FUNNIEST AND ODDEST PLACE NAMES ON EARTH
Added on: 13th Jul 2016
NORTH POLE
A town in both Alaska and New York, North Pole is all about
Santa Claus. Famous TV landscape painter Bob Ross lived
in North Pole, Alaska, while the New York town is home to
Santa’s Workshop: a theme park with live reindeer,
Santa, and a parade led by Frosty the Snowman.
NO NAME
A small Colorado town, No Name was named when highway
developers planned an exit in the yet-unnamed area. Temporarily
writing “No Name” on the sign, this strange place name soon
stuck. Nearby you can find No Name Creek, No Name Canyon
and the No Name Tunnel.
MUFF
Situated near the border of the Republic of Ireland and
Northern Ireland, Muff city has grown in recent years.
Locals can join the Muff Diving Club (one of Ireland’s most
successful) and visitors can attend the annual
Muff Festival filled with live music and parades.
MOON
Just northwest of Pittsburgh, Moon is a Pennsylvanian
township likely named for its river’s crescent bend. Local
legend says a crescent moon used its end to plough farmers’
fields but killed many of the witnesses.
MARS
Budding astronauts can skip the G-force training, opting
instead to visit Mars, Pennsylvania. This strangely-named
town has a non-functional spaceship and locals are called
Martians. Now going to the Moon (PA) doesn’t seem so strange!
INTERCOURSE
The word intercourse used to refer to the fellowship shared
within a faith community. The word’s history makes this
eastern Pennsylvanian town’s strange name especially
ironic since it’s in the middle of Amish country.
HALF.COM
Halfway between the equator and North Pole, Halfway, Oregon,
renamed itself Half.com in 1999 at the height of the
dot-com bubble. Website Half.com promised $110,000
and 20 computers for the school to a city which renamed
itself after the company for a year.
GEORGE, WASHINGTON
George, Washington is the only town in the United States to be
fully named after a President. In a nod to George’s fame for
chopping down a cherry tree, George’s streets
are named after cherries.
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