City Name Database

[dankrzyz 0]

Here's the cities in my current region:

Hannover

East Hannover

Mount Newberry

Rockwater Valley

Farmington

Cash Bay

Aiken Pass

Palma Vista

Palm Island

Cooper's Crossing

Denver Canyon

Industrio

Corinth

Primerapolis

Thanks for all the ideas in this thread. I'm sure I'll steal or modify some from y'alls lists!

[muhtadi 0]

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On 2/6/2004 12:10:23 AM Griff wrote:

What's the matter with good old fashioned thinking?

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Some people can't do it!

[franciskent 0]

I often like to choose names of faraway places nobody hears of (often). Such names are: Tashkent, Quesnel, Astana, Milford, etc. Look in an atlas and look at all the small towns and villages in say, northern Russia, northern Canada, western Australia, Kazakhstan, and if you want to get more exotic, try looking in Peru, Mongolia, Southern Argentina, and Iceland.

Of course, I like English names so I tend to mix and match roots and stems of various english words. The cities in my current region so far are: Dole, East Dole, West Dole, Upland Hills, Medford, Canso, South Canso, Caucusville, Franklin, Sultra Island, Praestigaard(dutch name), Port Ladysmith, Crown Heights, and Annieville.

[Ded 30]

One of my favourite subdivisions. Hidden Hills.

[Griff 0]

Some recent additions: Llama, & Simtropolis!

[Swamper77 90]

In the San Francisco Region that came with the game, there is a city tile with a small lake towards the center. The city I have built there is called Sandy Lake. To the north, Montana Vista. To the east, Sierra Plains. South of Sierra Plains, Coastal City (large city tile).

[Chinaabc 1]

My cities are, Circle MAinland, Circle Islands, Snake Turn City, Old Palin city, Paridime City, City 1, City 1-10, Andro, Tijin, Beach Front, Mesablanca, YoYo, Tijin 2, Limin, yomancity, testerland, Omnipotent city.

[dcsouthpaw 0]

If anyone is still collecting city names from this thread, mine so far are:

Paducah
Angelique
Wallace
Horseshoe
Edison
Fulton
Sweetwinter
Yankee Cove
Mule Station
Coronado

Paducah is my original & my largest city, dominated by commerce along its western/lakefront side. Angelique (to the east) and Edison (to the northeast) are centered around industry, while Wallace (on a peninsula to the northwest) is a residential bedroom community that grew into another major city. Horseshoe is an island to the west, an enclave for the seriously wealthy. The others are currently small bedroom communities on the edges of the bigger cities.

[razor2469 0]

My current cities:
Calm Lands (residential community)
Emerald Coast (R and C skyscrapers on a beach
Skies of Arcadia (an up and coming town, yet to be developed)
Gold Saucer (Rich village... and lots of pollution!?)
Icicle Inn (Small town in the mountains)

[BigJoe 0]

Now everyone can have their own City Name Database. As part of the newly released Landscape Designer, a database of over 23,000 names including files to insert another 6800 names. Create you own names or import your collection into the Landscape Designer database. The Landscape Designer database includes queries and retrieval filters.

The Landscape Designer is found under Downloads.

[steveg 0]

my city names:

Sunalta
Alpine Cove
Crescent Slopes
Mango Heights
College Park
Arbor Creek
Erindale
Sutherland

[simmax 0]

I use real place names (eg. Paris), names related to the landscape (eg. Freshmount Lake, Islands City), names with the mayor's name in them (eg. Supermax, maxity), or names coming straight from my language (French(St R

[joexcooldude 1]

i either use names of terrain (like Lakeside) or county names (like Forsyth, my main city)

[dev 47]

Some of my cities have been real life: Washington,DC (Best City ever, high mayor rating, good cashflow, little pollution, etc., Hollywood, Manhattan, Albany (No I do not live in New York).

But the ones I have made up are: Aberfoyle (from a bottle of spring water) East Aberfoyle(sometimes I make smaller cities around the large one a good name for these type cities are east,north,south,west), Craterton (A city in the middle of a huge crater), my brother's: she bangs (Mayor, William Hung), Henagar (Our Hometown).

There is a few suggestions!


Have a great day

[dev 47]

Here is an idea: Look around the room at stuff and get names from books, bottle of spring water, etc.

Just an Idea?

[frogface 352]

i get mine from real city names

[Avstime 0]

Sonax

Apollon (real place in naxos, greece)

Indotechnical valley

Ocean Ridge

Wycliff Park

Riverwalk

Galexedi (real place in greece)

 

Spyglass hill

Paia (maui)

 

[Lightningball007 0]

Whats Up: Its my first day, and my first post, so I though I would help out a little. Here are some actual city names from my state (WI) and my area:

Amherst
Aniwa
Antigo
Armstrong Creek
Athens
Baileys Harbor
Balsam Lake
Bear Creek
Beaver Dam
Bevent
Big Falls
Birnamwood
Black Creek
Black River Falls
Blanchardville
Bonduel
Boulder Junction
Bowler
Brokaw
Buffalo City
Cedar Grove
Clintonville
Coon Valley
Deerbrook
Dickeyville - Yes, this is actually a city
Eagle River
Edgar
Eland
Elderon
Fenwood
Forest Junction
Fort Atkinson
Fox Lake
Fox Point
Franzen
Galloway
Green Lake
Gundersal
Hamburg
Hatley
Hillpoint
Honey Creek
Johnson Creek
Junction City
Kronenwetter
Lily
Little Chute
Lone Rock
Long Lake
Maiden Rock
Manawa
Marathon
Milan
Mosinee
Mount Hope
Mount Sterling
North Lake
North Prairie
Oak Creek
Pelican Lake
Pickerel
Plum City
Port Edwards
Portage
Rib Mountain
Ringle
River Falls
River Hills
Rosholt
Rothschild
Sand Creek
Schofield
Shawano
Shell Lake
Silver Lake
Spencer
Shepley
Stevens Point
Stratford
Summit Lake
Tigerton
Tunnel City
Turtle Lake
Unity
Waterloo
Watertown
Wausau
Weyauwega
White Lake
Whitewater
Wild Rose
Wind Lake
Wittenberg
Yellow Lake

Names of area golf courses which work really well:
Arrowhead Springs
Autumn Ridge
Badger Creek
Bass Lake
Bay Ridge
Beechwood
Birchwood
Black River
Brookfield Hills
Butternut Hills
Cathedral Pines
Cedar Springs
Cherry Hills
Clam River
Crane Meadows
Crystal Springs
Dodge Point
Eagle Bluff
Fairfield Hills
Hawks View
Heartland Hills
Hickory Hills
Indianhead
Lakeland Hills
Ludden Lake
Maple Hills
Maplewood
Northwood
Oak Ridge
Pine Valley
River Island
River View
Rock River Hills
Shorewood
Spider Lake
Spring Creek
Spring Valley
Thornberry
Thornbrook
Timber Ridge
Trapp River
Trout Lake
Turtleback
Walnut Grove
Wander Springs

That comes out as 153 names, hope it helps!!

[pmvg 2]

Here are some city name sources I have used:
The periodic table of elements (ie. some of my favorite city names are The Thallium Foothills, Rubidium Plains, Iridium Coast.

One can also use the suffixes berg, opolis, ville at the end of any noun or adjective that strikes your fancy. Kerryville or Bushberg, for instance.

[Mayor of Tempest Lake 34]

Tempest Lake
Tempest North
Tempest South
Tempest East
Tempest West
West Tempest Lake
East Tempest Lake
South Tempest Lake
North Tempest Lake
North-West Tempest Lake
North-East Tempest Lake
South-East Tempest Lake
South-West Tempest Lake
Tempest Downs
Tempest Coast
Tempest Beach
Tempest Bay
Tempest River
Tempest City
Tempest Forest
Tempest Cove
Tempest End
Tempest Industry
Eaglebeak Point
Sunnyville
South Sunnyville
Crystal Cove
Dardenville
Bloomingville
Kedistics
Spire to the Sky
Edin Paradise
Windstorm Gate
Alexandria
Gloridon
Volcanicton
Greenland
Royal Town
Kingston
Orbinston
Royal Port
Desolate Coast
Princeton
Lake Calur
Keithstown
Southside
Northside
Oakview
Titus Pass
Whitebridge
Baerlon
Rel'Thalar
Sarvis Coast
Cornfield
New Athens
New Rome
Bergdor
Hilland
Coalder
Murin
Tarin
Ice River
Lake Thunderon
Lake Rodery
Lonely Lake
North Pointe
Lengway Pass
Capeton
Xeres
Windler
Vanrode
Midway Island
Barrenfield
Martainspace
Canvastring
Sterning
Avergos
Balerious
Cedar Creek
Dexteriticialistechnological
End of Proudness
Fedalis
Generals
Hillside Park
Idinthis
Julius
Keith
Lemmingsum
Morningville
New Nottingham
Oddidity
Parallelity
Queenstown
Robertston
Sunnyside
Tauaurs
Uranus
Vanettias
Westside
Xterior
Yoshi Town
Zapperific
Rome
Veii
Antium
Cumae
Neapolis
Pompeii
Pisae
Ravenna
Hispalis
Viroconium
Lugdunum
Lutetia
Byzantium
Brundisium
Syracuse
Caesaraugusta
Palmyra
Jerusalem
Caesarea
Tarentum
Nicomedia
Seleucia
Artaxata
Aurelianorum
Hippo Regius
Nicopolis
Londinium
Eburacum
Arretium
Gordion
Agrippina
Cyrene
Tyrus
Verona
Corfinium
Mediolanum
Treveri
Sirmium
Augustadorum
Trapezus
Bagacum
Lauriacum
Teurnia
Curia
Babylon
Ur
Nineveh
Ashur
Ellipi
Akkad
Uruk
Eridu
Samarra
Lagash
Kish
Nippur
Shuruppak
Zariqum
Sippar
Izibia
Larsa
Nimrud
Zamua
Khorsabad
Hindana
Tell Wilaya
Umma
Adab
Telloh
Nina
Ebla
Berlin
Leipzig
Hamburg
Konigsberg
Frankfurt
Munich
Heidelburg
Nuremberg
Cologne
Hannover
Bremen
Stuttgart
Bonn
Salzburg
Dortmund
Brandenburg
Thebes
Memphis
Heliopolis
Elephantine
Alexandria
Pi-Ramesses
Giza
Byblos
El-Amarna
Hieraconpolis
Abydos
Asyut
Avaris
Lisht
Buto
Edfu
Pithom
Busiris
Kahun
Athribis
Mendes
El-Ashmunein
Tanis
Buhen
Bubastis
This
Oryx
Sebennytus
Cairo
Washington
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Chicago
San Francisco
Buffalo
St. Louis
Detroit
New Orleans
Baltimore
Denver
Cincinnati
Dallas
Los Angeles
Kansas City
San Diego
Richmond
Las Vegas
Phoenix
Seattle
Albuquerque
Portland
Minneapolis
Athens
Sparta
Thermopylae
Corinth
Delphi
Pharsalos
Knossos
Argos
Mycenae
Herakleia
Ephesos
Thessalonica
Rhodes
Eretria
Troy
Marathon
Halicarnassus
Pergamon
Miletos
Artemisium
Megara
Phocaea
Sicyon
Gortyn
Mytilene
Tegea
Syracuse
Apollonia
Delhi
Bombay
Madras
Bangalore
Calcutta
Lahore
Karachi
Kolhapur
Jaipur
Hyderabad
Bengal
Chittagong
Punjab
Dacca
Indus
Ganges
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Kiev
Minsk
Smolensk
Odessa
Sevastopol
Tblisi
Sverdlovsk
Yakutsk
Vladivostok
Novgorod
Krasnoyarsk
Riga
Rostov
Astrakhan
Kharkov
Grozny
Dnepropetrovsk
Maikop
Kursk
Kuibyshev
Magnitogorsk
Uralsk
Kazan
Vologda
Murmansk
Vitebsk
Batum
Tiflis
Bryansk
Tula
Kalinin
Yaroslavl
Krasnovodsk
Zimbabwe
Ulundi
Bapedi
Hlobane
Isandhlwana
Intombe
Mpondo
Ngome
Swazi
Tugela
Umtata
Umfolozi
Ibabanago
Isipezi
Amatikulu
Zunguin
Paris
Orleans
Lyons
Rheims
Tours
Marseilles
Chartres
Avignon
Besancon
Rouen
Grenoble
Dijon
Amiens
Cherbourg
Poitiers
Toulouse
Bayonne
Strasbourg
Brest
Bordeaux
Tenochtitlan
Teotihuacan
Tlatelolco
Texcoco
Tlaxcala
Calixtlahuaca
Xochicalco
Tlacopan
Atzcapotzalco
Tzintzuntzen
Malinalco
Tula
Tamuin
Teayo
Cempoala
Chalco
Tlalmanalco
Ixtapaluca
Huexotla
Tepexpan
Tepetlaoxtoc
Chiconautla
Zitlaltepec
Coyotepec
Tequixquiac
Jilotzingo
Tlapanaloya
Tultitlan
Ecatepec
Coatepec
Chalchihuites
Chiauhtia
Chapultepec
Itzapalapa
Ayotzinco
Iztapam
Chang'an
Beijing
Xianyang
Shanghai
Guangzhou
Nanking
Hong Kong
Tsingtao
Xinjian
Wuhan
Chengdu
Chongqing
Hangzhou
Tianjin
Shenyang
Tatung
Macao
Anyang
Shantung
Chinan
Kaifeng
Ningpo
Paoting
Yangchow
Fuzhou
Dalian
Taipei
Taichung
Kaohsiung
Hefei
Qingjiang
Wenzhou
Nanping
Ganzhou
Yulin
Guilin
Changsha
Qingdao
Shijiazhuang
London
York
Nottingham
Hastings
Canterbury
Coventry
Warwick
Newcastle
Oxford
Liverpool
Dover
Brighton
Norwich
Leeds
Reading
Birmingham
Richmond
Exeter
Cambridge
Gloucester
Manchester
Bristol
Leicester
Carlisle
Ipswich
Portsmouth
Berwick
Karakorum
Samarkand
Bokhara
Nishapur
Kashgar
Tabriz
Aleppo
Kabul
Ormuz
Basra
Khanbalyk
Khorasan
Shangtu
Kazan
Quinsay
Kerman
Cardiff
Kells
Carmarthen
Armagh
Caernarfon
Tintagel
Caerphilly
Cork
Rhymney
Iona
Rhondda
Illauntanig
Swansea
Durrow
Merthyr
Tara
Llangollen
Dinas Powys
Aberystwyth
Rhayader
Abergavenny
Dinas Emrys
Cardigan
Llanelli
Maesteg
Neath
Kyoto
Osaka
Edo
Satsuma
Kagoshima
Nara
Nagoya
Izumo
Nagasaki
Yokohama
Shimonoseki
Matsuyama
Sapporo
Hakodate
Ise
Toyama
Fukushima
Suo
Bizen
Echizen
Izumi
Omi
Echigo
Kozuke
Sado
Trondheim
Kaupang
Uppsala
Hladir
Aarhus
Viborg
Roskilde
The Udal
Lindholm
Jorvik
Westness
Jarrow
Skara
Ravning Enge
Birka
Jarlshof
Sigtuna
Odense
Lunde
Larne
Hedeby
Aldeigjuborg
Holmgard
Nonnebakken
Ribblehead
Thwaite
Askrigg
Trelleborg
Risby
Jelling
Vorbasse
Fyrkat
Kvivik
Madrid
Seville
Toledo
Cordoba
Valencia
Salamanca
Barcelona
Valladolid
Saragossa
Cadiz
Bilbao
Granada
Malaga
Pamplona
Vigo
Avila
Leon
Burgos
Oviedo
Santander
Ciudad Rodrigo
Calatrava
Cartagena
Baghdad
Mecca
Samarra
Damascus
Tiflis
Tangier
Raqqa
Beirut
Basra
Medina
Riyadh
Mosul
Beirut
Algiers
Tunis
Fez
Cordoba
Palmyra
Shiraz
Aden
Qum
Qazvin
Barqa
Tripoli
Mahdia
Rabat
Carthage
Utica
Malaca
Caralis
Panormus
Leptis Parva
Cartenna
Rusicade
Gades
Rusucurru
Girba
Leptis Magna
Carthago Nova
Oea
Tingis
Rusaddit
Alalia
Selinus
Himera
Akragas
Theveste
Saguntum
Little Bighorn
Wounded Knee
Cedar Creek
Slim Buttes
Three Forks
Stony Lake
Killdeer
Bear Paw
Big Mound
Wood Lake
Dead Buffalo
Point of Rocks
Raging Brook
Running Bear
Silver Moon
Wildcat Valley
Great River
Seven Brothers
Snake Canyon
First Wind
Yellowtree
Chief's Crag
Morning Rock
Cuzco
Quito
Chan Chan
Chucuito
Ayaviri
Vilcashuaman
Acari
Tambo Colorado
Jauja
Pumpu
Huanuco Pampa
Cajamarca
Cusibamba
Tumbes
Tomebamba
Pucara
Machu Picchu
Pisac
Limatambo
Raqchi
Cotopachi
Ica
Inkawasi
Lurin
Tarma Tambo
Paramonga
Ancon
Persepolis
Pasargadae
Susa
Arbela
Antioch
Tarsus
Gordium
Bactra
Sidon
Tyre
Sardis
Samaria
Hamadan
Ergili
Dariush Kabir
Ghulaman
Zohak
Istakhr
Jinjan
Borazjan
Herat
Dakyanus
Bampur
Tureng Tepe
Merv
Behistun
Kandahar
Altin Tepe
Bunyan
Charsadda
Ura Tyube
Naples
Issus
Cunaxa
Cremona
Cannae
Capua
Turin
Genoa
Crete
Verona
Salamis
Lisbon
Hamburg
Prague
Salzburg
Bergen
Venice
Milan
Ghent
Pisa
Dublin
Perth
Manila
Havana
Zurich
Luxembourg
Oslo
Stockholm
Helsinki
Copenhagen
Amsterdam
Hanoi
Bangkok
Auckland
Wellington
San Jose
Panama City
Melbourne
Sydney
Seoul
17
Huns
Visigoths
Ostrogoths
Sueves
Angles
Saxons
Franks
Jutes
Burgundians
Avars
Vandals
Alans
Bulgars
Magyars
Frisians
Picts
Langobardi

[wilcoxchar 0]

Here are some of my best ones: Berkshire Lake, Heartland Hlls, Two Forks, Berkshire Park, Seaside Acres, Herald Cliffs, Lawson, Barkinson Heights, Hampstead Bay, Wentburg, Okinawa, Clovis, Vogelburg, Ostfurt, Maverick, Schlattendorf, Flosterweg

Here are some street names I usually use(I like using German names): Goerthestrasse, Wolfgangstrasse, Handelweg

[whoman69 0]

Here are some cities I have used that are previously not mentioned, I think:
Centrpolis
Portsmouth
Dundedain
Riverhenge
Edgeton
Rust Belt
Farmingdale
Beachton

In my area the cities and towns are often fall into 3 categories:
1. connection to Revolutionary War or figures of the time
Marion
Mt Vernon
Monticello
Washington

2. named for the river they are near
Cedar Rapids, Cedar Falls, Cedar Bluff
West Branch
Iowa City
Turkey Valley
Des Moines
Souix City

3. Indian or for the more PC, Native Americans (don't get me started on the idiocy of the PC movement)
Hiawatha
Maquoketa
Waubeek
Keokuk
Ottumwa
Tama
Oskaloosa
Quasqueton

[SODATWIN 7]

cities/communities for region 1 (royal palm county)
Gas City
Pentelo Beach
North Pentelo Beach
Coca Palms
Newspeak
St. Basils
Calumet Bijou
Coco Bijou
Moray Commons
Apricot Grove
Belle LaCross
Groveland
Royal Gables
Morenco
Ellescade Park

[SimMaster 17]

Here are some in Pennsylvania, near the Pittsburgh area:

 

McKeesport

Pittsburgh

Glassport

West Mifflin

South Hills

Shady Side

Hazelwood

Clairton

Elizabeth

Wilkinsburg

Carnegie

Dormont

Baldwin

Mount Lebanon

McKees Rocks

Pleasant Hills

White Oak

Penn Hills

 

I have A LOT more

[Biekko 2]

I often use real place names, usually from Iceland. The north was a theme once in a region I made and I used names like:
Murmansk
Nuuk
Anchorage
Longyearbyen
Jan Mayen
Kiruna
Oulu
Troms

[Zeddic 3]

Emm... I haven't many cities, but here are few names I've got.

Crater Lake
Hakeri Beach
Mapple Creek
Palm Shore
Oak Plains
Riverton
Sadington City
Stredan
Zitthorn

And few which I just thought about. I think I'll use them in future.

Falcon Bay
Mt. Rocky
Rainbow City

[HoustonBAT 0]

Houston, Los Angeles, Montrose, Memorial City, Harris City, Coxford Cove, San Francisco Vally. Trinity Bay, Nassua Bay, Hermann Park, Spring, The Woodlands, Katy, Suger Land, Industrial Park, Brooklyn, South Beach, Merridian, Vanvouver, Hollywood, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills...

Just basic Ideas... Not so into the whole Beach Crest Plesent ville approach I LIKE REAL names!+ City Areas...

[DuskTrooper 314]

Date:5/23/2004 10:18:47 PM
Author:HoustonBAT

Houston, Los Angeles, Montrose, Memorial City, Harris City, Coxford Cove, San Francisco Vally. Trinity Bay, Nassua Bay, Hermann Park, Spring, The Woodlands, Katy, Suger Land, Industrial Park, Brooklyn, South Beach, Merridian, Vanvouver, Hollywood, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills...

Just basic Ideas... Not so into the whole 'Beach Crest' Plesent ville approach I LIKE REAL names!+ City Areas...

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Yeah!  I like making realistic names, not wussy sounding pleasantville stuff!

[HoustonBAT 0]

I like Jekkyl Island (Georgia), Dante's Peak (Like the Movie!)Portland, Cedar Creek, Austin, San Angelo, Del Rio, Destin, Petronas Point...

My little brother begged me to play Poke'mon with hime so here goes: Celledon City, Saffron City...

Corpus Christi, HOUSTON*!!*!*!*, San Jacinto, Baytown, Tyler, Tomball, Montrose, Memorial, Hermann, Westend, Weshiemer, Spring, The Woodlands, Fanin... etc. Denver + Colorado Springs are fun, Dallas is rarly used. Fort Baxter, it depends on How large my city I want it to be, or a suburb, commuter town, or whatever...

I know I already posted, its just FUN!

[DuskTrooper 314]

How about Cut and shoot?  Shennandoah?  Hearne? 

A few weird North Houston names.

 

BTW, The Woodlands does have a kind of pleasantville-esque feel to it!