Weird names for cities or towns. (live in, car, station)

[chris993]

There is a Bumpass, VA. My brother went to college in Ashland which is just north of Richmond, VA and discovered this little gem while driving in the country.

[boris673g]

Didn't read them all, so sorry if I'm duplicating, but there's a George, Washington - HA!

[Tom Lennox 70]

There is a Deadhorse, Alaska, a Hell, Michigan, and an Accident, Maryland.

[dynimagelv]

Winnemucca Nevada just sounds almost as dirty as ****ing Austria

[EclecticEars]

In Kentucky: Stinking Creek, Lick Skillet, Rabbit Hash, Slaughters, Sebree, Rockholds, Belfry, Inez. Unique and colorful names, eh?

[janetteesp]

Originally Posted by AV Native

In the grammatically challenged category: La Puente, California

In the "gee, ain't we old. . . NOT! category: Mission Viejo, California

In the tourist not getting why the place was named that way because they don't look at the geological rock formations nearby category: Needles, California

In the "hey, let's shorten the name to two syllables" category: Norco (North Corona), California

In the "see how cute I can spell a familiar expression differently" category: Ojai (Oh, hi), California

In the "let's fool them into thinking we're in Canada" category: Ontario, California

In the "we're just plain fooled by the plant life since we're Swiss-German immigrants founding a town in 1886" category: Palmdale, California (where no native palm trees exist, though thousands of Joshua Trees are native here. . . the name should have been "Joshuaville")

In the just plain weird place category: Slab City, California, home of the candy paint colored Salvation Mountain and home to homeless squatters statewide. . . a free slab for your RV awaits! Air conditioning and trash collection is extra charge, though (Imperial Valley, California)

In the make up your mind category: Squirrel Mountain Valley, California (Kern County, California)

And finally, in the "nicest name for your new home" category: Weedpatch, California (Kern County, California)

. . . and that's just California, folks! David Letterman, you have competition!

s/AV Native

Also... don't forget: Button willow, California; Greenfield, CA; and last but not least.... Los Banos, CA.....

Janette

[middle-of-nowhere]

Poughkeepsie, NY.

According to Wikipedia, the name derives from a Native American word (roughly U-puku-ipi-sing), meaning "the reed covered lodge by the little-water place".

[Crew Chief]

I've always wondered if Fries, VA is right next to Hamburger, and Shake, VA... (I'm guessing that it's pronounced "freeze", though)

[sherrenee]

Arkansas:
Alf
Beau-O-Rama
Economy
Egypt
Elmo
Experiment
Gobbler
Goobertown
Gourd Neck
Okay
Oil Trough
Toad Suck
Twentythree

[Nelly Nomad]

Kinnickinnick, WI.

I've heard it pronounced two different ways -- "KIN i kin ick" and "Ki NIK i nick".

There's a river by the same name. I think most people (especially newscasters) just call it the KK River . Can't say I blame them.

And, as someone already mentioned, Wisconsin also has Oconomowoc ("Oh CON a ma wak"). I lived there for a bit in the 90s. It was tough to learn as a non-native (the instinct is to try to say "Oh coe no MOE wak") but by the time I moved, it rolled off the tongue. Just like Kinnickinnick .