountable, plural Edgecombs)

Edgecombs (plural)
Edgecombe (alternative)

Topographic surname, from Old English eċġ (“edge”) + cumb (“narrow valley”).

A town in Lincoln County, Maine, United States.


Northam

Northam (countable and uncountable, plural Northams)

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Torridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS4528).

A placename
A town in Limpopo, South Africa.

A town and local government area (Shire of Northam) in Western Australia.


Binghamton

A town in Broome County, New York, adjacent to the city of the same name.


Martinsville

A small town in the City of Lake Macquarie, Hunter Region, New South Wales, Australia.


Fairplay

A number of places in the United States:

A statutory town, the county seat of Park County, Colorado.


Falkenstein

Falkenstein (countable and uncountable, plural Falkensteins)

A town in Mistelbach district, Lower Austria, Austria.

A town in Vogtlandkreis district, Saxony, Germany.

A town in Harz district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.


Mayville

Mayville (countable and uncountable, plural Mayvilles)


Kinston

A town in Coffee County, Alabama, United States.


Torrington

Torrington (countable and uncountable, plural Torringtons)

From Torridge (“a river in Devon”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

Great Torrington
Great Torrington#English

Short for Great Torrington, a market town in Devon, England.


Goshen

Litchfield County
Litchfield County#English

A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut.

Hampshire County
Hampshire County#English

A town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts.

A town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire.

A town and village in New York; the village is the county seat of Orange County.

A small town in Addison County, Vermont.

Rockbridge County
Rockbridge County#English

A small town in Rockbridge County, Virginia.


Lynchburg

A small town in Lee County, South Carolina, United States.


Maysville

A town in Banks County and Jackson County, Georgia, United States.

A town in Jones County, North Carolina, United States.

A town in Garvin County and McClain County, Oklahoma, United States.


Pershing

en-proper noun

Pershing (countable and uncountable, plural Pershings)

A number of places in the United States:


Kinghorn

Kinghorn (countable and uncountable, plural Kinghorns)

From Scottish Gaelic ceann (“head; height”) + gronna (“bog”); the placename later developed to Kinghorn due to folk etymology.

A town and civil parish of Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2686).


Whiteville

A town in Hardeman County, Tennessee, United States.


Rockford

From Old English hrōca, the genitive plural form of hroc, meaning rook (the bird) + ford.

A small town, the county seat of Coosa County, Alabama.

A small town in Spokane County, Washington.


Van Horn

Culberson County
Culberson County#English

A town, the county seat of Culberson County, Texas, United States.


Bridgeport

A number of other places in the United States:

A small town and unincorporated community in Crawford County, Wisconsin.


Morgantown

A town in Morgan County, Indiana, United States.


Russellville

A town in Putnam County, Indiana, United States.


Arrowsmith

Arrowsmith (countable and uncountable, plural Arrowsmiths)

From arrowsmith, an occupational surname for a maker of iron arrowheads.

A town in the Shire of Irwin, Mid West region, Western Australia.


Panton

Panton (countable and uncountable, plural Pantons)

A town in Addison County, Vermont, United States.


Haliburton

Haliburton (countable and uncountable, plural Haliburtons)

Haliburton County
Haliburton County#English

The main town in the municipality of Dysart et al, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada.


Rockbridge

A town and unincorporated community in Richland County, Wisconsin, United States.


Wallsend

Hadrian's Wall
Wallsend (disambiguation)

From (in England) wall + end, after its historical position at the eastern end of Hadrian's Wall.

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3066).


Oshkosh

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

Winnebago County
Winnebago County#English

A town in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States, adjacent to the city of the same name.