If you ever wished to travel across the United States of America, you probably have a good idea of what places you'd visit. While most would aim for capital cities and urban giants like the Big Apple New York or Los Angeles with Hollywood Boulevard and Santa Monica Beach, there are some lesser known, but interesting places to add into your list. If you ever had a calling for strange names, then the USA definitely has a handful to offer. In fact, it seems like each of the 50 states has at least one queer location to offer. From Indiana's Santa Claus to Maryland's Accident, this list showcases some of the strangest names that places could have, all in America! So scroll down and check them out yourself, and don't forget to comment and vote on your favorites!
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Satan's Kingdom, Massachusetts
Ding Dong, Texas
Mosquitoville, Vermont
Handsome Eddy, New York
Whynot, North Carolina
Accident, Maryland
Boring, Oregon
"The Not So Boring Bar and Grill" oh wow you think you're better than the rest of the town? :P
Chicken, Alaska
Toad Suck, Arkansas
Frankenstein, Missouri
Plenty Bears, South Dakota
Okay, Oklahoma
ummm... okay... but what if someone asked you where you live......
Volcano, Hawaii
Scratch Ankle, Alabama
Santa Claus, Indiana
Worms, Nebraska
Pie Town, New Mexico
There is also a town called Truth or Consequences (T or C for short) which was named after the same game styled TV show back in the day (Google it)
Coward, South Carolina
Pig, Kentucky
Waterproof, Louisiana
Bald Head, Maine
Fries, Virginia
Beer Bottle Crossing, Idaho
Possumneck, Mississippi
Dull, Ohio
Odd, West Virginia
Chili, Wisconsin
Mormon Bar, California
What Cheer, Iowa
Jackpot, Nevada
Free Soil, Michigan
Coupon, Pennsylvania
Big Bottom, Washington
Flippen, Georgia
Chicken Bristle, Illinois
Little Canada, Minnesota
Dummer, New Hampshire
welcome to the dummer library! Where the books make you dummer and dummer
Smartt, Tennessee
Parachute, Colorado
Moosup, Connecticut
Picked a Moosup in Connecticut, going to put him down in Maine or something like that
Spuds, Florida
Big Sag, Montana
Zap, North Dakota
Chugwater, Wyoming
Appears to be surrounded by desert. Chugging & stocking up on water while passing through may be good advice! Especially as there is a place there which I hope is only named "Burns Land & Cattle", rather than that just being a statement about the road...
Catfish Paradise, Arizona
Flea Hill, Delaware
Foul Rift, New Jersey
Skiddy, Kansas
Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Here in Denmark we have several towns called “Lem”, which means penis. (It also means “member” or “limb”)
Nibley, Utah
Nibley was named after a leader of the Mormon church. Stupid things you get taught here in Utah.
A bit of useless trivia from my country. Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein. It's the longest place name in South Africa. The literal translation thereof is "the spring where two buffaloes were killed with a single shot".
We have a place in Wales called "Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch", which means "St Mary's church in the hollow of the white hazel near to the fierce whirlpool of St Tysilio of the red cave" in Welsh. But it was only named that in the mid 19th Century so it would be the railway station with the longest place name & bring in tourists. The locals call it Llanfair PG.If you would like to learn to pronounce it there are instructions on their page on Wikipedia. I wouldn't recommend it though, Welsh is not for the faint hearted. I am English, I will probably get in trouble for warning you. The Welsh will hunt me down & chastise me!
Load More Replies...There is a place called Bumfuque in Tennessee & a place called Dildo in Newfoundland. The distance between the two is probably a good thing...
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Load More Replies...A bit of useless trivia from my country. Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein. It's the longest place name in South Africa. The literal translation thereof is "the spring where two buffaloes were killed with a single shot".
We have a place in Wales called "Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch", which means "St Mary's church in the hollow of the white hazel near to the fierce whirlpool of St Tysilio of the red cave" in Welsh. But it was only named that in the mid 19th Century so it would be the railway station with the longest place name & bring in tourists. The locals call it Llanfair PG.If you would like to learn to pronounce it there are instructions on their page on Wikipedia. I wouldn't recommend it though, Welsh is not for the faint hearted. I am English, I will probably get in trouble for warning you. The Welsh will hunt me down & chastise me!
Load More Replies...There is a place called Bumfuque in Tennessee & a place called Dildo in Newfoundland. The distance between the two is probably a good thing...
Load More Replies...Is that the official slogan? Because I'd buy that T-shirt.
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