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Weird City Names
Here's an amusing list of weird city and town names. Of course, I immediately wondered if all these names were real, so I checked a random sample in Mapquest. Nothing came up for Hornytown, North Carolina (a google search didn't turn up any offical website for it either, though there is a widespread report, probably false, that Hornytown has banned massage parlors). Nor was there a Love Ladies, New Jersey in Mapquest. That doesn't mean Hornytown and Love Ladies don't exist. It's just that I can't find them. However, according to Mapquest it would be possible to take a road trip from Intercourse, Pennsylvania to Hooker, Arkansas, with a quick stop in Hot Coffee, Mississippi, and finishing up in Climax, North Carolina.
Update: Apparently there is a 'Love Ladies' in New Jersey, but it's spelled all as one word: Loveladies, NJ. However, I've still found no evidence that there's a Hornytown in North Carolina, although there is a Hornyhead Mountain.
Update 2: By randomly typing words into Mapquest it turns out to be quite easy to come up with weird place names. In just a few minutes I came up with these: Shite Creek, Idaho; Trash Branch, Alabama; Weird Lake, Minnesota; and Dork Canal, Oregon.
Posted By: Alex | Date: Thu Nov 04, 2004 | Permalink | Total Comments: 83
Category: Places
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Shame it's only American cities.

Llanfairåpwllgwynågyllgoågerychwyrnådrobwllållantyåsilioågogogoch in Wales sure takes the cake.

Oh, it means: Saint Mary's Church in the hollow of white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the Church of Saint Tysilio near the red cave.

Just in case you don't speak Welsh....
Posted by Paul  on  Thu Nov 04, 2004  at  04:15 PM
It's been said that the Welsh are either great spellers but terrible pronouncers, or great pronouncers but terrible spellers.
Posted by Big Gary C  in  Dallas, Texas  on  Thu Nov 04, 2004  at  05:44 PM
I've worked with a Welshman and heard him pronounce it.
It sounds......as weird as you spell it, really.
Posted by Paul  on  Thu Nov 04, 2004  at  05:53 PM
I was born and raised in Niceville, Florida smile
Posted by JellyBelly  in  Dark Side of the Moon  on  Thu Nov 04, 2004  at  07:18 PM
According to my 2000 edition of the AAA Road Atlas, there is no Hornytown,NC. But there is a Hookerton,NC (pop. 400).
Posted by Captain Al  on  Thu Nov 04, 2004  at  07:59 PM
My favourite is Floyd's Knobs, IN.
Posted by AqueousBoy  on  Fri Nov 05, 2004  at  12:02 AM
There is a Sexmoan, Pampanga in the Philippines
Posted by jobert  in  Philippines  on  Fri Nov 05, 2004  at  12:28 AM
Sexmoan in Pampanga changed its spelling sometime in the '90s. It's now Sasmuan. Pity.
Posted by beting  on  Fri Nov 05, 2004  at  02:46 AM
There are many names of odd cities in Minnesota, Climax, Moorhead (pronounced Morehead) and many others i cant remember right now
Posted by Joe  in  Minnesota  on  Fri Nov 05, 2004  at  07:57 AM
There is a Horneytown, North Carolina, with the one of the main roads being Horneytown Road. I know someone who lives there, however the actual mailing address is High Point, North Carolina. A simple search of Mapquest for Horneytown Road shows this
Posted by Horneytown Hero  on  Fri Nov 05, 2004  at  08:06 AM
Let's not forget Toadsuck Arkansas or Bucksnort Tennessee.
Posted by Frank Piechorowski  in  Memphis  on  Fri Nov 05, 2004  at  08:28 AM
Almost forgot these: Pussy Creek, OH - Bitch Mountain, NY - Suckerville, ME - Spunk Run, OH and Seman, AL
Posted by Frank Piechorowski  in  Memphis  on  Fri Nov 05, 2004  at  08:45 AM
Well, it implies nothing (It's an Indian word) but I'm told that people unused to the word always find the name of a certain town near where I live amusing: Willimantic, Connecticut.
Posted by PlantPerson  on  Fri Nov 05, 2004  at  10:25 AM
don't forget hell, michigan!
Posted by michelle  on  Fri Nov 05, 2004  at  10:50 AM
On Manitoulin Island there is a Ketchemandcookem (not sure about the spelling but you get my drift) Lake. I always thought it was amusing.
Posted by Ariel  on  Fri Nov 05, 2004  at  02:44 PM
Theres also noplace,England
Posted by paraeskimo  in  Traflagar School Canada  on  Fri Nov 05, 2004  at  03:35 PM
You may also visit Climax, Colorado. wink
Posted by Myst  on  Fri Nov 05, 2004  at  10:49 PM
Santa Claus, IN
Truth or Consequenses, NM
Bad Axe, MI
Boring, OR
Eek, AK
Arab, AL
Magazine, AR
Tennessee, IL
Posted by Tazz  in  Lost in Space....  on  Sun Nov 07, 2004  at  08:12 AM
Dead Horse, Alaska
Bucksnort, Tennessee
Stinking Creek, Tennessee
Los Gatos, California
Posted by Nicolletta  in  USA  on  Mon Nov 08, 2004  at  09:42 AM
Cumming, Georgia
Posted by amber  on  Wed Nov 10, 2004  at  08:35 PM
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