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The Strangest Names of Towns in the U.S.

If you ever get a chance to take a cross-country road trip, one of the best parts of the experience is getting to stop off at some of America’s small towns. You’ll get to meet interesting people, try great food, and experience a place much different than your home town.

You might also get to giggle uncontrollably at the town’s name.

The real estate blog Estately has compiled a map and list of the weirdest town names in the US., and boy, are there a LOT of them. Some of the town names sound exceptionally dirty (Dickshooter, Idaho.) Others sound weird (Lick Skillet, Alabama.) Still others sound dirty and weird (Humptulips, Washington.) And some are just really uncreative (Nothing, Arizona.)

Check out this list of the weirdest town names in every state. Do you live in one of these towns? Did we miss your favorite weird town? Tell us in the comments!

1. Alabama

Allgood, Ballplay, Boar Tush, Burnt Corn, Choccolocco Coffee Springs, Dogtown, Eclectic, Excel, Fort Deposit, Frog Eye, Gordo, Lick Skillet, Locust Fork, Muscle Shoals, Normal, Scratch Ankle, Screamer, Shorter, Smut Eye, The Bottle, Warrior

2. Alaska

Beaver, Chicken, Clam Gulch, Cold Foot, Covenant Life, Dead Horse, Eek, Funny River, Goodnews Bay, Lazy Mountain, Livengood, Mary’s Igloo, Nightmute, North Pole,  Red Devil, Sleetmute, Unalaska, Woodchopper

3. Arizona

Catfish Paradise, Cowlic, Cyclopic, Kaka, Many Farms, Nothing (ghost town), Santa Claus (uninhabited), Show Low, So-Hi, Surprise, Three Way, Tombstone, Top-of-the-World, Why

4. Arkansas

Bald Knob Blue Ball, Bono, Booger Hollow, De Queen, Delight, Flippin, Goobertown, Greasy Corner, Gum Springs, Hasty, Magazine, Marmaduke, Monkey Run, Nimrod, Okay, Possum Grape, Romance, Self, Smackover, Stamps, Success, Toad Suck, Waldo, Weiner, Whiskerville, Y City

5. California

Bieber, Chubbuck, Devil’s Elbow, Dogtown, East Yolo, Happy Camp, Helltown, Hercules, Hooker, Likely, Linda Rural, Mormon Bar, Nice, Old Dale, Old Fig Garden, Rescue, Rough and Ready, Shafter, Skidoo, Skyhigh, Slab City, Spreckels, Weed, Weedpatch, Yolo, Zzyzx

6. Colorado

Crook, Dinosaur, Fearnowville, Fink, Gunbarrel, Hot Sulphur Springs, Hotchkiss, Hygiene, Last Chance, Mumper Corner, Old Roach (ghost town), Plastic, Parachute, Punkin Center, Rifle, Sawpit, Scarface, Troublesome, Wondervu

7. Connecticut

Happyland, Mystic

8. Delaware

Airport Villa, Bacon, Blue Ball, Bunting, Cave Colony, Cocked Hat, Cowgills Corner, Flea Hill, Hoars Addition, Midnight Thicket, Slaughter Beach, Swallow Hill

9. Florida

Bunker Donation, Cabana Colony, Christmas, Cooks Hammock, Couch, Early Bird, Frostproof, Golf, Hill ‘n Dale, Howey-in-the-Hills, Leisure City, Needmore, Pass-a-Grille, Plant City, Two Egg, Waldo, Watergate, Whisper Walk, Yeehaw Junction

10. Georgia

Balls Ferry, Bonanza, Box Springs, Butts, Climax, Dixie Union, Elder, Empress, Enigma, Experiment, Faceville, Flippen, Gumlog, Hardup, Hopeulikit, The Rock, Sixes, Social Circle, Thunderbolt, Ty Ty

11. Hawaii

Cod Fish Village, Haiku, Volcano

12. Idaho

Atomic City, Beer Bottle Crossing, Best Corner, Bone, Cabinet, Chilly, Coolin, Cream Can Junction, Crouch, Dickshooter, Dingle, Good Grief, Hand Place, Headquarters, Player Place, Santa, Slickpoo, Sublett

13. Illinois

Allright, Assumption, Beardstown, Big Foot Prairie, Bone Gap, Boody, Boos, Clank, Disco, Embarrass, Fancy Prairie, Future City, Goofy Ridge, Gross, Hometown, Ivanhoe, Lick Creek, Lost Nation, Moonshine, Muddy, Normal, Oblong, Passport, Polo, Ransom, Red Bud, Roaches, Roodhouse, Sandwich

14. Indiana

Bean Blossom, French Lick, Friendswood, Gnaw Bone, Rocky Ripple, Solitude, Speedway, Toad Hop

15. Iowa

Balltown, Beaverdale, Confidence, Cool, Correctionville, Diagonal, Fertile, Hard Scratch, Manly, Toddville, What Cheer

16. Kansas

Dry Wood, Good Intent, Neutral, Protection, Ransomville, Red Onion, Skiddy

17. Kentucky

Bald Knob, Beaver Dam, Bigtussle, Broad Bottom, Co-Operative, Eminence, Fancy Farm, Fearsville, Girdler, Hippo, Horse Cave, Knob Lick, Krypton, Mud Lick, Monkeys Eyebrow, Nobob, Oil Springs, Paint Creek, Paint Lick, Pig, Possum Trot, Rabbit Hash

18. Louisiana

Cut Off, Dry Prong, Grosse Tete, Keithville, Iota, Lucky, Pollock, Quitman, Waterproof

19. Maine

Bald Head, Friendship, Industry

20. Maryland

Aberdeen Proving Ground, Accident, American Corner, Big Pool, Blue Ball Village, Boring, Cabin John, Dames Quarter, Fairplay, Finksburg, Issue

21. Massachusetts

Belchertown, Braggyville, Braintree, Felchville, Mashpee, Old Furnace, Satans Kingdom

22. Michigan

Bad Axe, Cement City, Climax, Colon, Dick, Dollar Settlement, Free Soil, Hell, Napoleon, Paw Paw, Rust, Sac Bay

23. Minnesota

Ball Club, Blue Earth, Castle Danger, Climax, Embarrass, Good Thunder, Ham Lake, Kiester,  Luck, Mound, Nowthen, Nimrod, Pillager, Sleepy Eye, Staples, Winner

24. Mississippi

Alligator, Biggersville, Chunky, Eggville, Fame, Guntown, Hot Coffee, Itta Bena, Leakesville, Learned, Money, Quitman, Shivers, Sweatman

25. Missouri

Bland, Conception, Conception Junction, Cooter, Frankenstein, Ginger Blue, Gums, Halfway, Humansville, Kidder, Knob Noster, Licking, Lone Jack, Lupus, Novelty, Number Eight, Peculiar, Pilot Knob, Possumneck, Quitman, Speed, Strain, Tightwad

26. Montana

Big Sag, Hungry Joe, Molt, Pompey’s Pillar, Pray, Sourdough, Two Dot, Zero

27. Nebraska

Falter Place, Gross, Hazard, Hire, McCool Junction, Mumper, Opportunity, Rackett, Valentine, Wee Town, Worms, Wynot

28. Nevada

Andy’s Place, Jackpot, Pahrump, Pyramid, Searchlight, Shantytown, Sugar Bunker, Weed Heights, Welcome

29. New Hampshire

Dummer

30. New Jersey

Buttzville, Cheesequake, Cinnaminson, Egg Harbor City, Foul Rift, Ho-Ho-Kus, Leisure Village, Loveladies, Ramtown

31. New Mexico

Angel Fire, Elephant Butte, Loving, Mouser Place, Pie Town, Progresso (like the soup), Quemado (burned in Spanish, Sunspot, Truth or Consequences

32. New York

Beakmantown, Butternuts, Conquest, Coxsackie, Dadville, Gang Mills, Handsome Eddy, Lawyersville, Neversink, Pitcher

33. North Carolina

Butters, Coinjock, Flea Hill, Lizard Lick, Micro, Mocksville, Old Hundred, Pumpkin Center, Whynot

34. North Dakota

Rugby, Zap

35. Ohio

Ballville, Chagrin Falls, Deadman Crossing, Devil Town, Dry Run, Dull, Fleatown, Knockemstiff (ghost town), Licking View, Pee Pee Township, Pottery Addition, Spunky Puddle (ghost town) 36. Oklahoma

36. Oklahoma

Bowlegs, Bugtussle, Bushyhead, Dead Women Crossing, Frogville, Greasy, Hooker, Jumbo, Loving, Okay, Slaughterville

37. Oregon

Boring, Bridal Veil, Climax, Dead Ox Flat, Drain, Idiotville (ghost town), Plush, Remote, Riddle, Starvation Heights, Sublimity, Tangent, Voltage, Wankers Corner, Zigzag

38. Pennsylvania

Big Beaver, Bird-in-Hand, Blue Ball, Coupon, Grill, Halfway House, Hop Bottom, Intercourse, Lickdale, The Hideout, Virginville

39. Rhode Island

Moosup Valley

40. South Carolina

Bear Swamp, Coward, Fingerville, Lake Swamp, Ninety Six, Old House, Pumpkintown, Spiderweb, Sugar Tit, Welcome, Wide Awake

41. South Dakota

Bad Wound, Big Stone City, Blunt, Bonesteel, Crooks, Plenty Bears, Porcupine, Rumpus Ridge, Swett, Two Strike, Winner

42. Tennessee

Bitter End, Boring, Bucksnort, Bumpus Mills, Crab Orchard, Defeated, Difficult, Disco, Goat City, Guys, Lick Skillet, Mascot, Nutbush, Only, Static, Spot, Sweet Lips, Wartburg

43. Texas

Bangs, Bigfoot, Bootleg, Bugtussle, Cat Spring, Cut and Shoot, Dime Box, Ding Dong, Gun Barrel City, Hoop and Holler, Latex, Personville, Point Blank, Scissors, Snook, Tarzan, Uncertain, Whiteface, Who’d Thought It (ghost town), Zipperlandville

44. Utah

Bullfrog, Eggnog, Gunlock, Shivwits, Virgin

45. Vermont

Bread Loaf, Cozy Corner, Mosquitoville, South Hero

46. Virginia

Adwolf, Backbone, Bumpass, Dragonville, Fancy Gap, Frog Level, Meadows of Dan, Prices Fork, Locustville, Office Hall, Short Pump, Tightsqueeze, Wise

47. Washington

Acme, Big Bottom, Bunk Foss, Dollar Corner, Dynamite, Electron, Humorist, Humptulips, Mock City, Novelty, Opportunity, Shreck, Startup, Swede Heaven, Touchet

48. West Virginia

Battleship, Big Chimney, Booger Hole, Brohard, Cucumber, Droop, Man, Pinch, Tornado, War

49. Wisconsin

Black Earth, Blue Mounds, Cheat Lake, Chili, Embarrass, Friesland, Hacker Valley, Imalone, Rolling, Spooner, Spread Eagle

50. Wyoming

Bar Nunn, Chugwater, McNutt, Miner’s Delight, Recluse, Ten Sleep

h/t: Estately

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