Guest Andrea Posted May 26, 2006 Report Share Posted May 26, 2006 Re: Weird names for towns Buckee gave me a list of really off the wall names. My personal favorite: POSSUM TROT, KY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doughboy1956 Posted May 26, 2006 Report Share Posted May 26, 2006 Re: Weird names for towns Come by Chance (Newfoundland) and Conception Bay (Newfoundland) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted May 26, 2006 Report Share Posted May 26, 2006 Re: Weird names for towns devils half acre, wyoming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hangunnr Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 Re: Weird names for towns Came across a small town while I was down in Kentucky named Monkeys Eyebrow.. Monkeys Eyebrow, Kentucky hangunnr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longhorn57 Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 Re: Weird names for towns Pink and Loco both in Oklahoma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GreenHead Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 Re: Weird names for towns medicine bow, wy weed,ca firebaugh,ca Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambuscher Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 Re: Weird names for towns I live in a town of about 40 people. Actually more cows and chickens than people. It's called Urbanette AR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 Re: Weird names for towns Snowflake, Az- when I was there, it was 120 degrees. The main street through town was Bucket of Blood Street. To date that's still my favorite street name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 Re: Weird names for towns [ QUOTE ] Ninety Six, SC [/ QUOTE ] And Eighty Four, PA. How'd you get 12 more than us??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 Re: Weird names for towns [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Ninety Six, SC [/ QUOTE ] And Eighty Four, PA. How'd you get 12 more than us??? [/ QUOTE ] According to the National Park Service's site... " The unusual name was given by early traders in the 1700's because they mistakenly believed it was the estimated number of miles to the Cherokee village of Keowee in the upper South Carolina foothills." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 Re: Weird names for towns Hope I'm not stepping out of bounds but we have a town here in New York named Coonrod I always chuckle when I pass through. Ranger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Schmeck Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 Re: Weird names for towns You forgot Eighty-four, D and Z Ramp Station, Dott, Deadman Corner, Basket (that's a local one), Bryn Mawr, Alaska, and I could go on and on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nut Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 Re: Weird names for towns Gaysport,Ohio is about 18 miles north of me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowJoe Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 Re: Weird names for towns Carbondale, IL West City, IL Pocahontas, IL New Burnside, IL Cairo, IL Buncomb, IL Macedonia, IL East St. Louis, IL Goreville, IL Mattoon, IL Pekin, IL Pinckneyville, IL Muddy, IL Ware Lake, IL Wolf Lake, IL (approximately 1 mile from eachother) Golconda, IL Kicapooh, IL Metropolis, IL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 Re: Weird names for towns [ QUOTE ] I've been to the following towns and comunities. Buckstort, TN [/ QUOTE ] Heard of Bucksnort John, but have never heard of buckstort Not too far from us is Skullbone, Tennessee. Always thought that was a kind of weird name for a town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasDeerHunter Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 Re: Weird names for towns Here are a couple Babyhead, Tx Pontotoc, Tx Katemcy, Tx Muleshoe, Tx Gun Barrel City, Tx Zephyr, Tx Think Babyhead is by far the strangest I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 Re: Weird names for towns [ QUOTE ] Gaysport,Ohio is about 18 miles north of me. [/ QUOTE ] That's right near Guysville Fred! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Finn Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 Re: Weird names for towns Felch, MI - in the U.P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig mack Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 Re: Weird names for towns [ QUOTE ] hmm wolverine, indian river, ****, topinabee,mohawk just some of the names off the top of my head in michigan. 3 of the 5 there are like 20 miles from each other i believe [/ QUOTE ] The word Tobinabee is longer than the actual town is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coles Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 Re: Weird names for towns we have an Ennis and Regina in montana, also wibeaux(weebo) and depuyer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossyhorn Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 Re: Weird names for towns Copenhagen, LA and and there is a place here called Turkey Knob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PAT_PATTERSON Posted May 28, 2006 Report Share Posted May 28, 2006 Re: Weird names for towns Well how about Two Egg Florida. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gobblerdad Posted May 29, 2006 Report Share Posted May 29, 2006 Re: Weird names for towns How about Tea, SD (where I live)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntaholic Posted May 29, 2006 Report Share Posted May 29, 2006 Re: Weird names for towns Vinge, IA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dg Posted May 29, 2006 Report Share Posted May 29, 2006 Re: Weird names for towns There is a community in SC called "Possum Kingdom". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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