# 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:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129/61 "2003-06-18T02:53:07Z")
It’s pretty sorry when you can be trumped by **Longview**. ---
**Author:** ![Burnt\_Sugar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@Burnt\_Sugar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burnt_Sugar)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129/62 "2003-06-18T03:49:44Z")
We have “Springfield” here. There are some very funny Aboriginal place names, such as Indooroopilly and Wooloongabba. There is also a suburb called Goodna, which is Aboriginal for “dung heap”. There is a town called “Milbong” around here, and in NSW there is a town called “Wooden Bong”. Also - Bli Bli, Toowoomba, Gin Gin. There is an endless supply! ---
**Author:** ![ShadiRoxan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@ShadiRoxan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadiRoxan)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129/63 "2003-06-18T04:08:31Z")
My boyfriend’s mother lives a few miles away from Bucksnort, TN. Every one who drives between Nashville and Memphis on I40 notices the exit. [Dribble Glass](http://www.dribbleglass.com/Jokes/town-names.htm) has a bunch of weird town names. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129/64 "2003-06-18T05:26:30Z")
Bloody Corners, Ohio Dyke, Ohio Revenge, Ohio Utopia, Ohio Signal, Ohio Knockemstiff, Ohio Blue Balls, Pennsylvania Moreheadville, Pennsylvania ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129/65 "2003-06-18T06:52:41Z")
**Assawoman Bay** near Ocean City, MD ---
**Author:** ![MaryEFoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MaryEFoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaryEFoo)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129/66 "2003-06-18T08:11:59Z")
Hey, **Colibri** , do you know what would lead people to name something Salsipuedes? Does the Panama one have a story behind it? If the California one does, I’ve never heard it. PS, one I like in California is: Buttonwillow. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129/67 "2003-06-18T14:05:52Z")
I’ve always been fond of Sugar Tit, South Carolina ---
**Author:** ![NE\_Texan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e99b99/32.png) [@NE\_Texan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NE_Texan)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129/68 "2003-06-18T14:53:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ringo \* > Driving home from S.A. today, I saw that I-10 passes over one I hadn’t noticed before, **Woman Hollering Creek**.So, whatcha got? Oooh, I remember seeing that one! And further out West on I-10 (way further out), there is an exit for “Boracho Sta”, with nothing in sight. I’ve always wondered about that. Let me tell you, though, that Comfort, Tx is anything but. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-place-names/182129.md?page=3)