# 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:** 2
**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, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129/21 "2003-06-16T15:36:15Z")
Isn’t there a place on the south coast of England called **Plymouth Ho!** with the exclamation mark as part of it’s proper name? The exclamation mark always tickled me, even before I had ever heard the Americanism “ho” ---
**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, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129/22 "2003-06-16T15:43:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by curly chick \* > \*\*Isn’t there a place on the south coast of England called **Plymouth Ho!** with the exclamation mark as part of it’s proper name? > The exclamation mark always tickled me, even before I had ever heard the Americanism “ho” \*\* No , the palce you are thinking of is Westward Hoe ! which is named aftyer a novel by Charles Kingsley. There is a Plymouth Hoe but is does not have the exclamation mark. ---
**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, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129/23 "2003-06-16T15:51:31Z")
Thanks **Rayne Man** I obviously focused far too much on the exclamation mark, rather than the bloody words! Should have known you’d be clever, when you see what grows on trees in your town! ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129/24 "2003-06-16T16:01:28Z")
I grew up near King of Prussia, PA. Visitors thought that was a strange name. Pennsylvania’s also got towns named Bird-in-Hand, Anita, Eighty-Six, Mars, Angels… ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129/25 "2003-06-16T16:01:40Z")
Uranus. ---
**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, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129/26 "2003-06-16T16:29:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rayne Man \* > \*\*No , the palce you are thinking of is Westward Hoe ! which is named aftyer a novel by Charles Kingsley. There is a Plymouth Hoe but is does not have the exclamation mark. \*\* It’s actually **Westward Ho!** (no E on the end). ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129/27 "2003-06-16T16:43:28Z")
Well, there’s that surreal place… Gobbler’s Knob. Truth Or Consequences, New Mexico. Butt my favorite…[North Mianus.](http://www.greenwichsewers.com/north_mianus/nw_mianus/news.htm) ---
**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, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129/28 "2003-06-16T17:06:28Z")
Well, **Snake-Hips** , your Virginia and Louisiana offerings reminded me of **Esta Butchee** , Mississippi, not far from **Hot Coffee** , Mississippi. ---
**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, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129/29 "2003-06-16T17:46:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjimm \* > \*\*It’s actually **Westward Ho!** (no E on the end). \*\* Thanks I stand corrected ,but it is surprising when checking on Google how many times it is spelt the wrong way. Sites I have found using the wrong spelling include a golf club and caravan park , both located near the town ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129/30 "2003-06-16T17:47:42Z")
So Ringo, what the possibility it was a panther that hollered one of the researched answers? I understand that a cougar scream sounds eerily similar to that of a woman. ---
**Author:** ![X\_Slayer\_ALE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bbe5ce/32.png) [@X\_Slayer\_ALE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X_Slayer_ALE)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129/31 "2003-06-16T18:02:32Z")
Theres a place in Califorinia named zzyzx. The guy who founded it wanted a name that would be the very last one in the dictionary. Its now also called Soda Springs. [http://www.schweich.com/faqgeogA.html#Para125000](http://www.schweich.com/faqgeogA.html#Para125000) ---
**Author:** ![cowgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@cowgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cowgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129/32 "2003-06-16T18:36:14Z")
Someone once told me a place name in Wales that is very, very long and filled with strange Welsh prononciations, so that when you say it it doesn’t sound long at all. Sadly, I can’t remember what it is - but this is the right place to ask ! Is there still a Joe, Montana ? ---
**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, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129/33 "2003-06-16T19:39:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cowgirl \* > \*\*Someone once told me a place name in Wales that is very, very long and filled with strange Welsh prononciations, so that when you say it it doesn’t sound long at all. Sadly, I can’t remember what it is - but this is the right place to ask ! > > Is there still a Joe, Montana ? \*\* This link should answer your question and also includes some even longer names :- [http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/rbeard/name.html](http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/rbeard/name.html) ---
**Author:** ![ouisey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9fc29f/32.png) [@ouisey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouisey)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129/34 "2003-06-16T21:26:28Z")
My little sister got married in Toadsuck, AR. They renamed the town to Conway, but there’s still a Toadsuck Park in town. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129/35 "2003-06-16T21:48:47Z")
Knob Lick, Missouri. Zip: 63651 Give that number whenever a cashier asks for your zip code. That’s what i do. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129/36 "2003-06-16T22:04:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by curly chick \* > \*\*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 \*\* Well, Ireland and New York are both filled with places that have “Kill” in their names. For completely different reasons, of course. In Gaelic, “Cille” means “church,” so wherever you see an Irish town that starts with “Kill,” it’s an indication that there is or was a church there. In Dutch, “Kill” means a stream or a creek. Since the Dutch were the ones who colonized New York, they named all kinds of towns after the creeks and streams nearby. Some people don’t understand that, which is why animal rights groups sometimes get angry about New York’s “Catskill Mountains” or the town of “Fishkill.” ---
**Author:** ![meyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@meyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meyer)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129/37 "2003-06-16T22:20:43Z")
I believe there is a town in Quebec called **St.Louis de Ha!Ha!**. I seriously wonder why anyone would name a town that, except to get on lists like this. ---
**Author:** ![Buckeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9f8e36/32.png) [@Buckeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buckeye)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129/38 "2003-06-16T22:26:25Z")
I grew up in Coolville Ohio…Very cool place 😉 ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129/39 "2003-06-16T22:50:32Z")
Cut and Shoot, Texas is just up the road from here. Might as well mention Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, since no one else has yet. Even had a movie named after it. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129/40 "2003-06-16T23:09:31Z")
I grew up near Frog Jump, Friendship, and Skullbone, Tennessee. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129.md?page=3)