"I Need A Name For My Town/City!" - Help Coming Up With Names For Fictional Towns And Cities

The first thing to remember is that town and city names don't just spring out of nowhere. By naming a town or city, you are saying or implying something about its history and the people who live or lived there. Here is a list of things where you can derive your town and city names from (any and all of which can overlap with each other).

• Name it after someone important in its history. If it was founded by a someone named Carlos Roscoe, you might Name it something like Carlostown or Roscoeville. If it grew up around a trading post run by someone nammed Sally Derwood, you might Name it Sallytown, Derwood's Post, or even just Derwood. If it grew up around a field owned by someone named Fred, you might Name it Fredfield. Maybe it was named after its first pastor or postmaster, or maybe it was named after someone that everyone liked. (If you need names, you can try the random name generators.)
• Name it after a loved one of a figure important in its founding. No small amount of towns in the US are named after the wives and children (particularly daughters) of men who were involved in the founding of various towns in the US.
• Name it after a religious figure. Such as a saint or deity important to the person or people who founded the town. If a group of people consider Saint Odile to be their patron saint, they might choose to name the town St. Odile.
• Name it after some other admired figure. Such as a ruler or a prominent military figure.
• Name it after a geographical or geological feature. A town near a forest on a hill might be descriptively named Forest Hill. A on a river might be named Riverside. If there is a mountain known as Cranberry Mountain, then the nearby city itself might simply be called Cranberry Mountain. Is there a proliferation of white rocks, or a giant white rock that's hard to miss? Then the city might be called White Rock. (For geographically or geologically-inspired names, the Landscape Generator might give you ideas.)
• Name it after an animal or plant prolific in the area. If wild strawberries grow all over the area, a town founded there might be called Strawberry, Strawberry Meadows, or Strawberry Hill. If there are a lot of geese in the area, you might call your it Goosetown, Goose Lake, or even just Goose.
• Name it after anything else that stands out. Is there a great place where you can watch the sun come up? Then Sunview might be an appropriate name. Did it spring up around a church, and does that church have a unique feature, such as a belfry that leans at an angle due to a mistake by builders? Then Crookchurch could work.
• Name it after something the local economy thrived or thrives on. A coal-mining town might be named Coaltown. A town that developed in an area where farmers made most of their money selling carrots might be named Carrotville.
• Name it after another town/city. Many European colonists named towns and cities after those of their homelands... or places they'd probably never been to, but still sounded fancy.
• The name can come from someone's whim, fancy, or odd circumstances. Just take a look at these towns and their names. If you can think of it, it can be a town or city name. Just ask yourself - what would inspire a person to name a town that?

So with all that in mind, stop and think about the town you're developing so far. Does it have any characteristics or history yet that you could draw a name from? None yet? Then go to a website like randomwebsite.com or Wikipedia and go to a random page, or go to the Random Town Creator and generate a random town and see if anything on that page sticks out at you or sparks an idea either for a name or for part of your town or city's history. Repeat process as necessary or desired.