Places With Peculiar Names

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 3:21 am

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 3:44 am

scottielvr · Post by **scottielvr** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 3:46 am

Hehe. My favorite local place name is Loafer's Glory... NC also lays claim to Hump Mountain; Big Butt; Lizard Lick; and, uh... Horneytown.

amar · Post by **amar** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 3:57 am

http://www.answers.com/topic/(bleep)-austria

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 4:06 am

scottielvr wrote:Hehe. My favorite local place name is Loafer's Glory... NC also lays claim to Hump Mountain; Big Butt; Lizard Lick; and, uh... Horneytown.

Don't forget Boogertown.

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 6:21 am

Maybe not too weird but we have Paw Paw Michigan and Climax Michigan.

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 6:30 am

Hackballscross

Sally Gap

Ballybunion

Slan,
D.

brewerpaul · Post by **brewerpaul** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 6:33 am

Near Detroit there's Big Beaver road... at exit 69!

missy · Post by **missy** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 6:38 am

I live close to Big Bone Lick - it's called that because they found a mastadon skeleton there ("big bone") and it was a salt lick for deer, etc. ("Lick").

Kentucky has some really bizarre names, Feisty, Dwarf, Troublesome (all very close to each other and "settled" by the same family) Rabbit Hash (which once had a dog elected for mayor) and, my favorite:

Hell for Certain

And, of course, there's Louisville. No, it's not a weird name, but you need to know how to PRONOUNCE it correctly. It's NOT Louis-ville. It's NOT Louie-ville. It's Lu-vul, with a kinda swallow between the sylables.

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 7:54 am

Bowlegs, Oklahoma

Battiest, Oklahoma

Bushyhead, Oklahoma

Loco, Oklahoma

Wombat · Post by **Wombat** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 7:55 am

You've probably heard of people who prefer their ITM with a bit of nyah. Well, let me introduce:

www.swanhillonline.com/towns_nyah_nyah_west.html

Those who are less musical might prefer to make for:

http://www.queenslandholidays.com.au/fr ... ckbutt.cfm

Congratulations · Post by **Congratulations** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 9:16 am

On the two-hour drive between Columbia (where my family lives) and Charleston (where I go to college), I've seen a few towns that I thought were entertaining. There's Jedville, and then there's Secessionville.

My favorite thing I've seen, though (and a few pictures of this went around when Bill Clinton ran against the first Bush), is the intersection where one sign points to "Clinton," and another points the opposite direction to "Prosperity."

jsluder · Post by **jsluder** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 9:42 am

Bucksnort, Tennessee

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 9:45 am

amar wrote:http://www.answers.com/topic/(bleep)-austria

I want one of them there town signs!

... and of course there's... http://www.hell2u.com/hell_history.htm

Charlene · Post by **Charlene** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 9:49 am

Humptulips, Washington.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humptulips,_Washington