Texas Town Name Generator

Small-town Texas names, from Hill Country to oil patch

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Generate Texas town names that read like a highway sign: Luckenbach, Dripping Springs, Cut and Shoot, Palo Pinto, Schulenburg, Dime Box, Notrees. Real small towns and invented ones in the same style, for fiction, games, songs and maps.

About Texas town names

A Texas town name usually tells you who got there first. Spanish missions and ranchos left saints, rivers and landscape words: San Saba, Refugio, Palo Pinto, Llano, Bandera. German settlers, who began arriving in the 1830s, left Fredericksburg, Schulenburg, Weimar and New Ulm, and Czech and Polish farmers followed with Praha, Dubina and Panna Maria. Anglo settlers honored a founder or a hero with a suffix or the word City (Kerrville, Crosbyton, Karnes City), or simply named the nearest water: Dripping Springs, Big Spring, Roaring Springs.

Then come the names Texans love best, the ones that sound like a dare: Cut and Shoot, Dime Box, Notrees, Uncertain, Ding Dong, Noodle. Every one of those is a real place.

This list holds 1,000 names and moves through the whole state: the Hill Country, the East Texas Piney Woods, the Panhandle and High Plains, the Rio Grande Valley, the Gulf Coast, the West Texas desert and oil patch, the German and Czech belt, railroad stops and county seats. Real small towns sit beside invented names built on the same patterns, and the big cities are left out on purpose. If your story needs a town that exists nowhere, look the name up on a map before you settle on it.

How to choose Texas town names

  • Match the name to the region. Saints and ranch words fit the border and the brush country (Santa Lucía, Charco Largo), pines and bayous fit East Texas, and draws, flats and wells fit the dry west.
  • For a fictional county seat, take a surname and add -ville or City, and let the county carry the same surname, the way Kerrville sits in Kerr County and Karnes City in Karnes County.
  • Use one oddity per story. A single Hoop and Holler or Jot 'Em Down gives a map character, while three in a row turn it into a joke.
  • Real towns here are spelled the way Texas maps usually print them, most without accent marks, while Spanish names that are not on the map keep standard accents. If you build your own, make the adjective agree: Agua Verde, Charco Largo.
  • Say the name out loud with Farm Road or County in front of it. If it sounds like something a deputy would say on the radio, it works.

Frequently asked questions

Are these real Texas towns or made-up names?

Both. Luckenbach, Marfa, Nacogdoches, Terlingua and Muleshoe are real places, and many other entries are invented on the same patterns. A flat list cannot mark which is which, so look a name up before you treat it as fictional or as real.

Are places like Cut and Shoot and Dime Box really on the map?

Yes. Cut and Shoot is in Montgomery County, Dime Box in Lee County, Notrees in Ector County, Ding Dong in Bell County and Uncertain in Harrison County on Caddo Lake. Texas has a long habit of plainspoken and comic town names, and the invented oddities in this list follow it.

What makes a town name sound like Texas?

Mostly the mix. Spanish saints and landscape words (San Saba, Palo Pinto), German and Czech settler names (Schulenburg, Praha), surnames with -ville or City, and blunt names for water, such as Dripping Springs or Big Spring, all sit a short drive apart. Ranch, cotton and oil field words do the rest.

Why are Houston, Dallas and Austin not in the list?

The list sticks to small towns, crossroads and ghost towns, because those are the names people want for a fictional setting. A famous city brings its own skyline and history with it, while a name like Pontotoc or Lost Mule leaves room for your own.

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A: 32 names

  • Abram
  • Agarita Flat
  • Agua Negra
  • Agua Nueva
  • Agua Verde
  • Alamito
  • Alamo
  • Alanreed
  • Allamoore
  • Alpine
  • Altair
  • Ammannsville
  • Anacua
  • Anahuac
  • Angelina Bluff
  • Angora
  • Anhalt
  • Antelope Flat
  • Aransas Pass
  • Archer City
  • Armadillo Flat
  • Arneckeville
  • Arp
  • Arroyo City
  • Artesia Wells
  • Arthur City
  • Aspermont
  • Atascosa
  • Attoyac
  • Austwell
  • Avinger
  • Ayish Bayou

B: 71 names

  • Ballinger
  • Balmorhea
  • Bandera
  • Bangs
  • Banquete
  • Barksdale
  • Barlow Chapel
  • Barton Springs
  • Bastrop
  • Bay City
  • Bear Thicket
  • Beauchamp Springs
  • Bedias
  • Bee Cave Hollow
  • Ben Bolt
  • Ben Franklin
  • Ben Wheeler
  • Bergheim
  • Bernardo
  • Big Lake
  • Big Sandy
  • Big Spring
  • Big Sulphur
  • Big Thicket Crossing
  • Big Wells
  • Bigfoot
  • Black Jack
  • Blackgum
  • Blackjack Grove
  • Blackland
  • Blanco
  • Blanco Canyon
  • Blanket
  • Bledsoe Wells
  • Bleiblerville

B, continued

  • Blessing
  • Blossom
  • Bluebonnet Hill
  • Bluetown
  • Bluff Dale
  • Blumenthal
  • Bobwire
  • Bodark Corner
  • Boerne
  • Bogata
  • Bois d'Arc
  • Boling
  • Boll Weevil
  • Bonham
  • Boomtown
  • Borger
  • Bosque Bonito
  • Boys Ranch
  • Brackettville
  • Brady
  • Brand Iron
  • Brazoria
  • Breckenridge
  • Bremond
  • Breslau
  • Bronte
  • Buffalo Clover
  • Buffalo Gap
  • Bug Tussle
  • Bula
  • Burkburnett
  • Burnet
  • Burnt Biscuit
  • Burro Mesa
  • Bushland
  • Buzzard Draw

C: 85 names

  • Cactus
  • Caliche
  • Calliham
  • Calloway Mound
  • Calvert
  • Camp Verde
  • Camp Wood
  • Canadian
  • Candelaria
  • Candelilla
  • Canebrake
  • Canyon
  • Caprock Rim
  • Carancahua
  • Carmine
  • Carrizo Springs
  • Carta Valley
  • Casa Piedra
  • Castell
  • Castle Gap
  • Castroville
  • Cat Spring
  • Catarina
  • Cates Crossing
  • Cedar Brake
  • Cedar Draw
  • Cedar Elm
  • Cedar Lane
  • Center Point
  • Cerro Alto
  • Cestohowa
  • Chapman Ranch
  • Chappell Hill
  • Charco
  • Charco Largo
  • Charco Redondo
  • Cheapside
  • Cherry Mound
  • Cherry Spring
  • China
  • Chireno
  • Chisos Gap

C, continued

  • Chuckwagon
  • Ciénega Camp
  • Circle Back
  • Cisco
  • Cistern
  • Clarendon
  • Clear Fork
  • Coffee Pot
  • Coldspring
  • Collegeport
  • Colmesneil
  • Colorado City
  • Comanche
  • Comfort
  • Comstock
  • Concan
  • Concepcion
  • Cornudas
  • Cost
  • Cotton Belt Junction
  • Cotton Center
  • Cotton Flat
  • Cotton Gin
  • Cottonwood
  • Cotulla
  • Coy City
  • Coyanosa
  • Coyote Corner
  • Crabapple
  • Cranfills Gap
  • Crosbyton
  • Cross Plains
  • Crude Corner
  • Cruz Verde
  • Crystal Beach
  • Crystal City
  • Cuatro Vientos
  • Cuevitas
  • Culpepper City
  • Cut and Shoot
  • Cyclone
  • Cypress Mill
  • Cypress Slough

D: 43 names

  • D'Hanis
  • Dabney's Store
  • Dagger Flat
  • Daingerfield
  • Dalhart
  • Danevang
  • Darrouzett
  • Dawn
  • De Leon
  • Dead Horse Tank
  • Decatur
  • Dell City
  • Delmita
  • Denver City
  • Derrick
  • Desdemona
  • Diboll
  • Dime Box
  • Dimple
  • Ding Dong
  • Direct
  • Divot
  • Dobbin
  • Dobra Voda
  • Dodd City
  • Dogie
  • Dogwood Landing
  • Donna
  • Doodlebug
  • Doole
  • Dos Hermanas
  • Dos Tinajas
  • Double Bayou
  • Double Horn
  • Driftwood
  • Dripping Springs
  • Dry Frio
  • Dry Hole
  • Dry Playa
  • Dryden
  • Dubina
  • Dugout Draw
  • Dumas

E: 33 names

  • Eagle Flat
  • Eagle Lake
  • Eagle Nest
  • Eagle Pass
  • Earth
  • East Bernard
  • Ecleto
  • Eden
  • Egypt
  • El Calaboz
  • El Campo
  • El Chaparral
  • El Ébano
  • El Huisache
  • El Indio
  • El Mezquital
  • El Potrero
  • El Ranchito
  • Eldorado
  • Electra
  • Elm Grove Chapel
  • Elm Mott
  • Elysian Fields
  • Encinal
  • Encino
  • Energy
  • Engle
  • Ennis
  • Enochs
  • Eola
  • Escobares
  • Estelline
  • Evant

F: 35 names

  • Fabens
  • Fair Play
  • Falcon Heights
  • Falfurrias
  • Falls City
  • Fashing
  • Fayetteville
  • Fedor
  • Fentress
  • Ferrell Prairie
  • Finlay
  • Flat
  • Flatonia
  • Flatrock Ford
  • Flomot
  • Flour Bluff
  • Floydada
  • Fluvanna
  • Fort Davis
  • Fort Hancock
  • Fort McKavett
  • Fort Stockton
  • Fowlerton
  • Francitas
  • Fredericksburg
  • Fredonia
  • Freer
  • Frelsburg
  • Freyburg
  • Friedrichsthal
  • Frio Town
  • Frognot
  • Fronton
  • Frost
  • Frydek

G: 38 names

  • Gail
  • Garceño
  • Garciasville
  • Garden City
  • Gay Hill
  • George West
  • Geronimo
  • Gilchrist
  • Gilmer
  • Gin Corner
  • Girvin
  • Gladewater
  • Glass Mountain
  • Glen Flora
  • Glen Rose
  • Goat Camp
  • Goat Neck
  • Goldthwaite
  • Goliad
  • Gonzales
  • Good Enough
  • Goodnight
  • Gossett Switch
  • Granbury
  • Grand Saline
  • Grandfalls
  • Granite Knob
  • Granjeno
  • Grapeland
  • Greenvine
  • Grist Mill
  • Grit
  • Groesbeck
  • Groveton
  • Gruene
  • Guajillo
  • Gun Barrel City
  • Gunsight

H: 39 names

  • Hackberry Draw
  • Hajek Chapel
  • Hale Center
  • Hallettsville
  • Happy
  • Hardeman Switch
  • Hargrove City
  • Hay Meadow
  • Hearne
  • Hebbronville
  • Henkhaus
  • Henrietta
  • Hereford
  • Hermleigh
  • Hext
  • Hickory Stand
  • Hico
  • Hidalgo
  • High Hill
  • High Island
  • Hillje
  • Hochheim
  • Hog Eye
  • Holcomb Prairie
  • Honey Creek
  • Honey Grove
  • Hoop and Holler
  • Horned Toad
  • Horse Trap
  • Horsehead Crossing
  • Horsemint
  • Hostyn
  • Hot Wells
  • Hruska Corner
  • Hubbard Creek
  • Hueco Tanks
  • Hughes Springs
  • Huisache Bend
  • Hye

I: 13 names

  • Iago
  • Indian Blanket
  • Indian Creek
  • Indian Gap
  • Indianola
  • Indio
  • Industry
  • Iraan
  • Iredell
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Ivanhoe
  • Izoro

J: 10 names

  • Jacksboro
  • Javelina Gap
  • Jayton
  • Jefferson
  • Joaquin
  • Johnson City
  • Jot 'Em Down
  • Junction
  • Juno
  • Justiceburg

K: 22 names

  • Kalgary
  • Karnack
  • Karnes City
  • Katemcy
  • Katy Switch
  • Kemah
  • Kendalia
  • Kermit
  • Kerrville
  • Kilgore
  • Killough Corner
  • Klondike
  • Knippa
  • Knox City
  • Kohlenberg
  • Komensky
  • Kosse
  • Kountze
  • Kovarville
  • Krenek
  • Kreuzberg
  • Kuykendall Bend

L: 81 names

  • La Blanca
  • La Brasada
  • La Casita
  • La Feria
  • La Gloria
  • La Grulla
  • La Joya
  • La Paloma
  • La Pryor
  • La Puerta
  • La Reforma
  • La Rosita
  • La Sal Vieja
  • La Vernia
  • La Ward
  • Laguna Larga
  • Laguna Vista
  • Lajitas
  • Lamesa
  • Lampasas
  • Langtry
  • Las Lomas
  • Las Rusias
  • Las Tunas
  • Las Yescas
  • Last Chance Switch
  • Laureles
  • Lazbuddie
  • Leakey
  • Lechuguilla
  • Ledbetter
  • Lefors
  • Lelia Lake
  • Lenorah
  • Leon Water Hole
  • Leona Springs
  • Levelland
  • Liberty Hill
  • Limestone Gap
  • Lindenau

L, continued

  • Lindendorf
  • Lindgren
  • Lipa
  • Lipan
  • Lissie
  • Littlefield
  • Live Oak Hollow
  • Live Oak Mott
  • Llano
  • Llano Grande
  • Loblolly
  • Lobo
  • Lockhart
  • Loco
  • Loebau
  • Logtown
  • Lohn
  • Lolita
  • Loma Alta
  • Lone Star
  • Longleaf
  • Looneyville
  • Loop
  • Lopeño
  • Los Cuates
  • Los Ebanos
  • Los Fresnos
  • Los Indios
  • Los Nopales
  • Los Olmos
  • Los Saenz
  • Lost Maples
  • Lost Mule
  • Lovelady
  • Loving Bend
  • Loyal Valley
  • Loyola Beach
  • Lozano
  • Luckenbach
  • Luling
  • Lytton Springs

M: 57 names

  • Madero
  • Madrone Canyon
  • Magnolia Beach
  • Magnolia Ferry
  • Malakoff
  • Manheim
  • Marak
  • Marathon
  • Marble Falls
  • Marfa
  • Mart
  • Matador
  • Matagorda
  • Maverick
  • Mayhaw
  • McAllister Chapel
  • McCamey
  • Meadow
  • Medina
  • Melon Patch
  • Menard
  • Mentone
  • Mercedes
  • Mercury
  • Mereta
  • Meridian
  • Mesa Vista
  • Mesquite Mott
  • Mexia
  • Meyersville
  • Mico
  • Milepost Nine
  • Millheim
  • Milo Center
  • Mineola
  • Mineral Wells
  • Mirando City
  • Mobeetie
  • Mockingbird Hill
  • Mohair
  • Monahans
  • Mont Belvieu
  • Montague
  • Monte Alto
  • Monte Cristo
  • Monte Grande
  • Monument Draw
  • Moravia
  • Mound
  • Mount Calm
  • Mountain Home
  • Mud Dig
  • Muenster
  • Muldoon
  • Muleshoe
  • Musquiz
  • Mustang Mott

N: 32 names

  • Nacogdoches
  • Nada
  • Nameless
  • Nazareth
  • Neches
  • Needmore
  • Nemec Prairie
  • Neudorf
  • New Berlin
  • New Deal
  • New Sweden
  • New Ulm
  • New Waverly
  • Niederwald
  • Nimrod
  • Nine Point Mesa
  • Noack
  • Nocona
  • Nome
  • Noodle
  • Nopalito
  • Nordheim
  • Norias
  • Normangee
  • Normanna
  • Norse
  • Northrup
  • Notrees
  • Nova Hora
  • Novice
  • Novy Dvur
  • Nueces Bend

O: 22 names

  • O'Donnell
  • Oak Island
  • Oakville
  • Oatmeal
  • Ocker
  • Odom's Gin
  • Oilton
  • Old Glory
  • Old Ocean
  • Old River
  • Old Sabine Landing
  • Oldenburg
  • Olsen Prairie
  • Onalaska
  • Onion Creek
  • Onion Flat
  • Orange Grove
  • Ore City
  • Orient Siding
  • Orla
  • Ottine
  • Ozona

P: 83 names

  • Paducah
  • Paige
  • Paint Rock
  • Paintbrush
  • Painted Cave
  • Paisano Pass
  • Palacios
  • Palito Blanco
  • Palo Blanco
  • Palo Duro Rim
  • Palo Pinto
  • Pampa
  • Pancake
  • Pandale
  • Pandora
  • Panhandle
  • Panna Maria
  • Panther Junction
  • Panther Thicket
  • Papalote
  • Paradise
  • Paso del Águila
  • Paso Real
  • Patroon
  • Pawelekville
  • Peach Creek
  • Peach Orchard Gap
  • Peacock
  • Pear Valley
  • Pecan Bayou
  • Pecan Bottom
  • Pecan Gap
  • Peggy
  • Penelope
  • Peñitas
  • Pennington Gap
  • Penwell
  • Pep
  • Permian
  • Petrolia
  • Petronila

P, continued

  • Pidcoke
  • Pilares
  • Pine Knot Hollow
  • Pineland
  • Pipe Creek
  • Placedo
  • Placid
  • Plata
  • Pledger
  • Poetry
  • Point Blank
  • Point Comfort
  • Pontoon Crossing
  • Pontotoc
  • Port Alto
  • Port Aransas
  • Port Bolivar
  • Port Isabel
  • Port Lavaca
  • Port Mansfield
  • Port Neches
  • Port O'Connor
  • Possum Kingdom
  • Possum Walk
  • Post Oak Point
  • Poteet
  • Poth
  • Powderly
  • Praha
  • Prairie Lea
  • Prairie Point
  • Premont
  • Presa Vieja
  • Presidio
  • Prewitt's Ferry
  • Priddy
  • Progreso
  • Pruitt Mound
  • Pumpjack
  • Pumpville
  • Purmela
  • Pyote

Q: 8 names

  • Quanah
  • Queen City
  • Quemado
  • Quihi
  • Quintana
  • Quitaque
  • Quitman
  • Quitman Gap

R: 51 names

  • Rainbow
  • Raisin
  • Ramirez
  • Rancho Viejo
  • Ranger
  • Rangerville
  • Ratibor
  • Rattlesnake Draw
  • Rattlesnake Gap
  • Razor
  • Reagan Wells
  • Realitos
  • Redford
  • Redland
  • Redwater
  • Refugio
  • Rehburg
  • Relampago
  • Remuda
  • Retama
  • Rheingold
  • Rhineland
  • Ricefield
  • Richland Springs
  • Rio Grande City
  • Rising Star
  • Riviera
  • Roadrunner
  • Roans Prairie
  • Roaring Springs
  • Robert Lee
  • Robstown
  • Rocking Chair
  • Rockport
  • Rocksprings
  • Roma
  • Rosanky
  • Roscoe
  • Roughneck
  • Round Mountain
  • Round Top
  • Rowena
  • Royalty
  • Rucker Gap
  • Ruidosa
  • Rule
  • Runge
  • Running Brushy
  • Running Water
  • Rustler Hills
  • Rutersville

S: 123 names

  • Sabinal
  • Sabine Pass
  • Sacul
  • Saint Jo
  • Sal del Rey
  • Salado
  • Salineño
  • Salt Flat
  • Salt Gap
  • San Augustine
  • San Bartolo
  • San Benito
  • San Blas
  • San Casimiro
  • San Cayetano
  • San Diego
  • San Esteban
  • San Felipe
  • San Gabriel
  • San Geronimo
  • San Isidro
  • San Jacinto
  • San Juan
  • San Lázaro
  • San Leon
  • San Nicolás
  • San Patricio
  • San Pedro
  • San Perlita
  • San Ramón
  • San Roque
  • San Saba
  • San Vicente
  • Sand Hills
  • Sandahl
  • Sanderson
  • Sandia
  • Sandy Bayou
  • Santa Anna
  • Santa Catarina
  • Santa Clara

S, continued

  • Santa Cruz
  • Santa Elena
  • Santa Fe
  • Santa Fe Crossing
  • Santa Gertrudis
  • Santa Inés
  • Santa Lucía
  • Santa Margarita
  • Santa Maria
  • Santa Rosa
  • Santo
  • Santo Niño
  • Santo Tomás
  • Saragosa
  • Saratoga
  • Sargent
  • Sarita
  • Sawmill Bend
  • Schoenau
  • Schulenburg
  • Schumannsville
  • Schwertner
  • Scissortail
  • Scoggins Mill
  • Scroggins
  • Scurry
  • Seadrift
  • Sejita
  • Serbin
  • Seven Wells
  • Shafter
  • Shallowater
  • Shamrock
  • Shearing Pen
  • Shelbyville
  • Shiner
  • Shinnery Flat
  • Shiro
  • Shortgrass
  • Shortleaf
  • Shumla

S, continued

  • Silverton
  • Sisterdale
  • Skellytown
  • Smiley
  • Smith Point
  • Snap
  • Snook
  • Solms
  • Sonora
  • Sorghum Mill
  • Sotol Hill
  • Sour Lake
  • South Plains
  • Spanish Camp
  • Spicewood
  • Spur
  • Staked Plain
  • Star
  • Steinbach
  • Stock Tank
  • Stockpens
  • Stonewall
  • Stubblefield
  • Study Butte
  • Sublime
  • Sugar Valley
  • Sullivan City
  • Sulphur Draw
  • Sulphur Springs
  • Sundown
  • Sunray
  • Sunset
  • Surfside Beach
  • Sutton's Mill
  • Svoboda Store
  • Swearingen Flat
  • Sweet Home
  • Sweetgum Switch
  • Sweetwater
  • Sycamore Crossing
  • Syrup Mill

T: 49 names

  • Tahoka
  • Taiton
  • Talco
  • Talpa
  • Tankersley
  • Tarpley
  • Tarver Station
  • Tarzan
  • Tascosa
  • Tehuacana
  • Telegraph
  • Telephone
  • Tell
  • Tenaha
  • Tennessee Colony
  • Terlingua
  • Texline
  • Texon
  • The Grove
  • Three Rivers
  • Throckmorton
  • Tierra Blanca
  • Tierra Vieja
  • Tigertown
  • Tilden
  • Timpson
  • Tinaja Blanca
  • Tivoli
  • Tolar
  • Tom Bean
  • Tool
  • Topsey
  • Tornillo
  • Tours
  • Toyah
  • Toyahvale
  • Tres Marías
  • Trickham
  • Trinidad
  • Tule Canyon
  • Tuleta
  • Tumbleweed Switch
  • Tupelo Bottom
  • Turkey
  • Turpentine Camp
  • Tuscola
  • Tuxedo
  • Twin Sisters
  • Twitty

U: 4 names

  • Uhland
  • Umbarger
  • Uncertain
  • Utopia

V: 11 names

  • Valentine
  • Valley Mills
  • Van Horn
  • Vanderpool
  • Vega
  • Venus
  • Veribest
  • Viboras
  • Voca
  • Vrana
  • Vsetin

W: 43 names

  • Waelder
  • Waggoner Flat
  • Waka
  • Walburg
  • Waldeck
  • Wallisville
  • Walnut Bend
  • Warda
  • Waskom
  • Waxahachie
  • Wayside
  • Weches
  • Weesatche
  • Weimar
  • Welcome
  • Welfare
  • West
  • West Columbia
  • Westphalia
  • White Deer
  • Whiteface
  • Whiteflat
  • Whon
  • Wied
  • Wiergate
  • Wild Hog Creek
  • Wild Horse
  • Wildcat Wells
  • Wildorado
  • Willow City
  • Wills Point
  • Wimberley
  • Windmill
  • Windthorst
  • Winecup
  • Winedale
  • Wink
  • Winnsboro
  • Witting
  • Wizard Wells
  • Wolf Ridge
  • Woodville
  • Wuthrich Hill

Y: 6 names

  • Yancey
  • Yantis
  • Yarbrough City
  • Yaupon
  • Yellow House Draw
  • Yucca Rim

Z: 9 names

  • Zabcikville
  • Zapata
  • Zavalla
  • Zelena Hora
  • Zephyr
  • Zimmerscheidt
  • Zipperlandville
  • Zorn
  • Zuehl