# Wierd City Names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 7, 2004, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-city-names/228022 "2004-02-07T20:09:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![xayoz306](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bc8723/32.png) [@xayoz306](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xayoz306)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-city-names/228022/41 "2004-02-08T09:04:40Z")
I neglected another one… Ralph, Saskatchewan. Last I checked, official population was 6. Course, that was over 5 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-city-names/228022/42 "2004-02-08T12:09:48Z")
Onancock, VA. ---
**Author:** ![alibey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@alibey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alibey)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-city-names/228022/43 "2004-02-08T12:20:44Z")
Calcium, Lyme, Rust. Which of these is not a small town in Northern NY? that would be rust. Calcuium and Lyme are close to Watertown NY. There is also Immokalee FL. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-city-names/228022/44 "2004-02-08T12:47:15Z")
Near where my parents live (and where I grew up), there is a town called Ramsbottom. This never fails to illicit a chuckle from people. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-city-names/228022/45 "2004-02-08T12:56:40Z")
This is one of the few regrets about living in Hawaii. No funny names. Or maybe there are some and I just don’t know the translation. All we got is Kaaawa. There are two glottal stops between those 3 As. ---
**Author:** ![Landshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/77aa72/32.png) [@Landshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Landshark)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-city-names/228022/46 "2004-02-08T12:59:09Z")
Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina ---
**Author:** ![Mayfield\_St.Cloud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/67e7ee/32.png) [@Mayfield\_St.Cloud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mayfield_St.Cloud)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-city-names/228022/47 "2004-02-08T13:21:53Z")
Gotta throw in another shameless plug for **Felch, Michigan**. Adjacent to Felch Mountain, of course. ---
**Author:** ![katiekilldare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/838e76/32.png) [@katiekilldare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katiekilldare)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-city-names/228022/48 "2004-02-08T14:30:36Z")
Toad Suck, Arkansas Booger Hollow, Arkansas They’re both lovely. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-city-names/228022/49 "2004-02-08T17:09:50Z")
In what used to be Haldimand County in Ontario, Canada, just outside of Hagersville, there used to be a gas station/store and a house or two, with an official place name sign on either side of the road. It was called **Dogsnest**. It’s been absorbed by what is referred to as the City of Townsend (which is not a city at all - it takes into account the entire population of small towns and villages and farmland all over a very wide area). ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-city-names/228022/50 "2004-02-08T17:14:07Z")
Sugar Tit, SC ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-city-names/228022/51 "2004-02-08T17:21:11Z")
> [@Extraneous](#): > > Nobody’s mentioned **Gnaw Bone, IN**? I used to commute through it (with a beer in my hand - necessary to maintain mental health in that part of the world… Nor Floyds Knobs, IN, near Louisville. I also nominate Bucksnort TN; and in Virginia Beach (VA) there’s Witchduck Road… ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-city-names/228022/52 "2004-02-08T17:23:30Z")
How could I forget? Richmond VA has a suburb named **Short Pump** … ---
**Author:** ![c\_carol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@c\_carol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_carol)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-city-names/228022/53 "2004-02-08T18:56:24Z")
Soddy Daisy, TN. ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-city-names/228022/54 "2004-02-08T23:44:09Z")
> [@alibey](#): > > Calcuium and Lyme are close to Watertown NY. In Marine boot camp there was a candidate named **Rainville** and he was from Watertown, NY. My nomination is [**Old Dime Box, TX**](http://mappoint.msn.com/(fg3enu55qqig22ipo3n132uw)/map.aspx?L=USA&C=30.37022%2c-96.87222&A=41.56667&P=%7C1465E8%7C&TI=Old+Dime+Box%2c+Texas%2c+United+States) which is not far from “Dime Box, TX”. The community I live in used to be called “Frog Level”, but is now Pratts possibly because there is a “Frog Island” close by. North of here there is a town named [**Rienzi**](http://mappoint.msn.com/(fg3enu55qqig22ipo3n132uw)/map.aspx?L=USA&C=34.65452%2c-88.56385&A=41.56667&P=%7C116C%7C&TI=Booneville%2c+Mississippi%2c+United+States) which was originally named “Cincinnati”. The name change was made because they thought that some people would confuse it with Cincinnati, OH. 😃 [sup] **Yeah, sure they would** [/sup] ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-city-names/228022/55 "2004-02-09T00:07:45Z")
Oops, I almost forgot! Out near Chilliwack, there’s an unincorporated area called Popkum! The two together sound kind of… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![kimfair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/278dde/32.png) [@kimfair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kimfair)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-city-names/228022/56 "2004-02-09T01:21:39Z")
I can’t believe no one has posted Intercourse, PA In Mass we have a lake with the longest name. It is called Lake Webster, but it’s Indian name is Lake CHARGOGGAGOGGMANCHAUGGAUGGAGOGGCHAUBUNAGUNGAMAUGG It basically means “You fish on your side, I fish on my side, and nobody fishes in the middle!” ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-city-names/228022/57 "2004-02-09T02:21:15Z")
In New South Wales: Wagga Wagga, Woodenbong, Balls Head, Come By Chance, and of course, Woolloomooloo. ---
**Author:** ![percypercy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@percypercy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percypercy)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-city-names/228022/58 "2004-02-09T05:35:56Z")
When my mother’s family first came to this country from Switzerland, they settled in Boogertown, TN. Happily, we’ve moved on since then. -Lil ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-city-names/228022/59 "2004-02-09T06:06:25Z")
I’m glad to see Ralph, Saskatchewan mentioned, along with all the others, but a little disappointed that **Radville** was missed. Like, totally, man! ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-city-names/228022/60 "2004-02-09T06:49:23Z")
**Skullbone, Tennessee** is about ten miles as the buzzard flies from where I grew up: [http://mars.utm.edu/~wilbmorr/skull.htm](http://mars.utm.edu/~wilbmorr/skull.htm) The store in the picture is probably the only business in the community, but they sell doodle soup and great t-shirts. It was known for bare-fisted fighting and country music before Nashville could carry a tune. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-city-names/228022.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-city-names/228022.md?page=4)