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Started by yanksfan6129, February 15, 2009, 12:48:31 AM

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yanksfan6129

#50
March 01, 2009, 03:07:58 PM  
Zzyzx is a town? I thought it was just a road.

SSOWorld

#51
March 01, 2009, 05:38:19 PM   Last Edit: March 01, 2009, 05:40:27 PM by Master son
actually it's a ranch.

Gays Mills, WI

(though one shouldn't laugh now - the town got destroyed by floods last year (two 100 year floods in a span of 10 months))
Scott O.

Not all who wander are lost...
Ah, the open skies, wind at my back, warm sun on my... wait, where the hell am I?!
As a matter of fact, I do own the road.
Raise your what?

Wisconsin - out-multiplexing your state since 1918.

Bryant5493

#52
March 02, 2009, 01:29:39 PM  
Between, GA: It's directly between Atlanta and Athens, along US 78/SR 10.

College Park, GA: There was once a college here, years ago (now, it's Woodward Academy). There are several streets named after universities -- Princeton Ave., Cambridge Ave., Harvard Ave., etc.

East Point, GA: Named because it was the eastern end of the old Atlanta & West Point Railroad, with West Point (GA) being the western end.


Be well,

Bryant
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Bryant5493

#53
March 10, 2009, 09:59:50 PM   Last Edit: March 11, 2009, 05:13:02 PM by Bryant5493
Here's a photo of the city limit sign for Between, Georgia.


Be well,

Bryant

EDIT: I know that the photo is overexposed, but it's because I wanted to make sure that y'all are able to see the verbage on the sign.

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Voyager

#54
March 10, 2009, 10:29:48 PM  
High Point, NC.
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ComputerGuy

#55
March 21, 2009, 04:58:54 PM  
Alki Beach, West Seattle, WA

(Alki = state motto = by and by, so its By and By Beach)

BigMattFromTexas

#56
March 22, 2009, 04:32:13 PM  
Enchanted Oaks,Tx
Coffee City, Tx
Berryville. Tx
Valentine, Tx
Roman Forest, Tx
Happy, Tx

Greybear

#57
March 22, 2009, 05:30:20 PM  
Fifty-six, AR
Number Nine, AR
Romance, AR
"Y" City, AR
Ash Flat, AR
Back Gate, AR
Bald Knob, AR
Ben Hur, AR
Best, AR
Beverage Town, AR
Cave City, AR
DeQueen, AR
Figure Five, AR
Gum Springs, AR
Hogeye, AR
Natural Steps, AR
Nimrod, AR
Pansy, AR
Pontoon, AR
Rose Bud, AR
Rye, AR
Tollette, AR
Uno, AR
Wye, AR

ComputerGuy

#58
March 22, 2009, 05:34:16 PM  
Cusick, WA

(pronouced See-you-sick)

timhomer2009

#59
March 28, 2009, 04:40:13 AM   Last Edit: March 28, 2009, 04:42:05 AM by timhomer2009
Cut and Shoot, TX
Hoop and Holler, TX
Dildo, Newfoundland, Canada
DISH, TX (all capital letters, named after DISH Network--the town was originally named Clark)
Notrees, TX

mapman

#60
March 29, 2009, 09:54:58 PM  
The US 395 corridor in California has a lot of unique community names including:

Independence, CA
Lee Vining, CA
Tom's Place, CA
Johannesburg, CA
Likely, CA

yanksfan6129

#61
March 29, 2009, 09:56:18 PM  
My history teacher Mr. Peter A. Porter would get a kick out of Porterville, CA because he's . . .that's just how he is.

Michael

#62
March 30, 2009, 03:18:08 PM  
Quote from: yanksfan6129 on March 29, 2009, 09:56:18 PM
My history teacher Mr. Peter A. Porter would get a kick out of Porterville, CA because he's . . .that's just how he is.

HAHAHAHAHA!!!  :-D :-D :-D

yanksfan6129

#63
March 30, 2009, 03:37:14 PM  
^ You know Mr. Porter?

Ian

#64
March 30, 2009, 05:19:51 PM   Last Edit: March 31, 2009, 04:28:12 AM by voyager
Schaghticoke, NY  :wow:

UMaine graduate, former PennDOT employee, new SoCal resident.
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Terry Shea

#65
March 30, 2009, 11:57:00 PM  
Hell, MI

Voyager

#66
March 31, 2009, 04:28:52 AM  
No I think that I'll have a Pepsi.

(That joke was incredibly hard to type because I hate Pepsi.)
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ComputerGuy

#67
March 31, 2009, 11:46:51 AM  
How about Longview, WA (A long way to the view, hence the name)

mightyace

#68
March 31, 2009, 01:32:55 PM   Last Edit: April 01, 2009, 08:17:55 PM by mightyace
Loch Haven, PA on the West Branch of the Susquehanna
Schuylkill Haven on the Schuylkill River

Haven (correct me if I'm wrong, Chris) is Dutch or German for harbor.  Both towns in question are located on non-navigable sections of their rivers.

Also, Drums, PA; Dingman's Ferry, PA;
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Michael

#69
April 01, 2009, 08:02:56 PM  
Quote from: yanksfan6129 on March 30, 2009, 03:37:14 PM
^ You know Mr. Porter?

No, but I can imagine that!  :)

Terry Shea

#70
April 18, 2009, 04:17:40 PM  
Effingham, Illinois

Chris

#71
April 18, 2009, 05:30:01 PM  
QuoteHaven (correct me if I'm wrong, Chris) is Dutch or German for harbor.

That's right!

Is Chevy Chase, MD named after the actor (or the other way around?)

cjk374

#72
April 18, 2009, 09:38:33 PM  
Here are a few more--some are funny to say, some funny to look at:

Waterproof, LA--situated next to a levee on the MS River
Ajax, LA
Krotz Springs, LA
Shongaloo, LA
New Roads, LA (God knows we need them!! :-D)
Plain Dealing, LA
Pollock, LA
Promised Land, LA
Tickfaw, LA
Toad Suck, AR
Fannie, AR
Democrat, AR
Goobertown, AR (just north of Brookland, AR on US 49)
Yellville, AR
Snowball, AR
Runnin' roads and polishin' rails.

Voyager

#73
April 19, 2009, 06:17:32 PM  
Why, AZ
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florida

#74
April 24, 2009, 03:06:24 PM   Last Edit: April 24, 2009, 03:13:41 PM by florida
Florida places:

Pahokee
Palatka
Svea
Tallahassee
Perky
Okeechobee
Mary Esther
Indialantic
Hypoluxo
Waldo
Fort Lonesome
Carol City
Bean City
Opa-Locka
Hialeah
El Portal
Miramar (but it's about 10 miles west of the ocean)
Tamarac
Jupiter
Bertha
Sun City Center
Venus/Old Venus
Wewahitchka
Frink
Red Head
Bonifay (home of the prom dress outlet!)
Glass
Owl's Head
Bratt
Fidelis
Chumuckla
Roeville (might be vague)
Bagdad
Nixon (suppose nobody's a crook there?)
Bogia
Mayo
Lacoochee
Chattahoochee
Leisure City
Naranja
Corkscrew
Loxahatchee
Rotonda
Osprey
Myakka (also City and Head)
Ona
Duette
Lorida
Yeehaw Jct.
Holopaw
Bithlo
Narcoossee
Wilbur-By-The-Sea
Treasure Island
Eridu
Fenholloway
Apalachicola
Sopchoppy
Dills
Arran
Switzerland
Gross
Dahoma
Spring Warrior Camp (it's got its own dot in this atlas)
Estiffanulga
Woods
Bucks Siding
Panacea
Day
Wellborn
Sirmans
Waukeenah
Wacissa
Welaka
Ocklawaha
Beverly Hills
Chassahowitzka
Homosassa (Springs too)
Ozello
Lecanto (something silly, Le can't...oh)
Yankeetown
Suwannee
Romeo (there used to be a Juliette)
Lake Panasoffkee
Withlacoochee (Nat'l Forest)
Wauchula
Frostproof
Tennille (where's Captain?)
Lochloosa
Micanopy
Fellowship
Sparr
New York (an area north of Pace)

So many roads...so little time.
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