What’s in a name? We had a visitor from Niceville, Florida and thought, that sounds like a nice place to live. So we searched for some more interesting town names. And here’s what we found. Do you have any others?
Niceville, Florida
Pleasantville, Wisconsin
Paradise, California
Hell, Michigan
Kill Devil Hills, NC
North Pole, Alaska
Santa Claus, Indiana
Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey
Dog Village, U.K.
Cow Head, Newfoundland
Chicken, Alaska
Deadhorse, Alaska
Why, Arizona
ZZyzx, California
Soso, Mississippi
Bland County, Virginia
Boring, Oregon
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
Normal, Illinois
Peculiar, Missouri
Oddville, Kentucky
Looneyville, Texas
Nothing, Arizona
Nowhere, Oklahoma
Uncertain, Texas
Tightwad, Missouri
Hot Coffee, Mississippi
Two Egg, Florida
Toast, N. Carolina
Frankenstein, Missouri
Transylvania County, N. Carolina
Pee Pee, Ohio
Puke, Albania
Now, here are some adults-only towns. How would you like to sell real estate in these places? Would make for some interesting business cards.
Austria
France
PA
Georgia
Newfoundland
Newfoundland
British Virgin Islands. Is the water cold there?
Hey, my husband comes from a town called Bad Axe cause he is a real bad axe himself.
Ha that’s good. What was the name of his school’s sports team?
And then there is Happy Valley, Hope, and Sequim.
There are so many unusual named towns. The trouble was finding the pics. I just had to stop to move on to other things.
ya, fun article tho
You know how the song goes Lar, “Bloggers just wanna have fun”. Some of the people who named these towns must have liked to have fun too.
here in québec there a city name precieux sang and another one name contre-coeur.
ONO, Pennsylvania
In Georgia state:
http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Pointless/Cities/Signs/MI-Climax.jpg
In Quebec:
http://dylan.mikrotron.com/Gallery/2004.09.07_Peace%20to%20the%20Lobster/10_Only%20in%20Qu%E9bec.jpg
heheheeh
I just got back from a trip in California and I passed by ZZyzx, California
I remember thinking to myself : “How do you ever prononce that!”
zizicks basically how you say it.. i believe lol