A number of different traditions developed, often related to the original location in Spain from which a settlement originated.

The settlement that grew to become Banagher, originated at a ford on the east bank of the River Shannon.

Thus, this defensive settlement originated prior to the Mauryan empire.

There a dam was built and a settlement originated.

The settlement originates from the late 1940s when melioration of Pančevački Rit began.

Many settlements originated on the road along the Limes, including Bodegraven.

As the settlement originated on barren meadows outside any urban area, it got the descriptive name ledine, Serbian for the heaths.

The settlement originated near an old Roman road.

The settlement probably originated at the end of the 12th century and is first documented in 1265.

An enormous amount of research has gone on in the last few decades into how and when settlements originated and how they have changed over time.