Texas History An Encyclopedia of Weird Texas Town Names Find out the surprising tales behind the Lone Star State’s strangest monikers, from Bug Tussle to Dime Box, Frognot to Needmore.

The town got its name from a man named William (“Buck”) Pamplin, according to Offbeat Tennessee. According to the town's history, Pamplin loved whisky, and when he got drunk, the community ...

Bucksnort, Bitter End and more: Tennessee's most unusual town names and why they were named that way. Allison Kiehl. Knoxville News Sentinel. If you've ever taken a drive through the Volunteer ...

Florida has some weird names for its towns, ... about 70 miles northwest of Tallahassee used to be called Allison when it was a sawmill town in the 1880s. The origin of the name has been lost, ...

The town’s name may stem from the white gum trees once common in the area. History buffs can explore the West Woods Methodist Episcopal Church, which dates back to the 1800s and is listed on the ...

Not all of Pennsylvania’s weird town names are difficult to pronounce such as Burnt Cabins, Forty Fort, Intercourse, Blue Ball, and Bird-In-Hand. So which town names are “difficult” ...

When city officials submitted the name to the U.S. Postal Service in 1882, they submitted “Arad” after Arad Thompson, son of early settler and first postmaster Stephen Tuttle Thompson.

Many strange town names in Massachusetts can be traced back to colonial days and indigenous tribes. Cuttyhunk, an island village in the town of Gosnold only accessible by ferry, gets its name from ...

More: Weird West Texas: Revisiting Amarillo Zoo's mystery creature a year later Abilene. Founded in 1881 by the Texas and Pacific Railway Company, the 125,000 pop. town was named after Abilene ...

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is home to many cities, towns, boroughs, and townships. Some have nice, pleasant-sounding names, such as Williamsport, Harrisburg, Lancaster, Scranton, and Allentown.

Boonton. In the mid-1700s, Boonton was originally incorporated as a village of workmen and their families known as Boone-Towne, named after seventh Colonial Governor Thomas Boone.The town was then ...