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Started by webny99, January 14, 2019, 12:01:00 PM

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CNGL-Leudimin

Supporter of the construction of several running gags, including I-366 with a speed limit of 85 mph (137 km/h) and the Hypotenuse.

Please note that I may mention "invalid" FM channels, i.e. ending in an even number or down to 87.5. These are valid in Europe.


MikieTimT

Arkansas has a bunch of, mostly unincorporated, town names that are assuredly unique:

1) Figure Five
2) Blue Ball
3) Toad Suck
4) Bald Knob
5) Possum Grape
6) Stinking Bay
7) Goobertown
8) Monkey Run
9) Greasy Corner
10) Bee Branch
11) Negro Head Corner
12) Fifty-Six
13) Piggott
14) Portia
15) Texarkana (well, two of a kind)
16) Marked Tree
17) Tyronza
18) Weiner (good one to end on)


webny99

Quote from: MikieTimT on April 29, 2020, 01:46:40 PM
Arkansas has a bunch of, mostly unincorporated, town names that are assuredly unique:

1) Figure Five
2) Blue Ball
3) Toad Suck
4) Bald Knob
5) Possum Grape
6) Stinking Bay
7) Goobertown
8) Monkey Run
9) Greasy Corner
10) Bee Branch
11) Negro Head Corner
12) Fifty-Six
13) Piggott
14) Portia
15) Texarkana (well, two of a kind)
16) Marked Tree
17) Tyronza
18) Weiner (good one to end on)

Great job! :thumbsup:
That was 100x more fun and enjoyable than most of the other lists of random unpronounceable items that I just skipped entirely.

noelbotevera

Pennsylvania edition II, or: Whose Idea Was This?

Balls Mills
Loyalsockville
English Center
Quiggleville
Quakake
Bryn Athyn
Slovenska Narodna Podporna Jednota (it's real!)
Smethport

And my favorite: Jersey Shore, located in the middle of the woods

briantroutman


hbelkins

Quote from: wriddle082 on April 23, 2020, 07:04:21 AM
Statesboro, GA is the only Statesboro in existence.

Other possible one-of-a-kind places that I can think of:
Hohenwald, TN
Tullahoma, TN
Vonore, TN
Sneedville, TN
Alcoa, TN

How could you forget Soddy-Daisy or Gruetli-Laager?


Government would be tolerable if not for politicians and bureaucrats.

kphoger

Quote from: DandyDan on April 21, 2020, 05:12:24 AM
This one is a challenge for Iowa, if native American names don't count. The one that definitely fits is Le Mars. I suspect Dubuque and Bettendorf are unique.

Dubuque, I'm not aware of any other.

Bettendorf, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France
Bettendorf, Diekirch, Luxembourg
There's also a Bettendorf in Rheinland-Pfalz, but Germany doesn't really do GSV.

Le Mars, Pliboux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Le Mars, Clion, Nouvelle-Acquitaine, France
Le Mars, Moings, Nouvelle-Acquitaine, France

I can't find any signs for Dubuque, Kansas.  But I'm not sure there are any people left living there, really.
Keep right except to pass.  Yes.  You.
Visit scenic Orleans County, NY!
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: Philip K. DickIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

formulanone

Quote from: hbelkins on April 30, 2020, 03:48:02 PM
How could you forget Soddy-Daisy or Gruetli-Laager?

I always think of some sort of lawn care supplement and an obscure small-batch beer when I see those two town names.

For that matter, there probably will never be another Helena-West Helena because it sounds so ridiculous.

MikieTimT

Quote from: formulanone on May 01, 2020, 11:35:54 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on April 30, 2020, 03:48:02 PM
How could you forget Soddy-Daisy or Gruetli-Laager?

I always think of some sort of lawn care supplement and an obscure small-batch beer when I see those two town names.

For that matter, there probably will never be another Helena-West Helena because it sounds so ridiculous.

I can't imagine the mental gyrations that were behind West Helena maintaining its name in the consolidation.

golden eagle

Quote from: MikieTimT on April 29, 2020, 01:46:40 PM
Arkansas has a bunch of, mostly unincorporated, town names that are assuredly unique:

1) Figure Five
2) Blue Ball
3) Toad Suck
4) Bald Knob
5) Possum Grape
6) Stinking Bay
7) Goobertown
8) Monkey Run
9) Greasy Corner
10) Bee Branch
11) Negro Head Corner
12) Fifty-Six
13) Piggott
14) Portia
15) Texarkana (well, two of a kind)
16) Marked Tree
17) Tyronza
18) Weiner (good one to end on)

Speaking of Arkansas, Paragould may be the only one of its kind. It's a portmanteau of railroad magnates JW Paramore and Jay Gould.

Hattiesburg, MS and Ann Arbor, MI, are probably the only cities with their names.

kphoger

Quote from: golden eagle on May 31, 2020, 11:28:45 PM
Speaking of Arkansas, Paragould may be the only one of its kind. It's a portmanteau of railroad magnates JW Paramore and Jay Gould.

Hattiesburg, MS and Ann Arbor, MI, are probably the only cities with their names.

I believe you're correct for all three.
Keep right except to pass.  Yes.  You.
Visit scenic Orleans County, NY!
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: Philip K. DickIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

golden eagle

Any other Tuscaloosas besides Alabama? I

MikieTimT

Quote from: golden eagle on May 31, 2020, 11:28:45 PM
Quote from: MikieTimT on April 29, 2020, 01:46:40 PM
Arkansas has a bunch of, mostly unincorporated, town names that are assuredly unique:

1) Figure Five
2) Blue Ball
3) Toad Suck
4) Bald Knob
5) Possum Grape
6) Stinking Bay
7) Goobertown
8) Monkey Run
9) Greasy Corner
10) Bee Branch
11) Negro Head Corner
12) Fifty-Six
13) Piggott
14) Portia
15) Texarkana (well, two of a kind)
16) Marked Tree
17) Tyronza
18) Weiner (good one to end on)

Speaking of Arkansas, Paragould may be the only one of its kind. It's a portmanteau of railroad magnates JW Paramore and Jay Gould.

Hattiesburg, MS and Ann Arbor, MI, are probably the only cities with their names.

Yeah, and it pissed off Jay Gould to no end that his name came second!

ari-s-drives

Contra Costa Centre, CA
Lodoga, CA
Duncans Mills, CA
Temecula, CA
Calexico, CA
Cal-Nev-Ari, NV
Copperopolis, CA

roadman65

Bat Cave, NC.

The only other place that is used is in Batman Reruns, " Right Robin, Let's go the Batcave."
Every day is a winding road, you just got to get used to it.

Sheryl Crowe

plain

Has anyone mentioned Lizard Lick, NC yet?

Appomattox, VA
Aquebogue, NY
White Sulphur Springs, WV
Newark born, Richmond bred

Dirt Roads

West Virginia (trying not to duplicate those I mentioned in a recent thread):

    Anawalt
    Anmoore
    Ansted
    Barrackville
    Bayard
    Belington
    Black Betsy*
    Bolivar
    Bramwell
    Bruceton Mills
    Camden-on-Gauley
    Capon Bridge
    Carpendale
    Delbarton
    Droop*
    Dunlow*
    Durbin
    East Lynn*
    Elk Garden
    Ellenboro
    Falling Spring
    Fort Gay
    Gassaway
    Gauley Bridge
    Grant Town
    Granville
    Great Cacapon*
    Grimms Landing*
    Hacker Valley*
    Hambleton
    Harpers Ferry
    Hartford City
    Hazelgreen*
    Hedgesville
    Hurricane
    Huttonsville
    Iaeger
    Jane Lew
    Jumping Branch*
    Kanawha Falls*
    Kanawha Head*
    Kiahsville*
    Lavalette*
    Lesage*
    Looneyville*
    Lost Creek
    Lumberport
    Mabscott
    Marlinton
    Matewan
    Matoaka
    Meadow Bridge
    Middlebourne
    Minnehaha Springs*
    Mineralwells*
    Mitchell Heights
    Monongah
    Mount Carbon*
    Nutter Fort
    Oakvale
    Oceana
    Paw Paw
    Pax
    Petroleum*
    Pie*
    Pipestem*
    Poca
    Queen Shoals*
    Quinwood
    Quinnimont*
    Rainelle
    Rhodell*
    Rivesville
    Rowlesburg
    Salt Rock*
    Scott Depot*
    Shepherdstown
    Sissonville
    Six*
    Skygusty*
    Spanishburg*
    Spurlockville*
    Star City
    Terra Alta
    Triadelphia
    Tunnelton
    War
    Wardensville
    West Milford
    West Union
    Wharncliffe*
    Womelsdorf (Coalton)
    Yawkey*

The ones without an asterisk are purportedly incorporated.  I have added some of the more interesting unincorporated placenames, marked with an asterisk*.
And the ones with interesting names ending in "crick", "hollar", "ferk" and "bottum" can be found here:  https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=31050.msg2709558#msg2709558

kphoger

Quote from: Dirt Roads on March 11, 2022, 11:21:41 AM
    Bolivar

Nope.  I've driven through Bolivar, MO, several times.

Quote from: Dirt Roads on March 11, 2022, 11:21:41 AM
    Granville

Nope.  Granville, OH, and Granville, NY, each have more than 5000 people living there.

Quote from: Dirt Roads on March 11, 2022, 11:21:41 AM
    Hurricane

Nope.  Hurricane, UT, has a population of more than 20,000.

Quote from: Dirt Roads on March 11, 2022, 11:21:41 AM
    Paw Paw

Nope.  I've guerilla-camped in and hitchhiked out of Paw Paw, MI.

Quote from: Dirt Roads on March 11, 2022, 11:21:41 AM
    Star City

Nope.  Star City, AR, is a county seat.

Quote from: Dirt Roads on March 11, 2022, 11:21:41 AM
    West Union

Nope.  West Union, IA, and West Union, OH, would have something to say about that.




And those are just the ones I know of.  I'm sure there are others on your list that aren't unique to WV.
Keep right except to pass.  Yes.  You.
Visit scenic Orleans County, NY!
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: Philip K. DickIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

mgk920

Quote from: kphoger on March 11, 2022, 11:38:41 AM
Quote from: Dirt Roads on March 11, 2022, 11:21:41 AM
    Bolivar

Nope.  I've driven through Bolivar, MO, several times.

Quote from: Dirt Roads on March 11, 2022, 11:21:41 AM
    Granville

Nope.  Granville, OH, and Granville, NY, each have more than 5000 people living there.


Granville, WI was an unincorporated township in Milwaukee County before it joined the City of Milwaukee in the late 1950s.

Mike

kphoger

Quote from: mgk920 on March 11, 2022, 12:45:47 PM

Quote from: kphoger on March 11, 2022, 11:38:41 AM

Quote from: Dirt Roads on March 11, 2022, 11:21:41 AM
    Granville

Nope.  Granville, OH, and Granville, NY, each have more than 5000 people living there.

Granville, WI was an unincorporated township in Milwaukee County before it joined the City of Milwaukee in the late 1950s.

Fixed the quote string for you.
Keep right except to pass.  Yes.  You.
Visit scenic Orleans County, NY!
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: Philip K. DickIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

mgk920

Quote from: KEVIN_224 on March 14, 2019, 07:18:22 AM
The city of New Britain, CT has roughly 72,000 people. It's only 9 miles southwest of Hartford. The only other New Britain I've heard of is northwest of Philadelphia. I believe it's on one of the SEPTA rail lines. There's nothing there, from what I've been told, however.

I've seen Hartford, VT (contains the village of White River Junction) and New Haven, IN before.

There is also a City of Hartford, WI.  It's not far northwest of Milwaukee.

Nike

SD Mapman

Nebraska (for sure):
Wahoo (there's a church in Florida but it's not an actual town)
Wymore
Weeping Water

South Dakota:
Spearfish
Wounded Knee
Wanblee
Dupree?
Yankton (there's an unincorporated place in Oregon, but it's not an actual town)
Sioux Falls
Pierre (especially how we pronounce it lol)
Belle Fourche
Lemmon/North Lemmon ND (same town)
Wakonda

This is just off like 10 minutes digging, but SD/ND probably have a lot more because of placenames derived from Lakota.

Funnily enough, there are two places named Conde in the world. Condé in France, from where we get the famous Princes of Condé etcetera... and Conde, South Dakota, a dying farm town in the middle of nowhere.
The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see. - G.K. Chesterton

formulanone

A quick search in my travel expense software shows there's only one Winner (in South Dakota).

frankenroad

Quote from: formulanone on March 11, 2022, 02:23:03 PM
A quick search in my travel expense software shows there's only one Winner (in South Dakota).

But can you get a chicken dinner there?
2di's clinched: 44, 66, 68, 71, 72, 74, 78, 83, 84(east), 86(east), 88(east), 96

Highways I've lived on M-43, M-185, US-127

kphoger

The Homesteader – Winner, SD

Quote from: Pamela Squires
A chicken strip dinner was around $24.
Keep right except to pass.  Yes.  You.
Visit scenic Orleans County, NY!
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: Philip K. DickIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.



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