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Across the Fence:  Funny Town Names  |
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kydeere40744
True Blue Farmgirl
1132 Posts
Jessica
Kentucky
USA
1132 Posts |
 Posted - Jul 27 2008 : 08:04:01 AM
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I get a magazine called the Kentucky Explorer that focuses on the history of Kentucky told by the kinfolks of ancestors that have lived here over the years. There is a section that has Post Office names in different counties over the years. I saw some of the funniest and odd names on there.
Most folks know about Monkeys Eyebrow, Kentucky. Did you know we have a Black Gnat, Wisdom, Poverty, Lemon, Salt Lick, Beaver Dam, Flippin, and Cow Creek? Oh and we are international with Paris, London, and Versailles (pronounced like "fer-sales" not like the French one). Follow the yellow brick road to our town of Oz, Kentucky. Then you might find "Nonesuch, KY". But we do have a Bethleham and people still send postcards to get postmarked in time for Christmas. We also have a few other oddities, but it makes Kentucky interesting and makes you wonder what the heck they were thinking when they were naming towns.
What are some odd town names in your neck of the woods?
~Jessica in Kentucky & Farmgirl Sisterhood #137~
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - Jul 27 2008 : 08:44:24 AM
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Here are some weird ones from Montana:
Zero
Alex Boggio Place
Aloe
Amazon
Amsterdam
Ant Flat
Avon
Big Sag
Borax
Cat Creek
Fair Haven Colony
Hell Gate
Hog Heaven
Hungry Horse
Idlewile
Iliad
Orinoco
Ozan
Pray
Skones
Square Deal
Stump town
Swan Lake
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
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Sandra K. Licher
True Blue Farmgirl
1106 Posts
Sandra
Horseshoe Bend
Arkansas
1106 Posts |
Posted - Jul 27 2008 : 08:59:33 AM
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Okay...trust me, Arkansas has it's share too but I'm too lazy to get up and get the map right now but one of my favorites is Yellville! and there's "This One"....go figure?!?!?!
Sam in AR..... "It's a great life if you don't weaken!"
Farmgirl Sister #226 |
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
4813 Posts
Julie
Russell
AR
USA
4813 Posts |
Posted - Jul 27 2008 : 09:35:41 AM
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Here are some of the Arkansas ones I can think of:
Blue Ball
Possum Grape (right down the road)
Weiner
Stinking Bay
Stumptoe
Ink
Ozone
Hog Wallow
Hog Jaw
Seedtick
Fannie
Fifty-six
Goobertown
There are many others but that all I can think of off the top of my head.
Farmgirl Sister #17
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Jul 27 2008 : 10:11:18 AM
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Julie:
I have a coffee cup from Booger Holler, AR.! Population 3 and one coon dog.
Ever heard of that town?
Jessica: In Louisiana there is a town named Erath, but most out-of-towners say Earth!
Marly |
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
3107 Posts |
Posted - Jul 27 2008 : 10:26:49 AM
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My favorite one from Washington is Humptulips!?!
Don't know the story there
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without" |
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Patsy
True Blue Farmgirl
592 Posts
Illinois
USA
592 Posts |
Posted - Jul 27 2008 : 1:13:50 PM
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Just a few miles away from here are Gobblers Knob, Toad Hop, and Moonshine.
I think that if a mortal ever heard the voice of God, it would be in a garden at the cool of the day. (F. Moore)
Patsy
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miss wilma
True Blue Farmgirl
3410 Posts
Wilma
Knob Lick
Ky
USA
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Betty J.
True Blue Farmgirl
1403 Posts
Betty
Pasco
WA
USA
1403 Posts |
Posted - Jul 27 2008 : 1:47:11 PM
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Any history about how Knob Lick got its name?
Betty in Pasco |
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miss wilma
True Blue Farmgirl
3410 Posts
Wilma
Knob Lick
Ky
USA
3410 Posts |
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mommom
True Blue Farmgirl
854 Posts
Susan
Lancaster
Pennsylvania
USA
854 Posts |
Posted - Jul 27 2008 : 4:08:03 PM
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Here are just a few that we have recently found out about. (have lived in Pa for 5 years and new names pop up all the time!)
Barking
Bath
Butztown
Climax
Intercourse
Monkey Hollow
Jim Thorpe
Shickshinny
Willow Street
Trout Run
Picture Rocks
There are also a lot of street names that are new to us including "Spooky Nook Road!" Susan |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Jul 27 2008 : 4:30:06 PM
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My favorite in Kentucky is Hell's Half Acre, and LORDY, it is just that. Justin and I weren't sure we'd get out without being shot. It's just over the Pendleton/Bourbon County line if anyone is ever interested in visting ;)
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
2902 Posts
Lisa
Georgetown
OH
2902 Posts |
Posted - Jul 27 2008 : 4:38:02 PM
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| HA HA Jonni, that is what I call the Field's Ertel exit off of 71 |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Jul 27 2008 : 4:47:37 PM
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Hysterical--and oh so true, Lisa! We found this on the map and Justin just HAD to go...at one time, it was a lively town anchored by a large land baron's home, which is gone and now is left just an overgrown family cemetery and a bunch of burned out trailers (that people are still living in).
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
http://www.buyhandmade.org/ |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Jul 27 2008 : 4:56:04 PM
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My son lived in Kentucky 6 years ago in a town called Possum Trot. HE got me a t-shirt at the time that says.."Where the Heck is Paducah, Kentucky?...right between Monkey's Eyebrow and Possum Trot!" I love that.
I don't know as many of Utah's weird ones...there is one though....
Levan ..it is told that it is the middle of the state and got the name because Levan is Navel spelled backwards.
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Jul 27 2008 : 6:27:14 PM
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I know where Possum Trot is Jenny!!! Why did he live there? So glad you got a t-shirt out of it, anyway :)
I was thinking of others that are right around me...the well known Rabbit Hash, of course, right down the road, and also Sugar Tit (which has been absorbed into the city of Union) are two that I can think of right off the bat.
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
http://www.buyhandmade.org/ |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Jul 27 2008 : 6:28:19 PM
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Oh...just wanted to add that I would NOT want to list my address as "Intercourse", Pennsylvania...though I'm sure it's a lovely place, Susan ;)
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
http://www.buyhandmade.org/ |
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electricdunce
True Blue Farmgirl
2544 Posts
Karin
Belmont
ME
USA
2544 Posts |
Posted - Jul 27 2008 : 7:54:23 PM
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Some of my favorite Maine town names are
Misery Gore
Misery Knob
Paris
Meddybemps
Piscataquis
Stickney Corner
Razorville.
Mexico
Rumford
Coplin Pit
Sandwich Academy Grant
Passadumkeag
Wytopitlock
Cornville
Owls Head. I'm sure i've forgotten some others, but they'll come back to me someday...
Karin
Farmgirl Sister #153
"Give me shelter from the storm" - Bob Dylan
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
3579 Posts |
Posted - Jul 28 2008 : 03:04:58 AM
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We have a town close to us named "Venice." Now, we all know that Venice (the one in ITALY) is famous as a canal city - a "floating" city. Well... I suppose some really creative folks around here thought the same thing about this lovely little village - it has our irrigation canal running right through the middle of it! I sort of fantasize about somehow floating a gondola down it someday....
These names are HILARIOUS!!!
XOXO, Libbie
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Suzan
True Blue Farmgirl
659 Posts
suzanne
duncannon
pa
USA
659 Posts |
Posted - Jul 28 2008 : 08:24:57 AM
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| Susan, you forgot Blue Ball, also in PA... |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - Jul 28 2008 : 09:47:39 AM
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Here are some from the places where I have lived or had relatives:
Two Egg, Florida
Fertile, Iowa
Manly, Iowa
Folks used to kid that they saw in the paper where a Manly guy married a Fertile gal. :)
We have a Havana and a Cairo, near here in Florida and Georgia, but they pronounce them Hayvana, and Cayro.
Farmgirl Sister # 31
www.blueskyjeannie.blogspot.com
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Edited by - jpbluesky on Jul 28 2008 09:50:08 AM |
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mommatracy
True Blue Farmgirl
490 Posts
Tracy
My. Olive
NC
USA
490 Posts |
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sleepless reader
True Blue Farmgirl
1022 Posts
CA
USA
1022 Posts |
Posted - Jul 28 2008 : 10:46:52 AM
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I remember seeing a sign for Bucksnort in our travels; I think it was in Tennessee...
Sharon
Farmgirl Sister #74
Life is messy. Wear your apron! |
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mommom
True Blue Farmgirl
854 Posts
Susan
Lancaster
Pennsylvania
USA
854 Posts |
Posted - Jul 28 2008 : 11:21:56 AM
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| Thank you for reminding me of Blue Ball! Susan |
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