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mireaux7 Sep 3rd, 2007 03:46 AM

towns with weird names
 
If you know of any sized town/city that has a weird or unique name to it, let others know. (places of interest, lakes, etc count too!)

I have listed some that I have heard of:

Toad Suck Lake, close to Little Rock, AR

Burnt Corn, AL

Intercourse, AL

Slapout, OK

Smackover, AR

Truth or Consequences, NM

Big Ugly, WV

Spread Eagle, WI

Bumpass, VA

Satans Kingdom, VT

Mexican Hat, UT

Hoop and Holler, TX

Cut-and-Shoot, TX

Disco, TN

South of the Border, SC

Big Beaver, PA

Half.com, OR

Three Legs Town, OH

Cat Elbow Corner, NY

Ho-Ho Kus, NJ

Bala Cynwyd, PA

Gay Head, MA

Bad Axe, MI

Monkey's Eyebrow, KY

Howey-in-the-Hills, FL

..and my fav..

Bootlegger Crossing, AZ

ipod_robbie Sep 3rd, 2007 04:00 AM

When does school start back up again??


happytrailstoyou Sep 3rd, 2007 05:57 AM

Startup, WA

mumser Sep 3rd, 2007 06:01 AM

Belchertown, MA

P_M Sep 3rd, 2007 06:12 AM

Good reply, happytrails!! :-D

bleason Sep 3rd, 2007 07:03 AM

Muleshoe, TX close to Earth, TX

dmlove Sep 3rd, 2007 08:43 AM

Bird-in-Hand, PA

Bobmrg Sep 3rd, 2007 08:50 AM

Humptulips, WA

SamH Sep 3rd, 2007 08:52 AM

Hi Hat, KY

Dilles Bottom, OH

I've been to Bad Axe

SamH Sep 3rd, 2007 09:00 AM

Kentucky continues to ammuse:

Rabbit Hash, KY...check out their website... www.rabbithashusa.com

Big Bone Lick State Park also in KY

hop_along Sep 3rd, 2007 09:30 AM

Climax, Ga.

Ty Ty, Ga.

Dimebox, Tex.

Yeehaw Junction, Fla.

Ninety-Six, S.C. (The only place with a major-league ballplayer whose uniform number was his hometown.)

North, S.C. (I find this amusing in the manner of Abbott and Costello.)

Bug Tussle, Okla. (or is it Arkansas? Wherever the Beverly Hillbillies came from, and it is a real place.)

Sara Sep 3rd, 2007 09:36 AM

Hot Coffee, LA

Amy Sep 3rd, 2007 09:38 AM

I'm not quite sure why the Welsh name Bala Cynwyd would be considered "weird"; it's just a combination of two Welsh towns, one having to do with a lake, the other with a saint.

Now Blue Ball and Intercourse, PA...those are a bit odd.

trippinkpj Sep 3rd, 2007 09:43 AM

I've been to Beaver, UT. My son just had to have his picture taken by the "Entering Beaver" sign.

traveller69 Sep 3rd, 2007 11:45 AM

Piapot Saskatchewan

321go Sep 3rd, 2007 12:00 PM

Boring, OR

mireaux7 Sep 3rd, 2007 12:10 PM

Bala Cynwyd,.I dunno. it just sounds funny. sounds like the name of a 1980's heavy metal hairband.

mumser Sep 3rd, 2007 12:33 PM

Hell, MI

pollyvw Sep 3rd, 2007 01:08 PM

North Augusta, SC...realize that Augusta is in GA.

LLindaC Sep 3rd, 2007 01:53 PM

This is Austria, but it's real:

http://www.snopes.com/photos/signs/austria.asp


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