Funniest town names in your state

[kirbykart]

For New York I'm nominating the township of Butternuts.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/HiFvPErkRTDsTmyP8
The nearest major city is Oneonta.

[hotdogPi]

Massachusetts has two body part-plant hybrids: Braintree and Peabody.
As for "where are we?": Wales, Peru, and Florida. Florida is on MA 2.
And for a "who's on first" type name: Ware (pronounced where).
There's also Sandwich, but the town name (in England) came before the food.

[NWI_Irish96]

Santa Claus
Swayzee
Loogootee
Shipshewana

[MATraveler128]

Massachusetts has two body part-plant hybrids: Braintree and Peabody.
As for "where are we?": Wales, Peru, and Florida. Florida is on MA 2.
And for a "who's on first" type name: Ware (pronounced where).
There's also Sandwich, but the town name (in England) came before the food.

Although not a town, there’s also Satan’s Kingdom, MA near the MA/NH/VT tripoint.

Additionally, Maine has a bunch of those “where are we” names, such as Mexico, China, Sweden, Norway, Poland etc.

[kirbykart]

Massachusetts has two body part-plant hybrids: Braintree and Peabody.
As for "where are we?": Wales, Peru, and Florida. Florida is on MA 2.
And for a "who's on first" type name: Ware (pronounced where).
There's also Sandwich, but the town name (in England) came before the food.

Although not a town, there's also Satan's Kingdom, MA near the MA/NH/VT tripoint.

Additionally, Maine has a bunch of those "where are we"  names, such as Mexico, China, Sweden, Norway, Poland etc.

China, ME reminds me of the Buffalo China Road in Buffalo, NY. It historically led to the Buffalo China Factory, not the country of China.

[Max Rockatansky]

Los Banos and Gorda in California.   

In Arizona probably I would say currently it would be Why or Tortilla Flat.  Nothing and Total Wreck from the ghost town side always amused me.

[Rick Powell]

Goofy Ridge, Oblong, Normal in Illinois. This article had a bunch more.

https://madison.com/lifestyles/the-24-most-unusual-town-names-in-illinois/collection_1fb374e6-e84b-5c48-b10b-03062269be1c.html#15

[XamotCGC]

I would say Pewee Valley for Kentucky

[kirbykart]

Not a town but I just thought of Normal Avenue in Buffalo, NY.

[spooky]

Massachusetts has two body part-plant hybrids: Braintree and Peabody.
As for "where are we?": Wales, Peru, and Florida. Florida is on MA 2.
And for a "who's on first" type name: Ware (pronounced where).
There's also Sandwich, but the town name (in England) came before the food.

Massachusetts town names become funnier when you combine them with signage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Lw8ADKeaOM&ab_channel=MikeAgranoff

[7/8]

Some for Ontario:
Punkeydoodles Corners
Moonbeam
Swastika
Emo
Redditt
Penetanguishene
Kakabeka Falls
London (which even has a Thames river)

[kirbykart]

London (which even has a Thames river)

Hopefully I can see a replica of Buckingham Palace there.

[dlsterner]

Any Pennsylvania resident:  "Hold my beer ..."

[golden eagle]

Hot Coffee
Possumneck

[Flint1979]

Michigan has Hell, Paradise, Bad Axe, White Pigeon and others that my fellow Michiganians on this forum might come up with.

[Flint1979]

I also remember a town in Pennsylvania along I-80 called Snow Shoe.

[Flint1979]

I would say Pewee Valley for Kentucky

My dad actually knew someone that had moved there several years ago that he went to school with. They had moved to Nashville, Tennessee after that but strange that my dad hasn't heard from them in years but as soon as I saw it I was like I know where Pewee Valley is.

[skluth]

London (which even has a Thames river)

Hopefully I can see a replica of Buckingham Palace there.

The creator of the Not Just Bikes videos is originally from London, ON which he calls "Fake London."

[skluth]

The funniest name in California is a small mountain, Nellies Nipple.

[Max Rockatansky]

The funniest name in California is a small mountain, Nellies Nipple.

But was that an actual town site or just a mining claim?  That part of the Sierras never really had much beyond Havilah as far as inhabited places.

[kirbykart]

Michigan has Hell, Paradise, Bad Axe, White Pigeon and others that my fellow Michiganians on this forum might come up with.

The only one of these that I've heard of before is Hell; I always thought Kalamazoo was kind of funny though, and that's not an obscure town by any means.

[Rothman]

I would say Pewee Valley for Kentucky

My dad actually knew someone that had moved there several years ago that he went to school with. They had moved to Nashville, Tennessee after that but strange that my dad hasn't heard from them in years but as soon as I saw it I was like I know where Pewee Valley is.

I think Kentuckians are a little numb to how simple some of the place names sound.

I mean, just along KY 122 and every holler in Eastern KY has all sorts of places like this:

Hi Hat
Drift
Bypro
"Up Skull" (as in "You go up Skull")
Upper and Lower Burton
Minnie

Etc., etc.

[Rothman]

For Utah, my wife is from Sandy.  I tell her they called it Sandy because they didn't want to call it Dirty.

[kalvado]

Weedsport NY always makes me wonder if they hold smoking championships over there or there was a port dedicated to that specific industry on Erie canal.

[kirbykart]

For Utah, my wife is from Sandy.  I tell her they called it Sandy because they didn't want to call it Dirty.

I've heard of several towns named Sandy Creek, but none just Sandy.