A list I found of towns with either funny, strange, or just plain "wtf??" names. The statements in parentheses ( ) are just my little side comments. Feel free to ignore them.
Atlantic County
1) Egg Harbor (Why egg?)
2) Port Republic (Sounds like something from Star Wars)
3) Ventnor City (Kinda sounds like vendor, haha)
4) Pleasantville (I added this one because it's a misnomer)
Bergen County
1) Paramus (Latin word, it means "we prepare")
2) Hackensack (sorry it was too funny, I know it's native american)
3) Teaneck
4) Lodi (named after the town in Italy, perhaps?)
5) Ho-Ho-Kus (
)
6) Bogota (Colombia?)
7) Cresskill (sounds evil...)
8) Wood-Ridge (it would look a lot better if it wasn't hyphenated
Burlington County
1) Maple Shade (haha)
2) Delran (?)
3) Shamong (Cheech and Chong
)
4) Delanco (Sounds like the name of a cheap manufacturer)
Camden County
1) Hi-Nella (?)
2) Atco
3) Runnemede
Cape May County
1) Avalon (named after Frankie??)
Gloucester County
1) Mantua (a place in
Romeo & Juliet)
2) Woolwich
3) Elk (...bahah! there are no Elk in New Jersey)
Hunterdon County
1) Califon (...ia? and there missing an "r")
Mercer County
1) Ewing (Patrick Ewing?)
Middlesex County
1) Perth Amboy (What it is a Perth?)
2) Metuchen
3) Helmetta
Monmouth County
1) Wall
2) Deal (Deal or No Deal?)
3) Little Silver (Big Gold?)
4) Sea Girt
5) Lake Como (Perry Como?)
6) Loch Arbour (Forgetting the "H"?)
Sussex County
1) Hardyston
2) Sandyston
3) Walpack
Warren County
1) Alpha (Beta?)
2) Hardwick
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