Random US City Picker
Pick US postal place names with state abbreviations for geography practice and writing prompts.
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2,000-record sample of US postal place names from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Includes postal localities, not only incorporated municipalities.
How to use this tool
The collection includes postal localities, so a result is not necessarily an incorporated city.
- Choose how many results you want from the built-in collection.
- Optionally filter the available names or labels, and choose whether entries may repeat in a batch.
- Generate a selection, then copy, download or print the results.
Example entries
Aaronsburg, PA · Aberdeen, ID · Abingdon, VA
Examples from the built-in collection; generate above for a random selection.
About the results
The built-in collection is a selected list, not an exhaustive database. A label filter matches entry names rather than every detail in the result. Turning repeats off applies to a single draw; a later draw may select an earlier result.