Place names you can spell backwards and still get a name

[Flint1979]

Saginaw spelled backwards is Wanigas. Wanigas is the name of a credit union in Saginaw (well used to be until they merged with Financial Plus Credit Union. But I always thought the Wanigas name was a cool play on Saginaw being spelled backwards.

[hotdogPi]

Wikipedia lists a few places called Nova (and some personal names and a whole bunch of companies), which is Avon backwards.

[kphoger]

Wichita has a street named Aksarben.

[Flint1979]

Wichita has a street named Aksarben.

Nebraska spelled backwards, how is that pronounced?

[LilianaUwU]

You can spell Laval backwards and it still results in the city's name.

[JayhawkCO]

Snave is a village in England. Evans is a town in northern Colorado (and other places too, I'm sure).

[kurumi]

Aksarben is also a section of Omaha, Nebraska

[Big John]

Ada, Oklahoma

[formulanone]

Remlap, Alabama

Wichita has a street named Aksarben.

Sounds like a place to incarcerate the rouge wizards of Omaha.

[NWI_Irish96]

Tangentially related: I recently learned the the fear of palindromes is called aibophobia.

[kphoger]

the rouge wizards of Omaha

Huskers fans?

[kernals12]

Kiawah is one letter off from being Hawaii spelled backwards

[dlsterner]

Glenelg in Maryland spelled backwards is the same name

[kernals12]

Tangentially related: I recently learned the the fear of palindromes is called aibophobia.

[formulanone]

Tangentially related: I recently learned the the fear of palindromes is called aibophobia.

Ask your doctor if Semordnilap is right for you.

[kphoger]

Ask your doctor if Semordnilap is right for you.

LOL! 

[michravera]

Saginaw spelled backwards is Wanigas. Wanigas is the name of a credit union in Saginaw (well used to be until they merged with Financial Plus Credit Union. But I always thought the Wanigas name was a cool play on Saginaw being spelled backwards.

Well, let's start with
"Lodi"<->"Idol"
"Yreka"->"(B)akery"
"Tsongas"<->"sag nots"

[Road Hog]

A man. A plan. A canal.

Panama!

[Rothman]

Eesh.  This thread went kaput really early.

[LilianaUwU]

Eesh.  This thread went kaput really early.

Speaking of tupak, I saw him at McDonald's the other day.

[Dirt Roads]

There's one obvious example in West Virginia:  War --> Raw

But here's a fun one that might not count but is worth mentioning:  Paw Paw --> Wap Wap

[Henry]

To the best of my knowledge, this has never been a name, but probably should be:

Atnalta (the backwards spelling of Atlanta)

[Scott5114]

Retrop, Oklahoma is named such because they wanted to name it after Mr. Porter, their postmaster, but there was already a Porter, Oklahoma.

[CNGL-Leudimin]

You can spell Laval backwards and it still results in the city's name.

Ada, Oklahoma

Palindromes is what I first thought of when seeing this thread. The first such places I thought of were Navan, "Southern" Ireland and Noyon, department no. 60 (Oise), France.

[DandyDan]

Aksarben is also a section of Omaha, Nebraska

Aksarben is formerly the horse racing track and sports arena they had in Omaha and lives on as the Aksarben Crossing shopping area.

Along the same lines, there was once an adult entertainment venue in Topeka, Kansas named Sasnak.