GeoHoods @ Blade's Place
A comprehensive list - and a brief history - of all GeoCities Homestead Neighborhoods and
Suburbs.
Preface
When GeoCities first started offering free web pages to the public, they
decided to create them in themed neighborhoods. Each neighborhood was then divided into
"blocks", which was a four digit number between 1000 to 9999. So, a user would
adopt a four digit block in the neighborhood of their choice. Thus, a user
would then have their own web pages located at a URL in this format:
http://www.geocities.com/neighborhood/XXXX ("XXXX" would be the four digit
block number number). The whole management of each Neighborhood was run by volunteers - known
as 'Community Leaders' (CL's), which is what made the GeoCities experience so
special.
However, this meant that there could only ever be a maximum of 9000 users in
each neighborhood. So, Suburbs (often known as 'burbs) were created in each
neighborhood (decided by the Community Leaders), and would be named to fit in
with the theme of the neighborhood. Each suburb also had its own blocks, and
when they filled up, more suburbs in the neighborhood could easily be created.
Thus, a user would then have their own web pages located at a URL in this format:
http://www.geocities.com/neighborhood/suburb/xxxx ("XXXX" would be a four digit
number).
This whole process was known as 'homesteading', and each user had their own
'homestead'. Community Leaders helped out each 'homesteader', and created an
friendly atmosphere which contributed to the rapid explosion of personal web
pages on the internet.
Unfortunately, when Yahoo! took over GeoCities in July 1999, Yahoo decided to
make the whole Neighborhoods and Homesteads theme defunct, and to dismantle
the Community Leaders program due to possible legal concerns. Yahoo
decided instead decided to go with "vanity" URLs
to tie in with users' Yahoo IDs (each Geocities user got a Yahoo ID); so their URL would be in this format
http://www.geocities.com/YahooID. If the Geocities user found their ID was already taken by another user on Yahoo,
they could choose a new one, or keep their Geocities login ID but with a .geo appended to the end of it, like this: GeoCitiesID.geo
.
Thankfully, as existing Geocities users got to keep their Homestead Neighborhood
URL too, and their pages could be viewed with either URL - this is why you might stumble across one today.
This page is a dedication to the memory of the GeoCities Spirit. I have listed
every Neighborhood and every Suburb that was in every Neighborhood.
The 'Community Center' (CC) links refer to the (defunct) community centers
(run by the volunteer Community Leaders) that I have managed
to find. These CC's contained web resources, HTML tutorials and other useful
tools for homesteaders. They also organized the creation of new Suburbs. Alas, I couldn't find all the CC's, because most had
long been deleted.
Where possible, I've linked to them via WebArchive or via the Geocities Mirroring Project run by oocities - they crawled and mirrored as much of Geocities as possible in October 2009 prior to Geocities being deleted by Yahoo. Alas, some of the CC's that were deleted prior to being mirrored / archived and are sadly forever lost to us all.
NOTE: I have found that the Geocities Mirroring Project run by oocities is missing suburbs that I have found via other means and sources.
'Added' refers to when the neighborhood was first created (Hollywood was the
very first).
Keep in mind that American English spelling and grammar was used in GeoCities,
and as such, is generally used on this page too.
Please Contact
me if you see that I have missed a Suburb or for any corrections. I'm also trying to find any missing community centers, either archived on the Geocities Gallery project or the oocities archive project, or archived via WebArchive. My goal is to find and link to the archived copy of each Neighborhood's Community Center site.
Edit 2006-07-21: Added Blossom to Tokyo. Thanks, Nelson!
Edit 2007-01-02: Added Pond to Heartland. Thanks, Noah!
Edit 2009-10-26: GeoCities, with the exception of Geocities Japan, shut down and deleted by Yahoo. The end of the era. Existing users could convert to paid hosting services with Yahoo, and this would enable their Geocities URL to keep working provided the paid subscription kept current. All free accounts were completely and permanetly deleted. The Geocities domain used to redirect to Yahoo's Small Business site (which is where the paid-hosting has incorporated into, but as of 2019-07-13 it now
gives a generic error page).
Edit 2019-03-31: Geocities Japan shut down and deleted by Yahoo Japan. Geocities is no more and completely gone forever.
Edit 2019-07-13: Added and corrected suburbs in Area51, SouthBeach, TheTropics and Vienna. Thanks, Kyle! Kyle is running
the Geocities Gallery project site!
MAJOR EDIT 2022-05-02: Added various suburbs I managed to find via other various archiving projects. I also found and added the Community Center for PicketFence. Sadly, it appears that the Geocities Gallery project is offline, most likely permanently, so any links on this page that used it have been updated to use WebArchive instead.
Inportant Note on Icons
Geocities, during its homestead days, requred all homesteaders to put a link, on all of their pages, back to the official Geocities pages. Of course, this was somewhat boring, so people were creative in making new icons and buttons to meet this requirement. Interestingly, the link didn't have to just link back to the Geocities main homepage itself, but instead could link to the headquarters of a particular neighbourhood, or even a community leaders page. The icon itself might be a plain Geocities theme, or - commonly - a neighbourhood theme, or perhaps even a suburb or block theme.
One person became famous throughout the golden age of homesteading for making icons for all the neighbourhoods (bar one or two), and quite a few suburbs, and even a block or two, in the classical 88 pixels by 31 pixels button. Not only did he take requests, but he freely gave all of them away for anyone to use. He was Chaz Boston Baden, and his site was called Hazel's Geocities Icons (archived here on Web Archive - it was hosted on Geocities). His last work was dated 30 April 1997, meaning he made no icon for Petsburgh which was added in March 1998. Please note that the West Hollywood icon was not made by him, but given to him to list with his collection. I found it on the WestHollywood Community Center but only via WebArchive - it was deleted before Oocities Project or the Geocities Gallery Project could crawl and archive them.
I deeply admired his work - I have at least one icon of his on every page on this website - so I've put an icon or two of his for each neighbourhood (except Petsburgh and NorthPole) on this page in the appropriate area. The balloon-themed icon that I have used above, the clover icon I have used for Petsburgh, and the plain Geocites icon I have used for NorthPole, are all also his work.
Table of Contents
Click on a 'hood to be taken to the list of 'burbs
Area51
Science Fiction, Fantasy.
Added April 1996.
[Community Center]
| Alien |
Atlantis |
Aurora |
Capsule |
| Cavern |
Chamber |
Comet |
Corridor |
| Crater |
Dimension |
Dreamworld |
Dunes |
| Dungeon |
Hole |
Hollow |
Jupiter |
| Keep |
Labyrinth |
Lair |
Matrix |
| Meteor |
Nebula |
Neptune |
Nova |
| Omega |
Orion |
Planet |
Portal |
| Quadrant |
Quark |
Quasar |
Rampart |
| Realm |
Saturn |
Shadowlands |
Shire |
| Shuttle |
Stargate |
Starship |
Station |
| Underworld |
Vault |
Zone |
|
Athens
Education, literature, poetry, philosophy, teaching.
Added August 1995.
| Academy |
Acropolis |
Aegean |
Agora |
| Atlantis |
Atrium |
Bridge |
Column |
| Crete |
Cyprus |
Delphi |
Forum |
| Ithaca |
Library |
Marathon |
Marble |
| Olympus |
Oracle |
Pantheon |
Parthenon |
| Rhodes |
Sparta |
Stage |
Styx |
| Thebes |
Troy |
|
|
Augusta
Golf, and the finer side of fairways.
Added July 1997.
[Community Center]
Baja
Four Wheeling, SUVs (4WDs), off-roading, adventure travel.
Added March 1997.
[Community Center]
| Canyon |
Cliffs |
Desert |
Dunes |
| Mesa |
Mountain |
Outback |
Ravine |
| Trails |
|
|
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BourbonStreet
Jazz music, Cajun food, New Orleans, Southern culture.
Added February 1996.
[Community Center]
| Bayou |
Canal |
Delta |
Inn |
| Quarter |
Square |
|
|
Broadway
Theater, musicals, show business, performing arts.
Added August 1995.
[Community Center]
| Alley |
Balcony |
Booth |
Lobby |
| Orchestra |
Stage |
Wing |
|
CapeCanaveral
Science, mathematics, technology, aviation, engineering.
Added April 1996.
| Campus |
Cockpit |
Galaxy |
Hall |
| Hangar |
Lab |
LaunchPad |
Orbit |
| Runway |
Shuttle |
Station |
|
CapitolHill
Government, politics and lots of strong opinions.
Added July 1995.
[Community Center]
| Booth |
Congress |
Embassy |
House |
| Lobby |
Parliament |
Rotunda |
Senate |
CollegePark
University life, from academics to extracurriculars.
Added July 1996.
| Bookstore |
Cafeteria |
Campus |
Center |
| Classroom |
Club |
Den |
Dorm |
| Field |
Grounds |
Gym |
Hall |
| Housing |
Lab |
Library |
Locker |
| Lounge |
Plaza |
Pool |
Quad |
| Residence |
Square |
Stadium |
Theater |
| Union |
Varsity |
|
|
Colosseum
Sports and recreation, field and loge.
Added August 1995.
| Arena |
Base |
Bench |
Bleachers |
| Court |
Dome |
Dugout |
Field |
| Game |
Goal |
Gym |
Hoop |
| Lane |
Lodge |
Loge |
Midfield |
| Mound |
Park |
Pennant |
Pool |
| Pressbox |
Ring |
Rink |
Sideline |
| Slope |
Stadium |
Stands |
Track |
| Turf |
|
|
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EnchantedForest
A neighborhood by kids, for kids.
Added November 1996.
[Community Center]
| Arbor |
Cottage |
Cove |
Creek |
| Dell |
Fountain |
Garden |
Glade |
| Kingdom |
Meadow |
Mountain |
Palace |
| Pond |
Tower |
|
|
Eureka
Small business, home offices.
Added April 1997.
[Community Center]
| Account |
Boardroom |
Business |
Company |
| Concourse |
Consultant |
Enterprises |
Executive |
| Fund |
Gold |
Meeting |
Mine |
| Network |
Office |
Park |
Plaza |
| Promenade |
Sales |
Suite |
Vault |
FashionAvenue
Top designers, beauty and fashion.
Added April 1997.
| Agency |
Catwalk |
Mall |
Runway |
| Salon |
Show |
Stage |
|
Heartland
Families, hometown values, and also originally pets†.
Added November 1995.
[Community Center]
| Acres |
Arbor |
Bluffs |
Brook |
| Cabin |
Canyon |
Cliffs |
Cottage |
| Country |
Creek |
Estates |
Falls |
| Farm |
Fields |
Flats |
Forest |
| Garden |
Glade |
Grove |
Hearth |
| Hills |
Hollow |
Lake |
Lane |
| Meadows |
Oaks |
Orchard |
Park |
| Pasture |
Pines |
Plains |
Pointe |
| Pond |
Prairie |
Ranch |
Ridge |
| River |
Shores |
Stream |
Trail |
| Valley |
Village |
Vista |
Woods |
† Prior to the introduction of the pet-themed Pesburgh Neighborhood in March 1998.
Hollywood
Film and TV, Actors and Actresses .
Added July 1995 (the first neighborhood).
[Community Center]
| Academy |
Agency |
Backdrop |
Boulevard |
| Bungalow |
Camera |
Chateau |
Cinema |
| Club |
Derby |
Diva |
Film |
| Guild |
Heights |
Highrise |
Hills |
| Interview |
Land |
Location |
Lot |
| Makeup |
Mansion |
Movie |
Palace |
| Park |
Pavillion |
Picture |
Prop |
| Screen |
Set |
Star |
Studio |
| Theater |
Trailer |
Video |
|
HotSprings
Health and fitness.
Added April 1996.
| Bath |
Chalet |
Falls |
Oasis |
| Resort |
Retreat |
Sauna |
Spa |
| Villa |
|
|
|
MadisonAvenue
Advertising.
Added May 1997.
| Boardroom |
Commercial |
Newsstand |
Suite |
MotorCity
Cars, trucks, motorcycles, racing, dodge cars.
Added February 1996.
| Boulevard |
Downs |
Factory |
Flats |
| Freeway |
Garage |
Highway |
Lane |
| Lot |
Pit |
Shop |
Show |
| Speedway |
Street |
Strip |
Track |
NapaValley
Food, wine, dining out, the gourmet lifestyle. Gastronomy.
Added April 1996.
| Cellar |
Cupboard |
Kitchen |
Vineyard |
Nashville
Country music.
Added March 1997.
[Community Center]
| Bluegrass |
Opry |
Ranch |
Rodeo |
| Stage |
|
|
|
Paris
Romance, poetry, the arts.
Was also used for French-related topics such as food and culture†.
Added July 1995.
[Community Center]
| Arc |
Art |
Bistro |
Boutique |
| Cabaret |
Cafe |
Cathedral |
Chalet |
| Chateau |
Cinema |
Concorde |
Fontaine |
| Galerie |
Gallery |
Jardin |
LeftBank |
| Library |
Lights |
Loft |
Louvre |
| Maison |
Metro |
Musee |
Opera |
| Palais |
Parc |
Pavilion |
Promenade |
| Rue |
Salon |
Shoppe |
Sorbonne |
| Theatre |
Tower |
Villa |
|
† The use of the Paris neighborhood for Paris-related and France-related food and culture topics
was introduced / Promoted in 1996.
Pentagon
Military men and women.
Added May 1997.
| Barracks |
Base |
Bunker |
Camp |
| Fort |
Quarters |
|
|
Petsburgh
Pets and the people who love them.
Added March 1998†.
| Fair |
Farm |
Haven |
Park |
| Reserve |
Stable |
Yard |
Zoo |
† Prior to the introduction of the Petsburgh neighborhood in March 1998, the Pet theme was incorporated into the Heartland neighborhood.
PicketFence
Home Improvement and Real Estate.
Added December 1997.
[Community Center]
Pipeline
Extreme Sports.
Added October 1997.
| Cliff |
Curb |
Dropzone |
Extreme |
| Force |
Halfpipe |
Ramp |
Rapids |
| Reef |
Ridge |
Shore |
Slope |
| Speed |
Valley |
|
|
RainForest
The environment, conservation, recycling.
Added January 1996.
[Community Center]
| Andes |
Canopy |
Jungle |
Station |
| Vines |
Watershed |
Wetlands |
|
ResearchTriangle
Research and Development. The future of technology.
Added January 1997.
| Campus |
Facility |
Forum |
Invention |
| Lab |
Node |
Station |
System |
| Thinktank |
|
|
|
RodeoDrive
Shopping, upscale living, luxury lifestyles.
Added July 1995.
[Community Center]
| Boutique |
Mall |
Outlet |
Plaza |
SiliconValley
Computers, hardware, software, programming.
Added August 1995.
[Community Center]
| Bay |
Bit |
Board |
Bridge |
| Byte |
Cable |
Campus |
Chip |
| Circuit |
Code |
Disk |
Drive |
| File |
Foothills |
Garage |
Grid |
| Hardware |
Haven |
Heights |
Hills |
| Horizon |
Hub |
Lab |
Lakes |
| Modem |
Monitor |
Mouse |
Network |
| Node |
Office |
Orchard |
Park |
| Peaks |
Pines |
Platform |
Port |
| Program |
Ridge |
Screen |
Sector |
| Server |
Software |
Station |
Storage |
| Vista |
Way |
|
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SoHo
Art, poetry, prose, writing, the bohemian spirit.
Added November 1995.
[Community Center]
| Atrium |
Bistro |
Cafe |
Canvas |
| Coffeehouse |
Courtyard |
Den |
Easel |
| Exhibit |
Fountain |
Gallery |
Hall |
| Lofts |
Museum |
Nook |
Opening |
| Palette |
Park |
Rooftop |
Square |
| Studios |
Study |
Suite |
Veranda |
| Village |
Workshop |
|
|
SouthBeach
Hanging out, friends, chatting, meeting and greeting.
Added July 1996.
[Community Center]
| Balcony |
Bay |
Bluffs |
Boardwalk |
| Breakers |
Bungalow |
Cabana |
Canal |
| Cape |
Castle |
Channel |
Cliffs |
| Club |
Coast |
Cove |
Disco |
| Docks |
Dunes |
Gulf |
Harbor |
| Inlet |
Island |
Jetty |
Keys |
| Lagoon |
Lights |
Lounge |
Mansion |
| Marina |
Palace |
Palms |
Park |
| Patio |
Pier |
Plateau |
Plaza |
| Pointe |
Port |
Reef |
Sandbar |
| Sands |
Seaside |
Shores |
Strand |
| Suite |
Surf |
Terrace |
Tidepool |
| Wharf |
|
|
|
SunsetStrip
Rock, grunge, punk, blues, the club scene.
Added July 1995.
| Alley |
Amphitheater |
Arena |
Auditorium |
| Backstage |
Balcony |
Bar |
Basement |
| Bass |
Beat |
Birdland |
Bistro |
| Booth |
Cabaret |
Club |
Concert |
| Derby |
Diner |
Disco |
Event |
| Exhibit |
Festival |
Floor |
Frontrow |
| Gala |
Garage |
Hall |
Hotel |
| Limo |
Lobby |
Loft |
Loge |
| Lounge |
Mezzanine |
Palace |
Palladium |
| Palms |
Pavilion |
Performance |
Pit |
| Plaza |
Scene |
Set |
Show |
| Stadium |
Stage |
Street |
Studio |
| Tempo |
Theater |
Towers |
Underground |
| Venue |
Villa |
Vine |
|
TelevisionCity
TV fan clubs, sitcoms, talk shows.
Added November 1996.
[Community Center]
| Broadcast |
Cable |
Lot |
Network |
| Satellite |
Screen |
Set |
Stage |
| Station |
Studio |
Taping |
|
TheTropics
| Bay |
Beach |
Breakers |
Cabana |
| Coast |
Cove |
Equator |
Harbor |
| Island |
Lagoon |
Mainland |
Palms |
| Paradise |
Reef |
Resort |
Shores |
TimesSquare
Computer, video and role-playing games.
Added July 1995.
[Community Center]
| Adventure |
Alley |
Arcade |
Arena |
| Avatar |
Battlefield |
Bridge |
Bunker |
| Castle |
Cauldron |
Cave |
Cavern |
| Chamber |
Chaos |
Chasm |
Corner |
| Corridor |
Dome |
Dragon |
Dream |
| Dungeon |
Fortress |
Frontier |
Galaxy |
| Hangar |
Hero |
Labyrinth |
Lair |
| Legend |
Maze |
Metro |
Portal |
| Realm |
Ring |
Sewer |
Stadium |
| Tower |
Zone |
|
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Tokyo
Anime and all things Asian. Far East-Related Topics.
Added July 1995.
[Community Center]
| Bay |
Blossom |
Bridge |
Club |
| Courtyard |
Dojo |
Field |
Flats |
| Fountain |
Fuji |
Garden |
Ginza |
| Gulf |
Harbor |
Highrise |
Island |
| Lights |
Market |
Pagoda |
Palace |
| Ring |
Shores |
Shrine |
Spa |
| Springs |
Subway |
Teahouse |
Temple |
| Towers |
Villa |
|
|
Vienna
Classical music, opera, ballet.
Added May 1996.
[Community Center]
| Alps |
Choir |
Opera |
Recital |
| Stage |
Strasse |
Studio |
Theatre |
| Waltz |
|
|
|
Wallstreet
Personal investing, finance, economics.
Added July 1995.
[Community Center]
| Account |
Bank |
Bond |
Brokerage |
| Bureau |
District |
Exchange |
Floor |
| Fund |
Highrise |
Market |
Stock |
Wellesley
A community for women, and women-related topics.
Added March 1997.
| Atrium |
Commons |
Garden |
Gazebo |
| Park |
Parlor |
Veranda |
|
WestHollywood
Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender topics.
Added July 1995.
[Community Center]
| Cafe |
Castro |
Chateau |
Chelsea |
| Club |
Heights |
Parade |
Park |
| Salon |
Stonewall |
Villa |
Village |
Yosemite
Hiking, rafting, skiing, climbing and the great outdoors.
Added March 1996.
| Cabin |
Campground |
Canyon |
Falls |
| Forest |
Geyser |
Gorge |
Meadows |
| Point |
Rapids |
Trails |
|
Northpole
Special Temporary Neighborhood for Christmas 1996!
This neighborhood had no suburbs.
You can see a web-archive entry, which shows the old community page.
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Corrections, Additions, Feedback
If you spot any errors, have information on missing suburbs, or
have any feedback or news or resources you would like to share, please contact me!
My Homesteads
My website, the very one you are on now, was originally hosted on Geocities in the Cabana suburb of the TheTropics neighborhood, which I mirrored in the Strand suburb of the SouthBeach neighborhood.
I had a homestead in the Extreme suburb of the Pipeline neighborhood dedicated to Extreme Sports, with images from the Microsoft Scenes Extreme Sports wallpaper and screensaver program (which when sold was on multiple floppy disks) back in the mid to late 90's.
I had another homestead in the Outback suburb of the Baja neighborhood about where I lived in rural Australia.
My high-school report on Abortion Law in Queensland was originally hosted in the Delphi suburb of the Athens neighborhood. I had planned to host more of my school reports and then university reports in the Campus suburb of the ResearchTriangle neighborhood but this didn't eventuate as it was too late to sign up for a new homestead.
My Bladeagotchi virtual pets section was originally a seperate homestead in the Chasm suburb of the TimesSquare neighborhood, but size and storage limitations then made it "overflow" into the Labyrinth suburb, also in the TimesSquare neighborhood.
And in all those above cases, all of these Geocities Homesteads, I signed up for while using the computer labs
at either primary school or high school.
Have you found this page useful?
Geocities was something that was very important to me. I have so many fond memories of the early times of the internet and I wanted to preserve them somehow.
I recently found that my page has been quoted in not only other internet articles, resources and projects; but has been quoted or referenced in real life Research Papers! I am absolutely thrilled by this and I am so happy that this page has been so useful to others.
If you happen to use this page for another site, or for a research paper or article or the like, please feel free to! My only request is that you reference it properly and if you please drop me a line to let me know. I'd be very grateful!
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