Is bacon served with every meal in Bacon Level, Alabama? Was Deadhorse, Alaska named after a dead horse? Is it always Christmas in Santa Claus, Indiana and Santa Claus, Arizona? Is it a crime to eat your meals without ketchup in Ketchuptown, South Carolina?
Alabama
Bacon Level
Scratch Ankle
Screamer
Alaska
Deadhorse
Lazy Mountain
Unalaska
Arizona
Catfish Paradise
Cowlic
Nothing
Santa Claus
Why
Arkansas
Blue Ball
Goobertown
Greasy Corner
Monkey Run
Possum Grape
Smackover
Toad Suck
California
Bieber
Forks of Salmon
Happy Camp
Mormon Bar
Old Fig Garden
Raisin City
Rough and Ready
Colorado
Dinosaur
Last Chance
No Name
Nowhere
Parachute
Plastic
Punkin Center
Connecticut
Hazardville
Moosup
Mystic
Old Lyme
Terramuggus
Delaware
Bacon
Blades
Blue Ball
Cocked Hat
Corner Ketch
Flea Hill
Florida
Christmas
Cocoa
Early Bird
Fluffy Landing
Frostproof
Spuds
Two Egg
Georgia
Balls Ferry
Box Springs
Butts
Climax
Flippen
Social Circle
Ty Ty
Hawaii
Captain Hook
Cod Fish Village
Haiku
Volcano
Idaho
Beer Bottle Crossing
Bone
Cabinet
Good Grief
Santa
Slickpoo
Illinois
Bone Gap
Chicken Bristle
Goofy Ride
Lick Creek
Roaches
Sandwich
Indiana
Beard
Bono
Friendswood
Pigeon
Santa Claus
Young America
Iowa
Carl
Confidence
Cool
Fertile
Little Turkey
What Cheer
Kansas
Dundee
Gas
Good Intent
Neutral
Ransomville
Red Onion
Skiddy
Kentucky
Athol
Bugtussle
Gravel Switch
Hell for Certain
Hippo
Oil Springs
Pig
Raccoon
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Louisiana
Book
Bunkie
Cow Island
Cut Off
Lucky
Uneedus
Water Proof
Maine
Bald Head
Bath
Burnt Porcupine
Friendship
Owls Head
Maryland
Accident
American Corner
Big Pool
Boring
Cabin John
Shady Side
Massachusetts
Belchertown
Bliss Corner
Braggville
Mashpee
Old Furnace
Satan’s Kingdom
Michigan
Bath
Cement City
Free Soil
Hell
Romeo
White Pigeon
Minnesota
Embarrass
Little Canada
Nimrod
Ottertail
Twig
Mississippi
Eggville
Hot Coffee
Money
Possumneck
Shivers
Sweatman
Missouri
Bland
Conception Junction
Florida
Frankenstein
Licking
Peculiar
Tightwad
Montana
Bear Dance
Big Sag
Hungry Joe
Pray
Sourdough
Zero
Nebraska
Funk
Magnet
Opportunity
Valentine
Wee Town
Worms
Nevada
Andy’s Place
Jackpot
Jiggs
Pine Nut
Scotty’s Junction
Searchlight
Sugar Bunker
Welcome
New Hampshire
Bath
Dummer
Freedom
Happy Corner
Sandwich
Tinkerville
New Jersey
Brick
Buttzville
Egg Harbor City
Foul Rift
Leisure Village
Loveladies
New Mexico
Angel Fire
Candy Kitchen
Holy Ghost
Lingo
Pie Town
Truth or Consequences
New York
Butternut
Calcium
Conquest
Handsome Eddy
Horseheads
Neversink
North Carolina
Boogertown
Butters
Cricket
Lizard Lick
Whynot
North Dakota
Cannon Ball
Daily
Flasher
Killdeer
Rugby
Zap
Ohio
Devil Town
Dry Run
Dull
Knockemstiff
Pee Pee Township
Oklahoma
Corn
Gene Autry
Greasy
Loving
Okay
Slapout
Oregon
Boring
Drain
Idiotville
Starvation Heights
Zigzag
Pennsylvania
Big Beaver
Coupon
Frackville
Grill
Intercourse
The Hideout
Rhode Island
Little Compton
Moosup Valley
Woonsocket
South Carolina
Bear Swamp
Burns Down
Coward
Hooker
Ketchuptown
Lake Swamp
Mayo
Wide Awake
South Dakota
Bad Wound
Lead
Mud Butte
Plenty Bears
Porcupine
Tennessee
Bean Station
Bitter End
Difficult
Disco
Finger
Smartt
Texas
Cat Spring
Ding Dong
Jot Em Down
Noodle
Oatmeal
Scissors
Utah
American Fork
Beaver Dam
Eggnog
Hurricane
Mexican Hat
Nibley
Virgin
Vermont
Bread Loaf
Cozy Corner
Mosquitoville
Satans Kingdom
South Hero
Virginia
Bumpass
Fancy Gap
Fries
Hurt
Painter
Skippers
Washington
Big Bottom
Dot
Electric City
Humorist
Startup
Humptulips
West Virginia
Beard
Big Chimney
Booger Hole
Cucumber
Lick Fork
Pinch
Tornado
Wisconsin
Bosstown
Chili
Disco
Mole Lake
Spooner
Winter
Wyoming
Bar Nunn
Chugwater
Miner’s Delight
Recluse
Writing Prompt:
Which of the above town names do you consider to be the weirdest?
Pick one or more of them. You can do some research to see if the reason the town was given such a strange name can be found. Or you can make up the reason why yourself. You could find out that the truth about how the town was named is better than anything you could imagine, or you might need to add a bit of spice to a mundane reason. Have fun and write, write, write!
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