U.S. PLACES WITH NUMERIC NAMES

PLACE	STATE/ZIP	INFORMATION
Six	West Virginia (none)	An unincorporated community in McDowell County. Named after Mine Number 6, a nearby coal mine.
Eight	West Virginia (none)	Was an unincorporated community in McDowell County. Post office closed in 1936.
Twentysix	Kentucky (none)	An unincorporated community in Morgan County. The community’s first postmaster submitted 25 possible community names, and then jotted down “26” which was the year she submitted the list. (No longer has a post office).
Fifty-six	Arkansas 72533	A city in Stone County. (Pop. 173). When founding the community in 1918, locals submitted the name “Newcomb” for the settlement. This request was rejected, and the federal government named the community for its school district number (56).
Sixty Six	South Carolina (none)	An unincorporated community in Orangeburg County.
Seventy Six	Kentucky (none)	An unincorporated community in Clinton County. No longer has a post office. Named after nearby Seventy Six Falls.
Seventy Six	Missouri (none)	An unincorporated community in Brazeau Township in eastern Perry County. Several theories as to how community came to be named. (No longer inhabited).
Eighty Four	Pennsylvania 15330	A census-designated place in Washington County, PA. (Pop. 657). 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. Eighty Four contains the 84 Lumber company’s headquarters.
Eighty Eight	Kentucky 42130 (Zip Code retained for historic purposes only – no post office)	An unincorporated township in Barren County. The town was named in 1860 by 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. The town’s biggest claim to fame was the celebration of August 8, 1988 (8/8/88). People with affinity for the number 8 descended on the town from various parts of the nation and world, and the celebration was televised on national television.
Ninety Six	South Carolina 29666	A town in Greenwood County, South Carolina. (Pop. 1,998). No clear information as to how town came to be named Ninety Six.
Hundred	West Virginia 26575	A town in Wetzel County. (Pop. 299). Hundred was named for Henry Church and his wife, the first settlers who lived to be 109 and 106.