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Across the Fence:  Funny Town Names  |
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one_dog_per_acre
True Blue Farmgirl
1572 Posts
Trish
Sandpoint
ID
USA
1572 Posts |
 Posted - Dec 13 2011 : 04:11:50 AM
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And the winner is....
Paint Lick, KY
My mom lives in Merlin, OR. I have friends in Wonder, OR. Anyone from Humptulips, WA?
Ever been to Beyond Hope, ID?
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star-schipp
True Blue Farmgirl
942 Posts
Starletta
Middletown
Indiana
USA
942 Posts |
Posted - Dec 13 2011 : 04:53:09 AM
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Gnaw Bone, Indiana LOL
If you can't feed one hundred people, then just feed one. -Mother Teresa
Star - farmgirl sister #1927
Master Food Preserver |
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beekeepersgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1423 Posts
Luanne
Cresco
PA
USA
1423 Posts |
Posted - Dec 13 2011 : 05:31:54 AM
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Well, we have some funny names here in PA too - Shickshinny, Bird-in-hand, Intercourse, Blue Ball, Snow Shoe, Rough & Ready, Hazard, (nope - no Dukes there, though) and Punxsutawney (where Phil the groundhog lives)!!
Luanne
beekeepersgirl #691
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
Posted - Dec 13 2011 : 05:40:59 AM
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What's so funny about Paint Lick 
I've been there, Trish! Also, Knob Lick, which is where our own Miss Wilma lives.
Kentucky is full of them--in fact, we even have a book published by the University of Kentucky detailing the origins of the name and what they've been called since inception.
Down the road from me is the famous, "Rabbit Hash", Kentucky where floodwaters rose and made rabbits run for higher land and well, there's supper.
"Hey, I've got nothing to do today but smile..."
The Only Living Boy in New York, Paul Simon |
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jessabelluh
True Blue Farmgirl
349 Posts
Jessica
South Dakota
USA
349 Posts |
Posted - Dec 13 2011 : 06:15:00 AM
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A few Michigan cities with fun names:
Hell
Paradise
Climax
Bad Axe
~jess |
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one_dog_per_acre
True Blue Farmgirl
1572 Posts
Trish
Sandpoint
ID
USA
1572 Posts |
Posted - Dec 13 2011 : 06:19:56 AM
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HELL?!?
I forgot Boring, OR
“It always looks darkest just before it gets totally black.”-Charlie Brown |
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
Posted - Dec 13 2011 : 06:20:24 AM
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There's also:
Monkey's Eyebrow, KY
Possumtrot, KY
Hell's Half Acre, Ky (which indeed, is exactly as it is referenced. Probably the ugliest little burg I've ever set eyes on. Even saw a one eyed, one legged dog!
"Hey, I've got nothing to do today but smile..."
The Only Living Boy in New York, Paul Simon |
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one_dog_per_acre
True Blue Farmgirl
1572 Posts
Trish
Sandpoint
ID
USA
1572 Posts |
Posted - Dec 13 2011 : 06:25:06 AM
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And the new winner is............
MONKEY'S EYEBROWS, KY
“It always looks darkest just before it gets totally black.”-Charlie Brown |
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one_dog_per_acre
True Blue Farmgirl
1572 Posts
Trish
Sandpoint
ID
USA
1572 Posts |
Posted - Dec 13 2011 : 06:28:10 AM
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Jonni,
I don't follow blogs. If you had a blog about visiting these wonders of Kentucky, I would.
“It always looks darkest just before it gets totally black.”-Charlie Brown |
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musicmommy
True Blue Farmgirl
430 Posts
Wendy
Oregon
USA
430 Posts |
Posted - Dec 13 2011 : 06:35:47 AM
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Ah yes, Boring, Oregon. Their motto is "The most exciting place to live." 
We don't have many strange names around us, but just names outsiders can't pronounce.
One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.
Bob Marley
www.becomingwendy.wordpress.com |
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one_dog_per_acre
True Blue Farmgirl
1572 Posts
Trish
Sandpoint
ID
USA
1572 Posts |
Posted - Dec 13 2011 : 07:03:01 AM
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You mean in ORE EEEE GONE? It's Organ people.
“It always looks darkest just before it gets totally black.”-Charlie Brown |
Edited by - one_dog_per_acre on Dec 13 2011 07:04:17 AM |
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StrawHouseRanch
True Blue Farmgirl
1044 Posts
Paula
Holt
Missouri
USA
1044 Posts |
Posted - Dec 13 2011 : 08:08:23 AM
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Peculiar, MO
Paula
Farmgirl Sister #3090
Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, and Today is a Gift.
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
Posted - Dec 13 2011 : 08:12:47 AM
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I should start one just for you, Trish--before Violet was born, Justin and I drove that little Honda civic through 10 kinds of creekbeds, reading the Gazateer, trying to find all these little places. We've seen some really amazing things along the way!
"Hey, I've got nothing to do today but smile..."
The Only Living Boy in New York, Paul Simon |
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Melina
True Blue Farmgirl
435 Posts
Melina
USA
435 Posts |
Posted - Dec 13 2011 : 09:59:48 AM
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I used to live across the river from Hogjaw, a ways from Toad Suck, and there are at least a half dozen areas called Possum Kingdom...all of these in Arkansas
The morning breeze has secrets to tell you. Do not go back to sleep.
Rumi |
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traildancer
True Blue Farmgirl
485 Posts
Loyce
Glide
OR
USA
485 Posts |
Posted - Dec 13 2011 : 10:07:47 AM
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How about Purgatory, Alaska? Fortunately there is also a Paradise. And Quinahagak? Any takers on pronunciation? And Egegik and Kvichak? Anuktuvik Pass, which means, of all things, the hind end of a caribou. Hee, hee.
The trail is the thing.... Louis L'Amour |
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woolgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
901 Posts
Elizabeth
Great Lakes
IL
USA
901 Posts |
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beekeepersgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1423 Posts
Luanne
Cresco
PA
USA
1423 Posts |
Posted - Dec 13 2011 : 1:35:45 PM
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Oh yeah, I forgot Skunks Misery here in Northeast PA. I'm not sure if it is an official town, or just a section, but the name always makes me wonder?!?!??
Luanne
beekeepersgirl #691
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
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GaiasRose
True Blue Farmgirl
2552 Posts
Tasha-Rose
St. Paul
Minnesota
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Posted - Dec 13 2011 : 1:41:01 PM
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Day, MN
Embarrass, MN
Knapp, WI
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Tasha-Rose
Farmgirl Sister #88
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woolgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
901 Posts
Elizabeth
Great Lakes
IL
USA
901 Posts |
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jessabelluh
True Blue Farmgirl
349 Posts
Jessica
South Dakota
USA
349 Posts |
Posted - Dec 13 2011 : 2:13:28 PM
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Originally posted by one_dog_per_acre
HELL?!?
Yes, I can honestly say that I've been to Hell and back. lol
They play it up, at the general store they give out a $2 bill stamped with Hell Michigan on it as change. They also have little business sized cards labeled "Exit Visa"
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Dec 13 2011 : 2:52:18 PM
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I used to live in Flintstone, Ga. right up the road. My youngest daughter still lives there.
Wonder what's behind these town names. Flintstone was named because of the rock. We got all kinds of jokes when we moved there. But I love it. And the many ways people pronounce Chickamauga. Very funny! I just spell it for them.
I do love Knob Lick, Kn. Or Paint Lick? What was it?
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
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beekeepersgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1423 Posts
Luanne
Cresco
PA
USA
1423 Posts |
Posted - Dec 13 2011 : 4:28:39 PM
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I remembered another one from here in PA - Gobblers Knob. It is even mentioned in one of Beverly Lewis's books.
Luanne
beekeepersgirl #691
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
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Okie Farm Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
1674 Posts
Mary Beth
McLoud
Oklahoma
USA
1674 Posts |
Posted - Dec 13 2011 : 5:23:24 PM
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The area where I live used to have a community where mini farms are now. It was called Whodathoughtit. But my favorite here in Oklahoma are the two communities Nowata and Lottawatah. :-)
Mary Beth
www.OklahomaPastryCloth.com
www.Oklahomapastrycloth.com/blog
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Ninibini
True Blue Farmgirl
7577 Posts
Nini
Pennsylvania
USA
7577 Posts |
Posted - Dec 13 2011 : 6:12:35 PM
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I've actually BEEN to Gobbler's Knob, Luanne! On Groundhog Day, as a matter of fact! Too funny!!!
I find these PA town names funny: Blue Ball, Intercourse, and Lackawanna County... What on earth were the settler's thinkin'? LOL!!!
Nini
Farmgirl Sister #1974
God gave us two hands... one to help ourselves, and one to help others!
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beekeepersgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1423 Posts
Luanne
Cresco
PA
USA
1423 Posts |
Posted - Dec 15 2011 : 06:26:08 AM
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Nini - That's funny that you've been to Gobbler's Knob! I've been there too, and to Punxsutawney, but not while "Phil" was out.
I live just a couple of miles from Lackawanna County, and it is an Indian name. Northeast PA had several large Indian settlements. Our lake nearby is called Wallenpaupack - also from the Indians.
Love this thread!
Luanne
beekeepersgirl #691
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
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Ninibini
True Blue Farmgirl
7577 Posts
Nini
Pennsylvania
USA
7577 Posts |
Posted - Dec 15 2011 : 07:09:46 AM
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Oh, Luanne! You have GOT to see Phil! LOL! SO cute... Did you see the window at the library where you can view the town's groundhogs year round? Phil resides there! My stepbrother lives in Punxy and took us for the grand tour and festivities a few years ago. They sure take their ceremonies quite seriously! :)
Thanks for clearing up the Lackawanna... I just figured that by the time the settlers settled in, they were plumb tuckered out! LOL! ;)
Have a blessed holiday season, girls!
Nini
Farmgirl Sister #1974
God gave us two hands... one to help ourselves, and one to help others!
www.papercraftingwithnini.myctmh.com
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