Steveruch
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While our mailing address is Crescent city we are actually in Fort Dick.
The main drag is Morehead drive.
The main drag is Morehead drive.
Odd town/street name
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I used to drive past Misty Rain way, I always thought it sounded like an adult film star.
Then the classic, Throckmorton Texas. It's only funny for a few people, but its really funny for those few.
Then the classic, Throckmorton Texas. It's only funny for a few people, but its really funny for those few.
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mikeasu
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Wife is from Lancaster, so yeah, heard about Intercourse from my first visit - and then there's Paradise, PA - you have to drive through Intercourse to get there...
Not a street or town per se, but there's a subdivision close that used to be called Morningwoods. The "S" would disappear quite regularly and last time I drove by it looked like they finally decided to quit replacing it and actually changed the sign to just Morningwood.
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Cheesy_Goodness
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This little gem is in northern SC
Northern_Brewer
British - apparently some US company stole my name
London has plenty : https://now-here-this.timeout.com/2012/10/08/londons-top-ten-rude-roads/
There used to be a lot of these, but they have all been renamed.
There used to be a lot of these, but they have all been renamed.
ancientmariner52
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Many odd town names here in Arkansas. My favorite is Toad Suck. It's probably a corruption of a French or Native American name, but no one knows for certain. Deer, Nail, Ink, Stamp, all seem pretty normal by comparison.
arturo7
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I know a developer who built a subdivision with about 20 streets. Every one of them was either a song title or lyric phrase from the Rolling Stones.
vanishingpint
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Does Sugartit Ky. qualify ?
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Told my kids we'd take a trip and spend a day or two in Disney and then another day on Monkey Island.
Worst. Trip. Ever!
Auger
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Hah...where I grew up, there was a development that went in called Strawberry Fields, and all the roads were Beatles references.
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csurowiec
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There is a Boring, MD and no not much happens there.
The Lancaster county PA towns mentioned above always crack me up because if you are in Blue Ball but you can’t quite make it to Intercourse you could always end up in Bird In Hand.
The Lancaster county PA towns mentioned above always crack me up because if you are in Blue Ball but you can’t quite make it to Intercourse you could always end up in Bird In Hand.
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Steveruch
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Isn't that where Mel Gibson lives?
StLNanoBrew
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Uranus, MO (they make fudge there)...Seriously!
FloppyKnockers
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Portland is divided into North, South, East, West. If you live on the North side your street names begin with N. The South-East side begins with SE, etc. I live in Beaverton - the South-West side. We have a street named 'East'.
FloppyKnockers
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We also have Idiotville. Idiot Creek runs through it.
Everyone always talks about Saturn's rings, but nobody ever comments about the rings around Uranus.
Do they hire a lot of seasonal workers? I bet around the holidays they hire a whole crew just to pack fudge for everyone.
ancientmariner52
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Paris, Arkansas has, or perhaps had, a Klan Street. Apparently the KKK came to town in the twenties, built a meeting hall, and held a meeting to explain their purpose to the farmers, coal miners, and town folk. The locals listened quietly and respectfully, and later that night burned the hall to the ground. Nobody ever found the Klansmen. They renamed the street so that no one would forget what happens to pure evil in their town. I think this is true. I sure want it to be true.
aces-n-eights
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This is in Michigan...
Frozen overThis is in Michigan...
arturo7
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Perhaps not odd names, but certainly odd pronunciations. A few town from Southern IL, and SE MO.
Advance- accent on the first syllable AD-vance
Vienna- long I, accent on first syllable VIE-anna
New Madrid - accent on first syllable - New MAD-drid
Cairo - said with a long A - CAY-row
Advance- accent on the first syllable AD-vance
Vienna- long I, accent on first syllable VIE-anna
New Madrid - accent on first syllable - New MAD-drid
Cairo - said with a long A - CAY-row
You forgot San Jose, IL (pronounced San Joes).
Utah has Tooele (too IL uh) and Monroe (MAHN row).
catdaddy66
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That's my mom's hometown!
WestMichiganSteelheader
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How about places with ironic names? On I-80 in northern Nevada is a place called Independence Valley. There is an exit sign for Independence Valley with a small sign underneath stating “Prison area, do not pick up hitchhikers”.
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FloppyKnockers
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Hey, my fellow Aloha-ian. You reminded me of our odd city. We are pretty odd just for our pronunciation alone. Everybody who is not from around here says the city name like the Hawaiian greeting.
The origin of the name Aloha is disputed. Some sources say it was named by Robert Caples, a railroad worker, but it is unknown why the name was chosen. In 1983 Joseph H. Buck claimed that his uncle, the first postmaster, Julius Buck, named the office "Aloah" after a small resort on Lake Winnebago in Wisconsin. Supposedly the last two letters were transposed by the Post Office during the application process. The local pronunciation, however, has remained Ah-LO-wa rather than Ah-LO-ha.*
*Wiki page on Aloha, OR.
