# Where is Podunk?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-podunk/613657>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [February 22, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-podunk/613657 "2012-02-22T19:41:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tenorissimo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed655f/32.png) [@Tenorissimo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenorissimo)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-podunk/613657/1 "2012-02-22T19:41:53Z")

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There is a Podunk Lake a few miles southwest of Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2012, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-podunk/613657/2 "2012-02-22T20:34:47Z")

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Welcome to the Straight Dope, **Tenorissimo**. It’s considered courteous to provide a link to the column at issue, like so: [Where is Podunk? - The Straight Dope](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/703/where-is-podunk)

Here’s the Wiki article on Podunk. Interesting to see there’s both a Twain and a Disney connection: [Podunk - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podunk)

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**Author:** ![ODIrony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@ODIrony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ODIrony)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-podunk/613657/3 "2012-02-23T18:03:39Z")

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And all this time I was convinced that Podunk was in Arkansas!