# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-geographical-names/293993/21 "2005-03-11T16:27:24Z")
“Norway”. 'Nuff said 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-geographical-names/293993/22 "2005-03-11T16:55:19Z")
Fertile, MN Climax, MN Artichoke, MN Sleepy Eye, MN ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-geographical-names/293993/23 "2005-03-11T17:18:35Z")
[Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump](http://www.pc.gc.ca/progs/spm-whs/itm2-/site6_E.asp#images) - Alberta, Canada. . ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-geographical-names/293993/24 "2005-03-11T18:17:48Z")
Lake Titicaca(has it been mentioned yet?) Boring, Maryland. (hardly a town, and at that, a ghost town) ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-geographical-names/293993/25 "2005-03-11T18:32:49Z")
> [@GorillaMan](#): > > **Great Cockup**. (A hill in northern England.) also nearby Little Cockup and Cockup. In checking out my facts I found this website [大人気ED薬スマートシリーズ](http://www.philbrodieband.com/jokes-jokes_town_names.htm) ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-geographical-names/293993/26 "2005-03-11T18:47:36Z")
A gas station and house near where I used to live in Ontario used to be called “Dogsnest” - although it was absorbed into the City Of Townsend some years back. But in the '60s and '70s there was a place name sign at both “city limits”. ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-geographical-names/293993/27 "2005-03-11T22:50:47Z")
Well, we’ve already mentioned Intercourse, PA, but I don’t think the nearby Blue Ball was listed. My personal favorites – they’re not even naughty – are towns we saw many years ago in England: Thornton Le Beans and Sheepy Magna. ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-geographical-names/293993/28 "2005-03-12T00:06:32Z")
Los Banos, CA (technically “the baths” but colloquially “the bathrooms”). Manteca, CA (“lard”). Delhi, CA (pron. DELL-high). This “town” is basically just a widespot in the road in the middle of California. I have always found it curious that one of the largest and most densely populated cities in the world was named after a 1-horse town in the San Joaquin Valley. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-geographical-names/293993/29 "2005-03-12T03:22:46Z")
I’ve been through Conception Junction, Missouri a few times. I always thought that was an interesting name for a town. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-geographical-names/293993/30 "2005-03-12T04:00:00Z")
We have both **Felch** and **Felch Mountain** in Michigan. **Sonofa Beach** in St. Croix, VI ---
**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:** [March 12, 2005, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-geographical-names/293993/31 "2005-03-12T04:14:02Z")
I don’t know if this is funny, but I like it. [Zzyzx Rd.](http://pw1.netcom.com/~heliboy/zzyzx2.jpg) There are a couple of funny nakes up here. Whenever I cross the **Nooksack River** I start singing (B-52s) ‘Nooksack! It’s the Nooksack! Nooksack, bay-yay-bee-ee! Nooksack, _baby!_’ And then there’s Chuckanut Rd. Makes me laugh so hard, I think I’ll chuck a nut! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-geographical-names/293993/32 "2005-03-12T04:24:50Z")
> [@MLS](#): > > Well, we’ve already mentioned Intercourse, PA, but I don’t think the nearby Blue Ball was listed. Did you know that you can get from Blue Ball to Paradise ¶ through either Intercourse or Bird-in-hand? My favorite funny name is Moose Jaw. And speaking of beaver- and big bone-, I’ve always wondered about the patented move known as **French Lick**. Southeast of Orlando we have Yeehaw Junction (about as big as it sounds.) ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-geographical-names/293993/33 "2005-03-12T04:40:03Z")
I grew up a few miles from **Knockemstiff, Ohio**. ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-geographical-names/293993/34 "2005-03-12T04:45:44Z")
Then there’s my favorite: **Dry Prong, Louisiana**. Imagine the school mascot. ---
**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 12, 2005, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-geographical-names/293993/35 "2005-03-12T04:47:56Z")
I forgot to mention **Fort Gay** , West Virginia. ---
**Author:** ![Julius\_Henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Julius\_Henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julius_Henry)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-geographical-names/293993/36 "2005-03-12T05:01:28Z")
35 posts, and nobody has mention [this](http://www.snopes.com/photos/signs/austria.asp) Austrian village, one of the few geographical names that is not work safe. ---
**Author:** ![Hokkaido\_Brit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d26b3c/32.png) [@Hokkaido\_Brit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hokkaido_Brit)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-geographical-names/293993/37 "2005-03-12T05:18:30Z")
I used to live near Upper Slaughter and Lower Slaughter in England. Signs as you get near the area point to “The Slaughters” I also used to go through Piddletrenthyde quite often… English place names provide endless fun. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-geographical-names/293993/38 "2005-03-12T06:26:36Z")
_Conception Junction, what’s your function…?_ In Toronto, the major avenue leading north from Queen’s Park is “Avenue Road”. Tends to confuse a few visitors. ---
**Author:** ![Merhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Merhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merhouse)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-geographical-names/293993/39 "2005-03-12T06:44:59Z")
Well, just west of **Plainview** (NY, not to be confused with TX) is **Hicks** ville, which I never thought of as strange until a friend from Rhode Island started laughing hysterically when I mentioned the name 🙂 Then there’s **Street Road** in a suburb of Philadelphia. I’ve always gotten a kick out of that one. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-geographical-names/293993/40 "2005-03-12T07:32:59Z")
I grew up in Pigeon, MI… just down the road from Bad Axe. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-geographical-names/293993.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-geographical-names/293993.md?page=3)