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Re: Well Named Locations Thread
« Reply #10 on: September 14, 2008, 08:45:21 PM »
Boca Raton, Florida

Boca Raton
Translation:  Rat Mouth

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Re: Well Named Locations Thread
« Reply #11 on: September 14, 2008, 10:23:21 PM »
Quote from: jumbofrank on September 14, 2008, 03:49:01 AM
440 miles from Mott t' Hoople.  ;D  You can go All the way from Memphis.

If you know how to pronounce Nacogdoches... you might be a redneck.  :)


Most places aren't named for a real thing that's there but Alabaster, MI  is named after a variety of gypsum used in drywall, mined here since 1837.

There's Mesick, and Pine Stump Junction, MI.

We also have Romulus and Remus.


We also have the Romulus and Remus statue here in Rome, GA. Supposedly came from Mussolini prior to WWII.
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Re: Well Named Locations Thread
« Reply #12 on: September 14, 2008, 11:15:04 PM »
My brother-in-law was a minister in Earth, TX for about a year...  The nearest ATM was 20 miles away in Muleshoe (another name from the list).  They sold postcards of the Earth Police.

BTW, it's about 60 miles from Roswell, NM.
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Re: Well Named Locations Thread
« Reply #13 on: September 14, 2008, 11:58:36 PM »
Here are a couple of towns in West Virginia I didn't see on the lists.

Frog Awnry - My grandfather was raised there
Big Beaver

It's not a town, but I always found Pee Pee Creek in Ohio to be quite amusing, also.   ;D

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Re: Well Named Locations Thread
« Reply #14 on: September 15, 2008, 12:08:44 AM »
Grosse Tete, LA  (Big Head)
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Re: Well Named Locations Thread
« Reply #15 on: September 15, 2008, 10:07:55 AM »
TyTy, Georgia. zip code 31795.



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Re: Well Named Locations Thread
« Reply #16 on: September 16, 2008, 06:25:34 AM »
Quote from: TFox2112 on September 14, 2008, 10:23:21 PM

We also have the Romulus and Remus statue here in Rome, GA. Supposedly came from Mussolini prior to WWII.

We don't have the statue, just two towns named after the boys.
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Re: Well Named Locations Thread
« Reply #17 on: September 16, 2008, 06:28:30 AM »
Quote from: SwoopSJ on September 14, 2008, 11:58:36 PM
Here are a couple of towns in West Virginia I didn't see on the lists.

Frog Awnry - My grandfather was raised there
Big Beaver

It's not a town, but I always found Pee Pee Creek in Ohio to be quite amusing, also.   ;D

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It was probably well named.  :)  I was up a more famous creek without a paddle.  ;D
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Re: Well Named Locations Thread
« Reply #18 on: September 16, 2008, 08:12:26 AM »
Glad somebody found Peculiar, MO.

Also, down near Tightwad, you will find Racket, and further south, Hurricane Deck.

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Re: Well Named Locations Thread
« Reply #19 on: September 16, 2008, 11:06:15 AM »
Some more rather odd PA names -

Analomink -I really don't want to know.
Gump
Climax
Coplay - This is by me. Oh, to be a LEO here!
Hosensuck
Of - Just 'Of'. Really.
Virginville - Must be quickly heading to zero population.
Liltitz
Bulger
Clyde No 3 - There's no No 1 or No 2...
Coon Hunter
Foot of Ten - a nod to new math?
Ogle
Two Lick
Gringo - Illegal invader sanctuary?
Braintrim - A nice Chianti and Fava Beans, anyone?
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