# Onancock

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onancock/572381>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 23, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onancock/572381 "2011-02-23T20:59:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![caveman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caveman/32/7242_2.png) [@caveman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveman)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onancock/572381/41 "2011-02-28T20:13:47Z")

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They’re big on self-reliance in Onancock.

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**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onancock/572381/42 "2011-03-21T17:38:20Z")

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Another one: [Galax, VA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=galax+va&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&oe=&safe=on&vss=true&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=Galax,+VA&gl=us&ei=s4yHTa2zGZDPgAf1g-W9CA&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CB8Q8gEwAA). Not really worth its own thread, but anyway.

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**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onancock/572381/43 "2011-03-21T17:52:59Z")

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Not a town name, but: [Dinglehole Road, complete with Dinglehole School](http://cnylink.com/cnynews/view_news.php?news_id=1236699746).

I used to live in upstate New York, and drove an hour out of the way just to take a picture of the roadsign. Life was simpler then.

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