# What Are Some American Cities With Names That Actually Man Something In English? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 22, 2019, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-american-cities-with-names-that-actually-man-something-in-english/830028 "2019-02-22T16:22:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-american-cities-with-names-that-actually-man-something-in-english/830028/41 "2019-02-22T19:39:04Z")
Quaker Street, NY (two for one. Interestingly, there is no Quaker Street in Quaker Street). Shelter Island, NY (two for one) Orient, NY Burnt Hills, NY Long Island City, NY (three for one) ---
**Author:** ![Stana\_Claus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stana_claus/32/13874_2.png) [@Stana\_Claus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stana_Claus)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-american-cities-with-names-that-actually-man-something-in-english/830028/42 "2019-02-22T19:39:34Z")
One of my all-time favorite place names in the U.S. is Toad Suck, Arkansas. I always have to wonder about the back-story for that one. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-american-cities-with-names-that-actually-man-something-in-english/830028/43 "2019-02-22T19:54:19Z")
Around the country are numerous towns ending in “Lick”, with some dubious combinations such as French Lick IN. In Oregon, you can take hwy 20 successively through Sisters, Bend, Brothers and Burns. And if you continue thence, not terribly far into Idaho, you might find yourself on a road that leads to a town with [a most unfortunate name](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickshooter%2C_Idaho). ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-american-cities-with-names-that-actually-man-something-in-english/830028/44 "2019-02-22T20:31:42Z")
[del]New Jersey.[/del] Edit - Wait, city names not place names. ---
**Author:** ![Jane\_Elliot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jane_elliot/32/6166_2.png) [@Jane\_Elliot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jane_Elliot)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-american-cities-with-names-that-actually-man-something-in-english/830028/45 "2019-02-22T20:38:36Z")
In my area of Maine: Freedom Unity Liberty ---
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> [@boffking](#): > > In Maine: > Caribou > Old Orchard Beach > Bar Harbor > Winter Harbor > Strong > Weld Also … Wells Gray Jay China Mechanic Falls (then he gets up again) both Limerick and New Limerick Blue Hill both Union and Unity Limestone Long Island Hope Owls Head Porter both Friendship and Amity Garland Harmony Industry Freedom Temple Stow Wade Cooper ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-american-cities-with-names-that-actually-man-something-in-english/830028/47 "2019-02-22T20:57:18Z")
In New Hampshire: Concord Orange Bow Rye Warner both Unity (town) and Union (unincorporated village with its own post office) Freedom Mason Temple Sandwich Hill Bath Warren Stark ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-american-cities-with-names-that-actually-man-something-in-english/830028/48 "2019-02-22T21:05:37Z")
Hell MI has a funny web site: [gotohellmi.com](https://www.gotohellmi.com/) > [@Shmendrik](#): > > Yes, there must be a virtually endless list of places with boring geographic descriptors. > > For example, in the Chicago area alone: > Park Ridge > Northbrook > Glenview > Deerfield > Highland Park > Riverwoods > Highwood > Lake Forest > Lake Bluff > Green Oaks > Prospect Heights > Oak Park > Streamwood > > And there are dozens more. Don’t forget Park Forest and Forest Park! ---
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Silver Spring MD, my current abode. It was named for an actual spring which was located in a rocky area with a lot of the mineral mica. Mica has a silvery sheen, hence the name. I guess “Mica Spring” didn’t sound as good, even though it’s more accurate. ---
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Just from Calvert County and the southern part of Anne Arundel County, MD: Bay Ridge Mayo Birdsville West River Shady Side Churchton Tracy’s Landing Fair Haven Rose Haven Friendship North Beach Mount Harmony Willow Beach Colony Breezy Point Plum Point Dares Beach Scientists Cliffs Governors Run Port Republic Island Creek Calvert Beach Long Beach Cove Point Drum Point ETA: Not sure if Tracy’s Landing and Calvert Beach count, since each employs a proper name. ---
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Also in Maine, these current or defunct post offices: Abbot Auburn Aurora Bath Birch Harbor Brooks Cape Rosier Cranberry Isles Dead River Eagle Lake Five Islands Grand Isle Grand Lake Stream Grove Mainstream New Harbor New Vineyard Old Town Orient Otter Creek Oxbow Portage Lake Prentiss Seal Cove Seal Harbor Southwest Harbor Sunset Turner West Forks Winter Harbor Winterport ---
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White Settlement, TX. ---
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I don’t know, but some say that Salt Lake City is actually Piute for “This beer is fucking weak-assed pisswater, let’s finish these suckers and drive to Evanston, bitches!” ---
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All of these places are within 15 miles of St. Louis Bridgeton Champ (yes, it was actually named by an athlete) Concord Cool Valley Country Club Hills Country Life Acres Crystal Lake Park Lakeshire Pine Lawn Riverview Rock Hill Sunset Hills Sycamore Hills Town and Country Twin Oaks University City Uplands Park Valley Park Westwood Wildwood ---
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> [@Dickerman](#): > > Bummer…Humptulips (WA) doesn’t count. Washington has no shortage of regular names in that area, though. Chinook, Forks, Hurricane Ridge, Discovery Bay, Gig Harbor, Grand Mound, the notorious Home, and of course, over by the big river, George. ---
**Author:** ![senoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@senoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/senoy)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-american-cities-with-names-that-actually-man-something-in-english/830028/56 "2019-02-22T21:32:26Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Buffalo, New York. Were there any buffalo there? Seems a bit out of the way for them. Just to answer your question, buffalo (bison) were found as far east as the Chesapeake Bay. Europeans were just really, really good at killing them. George Washington killed them in the Kanawha Valley in 1769 and they lived in West Virginia as late as 1825. It is theorized based on reports that Native Americans kept their numbers artificially reduced prior to European colonization and that after the disease epidemics numbers rebounded until European settlement destroyed habitat and hunting finished them off. They are currently one of only three mammals that have been extirpated in my state (WV) that have not been reintroduced. I’d love to see them back in my lifetime, but I don’t know if it’s even possible at this point. Back to the original question in my state you have Bath, Aurora, Belle, Buffalo, Hundred, Junior, Lost Creek, Hurricane, Fort Gay, Elk Garden, Green Bank, East Bank, Clay, Man, White Hall, Union, West Union, West Liberty, Star City, Sand Fork, Piedmont, Paw Paw, North Fork, Oak Hill, Point Pleasant, Pleasant Valley, Quiet Dell, White Sulphur Springs, Mount Hope, War. I’m sure I’m missing others. If you get into unincorporated towns, all sorts of possibilities open up. ---
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> [@senoy](#): > > I’m sure I’m missing others. Big Ugly. Supposedly there was once a newspaper headline reading “Big Ugly Woman Wins Beauty Pageant” ---
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> [@zimaane](#): > > Silver Spring MD, my current abode. > > It was named for an actual spring which was located in a rocky area with a lot of the mineral mica. Mica has a silvery sheen, hence the name. I guess “Mica Spring” didn’t sound as good, even though it’s more accurate. I grew up in Silver Spring not far from the spring in the name. It is called Acorn Park now. Located at East West Highway and Newell Street. When I was a kid it was an actual spring near the Post Office Didn’t mean to hijack, just thought the poster might be interested. ---
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> [@Teuton](#): > > Are they named after the Reading in the UK (also pronounced to rhyme with bedding)? It’s probably named after an Anglo-Saxon tribe. More likely a personal name; [“ing” in English placenames means “people of [chief’s name]”](http://www.localhistories.org/names.html) > [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Near me is a Rock Hill. > > Also a Mint Hill. > > Less near me, but still close: Blowing Rock (not like _that_, I was disappointed to learn), Hickory, Cherokee\*, High Point, Southern Pines, Rocky Mount, Chapel Hill, Emerald Isle, Myrtle Beach, Isle of Palms, Prosperity, Due West, Central (it’s not), and Mountain City. > > - not English, exactly, but it’s meaning should be immediately understood. Also a Red Oak, White Springs, Laurel Hill, Gay, and Bath. Morehead City, too, although that’s probably more aspirational. ---
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