Unique, Unusual or Unfortunate town names

[paul06660]

Its not in the Ozarks, but in Arkansas somewhere around the Arkansas River there is a town called Toad Suck.

its not actually a town its a big park with a lock and damn . its right outside conway. we have a yearly toad suck dayz festival.

Yeah I remember the lock and dam down there. I was down there once when my uncle had an Army Corps of Engineers cook out and he was ordered to bring us. I remember some kind of old gasoline engine they had on display down there next to the lock and dam that was pretty cool. Supposedly one of the first gas engines ever made I suppose. I also remember the school bus factory that was there too.

[crazydrummerdude]

Ordered to bring you?

[paul06660]

I guess lol.

[CaveGirl]

Licking, MO and Anutt, MO. I wish they were next to each other on road signs.

Also, Bourbon, MO. Why name a town after an alcohol?

[pinkspider]

Yeah I remember the lock and dam down there. I was down there once when my uncle had an Army Corps of Engineers cook out and he was ordered to bring us. I remember some kind of old gasoline engine they had on display down there next to the lock and dam that was pretty cool. Supposedly one of the first gas engines ever made I suppose. I also remember the school bus factory that was there too.

the bus factory is here in conway but sadly it's no where near as big as it used to be.

[Willard]

Huzzah, Mo., Climax Springs, Mo., Halfway, Mo., Peculiar, Mo., Humansville, Mo., Koshkonong, Mo.

[crazydrummerdude]

We've lost the spirit of this thread, I think.

Have any of us been to these towns?

[SubLunar]

edit: nevermind, I haven't actually been there...

[slow_walker]

I've been to Booger Hollow, AR

[ropingk]

i go through Bourbon, and Cuba every day. I go to climax springs once a month, along with success, there is a really small town outside of Cuba called Japan, and another called Pond--so lived there no I live at High Gate which is between Belle and Bland on the way to ownesville which is outside Red Bird next to Roisebud and close to Safe

[Willard]

Licking, MO and Anutt, MO. I wish they were next to each other on road signs.

Also, Bourbon, MO. Why name a town after an alcohol?

While Bourbon, Mo. didn't exist before the whisky was named, bourbon liquor was named for Bourbon County, Kentucky. I believe that Bourbon, Mo. was probably named for the county in Kentucky by the people who settled there because they were most likely from Bourbon County, Kentucky. Kind of like Rolla, Mo. was named for Raleigh, North Carolina, or Westphalia was named for the region of Westphalia in Germany or any number of other areas in Missouri named for places the settlers were from. However that doesn't explain some of the more weird names.

I will say that Halfway, Mo. was named because it is half way between Buffalo and Bolivar.

Also here's a funny one: Tin Cup, Colorado. It's a ghost town and yes, I've been there. Pretty neat to see.

[bugo]

I used to live in Knob Noster, MO.

[lolabelle]

Hoberg, MO

[cousin]

hogs thief ar

[CaveGirl]

Licking, MO and Anutt, MO. I wish they were next to each other on road signs.

Also, Bourbon, MO. Why name a town after an alcohol?

While Bourbon, Mo. didn't exist before the whisky was named, bourbon liquor was named for Bourbon County, Kentucky. I believe that Bourbon, Mo. was probably named for the county in Kentucky by the people who settled there because they were most likely from Bourbon County, Kentucky. Kind of like Rolla, Mo. was named for Raleigh, North Carolina, or Westphalia was named for the region of Westphalia in Germany or any number of other areas in Missouri named for places the settlers were from. However that doesn't explain some of the more weird names.

I will say that Halfway, Mo. was named because it is half way between Buffalo and Bolivar.

Also here's a funny one: Tin Cup, Colorado. It's a ghost town and yes, I've been there. Pretty neat to see.

You believe wrong about Bourbon, MO.

http://www.bourbonmo.com/history.htm

Sorry for bumping an old thread, I just like for people to know when I'm right about things because it happens so rarely