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  2. The weirdest town names in all 50 states, from ... - AOL

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    Top 10 most populous cities in the world, US ranked. ... What are the best beaches in America?: ... The 50 funniest town names in America, state by state.

  3. Funk, Boring and Other Oddball American Town Names - AOL

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    The town's name stems from the Rough and Ready mining company, whose leader served under President Zachary Taylor, known as "Old Rough and Ready." Related: Top 20 Old Western Towns You Can Still Visit

  4. Weird Town Names: 10 U.S. Areas With the Oddest Monikers - AOL

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    By Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell Most of the more than 30,000 incorporated towns and cities in the U.S. listed by the Census Bureau have names that wouldn't get a second glance. ... Call us! 800-290 ...

  5. List of the most common U.S. place names - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of the most common U.S. place names (cities, towns, villages, boroughs and census-designated places [CDP]), with the number of times that name occurs (in parentheses). [1] Some states have more than one occurrence of the same name. Cities with populations over 100,000 are in bold.

  6. Wikipedia:Unusual place names - Wikipedia

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    A small town in Missouri, United States. Knob Noster: A town in Johnson County, Missouri. Another town name in Missouri with the word "knob" in it. "Knob" doesn't have the same meaning in the US as it does in the UK, but it's stil a weird name nonetheless. Knock: A village in Ireland. The name is an anglicised form of the Irish Gaelic word ...

  7. List of city nicknames in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Reno, Nevada proudly displays its nickname as "The Biggest Little City in the World" on a large sign above a downtown street.. This partial list of city nicknames in the United States compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities are known by (or have been known by historically), officially and unofficially, to municipal governments, local people, outsiders or their tourism boards ...

  8. Place names considered unusual - Wikipedia

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    Fucking, Austria.The village was renamed on 1 January 2021 to "Fugging" [1] Hell, Norway.The hillside sign is visible in the background in the left corner. Place names considered unusual can include those which are also offensive words, inadvertently humorous (especially if mispronounced) or highly charged words, [2] as well as place names of unorthodox spelling and pronunciation, including ...

  9. These Are the Most Common Town Names in America - AOL

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    When it comes to naming towns, Americans aren't always the most original. Sure, some places are entirely unique. For example, the U.S. only has one Abanda, Nubieber, and Zwingle (those are in ...