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Wacky Town
Names
America's a big country. From
the easternmost reaches of Maine to the western
Alaska
islands in the Bering Sea, these
United
States include towns with every
imaginable name. We've collected some of the more surprising
examples. (To look up a state abbreviation, check here.)
Towns that boast . . .
Beauty, KY
Best, TX
Bountiful, UT
Carefree,
AZ
Celebration, FL
Friendly, WV
Happy Camp,
CA
Happyland, CT
Ideal, GA
Lovely, KY
Luck Stop,
KY
Magic City, ID
Paradise, MI
Smileyberg, KS
Success,
MO
What Cheer, IA
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. . and towns that don't.
Boring, OR
Dinkytown, MN
Eek,
AK
Embarrass, WI
Flat,
TX
Greasy, OK
Gripe, AZ
Hardscrabble, DE
Hazard,
KY
Oddville, KY
Okay, OK
Ordinary, KY
Peculiar,
MO
Sod, WV
Why, AZ
Towns that make you hungry
Bacon, IN
Big Rock Candy Mountain,
VT
Buttermilk, KS
Cheesequake, NJ
Chocolate Bayou,
TX
Goodfood,
MS
Ham Lake, MN
Hot Coffee, MS
Lick Fork,
VA
Lickskillet, OH
Mexican Water, AZ
Oatmeal,
TX
Oniontown, PA
Picnic, FL
Pie Town, NM
Sandwich,
MA
Spuds, FL
Sugar City, ID
Tea, SD
Tortilla Flat,
AZ
Two Egg, FL
Towns that remind you of bugs and birds . .
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Beebeetown, IA
Bee
Lick, KY
Bird-in-Hand, PA
Birds Eye, IN
Black Gnat,
KY
Bugscuffle, TN
Bumble Bee, AZ
Chicken,
AK
Fleatown, OH
Goose Pimple Junction, VA
Parrot,
KY
Shoofly, NC
Turkey, TX
Turkey Scratch,
AR
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. . and other creatures . . .
Bear, DE
Beaverdale, PA
Dinosaur, CO
Dog
Walk, KY
Fish Haven, ID
Hippo, KY
Horseheads,
NY
Hungry Horse, MT
Mammoth, WV
Monkey's Eyebrow,
KY
Possum Trot, KY
Rabbit Shuffle, NC
Squirrel Hill,
PA
Toad Suck, AR
Trout, LA
Viper, KY
.
. . not to mention humankind.
Bigfoot, TX
Bowlegs, OK
Brainy Boro,
NJ
Humansville, MO
Left Hand, WV
Shoulderblade,
KY
Stiffknee Knob, NC
Sweet Lips, TN
West Thumb,
WY
So how do all these towns work together? What keeps it
all rolling along? Check out our section on the US Government to find
out!
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