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  2. List of fictional towns in literature - Wikipedia

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    It is a rural town founded in Douglas County, Wisconsin as a logging settlement in 1887. It was renamed following the 1890 disappearance of founder and storyteller Jackson Sloth and his family, said to have fallen in a sinkhole that no-one can find twice. The town is rich with folktales and paranormal activity, especially around holidays.

  3. List of fictional settlements - Wikipedia

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    The town of Ulthar is part of H. P. Lovecraft's Dream Cycle, appearing in such stories as "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath" (1926), "The Cats of Ulthar" (1920) and "The Other Gods" (1933). Peterswood Enid Blyton: Five Find-Outers: Peterswood is a city that appears in the story "Five find outers" as the main setting in the fifteen mystery stories.

  4. Lists of fictional locations - Wikipedia

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    Following are lists of fictional locations, as large as a universe and as small as a pub.. List of fictional bars and pubs; List of fictional castles; List of fictional city-states in literature

  5. The weirdest town names in all 50 states, from ... - AOL

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    The new name came about in 1950 when, for the 10th anniversary of NBC radio's Truth or Consequences game show, host Ralph Edwards suggested there might be a town willing to adopt the name as their ...

  6. Wikipedia:Unusual place names - Wikipedia

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    Another town name in Missouri with the word "knob" in it. "Knob" doesn't have the same meaning in the US as it does in the UK, but it's stil a weird name nonetheless. Knock: A village in Ireland. The name is an anglicised form of the Irish Gaelic word "Cnoc" ("Hill".) Knockemstiff

  7. Weird Town Names: 10 U.S. Areas With the Oddest Monikers - AOL

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    By Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell Most of the more than 30,000 incorporated towns and cities in the U.S. listed by the Census Bureau have names that wouldn't get a second glance. But there are more than ...

  8. List of fictional towns in animation - Wikipedia

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    Duck Town is a large town which resembles a city, and a town where SwaySway and Buhdeuce deliver a lot of their bread to. Everybody living in Duck Town is a photorealistic duck. Duck Town is said to contain a bad area called the "Lower Yeast Side" (a spoof of New York City's Lower East Side.) Ducktown Sitting Ducks: Cartoon Network

  9. How do places get their names? Here are the origins of 22 ...

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    The town's name comes from the large estate established by the Satterthwaite family in 1844, which was located along the banks of the Passaic River. Oradell. Jun 1, 2024; Haworth, NJ, United ...