Interesting/Funny Town Names

[Flick James]

Oddly enough, James, one of my good friends is from Point Blank!!!

Texas certainly has some odd place names:
Bugtussle
Muleshoe
Gun Barrell City

And some geographic names as well:
Italy
Palestine
Paris
Holland

There's lots more; those are just the ones I've been to!

Nice. Just the combination of the words "Point Blank" and "Texas" made me laugh.

[BoyScoutKevin]

Yes, come to Texas. It is so large, and there are so many towns and cities in it, I am sure you'll find something interesting. For example, here are 27 of my favorites. The number in the ( ) is the pop. from the last census.

Airport Road Addition (161)

Blue Berry Hill (866)
"They haven't lost their thrill."

Cut and Shoot (1070)

Dime Box (381)
In the days of yore, if you wanted to mail a letter, then you left it in a box by the side of the road, with a dime for postage, and someone would come along and take it to the nearest post office and mail it for ya."

Easter (026)

Frog (090)

Goober Hill (030)

Halfway (165)

Iraan (1229)
"It's pronounced like it sounds."

Jot-em-down (008)

King Ranch Headquarters (191)
"Everything is bigger in Texas."

Langtry (030)
"Named for actress Lily Langtry by Judge Roy Bean."

Mecca (048)

Noodle (040)

Oatmeal (074)

Pancake (011)

Quicksand (050)

Retreat (025)
"There's no such word in Texas. It's 'Advance to the rear!'"

Scrappin Valley (025)

Tiki Island (968)

Uncertain (094)

Valentine (134)

Waterloo (070)
"And that's where you'll meet your Waterloo."

Weeping Mary (085)

Yznaga (091)
"Easy enough for you to say."

Zipperlandville (022)

and, of course, . . .
Fort Worth (741,026)

[Rev. Powell]

I have to defend the honor of Kentucky.  Nobody beats us when it comes to weird town names.  Here are just a few of my favorites (see more at this list):

88, KY
Batchelors rest, KY
Beaver Lick, KY
Berry Store, KY
Big Bone Lick State Park, KY
Big Beaver Lick, KY
Black Bottom, KY
Breeding, KY
Bug, KY
Bugtussle, KY
Cut Shin, KY
Dimple, KY
Falls Of Rough, KY
Fearsville, KY
Future City, KY
Grannie, KY
Jetson, KY
Knob Lick, KY
Krypton, KY
Monkey's Eyebrow, KY
Number One, KY
Oddville, KY
Penile, KY
Pippa Passes, KY
Possum Trot, KY
Rabbit Hash , KY
Shoulderblade, KY
Thousandsticks, KY
Tyewhoppety, KY

[Trevor]

Future City, KY

So they're still building the place then? 

[zombie #1]

there's a place called "Fulking Hill" in northern England

Just the combination of the words "Point Blank" and "Texas" made me laugh.

there's a rapper from Texas called Point Blank, must be where he named himself after

[Circus Circus]

Monkey's Eyebrow, KY

 

[zombie #1]

http://www.monkeyseyebrow.org/

As far as I can tell, there aren’t any city limits. For one thing, there isn’t any city.

Some folks have theorized that Monkey’s Eyebrow is a state of mind.

lol

[Flick James]

I have to defend the honor of Kentucky.  Nobody beats us when it comes to weird town names.  Here are just a few of my favorites (see more at this list):

88, KY
Batchelors rest, KY
Beaver Lick, KY
Berry Store, KY
Big Bone Lick State Park, KY
Big Beaver Lick, KY
Black Bottom, KY
Breeding, KY
Bug, KY
Bugtussle, KY
Cut Shin, KY
Dimple, KY
Falls Of Rough, KY
Fearsville, KY
Future City, KY
Grannie, KY
Jetson, KY
Knob Lick, KY
Krypton, KY
Monkey's Eyebrow, KY
Number One, KY
Oddville, KY
Penile, KY
Pippa Passes, KY
Possum Trot, KY
Rabbit Hash , KY
Shoulderblade, KY
Thousandsticks, KY
Tyewhoppety, KY

I'm well aware of the quaint and wonderful naming conventions of rural Kentucky. My ancestors were actually among the very first to settle Kentucky. There is a tiny little place outside of Bowling Green named after my family, Boyce, KY. It's not even a town, really, but it's got a weather listing on weather.com. Still plenty of Boyce's around KY and apparently they started Boyce College.