I have an old atlas and it shows a lot of small towns with weird names in the United States. Here are just a few.

Vinegar Bend, AL
Burnt Corn, AL
Rambo Riviera, AR
Toad Suck, AR
Cool, CA
Rough and Ready, CA
Land O' Lakes, FL
Two Egg, Florida
Cut-Off, LA
King Arthur's Court, Michigan

hell, AZ
hollywood, AZ :grr:

What Cheer, IA

Beach, ND
Butte, ND
Devils Lake, ND
New Town, ND
Pick City, ND (more like Pick Nothing, there's barely any people there :lol: )
Zap, ND
Climax, MN

Big Ugly... VA?? MO?? I don't know the state. :o

Punkydoodles Corners ont Can...Dont look for it, the " Welcome to..," signs were all being stolenby souvenir hunters, eventually they just stopped trying ...the longest time they managed to keep one up was about a week! :lol:

I've heard quite a few of REALLY weird and funny ones, but I can't post them here. :lol:

Lol, those are amusing. Theres a town near me called Wagga- Wagga, which everyone nicknamed Woop-Woop because its in the middle of nowhere and about 20 days out of civilisation :lol:

Butte, ND


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Hell, Michigan

****, Australia

French Lick, Indiana

Effingham, Illinois.

It's not even that funny. But when your driving and you drive past it, I dare you not to say, "YOU'RE AN EFFINGHAM" or something to that effect.

Toad Suck, lmao

Truth or Consequences, NM

Climax, MN

I'm not even going to touch this one! :D

Embarrass

Defiance, Ohio

I'm not even going to touch this one! :D
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There's also an Intercourse, PA if you're interested. ;)

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There's also an Intercourse, PA if you're interested. ;)
:lol: What's next.... a city called "sex"? Too, too funny! :crazy:

I heard there was a city called Bath :lol:

I heard there was a city called Bath :lol:
Yah, there's one over in England. I was going to visit Bath, along with Stonehenge, while we were there...but we didn't get to. :lol:

I think it would be funnier if it was "Bathe" or something. :lol:

Yah, there's one over in England. I was going to visit Bath, along with Stonehenge, while we were there...but we didn't get to. :lol:If I'm not mistaken there is a Bath, New York too.

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There's also an Intercourse, PA if you're interested. ;)Somebody's mind was on something other than cityhood when they named that place.

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There's also an Intercourse, PA if you're interested. ;)


Probably a bunch of prudes that live up there! :lol:

If I'm not mistaken there is a Bath, New York too.Yup, there is! :)

one of my favorites is Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump (http://www.head-smashed-in.com/), Alberta Canada :)

If I'm not mistaken there is a Bath, New York too.
There is also a Bath, MI. The town gained notoriety in the 1920's when it became the site of a school bombing. Several Elementary School age children and a few teachers were killed in the attack. I believe it was the largest bombing this country had ever seen up until Okalahoma City.

A small town in Colorado.

http://www.jevad.com/weekend/no_name.jpg

A small town in the Austrian Alps.

http://www.intellectualpoison.com/Pics/austria2.jpg

****, Australia
****ing, austria? i forgot about that one. :lol: it's pronounced "fooking" though.

Speaking about the cuss word-sounding cities...what about "Phuket?"

It is pronounced as "Poo-ket," but the phonetics of the spelling makes it seem like it is supposed to be pronouced as the cuss word "F it." This one confused me when I first read it! :lol:

I heard there was a city called Bath :lol:


There is one in MI, I think. My aunt used to live there. Arkadelphia Arkansas, and Cooter Missouri are some of my favorites.

I'm bored, so here are some I find odd:

Carbon, IA
Mystic, IA
Norway, IA
Otterville, IA
Quasqueton, IA
Rembrandt, IA
Jolley, IA
Lime City, IA
Strawberry Point, IA
Lost Nation, IA
Wheatland, IA
Low Moor, IA
Zwingle, IA
Popejoy, IA
Beebeetown, IA
Pisgah, IA

Happy Jack, AZ
Santa Claus, IN
Bird-in-Hand, PA
Brick, NJ
Wall, NJ
Old Lyme, CT
Plant City, FL
Nummytown, NJ
Jeresy Shore, PA (It's nowhere near the Jersey Shore!)

Here are some quirky town names in Utah:

Bountiful (after a mythical land in the Book of Mormon)
West Bountiful (the only town other than Bountiful named for an adjective!)
Parowan (named for a warrior in the Book of Mormon)
East Millcreek (there's no Millcreek for it to be east of!)
Joseph (for Mormon Church founder Joseph Smith)
Roy (Roy?)
Sandy (okay, another town named for an adjective!)

some jersey ones...

Avon By The Sea, NJ
Buttzville, NJ
Deerfield Street, NJ
Ho Ho Kus, NJ
Mahwah, NJ
Tranquility, NJ

Boring, Oregon

Jeresy Shore, PA (It's nowhere near the Jersey Shore!)


You're kidding!! I always thought that it was in New Jersey and was the area on the shoreline! Thanks for straightening that out for one dumb Canuck! :lol:

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There's also an Intercourse, PA if you're interested. ;)

That's bad enough, but could you imagine living on something like Dick Blvd., Intercourse, PA :lol:

Site for Burnt Corn, AL http://www.burntcorn.com/

Bath, OHIO. The place where Jeffrey Dahmer killed his first victim.

That's bad enough, but could you imagine living on something like Dick Blvd., Intercourse, PA :lol:

Believe it or not, Intercourse, PA is in the Amish Country!!!

Some others--
Christmas, FL
Valentine, NE
Frostproof, FL
George W., TX
George, Washington

They aren't exactly weird, but I think they're pretty cool.

Believe it or not, Intercourse, PA is in the Amish Country!!!
Oh, now that is just too darn funny!! :lol:

George, Washington

:rofl: Town fathers had a good sense of humor with that one.

Boring, Oregon

The most exciting place on Earth!!

Zzyzx, California. They wanted to have the town in which its name is the last one alphabetically. It's in the Mojave Desert.

That's bad enough, but could you imagine living on something like Dick Blvd., Intercourse, PA :lol:

Well there's a Climax, NY We also have Coxsackie and West Coxsackie.
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They're actually pronounced Cooksocky though, which really isn't any better :lol:

Zzyzx, California. They wanted to have the town in which its name is the last one alphabetically. It's in the Mojave Desert.

Here is an interesting article about Zzyzx Springs. It was started by a poacher. It is now a research center for California State Universities. I have always been facinated by this place since I saw it on a Roadside Attractions webpage. So Fleet, Have you ever been there, or by it? If so, or if you ever happen to, I'd love some pictures! At least of the road sign...

Here's the article. http://wordways.com/zzyzx.htm

How on earth do you even pronounce Zzyzx?

How on earth do you even pronounce Zzyzx?

It rhymes with Isaacs...

It rhymes with Isaacs...
Ahhh...then I was kind of pronouncing it right.

Well there's a Climax, NY We also have Coxsackie and West Coxsackie.
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They're actually pronounced Cooksocky though, which really isn't any better :lol:



You crazy Americans!! And you think Canadians are a goofy bunch!! :rolleyes: :lol:

Although, I'll bet we have some dillys! I always liked Newtonville, Ontario and I know we've got some double meaning ones too. Oh yeah - and there's Happy Valley, Labrador.

Well there's a Climax, NY We also have Coxsackie and West Coxsackie.
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They're actually pronounced Cooksocky though, which really isn't any better :lol:
No East Coxucker?

No East Coxucker?


AKA Housewife, NY

;) :p

Here is an interesting article about Zzyzx Springs. It was started by a poacher. It is now a research center for California State Universities. I have always been facinated by this place since I saw it on a Roadside Attractions webpage. So Fleet, Have you ever been there, or by it? If so, or if you ever happen to, I'd love some pictures! At least of the road sign...
Thanks for the link to the article.
I've never been there, but if I happen to be there, I will take pictures.

AKA Housewife, NY

;) :p
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Steinhatchee, FL. I just went there yesterday.

It rhymes with Isaacs...
I was pronouncing it right too

AKA Housewife, NY

;) :p:nonono:

Steinhatchee, FL. I just went there yesterday.
That is the coolest town name ever

The most exciting place on Earth!!

Yep, forget about Disneyworld, Boring Oregon is the new most exciting place on Earth!! :lol:

Intercourse, AL. :lol:

I'm waiting for the day during severe weather coverage when the weatherman has to say that city is in the path. :p

AKA Housewife, NY

;) :p

:brent

If I'm not mistaken there is a Bath, New York too.

There's a Bath, Maine near Brunswick. My uncle used to be stationed in the Navy and he lived near the Naval Air Station and that was the town name. :lol:

Intercourse, AL. :lol:

I'm waiting for the day during severe weather coverage when the weatherman has to say that city is in the path. :p

Never heard of that one, just the one in Pennsylvania.

No East Coxucker?

:lol: Not that I know of. I wouldn't be surprised though.

Okay, here are a bunch of New York Towns named after States:
1)New York, New York(obvious).
2)East New York, New York.
3)New York Mills, New York.
4)Florida, New York.
5)Texas, New York.
6)Texas Valley, New York.
7)California, New York.
8)Ohio, New York.
9)Ohioville, New York.
10)Wyoming, New York.
11)Alabama, New York.
12)South Alabama, New York.
13)Maine, New York.
14)East Maine, New York.
15)Maryland, New York.
16)Vermontville, New York.
17)Washington, New York.
18)Washingtonville, New York.
19)Washington Heights, New York.
20)Washington Square, New York.
21)Washington Hollow, New York.
22)Port Washington, New York.
23)Port Washington Station, New York.
24)Port Washington North, New York.



Here are some named after countries:
1)Cuba, New York.
2)Angola, New York.
3)Italy, New York.
4)Italy Hill, New York.
5)Little Italy, New York.
6)Holland, New York.
7)Holland Patent, New York.
8)Greece, New York.
9)Norway, New York.
10)Lebanon, New York.
11)New Lebanon, New York.
12)New Lebanon Center, New York.
13)West Lebanon, New York.
14)Jordan, New York.
15)Panama, New York.
16)Peru, New York.
17)Mexico, New York.
18)Jamaica, New York.
19)Jamaica Station, New York.
20)Jamaica Estates, New York.
21)South Jamaica, New York.
22)Little Haiti, New York.
23)Little Britian, New York.
24)New Scotland, New York.
25)Little France, New York.
26)Belgium, New York.
27)Denmark, New York.
28)China Town, New York.
29)Russia, New York.
30)New Russia, New York.
31)Little America, New York.
32)Canada Lake, New York.
33)Poland, New York.
34)Egypt, New York.

Interesting footnotes: Nassau, New York, East Nassau, New York, Nassau Point, New York, and Nassau Farms, New York are not in Nassau County, New York. Rockland, New York, is also not in Rockland County, New York.

Islip, NY - (pronounced as its spelled: I - slip) not dirty or anything, just sounds funny.

Hicksville, NY

Dix Hills, NY

Yaphank, NY

Islip, NY - (pronounced as its spelled: I - slip) not dirty or anything, just sounds funny.
Not too many referneces to Islip or it's "suburbs" like East Islip, Central Islip, West Islip, or Islip Terrace out there, but and obscure song called "Tarantula" by Dogbowl & Kramer does mention Central Islip in the second verse.


Hicksville, NY

Dix Hills, NY

Yaphank, NY

I keep thinking there are other "Hicksville's" out there, and I'm sure there are other "Dix Hills'" out there as well, but Yaphank is one of a kind.

Grosse Point, MI.

The only cool sounding town I could find in my state was Mansfield,CT

Here's another:

Speonk, NY

Rancho Cucamonga, CA

LOL, I just found out that Intercourse, PA is right next to Paradise, PA, Leacock, PA and Upper Leacock.

The only cool sounding town I could find in my state was Mansfield,CT


:lol: I graduated from a Mansfield High School, but in TX.

Belchertown, Massachusetts.