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26 Sep 11 - 09:18 AM (#3229190) Subject: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: Little Hawk Oh, and let's include smaller towns too. So which one would it be? Schenectady? Definitely a serious contender. But how about Albuquerque? And then Canada's got places like Moose Factory, Moosejaw, and Buffalo Jump. And then there's Hell, Michigan: Go to Hell this Thanksgiving... Anyway, place your nominations for oddest-named towns and cities on this thread, and let's see what we can come up with. |
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26 Sep 11 - 09:24 AM (#3229191) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity Noodle Dome, Texas GfS |
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26 Sep 11 - 09:31 AM (#3229196) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: Manitas_at_home Westward Ho! |
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26 Sep 11 - 09:33 AM (#3229198) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: Lighter The winner's right here. That didn't take long: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fucking,_Austria |
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26 Sep 11 - 09:35 AM (#3229200) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity Case is closed! GfS |
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26 Sep 11 - 09:43 AM (#3229205) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: MGM·Lion Well, Fucking will indeed take some beating. But no need to abandon a fun thread just yet. Wounded Knee? ~M~ |
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26 Sep 11 - 09:44 AM (#3229206) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: McGrath of Harlow Not exactly a city, but there is Shellow Bowells in Essex. Except that when driving through it I've never actually been able to see it. |
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26 Sep 11 - 09:45 AM (#3229209) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: GUEST,Eliza Chipping Sodbury (Cotswolds region) Intercourse (Pennsylvania) Little Snoring and Great Snoring (Norfolk UK) |
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26 Sep 11 - 09:48 AM (#3229212) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: MGM·Lion Ugley, Essex. There is an 'Ugley Women's Institute'. |
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26 Sep 11 - 09:52 AM (#3229218) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: Ed T Dildo, Newfoundland, followed by Come by Chance Newfoundland. |
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26 Sep 11 - 09:55 AM (#3229221) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: GUEST,Eliza In Kent there's a village called Loose. They have a women's Border Morris side, called (of course) Loose Women! |
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26 Sep 11 - 09:56 AM (#3229222) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: Ed T It is just a street. But, it is comforting to know there really is a Sesame Street, and it is in Miminegash prince Edward Island. Sesame street |
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26 Sep 11 - 09:57 AM (#3229223) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: MGM·Lion Any connection with the English idiom 'come-by-chance' to mean an illegitimate child? |
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26 Sep 11 - 10:05 AM (#3229229) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: theleveller Spital-in-the-Street, Lincolnshire. Great Heck, near Selby. N Yorks. |
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26 Sep 11 - 10:12 AM (#3229239) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: theleveller Not a town, but there's a street in old Hull called The Land of Green Ginger. |
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26 Sep 11 - 10:15 AM (#3229244) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: Little Hawk Guelph. It's in Ontario, and nobody's ever been able to come up with a town anthem that doesn't sound embarrassingly silly. Just say it: "Guelph" (GWELF) It sounds like a frog croaking. I think Dildo, Newfoundland is the winner so far. After all, people do (more or less) speak English in Newfoundland, so that makes it a lot funnier than a town called Fucking, in Austria if you ask me. Dildo should erect a town monument, sort of like the Big Nickel in Sudbury, only considerably longer than it is wide....and maybe electrify it too, so that it vibrates in an enticing fashion. |
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26 Sep 11 - 10:17 AM (#3229245) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: theleveller A genuinely odd name was the once-prosperous port at the mouth of the Humber, long-since washed away, called Ravensar Odd. |
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26 Sep 11 - 10:18 AM (#3229246) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: Rapparee Condom, France. Bliss, Idaho. Fish Hook, Illinois. Big Neck, Illinois. Las Putas, California. |
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26 Sep 11 - 10:23 AM (#3229250) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: Little Hawk I wonder if there's a town anywhere called Hijo De La Chingada? Probably not, but there really should be. |
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26 Sep 11 - 10:25 AM (#3229251) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: GUEST,Eliza Gropecunt Lane (London) |
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26 Sep 11 - 10:27 AM (#3229253) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: Little Hawk Omigod. That is simply incredible. I bet Penelope Rutledge avoids going there on principle. |
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26 Sep 11 - 10:30 AM (#3229257) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: Lighter Well, there's Possum Kingdom, Texas. And there's Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. Formerly Hot Springs, it renamed itself for the radio show in 1950 as a publicity stunt. On the "hog-eye" thread, I mentioned several nineteenth-century U.S. communities with that name. There is, or used to be, a "Hog Wallow" in Virginia. At least the highway sign was till up in 1974. There's a Honey Pot Road in Connecticut as well as in Massachusetts. And have I mentioned the Grand Tetons? |
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26 Sep 11 - 10:37 AM (#3229263) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: Lighter Of course, we're only interested in "cities" here. |
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26 Sep 11 - 10:40 AM (#3229268) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: GUEST,beardedbruce Hell is a town in Norway- somewhere I still have a one way ticket (from!) there. |
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26 Sep 11 - 10:43 AM (#3229271) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: Little Hawk I bet it's nicer than Hell, Michigan. |
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26 Sep 11 - 10:47 AM (#3229273) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: Howard Jones There is a widespread belief that the ladies of Ugley have special dispensation from the WI to call themselves the "Women's Institute of Ugley" rather than the usual format of "Ugley Women's Institute". Sadly, it seems this is an urban myth: Ugley WI There is another village, also in Essex, called Matching Tye. Sadly, nowhere called Handkerchief. However, south of the river in Kent, the villages of Ham and Sandwich are adjacent: Ham Sandwich In France, there's the town of Condom. According to Wikipedia, the name of the river it is situated on is very similar to "a French vulgarism for a sexual act". |
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26 Sep 11 - 10:49 AM (#3229274) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: Bobert Don't forget "Intercourse, Pa"... B;~) |
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26 Sep 11 - 10:50 AM (#3229276) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: theleveller Crackpot in the Yorkshire Dales. |
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26 Sep 11 - 10:54 AM (#3229279) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: Little Hawk There's a small town near here called Udney. The name does not inspire confidence. It sounds like something out of an H.P. Lovecraft gothic horror tale. Then there's Bolsover, not far from Udney. I love the sound of that. |
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26 Sep 11 - 10:56 AM (#3229280) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: theleveller Arse, in France. And our beloved Wetwang on the Yorkshire Wolds. |
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26 Sep 11 - 10:59 AM (#3229282) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: theleveller "Arse, in France" Which is probably OK if you live there, but not if you're just passing through! |
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26 Sep 11 - 11:02 AM (#3229287) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: Musket Nothing wrong with Bolsover! Well.... apart from the fact I come originally from Creswell and lived in Shirebrook for many years, so Bolsover is only good when defending it against non Derbyshire people... Otherwise, its poo. (Methinks there must be another Bolsover the other side of the pond then, but ours has a beast!) Now... Oddest name is one thing but the oddest place isn't too far from Bolsover. They're all a bit odd in Duckmanton. |
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26 Sep 11 - 11:14 AM (#3229299) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: GUEST,Eliza The village up the road from us is called Fustyweed. |
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26 Sep 11 - 11:30 AM (#3229311) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: gnomad Need to include Idle (W.Yorkshire, UK) if only for the Idle Working Mens Club, which supposedly has a gigantic waiting list for membership. |
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26 Sep 11 - 11:35 AM (#3229318) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: Smedley Pratts Bottom (in Kent). Twatt (in the Orkneys). |
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26 Sep 11 - 12:00 PM (#3229341) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: theleveller I think some of the most charming names in England are in the Fens around King's Lynn – such as Emneth Hungate, Whaplode St Catherines, Shepeau Stow, Clenchwarton, Tydd Gote and Moulton Eaugate. |
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26 Sep 11 - 12:07 PM (#3229353) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: Bill D Dr. Phillips, Florida and Climax, Colorado. (Near Fairplay) joke is, "How do you get to Climax without going thru Fairplay?" At one time, there was a fad of..ummm.. 'liberating' Climax road signs to hang in dorm rooms, until the Colorado highway dept, took to welding them to the posts. |
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26 Sep 11 - 12:24 PM (#3229370) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: GUEST,Bluesman "Hackballs Cross" County Louth Ireland. I think I would be cross too ! http://www.maplandia.com/ireland/north-east/louth/hackballs-cross/ |
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26 Sep 11 - 01:27 PM (#3229420) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: Richard Bridge Penistone Badgers Mount (er, yes, they probably do) |
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26 Sep 11 - 01:34 PM (#3229423) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: Charley Noble Michigan has several contenders beside Hell, Paradise and Eden. In the running are: Shaftsburg Bad Ax Cement City Climax Eureka and let's not forget Paw Paw. Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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26 Sep 11 - 01:50 PM (#3229433) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: gnu Newfoundland : Dildo; Come-By-Chance |
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26 Sep 11 - 01:54 PM (#3229437) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: DMcG Pity me, near Durham UK |
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26 Sep 11 - 01:57 PM (#3229440) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: Becca72 My ex lives in Flower Mound, Tx |
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26 Sep 11 - 01:58 PM (#3229442) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: MGM·Lion Dorset has Rime Intrinsica |
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26 Sep 11 - 02:49 PM (#3229481) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: VirginiaTam Assawoman and Onancock Virginia. Don't know how near each is to the other but sounds as if one should be right on top of t'other. Fingringhoe in Essex UK |
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26 Sep 11 - 02:50 PM (#3229482) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: VirginiaTam I forgot Bumpass Virginia. |
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26 Sep 11 - 03:49 PM (#3229517) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: Bill D "Assawoman is an unincorporated community in Accomack County, Virginia. Its ZIP code is 23302. Assawoman was originally known as Assawaman until 1966 when the Board on Geographic Names decided upon its current spelling." It IS actually just 'above' Onancock on the map.....but Onancock sounds like it doesn't need anything above it... |
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26 Sep 11 - 03:53 PM (#3229522) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: gnu Yer teasin. |
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26 Sep 11 - 04:01 PM (#3229530) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: Bill D naaawww... but Onan was. (The geography is accurate...the biblical reference needs clarification) |
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26 Sep 11 - 04:47 PM (#3229564) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: Little Hawk Har! Har! (That reminds me...what's become of the Freds?) |
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26 Sep 11 - 05:26 PM (#3229592) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: Q (Frank Staplin) Possum Kingdon is not a town, but is applied to a state park and a lake. But Dime Box, now the villages of Old and New Dime Box, and the town of Mule Shoe, are real (Texas). |
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26 Sep 11 - 05:27 PM (#3229594) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: Rapparee Rabbit Hash, KY Blue Ball, PA Chilly and Soldier, ID Chicken, AK |
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26 Sep 11 - 05:30 PM (#3229598) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: Q (Frank Staplin) Onefour, Alberta. Named for the coordinates of the town, in the SE corner of the province. |
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26 Sep 11 - 06:54 PM (#3229632) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: gnu I know a TwoFour up Kent County but it's a kinda LARGE area. |
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26 Sep 11 - 07:19 PM (#3229640) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: Bee-dubya-ell Har! Har! (That reminds me...what's become of the Freds?) It wasn't Freds who said "Har!", it was Ralphs. Back on topic, I cast votes for Two Egg, Florida, Spuds, Florida, and Hot Coffee, Mississipi. Sounds like the makings of a pretty good breakfast, doesn't it? |
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26 Sep 11 - 07:58 PM (#3229660) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: artbrooks Albuquerque is very simple - the Spanish settlers named it after the Duke of Alburquerque, because the wanted money from him. However, they spelled his name wrong, so they got nada. |
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26 Sep 11 - 07:59 PM (#3229661) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: Stilly River Sage Did anyone mention Bucksnort, Tennessee or Chunky, Mississippi? Or Pysht, Washington? (They wanted to name the town "Psyche," but didn't know how to spell it, according to the old story.) SRS |
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26 Sep 11 - 08:04 PM (#3229662) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: Q (Frank Staplin) Harty Har Har, Alice. Two Egg sounds like my kinda town. Here's a plug for Dale Cox and his book, "Two Egg, Florida; a Collection of Ghost Stories." He also wrote "A Christmas in Two Egg." |
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26 Sep 11 - 09:23 PM (#3229675) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: Stilly River Sage Possum Kingdon is not a town, but is applied to a state park and a lake. It's "Possum Kingdom." Most of the land around the lake burned last spring and again this summer. Texas has some very unusual names. It's such a large state that once you get out of your region you can be really surprised by the names you come across. SRS |
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26 Sep 11 - 09:35 PM (#3229678) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: Rapparee If you go to Timewell, Illinois you can stay in the Gross Motel. Timewell is a place where time is, well, stuck in the 1880s or something. |
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26 Sep 11 - 11:32 PM (#3229703) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: Little Hawk Oh, right...it was the Ralphs who said "Har". Har. They haven't been around in quite awhile. Har. I wish they would return. Har. Maybe if I keep doing this, they will. Har. |
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26 Sep 11 - 11:48 PM (#3229707) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: Deckman "Dismal Seepage", Wyoming. I've been there ... it's just out of Morecroft. bob(deckman)nelson |
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27 Sep 11 - 12:08 AM (#3229714) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: JohnInKansas Probably the most idiotic name extant is the town in New Mexico that officially changed it's name to "Truth or Consequences" to pander to a rather stupid TV show. The town's still there, although the TV show is gone. Actually though the show didn't sink to the depths of most of the current rigged and manipulated "quiz shows," and the "consequences" were crude but relatively innocent "embarrassments" that were nothing like the bullying in quite a few recent "funny prank" shows. John |
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27 Sep 11 - 02:11 AM (#3229728) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: RangerSteve My favorite New Jersey town name is Ong's Hat. The name also makes a good expletive, along the lines of Good Grief or Christ Almighty! I mentioned this in a thread years ago, but I'll do it again. There are some place names that are just satisfying to say, and I repeat them when I'm in a traffic jam, just because they make me smile. Here goes: Woonsocket, Moonachie, Hackensack, Ho-ho-cus, Snohomish, Speonk, Squankum, Ong's Hat, Nether Wallop, Moose Factory, Titicaca, Tegucigalpa, and this piece of poetry: Nantahala, Walla Walla, Shinecock, Matinicock, Saugatuck, Naugatuck, Wawa, Mahwah. There's a Slaughter Beach in Delaware. I hope Slaughter is someones last name in this case. |
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27 Sep 11 - 03:13 AM (#3229737) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: theleveller Two of the prettiest villages in the Cotswolds are Upper and Lower Slaughter. |
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27 Sep 11 - 04:17 AM (#3229750) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: Darowyn And just down the hill, in the Vale Of Evesham, you can find Wyre Piddle, and Whiteladies Aston. Meanwhile, down a long narrow road in East Yorkshire there is 'The Land of Nod'. Cheers Dave |
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27 Sep 11 - 04:53 AM (#3229764) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: theleveller I'd forgotten about The Land of Nod - it's near Holme upon Spalding Moor. I've never actually been there although I live only a few miles away. |
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27 Sep 11 - 05:15 AM (#3229771) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: ragdall If you drive north and east on Highway 23 from Intercourse, Pennsylvania, you'll encounter Blue Ball. Or Pysht, Washington? (They wanted to name the town "Psyche," but didn't know how to spell it, according to the old story.) Similar story to the name "Chicken", Alaska, being chosen because they couldn't agree on the spelling of "Ptarmigan"? rags |
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27 Sep 11 - 07:37 AM (#3229830) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: Black belt caterpillar wrestler Just outside Bradford you can find the Idle Workingmen's Club. |
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27 Sep 11 - 07:51 AM (#3229835) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: Sandra in Sydney Australia has a good selection, I'm excluding Australian aboriginal names that look odd to our eyes. Come by chance, NSW Immortalised in a Banjo Patterson poem, this settlement in north-western New South Wales got its name from pastoralists who happened upon a large vacant block, while en route somewhere else more promising. Foul Bay, SA Named by Matthew Flinders in 1802 because of its poor anchorage, this bay on the Yorke Peninsula is far nicer than its moniker suggests. Also nearby is the delightful sounding Tiddy Widdy Beach. Mount Buggery, Victoria The evocative and typically Aussie name Nowhere Else, Tasmania & SA Located near Devonport in north-western Tasmania, there really is "nowhere else", like Nowhere Else. Well, actually there is ... like many of our visitors have pointed out, a place called Nowhere Else can be found on the Eyre Peninsula in SA too! Rooty Hill, NSW Area in western Sydney named by Governor King in 1802. Disappointingly, the name refers to roots exposed in fields around the hill following floods. Tom Ugly, NSW Tom Ugly Point, near Sylvania in Sydney's south, is named after an Aboriginal Australian who lived in a rock shelter in this area during the mid-19th century. His nickname was said to be ironic as he was a strong, handsome fellow. Yorkeys Knob, Queensland Located just north of Cairns, it got its name from a fisherman from Yorkshire, George Yorkey Lawson, who lived nearby in the late 19th century. Locals have since resisted attempts to rename it Yorkeys Beach, fond as they are of the original moniker, despite the reactions it sometimes provokes. |
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27 Sep 11 - 08:50 AM (#3229869) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: Charley Noble Sandra- "Nowhere Else" Must be great for real estate ads! Here in Maine we have the Nonesuch River but there's no sign of a town by that name; in fact there's not much sign of a river either! Cheerily, Charley Noble, who was shafted in Shaftsburg, Michigan |
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27 Sep 11 - 12:42 PM (#3229992) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: Bert My favorites are "Much Hadham" in Essex and "Turnham Green" in London. |
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27 Sep 11 - 12:44 PM (#3229993) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: lefthanded guitar Flushing, New York And to get out of Flushing , you can get on the Utopia Parkway. No kiddin' (in the borough of Queens, which is funny enough as it is) |
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27 Sep 11 - 12:55 PM (#3229998) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: RangerSteve You can credit the British for the name "Flushing". It was originally a Dutch settlement called Vlissingen. When the Brits took over the area, they anglicized a lot of the Dutch names, applying English words that sounded like the original Dutch. |
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27 Sep 11 - 01:02 PM (#3230003) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: Bert We musn't forget Barking in Essex. |
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27 Sep 11 - 03:01 PM (#3230087) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: GUEST,Eliza We have a Nowhere Road near us. (It actually goes to Reepham) |
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27 Sep 11 - 05:13 PM (#3230163) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: GUEST,Songbob Little Whinging, Surrey (or is it Sussex) appears to be the home of some now-famous wizard named "Potter." I always thought the name was clever, and over the heads of most US readers. As was the Black house -- "Grimmauld Place" (pronounced "Grim Old Place"). But my favorite name, in this case, a business name, was in "Toy Story," where the house was being sold by "Virtual Realty." Admittedly, real place-names can be as charming, but most of the good 'uns has already been mentioned above. Hence my retreat into pop culture. Bob |
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27 Sep 11 - 06:52 PM (#3230212) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: Don Firth Western Washington State is especially blessed with interesting and unusual place names, most of which derive from Native Americans in this area. Seattle, after all, was named after Chief Sealth, chief of the Duwamish tribe. Rivers such as the Skokomish, Stillaguamish, and Duwamish (this latter running through south Seattle), towns such as Queets and Sequim (pronounced "Squim"—silent "e."). One of my favorite river names is "Dosewallips" (also a state park). #### A retired couple from the East, wanting to see a bit of the country out West, toured California for a few weeks, then headed up Highway 101 to view the spectacular coast of Oregon. They spent several days in and around the lovely city of Portland, then decided to head on up to Seattle, but not taking Interstate 5, the direct route. They would continue on 101 and circumnavigate the Olympic Peninsula, see the lush Hoh rain forest, then after passing through the small lumbering town of Forks and rounding Neah Bay, drive east through Port Townsend and Port Angeles, after which they would drive to Bremerton to see the naval ship yard and museum there, and take the ferry to Seattle and enjoy the spectacular view of the Seattle skyline as they enter Elliot Bay. They left Portland and crossed the mighty Columbia River, famous in song and story. They headed northwest toward the Pacific Ocean, anticipating passing through Aberdeen and Hoquiam on their way north to the Olympic rain forest. A short time after crossing the bridge over the Columbia, turning off I-5, heading toward the northwest, and passing through a small town, they began to feel unsure that they had taken the right road. So spotting a small general store and one-pump gas station, the man pulled over and went in to ask for directions. There was an old fellow behind the counter, dressed in a plaid shirt and suspenders, and smoking a pipe as he leafed through a magazine. "Excuse me," said the man, "we've just come from Portland and I think I may be lost. Could you tell me the name of the small town we passed though just a few miles that way?" The man behind the counter had heard this lament many, many times before. He continued leafing through the magazine, but took the pipe out of his mouth and said, "Cathlamet." "Um. . . and what is the next town we'll come to?" "Skamakawa." "Oh! And what county is this?" "Wahkiakum." He thanked the man behind the counter, then went back out to the car. His wife asked, "Where are we? Are we going in the right direction?" "I have no idea," said the man. "They don't speak English here!" Don Firth |
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27 Sep 11 - 07:13 PM (#3230224) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: JennieG In northern Queensland, Oz (known as Far North Queensland, or FNQ, by its locals.....and no, I'm not kidding about that, it's for real) lies the Town of 1770. I believe it's a very nice little town. Cheers JennieG |
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27 Sep 11 - 07:39 PM (#3230235) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: Rapparee Well, there's: Nutter Fort, WV Fort Gay, WV Big Bone Lick, KY French Lick, IN Pippa Passes, KY Firth, ID (Hi, Don!) Rifle, CO Parachute, CO Jackson Hole, WY Smoot, WY Fouke, AR Bland, MO Queen City, MO and, of course, Cooter, MO |
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27 Sep 11 - 08:14 PM (#3230245) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: Sandy Mc Lean Newfoundland also has Conception Bay and Joe Batt's Arm. Nova Scotia has Garden Of Eden. (full of snakes and apple trees.) |
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27 Sep 11 - 08:43 PM (#3230259) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: Little Hawk Wasn't there some Bigfoot-like monster associated with Fouke at one time? |
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27 Sep 11 - 09:12 PM (#3230273) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: Rapparee Yeah, the Big Foot Fouker/ Don't get me started on what people from various towns should be called. Like the people in Idaho Falls, ID should be the "Idaho Fallen." |
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27 Sep 11 - 09:52 PM (#3230286) Subject: RE: BS: The oddest named city of them all... From: JohnInKansas Although I'm not sure either was ever officially "a town," some decades ago "Climax" was 7 miles south of "Intercourse" out near the Fall River Reservoir in Easternish Kansas. A small sign marked where Intercourse was until about 20 or 30 years ago, but the last time I went by there was no visible trace of the settlement left. Climax still has a sign pointing in it's direction down the road, but it's not exactly a scenic high point so I haven't gone that way to see if it's actually still around. While neither name is particularly noteworthy, the adjacency of the two was once a source of some "rude references," but the current locals don't appear to know anything ... ... or about the towns either. John |