# Funny geographical names **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 11, 2005, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-geographical-names/293993 "2005-03-11T08:13:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gymnopithys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@Gymnopithys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gymnopithys)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-geographical-names/293993/1 "2005-03-11T08:13:33Z")
There’s a stream in Alaska called _Too Doggone Creek_. I find it amusing. Do you know any other such funny names ? ---
**Author:** ![Elenfair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cc9497/32.png) [@Elenfair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elenfair)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-geographical-names/293993/2 "2005-03-11T08:32:50Z")
> [@Gymnopithys](#): > > 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. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/96bed5/32.png) [@Cat\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Jones)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-geographical-names/293993/3 "2005-03-11T08:46:41Z")
The village of **Mousehole** in Cornwall although the locals say “Muzzle” ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-geographical-names/293993/4 "2005-03-11T08:49:46Z")
**Great Cockup**. (A hill in northern England.) ---
**Author:** ![Abbie\_Carmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@Abbie\_Carmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abbie_Carmichael)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-geographical-names/293993/5 "2005-03-11T11:03:17Z")
**Monkey’s Eyebrow** , KY **Possum Trot** , KY **Balls Gap** , WV **Big Ugly** , WV ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-geographical-names/293993/6 "2005-03-11T11:08:28Z")
\*\*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." ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-geographical-names/293993/7 "2005-03-11T11:09:32Z")
**Big Beaver Road** is in S.E Michigan. Not far from **696** Expressway. w00t ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-geographical-names/293993/8 "2005-03-11T11:12:07Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![MrFantsyPants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@MrFantsyPants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrFantsyPants)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-geographical-names/293993/9 "2005-03-11T11:39:28Z")
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”. ---
**Author:** ![seosamh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@seosamh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seosamh)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-geographical-names/293993/10 "2005-03-11T12:20:23Z")
My own putative location of **Claxby Pluckacre** is one of many real but completely bonkers placenames in Lincolnshire. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-geographical-names/293993/11 "2005-03-11T13:53:15Z")
Elly took my answers, so I will instead offer you **Street** and **North East** , Maryland. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-geographical-names/293993/12 "2005-03-11T13:56:46Z")
There’s a **Redneck Avenue** that runs through Little Ferry & Moonachie, New Jersey. I so want to live there. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-geographical-names/293993/13 "2005-03-11T13:57:38Z")
> [@GingerOfTheNorth](#): > > Elly took my answers, so I will instead offer you **Street** and **North East** , Maryland. There’s over a dozen **Street Lane** s in Britain. ‘The roads so good they named them twice’? ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-geographical-names/293993/14 "2005-03-11T14:13:28Z")
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! ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-geographical-names/293993/15 "2005-03-11T14:52:17Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-geographical-names/293993/16 "2005-03-11T15:11:50Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > There’s a **Redneck Avenue** that runs through Little Ferry & Moonachie, New Jersey. I so want to live there. 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. ---
**Author:** ![Alias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@Alias](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alias)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-geographical-names/293993/17 "2005-03-11T15:17:48Z")
Bucksnort, TN Hell, MI Dimebox, TX Glasscock, TX Prickwillow, England That’s all I have right now. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-geographical-names/293993/18 "2005-03-11T16:23:31Z")
My favorite one here in Panama is the _Rio Culo Seco_, literally “Dry-Ass River.” ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-geographical-names/293993/19 "2005-03-11T16:24:38Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Twoflower](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twoflower/32/22_2.png) [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-geographical-names/293993/20 "2005-03-11T16:26:48Z")
[4-Q Lakes](http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?T=2&S=11&Z=10&X=1856&Y=10785&W=2) in the Sierra Nevada. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-geographical-names/293993.md?page=2)