List of places with numeric names

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

Places that have numerals in their names include:

0

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

1/2 (half)

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

1

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

2

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

3

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

4

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

5

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

6

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

7

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

8

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

9

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

10

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

11

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

12

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

13

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

14

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

16

  • Solapur, Maharashtra, India

17

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

18

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

20

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

23

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

24

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

25

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

26

  • Twentysix, Kentucky, United States

27

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

28

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

29

  • Twentynine Palms, California, United States

30

  • Thirtymile, Oregon, United States

33

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

35

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

36

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

40

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

50

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

56

  • Fifty-Six, Arkansas, United States

60

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

66

  • Sixty Six, South Carolina, United States

76

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

84

  • Eighty Four, Pennsylvania, United States

88

  • Eighty Eight, Kentucky, United States

96

  • Ninety Six, South Carolina, United States

100

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

101

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

108

  • 108 Mile Ranch, Canada

300

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

400

  • Fjärdhundra, Sweden

1,000

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

1,400

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

1,770

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

2,500

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

3,000

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

4,000

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

10,000

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

20,000

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

40,010

  • Shimanto, Kōchi, Japan

100,000

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

Names with trailing numbers

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

See also

References

  1. Einsiedelei (Graz)[circular reference]
  2. ข้อมูลประวัติความเป็นมาและข้อมูลสําคัญต่างๆของอําเภอสอง จากเว็บไซต์จังหวัดแพร่ Template:Lang in
  3. ประวัติอำเภอสองแคว จากเว็บไซต์สำนักงานวัฒนธรรมจังหวัดน่าน (in Thai)
  4. ประวัติอำเภอ จากเว็บไซต์สำนักงานเกษตรอำเภอสามชัย (in Thai)
  5. ประวัติความเป็นมา จากเว็บไซต์สำนักงานพัฒนาชุมชนอำเภอสามง่าม จังหวัดพิจิตร กรมการพัฒนาชุมชน กระทรวงมหาดไทย (in Thai)
  6. ประวัติอำเภอสามเงา จากเว็บไซต์จังหวัดตาก (in Thai)
  7. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: List of places with numeric names
  8. ประวัติอำเภอเก้าเลี้ยว จากเว็บไซต์สำนักงานพัฒนาชุมชนอำเภอเก้าเลี้ยว จังหวัดนครสวรรค์ กรมการพัฒนาชุมชน กระทรวงมหาดไทย (in Thai)
  9. ข้อมูลอำเภอเก้าเลี้ยว จากเว็บไซต์สำนักงานเกษตรอำเภอเก้าเลี้ยว (in Thai)