List of places with numeric names

This is a list of places with numeric names.

0
  • nl:Nulde, (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)

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12
  • Twelve, Tennessee, (formerly known as Badger-on-a-Stick, Tennessee), is a small unincorporated community on the outskirts of Bumpus Mills. The name was officially changed in 2009 to reflect the population at the time.
  • Dutzendsee, Germany, earlier a slightly different written name, later folk-etymologically changed, Dutzend / See means a dozen / lake in German
  • Dutzendteich, Großer and Kleiner, Dutzend / Teich means a dozen / pond in German, two ponds, a big and a small one, in Germany
  • Dutzendteich (Nürnberg), 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

14

16
  • Solapur , Maharashtra, India. District Place in Maharashtra.

17

18

20

23

24

25

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

28

29

30

33

35

36

40

50

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).[9] It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names.[10][11]

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".[12]

66

76

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.[13]

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.[14] Another explanation is that the hamlet is 8.8 miles from Glasgow.[15]

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

101

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").[17][18]

400

1,000

1,400
  • Chowddoshata ("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

3,000

4,000

10,000

20,000
  • Ventimiglia, Italy (coincidental, as it comes from Album Intimilium)

40,010

100,000

Names with trailing numbers

The following location names end with trailing roman numbers.

References
  1. Einsiedelei (Graz)
  2. ข้อมูลประวัติความเป็นมาและข้อมูลสําคัญต่างๆของอําเภอสอง จากเว็บไซต์จังหวัดแพร่ (in Thai)
  3. ประวัติอำเภอสองแคว จากเว็บไซต์สำนักงานวัฒนธรรมจังหวัดน่าน (in Thai)
  4. ประวัติอำเภอ จากเว็บไซต์สำนักงานเกษตรอำเภอสามชัย (in Thai)
  5. ประวัติความเป็นมา จากเว็บไซต์สำนักงานพัฒนาชุมชนอำเภอสามง่าม จังหวัดพิจิตร กรมการพัฒนาชุมชน กระทรวงมหาดไทย (in Thai)
  6. ประวัติอำเภอสามเงา จากเว็บไซต์จังหวัดตาก (in Thai)
  7. ประวัติอำเภอเก้าเลี้ยว จากเว็บไซต์สำนักงานพัฒนาชุมชนอำเภอเก้าเลี้ยว จังหวัดนครสวรรค์ กรมการพัฒนาชุมชน กระทรวงมหาดไทย (in Thai)
  8. ข้อมูลอำเภอเก้าเลี้ยว จากเว็บไซต์สำนักงานเกษตรอำเภอเก้าเลี้ยว (in Thai)
  9. Earngey, Bill. "Arkansas Roadsides." 1978 East Mountain Press. Eureka Springs, Arkansas. pp. 32. ISBN 0-9619592-0-7.
  10. Thompson, George E. (2009). You Live Where?: Interesting and Unusual Facts about where We Live. iUniverse. p. 7. ISBN 9781440134210.
  11. "Colorful Names". Arkansas Department of Parks & Tourism. Archived from the original on November 24, 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  12. Magyarázatok a Hatvan helységnévre
  13. "Eighty-four, Pa. turns 100". The Ledger. The Associated Press. 1984-07-28. Retrieved 2009-10-02.
  14. Wheeler, Lonnie (1988-08-05). "Eighty Eight Journal; A Date That Will Live in Kentucky". New York Times. Retrieved 2007-11-22.
  15. Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 90. ISBN 0813126312. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
  16. Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 65.
  17. ชื่อนี้มีตำนาน !! ครบรอบ ๕๑ ปี "เกาะสามร้อยรอด" สู่ "อุทยานแห่งชาติเขาสามร้อยยอด" อุทยานแห่งชาติทางทะเลแห่งแรกของไทย!! จากเว็บไซต์ทีนิวส์ (in Thai)
  18. Museum Siam (2017-07-22). "300 รอด/สามร้อยยอด" (in Thai). Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  19. ประวัติความเป็นมา อำเภอบึงสามพัน จากเว็บไซต์สำนักงานพัฒนาชุมชนอำเภอบึงสามพัน จังหวัดเพชรบูรณ์ กรมการพัฒนาชุมชน กระทรวงมหาดไทย (in Thai)
  20. ประวัติอำเภอนาหมื่น จากเว็บไซต์สำนักงานวัฒนธรรมอำเภอนาหมื่น (in Thai)
  21. ประวัติความเป็นมา จากเว็บไซต์สำนักงานพัฒนาชุมชนอำเภอทองแสนขัน จังหวัดอุตรดิตถ์ กรมการพัฒนาชุมชน กระทรวงมหาดไทย (in Thai)
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