Weird names for cities or towns. (house, place, hot)

[houstoner]

Cut 'n Shoot, Texas
Jot 'em Down, Texas
Ding Dong, Texas (in Bell County)
Needmore, Texas
Looneyville, Texas
Nameless, Texas
Notrees, Texas

[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

[vk3pjb]

1770 in Queensland Australia,
MOE in victoria Australia but does not have a Moes Tavern or quickie Mart
A! settlement in victoria Australia
Halls Gap in Victoria Australia

[mustang34]

Tukwila, WA
China Grove, TX(There are two of these in TX)
Ontario, Oregon (not Canada, eh?)
Bonner's Fairy, ID
Zillah, WA
Index, WA
Gary, IN
Normal, IL
Weed, NM
Truth or Consequences, NM
George, Washington
Bath, NY
Arkadelphia, AK
Unalaska, WA
Lorida, Florida

Blowhard, Australia

In the UK:
Great Snoring
Little Horwood

Phillipsburg, KS
Smith Center, KS
These last to are funny because I have a friend, Phillip Smith and these towns are right next to each other

Walla Walla, WA is very funny to me because I'm Filipino and in Visayan, Walla means nothing so it is Nothing Nothing

[missymomof3]

I dunno if this has been said or not but..... Possum Trot, KY, Rabbit Hash, ky, Fancy Farm, KY, Big Bone Lick, KY...
I know there's more I just can't think of them!

[Marat]

Originally Posted by clairz

Arkansas has towns with names like Booger Hollow, Flippin, Hogeye, Greasy Corner, and Yellville. And we mustn’t forget Toad Suck. And Ink (Here’s a quote: Local tradition says that a Polk County school teacher sent out notes to patrons requesting possible names for their new post office. Fearing penciled entries might be difficult to read, she requested that they please "write in ink." Many did...and Ink was the winner).

~clairz

Flippin! That is my hometown! My mother's maiden name was Flippin.

[MikeyToo]

Fertile not far from Climax.........Both in Manysoda

[missymomof3]

Originally Posted by missymomof3

I dunno if this has been said or not but..... Possum Trot, KY, Rabbit Hash, ky, Fancy Farm, KY, Big Bone Lick, KY...
I know there's more I just can't think of them!

I just realized that I posted already lol

[McGowdog]

I'd like to give a shout out for Dongbang, Korea.

[mustang34]

another one

Suprise, AZ