[ACTS Mom]

Originally Posted by TampaKaren

Also intriguing are Withlacoochee (but it's a river/state park), Niceville, Lutz, Okeechobee, Islamorada, Treasure Island, and Kissimmee. It's funny hearing different pronunciations on the more challenging city names.

Yeah, I love it when I hear someone on TV say KISS ah MEE.

[ACTS Mom]

Originally Posted by Rhett_Butler

Ahhh, yes.... Christmas..... A drive-through, hot-as-blazes, trailer-park, fire-prone area of Central Florida between Orlando and Cocoa Beach off of Route 50.....

No..... Not nice IMO.... Oh how names can be deceving....

Now in the two years since I left they may have started terraforming the area in preparation for development since it was probably next in line after they built out Chuluota, but the economy may have slowed that down...

Christmas has a lot of history....Ft. Christmas; and the park has a replica of the 1837 fort, built during the Seminole Indian War. Not to mention that people drive for miles & miles just to mail their Christmas cards from their tiny little post office.

And a lot of us appreciate a few places that haven't been developed yet!

[highway29south]

Pittsburgh has some odd sounding town names. One is Moon township, PA and the other is Mars, PA. They are not far from each other either

Another one is Cranberry (township) and Plum. Cranberry is north of the city and Plum is east.

Fruit and space. That about says it all in Pittsburgh

[Rhett_Butler]

Originally Posted by ACTS Mom

Christmas has a lot of history....Ft. Christmas; and the park has a replica of the 1837 fort, built during the Seminole Indian War. Not to mention that people drive for miles & miles just to mail their Christmas cards from their tiny little post office.

And a lot of us appreciate a few places that haven't been developed yet!

Oh trust me. I appreciate undeveloped land as much as the next guy. Just my belief that there's a reason that Christmas hasn't been developed yet....

And yeah, wish I'd gotten by the fort while I was in the area. Why not?

[ferret111]

Fort Lonesome
Mayo
Devil's Garden
Zolfo Springs
Iddo
Cody's Corner
Two Egg

All in Florida

[ferretlady4719]

I forgot Two Egg - I love that one!

OK, I cheated & googled a bit.... some more "tasty" towns....

Spuds, FL
Picnic, FL
Bacon, IN
Buttermilk, KS
Hot Coffee, MS
Tea, SD
Turkey, TX
Oatmeal, TX

Michigan has all bases covered --- they've got Hell, Nirvana and Paradise!

"Boring" is in both MD and OR!

[Scientifical Madness]

Originally Posted by Rhett_Butler

Ahhh, yes.... Christmas..... A drive-through, hot-as-blazes, trailer-park, fire-prone area of Central Florida between Orlando and Cocoa Beach off of Route 50.....

No..... Not nice IMO.... Oh how names can be deceving....

Now in the two years since I left they may have started terraforming the area in preparation for development since it was probably next in line after they built out Chuluota, but the economy may have slowed that down...

The town of Christmas has some of the nicest and down to earth people you will ever meet. Sure it's small, has a funny name, and yes trailer parks too, but so what? You can go to some of the wealthier areas of FL and you see people that live in a nice house, have a nice car, etc... now go try to go talk to them........... about their nice car, the weather, the day your having, etc.......................and more times than not, you'll see it cant buy class.

[SoFLGal]

Florida:
Bagdad, FL
Bloxham, FL
Bohemia, FL
Bratt, FL
Briny Breezes, FL
Bunker Donation, FL
Cadillac, FL
Celebration, FL
Chaires, FL
Christmas, FL
Cook's Hammock, FL
Cosmo, FL
Couch, FL
Day, FL
Deadman Landing, FL
Dinner Island, FL
Doctor's Inlet, FL
Dogtown, FL
Dorcas, FL
Early Bird, FL
Elfers, FL
Eucheeanna, FL
Festus, FL
Floridatown, FL
Fluffy Landing, FL
Frostproof, FL
Harp, FL
Havana, FL
Hollywood, FL
Lone Cabbage Fish Camp, FL
Lorida, Florida
Lulu, FL
Mayo, FL
Mayo Junction, FL
Micanopy, FL
Needmore, FL
New York, FL
Niceville, FL
Ocheesee, FL
Okahumpka, FL
Olustee, FL
Panacea,FL
Picnic, FL
Possum Bluff, FL
Rattlesnake Bend, FL
Reddick, FL
Relay, FL
Roach, FL
Romeo, FL
Roy, FL
Sapp, FL
Sopchoppy, FL
Spray, FL
Spuds, FL
Stuckey, FL
Teasdale, FL
Titusville, FL
Tobacco Patch Landing, FL
Two Egg, FL
Usher, FL
Wacahoota, FL
Weeki Wachee
Yeehaw Junction, FL
Yellow Jacket, FL

Boar Tush, AL
Cluttsville, AL
Hicks, AL
Intercourse, AL
Normal, AL
Nymph, AL
Pig Eye, AL
Possum Trot, AL
Scarce Grease, AL
Screamer, AL
Slicklizzard, AL
Smelley, AL
Smut Eye, AL
Chicken, AK
Dead Horse, AK
Manley Hot Springs, AK
Mary's Igloo, AK

Monkey's Eyebrow,AZ
Why, AZ
Blue Ball, AR
Cooter, AR
Fannie, AR
Four Gums, AR
Goobertown, AR
Hooker, AR
Possum Grape, AR
Stumptoe, AR
Weiner, AR
Weed, CA
Climax, CO
Hygiene, CO
Last Chance, CO
Lay, CO
No Name, CO
Nowhere, CO
Slaughter Beach, DE
Between, GA
Butts, GA
Flintstone, GA
Gay, GA
Jot 'em DOwn Store, GA
Santa Claus, GA
Snap Finger, GA
Social Circle, GA
Beer Bottle Crossing, ID
Roachtown, IL
French Lick, IN
Loafers Station, IN
Popcorn, IN
What Cheer, IA
Gas, KS
Liberal, KS
Protection, KS
Beaver Lick, KY
Bee Spring, KY
Breeding, KY
Dykes, KY
Gays Creek, KY
Grannie, KY
Hippo, KY
Number One, KY
Oddville, KY
PeeWee Valley, KY
Penile, KY
Petroleum, KY
Pig, KY
Shoulderblade, KY
Wolf Lick, KY
Cranky Corner, LA
Accident, MD
Boring, MD
Bad Axe, MI
Embarrass, MN
Chickenbone, MS
Doglap, MS
Hells Creek bottom, MS
Hot Coffee, MS
Screwdriver, MS
Swampbottom, MS
Conception, MO
Enough, MO
Knob Lick, MO
Peculiar, MO
Tightwad, MO
Crackerville, MT
Hungry Horse, MT
Opportunity, MT
Petroleum, MT
Square Butte, MT
Jackpot, NV
Buttzville, NJ
Ho-ho-kus, NJ
Truth Or Consequences, NM
Butternuts, NY
Toast, NC
Welcome, NC
Whynot, NC
Can do, ND
Blue Ball, OH
Coolville, OH
Defiance, OH
Gaysport, OH
Jelloway, OH
Knockemstiff, OH
Bowlegs, OK
Okay, OK
Straight, OK
Boring, OR
Drain, OR
Glide, OR
Half.com, OR
Idiotville, OR
Blue Ball, PA
Bottom, PA
Intercourse, PA
Sugar Tit, SC
Blue Goose Bucksnort, TN
Bugscuffle, TN
Defeated, TN
Difficult, TN
Disco, TN
Cut and Shoot, TX
Ding Dong, TX
Gun Barrel City, TX
Noodle, TX
Oatmeal, TX
Telephone, TX
Uncertain, TX
Mosquitoville, VT
Dumfries, VA
Nuttsville, VA
Onancock, VA
Ordinary, VA
Humptulips, WA
Big Ugly, WV
Booger Hole, WV
Dickeyville, WI
Hustler, WI

Hairy Hill, Alberta
Joe Batts Arm, Newfoundland

Great Brittian
Apes Hall, Cambs.
Catbrain

Crackpot
Dog Village
Hoe (Norfolk)
Penistone
Twatt (Orkney and Shetland)

[Aconite]

You forgot Yankeetown and the Pithlachascotee River (which probably means something terribly prosaic in English, kind of like the 5-gazillion-syllable German word that translates into "speed limit").

Chaires, FL, was named after its founder (the wonderfully named Green Hill Chaires), and isn't the result of a love affair between an illiterate and his furniture.

Celebration, otoh, is a carefully crafted branding brought to you by Disney. I guess they had a hard time coming up with a good word for a cross between "soulless suburbia" and "the Rat That Ate Florida".

The folks in Truth-or-Consequences, NM, changed the town's name after the game show offered money to any municipality that would do it. I forget what it used to be.

And I kind of like Beaver Lick, KY. Yes, I know what a lick really is, but it's kind of evocative anyway.

[Rhett_Butler]

Originally Posted by Scientifical Madness

The town of Christmas has some of the nicest and down to earth people you will ever meet. Sure it's small, has a funny name, and yes trailer parks too, but so what? You can go to some of the wealthier areas of FL and you see people that live in a nice house, have a nice car, etc... now go try to go talk to them........... about their nice car, the weather, the day your having, etc.......................and more times than not, you'll see it cant buy class.

Don't recall saying a word about the people, but I hope you feel better.....