# Bizarre city and town names? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 10, 2003, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-city-and-town-names/187427 "2003-07-10T07:55:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Verick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ea666f/32.png) [@Verick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Verick)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-city-and-town-names/187427/1 "2003-07-10T07:55:16Z")
Sure there are lots of places with weird names. But who actually lives in these places. I for one reside in a city named “Bald Knob”. Anyone else here live in a place with a messed up name? ---
**Author:** ![Skip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@Skip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skip)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-city-and-town-names/187427/2 "2003-07-10T10:40:23Z")
In South Africa up in the Northern Cape we have a town called **Hotazel** , which basically describes the weather there (Hot as hell). ---
**Author:** ![jacksen9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@jacksen9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jacksen9)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-city-and-town-names/187427/3 "2003-07-10T10:53:05Z")
When I was a kid I lived about 10 minutes from a town called SoSo Mississippi. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-city-and-town-names/187427/4 "2003-07-10T10:56:33Z")
I lived in Gun Barrel City, TX one summer. ---
**Author:** ![Hattrick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/34f0e0/32.png) [@Hattrick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hattrick)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-city-and-town-names/187427/5 "2003-07-10T12:08:21Z")
I’ve been to Hel, Norway BTW it’s frozen over. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-city-and-town-names/187427/6 "2003-07-10T12:32:59Z")
Isn’t there a town in Austria called Fuck? ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-city-and-town-names/187427/7 "2003-07-10T12:45:35Z")
Fucking. And there’s Dildo, Newfoundland. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-city-and-town-names/187427/8 "2003-07-10T12:47:50Z")
Felch, Michigan. Here in PA, we have Intercourse and Blue Ball, the post offices for which make a lot of money mailing out adult materials. There’s also Embarrass, Minnesota. Robin ---
**Author:** ![Bimble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b2d939/32.png) [@Bimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bimble)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-city-and-town-names/187427/9 "2003-07-10T12:53:16Z")
_pops out of long-term lurkdom_ There’s a village in Wales called Wyre Piddle… ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-city-and-town-names/187427/10 "2003-07-10T12:57:46Z")
Cumming Deerlick Buckhead Lickskillet ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-city-and-town-names/187427/11 "2003-07-10T13:08:31Z")
I’m a few miles from Sugar Tit, SC. ---
**Author:** ![Mayfield\_St.Cloud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/67e7ee/32.png) [@Mayfield\_St.Cloud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mayfield_St.Cloud)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-city-and-town-names/187427/12 "2003-07-10T13:14:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MsRobyn \* > \*\*Felch, Michigan. \*\* I actually lived near this town for a number of years, and have visited there often. It is a very nice place, and I cringe every time I see its name used in vain in The Pit. I’ve considered pointing out to the denizens of The Pit that the good folks of Felch probably do not appreciate having their town’s name bandied about this way, particularly when used in conjunction with goats and such, but I suspect the effect would be the opposite from what was intended, so I just try to ignore it. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-city-and-town-names/187427/13 "2003-07-10T13:23:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mayfield St. Cloud \* > \*\*I actually lived near this town for a number of years, and have visited there often. It is a very nice place, and I cringe every time I see its name used in vain in The Pit. I’ve considered pointing out to the denizens of The Pit that the good folks of Felch probably do not appreciate having their town’s name bandied about this way, particularly when used in conjunction with goats and such, but I suspect the effect would be the opposite from what was intended, so I just try to ignore it. \*\* Damn, I’m gonna have to change my .sig now! ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-city-and-town-names/187427/14 "2003-07-10T13:43:06Z")
Mars, PA ---
**Author:** ![Mayfield\_St.Cloud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/67e7ee/32.png) [@Mayfield\_St.Cloud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mayfield_St.Cloud)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-city-and-town-names/187427/15 "2003-07-10T13:47:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Athena \* > \*\*Damn, I’m gonna have to change my .sig now! \*\* What is/was it? I don’t see it on your post. Hopefully, not a derogatory reference to the Felchians, since you are a yooper yourself, eh? ---
**Author:** ![yoyo3500](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/5daacb/32.png) [@yoyo3500](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyo3500)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-city-and-town-names/187427/16 "2003-07-10T13:51:16Z")
This thread wouldn’t be complete without… Intercourse, PA!!! Not to mention Kutztown, PA. Ahh, those Pennsylvanian Dutch! ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-city-and-town-names/187427/17 "2003-07-10T13:51:44Z")
Bah, I clicked the box, why didn’t my sig show up?!? Trying again… ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-city-and-town-names/187427/18 "2003-07-10T13:54:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mayfield St. Cloud \* > \*\*What is/was it? I don’t see it on your post. Hopefully, not a derogatory reference to the Felchians, since you are a yooper yourself, eh? \*\* And yeah, I’m a yooper, eh! Born and raised, all except for that 11 year stint in Colorado. ---
**Author:** ![Mayfield\_St.Cloud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/67e7ee/32.png) [@Mayfield\_St.Cloud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mayfield_St.Cloud)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-city-and-town-names/187427/19 "2003-07-10T14:07:51Z")
**Athena** , Good Sig, but, yeah, I’m afraid you’re going to have to change it. I’ve not only been to Felch, but I’ve hunted partridge on Felch Mountain. I wasn’t born and raised there, but I lived in the UP for 5 years and will always be a yooper at heart. On the subject of the OP, I believe there is also a town named Hell in Michigan, and it also freezes over annually. Also, while there is not a town named after it, there is a Podunk lake. Finally, I live now not far from a town named Mikado, which, when you stop and think about it, is a rather strange name for a little town in the middle of Michigan. ---
**Author:** ![Tabithina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@Tabithina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabithina)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-city-and-town-names/187427/20 "2003-07-10T14:18:08Z")
How about [Peculiar, Mo](http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?Pyt=Tmap&ed=u189gOp_0Trg2RP7lSQeRzDwqIOtNcA9M4vwcIsrTWfSGdT09H2koOp_yt5mQNB_&csz=Peculiar,+MO&country=us&cs=4&name=&desc=&poititle=&poi=&uz=64078&ds=n&BFKey=&BFCat=&BFClient=&mag=5&newmag=4)? Or [Tightwad, Mo](http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?Pyt=Tmap&ed=2ulesep_0TrPd8aGd8Tdtw5rcs7tfIetPwX4HdzSo2pDA9EmdPYxpGn2kqPnz2Q.&csz=Tightwad,+MO&country=us&cs=4&name=&desc=&poititle=&poi=&uz=64735&ds=n&BFKey=&BFCat=&BFClient=&mag=5&newmag=4)?🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-city-and-town-names/187427.md?page=2)