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Old 02-03-2010, 08:42 PM
 
Location: Vancouver, WA
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Well, just that I have been to there are:

Point of Rocks, WY
Ten Sleep, WY
Siskadee, WY
Yermo, CA
Wamsutter, WY
Boring, OR
Mesquite, NV
Beaver, UT
Spearfish, SD
Corona, CA
Yachats, OR
Little America, WY
Echo, UT
Draper, UT
Hurricane, UT ( pronounced Hur-a-kin )
Brian Head, UT

but I have also heard of Intercourse, PA
Bird-In-Hand, PA
Paradise, PA
Truth or Consequences, NM
Greasy Corner, AR
Ink, AR
Smackover, AR

and not to be outdone:

Boner Knob Summit located in Beaverhead County, MT near a town named "Feely"
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Old 02-04-2010, 11:14 AM
 
Location: Land of Ill Noise
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Embarass, MN
Bland, VA

And not forgetting Illinois and Indiana:
Muddy, IL
Cave in Rock, IL
Pinkstaff, IL
Homer Glen, IL (can't help it, guess it's because I'm a Simpsons fan)
Munster, IN (another TV-related one)
Rainsville, IN
Teegarden, IN
Lydick, IN
Deedsville, IN

Chicago also has a neighborhood called Dunning.

Last edited by SonySegaTendo617; 02-04-2010 at 11:44 AM.. Reason: added many IL and IN towns
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Old 03-21-2010, 11:06 AM
 
Location: Arab, AL
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Looks like I'm the only one listing those from Alabama...so here goes:

Allgood
Altoona
Arab (this is where I currently live...it was supposed to be called Arad after someone's name, but they had a typo. So, they've embraced it so much that the high school team is the Arab Knights or Arabian Knights...I've seen it both ways I think)
Bayou La Batre - Thank you Forrest Gump...lol
Avon
Babbie
Beaverton
Boaz
Boligee
Coffee Springs - wonder if those people are hyped up
Coffeeville - again...I wonder
Coosada
Creola
Cuba
Eclectic
Flomaton
Forkland
Grimes
Gu-Win
Luveme
Mulga
Nauvoo
Ragland
Waldo
Wedowee
Wetumpka
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Old 03-21-2010, 11:12 AM
 
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Looks like I'm the only one listing those from Alabama...so here goes:

Allgood
Altoona
Arab (this is where I currently live...it was supposed to be called Arad after someone's name, but they had a typo. So, they've embraced it so much that the high school team is the Arab Knights or Arabian Knights...I've seen it both ways I think)
Bayou La Batre - Thank you Forrest Gump...lol
Avon
Babbie
Beaverton
Boaz
Boligee
Coffee Springs - wonder if those people are hyped up
Coffeeville - again...I wonder
Coosada
Creola
Cuba
Eclectic
Flomaton
Forkland
Grimes
Gu-Win
Luveme
Mulga
Nauvoo
Ragland
Waldo
Wedowee
Wetumpka
You left out Slapout.
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Old 03-21-2010, 01:39 PM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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These might've already been mentioned but there's a Kickapoo TX and a Dime Box TX.

I'm sure there are more but this state is so huge I'll probably never know...
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Old 03-21-2010, 02:21 PM
 
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Kilgore TX.
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Old 03-22-2010, 12:53 AM
 
Location: Greeley, Colorado
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No Colorado cities yet? Jeez guys show the love, we've got some weird ones too!

Aguilar
Arriba
Basalt
Bethune
Bonanza
Boone
Bow Mar
Calhan
Campo
Cañon City (only city in the US to have that accent)
Castle Pines North
Center
Cheraw
Cokedale
Crestone
Crook
Del Norte
Dinosaur
Dolores
Eads
Eckley
Fairplay (aka South Park)
Fleming
Foxfield
Fruita
Green Mountain Falls
Gypsum
Haswell
Haxtun
Holyoke
Hot Sulphur Springs
Hotchkiss (one of my favorites)
Ignacio
Iliff
Kit Carson
Kremmling
LaSalle (no space intended)
Lochbuie
Log Lane Village
Lone Tree
Manassa
Manitou Springs
Manzanola
Milliken
Montezuma
Mount Crested Butte
Naturita
Nucla
Nunn
Olathe
Olney Springs
Ophir
Peetz
Romeo
Rye
Saguache
Sawpit
Severance
Simla
Snowmass Village
Swink
Timnath
Vona
Walsenburg
Wiggins
Wiley
Wray
Yampa

And my all time favorite from Colorado: Last Chance
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Old 06-05-2010, 08:35 PM
 
Location: Royal Oak, MI
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Wyandotte
Ypsilanti
Inkster
Ecorse
Hamtramck
Bingham Farms
Clawson
Morenci
Cement City
Dowagiac
Willis
Pokagon
Weesaw
Overisel


My great grandmother lives by towns called Iuka and Guntown...
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Old 06-05-2010, 10:23 PM
 
Location: Southern Minnesota
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West St. Paul (may not seem funny, but it's actually SOUTH of St. Paul)
Apple Valley
Embarrass
Nimrod
Eagan (sounds like a little kid's name)
Wayzata
Albert Lea
Owatonna
International Falls
Moorhead
White Bear Lake
Norwood Young America (one town)
Shakopee
Excelsior
Little Canada
Fergus Falls
Thief River Falls
Norway
Argyle
Warroad
Eyota
Savage

Also, we tend to steal names from other cities more than any other state. We have:

Brooklyn Park
Brooklyn Center
Plymouth
St. Louis Park
Detroit Lakes
Grand Rapids
Jackson
Holland
South Haven
Dayton
Columbus
Buffalo
Rochester
Watertown
St. Cloud
Bloomington
Hanover
Appleton
Janesville
Madison
Austin
Houston
Brownsville
Princeton
Cambridge
Alexandria
Hackensack
Montgomery
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Old 06-06-2010, 11:31 AM
 
Location: Milwaukee Suburb
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Spread Eagle, Wisconsin - And no joke, it has Old Highway 69 running through it!!!
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