Strange place names

[abefroman329]

Cumming, GA, home of both the Cumming Clean Car Wash and a pizzeria with the slogan "I'm what you crave right in the middle of Cumming"

[US71]

Hogeye, Arkansas
Blueball, Arkansas

[hbelkins]

Two places near Chattanooga in Tennessee -- Soddy-Daisy and Gruetli-Laager. (I may have misspelled that last one.)

[webny99]

Oneonta, Alabama (I'll let y'all figure it out).

NY has one of those, too.
I've always said 'Own-ee-ownta", but take that with a grain of salt, since I've been known to mispronounce words I've primarily only seen on paper.

Skaneateles is another one... I always said 'Skan-aye-tells', but found out recently that it is actually 'Skayn-ee-ah-tell-ees'. My way was a lot simpler!

[inkyatari]

From Illinois

Gays
Oblong
Sandwich
Ransom
Normal

[Flint1979]

In Michigan we have

Climax
Hell
Bad Axe
Jugville
Slapneck
Colon

[inkyatari]

Kentucky has Big Bone Lick State Park, and Wisconsin has Bong Recreation Area

[GaryV]

Not at all to the level of some of the cities above, but Federal Way, WA always struck me as odd. The city is named after the US-99, which once bisected it (now just WA-99). Federal Highway US-99.

Founded by Carl's ancestors?   

[CNGL-Leudimin]

Port Circumcision, on Petermann Island off the Antarctic Peninsula. In its defense it was discovered a New Years' Day of 1909, hence its name.

[SCtoKC]

Missouri:

Peculiar
Tightwad
Knob Noster
Braggadocio
Cooter

[freebrickproductions]

Oneonta, Alabama (I'll let y'all figure it out).

NY has one of those, too.
I've always said 'Own-ee-ownta", but take that with a grain of salt, since I've been known to mispronounce words I've primarily only seen on paper.

It's pronounced "On-ee-on-tuh" down here.

[vdeane]

Oneonta, Alabama (I'll let y'all figure it out).

NY has one of those, too.
I've always said 'Own-ee-ownta", but take that with a grain of salt, since I've been known to mispronounce words I've primarily only seen on paper.

It's pronounced "On-ee-on-tuh" down here.

Same here, actually.

[KeithE4Phx]

Why, Nothing, Total Wreck, Vulture City, and Big Bug in Arizona.

Other than a very large cell tower, its solar cell panels, and the original sign along the northbound lanes of US 93, there has been nothing in Nothing for several years.  The restaurant and the family that owned it are long gone.

[KeithE4Phx]

There's also a Santa Claus in Indiana.

Also a Gnaw Bone, Indiana.  Just west of Columbus.

[Rothman]

Oneonta, Alabama (I'll let y'all figure it out).

NY has one of those, too.
I've always said 'Own-ee-ownta", but take that with a grain of salt, since I've been known to mispronounce words I've primarily only seen on paper.

It's pronounced "On-ee-on-tuh" down here.

Same here, actually.

I've heard NY's more like, "Own-ee-on-ta."

[formulanone]

From Illinois...

Don't forget Bigneck, Illinois:

[hotdogPi]

Jersey Shore... in Pennsylvania, nowhere near the New Jersey border.

[Rothman]

Jersey Shore... in Pennsylvania, nowhere near the New Jersey border.

Doesn't it refer to the Susquehanna in this case?

Looks like the "Jersey" came from transplants from New Jersey that didn't get along with others in the area.

[inkyatari]

Why, Nothing, Total Wreck, Vulture City, and Big Bug in Arizona.

Why is a fascinating "town." little more than a road junction that leads to Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.  Why is also home to (until Illinois legalized video poker machines at gas stations,) the smallest casino I had ever seen in my life.

[Max Rockatansky]

Why, Nothing, Total Wreck, Vulture City, and Big Bug in Arizona.

Why is a fascinating "town." little more than a road junction that leads to Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.  Why is also home to (until Illinois legalized video poker machines at gas stations,) the smallest casino I had ever seen in my life.

Now Why has a large Border Patrol Station, so that's a thing I guess.  Supposedly when Why was originally known as "Y"  it was named after the Y-Junction in AZ 85/86.  The legislature changed state law requiring all communities to have a three letter designation hence the humorous "Why."    

[inkyatari]

Why, Nothing, Total Wreck, Vulture City, and Big Bug in Arizona.

Why is a fascinating "town." little more than a road junction that leads to Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.  Why is also home to (until Illinois legalized video poker machines at gas stations,) the smallest casino I had ever seen in my life.

Now Why has a large Border Patrol Station, so that's a thing I guess.  Supposedly when Why was originally known as "Y"  it was named after the Y-Junction in AZ 85/86.  The legislature changed state law requiring all communities to have a three letter designation hence the humorous "Why."  

When I was through therein 2014, it seemed all the border patrol goons were hanging out in Ajo

[Max Rockatansky]

Why, Nothing, Total Wreck, Vulture City, and Big Bug in Arizona.

Why is a fascinating "town." little more than a road junction that leads to Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.  Why is also home to (until Illinois legalized video poker machines at gas stations,) the smallest casino I had ever seen in my life.

Now Why has a large Border Patrol Station, so that's a thing I guess.  Supposedly when Why was originally known as "Y"  it was named after the Y-Junction in AZ 85/86.  The legislature changed state law requiring all communities to have a three letter designation hence the humorous "Why."  

When I was through therein 2014, it seemed all the border patrol goons were hanging out in Ajo

The new station was under construction a mile or so north of Why when I was living out there circa 2012-13.  I used to frequent Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument and the El Camino Del Diablo a lot, they definitely have a huge presence around the area. 

[KEVIN_224]

Intercourse, PA and Sandwich, MA to name a few. Connecticut is home to Cockaponsett State Forest and Hamonassett Beach. I always call the last one Ham-on-ass-E.T. 😜

[webny99]

Oneonta, Alabama (I'll let y'all figure it out).

NY has one of those, too.
I've always said 'Own-ee-ownta", but take that with a grain of salt, since I've been known to mispronounce words I've primarily only seen on paper.

It's pronounced "On-ee-on-tuh" down here.

Same here, actually.

Yeah, I just assumed "Own" instead of "On", but I have no idea what's technically correct and/or used by locals.

"Awn-ee-awn-ta" just sounds bad for some reason. Even when reading what I just typed there, I want to say "Own"!

[freebrickproductions]

Oneonta, Alabama (I'll let y'all figure it out).

NY has one of those, too.
I've always said 'Own-ee-ownta", but take that with a grain of salt, since I've been known to mispronounce words I've primarily only seen on paper.

It's pronounced "On-ee-on-tuh" down here.

Same here, actually.

Yeah, I just assumed "Own" instead of "On", but I have no idea what's technically correct and/or used by locals.

"Awn-ee-awn-ta" just sounds bad for some reason. Even when reading what I just typed there, I want to say "Own"!

Well boy, down he'ah in da South, da southern accent is what has us pronouncin' Oneonta da way we do. Fo' y'all New York'ahs though, it appears that y'all use an "Own" sound ta stahrt off with, rather than da "Awn" sound we use down he'ah:
(The proceeding sentence is preferably said with a rich southern accent. )

I've heard NY's more like, "Own-ee-on-ta."