Setting up a free *.city.state.us locality domain (2025)

Some similarities to *..name -- one of which is that the Public Suffix List thinks you're part of a single site with others you have no control over. Another is the weird registration procedure, but this one is weirder!

Re: Setting up a free *.city.state.us locality domain (2025)

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Post by odie5533 » Wed, May 13, 2026, 3:36 PM UTC

uneekname wrote: post #2

See also: http://nguyen.cincinnati.oh.us/locality.html Edit: already linked in the article! That's what I get for not reading to the end!

Seems like the primary use for locality domains is to explain to others how to get locality domains.

Re: Setting up a free *.city.state.us locality domain (2025)

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Post by beezle » Wed, May 13, 2026, 3:38 PM UTC

I had one, registered I think in 1991, back in the uucp bang days. Had to give it up due to changes in requirements and IIRC Nustar being a real pain. Would like to get it back but no desire to jump through hoops to do so.

Re: Setting up a free *.city.state.us locality domain (2025)

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Post by TrevorFSmith » Wed, May 13, 2026, 3:40 PM UTC

Definitely keep in mind that right or wrong, these hosts are unusual as far as most commercial services are concerned and it can reveal annoying edge cases in their software.

Re: Setting up a free *.city.state.us locality domain (2025)

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Post by kiddico » Wed, May 13, 2026, 3:42 PM UTC

Seeing the *.k12.oh.us in the delegated subdomains brought me back to highschool. When I was little I always wondered why the city name was before k12. Didn't know it was structured like that everywhere.

Re: Setting up a free *.city.state.us locality domain (2025)

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Post by thrill » Wed, May 13, 2026, 3:46 PM UTC

Aren’t there several states that have the same city name repeated within the state? I think there’d need to be a county delineator here too.

Re: Setting up a free *.city.state.us locality domain (2025)

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Post by T3RMINATED » Wed, May 13, 2026, 3:46 PM UTC

kiddico wrote: post #8

Seeing the *.k12.oh.us in the delegated subdomains brought me back to highschool. When I was little I always wondered why the city name was before k12. Didn't know it was structured like that everywhere.

Our school and town dropped all the .mi.us domains and they have their own domains now, why would they do that? I know it used to be k12 too.