There’s a stream in Alaska called Too Doggone Creek. I find it amusing. Do you know any other such funny names ?
Just look at a map of Newfoundland, Canada. Or listen to the arrogant worms song on the subject. Great placenames such as:
Dildo, Cowhead, Killbride, Blackhead, Joe Batt’s Arm, Butter Pot, Blow-Me-Down, Cape Bay (!!!)… booyeah.
The village of Mousehole in Cornwall although the locals say “Muzzle”
Great Cockup. (A hill in northern England.)
Monkey’s Eyebrow, KY
Possum Trot, KY
Balls Gap, WV
Big Ugly, WV
**Intercourse, Pennsylvania **
Actual Shirley Quote when we were lost with friends in Lancaster county, PA:
" I’ve been through Intercourse three times today and I didn’t even get a lousy wet spot."
Big Beaver Road is in S.E Michigan. Not far from 696 Expressway.
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Humptulips, WA
Ruff Starbuck, WA
Tiger, WA
Boring, OR
Mount Desert Island, ME
When my husband went to Australia, he mentioned Tittybong and Wet Beaver Creek.
Pulltrouser Swamp in Belize is great.
On the drive from Toronto to Ottawa, you pass under Cobbledick Road. I’ve always wanted to stop and add a little bit of tape to the “C”.
My own putative location of Claxby Pluckacre is one of many real but completely bonkers placenames in Lincolnshire.
Elly took my answers, so I will instead offer you Street and North East, Maryland.
There’s a Redneck Avenue that runs through Little Ferry & Moonachie, New Jersey. I so want to live there.
There’s over a dozen Street Lanes in Britain. ‘The roads so good they named them twice’?
There’s a Spread Eagle, um, either Wisconsin or Michigan - I forget which.
Embarrass, MN
Pound, WI
Gay, MI --> don’t forget to visit the Gay bar!
I find it embarrassing that there are so very many towns around here with very, very unimaginative names.
“What shall we name our town, Ezekiel?”
“Well, there’s a big puddle over there…not too deep…we’ll call it Shallowwater!”
OR
“A name for this desolate flat place, with nothing at all to see? um…how about Levelland!”
OR
“Man, there is nothing here at all! Nothing but dirt! Wait, I know! Brownfield!”
OR
“Christ, nothing but dirt again! And it’s really small! I’ll go with…Littlefield!”
OR
“Well, this is the most boring place yet! Lemme think…Plainview!”
Yes, all these unimaginative names are right around this one area. Aren’t you just in awe of the creative brainpower that came up with them?
If it ran through Ho-Ho-Kus, then that would be great. I’ve always wanted to live in Ho-Ho-Kus. Because it’s amusing.
Bucksnort, TN
Hell, MI
Dimebox, TX
Glasscock, TX
Prickwillow, England
That’s all I have right now.
My favorite one here in Panama is the Rio Culo Seco, literally “Dry-Ass River.”
Kentucky has a nice matching set with Big Bone Lick and Beaverlick.
Arkansas gives us both Bald Knob and Toad Suck.
In North Carolina, Hookertown can help alleviate Hornytown.
Some honorable mentions go to Hellhole, Idaho and Spasticsville, Kansas.
4-Q Lakes in the Sierra Nevada.