# Placename acronyms, anagrams and acrostics **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 21, 2017, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/placename-acronyms-anagrams-and-acrostics/799410 "2017-10-21T04:48:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Mr\_Downtown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/placename-acronyms-anagrams-and-acrostics/799410/61 "2017-11-01T04:35:36Z")
The region around Texarkana—well, the area served by Shreveport television stations—is known as the Ark-La-Tex. As in “visit your Ark-La-Tex Ford Dealer for special savings.” Similarly, Louisville is at the heart of what’s locally called “Kentuckiana.” Norco, California: North Corona. Dalworthington Gardens, Texas: Dallas, Ft. Worth, and Arlington. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/placename-acronyms-anagrams-and-acrostics/799410/62 "2017-11-01T04:51:38Z")
The Hualien-Taitung region in Taiwan is often just called “Huatung.” ---
**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:** [November 1, 2017, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/placename-acronyms-anagrams-and-acrostics/799410/63 "2017-11-01T23:16:42Z")
This probably is somewhat off-topic. The town of Lapel, Indiana (about 15 miles from here) got its name from the shape of the street map at the time. They said it looked just like the lapel of a man’s suit. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2017, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/placename-acronyms-anagrams-and-acrostics/799410/64 "2017-11-02T00:03:15Z")
Not really an acronym, anagram, or acrostic, but the former town of Muroc, California was named for settlers named Corum. As I heard it, there was already a post office named Corum, in Illinois. I don’t know why this would be a problem, as there are many duplicate town names in the United States; but in order to avoid confusion, the Corums reversed the spelling of their name for the town of Muroc. Muroc was located on what was base housing for Muroc Air Force Base housing, which is now part of the Edwards Air Force Base land. (Muroc AFB was renamed to Edwards AFB in December, 1949.) ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/placename-acronyms-anagrams-and-acrostics/799410/65 "2017-11-02T03:57:56Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > The Hualien-Taitung region in Taiwan is often just called “Huatung.” Excellent! Nice to get one from outside North America. > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Not really an acronym, anagram, or acrostic, but the former town of Muroc, California was named for settlers named Corum. As I heard it, there was already a post office named Corum, in Illinois. I don’t know why this would be a problem, as there are many duplicate town names in the United States; but in order to avoid confusion, the Corums reversed the spelling of their name for the town of Muroc. > > Muroc was located on what was base housing for Muroc Air Force Base housing, which is now part of the Edwards Air Force Base land. (Muroc AFB was renamed to Edwards AFB in December, 1949.) Yes, Muroc belongs on the list of ananyms, a word I recently discovered which means a name which is another name spelled backwards. I wrote an article for Word Ways magazine about 20 years ago on them and had Muroc on that list. And I’ve just created a new Wiki page about them: [List of geographic names derived from anagrams and ananyms](List of geographic names derived from anagrams and ananyms) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/placename-acronyms-anagrams-and-acrostics/799410.md?page=3)