Types of Places in the US
via the US Board on Geographic Names, which has a database I've been playing with a bit lately. It lists every location on every map in the US. Here it is, broken down by what sort of point it is:
+-----------------+--------+ | class | tally | +-----------------+--------+ | Stream | 232852 | | Church | 223033 | | School | 209914 | | Populated Place | 197934 | | Locale | 150528 | | Cemetery | 137411 | | Building | 95797 | | Reservoir | 75406 | | Summit | 71016 | | Valley | 70371 | | Lake | 68343 | | Park | 66939 | | Civil | 58126 | | Post Office | 57404 | | Dam | 56942 | | Well | 38773 | | Spring | 38515 | | Mine | 35057 | | Canal | 21190 | | Island | 20476 | | Airport | 19495 | | Census | 16799 | | Tower | 16770 | | Cape | 16465 | | Ridge | 15149 | | Hospital | 13714 | | Bay | 13065 | | Crossing | 12902 | | Trail | 11005 | | Flat | 10553 | | Gap | 8425 | | Swamp | 7462 | | Bridge | 6709 | | Bar | 5897 | | Oilfield | 4862 | | Gut | 4547 | | Cliff | 4487 | | Basin | 4309 | | Channel | 4131 | | Bend | 2821 | | Military | 2774 | | Area | 2505 | | Falls | 2494 | | Range | 2438 | | Beach | 2401 | | Pillar | 2071 | | Forest | 1299 | | Rapids | 1109 | | Reserve | 1058 | | Glacier | 1055 | | Bench | 724 | | Tunnel | 721 | | Harbor | 707 | | Woods | 671 | | Arch | 573 | | Levee | 546 | | Arroyo | 464 | | Slope | 372 | | Plain | 286 | | Crater | 251 | | Lava | 191 | | Unknown | 190 | | Isthmus | 27 | | Sea | 14 | +-----------------+--------+