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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.
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.
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Categories: Places Posted by Alex on Thu Nov 04, 2004 |
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Shame it's only American cities.
Llanfair
Posted by Paul on Thu Nov 04, 2004 at 07:15 PM
Llanfair
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 08:44 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 08:53 PM
It sounds......as weird as you spell it, really.
I was born and raised in Niceville, Florida 
Posted by JellyBelly in Dark Side of the Moon on Thu Nov 04, 2004 at 10:18 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 10:59 PM
My favourite is Floyd's Knobs, IN.
Posted by AqueousBoy on Fri Nov 05, 2004 at 03:02 AM
There is a Sexmoan, Pampanga in the Philippines
Posted by jobert in Philippines on Fri Nov 05, 2004 at 03:28 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 05:46 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 10:57 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 11:06 AM
Let's not forget Toadsuck Arkansas or Bucksnort Tennessee.
Posted by Frank Piechorowski in Memphis on Fri Nov 05, 2004 at 11:28 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 11:45 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 01:25 PM
don't forget hell, michigan!
Posted by michelle on Fri Nov 05, 2004 at 01:50 PM
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 05:44 PM
Theres also noplace,England
Posted by paraeskimo in Traflagar School Canada on Fri Nov 05, 2004 at 06:35 PM
You may also visit Climax, Colorado. 
Posted by Myst on Sat Nov 06, 2004 at 01:49 AM
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 11:12 AM
Truth or Consequenses, NM
Bad Axe, MI
Boring, OR
Eek, AK
Arab, AL
Magazine, AR
Tennessee, IL
Dead Horse, Alaska
Bucksnort, Tennessee
Stinking Creek, Tennessee
Los Gatos, California
Posted by Nicolletta in USA on Mon Nov 08, 2004 at 12:42 PM
Bucksnort, Tennessee
Stinking Creek, Tennessee
Los Gatos, California
Cumming, Georgia
Posted by amber on Wed Nov 10, 2004 at 11:35 PM
There is a Loveladies, NJ.. I grew up near there.
Posted by Jessica in Groton, CT on Wed Nov 17, 2004 at 06:46 PM
I was told by a co-worker that there is a town in california called weed. and as a joke the sign says population high or was it elevation high? I dont know exactly
Posted by noname in none on Wed Nov 17, 2004 at 07:44 PM
We have a Fishkill and a Gaylordsville NY.
Posted by Will G in NY on Thu Nov 18, 2004 at 11:21 AM
I'm suprised no one has mentioned Dildo in Newfoundland, Canada.
DRM
Posted by Derek Maurer in Ontario, CANADA on Fri Nov 26, 2004 at 03:19 PM
DRM
theres Fuck in Austria
Posted by Rik in Oz on Sat Nov 27, 2004 at 01:22 PM
Posted by Johannes in Austria on Sun Nov 28, 2004 at 12:03 PM
I nearly forgot two classic Western Australian suburbs: where would you prefer to live? Upper Swan or Innaloo?
Posted by Sarah in Perth WA on Mon Nov 29, 2004 at 12:46 AM
I grew up just outside of Hustler, WI
No, we dont do the magazine their
Posted by Habu on Tue Nov 30, 2004 at 02:11 AM
No, we dont do the magazine their
Squirrels Corners, NY
Posted by BZZZM on Sun Dec 26, 2004 at 07:16 AM
Cut 'n' Shoot, TX
Monkey' Eyebrow, KY
And my personal favorite Big Bone Lick National Park, also in KY
Posted by Yotto in Louisville, KY on Sun Dec 26, 2004 at 08:03 PM
Monkey' Eyebrow, KY
And my personal favorite Big Bone Lick National Park, also in KY