I love the names some small towns are christened with. I wonder, "Where on earth did THAT come from?" Some are peculiar, some undecipherable, some very creative, and some equally uncreative.
In a reprise of a post from the old blog of months past, here are some oddly named Hoosier burghs.
I smell road trip here. Are you reading this, Brent? Mike?
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Maxinkuckee
Zulu (because Indiana is famous for its Zulu population)
Tunker
Southwest (a town in far north-central Indiana)
Central (a town in far southern Indiana)
Center (in northern Indiana)
Advance
Oolitic (fun to pronounce)
Gnaw Bone
Story
Lake Bruce
Bruce Lake (a town about 3 miles from Lake Bruce. By the way, my map shows no body of water named either "Bruce Lake" or "Lake Bruce")
Toto
Otis
Enos
Exchange
Economy
Daylight
Santa Claus
Spraytown
Ijamsville
Alamo (a place to always remember)
Roll
Friendship
Peppertown
Needmore
Acme
Petroleum
Domestic
Universal
China
Mexico
Poland
Norway
Angola
Peru
Ceylon
Lebanon
Siberia
Nebraska
Maryland
Moscow
Manilla
Geneva
London
Versailles
Brooklyn
St. Paul
Atlanta
Dublin
Rome City
Austin
Topeka
Santa Fe
Denver
Chili
Bono (amazingly, there are two Bono, Indianas)
Mace
Nulltown
Pinola
Farmers
Farmers Retreat
Pleasant
Prince's Lake (the one with the purple water)
Raccoon
Salamonia
Phlox
Cuzco
Churubusco
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
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2 comments:
Chris, We can't believe you forgot our little town of 300 with the name that sounds huge....
Here is our official name of our town...
East Germantown in the town of Pershing.
And don't forget nearby Modoc :O
Noel, Lori, Levi and Beth
PS WE LOVE THE HOROSCOPES
And what's wrong with Terre Haute, Brazil and French Lick?????? How could you forget your roots???
Aunt Sue
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