Funniest town names in your state

[TheHighwayMan3561]

For New York it's hard to beat Coxsackie as funniest town name.

Nyack was funny until we were told it's "NY-ack", not "nack nack nack"

[hotdogPi]

For New York it's hard to beat Coxsackie as funniest town name.

Nyack was funny until we were told it's "NY-ack", not "nack nack nack"

Who can forget this, though? (created by vdeane)

[IowaTraveler]

My personal favorite for Iowa is Balltown.

What makes it even better is that it's only 14 miles away from Dickeyville, WI.

[jlam]

In Colorado, it's gotta be No Name. I think the name was initially established as a placeholder and it stuck. CODOT even signs it on I-70. I learned about this place in Spring of 2021 when I saw the signage and thought it was a misprint. Hygiene is also up there.

[hbelkins]

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.

Yeah then in the same region of the state they have a towns called Topmost, Wheelwright, Weeksbury, Kite, Wayland, Soft Shell and several others but I know some of them off the top of my head.

Not far from Soft Shell is Hardshell.

Also in that area: Mousie, Rowdy, Fisty (pronounced "feisty"), Krypton, and Busy.

Two places not too far from each other are Jeff and Gordon.

[Henry]

Metropolis, IL (and there's even a Superman statue in the town square!)

[IMGoph]

In DC, it's gotta be "Washington." Just off-the-charts hilarious.

[NWI_Irish96]

In DC, it's gotta be "Washington." Just off-the-charts hilarious.

Not technically a town name, but Foggy Bottom is funny.

[kkt]

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.

Los Banos ("the baths") doesn't seem that funny.  There's a spring there.  There's a famous ancient city of Bath, England, named for the mineral springs there.

[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.

Los Banos ("the baths") doesn't seem that funny.  There's a spring there.  There's a famous ancient city of Bath, England, named for the mineral springs there.

Most folks around here see the translation more as "the bathrooms." 

[kkt]

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.

Los Banos ("the baths") doesn't seem that funny.  There's a spring there.  There's a famous ancient city of Bath, England, named for the mineral springs there.

Most folks around here see the translation more as "the bathrooms." 

The same folks who think JFK made a speech starting "I am a jelly donut!"

[Rothman]

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.

Los Banos ("the baths") doesn't seem that funny.  There's a spring there.  There's a famous ancient city of Bath, England, named for the mineral springs there.

Most folks around here see the translation more as "the bathrooms." 

The same folks who think JFK made a speech starting "I am a jelly donut!"

I believe he ended the speech with it...Had to recite the speech in 10th Grade and I'm going by memory there, which may not be totally reliable.

[Big John]

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.

Los Banos ("the baths") doesn't seem that funny.  There's a spring there.  There's a famous ancient city of Bath, England, named for the mineral springs there.

Most folks around here see the translation more as "the bathrooms." 

The same folks who think JFK made a speech starting "I am a jelly donut!"

I believe he ended the speech with it...Had to recite the speech in 10th Grade and I'm going by memory there, which may not be totally reliable.

I think the correct translation for I am a Berliner is Ich bin Berliner, bur he added ein, meaning the article a to say Ich bin ein Berliner, with the legend that Einberliner translated to jelly doughnut.

[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.

Los Banos ("the baths") doesn't seem that funny.  There's a spring there.  There's a famous ancient city of Bath, England, named for the mineral springs there.

Most folks around here see the translation more as "the bathrooms." 

The same folks who think JFK made a speech starting "I am a jelly donut!"

Likely the same folks who see "Manteca" and think of "lard" versus "butter."

[Scott5114]

Nevada only has 19 municipalities and none of them have names that are really that funny.

Although Lovelock's airport code is LOL. Also there is a state prison there. I doubt anyone in that prison actually loves locks.

[TheCatalyst31]

Wisconsin has a few good ones:
Spread Eagle
Chili
Spooner
Pound
Wanderoos
Imalone
Footville

There are also a lot of cities with Native American names that, while they typically translate to something pretty normal, become funny when out-of-towners try to pronounce them: Oconomowoc, Wauwatosa, etc.

[DandyDan]

I generally find myself amused by Manly, Iowa.

[hbelkins]

Nevada only has 19 municipalities and none of them have names that are really that funny.

Although Lovelock's airport code is LOL. Also there is a state prison there. I doubt anyone in that prison actually loves locks.

Pahrump isn't incorporated?

I didn't get a "pahrump" out of that guy!!!

[Scott5114]

Pahrump isn't incorporated?

Nope. Nevada has a lot of places that, for whatever reason, aren't incorporated that would be in other states.

There is a casino in Pahrump called the Pahrump Nugget. This is much funnier/grosser if you know that Pahrump is pronounced with emphasis on the second syllable.

[Rothman]

*Hamlets in NY enter the chat*

[KeithE4Phx]

Santa Claus
Swayzee
Loogootee
Shipshewana

Don't forget Gnaw Bone, French Lick, Floyd's Knobs, and Toad Hop. 

[Road Hog]

Backtracking: Soddy-Daisy as a community appears to be properly hyphenated, but the local high school goes hyphenless.

https://sdhs.hcde.org/

[Dirt Roads]

Backtracking: Soddy-Daisy as a community appears to be properly hyphenated, but the local high school goes hyphenless.

https://sdhs.hcde.org/

Makes sense.  When Soddy High School merged with Daisy High School in the late 1930s, the towns were still separate.  When the towns merged in 1963, the new entity did what almost every other merged city with a merged name does:  use the hyphen.  If they had their own independent school district, they probably would have paid to add a hyphen to the high school name as well.

[Scott5114]

When Soddy High School merged with Daisy High School in the late 1930s, the towns were still separate.

The instances of this that I know of in Oklahoma still use hyphens even though the towns remain separate: Amber-Pocasset (lots of people just call it "AmPo"), Mountain View-Gotebo, and Velma-Alma (not sure if the town Alma is pronounced this way in isolation, but it would inevitably get elided into "velma elma").