Fluther: Does your state have funny-sounding, small, unincorporated areas with funny names?

Does your state have funny-sounding, small, unincorporated areas with funny names?

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) October 27th, 2010
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Recently, severe thunderstorm warnings were posted for parts of Tennessee. A radar device posts on the television for times a storm will approach certain towns and small unincorporated areas. Some of these areas have made me laugh with their “off the wall names”, like: Soddy Daisy, Buck Snort and Turkey Track, Tennessee. Each state has these small areas of people with funny names. Question: Can you name some of these areas, in your state, that have names that make you laugh?

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Hell,Michigan :)

lucillelucillelucille (34325

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Wallenpaupack, PA; Conshohocken, PA; Hoboken, NJ; Dunkelbergers, PA
There’s more, just can’t think. Wallenpaupack is my fave though

Aesthetic_Mess (7894

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Killawog, Penelope, East Podunk.

Adirondackwannabe (36713

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Bong State Recreation Area! It’s not in my state but only an hour away. XD

Traveling on Business through KY I just had to stop at Big Bone Lick State Park

Cruiser (40449

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Bone Gap, Cave-In-Rock, Paw Paw

@lucillelucillelucille I’ve been to Hell, and back. ;)

jonsblond (43675

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I think you’ve got to go a long way to beat British place names

Muff (Muff is on the coast, and yes, it does have a diving club)

Upper and Lower Slaughter

And the Daddy of them all, from Anglesey in Wales:
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (for real!)

meiosis (6478

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I’m not from the states, but by the looks of things this town may be hard to find! Newfoundland, Canada…..apparently :¬)

ucme (50047

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@jonsblond -I’ve been to Paw Paw :)

lucillelucillelucille (34325

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Lizard Lick

Tropical_Willie (31127

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Where in the world is Lizard Lick?

john65pennington (29258

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North Carolina just east of Raleigh.

Tropical_Willie (31127

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Okay, you have educated me today in geography. thanks. at least i can now give directions, if someone should ask.

john65pennington (29258

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It has been on the reality circuit with repo team where the guy’s wife is tougher than a DI at Lejuene.

Convenience store sells ball caps and shirts with “Lizard Lick” on them.

Tropical_Willie (31127

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I live near the town of ‘Cool’ California and everything is ‘cool.’

I go to Cool animal hospital, Cool feed, Cool clothing, Cool real estate. lol

I also don’t live far from the town of ‘Mosquito’ and used to live in ‘Fairplay’ in the southern Sierra foothills.

Some of the roads near my home are called ’ Rusty nail, ’ ‘Little spur’, Gopher gulch, Buzzard gulch, Cougar track’ and well…not tellin’ the name of my road. haha

Coloma (47193

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Here are a few from Utah.
La Verkin
Koosharem
Kanosh
Mantua Pronounced Man A Way
Loa
Paragonah
Parowan
Scipio
Sigurd
Tabiona
Toquerville
Torrey.

JustmeAman (3978

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How about:

Frognot, Texas 75424
Bigfoot, Texas 78005
Hogeye, Texas 75423
Cactus, Texas 79013
Notrees, Texas 79759
Best, Texas 76932
Veribest, Texas 76886
Kickapoo, Texas 75763
Dime Box, Texas
Telephone, Texas 75488
Telegraph, Texas 76883
Whiteface, Texas 79379
Twitty, Texas 79079

YoBob (12846

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More from Michigan:

Bad Axe, MI
Christmas, MI
Climax, MI
Gay, MI
Grape, MI
Hell, MI
Lake, MI
Nirvanna, MI
Paradise, MI
Saline, MI
Some honorable mentions: Bath, DeWitt, Okemos

AmWiser (14947

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Beaver Falls (and Beaver County and Beaver Twp.)
Campbell (which is pronounced Camel, for some reason.)
Sodom
Center of the World
Salem

I guess that’s all that I can think of. Nothing amazing, but those are all local.

ANef_is_Enuf (26839

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You forgot Cut-and-shoot (sp?)Tx.

Coloma (47193

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There’s a village near me goes by the name Pity Me! I sympathise with the residents :¬(

ucme (50047

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I know of places in California called Rough ‘n’ Ready, Last Chance, Likely, You Bet, Weed, etc.

In Nevada there’s Pahrump, Lousetown, Goblin Knobs, and Jiggs. :P

DominicX (28808

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Dime Box, Texas? i wonder what the story is behind that community name?

john65pennington (29258

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@john65pennington Probably a whole lot less interesting than if it were named “Dime Bag” Texas.

YoBob (12846

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@meiosis my youngest sister recently went to Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, and brought back great souvenirs. We must have spent an hour in the car ride back from the airport attempting to say it.

ANef_is_Enuf (26839

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OUCH! (I think i sprained my tongue…)

YoBob (12846

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We have a Fort Dick and a Shitbritches Creek, California.
Man, I want this.

Vunessuh (16727

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I went to Shiti harbor off of Taiwan last year.
Had some shitty sea snails and lots of Taiwanese beer to wash them down with. lol

Coloma (47193

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