Of All things, this was the topic of a radio show today from Huntington WV, I was in the neighborhood. They mentioned some that I could have slapped myself for forgetting and they told the origins (some hilarious) of the names. Here's some.......believe it or not...

Big and Ugly, Wv Aid, Ohio (named that because escaping slaves from the south were given Aid there) Getaway (ditto, an underground railroad station in Ohio. Friendship, Oh. Named because the indians and whites were friendly and intermarried (apparently VERY friendly). Mud, Ky Hurricane, WV Patriot, WV Old Soldier (didn't catch the state) Jasper, Ohio

We have many "Furnace and Ports" names here. Furnace for all the Iron furnaces that were built before the steel age. ( a note to environmentalist, back then they used charcoal, instead of coal. Most of the trees were decimated from our hills and forest then. I am happy to say they are back since they are a very renewable resource) My area now farms and exports a big amount of some of the finest black walnut, maple, hickory and oak of the world. Just an aside The Ports were because there were lots of stopping places for flat boats and later steamboats for weary travelers to get rested, get fed, get drunk and get...... oh well

Gallipolis, Ohio. When a bunch of frenchmen were scammed in a land deal in their homeland for cheap land here the govenment set aside the site of Gallipolis (Ferry) as a place for them to settle. Early American Homeless. Nice town by and by. They have a beutiful Gazebo that every April is the site of a Union re-enactment. I hear the Rebs been showing up lately.

Firebrick Ky I can't believe it's not butter Ohio just joking