I would have done Antebellum, or something of the sort. I love reading into the past, and I am heavily fascinated with the antebellum of the Civil War.
Definitely forget-me-not (shout out to one of my favourite harvest moon games) or Winterhold (because that was always my favourite Skyrim town)
Im still happy with willow for now, though~
I honestly have no idea. All of the town names I've ever used (Nowhere, Lunetta, and Sun Peak) fit into the character limit and I like them. If I did have to name my town something over the character limit, though, I'd name it Milliways or Betelgeuse after places in the Hitchhikers' Guide series.
However, I do see a lot of people wanting to add "-ville" to their town names having trouble. Maybe a 12 character limit would be good.
"a pile of trash"
i can already see it forming.
mayor trashcan. cans, tires, all kinds of trash all over the ground. four villager houses with all shanty features. weeds everywhere. wilted flowers littered on the ground. no trees. ahhhh, beautiful.