| Feb 15, 2006 @ 11:33 PM |
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Dylan_Fan
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As I browse through the ads, I notice quite a few cities with very strange names. There's Shamong, NJ., Alamogordo, NM., Hephizibah, GA., and Scioto Furnace, OH., to name a few. Are they all for real?? I could do a Google search and find out in about 15 seconds, but I thought this might be more fun. And no, there's nothing weird about Winnemucca, NV.
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| Feb 15, 2006 @ 11:39 PM |
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wandaful123
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In my province we have many.... Witless-bay, Dildo, Conception Bay, Joe batts arm... just to name a few!
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| Feb 15, 2006 @ 11:40 PM |
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Angel54214
Posts: 18,201
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 Dylan, I know. Its so funny to see weird names. CA has a few:
Weed
Truckee
Prunedale
Likely
Angel Camp
Beegum
Confidence
Devils Den
Lookout
Needles
Raisin
Skidoo
Three Rocks
Cool
Lots more but you can have your laughs now.
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| Feb 15, 2006 @ 11:40 PM |
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lecriveuse
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my favorite is toad suck  and y city (both in arkansas of course). i think these people got high on moonshine then started painting city limits signs.
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| Feb 16, 2006 @ 12:39 AM |
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EyesofBlue72660
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Santa Claus, IN--yes, Virgina, it does exist!!! 
Wapakoneta, OH--has always sounded funny to me!!
Hicksville, OH--no comment other than their population count should be bigger!
Solitude, IN--must be a "don't blink" community....I can't find a population listing!!! 
French Lick, IN--oooh, la la!!!!! 
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| Feb 16, 2006 @ 12:46 AM |
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Angel54214
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Solitude, IN--must be a "don't blink" community....I can't find a population listing!!!
I found it
Population=27061
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| Feb 16, 2006 @ 1:14 AM |
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EyesofBlue72660
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Thanks, Angel!!!
Toad Hop, IN
Brown Jug Corner, IN
Octagon, IN--you should see the plat map there!!! j/k
Asphaltum, IN
Wannamaker, IN
Mount Comfort, IN
Hemlock, IN
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| Feb 16, 2006 @ 1:51 AM |
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keeno
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Well yes there is a George, Washington.
Vantage is a low spot on the Columbia River.
Winchester is full of potato farmers not guns.
Wenatchee is where they raise Pink Ladies.
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| Feb 16, 2006 @ 1:59 AM |
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stormy73
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Coming back from the beach last year, I had to make a "pit stop", and took an exit ramp off the interstate to the rest area. At the stop light, were two signs...Clinton, NC was to the left, and Turkey, NC was to the right! Personally, I think the two towns ought to consolidate!
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| Feb 16, 2006 @ 3:43 AM |
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alantc
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Some towns in Australia
Manangatang
Tallygaroopna
1770
Howlong
Toolong
Diggers Rest
Yorky's Knob
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| Feb 16, 2006 @ 4:27 AM |
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Always_Striving
Posts: 8,794
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Aces of Diamonds, Florida /Fearnot, Pennsylvania /Normal, Illinois
/Assawoman, Virginia /Fifty-Six, Arkansas /Odd, West Virginia
/Bald Head, Maine /Forks of Salmon, California /Ogle, Kentucky
/Beetown, Wisconsin /Fort Dick, California /Okay, Oklahoma
/Belcher, New York /Frankenstein, Missouri /Panic, Pennsylvania
/Ben Hur, Texas /Footville, Wisconsin /Peculiar, Missouri
/Big Foot, Illinois /Gaylordsville, Connecticut /Plain City, Utah
/Big Sandy, Wyoming /Gay Mills, Wisconsin /Porkey, Pennsylvanania
/Blueballs, Pennsylvania /Gun Barrel City, Texas /Quiggleville, Pennsylvania
/Boring, Maryland /Hell, Michigan /Rambo Riviera, Arkansas
/Boring, Oregon /Hicksville, Ohio /River Styx, Ohio
/Buddha, Indiana /Hooker, Arkansas /Roachtown, Illinois
/Chestnut, Illinois /Hooker, Oklahoma /Romance, Arkansas
/Chicken, Alaska /Hornytown, North Carolina /Rough and Ready, California
/Chocalate Bayou, Texas /Hot Coffee, Mississippi /Sand Draw, Wyoming
/Chugwater, Wyoming /Hot Water, Mississippi /Sandwich, Illinois
/Climax, North Carolina /Intercourse, Pennsylvania /Smackover, Arkansas
/Climax, Pennsylvania /It, Mississippi /Spread Eagle, Wisconsin
/Climax, Saskatchewan /Jupiter, Florida /Toad Suck, Arkansas
/Cold Foot, Alaska /Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina /Umpire, Arkansas
/Cold Water, Mississippi /King Arthur's Court, Michigan /Uncertain, Texas
/Cut-Off, Louisiana /Koopa, Colorado /Yazoo, Mississippi
/Dickeyville, Wisconsin /Lawyersville, New York /Yeehaw Junction, Florida
/Ding Dong, Texas /Lollipop, Texas
/Disco, Tennessee /Love Ladies, New Jersey
/Dismal, Tennessee /Magazine, Arkansas
/Dry Fork, Wyoming /Mars, Pennsylvania
/Eclectic, Alabama /Monkey's Elbow, Kentucky
/Eek, Alaska /Muck City, Alabama
/Embarrass, Minnesota /No Name, Colorado /Pig, Kentucky /Hazard, Nebraska /America, Oklahoma .
I better stop there so that others can name some.
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| Feb 16, 2006 @ 9:08 AM |
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Dylan_Fan
Posts: 118
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This is too funny. I had no idea. What a sheltered life I've lived.
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| Feb 16, 2006 @ 10:02 AM |
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zulamaze
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ALWAYS -- you mentioned Eclectic, Alabama. I don't live too far from there. It is more of a community than a city.
I was raised in Cowpens, Alabama. Very nice country.
I love it, but then again I am a country girl.
Just recently bought a house in the City... UGH!!!
Hate the city--- all the lights, traffic, noise. 
I had much rather prefer to live in the country.
Own 100 acres & have a house in the middle of it.
I just like seclusion & privacy.
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| Feb 16, 2006 @ 2:12 PM |
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SylvanDreams
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We had Native Americans here in Florida, and it shows in a lot of the city names:
Apalachicola,
Tallahassee,
Choctawhatchee,
Chattahoochee,
Apopka,
Hialeah,
Pensacola,
and so on.
Then there is Two Egg, Florida....so named, according to stories, because back in the day, people used to barter there for "two eggs' worth" of tobacco, flour, or other stuff.
And finally, there is Howie-in-the-Hills, Florida....don't ask me, I ain't got a clue! 
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| Feb 16, 2006 @ 2:29 PM |
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irish20835
Posts: 1,224
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more crazy florida names
yehaw junction
frostproof
cross city
minneola
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| Feb 16, 2006 @ 3:26 PM |
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Jankia
Posts: 11,909
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In Wisconsin we used to attend a bluegrass festival in....
Mole lake
There must be alot of Doors fans near Morrisonville,they cannot keep a road sign up.
Lac Du Flambeau
Prarie du Sac
Winnewoc
Eau Claire
Bloomer
Dudley
Nutterville
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| Feb 16, 2006 @ 3:42 PM |
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Chevy1
Posts: 63
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ARIZONA ODD NAMES:
Bagdad, AZ
Hooker Hot Springs, AZ
Nowhere, AZ
Maine, AZ
Peach Pu, AZ
Roll, AZ
Surprise, AZ
Why, AZ
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| Feb 16, 2006 @ 3:51 PM |
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vicryder
Posts: 831
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If you looked at my profile, you know where I live, MO also has a town named Knob Lick.NC has a town named Lizard Lick.
Also here in MO, Tightwad, and Racket.
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| Feb 16, 2006 @ 4:29 PM |
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hopesta
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I live in a town called "Varina" VA, and also attended Varina High School -can you guess how we were teased?
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| Feb 16, 2006 @ 6:14 PM |
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Heaveninawildflower
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ARIZONA ODD NAMES:
We also have Carefree and El Mirage...but ya gotta love the Phoenix rising from the ashes....
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