Funny Tennessee names (Oak Ridge, Seymour, Gainesboro: live in, places, map)

[mbmouse]

So glad y'all revived this thread. Hubby and I were driving to Elizabethton through the back roads of Watauga and came across the little town of Turkey TN. I looked at hubby and said" Did that sign we just pass really say the town of Turkey"??? It just struck me as so funny.

[Creekcat]

In Cumberland County there is a creek called, No Business Creek, on Hwy-127. Have often wondered how that name came to be.

[jkmewright]

Originally Posted by alleycat

The best name of all is still that town in Austria with a name that starts with "F" (and which I can't even post here). It's funny that all the English people keep stealing the roadsigns.

Alleycat, I know EXACTLY what you are talking about !!!! LOLOL That's a good one. I posted it on here somewhere and it didn't get deleted if ya can believe that.

[Tinman313]

Theirs.... Christmasville,TN must be where the Who's of Whoville retire....... and around the corner is Disco,TN...... That's where Disco Stew lives........

[Ridgerunner]

Originally Posted by jimlee

Buck Snort, Tennessee is my favorite. It's just off 1-40 between Nashville & Memphis.

Surprisingly the origin of the name has nothing to do with deer.

The local legend is that there was once a local beer joint/bar owned by a guy named Buck. The inbibing members of the town would often say: "Let's go down to Buck's and have a snort (southern slang for a drink)".

Buck Snort is near Cuba Landing; I have no idea where that name came from.

Fishermen can stop off at the Buck Snort Trout Ranch and wet a line.

BuckSnort

I appreciate the information, Jimlee. Do you know about a place along I-24 called Wartrace and if it is pronounced War-Trace or Wart-race?

[Ridgerunner]

Your post caused me to remember driving the autobahn in Germany where the words for Exit and Entry are Ausfahrt and Einfahrt.

[Ridgerunner]

Originally Posted by jguillot

How about Fly, TN in Maury County and Spot, TN in Hickman County. I think every state in the union has funny town names.

How about the Texas towns of Cut And Shoot and In Between?

[jimlee]

Originally Posted by Ridgerunner

I appreciate the information, Jim lee. Do you know about a place along I-24 called Wartrace and if it is pronounced War-Trace or Wart-race?

Sure, it's about 60 miles from Nashville down toward Shelbyville. That's Tennessee Walking Horse country.

It's pronounced war-trace because indians used to have a path (or trace) through that part of the country they used to raid other indian villages.

Wartrace, Tennessee is a Small (with a capital "S") town, I believe the population is under 1,000.

Lots of Tennessee is rich in indian lore.

For instance we have a subdivision in Knoxville called "Cavett's Station". It was named for Alexander Cavett who operated a fort/stagecoach stop/store on the site in the late 1700s.

Mr. Cavett, his family, and several others were killed by indians who were on the way to attack Knoxville and most of the victims are buried in a cemetery behind one of the current homes in Cavett's Station.

[thirtyish]

I drove through Bucksnot. It's on the map. The people are quite something too!

[Ridgerunner]

Thanks, Jimlee. Interesting history.