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This is a list of places with numeric names.

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  • Dutzendsee [de], Germany, earlier a slightly different written name, later folk-etymologically changed, Dutzend / See means a dozen / lake in German
  • Dutzendteich [de], Großer and Kleiner, Dutzend / Teich means a dozen / pond in German, two ponds, a big and a small one, in Germany
  • Dutzendteich (Nürnberg) [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

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(see more at Catorce)

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  • 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.

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  • 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).[1] It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names.[2][3]

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  • Hatvan – A town in Hungary. Although it is located approximately 60 km away from the capital city on road, the name predates the metric system. A possible etymology is from the Pecheneg-Turkic chatwan/chatman 'part of a nation'[4].

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  • 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.[5]

88

  • Eighty Eight, Kentucky – As reported in a New York Times article, 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.[6] Another explanation is that the hamlet is 8.8 miles from Glasgow.[7]

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 to the nearest Cherokee settlement of Keowee; to a counting of creeks crossing the main road leading from Lexington, SC, 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, South Carolina, and wore uniform number 96.

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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.

20,000

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

40,010

Names with trailing numbers

  • Krems I, a part of the village Leezen, Germany
  • Krems II, a part of a different region, but again in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

References

  1. ^ Earngey, Bill. "Arkansas Roadsides." 1978 East Mountain Press. Eureka Springs, Arkansas. pp. 32. ISBN 0-9619592-0-7.
  2. ^ Thompson, George E. (2009). You Live Where?: Interesting and Unusual Facts about where We Live. iUniverse. p. 7.
  3. ^ "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)
  4. ^ Magyarázatok a Hatvan helységnévre
  5. ^ "Eighty-four, Pa. turns 100". The Ledger. The Associated Press. 1984-07-28. Retrieved 2009-10-02.
  6. ^ Wheeler, Lonnie (1988-08-05). "Eighty Eight Journal; A Date That Will Live in Kentucky". New York Times. Retrieved 2007-11-22.
  7. ^ Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 90. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
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