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Originally Posted by Max M
(Post 19116102)
Beaver, Oklahoma -- located in the panhandle portion of Oklahoma.
The town has a state park called Beaver Dunes which are sand dunes. |
Beaver Crossing, Nebraska.
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A few more from Nebraska.
Winnebago Wynot Gross The town of Western is in Eastern Nebraska |
Originally Posted by mapleg
(Post 18561067)
The is a small town in Japan called Usa. Apparently in the early 50's they manufactured low cost "junk" and then could put a sticker on it saying "Made in USA".
Fooled some people, definitely. |
Vienna, VA
Paris, TX London-AK, CA, KY, MN, OH, TX, WV, WI More than a dozen towns/jurisdictions named Paris, more than twenty. named Berlin or Athens and even Delhi's--nearly a dozen in the U.S. I suppose this would happen in a young country that grew in size rapidly. There is/are history/legends behind names. |
Originally Posted by Crazyhotelguy
(Post 19116849)
There is also a Beaver, WV:)
Big Beaver, PA Beaver Falls, PA Economy, PA Gambles, PA (not far from Washington, PA, where there's a racetrack) Time, PA Good Intent, PA California, PA Ogle Township, PA |
Originally Posted by Yaatri
(Post 19117665)
Vienna, VA
Paris, TX London-AK, CA, KY, MN, OH, TX, WV, WI More than a dozen towns/jurisdictions named Paris, more than twenty. named Berlin or Athens and even Delhi's--nearly a dozen in the U.S. I suppose this would happen in a young country that grew in size rapidly. There is/are history/legends behind names. Ninety Six, South Carolina is another goofy one. |
Originally Posted by PRWeezer
(Post 19117880)
Georgia has Athens, Sparta, Rome, Dublin & Cairo (pronounced Kay-ro) & likely others.
Ninety Six, South Carolina is another goofy one. |
It's not really a town, but it is on the map "Idiotville, Oregon"
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The new world has had the luxury of choosing names of their cities and towns. Why in the eorld woyld people choose a name like Idiotville, or Intercourse? |
here's another one, Last Chance, Colorado.
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Originally Posted by Crazyhotelguy
(Post 19116849)
There is also a Beaver, WV:)
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Weed, CA next to Yreka, CA
And now, for this set: Wellington, FL Melbourne, FL Naples, FL St. Petersburg, FL |
Driving to St. Moritz a few years ago, passed through a lovely town, Cun ter.
(Space added because apparently that's a dirty word. :)) http://goo.gl/z1D8g |
Originally Posted by PRWeezer
(Post 19117880)
Georgia has Athens, Sparta, Rome, Dublin & Cairo (pronounced Kay-ro) & likely others.
Ninety Six, South Carolina is another goofy one. My family is from Rome, Ga, it has none of the majesty of Rome. I once drove through Marathon, Texas. Before passing through I read that the lay of the land reminded the sea captain who founded the town of Marathon, Greece. I think he had been to sea for way too long. Here's a couple more: Conception, Missouri Fidelity, Missouri |
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