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In New Jersey there's a small town in the pine barrens called "Ong's Hat". I don't know who Ong was, or what was so special about his hat that they had to name a town after it, but there you go.

Are there any strange town names near where you live?

In New Jersey there's a small town in the pine barrens called "Ong's Hat". I don't know who Ong was, or what was so special about his hat that they had to name a town after it, but there you go.

Are there any strange town names near where you live?
Hmmm... I remember a vacation trip my family went on where there was a town called Chunky. And yes, there were signs on the side of the road that said, "Chunky River". :p I don't think it counts as local, tho, as it's in another state.

Mianus, Connecticut.

Subject of a Jackass skit.

"There's a Deli in Mianus." :)

Ramsbottom.

That really amused us when we were young.

*sighs whistfully*

*Plays with lego*

In New Jersey there's a small town in the pine barrens called "Ong's Hat". I don't know who Ong was, or what was so special about his hat that they had to name a town after it, but there you go.

Are there any strange town names near where you live?

Nah... But I plan to visit Tittybong, Australia some day.

Nowhere, CA the population is 0.

Trona, CA this is the worst city I have ever seen in my life. It is supported by sulfer and salt mines and the mixing of the two smells is vomit worthy. In the town they had three different kinds of businesses, supermarkets, bars and churches.

I believe there's a place near Cincinnati called Beaver Lick. Draw your own conclusions as to who might live there!

Mary's Igloo, Alaska. Or maybe Humansville, MO. (I'd say that is pretty self evident)

Near me: Knockemstiff :confused:

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch in wales. not really near per say- it's about a few hours drive across water.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the TV show, takes plase in Sunnyvale, California. There is no real Sunnyvale in California, but there is a Sunnydale. Therefore, Sunnydale, California is the Hellmouth. Therefore, after college I will move there. WHOO-HOO!

In Cornwall, England theres a place called Splat.

Theres also a Titstone, pranksters usually paint over the 'one' on signs :D

theres a small hamlet in norfolk, UK, called two mile bottom.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the TV show, takes plase in Sunnyvale, California. There is no real Sunnyvale in California, but there is a Sunnydale. Therefore, Sunnydale, California is the Hellmouth. Therefore, after college I will move there. WHOO-HOO!

sorry to break this to you but they do call it sunnydale in btvs show

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the TV show, takes plase in Sunnyvale, California. There is no real Sunnyvale in California, but there is a Sunnydale. Therefore, Sunnydale, California is the Hellmouth. Therefore, after college I will move there. WHOO-HOO!
You've got it backwards. Sunnydale is in Buffy's California. Sunnyvale is in our California.

Muff

'tis in Donegal

Beleive it or not, there is a town called "Dildo" in the Canadian Province of Newfoundland. Check it out.

sorry to break this to you but they do call it sunnydale in btvs show

Sunnyvale is the real place in Cali. He got them mixed up.

Don't forget Fucking, Austria and Toad Suck, AK

Lizard Lick, NC (USA)

They got all excited a few years ago when they installed their first (and only) traffic light!

I just did a google search on Ong's Hat NJ. There are some weird stories about that place. Doesn't surprise me. It's in NJ after all.

Check this site:

http://amusingfacts.com/weirdtowns/

Muff

'tis in Donegal

'must go there. i never heard of it, that's strange.... :confused:

Mianus, Connecticut.

Subject of a Jackass skit.

"There's a Deli in Mianus." :)

There's a big red truck in Mianus.

I could go on, didn't Whitney Houston or someone famous have a house in Mianus?

Akk sorry...

Check this site:

http://amusingfacts.com/weirdtowns/
It's a nice list, but incomplete. It leaves out Intercourse PA.

I just did a google search on Ong's Hat NJ. There are some weird stories about that place. Doesn't surprise me. It's in NJ after all.

There is some weird stuff!


It's in the Pine Barrens. There is some weird stuff going on there, of course.

There is some weird stuff!


It's in the Pine Barrens. There is some weird stuff going on there, of course.
The Pine Barrens are the home of the Jersey Devil, and the final resting place of some Italian-American businessmen who seem to mysteriously disappear.

There's Dog Patch, Arkansas...

It's a nice list, but incomplete. It leaves out Intercourse PA.

It's on there, towards the very bottom.

It's on there, towards the very bottom.
Sorry. I missed it.

'must go there. i never heard of it, that's strange.... :confused:
just outside Derry...kinda between Derry and Moville

Yes, there is a town here in good ol' South Carolina called Sugar Tit. Kentucky is home to another Sugartit, Beaverlick, and Big Bone Lick (all in a row along I-42).

just outside Derry...kinda between Derry and Moville

ah well, i always seem to be too tired to read signs on my monthly trips to derry. i might look out for it....

The Pine Barrens are the home of the Jersey Devil, and the final resting place of some Italian-American businessmen who seem to mysteriously disappear.

There seems to be tons of weird stuff in NJ. I wonder if it's an interdimensional portal? :confused:

Plus, the search has revealed some very interesting paranormal occurences and links in Ong's Hat.

I just did a google search on Ong's Hat NJ. There are some weird stories about that place.
Such as Ong's Hat & the mysterious Incunabula Texts (http://www.marsearthconnection.com/ong.html)?

I particularly liked this page (http://www.incunabula.org/ebooks.html), personally.

...wait, isn't Incunabula an album by Amon Tobin?
Doesn't surprise me. It's in NJ after all.
New Jersey is damn cool. If I was going to move somewhere based on the local legends and oddities, it would probably by NJ.

There seems to be tons of weird stuff in NJ. I wonder if it's an interdimensional portal? :confused:
Read up about Ong's Hat and the Incunabula Texts. It is!
:D

Read up about Ong's Hat and the Incunabula Texts. It is!
:D

I thought so. That is cool!

Anyway, the name "Ong's Hat" and even the name "Ong" sounds really...alien or odd for some reason. :confused:

Tho I'm in NJ, I know of a Hell, Michigan

Waldo Wisconsin I wonder how many people get the question "Where's Waldo?".

Tho I'm in NJ, I know of a Hell, Michigan

And it freezes over in winter :D

There is a Peculiar, Missouri about an hour's drive from where I grew up.
http://www.city-data.com/city/Peculiar-Missouri.html

I can't beleive no ones mentioned Lake Titicaca.

Onancock, Virginia. It's on the peninsula.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the TV show, takes plase in Sunnyvale, California. There is no real Sunnyvale in California, but there is a Sunnydale. Therefore, Sunnydale, California is the Hellmouth. Therefore, after college I will move there. WHOO-HOO!

I always thought it was Sunnyville!?!

Australia got some good ones
Wagga Wagga
Iron Knob
Bobbin Head
Blowhard
Chinaman's Knob
Bone's Knob

England
Big Cockup
Little Cockup
Nether Wallop

More
http://www.dribbleglass.com/Jokes/town-names.htm

Surprised noone's mentioned Weed, CA. There is a famous road sign with the left arrow saying weed and the right arrow saying College, but most people think it is photoshopped. Real place, people :)

Difficult Run.

It's a road near my house. Not Colvin Run, no, Difficult Run.

At least they're honest?

Blackbong (NSW Australia)

The name means "black homes"

Humpybong (QLD Australia)

The name means "empty homes"

Blackbutt

Surprised noone's mentioned Weed, CA. There is a famous road sign with the left arrow saying weed and the right arrow saying College, but most people think it is photoshopped. Real place, people :)

http://www.funnysign.com/funnysign/081college.jpg

Don't forget Fucking, Austria and Toad Suck, AK

Heh, you beat me to Toadsuck.
We go there most summers for band.

Well, there's Embarrass (http://www.embarrass.org/), Minnesota. The capital city, St. Paul was originally called Pigs Eye, and we have the illustrious Bong Bridge, which connects Duluth with Superior, Wisconsin.

For some reason I always feel a bit festive when I cross the Bong Bridge. :D

Goofy Ridge, IL, USA.

Pratt's Bottom, Shitterton, Titsey and Shellow Bowells, in the UK

Doesn't the US have a town called Wank, or Wanking? Allegedly the locals get besieged (and bemused) by British tourists getting their pictures taken next to the sign.

Pity Me, in county durham.

Waxahachie
South of Dallas means "Buffalo Dung" in Comanche. The early settlers asked the natives what a good name for a town was. The natives are probably still laughing

Mong Kok
A neighborhood here in Hong Kong seems to make Aussies laugh. I've been afraid to ask why.

For that matter: Hong Kong means
"Fragrant Harbor" in Chinese. That really funny :)

Burke Burnett
A town on the Texas Oklahoma border may not be the weirdest name but the sell t-shirts that say "Burke Burnett, it isn't the end of the world but you can see it"

Buffalo NY
Actually a mangeled bit of French because there were never any Buffalo in that area. The name comes from "Beau Fleur" or beautiful river.

Smackover Arkansaw
Comes from the French words for "Covered bridge.

How could I have forgot Iron Knob?

Mong Kok
A neighborhood here in Hong Kong seems to make Aussies laugh. I've been afraid to ask why.


Mong, as in mongaloid: defective, broken, invalid, of poor quality, mangled, smashed, defective at birth, wrong shape et cetera

Kok: Cock, a penis

Thus mong kok would be something like 'damaged penis' or a description of someone who was born with a handicapped penis

My great home state of Texas boasts these interesting names:

Uncertain
Tarzan
Dimebox
Big Foot
Trophy Club
Cumby
Earth
Canadian
Cooksville
Early
No Trees
Snook

Woolloomooloo, NSW, Australia.
In my own native California, there are a number of odd place-names, mostly of Spanish origin with strange English translations.

Palo Alto, home of Stanford University, literally means "Tall Stick/Pole."

Not a town but with a population of several hundred it it could be.
There is a public housing estate in the Hong Kong area of Tsuen Wan called Fuk Yiu Estate.

You'd think they'd have thought that one through a little bit more given that English is the OFFICIAL language here. However, I think that it is probably a pretty good name for a public housing estate given that it is not a great place to live.

Nasty clothing chain
The French Connection United Kingdom which goes by its initials of FCUK. Don't get me wrong, there is a place in the world for cursing in appropriate situations. (Striking ones hand with a hammer, realizing you forgot make the mortage paynment for the last six-months that kind of thing) Marketing clothing to teenage girls doesn't appear to me to be one of them.

Wierd personal names
In Hong Kong kids that go to English schools often get to pick their own English name. Sometime they pick some rather strange ones.

In Hong Kong I've met women with the following names
Lingerie
Malaria
Wincy
Pinky
Irate
Virgin (She had several children)
Cash
Money
Kawaii
Little bit (Last name Young)
I-Girl
And my all time favorite: Ping Pong

Boys names
Captain
Dedro
Money
Ivan Ho (I work at a school and there are three with this combination)

In NZ we have a few funny ones (cant remember them right now)

but there is a River Suck in Ireland

There's a place just south of my hometown called Climax. Also, i've seen a place called Sanctuary Saskatchewan as well. If I recall correctly, it has a population of about ten, some sanctuary.

Bog Row, Northumberland, UK.

Given that the vernacular for toilet is 'bog' in that part of the world, I alays thought it was an unfortunate name.