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electricflyer · 07-13-2015, 10:53 AM

Coming back from Houston I noticed a sign for a community called "Hot Coffee" in MS a little north of US Hwy 84, not an incorporated town. I started thinking of other strange or odd names of the like. How about Buck Snort, TN, Alligator MS, Bad Axe, MI, Gu-Win, AL, Intercourse, PA and Blue Ball, PA. I leave out all the Indian names predominately used in the West and Southwest. I grew up in Council Bluffs, IA of which it is the only one, named for the bluffs (technically called the Loess Hills, check that out also, very unusual) along the Missouri River where the Indians used to hold their council meetings, previously called Kanesville started by Mormons and a starting point for the westward trek to Salt Lake.

This ought to get the tongues wagging.
Marv

07-13-2015, 10:53 AM	#1
electricflyer Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Douglasville, GA Posts: 417	Strange/Unusual names of cities, towns, communities Coming back from Houston I noticed a sign for a community called "Hot Coffee" in MS a little north of US Hwy 84, not an incorporated town. I started thinking of other strange or odd names of the like. How about Buck Snort, TN, Alligator MS, Bad Axe, MI, Gu-Win, AL, Intercourse, PA and Blue Ball, PA. I leave out all the Indian names predominately used in the West and Southwest. I grew up in Council Bluffs, IA of which it is the only one, named for the bluffs (technically called the Loess Hills, check that out also, very unusual) along the Missouri River where the Indians used to hold their council meetings, previously called Kanesville started by Mormons and a starting point for the westward trek to Salt Lake. This ought to get the tongues wagging. Marv