List of places with numeric names

This is a list of places with numeric names.

1[]

• 1 Decembrie, Romania, a commune south of Bucharest ("1st of December")
• Een, The Netherlands ("one")
• Einhaus, Germany ("Onehouse")
• Einsiedeln, Switzerland

2[]

• Tweehuizen, Dutch (= two houses)
• Zweibrücken, Germany, zwei means two in German and Brücken means bridges
• Zweisimmen, Switzerland, zwei means two in German
• Duas Bocas Biological Reserve ("2 mouths"), Brazil
• Duas Barras ("2 bars"), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Duas Estradas ("2 roads"), Paraíba, Brazil
• Duas Igrejas ("2 churches"), Paredes, Portugal
• Dos Pilas ("2 wells"), Guatemala
• Dos Vientos and Dos Vientos Open Space ("2 winds"), California
• Dos Hermanas ("two sisters"), Andalusia, Spain
• El Segundo ("the second"), California, United States
• Song District, Phrae, Thailand - The reason of naming (before the year 1527) is remain unclear,^[1] but the name (Thai: สอง) is same as the Thai word (Thai: สอง) that means "two".
• Song Khwae District ("two waterways"^[2]), Nan, Thailand
• Song Phi Nong District ("two siblings"), Suphan Buri, Thailand
• Twee Riviere ("two rivers"), a town in South Africa
• Twee Rivieren ("two rivers"), a suburb in South Africa
• Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein, ("two buffaloes with one shot") South Africa
•  [af] ("two rivers), Namibia
• Two Bridges, Manhattan, a neighborhood in New York City, United States
• Two Harbors, Minnesota, United States
• Two Harbors, California, United States
• Two Rocks, Western Australia

3[]

• Dreiflüssestadt, a colloquial name for Passau, Germany (= three (merging) rivers town)
• Dreikirchen, Germany (= three churches)
•  [nl], The Netherlands (= three)
• Driebergen, The Netherlands (= three mountains)
• Driehuis, The Netherlands (= three houses)
• Sam Chai District, Kalasin, Thailand (= "three wins" or "three victories"^[3])
• Sam Khok District, Pathum Thani, Thailand (= three mounds)
• Sam Ngam District, Phichit, Thailand (= three prongs^[4])
• Sam Ngao District, Tak, Thailand (= three shadows^[5])
• Sam Phran District, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand (= three hunters)
• Third Hill Mountain, West Virginia
• Three Bridges, England
• Three Rivers, California
• Three Rivers, Michigan
• Three Rivers, Texas
• Three Sisters (Australia)
• Three Sisters (Northern Cape)
• Three Sisters (Oregon)
• Three Springs, Western Australia
• Three Mile Island, New Hampshire
• Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania
• Tre Kronor castle ("three crowns castle"), Sweden
• Trekroner ("three crowns"), Denmark
• Trekroner Fort ("three crowns fort"), Denmark
• Tres Cantos ("3 corners"), Madrid, Spain
• Tres Cerros ("3 hills"), Argentina
• Três Coroas ("3 crowns"), Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
• Tres Cruces ("3 crosses"), Uruguay
• Tres de Febrero Partido ("3rd of February"), Argentina
• Tres Valles ("3 valleys"), Mexico
• Trishal ("3 Shal"= Shorea robusta), Bangladesh
• Trois-Pistoles, Canada (= three pistoles (coins))
• Trois-Ponts (German: Dreibrücken), Belgium (= three bridges)
• Trois-Rivières, Canada (= three rivers)
• Trois-Rivières, Guadeloupe (= three rivers)

4[]

• Big Four, West Virginia
• Vierhouten, The Netherlands (= four pieces of wood)
• Cuatro Caminos ("4 roads"), one of the first metro stations in Madrid
• Cuatro Cañadas ("4 paths"), Bolivia
• Cuatro Ciénegas ("4 marshes"), Mexico
• Cuatro Torres ("4 towers"), Madrid business district
• Cuatro Vientos ("4 winds"), Madrid neighbourhood and military-civil airport and museum
• Sichuan, which means “4 Rivers” in Chinese
• Four Corners, a region of the United States
• Quad Cities, a region of the United States

5[]

• Cinco Ranch, Texas
• Cinque Terre ("five lands"), Italy, after the five villages along the coastline
• Five Forks, Calhoun County, West Virginia
• Five Forks, Ritchie County, West Virginia
• Five Forks, Upshur County, West Virginia
• Five Towns, Long Island, New York; a group of communities in the Town of Hempstead
• Fünfhaus ("five houses"), part of the district Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus (15.) and one of 89 municipalities within Vienna, Austria
• Panchagarh ("5 forts"), Bangladesh
• Panchbibi ("5 wives"), Bangladesh
• Piatykhatky, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast ("five houses"), Ukraine
• Pompeii, Italy, after the five districts of the city
• Punjab, India and Punjab, Pakistan ("The Land of Five Waters"), an Indian state and a Pakistani province
• Vijfhuizen, The Netherlands ("five houses")
• Vyf Rand ("five rand"), Namibia

6[]

• Sechshaus (Amtsbezirk) ("six houses"), former district of Lower Austria, Austria
• Sechshaus ("six houses"), part of the district Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus (15.) of Vienna, Austria
• Sechshaus ("six houses"), part of the community Brand-Nagelberg, Lower Austria, Austria
• Sexdrega, Sweden – originally meaning six fishing places.
• Six, West Virginia
• Sixes, Georgia
• Sixes, Oregon – The community was named after the Sixes river. Accounts vary as to how the river got its name. One local postmaster said Sixes was named for a Native American chief.
• Six Hills in Stevenage, England
• 6th of October, city in Egypt.
• 6th of October Governorate, former governorate of Egypt

7[]

• Beer Sheva ("seven wells"), Israel
• Hét ("7"), Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hungary
• Prampir Makara ("January 7th"), Phnom Penh, Cambodia
• Satkhira ("7 Kheers"), Bangladesh
• Sete Cidades ("7 cities"), Azores (Portugal) and Piauí (Brazil)
• Sete Fontes ("7 springs"), Braga, Portugal
• Sete Lagoas ("7 lagoons"), Minas Gerais, Brazil
• Seven Fields, Pennsylvania
• Seven Oaks, California
• Seven Sisters, London, England
• Seven Springs, Pennsylvania
• Sevenoaks, Kent, England
• Siebenhirten ("seven shepherds"), Austria is one of 89 municipalities within Vienna and also the name of an underground railway station.
• Zevenhoven ("seven gardens"), the Netherlands
• Zevenhuizen ("seven houses"), several places in the Netherlands

8[]

• Acht (Eifel), Germany
• Austagram ("containing 8 villages"), Bangladesh
• Eight, West Virginia
• Achtmaal, The Netherlands (= eight times)
• Ocho Ríos ("8 rivers"), Jamaica
• Eight Mile Plains, Brisbane

9[]

• Neunkirchen, Austria
• Nine Elms
• Nueve de Julio ("July 9th"), several towns in Argentina
• Nueve de Julio Department ("July 9th"), several departments in Argentina
• Nueve de Julio District ("July 9th"), Peru
• Nueve de Julio Partido ("July 9th"), Argentina
• Kao Liao District (lit. "9 turns" or "9 curves"^[6][7]), Nakhon Sawan, Thailand
• Kowloon, a region of Hong Kong meaning “9 Dragons” in Chinese
• Stowe Nine Churches in Northamptonshire, United Kingdom

10[]

• 10th of Ramadan, Egypt
• ("Ten Commandments"), The Netherlands
• Tiengemeten ("Ten Acres"), The Netherlands
• Diez de Octubre ("October 10th"), Cuba

11[]

• Once de Octubre ("October 11th"), Argentina
• Once de Septiembre ("September 11th"), Argentina
• Ruyton-XI-Towns, United Kingdom

12[]

•  [de], Germany, earlier a slightly different written name, later folk-etymologically changed, Dutzend / See means a dozen / lake in German
•  [de], Großer and Kleiner, Dutzend / Teich means a dozen / pond in German, two ponds, a big and a small one, in Germany
•  [de], one of 87 statistical districts (Statischer Bezirk) of Nürnberg, Germany
• Zwölfaxing, Austria. Zwölf means twelve in German, hence it is a city with a number in its name.
• Doce de Octubre ("October 12th"), Argentina
• Baramulla ("12 roots"), India
• Xishuangbanna ("twelve districts", literally "twelve township rice-fields"), China

13[]

• Trece Mártires ("13 martyrs"), Philippines

14[]

• Chauddagram ("14 villages"), Bangladesh
• Vierzehn is an incorporated village of Rainbach im Mühlkreis, Austria
• Catorce, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
  • Real de Catorce ("real [a kind of currency of Spanish America] of [value] 14", or from "14 killed soldiers"), Mexico
• Catorce de Noviembre ("November 14th"), Panama

18[]

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

20[]

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

23[]

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

24[]

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

25[]

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

26[]

• Twentysix, Kentucky - Twentysix is an unincorporated community in Morgan County, Kentucky. The story is that the community's first postmaster, Martha Rowland, submitted 25 possible community names, and then jotted down "26," which was the year she submitted the list, 1926.

27[]

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

28[]

• Veintiocho de Noviembre ("November 28th"), Argentina

29[]

• Twentynine Palms, California

33[]

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

36[]

• Chhattisgarh ("thirty-six forts"), a state in India

40[]

• Cuarenta Casas ("40 houses") archaeological site, Mexico

56[]

• Fifty-Six, Arkansas – When founding the community in 1918, locals submitted the name "Newcomb" for the settlement. This request was rejected, and the federal government internally named the community for its school district number (56).^[8] It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names.^[9][10]

60[]

• Hatvan, Hungary – Hatvan is the Hungarian word for 60. Although it is located approximately 60 kilometres (37 mi) away from the capital city on road, the name predates the metric system. A possible etymology is from the Pecheneg-Turkic chatwan/chatman, meaning "part of a nation".^[11]

66[]

• Sixty Six, South Carolina

76[]

• Seventy Six, Kentucky
• Seventy-Six, Missouri

84[]

• Eighty Four, Pennsylvania – Eighty Four was originally named Smithville. Due to postal confusion with another town of the same name, its name was changed to "Eighty Four" on July 28, 1884.^[12]

88[]

• Eighty Eight, Kentucky – As reported in an article in The New York Times, the town was named in 1860 by Dabnie Nunnally, the community's first postmaster. He had little faith in the legibility of his handwriting, and thought that using numbers would solve the problem. He then reached into his pocket and came up with 88 cents.^[13] Another explanation is that the hamlet is 8.8 miles from Glasgow.^[14]

96[]

• Ninety Six, South Carolina – There is much confusion about the mysterious name Ninety-Six, and the true origin may never be known. Speculation has led to the mistaken belief that it was 96 miles (154 km) to the nearest Cherokee settlement of Keowee; to a counting of creeks crossing the main road leading from Lexington, South Carolina, to Ninety-Six; to an interpretation of a Welsh expression nant-sych, meaning "dry gulch." Pitcher Bill Voiselle of the Boston Braves was from Ninety Six and wore uniform number 96.

100[]

• Hundred, West Virginia – It was named for Henry Church and his wife, the first settlers, who lived to be 109 and 106.^[15] Hundred is the only place in the United States with this name.
• 100 Mile House, British Columbia – Named for being the location of a roadhouse at the 100 mile mark up the Old Cariboo Road during the Cariboo Gold Rush.
• Chafford Hundred, England – A turn of the 21st century built settlement north-west of Grays, and south-east of South Ockendon in the Borough of Thurrock in the ceremonial county of Essex.

101[]

• Roi Et Province, Thailand - The name is literally 101 in Thai language.
• Wonowon, British Columbia ("one-oh-one") – located at Mile 101 on Highway 97, the Alaska Highway.

300[]

• Sam Roi Yot District, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand. - lit. "three hundred peaks". Its ancient name is Sam Roi Rot (lit. "three hundred (persons are) survives").^[16][17]

400[]

• Fjärdhundra, Sweden

1,000[]

• Thousand Islands – an archipelago in the St. Lawrence River along the boundary between New York and Ontario
• Kepulauan Seribu – Local word meaning Thousand Island. An archipelago under the administrative division of Jakarta
• Thousand Oaks, California
• Thousand Palms, California
• Thousandsticks, Kentucky
• Vila Nova de Milfontes, Portugal

1,400[]

•  [bn] ("fourteen hundred"), Bangladesh

1,770[]

• Seventeen Seventy, Queensland – Although the town is referred to locally as "1770", the official name of the town is "Seventeen Seventy". It commemorates the arrival of Captain James Cook on the Endeavour in that year.

2,500[]

• Araihazar, (“two-and-a-half thousand”) Bangladesh.

3,000[]

• Bueng Sam Phan District, Phetchabun, Thailand - lit. "lake 3,000". The number 3,000 is about many crocodiles in the lake of Bueng Sam Phan.^[18]
• Khlong Chorakhe Sam Phan (Chorakhe Sam Phan canal) in Kanchanaburi and Suphan Buri, Thailand - lit. "crocodile 3,000", means three thousand crocodiles.
• Sam Phan Bok ("3,000 shallow lakes") in Thailand

4,000[]

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

10,000[]

• Na Muen District ("ten thousand (rice) paddy fields"^[19]), Nan, Thailand
• Ten Thousand Islands, Florida, United States

20,000[]

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

40,010[]

• Shimanto, Kōchi, Japan

100,000[]

• Thong Saen Khan District ("hundred thousand bowls of gold", lit. "hundred thousand water dippers of gold"),^[20] Uttaradit, Thailand

Names with trailing numbers[]

The following location names end with trailing roman numbers.

• Krems I, a part of the village Leezen, Germany
• Krems II, a part of a different region, but again in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
• Petersdorf I, Styria, Austria
• Petersdorf II, until end of 2014, Styria, Austria
• Takern I, part of the community St. Margarethen an der Raab [de], Styria, Austria
• Takern II, part of the same community, Styria, Austria
• Wakendorf I, a municipality in the district of Segeberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
• Wakendorf II, a different municipality in the district of Segeberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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