Comments on: How 10 American Towns Got Their Weird Names

By: Will L

Will L — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 23:17:25 +0000

Hey, what about:
Poor Honky, Pennsylvania
or
Community College Graduate, New Jersey ???

By: DL

DL — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:38:23 +0000

What about Zzyzx, California?

By: darrel d.w. lee

darrel d.w. lee — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:58:03 +0000

this is so funny keep them coming.

By: William Wallace

William Wallace — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:45:21 +0000

Hell, Michigan, how could you not want to visit a place with a name like that….

By: Spazz

Spazz — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:26:34 +0000

Dude, every kid’s dream town.. Santa Clause, IN.. Christmas St. must be hoppin’!

By: Iain

Iain — Fri, 01 May 2009 16:11:31 +0000

What about Little Snoring, Norfolk, England.

By: Taini

Taini — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:41:49 +0000

or Cockland, OH like i said i think perverts name some of these places…o.O XD

By: Taini

Taini — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:38:53 +0000

oh and don’t forget Ballville, OH and Fugit, KY sometimes i wonder if perverts named some of these places…o.O

By: Taini

Taini — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:28:12 +0000

don’t forget Mianus, OH near Cincinnati XD and Mianus, CT which Johnny Knoxville made fun of on Jackass i can’t forget the joke “i can see Uranus from Mianus” XD

By: Moses Scott

Moses Scott — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:48:53 +0000

There’s also Mexican Hat, UT…and also two adajcent cities in UT called “Fillmore” and “Beaver”…possibly named by a clever pervert…

By: SarahYawn

SarahYawn — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:33:15 +0000

Ya’ll forgot about IT, MS!

By: Flu-Bird

Flu-Bird — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:57:58 +0000

And our county also has WEED CALIFORNIA and then theres IGO and ONO and my grandparents of auant once lived in ONO

By: Pan Man

Pan Man — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:48:59 +0000

Dont forget about Gaylord Michigan!

By: Flu-Bird

Flu-Bird — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:57:10 +0000

Hey i live in the same county as HAPPY CAMP CA have you ever heard of BORING OR,or BIRD IN HAND,PA and HUNGRY HORSE,MT

By: DAMAN925

DAMAN925 — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 04:45:41 +0000

Dont forget about Ranchocucamunga, CA

By: Madyson

Madyson — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:08:04 +0000

Sorry, but it’s funny, and horribly ironic.
you should be laughing!
~<3 Madyson

By: Laighlia

Laighlia — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:06:54 +0000

Wow Madyson, I can’t believe that you
included that we have the largest
insaine asylum.
It makes the 15 of us
look bad!
~Laighlia <3

By: Madyson

Madyson — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:03:42 +0000

So we are trying to name weird city names, and no one mentions,
Normal
Gaylord
Sinton (sin-ton)
singedface
Pottymouth
Grannysmith
Willywoo
or
Testtickle (test-tickle like testicle)
All in IL.
I have lived in Normal my whole life,
but just recently learned that it was home to the
states largest insaine-asylum,
which hasn’t been in operation
since 1939,
but is still cool,
it is called,
Normal Peoples City Insaine Asylum!!!
it’s true…!
Granted the current population
is 15 people,
and I hate it here.

By: cj

cj — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:42:25 +0000

hey

By: Matt Gio

Matt Gio — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:15:15 +0000

Who could forget Intercourse, PA. Home to the Amish.

By: Erin Moore

Erin Moore — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:25:26 +0000

All the talk about Arkansas, and no one mentions Goobertown!!!! It’s right down the road from Jonesboro. I’m sure the people that live there just LOVE that.

By: CM

CM — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:58:50 +0000

there are a few places called ‘Gaylord’ heh heh heh i remember going past a sign and bursting out laughing

By: kookaburra

kookaburra — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:57:49 +0000

I’ve always laughed about Savage, MN. No way I’ll ever go to the Savage Barber!

By: Him

Him — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:13:56 +0000

@ DM I have a shirt that is from booger hollow, “home to 8 inhabitants, including a coondog”. Oh, and lets not forget “Nags head” N.C.

By: denny-marie

denny-marie — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:43:06 +0000

heheee I was at my mates house looking at her US map, we found an Eagle Butte somewhere in the middle- maybe S Dakota? If we ever going to the US we’ll definetly go to sugarland in Texas! Hope it lives up to the name!

How did Bald Knob get its name?…

By: design

design — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 23:34:35 +0000

I love the Bathroom Reader.

By: akakii

akakii — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:10:51 +0000

Satan’s Kingdom in Vermont isn’t a town. It’s what you’d probably call a locality.

By: Peter Wright

Peter Wright — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:27:13 +0000

@UpstateDubliner-

Shees, I can’t believe I forgot Painted Post. I grew up in Corning, and my sister and her family live in Painted Post!

I guess familiarity breeds neglect.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 03:31:34 +0000

I actually like Lizard Lick. Would wanna take a pic with the sign

By: corbelcat

corbelcat — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:13:53 +0000

In NC we also have a Climax and Horny Town. I also have
heard of Horse Pasture VA. and Cowpens SC

By: Luann

Luann — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:07:01 +0000

I live in Slapout, Alabama and we are no longer just a little crossroads. We now boast 3 restuarants, 4 churches, carpet & tile store, propane supplier, hair salon in addition to the barber shop, a tire and auto repair, a massage therapisy, tanning salon, a video store, dollar store, drug store,produce stand, elementary, middle and high schools, and a small grocery store in the place of the old Peeples’ store (which, by the way, had a dirt floor and only a screen door). Slapout has become a thriving lake community and is considered the capital of Lake Jordan.

I would be happy to send you some pictures for your article, you can reach me at livinon227easyst@msn.com

By: ashleygrl

ashleygrl — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:00:02 +0000

When visiting my grandparents in Alabama, not only did we go through Slapout to get there, we also drove through Smuteye and Blues Old Stand!

By: Lynne

Lynne — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:17:07 +0000

I’m so glad my hometown Horseheads, NY was not entirely forgotten. People usually snicker when I tell them when I’m from.

I think Beaverkill and Fishkill should also get honorable mentions.

By: JohnELaw

JohnELaw — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:29:35 +0000

In PA we’ve also got 84 (written with numbers) and Jim Thorpe. Granted, the man was a phenomenal athlete, but who wants to say, “I live in Jim Thorpe.”

By: eroe777

eroe777 — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:45:13 +0000

Embarrass, MN holds the record for coldest official temp in Minnesota, -60F, about 15 years ago. There was an unofficial reading that morning of -72F.

Just down the road from Climax, MN is Fertile. Which gave rise to the joke newspaper Headline ‘Fertile Woman Dies in Climax.’

We also have Nimrod and Savage.

By: dezmathio

dezmathio — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:44:40 +0000

there’s always Intercourse, PA

By: cmac

cmac — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:29:27 +0000

Not many Arkansas ones here, which is surprising. BTW, Toad Suck has an interesting story, with a huge festival every year in Conway, Ar. Toad Suck is an uninhabited place in the middle of nowhere (between Little Dixie and Conway, Ar)
Places in Arkansas:
Little Dixie
Figure-Five
Oil Trough
Buck Snort
Monkey Run
Turkey Scratch (home of 16 people, one of whom is in college in Arkadelphia).
Arkadelphia
Booger Hollow
Flippin
Hogeye
Greasy Corner
Yellville
Ink
Stamps (thanks to the mail system “Place Stamps Here” and the name came about)
El Dorado (long A- El-dor A-dough)
Blue Ball
Eureka Springs
Romance
Cabot
Blytheville
Number Nine
Hickman
Gosnell
Etowa
Wirth (sounds like worth)
and of course, one of my all time favorites,
Possum Grape.
I live in the state, and the majority of these places don’t even exist until severe weather is around!

By: rockin3555

rockin3555 — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:44:24 +0000

I live near Toad Suck, AR in the community of Beaverfork, right down the road from Pickles Gap!!!!

By: Nobody

Nobody — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:00:01 +0000

Forgot the one where my grandmother lives – Surprise, NY which is quite nearby to Climax, NY

not to mention that sexually tinged Intercourse, PA

By: theultrarev

theultrarev — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:48:00 +0000

Minnesota, Georgia, Michigan, Oregon and Kansas all have a town called “Climax”. I’m guessing those cities have very good relations with the folks over in Intercourse, PA & AL.

By: crocstimpy

crocstimpy — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:46:01 +0000

How about Ai, Ohio. Pronounced ay-eye. Don’t know the story behind it though. It’s got to be one of the shortest names.

By: oHbigTime

oHbigTime — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:36:11 +0000

you forgot:

Cool, California

Weed, California

By: Victoria

Victoria — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:11:58 +0000

What about Truth or Consequences, New Mexico?

By: Val

Val — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:06:17 +0000

How about Knob Noster, Missouri?

By: Juan Grande

Juan Grande — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:04:30 +0000

In Virginia, there are towns named “Odd” and “Normal”.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:01:11 +0000

How about Bald Knob, AR? My cousin from California nearly had a stroke laughing at that one when we passed the sign on the way to Jonesboro.

By: hoopie

hoopie — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:49:14 +0000

Oh, Google Maps explains–Penile Road goes through the community of Penile.

By: hoopie

hoopie — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:46:20 +0000

There’s also an oddly named street in Louisville, KY–Penile Road. I think thye may have intended Peniel, a town in the Bible. The local broadcasters have to say the name with a straight face if they have to report on a wreck or crime there.

By: hoopie

hoopie — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:23:02 +0000

Wets Virginia has Tornado, Hurricane, Cyclone, Mud and War–wonder what they thinking when they settled?

By: J.

J. — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:21:28 +0000

What about Hootentown Mo…