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Can you fill the blanks in these city names which I found somewhat unusual?
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First submittedDecember 26, 2012
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State
City
Michigan
Kalamazoo
Washington
Walla Walla
Indiana
French Lick
New Mexico
Truth or Consequences
Virginia
Newport News
North Carolina
Kitty Hawk
Massachusetts
Braintree
New York
Poughkeepsie
Tennessee
Chattanooga
Florida
Kissimmee
Maryland
Chevy Chase
Alaska
Unalaska
California
Calexico
Oklahoma
Broken Arrow
Utah
Spanish Fork
Alaska
Deadhorse
Texas
Gun Barrel City
Minnesota
Blue Earth
Pennsylvania
King of Prussia
Wisconsin
Oshkosh
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82 Comments
Baltimorean
+9
Level 66
Nov 19, 2012
If you ever expand the quiz, give Toad Suck, Arkansas a spot. And Scooba, Mississippi; Quicksand, Kentucky; Ninety Six, South Carolina; and Gin Gin, Queensland. All legit, although all pretty obscure.
samiamco
+13
Level 68
Dec 4, 2018
I nominate Yellowknife, NWT (it's even the capital!). There is also Blue Ball, Pennsylvania, which is actually a big antiquing destination. And if you find Blue Ball …frustrating, you can always stop in nearby Intercourse.
RobNobody
+4
Level 80
Nov 30, 2023
And, failing that, you might have to go to Bird in Hand.
CosmicCalamity
+2
Level 74
Jan 13, 2026
Virginville, Intercourse, Climax, Paradise...
HuntingGFox
+2
Level 40
Feb 1, 2024
One time went there instead of blue bell, very different places
CosmicCalamity
+3
Level 74
Jan 13, 2026
Yellowknife is in Canada.
CosmicCalamity
+3
Level 74
Jan 13, 2026
Queensland isn't in the US.
bomber184
+1
Level 55
Jan 23, 2026
Arkansas has some interesting ones. I've been to a Marked Tree, AR.
shmily77
+4
Level 23
Dec 26, 2012
hey have you guys ever heard of Possumgrape, Arkansas lol
ander217
+2
Level 74
Jul 23, 2015
I've eaten possum grapes from Arkansas. Does that count? How about Oil Trough?
Nytebreid
+7
Level 36
Feb 14, 2013
12/18. I found a website with the top 50 silly city names around the world. Others in the US (that I can mention with children around) are Boring, Oregon... Why, Arizona... Climax, Michigan... Dwarf, Kentucky...and one of my favorites - Beer Bottle Crossing, Idaho.
brandybuck96
+16
Level 82
Dec 4, 2015
Isn't Boring twinned with Dull in Scotland?
RobNobody
+12
Level 80
Nov 30, 2023
They've also teamed up with Bland Shire, in New South Wales, Australia, to form a group they call "The League of Extraordinary Communities. Bland has a sign commemorating it, with the tag line "Bland... far from Dull and Boring."
CosmicCalamity
+2
Level 74
Jan 13, 2026
There's a Climax, PA too, it's near Virginville and Intercourse. Not joking.
InterAlia
+1
Level 83
Jan 23, 2026
Climax is not near Intercourse and Virginville. Unless there's more than one, it is a four hour drive away.

What IS near Climax is my personal favorite place name (though it doesn't fit your bawdy theme), Spaces Corners. I feel like it should have an apostrophe though.

kalbahamut
+2
Level 79
Feb 18, 2013
What about Dicksville Notch
courthousedoc
+7
Level 79
Apr 13, 2014
It's Dixville Notch, New Hampshire. The first place to vote every election.
kalbahamut
+2
Level 79
Feb 18, 2013
Or Batman, Turkey?
JackintheBox
+3
Level 82
Apr 22, 2020
American city names
kalbahamut
+2
Level 79
Feb 18, 2013
Phuket, Bangkok, and Kho Phi Phi (go pee pee), Thailand? So many of these...
swimgirl0
+2
Level 3
May 20, 2013
dead horse Alaska

oh that is funny

ponnuki
+16
Level 57
Apr 7, 2014
Not if it's your horse it isn't.
DeusCaritasEst
+5
Level 54
Apr 21, 2015
Well, I mean, at least you got to name the city after it. More than most horses get.
DeusCaritasEst
+4
Level 54
Apr 21, 2015
I'm surprised no one else commented saying they tried "Middle" for "Earth" first...
vermiciousknid
+2
Level 91
Jun 10, 2019
I tried it!
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Jun 11, 2024
also flat earth..
NEGeo
+1
Level 65
Oct 24, 2024
mother earth...
AbiA
+1
Level 88
Mar 12, 2026
I also tried flat earth.
BrosephStalin
+2
Level 70
May 3, 2015
Out of all of these, I've only been to King of Prussia. It's just outside of Philadelphia and has a huge shopping mall. I sincerely doubt most people who visit there know Prussia was ever a country, let alone where it was.
samiamco
+2
Level 68
Dec 4, 2018
King of Prussia Mall was actually mentioned in the movie "Silver Linings Playbook". Unfortunately, Jennifer Lawrence enunciated it properly rather than spoke it like a native, which woulda been "Kinga Prussia Mawl".
kitshef
+1
Level 88
Dec 29, 2025
The tennis player Kathy Jordan went to school in King of Prussia. Why do I remember this fact from 50 years ago? I have no idea.
FlickerP
+1
Level 78
Jan 23, 2026
Have been to a pub called King of Prussia but never thought to try it on this quiz
brandybuck96
+4
Level 82
Dec 4, 2015
You could make a great one of these with UK place names (not necessarily cities). Dull, Wetwang, Splatt, Barton-in-the-Beans, and my personal favourite, Crackpot.
Hinckford
+3
Level 87
Dec 29, 2025
I made this quiz that includes some of those sort of places...

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Berney
+2
Level 84
Jan 6, 2026
I created a similar one for the UK a few years ago, see

Unusual Place Names in the UK

evacooper
+5
Level 50
Dec 14, 2015
only knew truth or consequences, because of doctor who.
Dontneedone
+4
Level 80
Apr 3, 2016
Only Texas would have city called Gun Barrel City.
beccimoo
+2
Level 55
Jun 8, 2016
Truth or consequence? Seriously??!!
cornflakesfu
+10
Level 89
Nov 7, 2018
Named after, believe it or not, a radio quiz show.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_or_Consequences,_New_Mexico

JackintheBox
+1
Level 82
Jan 29, 2021
Consequences*
BazMcHat
+1
Level 85
Jul 6, 2016
"Walla Walla cat's meat, eat brown bread, ever seen a donkey drop dead!" A silly rhyme you might have heard in a UK school playground in the near past (post-war) Nonsensical, but now I know where the "Walla Walla" bit comes form....
blinky
+3
Level 57
Feb 4, 2017
Two Egg, Florida!
HelenaHandbasket
+2
Level 65
Jul 28, 2017
Social Circle and/or Ball Ground, GA.
TimFed
+1
Level 76
Dec 17, 2018
I nominate Intercourse, PA
ElJefeGrande
+1
Level 64
Jul 20, 2019
Love Canal, New York
Bdubz
+1
Level 41
Jul 24, 2019
PA has about 50. I would've gone with Intercourse
Bdubz
+1
Level 41
Jul 24, 2019
Hot Coffee, MS
CyprusisinAsia
+3
Level 69
Feb 24, 2020
Rough and Ready, Ca is a great one for a sequel quiz. Also, Love Canal, NY Smackover, AR Unalaska, Alaska and Hot Coffee, Miss
CharlieZeb
+1
Level 63
Apr 13, 2020
I was up at Deadhorse, Alaska, last summer (it's up by Prudhoe Bay). I've never seen it spelled as two words, as you list it. Took me a few seconds to figure it out.
Xandog
+1
Level 43
Apr 21, 2020
What about China, TX?
Froststar101
+2
Level 73
Sep 17, 2020
I like that there is a Moon Township, Pennsylvania and Mars, Pennsylvania. This means that there is a Moon Area High School and a Mars Area High School about 30 miles apart.
SexyMarxPants
+1
Level 72
Nov 2, 2020
Bird-in-Hand and Blue Ball are also names of towns in Pennsylvania. They are both near Intercourse. There are Amish people there. Probably a coincidence?
chailattee
+1
Level 68
Jan 5, 2021
From South Carolina, some unusual names are Welcome (a suburb of Greenville), Ninety Six (a random rural town near Greenwood), North (Would be a semi-normal name anywhere but here), Hollywood Hills (A neighbourhood north of Columbia), Wide awake (a suburb of Charleston next to Summerville), Fair Play (A town near the Georgia border near lake Hartwell), Mayo (an exurb of Spartanburg), and La France (A town south of Clemson).
DonTheLamplighter
+1
Level 87
Dec 29, 2025
Shout out to Fair Play, SC. Loved it there.
AsianButStupid
+1
Level 53
Jun 1, 2021
Kinda expected... a different city from PA, if you know, you know
elcampeador
+1
Level 77
Dec 20, 2022
Not a city (so it doesn't qualify for the quiz) but my favorite place name will always be "Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump"
Uzbekiman
+2
Level 40
Feb 11, 2023
Santa Claus, Indiana is real
GrammarBeane1
+6
Level 83
Mar 7, 2023
As a Marylander, I knew about Chevy Chase the town before I knew about Chevy Chase the person, so it was a very weird experience the first time I saw his name in some credits. Fun fact, neither was named for the other, but they share a loose name origin with a 16th century English Ballad called "The Ballad of Chevy Chase"
RobNobody
+1
Level 80
Mar 11, 2023
Another couple of possibilities for a potential sequel could be Horseheads, NY and Colts Neck, NJ.
delan23
+1
Level 85
Dec 20, 2023
I'm curious, what's unusual about Oshkosh??
interopia
+6
Level 90
Apr 5, 2024
Sounds funny
Saintscat3
+2
Level 66
Jun 21, 2024
interesting story behind the town Chevy Chase. It is named after the Cheviot hills between England and Scotland, and in the 1300s, Hotspur went up with a hunting party (a "chase" in the language of the time) which the Scottish believed was an invasion. A huge battle ensued in which Hotspur and a Scottish noble were killed. A poem commemorating this event, called the "Ballad of Chevy Chase" for which the town was named.
theZ
+1
Level 34
Nov 6, 2024
Don't forget about Drinkwater, Saskatchewan. Jeez Saskatchewan has some weird place names.
Koopa
+1
Level 88
Nov 25, 2024
Joe, Montana
freehuggs
+2
Level 68
Jun 12, 2025
Fun fact: King of Prussia was named not for any actual Prussian king, but for Benjamin Franklin.
NEGeo
+2
Level 65
Dec 29, 2025
Wait what? How does that work?
RobNobody
+6
Level 80
Dec 29, 2025
Well, it's a possible source for the name. Most directly, the community is named after a historic inn located there. The inn was built as a cottage in 1719 and was turned into an inn in 1769. By the late 1770s it was known as "Berry's Tavern," but by 1786 it was known as the "King of Prussia," with (at least at some point) a sign depicting King Frederick the Great of Prussia.

The question of why the inn took that name, though, is up in the air. Some think it was to entice German soldiers fighting in the American Revolution to stay in the area, others think (as freehuggs is referring to) that it was named in honor of Ben Franklin's satirical essay "An Edict by the King of Prussia," but there's no actual evidence one way or another.

freehuggs
+3
Level 68
Jan 23, 2026
I appreciate the additional context!
mf3
+2
Level 90
Dec 29, 2025
I think Cut and Shoot, Texas, is even better than Gun Barrel. The Wikipedia page explains the name.
Jeremy
+1
Level 79
Dec 29, 2025
Cut and Shoot is one of my favorites, along with What Cheer and Maharishi Vedic City in Iowa and Waterproof, Louisiana
FreeStater
+1
Level 81
Dec 29, 2025
A few folks on my mom's side of the family live in Happy, Kentucky.
29er
+1
Level 73
Dec 29, 2025
Gnaw Bone, Grinders Switch, Black Gnat
sumguy
+1
Level 87
Dec 29, 2025
Fishkill, New York. Or East Fishkill.
jeffreyjeffjeff
+3
Level 95
Jan 18, 2026
Bad Axe, Michigan
MeMeMe333
+1
Level 71
Jan 23, 2026
How am I meant to guess these, let alone know them...
jsmay311
+1
Level 70
Jan 23, 2026
Why is the thumbnail for this quiz a picture of Larry Bird? :-\
tidge6
+2
Level 61
Jan 23, 2026
His nickname was "The Hick from French Lick". His home town is F.L. Indiana
ShinShur
+2
Level 74
Jan 23, 2026
I'm shocked that there's a town called "accident" in Maryland, definitely should be added to this/another quiz like this
LordHydro
+1
Level 53
Jan 23, 2026
What about Okay, OK ?
InterAlia
+1
Level 83
Jan 23, 2026
okay, i guess
bittern
+1
Level 45
Jan 23, 2026
How did Blue Earth get its name?
dumBunny
+1
Level 61
Jan 23, 2026
I think this is way too much time. If you don't know them, you wont be able to guess them.
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