This database contains over 25,000 U.S. and Canadian alternate city names. Includes common misspellings, abbreviations, alias names, former names, widely accepted names, etc. Each record has two fields, the Alternate/ Non-Standard Name and the matching Standard City Name.
This database is ideal for city validation in store locators, address verification processes, and anytime deriving a city's correct name/spelling is required.
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Alternate City Validation Names
Examples of alternate city names / city alias names: Fort Myers Beach (standard) - Ft Myers Beach, Ft. Myers Beach, Ft Myers Bch, Ft. Myers Bch, Fort Myers Bch; Atlanta (standard) – ATL; Brooklyn (standard) – BKLYN; Phoenix (standard) – PHX; Washington
You may be surprised that the U.S. Postal Service does not already provide this data. A few alternate city spellings have made their way into postal data over the years but it is inconsistent and unpredictable, plus they’re at postal code level instead of city level.
