Definition of "Eureka"

A rural locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia.  examples

A small suburb of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.  examples

A community in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.  examples

A small research base in Fosheim Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada.  examples

A settlement in Waikato district, New Zealand.  examples

A number of places in the United States:

1. A city, the county seat of Humboldt County, in northern California.  quotations  examples

   Quotations

   • Before dawn this morning, five of us drove into Eureka.

     1998, Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents, HEADLINE PUBLISHING GROUP (2019), page 90

2. A ghost town in Nevada County, California.  examples

3. A mining ghost town in San Juan County, Colorado.  examples

4. A city, the county seat of Woodford County, Illinois.  examples

5. An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Indiana, also known as Geiberson.  examples

6. An unincorporated community in Luce Township, Spencer County, Indiana.  examples

7. A city, the county seat of Greenwood County, Kansas.  examples

8. A city in St. Louis County, Missouri.  examples

9. An unincorporated community in Cinque Hommes Township, Perry County, Missouri.  examples

10. A town in Lincoln County, Montana.  examples

11. An unincorporated town and census-designated place, the county seat of Eureka County, Nevada.  examples

12. A town in Wayne County, North Carolina.  examples

13. An unincorporated community in Warrington Township, Bucks County and Montgomery Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.  examples

14. An unincorporated community in Aiken County, South Carolina.  examples

15. A city in McPherson County, South Dakota.  examples

16. A ghost town in Crockett County, Texas.  examples

17. A ghost town in Franklin County, Texas.  examples

18. A tiny city in Navarro County, Texas.  examples

19. A small city in Juab County, Utah.  examples

20. An unincorporated community in Walla Walla County, Washington.  examples

21. An unincorporated community in Pleasants County, West Virginia.  examples

22. A town in Polk County, Wisconsin.  examples

23. An unincorporated census-designated place in the town of Rushford, Winnebago County, Wisconsin.  examples

24. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Eureka Township.  examples

A given name, like for the protagonists of Eureka's Castle or Eureka Seven.  examples