Benlo Park

Isogrammic Place Names

Anu Garg’s A.Word.A.Day newsletter theme of the week (January 24, 2011) was isograms — words which do not repeat any of their letters.

In the weekly follow-up newsletter, Al Reynolds pointed out several places in the UK with isogrammic names, Plymouth with 8, Ilfracombe with 10, and Buckfastleigh with 13. He wondered if there were place names with more than 13 letters where none appear more than once.

I wondered, too, so I ran a little program on the geonames.org database of over 8 million place names. The answers depend on the rules for the search, so I grouped the results into the tables below. Click on the name to google for more information or click the globe icon to find the place on the map. The two letter country codes are decoded at iso.org.

Single word Isogrammic Place Names
Letters	Place	Map	Country
13	Andruszkowice		PL
13	Auchobspringe		NA
13	Backelidstorp		SE
13	Blokangmesjid		ID
13	Boviksfjarden		SE
13	Bratschenkopf		AT
13	Bridgehampton		US
13	Buckfastleigh		GB
13	Buckinghampet		IN
13	Buiksloterham		NL
13	Buslingthorpe		GB
13	Bystrzanowice		PL
13	Champforgeuil		FR
13	Chegtloufkari		MR
13	Chernoglavtsi		BG
13	Christlumkopf		AT
13	Claydonspitze		AQ
13	Drauschkowitz		DE
13	Druzhbinskoye		KZ
13	Dvurechanskiy		UA
13	Falovsgrundet		SE
13	Faulconbridge		AU
13	Flasjogrundet		SE
13	Gadzhulovskiy		RU
13	Gamvikfjorden		NO
13	Gorbachevskiy		RU
13	Gorbitzhausen		DE
13	Gramlenovskiy		RU
13	Grimolzhausen		DE
13	Grubachspitze		AT
13	Hogmyrsvedjan		SE
13	Holbankspruit		ZA
13	Huwelijkszorg		SR
13	Ingevaldstorp		SE
13	Jutviksholmen		SE
13	Kisdombegyhaz		HU
13	Kleinraschutz		DE
13	Klitschendorf		DE
13	Korhanysziget		HU
13	Kupriyantsevo		RU
13	Leimbachskopf		DE
13	Lermantovskiy		RU
13	Lunkowitzbach		AT
13	Lyviksfjarden		SE
13	Manchurovskiy		RU
13	Marksteinjoch		AT
13	Matzleinsdorf		AT
13	Melkhoutsdrif		ZA
13	Muslahnerkopf		IT
13	Nagyszekidulo		HU
13	Nyirmedpuszta		HU
13	Obergschwandt		DE
13	Obermaschwitz		DE
13	Oberstampfing		AT
13	Palicuktemong		ID
13	Palsbufjorden		NO
13	Patholmsviken		SE
13	Pitzschendorf		DE
13	Pletnicsmajor		HU
13	Plotschgraben		AT
13	Probuzhdeniya		RU
13	Putzleinsdorf		AT
13	Quitschenkopf		DE
13	Salbrechtkopf		AT
13	Saltbufjorden		NO
13	Salzburghofen		DE
13	Schlatzendorf		AT
13	Schlatzendorf		DE
13	Schmalzgruben		AT
13	Schmilkendorf		DE
13	Schorlingkamp		DE
13	Schwalbenkopf		DE
13	Schwarzenkopf		DE
13	Schwarzenkopf		DE
13	Schwarzenkopf		DE
13	Schwatzendorf		DE
13	Schwingerbaum		DE
13	Skjoldungebra		GL
13	Skogbyfjarden		FI
13	Spikarhovudet		SJ
13	Spitznagelhof		DE
13	Springbokvley		NA
13	Strekljinovac		HR
13	Strmoglavcine		RS
13	Strumpfelbach		DE
13	Strumpfelbach		DE
13	Strumpfelbach		DE
13	Strumpfelbach		DE
13	Stubenwaldhof		DE
13	Szlichtyngowa		PL
13	Szlichtyngowa		PL
13	Tolmachevskiy		RU
13	Unterpilsbach		AT
13	Utviksfjarden		SE
13	Veldkampsbrug		NL
13	Vigelandsbruk		NO
13	Vincefopuszta		HU
13	Vogtlandkreis		DE
13	Waldprechting		AT
13	Wickartsmuhle		DE
13	Wickermanshof		DE
13	Wildskopfchen		DE
13	Windmuhlacker		AT
13	Wutschigraben		AT
14	Bildoystraumen		NO
14	Blacksogrundet		FI
14	Bricklehampton		GB
14	Budszentmihaly		HU
14	Djupbackholmen		SE
14	Dyviksholmarne		FI
14	Fjordungakvisl		IS
14	Hamviksgrundet		SE
14	Hinterwaldkopf		DE
14	Hodenpijlsbrug		NL
14	Kleindobschutz		DE
14	Kleinhaugsdorf		AT
14	Kobitzschwalde		DE
14	Kormendipuszta		HU
14	Langhoekspruit		ZA
14	Leitzgrundbach		DE
14	Moschitzgraben		AT
14	Pulschnitzberg		DE
14	SchmitzdorFgen		DE
14	Steinbruchwald		DE
14	Sturmvogelbach		AQ
14	Unterwolfsbach		AT
15	Djupbacksholmen		SE
15	Gumpoldskirchen		AT
15	Hoglycksfjarden		SE
15	Hondeblafspruit		ZA
15	Kivholmsfjarden		FI
15	Madritschengupf		AT
15	Malitschkendorf		DE
15	Strichwandkogel		AT

Isogrammic Place Names with other characters
Letters	Place	Map	Country
14	Ab-i-Gum Levy Post		PK
14	Badenhorst Kuil		ZA
14	Banc du Gros Ilet		MQ
14	Bear Gulch Ponds		CA
14	Bildoystraumen		NO
14	Bishop and Clerk		AU
14	Black Fox Spring		US
14	Blackjoe Spring		US
14	Blacksogrundet		FI
14	Blandorf-Wichte		DE
14	Bolstridge Camp		US
14	Bowl and Pitcher		US
14	Bowlens Pyramid		US
14	Breakdown Gulch		US
14	Bricklehampton		GB
14	Brimstone Gulch		US
14	Brimstone Gulch		CA
14	Bruno Lake Ditch		US
14	Buckin' Horse Dam		US
14	Buckingham Ford		US
14	Buckingham West		US
14	Buckland Forest		US
14	Buckmaster Pond		US
14	Budszentmihaly		HU
14	Budzislaw Gorny		PL
14	Buhtovyj, lednik		AQ
14	Burton Gas Field		US
14	Busy Parking Lot		US
14	Camp Northfield		US
14	Campfire Slough		US
14	Chak Forty-six DB		PK
14	Chak Forty-six MB		PK
14	Chak Forty-six WB		PK
14	Chak Sixty-four P		PK
14	Chak Sixty-one DB		PK
14	Chak Sixty-one DB		PK
14	Chamsiryuk-tong		KR
14	Charlton Muskeg		CA
14	Chew Playground		US
14	City of Newburgh		US
14	City of Shageluk		US
14	City of Washburn		US
14	City of Washburn		US
14	City of Washburn		US
14	Dark Gulch Point		CA
14	Davenport Gulch		US
14	Delta Brunswick		CA
14	Devils Hump Tank		US
14	Devils Knob Camp		US
14	Djupbackholmen		SE
14	Dock Flat Spring		US
14	Dock Flat Spring		US
14	Dolni Stare Buky		CZ
14	Dougherty Basin		US
14	Dynamite Slough		US
14	Dyviksholmarne		FI
14	Edinburgh Swamp		AU
14	Elks Campground		US
14	Estacion Murphy		AR
14	Falmouth Bridge		US
14	Falmouth Spring		US
14	Fish Playground		US
14	Fitzgerald Knob		US
14	Five Bough Swamp		AU
14	Fjordungakvisl		IS
14	Forst Jadkemuhl		DE
14	Forst Judenbach		DE
14	Forst Magenbuch		DE
14	Francuski Hotel		PL
14	Fulkerson Ditch		US
14	Fulkerson Ditch		US
14	Garfield County		US
14	Garfield County		US
14	Garfield County		US
14	Garfield County		US
14	Garfield County		US
14	Garfield County		US
14	Girl Scout Haven		US
14	Gold Quartz Mine		US
14	Gold Quartz Mine		US
14	Growney Stadium		US
14	Gruschwitz Pond		CA
14	Hamviksgrundet		SE
14	Harveys Big Pond		CA
14	Hazel Run, City of		US
14	Hickorynut Lead		US
14	Hinterm Wolpfad		DE
14	Hinterwaldkopf		DE
14	Hodenpijlsbrug		NL
14	Holding Pasture		US
14	Holding Pasture		US
14	Holt Cave Spring		US
14	Hotel Brunswick		US
14	Hotel Gambrinus		IT
14	Hotel Gambrinus		IT
14	HOTEL GAMBRINUS		IT
14	Humble City Park		US
14	Humboldt Spring		US
14	Humboldt Spring		US
14	Humboldt Spring		US
14	Jedburgh Plains		NZ
14	Joe Black Spring		US
14	John Quimby Park		US
14	Kampung Che Dris		MY
14	Kehl Campground		US
14	Keitzman Slough		US
14	King Forest Camp		US
14	Kleindobschutz		DE
14	Kleinhaugsdorf		AT
14	Kobitzschwalde		DE
14	Kormendipuszta		HU
14	Krajewo Budzily		PL
14	Lamberson Ditch		US
14	Lamberson Ditch		US
14	Langhoekspruit		ZA
14	Leitzgrundbach		DE
14	Lichtenau Fjord		GL
14	Lightbourn's Cay		BS
14	Locust View Farm		US
14	Long Key Viaduct		US
14	Mansfield Group		US
14	Marvel Township		ZW
14	Matschuner Kopf		AT
14	McIntyre Slough		US
14	Moschitzgraben		AT
14	Mount Drygalski		HM
14	Mount Griesbach		CA
14	North Buckfield		US
14	Olympic Gardens		JM
14	Ostra Djupviken		SE
14	Phumi Boeng Svay		KH
14	Phumi Boeng Tras		KH
14	Phumi Krang Sbov		KH
14	Phumi Krang Sbov		KH
14	Phumi Sre Tang Yo		KH
14	Phumi Svay Treng		KH
14	Pike County Farm		US
14	Polder Schuwagt		NL
14	Polder Tchingam		TD
14	Prud Tambovskiy		RU
14	Pulschnitzberg		DE
14	Reickman Slough		US
14	Rocky Flats Mine		US
14	Ruchey Sligovka		RU
14	Samdrup Choling		BT
14	SchmitzdorFgen		DE
14	Shlyuz Nomer Dva		RU
14	Smith Clove Park		US
14	Snowbird Chapel		US
14	Snowdrift Gulch		US
14	Soltan Pir Gheyb		IR
14	South Cambridge		US
14	South Cambridge		US
14	Southfield Park		US
14	Southfield Park		US
14	Southfield Park		US
14	Southfield Park		US
14	Southfield Park		US
14	Sredniy Toguzak		RU
14	Srednji Bukovac		HR
14	Steinbruchwald		DE
14	Stepanov Klyuch		RU
14	Stepanov-Klyuch		KZ
14	Sterup-Dingholz		DE
14	Stocking Pelham		GB
14	Stocking Pelham		GB
14	Stoney Lick Farm		US
14	Stora Hycklinge		SE
14	Sturmvogelbach		AQ
14	Sulzgraben Kopf		DE
14	Sunflower Ditch		US
14	Tonier Gulch Dam		US
14	Torpy Gulch Mine		US
14	Unterwolfsbach		AT
14	Van der Wijck Top		SR
14	Van Stockum Berg		SR
14	Vrletni Dubocaj		BA
14	West Gobindapur		BD
14	West Playground		US
14	West Rockingham		US
14	Whites Camp Fork		US
14	Wick Playground		US
14	Wild Monkey Trap		US
14	Windbrache-Kopf		DE
14	Wolf Head Spring		US
14	Wotkyns Glacier		AQ
14	WUXI GRAND HOTEL		CN
14	Yolhuitz Grande		GT
15	Bemis Playground		US
15	Byrkjelo Camping		NO
15	Chak Forty-Six D N B		PK
15	Chak Sixty-four DB		PK
15	Chak Sixty-four DB		PK
15	Devils Thumb Park		US
15	Djupbacksholmen		SE
15	Dwight Jones Park		US
15	Gumpoldskirchen		AT
15	Hackstown Bridge		IE
15	Hawkesbury Point		AU
15	Hoglycksfjarden		SE
15	Hondeblafspruit		ZA
15	Horn Field Campus		US
15	Hotel Pansky DVUR		CZ
15	Im Schwarzen Kopf		DE
15	Jackstown Bridge		US
15	Jay Buckle Spring		US
15	Khajuri Levy Post		PK
15	Kivholmsfjarden		FI
15	Lewis Campground		US
15	Madritschengupf		AT
15	Malitschkendorf		DE
15	Meigs County Park		US
15	Nickles Worth Dam		US
15	Patin Dyke Slough		US
15	Phumi Kbal Stoeng		KH
15	Plymouth Gardens		US
15	Rybij Khvost Gulf		AQ
15	Sheldon City Park		US
15	Shelving Rock Bay		US
15	Smith Playground		US
15	Smith Playground		US
15	Smith Playground		US
15	Smith Playground		US
15	Smith Playground		US
15	Springbok Flache		NA
15	Strichwandkogel		AT
15	The Black Grounds		JM
15	The Pyramids Club		US
15	Volney-Smith Park†		US
15	West Jordan Gulch		US
15	White Playground		US
15	Wildsbacher Kopf		DE
16	Alsop Ditch Number 1		US
16	Alsop Ditch Number 2		US
16	Bokum Lawyer Ditch		US
16	Devils Jump Branch		US
16	Oldbury Shaft Mine		US
16	The Dumpling Rocks		US
16	Whites Playground†		US

† If you include the spaces and hyphens in the count, VOLNEY-SMITH PARK and WHITES PLAYGROUND are 17 characters long without repetition.