Funny-named towns

[CNGL-Leudimin]

Thanks to who has bumped this thread.

Here is one which doesn't mean anything in English, but it's pretty hilarious for Spanish speakers like me:
Joder, NE (to f**k).

[agentsteel53]

Thanks to who has bumped this thread.

Here is one which doesn't mean anything in English, but it's pretty hilarious for Spanish speakers like me:
Joder, NE (to f**k).

I really hope that they become sister cities with that one place in Austria.

to complete the triangle, we need a town called Ficken in a Spanish-speaking country.

[sbeaver44]

Montgomery, WV and Smithers, WV are across from each other on the Kanawha River, connected by WV Route 6.

I always liked the names Forty Fort, PA; Tower City, PA; Pillow, PA; King of Prussia, PA; Horseheads, NY; Bala Cynwyd, PA.

But my all time favorite has got to be Burnt Cabins, PA.  Of course, there is a story about that name here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnt_Cabins,_Pennsylvania

[kphoger]

Tower City, PA

Am I the only one who doesn't get the joke?  What's humorous about the name Tower City?

[sbeaver44]

There are no tall buildings in Tower City, nor anything resembling a tower.

[J N Winkler]

Wow, I can't believe NONE of the ones I came up with had been mentioned yet!

French Lick, Indiana
Notrees, Texas
Circleback, Texas
Funk, Nebraska
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico (Seriously, have I missed something, did NOBODY mention this one?)

Panhandle Texas has other descriptive town names:  Brownfield, Levelland, . . .

I don't know if T&C has been mentioned on the AARoads forum, but the story of its naming (from a 1950's gameshow) has been told at least once on MTR.

[webfil]

Thanks to who has bumped this thread.

Sorry about that. I searched for one specific, recent thread, but only came up with this one.

See also that one : Odd/Funny/Interesting City Names

[jp the roadgeek]

Assonet, MA
Cummington, MA
Little Compton, RI (only funny because it's the total opposite of the other Compton)
Tress Shop, KY
Gay Head, Martha's Vineyard.
Ware, MA
Lake Mooselookmegantic, ME
Willow Street, PA

[yanksfan6129]

Gay Head, Martha's Vineyard.
Ware, MA

Except it's not Gay Head anymore. It's Aquinnah.

[Duke87]

Lewiston, Idaho.

I'll let you all figure that one out

It is across the river from Clarkston, WA, for context.

why is that funny?  seems like a perfectly reasonable historic naming.

Has nothing to do with Clarkston. Say it aloud. "Louis done eyed a ho".

[corco]

There we go. You win the internet!

[Road Hog]

Bald Knob, AR

[NE2]

Wash., Dick.

[DandyDan]

Utah still has the best one.  Beaver. 

Nebraska has both Beaver City and Beaver Crossing.

[agentsteel53]

Has nothing to do with Clarkston. Say it aloud. "Louis done eyed a ho".

in that case we've got Jerome, Emmett, Rupert, etc... all eying a ho.

[cpzilliacus]

Accident, Maryland
Akers Acres, Maryland
California, Maryland
Flintstone, Maryland
Funkstown, Maryland
Ijamsville, Maryland
Pinto, Maryland
Shookstown, Maryland
Texas, Maryland

Scalp Level, Pennsylvania

Disputanta, Virginia
Lucketts, Virginia

[djsinco]

Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ has to up there in the most bizarre category.

Did you even notice that if the origin of a town name is unclear, most usually people say it "is an Indian word."

[kphoger]

Utah still has the best one.  Beaver. 

Nebraska has both Beaver City and Beaver Crossing.

I don't know if anybody realized this or not, but the beaver is actually an animal.  Placenames with beaver in them generally stop being humorous around the ninth grade.

Unless there's one out there called Wet Beaver.  'Cause that would just be awesome.

Oh, and sports teams named Lady Trojans never stop being funny.

[cpzilliacus]

Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ has to up there in the most bizarre category.

There's at least one sign on the northbound side of the GSP for Hohokus (not sure why the dashes were left out). 

Did you even notice that if the origin of a town name is unclear, most usually people say it "is an Indian word."

There may be one southbound too, but  I have not noticed it, and it's not at this interchange, since there's no exit for southbound traffic.

[roadman65]

Rehrersburg Pa if it has not been mentioned.

[djsinco]

Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ has to up there in the most bizarre category.

There's at least one sign on the northbound side of the GSP for Hohokus (not sure why the dashes were left out). 

Did you even notice that if the origin of a town name is unclear, most usually people say it "is an Indian word."

There may be one southbound too, but  I have not noticed it, and it's not at this interchange, since there's no exit for southbound traffic.

Leave it to NJ to be so confusing; there is Ho-Ho-Kus, although many refer to it as Hohukus. There was a town actually named Hohokus, NJ, which changed its' name to Mahwah in 1944.

[Roadsguy]

Rehrersburg Pa if it has not been mentioned.

Womelsdorf (further down PA 419) is funnier. When my grandpa mentioned that we were going there when I was little, I thought he was making it up.

[BamaZeus]

I don't think I missed it already, but I'm a fan of Walla Walla, Washington.  Of course, that's the home of the Acme Vacuum Cleaner Company and Ace Novelty Company, for whom Daffy Duck is a salesman.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x65404_foghorn-leghorn-daffy-duck-the-high_shortfilms#.US5LefLgKgs

[empirestate]

I don't think I missed it already, but I'm a fan of Walla Walla, Washington.  Of course, that's the home of the Acme Vacuum Cleaner Company and Ace Novelty Company, for whom Daffy Duck is a salesman.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x65404_foghorn-leghorn-daffy-duck-the-high_shortfilms#.US5LefLgKgs

Don't forget the Wishy-Washy Washing Machine Co.

[djsinco]

Possibly no one has any interest in this story, but that won't stop me. As Steve said, I am not here to please anyone.

I picked up a load from the K&B Distribution Center in Phoenix. There were several stops at various stores, the last of which was the K&B store in Walla Walla. As they were unloading the truck, I saw a few cases of "Jenga Blocks" were part of the order. I had never heard of them before, and commented to the manager. He motioned across the road, and said, "they are made right there!" Sure enough, there was a medium sized industrial building with a big sign that said "Jenga."

This is the way we distribute products in our country. Those boxes traveled from Walla Walla to Phoenix, then back on my truck through northern CA and OR before being delivered right across the street from where they came!