Cowboy Posse Name Generator

One press names a band of riders, says what kind of band it is and where it rides from.

Cowboy Posse Name Generator: 20 posse names

The Bent Spur Seven, drovers. They ride out of the shade of the only tree for miles.

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  • First partBent Spur
  • BodySeven
  • Kinddrovers
  • Rides out ofthe shade of the only tree for miles
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    1. The Hat Brim Seven, drovers. They ride out of a windmill and nothing else.
    2. The High Lonesome Bunkhouse, scouts. They ride out of the back room of the feed store.
    3. The Elsewhere Hands, rangers. They ride out of a stockade nobody garrisons.
    4. The Painted Rock String, rustlers. They ride out of a dugout on the north bank of the creek.
    5. The Ten Mile Company, a vigilance committee. They ride out of the mayor's own barn.
    6. The Jackrabbit Irregulars, rangers. They ride out of a boardinghouse run by somebody's aunt.
    7. The Leaky Canteen Brothers, vaqueros. They ride out of a wintering ground in the high pasture.
    8. The Blue Norther Remuda, outriders. They ride out of a ranch house with a piano nobody plays.
    9. The Elsewhere Horsemen, road agents. They ride out of a trading post at a river fork.
    10. The Tarantula Hill Riders, rangers. They ride out of the old stage stop past the dry ford.
    11. The Patched Boot Regulars, vaqueros. They ride out of a homestead with eleven cousins.
    12. The Dry Gulch Horsemen, rangers. They ride out of the back room of the feed store.
    13. The Split Rail Trail Hands, drovers. They ride out of the mayor's own barn.
    14. The Iron Kettle Bunkhouse, drovers. They ride out of a ghost town with a working pump.
    15. The Coyote Moon Company, outriders. They ride out of a homestead with eleven cousins.
    16. The Red Mesa Brothers, drovers. They ride out of a trading post at a river fork.
    17. The Sagebrush Bunkhouse, cowhands. They ride out of the old stage stop past the dry ford.
    18. The Horned Toad Cousins, outriders. They ride out of the mayor's own barn.
    19. The Hat Brim Hands, rangers. They ride out of a dugout on the north bank of the creek.
    20. The Rusty Spur Bunkhouse, outriders. They ride out of a roundup camp that never broke up.

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    How it works

    This cowboy posse name generator names a band of riders for a western story or game, such as The Dry Gulch Riders, a posse. It also says where the band rides from, such as a box canyon nobody has mapped.

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    Name the band, then choose its side

    Press New posse name. Tap a part, press its padlock, then press again. Lock the name and press through the kinds: the same riders can be a posse in one story and rustlers in the next. Body words run from Riders and Bunch to Outfit and Remuda, the herd of spare saddle horses on a ranch.

    What a posse really was

    Posse is short for posse comitatus: the able-bodied men of a county whom the sheriff could summon to help keep the peace. A vigilance committee was a group of private citizens who administered justice themselves. The Kind list under the tool explains all the kinds, from drovers to road agents.

    Questions and answers

    What is a posse?

    A posse is a group of people summoned to help law enforcement. The word is short for posse comitatus, the able-bodied men of a county whom the sheriff could summon to help keep the peace.

    What is the difference between a posse and a vigilance committee?

    A sheriff summoned a posse. A vigilance committee was a group of private citizens who administered justice where they thought the government's structures inadequate, with no sheriff behind them.

    Can the band be outlaws?

    Yes. Tap the kind and press its arrows until it reads rustlers, who steal cattle or other livestock, or road agents, an old American name for criminals who stop travelers and rob them. Lock it and press for names.

    Are these real posses?

    Not that we found. Names that matched a Wikipedia page title, a group in its lists of Old West gangs, gunfighters and lawmen, or a real band or club named in its text were taken out. Only the kinds of band are real words.

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    First part: all 63 first parts

    A 2

    • Alkali Flats
    • Antelope Springs

    B 6

    • Bedroll
    • Bent Spur
    • Blue Norther
    • Boot Heel
    • Broken Wheel
    • Buzzard Roost
    Show all 63 first parts (55 more)

    C 7

    • Caliche
    • Chuckwagon
    • Cold Biscuit
    • Cottonwood Bend
    • Coyote Moon
    • Coyote Wells
    • Crooked Fork

    D 3

    • Dry Gulch
    • Dry Wash
    • Dust Creek

    E 1

    • Elsewhere

    G 2

    • Greasewood
    • Gully Washer

    H 7

    • Hardtack
    • Hat Brim
    • Heat Lightning
    • High Lonesome
    • Hitching Post
    • Hogback
    • Horned Toad

    I 1

    • Iron Kettle

    J 1

    • Jackrabbit

    L 8

    • Lariat
    • Last Chance
    • Late Supper
    • Leaky Canteen
    • Long Noon
    • Loose Cinch
    • Lost Stirrup
    • Low Water

    M 1

    • Mesquite Flat

    O 1

    • Ocotillo

    P 2

    • Painted Rock
    • Patched Boot

    R 5

    • Rattlesnake Ridge
    • Red Mesa
    • Rimrock
    • Roadrunner
    • Rusty Spur

    S 8

    • Sagebrush
    • Short Grass
    • Sidewinder
    • Sleepy Mule
    • Slickrock
    • Split Rail
    • Stubborn Mule
    • Swinging Gate

    T 6

    • Tall Grass
    • Tarantula Hill
    • Ten Mile
    • Thirsty Creek
    • Thunder Butte
    • Tumbleweed

    W 1

    • Whistle Creek

    Y 1

    • Yesterday's Beans

    How this list was compiled: Our own list of 63 first parts, written on 2026-10-03: landmarks, weather, tack and camp food of the open range, with no person's name among them. Some are also the names of real small places. Every pair of a first part and a body word was looked for that day, with and without "The", among the page titles and redirects of English Wikipedia, in a full-text search of it and in the text of its List of Old West gangs and its lists of Old West gunfighters and lawmen (https://en.wikipedia.org/, CC BY-SA 4.0); a pair that the search found as the name of a music group, a club, a company or a published work cost a part its place. 27 candidates were cut (13 on another list of this site; 6 found with a body word in the text of English Wikipedia; 6 taken out on a second reading; 1 a rude word inside or across the join; 1 a Wikipedia page title), among them Salt Lick, Nowhere, Three-Legged Dog, Second Chance, Burnt Coffee, Tin Star. No list of names is complete, so search a name before you publish it. Licence: own work

    Body: all 21 body words

    B 4

    • Boys
    • Brothers
    • Bunch
    • Bunkhouse

    C 3

    • Company
    • Cousins
    • Crew
    Show all 21 body words (14 more)

    H 2

    • Hands
    • Horsemen

    I 1

    • Irregulars

    N 1

    • Night Guard

    O 1

    • Outfit

    P 1

    • Pathfinders

    R 3

    • Regulars
    • Remuda
    • Riders

    S 3

    • Saddle Club
    • Seven
    • String

    T 1

    • Trail Hands

    V 1

    • Volunteers

    How this list was compiled: Our own choice of 21 words for a band of riders, made on 2026-10-03. A remuda is the herd of spare saddle horses on a ranch. 6 candidates were cut on a second reading (common words that many lists of this site hold, or words that made a real name with a first part). Licence: own work

    Kind: all 11 kinds

    A 2

    • a posse Short for posse comitatus: the able-bodied men of a county whom the sheriff could summon to help keep the peace.
    • a vigilance committee A group of private citizens who administered justice where they thought the government's structures inadequate.

    C 1

    • cowhands A cowhand tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
    Show all 11 kinds (8 more)

    D 1

    • drovers A drover drives animals on foot, especially cattle or sheep, over long distances.

    O 1

    • outriders An outrider is a guide or escort who rides in advance, or one who rides out to inspect a ranch.

    R 3

    • rangers A ranger is a keeper or guardian who ranges over a region to protect it or enforce the law.
    • road agents Road agent is an old American name for a criminal who stops travelers and robs them.
    • rustlers A rustler is a thief of cattle or other livestock.

    S 1

    • scouts A scout is a person sent out to gather and bring back information.

    V 1

    • vaqueros In the Southwestern United States, a vaquero is a cowboy or herdsman.

    W 1

    • wranglers In American use, a wrangler is a cowboy who takes care of the saddle horses.

    How this list was compiled: 11 real words for riders who worked or rode together in the American West. Each line follows the word's English Wiktionary entry, read on 2026-10-03 (https://en.wiktionary.org/, CC BY-SA 4.0). Own selection. Licence: own selection; meanings from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

    Rides out of: all 43 home ranges

    A 29

    • a boardinghouse run by somebody's aunt
    • a box canyon nobody has mapped
    • a cottonwood grove two days from anywhere
    • a dugout on the north bank of the creek
    • a ghost town with a working pump
    • a hayloft with a good view of the road
    • a homestead with eleven cousins
    • a horse camp in the pines
    Show all 43 home ranges (35 more)

    A, continued

    • a hot spring that the maps leave off
    • a mesa top reached by one trail
    • a played-out silver mine
    • a ranch house with a piano nobody plays
    • a riverboat that ran aground years ago
    • a roundup camp that never broke up
    • a salt flat with a single shed
    • a shack at the end of a washed-out road
    • a sheep camp they are not proud of
    • a sod house with a tin chimney
    • a stockade nobody garrisons
    • a stone corral older than the town
    • a tent camp that moves with the grass
    • a trading post at a river fork
    • a wagon circle that became a town
    • a way station that still gets mail
    • a windmill and nothing else
    • a wintering ground in the high pasture
    • an abandoned telegraph office
    • an adobe ruin with one good wall
    • an apple orchard gone wild

    B 3

    • the back room of the feed store
    • the blacksmith's corral
    • the bunkhouse of a ranch with no fences

    C 2

    • the cook's wagon, wherever it stops
    • the courthouse steps

    D 1

    • the depot of a town the railroad skipped

    L 2

    • the last water tank before the desert
    • the livery stable at the edge of town

    M 1

    • the mayor's own barn

    O 1

    • the old stage stop past the dry ford

    P 1

    • the porch of the general store

    R 1

    • the railhead at the end of the spur line

    S 2

    • the schoolhouse, on Saturdays
    • the shade of the only tree for miles

    How this list was compiled: Our own list of 43 invented hideouts and home ranges, written on 2026-10-03, each a description and not a place name. 5 candidates were cut (3 on another list of this site; 1 a real place; 1 word for word on a list of a sister site), among them a line shack above the snow line, a ferry landing on the wrong side of the river, a cave behind a dry waterfall, a pass that closes with the first snow. Licence: own work