Oddest town names in each state.

[BluesRunTheGame]

I’ve been through or have driven past several of these. Boring, Jackpot, Pie Town, Parachute, Chugwater, What Cheer, Toad Suck, Woonsocket, Chicken, and Santa Claus. Booger Hole needs to be on my bucket list.



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[Mr.Bill]

1. Here's a few from California.

Weed

Cool

Nice

[BluesRunTheGame]

4. I've been to Weed!

[ironflange]

63. Me too

It'll be the first place to go if Shasta blows its top.

[rsdsharp]

27. Needles is a little odd, too.

I spent a verrrrrrrry long day there in 116 heat waiting for a train derailment to be cleared.

[ShazzieB]

36. Yeah, so is Happy Camp.

Cute, but a little odd.

[mitch96]

40. Me too. Riding a motorcycle thru Needles in 119 heat was no fun..But it's a dry heat,yea right.

[Chainfire]

2. Two Egg, Florida is about 30 miles from me.

[BluesRunTheGame]

5. That's probably odder than Spud.

[Lochloosa]

18. They grow a lot of potatoes in Spud. Go figure

[BluesRunTheGame]

19. Never realized they grew potatoes in Florida.

Always associated potatoes with places like Idaho and Maine.

[COL Mustard]

12. And if I remember correctly

It’s not far from Panacea.

[Lochloosa]

15. It's pretty close

[Chainfire]

21. It certainly isn't within waking distance. They are about 95 miles apart.

And if you were walking it, you would never make it because the mosquitos would eat you alive.

When I was a middle school brat, the Two Egg city limits sign was the most stolen road sign in Florida, and I only stole it once.

[COL Mustard]

26. Just make sure the statute of limitations has expired.....

Wouldn't want to have you get in trouble!!!!

[Lochloosa]

39. We talked about stealing the phone booth in Carrabelle, but were a little too high.

[Chainfire]

57. Was that back in the day when that phone booth was the police station?

[Lochloosa]

58. Yes. It's still there

[csziggy]

47. It's closer to Alabama

For a cool Florida town name, I always liked Oneco. My father once told me it was actually meant to be One Company, as in a one company town, but some map maker put the two words together with an abbreviation for company and labeled it that way. Locals pronounce it O-ni-co if I remember correctly.

[Lochloosa]

17. It was a pretty little town. Haven't through it it 20 years.

Grew up in the panhandle. Had to take my wife there just to prove it exists. She didn't even believe the map.

[EYESORE 9001]

3. I've been to Moosup and Woonsocket

but I don’t anticipate visiting Booger Hole any time soon.

[BluesRunTheGame]

7. I've never been to Moosup but I've been to Moosomin.

(Saskatchewan)

[Coventina]

6. I don't know why "Volcano" is considered odd in Hawaii.

The islands are 100% volcanic.

[area51]

55. +1 n/t

[Coventina]

8. I'm now busily planning my next vacation to "Satan's Kingdom"

I think I'll give "Foul Rift" a pass, though.

[COL Mustard]

13. I've been accused of that

The day after the garlic, onion and rhubarb casserole.

[ShazzieB]

37. You might also want to check out Hell, Michigan.

Plan to go during the summer months, though. It freezes over every winter!

[Docreed2003]

9. I'd think Skullbone is odder than Smartt for Tennessee

And is Woonsocket really more odd than Nooseneck, RI?

Lol...I love odd town names

[BluesRunTheGame]

10. Skullbone is odder but Bugscuffle might be odder still.

[Docreed2003]

14. That's a great one...

Bugscuffle is near the Duck River in the middle part of the state...out a little further west on the Duck River we have Bucksnort

[BluesRunTheGame]

16. Yeah, I've been past Bucksnort.

[Docreed2003]

20. There used to be a diner there that we would stop at

Whenever we were driving to my grandparents house in West TN. There's still an exit for Bucksnort on I-40 but it's essentially a truck stop and an adult book store.

[BluesRunTheGame]

22. Pretty sure I've stopped at that truck stop a time or two.

[Nittersing]

53. There's a Bucksnort Saloon in the Colorado mountains. nt

[eppur_se_muova]

25. There's a Bugtussle in N. AL.

Sometimes written as two words, sometimes one.

[BluesRunTheGame]

30. I always thought Bugtussle was a fictional town on the Beverly Hillbillies.

[eppur_se_muova]

34. It's real. Famous for a steak house there. nt

[ShazzieB]

38. That one was supposed to be in Tennessee.

[BluesRunTheGame]

28. And while we're speaking of Skullbone we need to mention Gnaw Bone, Indiana which is certainly...

…odder than Santa Claus.

[Docreed2003]

42. Wow...that's an awesome name!!

Gnaw Bone sounds like a death metal band

[BluesRunTheGame]

52. There's an RV Park there and several flea markets. Maybe a coffee shop and a gas station.

[EarnestPutz]

11. Free Soil, Michigan is interesting. Name come from the "Free Soil Party" that opposed the spread....

....of slavery into the Western Territories before the Civil War.

[localroger]

23. Grosse Tete, LA

all right it's French, but translated it means "big head."

[eppur_se_muova]

29. Surprisingly, nowhere near the Grand Tetons. nt

[NightWatcher]

24. I just got my next three aliases off that list.

[COL Mustard]

31. My favorites are.....

And I know you're all waiting with bated breath......

Blue Ball, PA
Intercourse, PA (Of course those two are pretty close together)
Bird in Hand, PA (Hey, I'm just sayin')

And in my home state of Virginia, Bumpass. (I think it's pronounced Bumpuss but BumpAss would work too).

And where my mother in law used to live, there's a Whiskey Road...yep, the signs got stolen all the time!

[wnylib]

49. You beat me to it on Paradise, PA. But

you left out you left out Intercourse, which is not too far from Paradise.

Could make some interesting phone or cop radio conversations depending on which way you were driving..

"Currently in Intercourse, headed for Paradise."

[COL Mustard]

50. I forgot about Paradise!

And not by the dashboard light!

[malthaussen]

60. Everybody always forgets Virginville...

... which is not too far from those Lancaster County names.

-- Mal

[MN2theMax]

32. I would choose differently for MN

Little Canada isn’t all that odd. What about
- Embarass
- Nowthen
- Ottertail

I’m sure there are more, but Little Canada?

[LNM]

54. I'm thinking people not from Mn would think Little Canada

is very descriptive. My vote goes to Embarrass.

[eppur_se_muova]

33. Scratch Ankle is way down in the southern part of the state. I'll probably never visit.

OTOH, I have compelling reason to visit Scarce Grease, within an hour's drive from home.

[cloudbase]

35. Cut and Shoot, TX

Gnaw Bone, IN

[ShazzieB]

41. Lizard Lick, NC

Turtletown, TN
Toad Suck, AR
Bullfrog, UT
Newt, TX
Sidewinder, NM

[markie]

43. I live near Mosquitoville, VT

aptly named...

[Ohio Joe]

44. For a while, my sister lived in Buttzville, New Jersey

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buttzville,_New_Jersey

[Ron Obvious]

45. Big Bottom, WA? Nonsense!

It's Humptulips all the way. Never ever heard of Big Bottom.

[lastlib]

46. I've been to Toad Suck in Missouri.

In fact, I don't live too far from it!

My other favorite here in MO is Tightwad. Been to the bank there (there isn't much else there).

[Laffy Kat]

48. To add a couple I know of personally:

No Name, Colorado; Bucksnort, Tennessee.

[Emile]

51. French Lick, Indiana

[Emile]

56. Ding Dong, Texas

[malthaussen]

59. Coupon? I vote Virginville.

PA is full of weird-ass names, some of which are perennial favorites in lists such as this. Blue Ball and Intercourse being the ones most frequently cited.

PA also has Jerkwater, although nobody lives there anymore.

-- Mal

[malthaussen]

61. How about Florid, Illinois? n/t

[Harker]

62. Ted's Place, Colorado is a favorite of mine.

Never met Ted, though.

[LeftInTX]

64. We have a creek called "Woman Hollering Creek"

No one really knows the origin of the name, but it's a novelty. You know you are entering or leaving Bexar County when you see Woman Hollering Creek.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/woman-hollering-creek

[Mad_Dem_X]

65. There's a town in Pennsylvania called Intercourse. n/t