Funny-named towns

[bugo]

Here's another one I dare not type here

eh, it's just Fucking, Austria.  Bono's said that word in a lot worse context on US television and gotten away with it.

Jake has deemed the word "fuck" acceptable on this forum.  And Jake is pretty much the defacto dictator of this board.

[bugo]

And while not a town...

Toad Suck State Park in Arkansas

Toad Suck is not a state park.  I believe it's run by the Corps of Engineers.

My favorite place name is Knob Lick, Missouri.

[huskeroadgeek]

And while not a town...

Toad Suck State Park in Arkansas

Toad Suck is not a state park.  I believe it's run by the Corps of Engineers.

It is run by the Corps of Engineers in conjunction with the Toad Suck Lock & Dam on the Arkansas River. Conway has their festival named after it too called Toad Suck Daze.

[Scott5114]

Forty One, OK was named after SH-41. Unfortunately, that highway is now SH-152.

[golden eagle]

Whynot NC

There's a Whynot, MS (near Meridian) and a Soso, MS (near Laurel). I forgot another favorite of mine: Cut 'N Shoot, TX.

[national highway 1]

Two Guns AZ
No Name CO

[mefailenglish]

Boring, OR

There's a Boring in MD too.

I'll never forget Yeehaw Junction, FL.  My then-future wife's car broke down there on her way back north to Tallahassee.

[yanksfan6129]

Anyone ever visit Buttzville, NJ??

[BigMattFromTexas]

Muleshoe, TX
Holiday Lakes, TX
Blanket, TX
Rocky Mound, TX
Flower Mound, TX
White Deer, TX
Whiteface, TX
DISH, TX (yes all caps)
Little Elm, TX
Trophy Club, TX
Ponder, TX
Rule, TX
Blum, TX
Roman Forest, TX
Stagecoach, TX
Uncertain, TX
Negro Crossing, TX I'm gonna have to kill whoever named that place. AND it's in Tom Green County (my county)
Trust me, theres a WHOLE lot more in Texas. But now I'll list a few Texas cities that are named after already existing places.
Italy, TX
San Diego, TX
Los Angeles, TX
Detroit, TX
Iowa Park, TX (kinda, it has Iowa in it so...)
Arlington, TX (not sure which was settled first, Arlington, Texas, or Arlington, Virginia)
Egypt, TX
Fredericksburg, TX
Thats not even half of the funny Texas town names
BigMatt

[yanksfan6129]

Negro isn't a bad word.

[golden eagle]

DISH, TX (yes all caps)

Is this the town that was named after Dish Network? There was a town in Oregon in which Half.com was going to pay to change it's name to Half.com. But when the company was bought out by eBay, it's a possibly it may not happen.

[golden eagle]

Anyone ever visit Buttzville, NJ??

Nah. But anyone ever been to Butts County, GA?

[Roadgeek Adam]

Anyone ever visit Buttzville, NJ??

Its not all that big sadly. Its signed from 80, which rocks.

Also lets add Slovenska Narodna Podporna Jednota, Pennsylvania to the list. This town is a 14 (0) population town in Lawrence County that is shrunk to SNPJ. This is also where PA 108 crosses the state line into Ohio as Mahoning CR 2.

Name rocks otherwise. (The discrepancy in population is that the US Census said 0, the residents counted 14)

[golden eagle]

More towns I've come up with:

Talking Rock, GA
Mexican Water, AZ
Horseheads, NY

[agentsteel53]

Mexican Water, AZ

Mexican Hat is in the same area, but it is in Utah.

[BigMattFromTexas]

Negro isn't a bad word.

Well how some of the douches here use it, I'm not in love with it. BTW "Douche" is just French for shower....
BigMatt

[Stephane Dumas]

Trust me, theres a WHOLE lot more in Texas. But now I'll list a few Texas cities that are named after already existing places.
Detroit, TX
BigMatt

I wondered how the folks of Detroit, TX reacted to this clip from the Kentucky Fried Movie when Dr. Klahn sended that guy to Detroit? (I know they referred to Detroit, MI but I couldn't resist to post that detail ^^;)

[bugo]

Negro isn't a bad word.

Well how some of the douches here use it, I'm not in love with it. BTW "Douche" is just French for shower....
BigMatt

I've never seen anybody use it here until you did.

[BigMattFromTexas]

^ Oh, no I mean here as in Texas
BigMatt

[74/171FAN]

DISH, TX (yes all caps)

Is this the town that was named after Dish Network? There was a town in Oregon in which Half.com was going to pay to change it's name to Half.com. But when the company was bought out by eBay, it's a possibly it may not happen.

Yes it was.  In VA there's a Cuckoo.

[brownpelican]

Due West, S.C.
Ninety Six, S.C.
Promised Land, S.C.
Bude, Miss.
Nitta Yuma, Miss.
Tillatoba, Miss.
Frost, La.
Happy Jack, La.
Zwolle, La.

[national highway 1]

Fairplay CO
Zuzax NM (cousin of Zzyzx Rd, I-40 exit 178)

[golden eagle]

More towns:

Chunky, MS
Tickfaw, LA
Finger, TN
Grinders Switch, TN

Here's a bunch from Kentucky (apologies if some are already mentioned): Sassafras, Gunlock, Add, Shoulderblade, Gays Creek, Hi Hat, Moon, Ordinary, Quicksand, Turkey, Gold Bug

[golden eagle]

Just found out about a place called Tightwad, Missouri. I was checking too see how much the Powerball is worth and came across an article where a man in Tightwad won $200K. He matched all the numbers except the Powerball number.

[SP Cook]

West Virginia:

Uneeda.  Pronounced You - Need -a.  As in Uneeda School, Uneeda Post Office, etc.
Hurricane.  So named by Charles (brother of George) Washington, who found the results of a recent tornado while surveying for his brother and being a person from the coast figured "hurricane".  There is also a Tornado and a Cyclone.
Nitro.  Actually named for the explosive, made there.
Nutter Fort.  Named for a Col. Nutter.
Big Ugly WMA.  No one lives there any more, but was a town.  As in "Big Ugly man on trial", "Big Ugly woman gives birth", etc.
There is also a Fort Gay, and Mount Gay, and just a Gay.