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Town clerk Peggy Timple tells me that her grandfather always said the town name came from 1927, when the river flooded, back 1927 and it was the only section that was dry.
From Eek, Alaska, to Christmas, Florida, American towns have taken on some unusual names over the years. Is your hometown in this list? Towns With Oddball Names in Every State
A town with a Native American name in Washington, United States. Humpty Doo: A town 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Hundeluft: A village in Germany. Means "dog's air" in German. Hundred: Deep in this West Virginia town, where Christopher Robin plays. Actually, it is a 300 populated town. Hungry Horse
Place names considered unusual can include those which are also offensive words, inadvertently humorous (especially if mispronounced) or highly charged words, [2] as well as place names of unorthodox spelling and pronunciation, including especially short or long names. These names often have an unintended effect or double-meaning when read by ...
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 ...
This is a list of the most common U.S. place names (cities, towns, villages, boroughs and census-designated places [CDP]), with the number of times that name occurs (in parentheses). [1] Some states have more than one occurrence of the same name. Cities with populations over 100,000 are in bold.
When it comes to naming towns, Americans aren't always the most original. Sure, some places are entirely unique. For example, the U.S. only has one Abanda, Nubieber, and Zwingle (those are in ...
C-Town [citation needed] City of Champions – Popularized in 2016 after area native Stipe Miocic won the UFC World Heavyweight Championship, the Lake Erie Monsters (now known as the Cleveland Monsters) won the Calder Cup , and the Cleveland Cavaliers won the NBA Championship all within a six-week span in that calendar year.