# Odd place names **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 16, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129 "2003-06-16T02:30:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129/1 "2003-06-16T02:30:46Z")
I’m sure we’ve gone here before, but a quick search didn’t turn it up. Driving home from S.A. today, I saw that I-10 passes over one I hadn’t noticed before, **Woman Hollering Creek**. Sure that there was an interesting story, I searched as soon as I got home. Well, there are enough tales and speculation that we’ll likely never know the truth about that one. So, whatcha got? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129/2 "2003-06-16T07:14:30Z")
There’s a Boring in… I think it’s Oregon. And Hell, Michigan, comes to mind. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129/3 "2003-06-16T07:16:28Z")
Slapout, Oklahoma. ---
**Author:** ![Rayne\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129/4 "2003-06-16T07:19:01Z")
Near where I live in the UK we have Ugley . Nasty , Cold Christmas and Hope End. In the first named village there is an Ugley Women’s Institute. ---
**Author:** ![manwithaplan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@manwithaplan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manwithaplan)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129/5 "2003-06-16T08:24:01Z")
In County Donegal, we have Muff. It’s by the sea. I’m sure there must be a diving club. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129/6 "2003-06-16T09:46:34Z")
In eastern Victoria (Gippsland) we have a place called **Spanker Knob**. Really. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![NBIT33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NBIT33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NBIT33)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129/7 "2003-06-16T10:50:39Z")
Intercourse, PA ---
**Author:** ![SnoopyFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@SnoopyFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnoopyFan)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129/8 "2003-06-16T11:02:34Z")
Monkey’s Eyebrow, KY. Bandana, KY. Oscar, KY. Possum Trot, KY. Balls Gap, WV. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129/9 "2003-06-16T11:04:00Z")
Ireland also has a Nobber, a Dubber, and a river Poddle. In England I lived near Bryant’s Bottom and Pishill. ---
**Author:** ![manwithaplan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@manwithaplan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manwithaplan)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129/10 "2003-06-16T11:17:02Z")
Actually, we also have Nad. ---
**Author:** ![curly\_chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@curly\_chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curly_chick)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129/11 "2003-06-16T11:25:55Z")
The plans for Ireland’s first incinerator were denied. Nothing to do with the fact that they wanted to put it in a town called Ovens, I’m sure. In Co Kildare, there is a place called Kill. Not that I’m gory or gruesome, but I often think it would be hilarious to be able to tell people you were born and reared as a Killer ---
**Author:** ![Rayne\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129/12 "2003-06-16T11:26:41Z")
This link gives the definitive list of funny British and North American place names :- [http://www.geoexplorer.co.uk/sections/place\_names.htm](http://www.geoexplorer.co.uk/sections/place_names.htm) ---
**Author:** ![manwithaplan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@manwithaplan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manwithaplan)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129/13 "2003-06-16T11:29:13Z")
Sorry for the serial posting but if you want to do a tour of silly Irish placenames, I would be a shame to leave out Newtwopothouse. ---
**Author:** ![Salem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Salem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salem)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129/14 "2003-06-16T11:36:19Z")
In MA, there’s an Athol. Acthually, there’ths theveral of them. Ok, it’s not much, but it’s early and I haven’t had much coffee. But I’m not from Athol. That should count for something. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129/15 "2003-06-16T11:38:06Z")
How about Twomileborris? That there’s pretty damned silly too. ---
**Author:** ![NutMagnet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@NutMagnet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NutMagnet)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129/16 "2003-06-16T11:46:04Z")
How about Medicine Hat, Alberta? ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129/17 "2003-06-16T12:06:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Salem \* > \*\*In MA, there’s an Athol. Acthually, there’ths theveral of them. > > Ok, it’s not much, but it’s early and I haven’t had much coffee. But I’m not from Athol. That should count for something. \*\* Salem, how could you forget Belchertown MA? Athol has always been one of my favorites too. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129/18 "2003-06-16T14:13:35Z")
Here are some: Nigton, TX Humptulips, WA Cunot, IA Crapo, MD Felchville, VT Dyckesville, WI Dyke, VA Dykesville LA Fagleysville PA Fagus MO Hustler VA (Would the locals be “Hustlers?”) Smuggler Notch VT ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129/19 "2003-06-16T15:11:15Z")
In Kentucky, there’s Rabbit Hash. Here in Indiana, there’s Floyd’s Knobs and French Lick. Right down the road from me is Hardscrabble. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129/20 "2003-06-16T15:22:29Z")
In Lancashire, there’s Ramsbottom. That’s all I can think of at the moment, brain’s in work mode. ☹ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129.md?page=2)