US cities with original,rare and unique names (license, rated)

[scobby]

Originally Posted by Vegabern

There's a Baldwin in MI.

There are several Trout- and Elk- cities. Check any northern or western state.

I always get a kick out of Checkerboard and Twodot, MT. There's also Wisdom, MT. I used to live a few towns over from Rudolph, OH.

Thnx

[Cleverfield]

Let's revive this thread. Tuba City, AZ is a new one that I happened to see.

[westernwilly]

Originally Posted by ByeByeLW

Intercourse, PA

Cape Fear NC

Kill Devil Hills is NC

So when driving from the East to the West you will need to go through Intercourse, PA way before you arrive in Climax, MI. However, before you make that trip you should visit Protection, KS first.

[westernwilly]

Originally Posted by StuffedCabbage

Lest we forget Kalamazoo!

According to the Michigan County Maps the term is supposedly Indian for "looking glass" or "mirror smooth pond or river" in which one can see their image. I believe that has been disputed, however.

Anybody know otherwise?

I do not think anybody knows as there are so many interpretations. The most common belief is that it means "bubbling water" and "boiling water". Those two, much better describe the Kalamazoo River than "mirror smooth".

[DinsdalePirahna]

there are two "Poughkeepsies"
NY and Arkansas

(actually three since the Town and City in NY are two different entities)

[KayneMo]

Some of my favorites in Oklahoma:

Atoka (named after a Choctaw leader)
Bokchito (Choctaw for "big river")
Bokoshe (Choctaw for "little river")
Hochatown (thought to be named after a Choctaw person)
Talihina (Choctaw for "iron road")

[lammius]

Originally Posted by westernwilly

So when driving from the East to the West you will need to go through Intercourse, PA way before you arrive in Climax, MI. However, before you make that trip you should visit Protection, KS first.

Well in Pennsylvania it takes about 15 minutes to get from Blue Ball to Intercourse. To get from there to Paradise it takes 24 minutes if you can find the Gap. But only 15 minutes via Bird in Hand. It could take close to an hour if you go through Brownstown.

Source: Google Maps.

[Saritra]

There is: Kickapoo Township, MO, Gas, KS, Waterproof, LA, Killingly, CT, Disco, IL, and Christmas, FL.

[Rob Allen]

Boring, Oregon has sister-city relationships with Dull, Scotland and Bland, Australia.

[Jay F]

Originally Posted by jtur88

Besides various Mayvilles, the only populated place in the US with a name starting with he name of a month is June Lake, California, with 600 residents.

Cities with names the same as major Canadian cities:

Victoria TX
Vancouver WA
Dawson GA
Edmonton KY
Montreal WI
Toronto KS
Halifax VA
Ottawa IL
London KY
Hamilton OH
Windsor CT
Kingston RI
Sydney OH
Hull MA

Also
Ontario CA
Newfoundland PA
New Brunswick NJ
Alberta VA

Yukon OK (which is located in Canadian County)