Places With Peculiar Names

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 3:51 pm

Walden wrote:
IDAwHOa wrote:Where is the "rolling eyes" emoticon when you need it?????
Just have to use old-fashioned plain text, I guess.

Use this folks.... <img src="http://www.kingswalden.com/e107_plugins ... d_roll.gif" /> I do.

Random notes · Post by **Random notes** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 7:08 pm

I'm surprised this one hasn't come up yet.

Ever been to Horseheads, NY?

http://www.horseheads.org/

Roger

brianormond · Post by **brianormond** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 10:13 pm

-Never been there but heard of What Cheer, Iowa. Sounds like a fun place!
My taste runs more to goofy cafe names. Our family used to frequent the "Tank-n-Tummy" gas station/cafe in Bayfield, Ontario, and passed by the "Squat-n-Gobble" somewhere else on a road trip. A latter-day bowdlerization drive once targeted "Whorehouse Meadows" in Oregon, naming it "Naughty Girl Meadows". The name change was brief then switched back by popular demand.

oleorezinator · Post by **oleorezinator** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 1:40 am

doogieman wrote:Near here is Intercourse, Pa. - a more "proper" version of that town in Austria!

and nearby blueball pa., in the heart of the pa. dutch country.

SteveShaw · Post by **SteveShaw** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 6:06 am

There is (or was?) a street in Nelson, Lancashire called Every Street. My grandma was fond of telling us that she used to live in Every Street in Nelson!

Steve

chrisoff · Post by **chrisoff** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 12:50 pm

There's a place called Lost near here. Always gets it's sign stolen, and that was even before the TV series.

Orkney has a village called Twatt which I find quite funny.

And I always liked the yorkshire town of Beverly. Why decide to name the town after a girl? I think perhaps the person who named it originally just wanted to say they were "in" Beverly. But then my mind lies in the gutter.

djm · Post by **djm** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 1:10 pm

chrisoff wrote:I think perhaps the person who named it originally just wanted to say they were "in" Beverly. But then my mind lies in the gutter.

Perhaps you were thinking of "Beaverly". (I built the gutter!)

djm

Darwin · Post by **Darwin** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 6:39 pm

chrisoff wrote:Why decide to name the town after a girl?

I wasn't kidding when I said that there are lots of personal names used for town names in Texas. More male than female, though.

I wouldn't have recognized "Whon" as a name, and "Hub" might not be one, but there may be historical documents that indicate that they are. I think "Terrell" is a surname, as it's also the name of a county, and some others may be, too. I do think that Maypearl might be one that got left out of the list.

Towns Named after Male first names: (242)
Abner, Ace, Adrian, Albert, Alexander, Alfred, Allen, Alton, Alvin, Ambrose, Andres, Andy, Angus, Anson, Anthony, Antonio, Arney, Art, Arthur, Asa, Augustus, Austin, Bailey, Barry, Bedford, Benjamin, Bernard, Betram, Bob, Boyd, Brad, Brady, Brice, Brooks, Bruce, Bryan, Bryce, Buck, Buford, Burgess, Burke, Burton, Calvin, Cameron, Carey, Carl, Carlos, Carson, Carter, Carey, Charles, Charlie, Chester, Clark, Claude, Clay, Clayton, Cleo, Clint, Clyde, Coy, Craig, Curtis, Dale, Dalllas, Dalton, Damon, Dan, Daniel, Davy, Dean, Dell, Dennis, Denny, Dewey, Dexter, Diego, Donie, Douglas, Doyle, Dudley, Dwight, Earle, Eddy, Edgar, Elbert, Elgin, Elliot, Elmo, Elton, Ely, Enoch, Ephriam, Erwin, Esteban, Everett, Ewell, Felipe, Fernando, Floyd, Forrest, Fostoria, Frank, Franklin, Fred, Frederick, Gabriel, Gary, George, Glen, Glenn, Graham, Grant, Gregg, Gus, Guy, Hamlin, Hampton, Harrold, Henry, Herbert, Herman, Hiram, Howard, Iago, Ike, Ira, Irby, Ivan, Jack, Jacob, Jake, James, Jasper, Jay, Jeff, Jim, Jimmy, Joaquin, Joel, John, Jose, Joshua, Juan, Jud, Justin, Keith, Kelly, Kent, Kermit, King, Knox, Kyle, Lamar, Laurel, Laurence, Lee, Leo, Leon, Leland, Leonard, Leroy, Lewis, Lloyd, Lorenzo, Luis, Luther, Marco, Marshall, Mart, Martin, Marvin, Matthew, Maurice, Melvin, Milburn, Miguel, Miles, Milton, Mitchell, Monroe, Morris, Morton, Neal, Newt, Newton, Nolan, Norman, Oliver, Ollie, Oscar, Otis, Patrick, Paul, Pedro, Perry, Preston, Quanah, Ralph, Randall, Ray, Raymond, Reagan, Rex, Ricardo, Riley, Rob, Roddy, Roland, Roscoe, Roy, Rudolph, Rush, Russell, Ryan, Scott, Sherman, Sidney, Silas, Solomon, Sterling, Sylvester, Taylor, Temple, Terrell, Thomas, Travis, Trent, Troy, Valentine, Van, Vernon, Vicente, Victor, Vincent, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Weldon, Wendell, Wesley, Whon, Willard, William, Wilson, Winfield, Wylie, Ygnacio

Towns Named after Female names: (175)
Ada, Adell, Ady, Agnes, Alice, Althea, Aldine, Allison, Alma, Amanda, Amelia, Amy, Angelina, Anna, Anneta, Ashley, Aubrey, Audrey, Augusta, Aurelia, Aurora, Bebe, Belle, Bess, Bessie, Bettie, Bettina, Beverly, Beulah, Bonnie, Bonita, Camilla, Caterina, Celeste, Charlotte, Chita, Clairette, Crystal, Daphne, Davilla, Dawn, Delia, Della, Desdemona, Diana, Dixie, Delores, Donna, Dora, Ebony, Edna, Elba, Elena, Elizabeth, Ella, Ellen, Elmina, Eloise, Elsa, Emma, Emory, Eola, Era, Erna, Estelle, Etta, Eula, Eunice, Fairlie, Fairy, Fate, Fay, Flo, Flora, Florence, Frances, Francitas, Gail, Gayle, Geneva, Gladys, Grace, Gustine, Helena, Hilda, Holly, Hope, Hub, Ida, Ilka, Inez, Iola, Irene, Isabel, Jane, Jean, Jewell, Jo, Josephine, Joy, Joyce, June, Karen, Kate, Katherine, Katy, LaRose, Lela, Leigh, Leila, Lena, Leona, Lesley, Lillian, Lillie, Linn, Lissie, Lois, Lolita, Lora, Lorena, Lorraine, Lotta, Lou, Louisa, Lydia, Lynn, Madison, Margaret, Margarita, Maria, Marion, Martha, Mary, Maud, May, Melissa, Mercedes, Merle, Merrill, Mildred, Minerva, Mona, Monica, Mozelle, Myra, Myrtle, Nancy, Natalia, Nell, Ola, Olga, Olive, Orla, Pansy, Patricia, Paulina, Pearl, Peggy, Penelope, Perlita, Polly, Ramona, Rebecca, Rhoda, Rosely, Rosita, Rowena, Roxana, Sarita, Thalia, Thelma, Velma, Vera, Victoria, Viola, Violet, Vivian, Winnie, and Zella

Scott McCallister · Post by **Scott McCallister** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 11:40 pm

Tiny Town, Colorado
No Name, Colorado

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 6:46 am

My mother used to live in Granite, Oklahoma, and later in Cement, Oklahoma, two of the hardest names in the state. Another town is Foyil, Oklahoma, which is barely a village, today, but was once a larger town with hotels and such.

Darwin wrote:
chrisoff wrote:Why decide to name the town after a girl?
I wasn't kidding when I said that there are lots of personal names used for town names in Texas. More male than female, though.

In Oklahoma, off the top of my head, there's Idabel, Henryetta, Vinita, Alma, and Velma.

Roger O'Keeffe · Post by **Roger O'Keeffe** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 11:26 am

I thought of this thread last night while watching a documentary on the training of the British Household Cavalry: there was mention of a village called Wirepiddle (at least that's how it was pronounced - it's probably spelt something like Warpinghamdale).

Wombat · Post by **Wombat** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 12:05 pm

Roger O'Keeffe wrote:I thought of this thread last night while watching a documentary on the training of the British Household Cavalry: there was mention of a village called Wirepiddle (at least that's how it was pronounced - it's probably spelt something like Warpinghamdale).

There's a whole collection of Piddles and Puddles somewhere in the rural west of England. I suspect Steve Shaw can supply more precise details.

SteveShaw · Post by **SteveShaw** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 2:01 pm

Yup. But you'll have to wait - session calls right now! Bye bye computer!

Steve

djm · Post by **djm** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 2:04 pm

Nothing like a good session for making more piddle puddles.

djm

missy · Post by **missy** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 2:07 pm

Grinn Ln intersects with Barrett Road here - the signs at the intersection get stolen all the time.......