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Sometimes the founders of a town will give it a name that seems great, but turns out to be just, well, weird. For whatever reason, there are millions of odd town names all over America. Here are some of the weirdest of the weird. Impress your friends (and geography teachers) with your new knowledge.<\/p>\n
Chicken, Alaska
\nPopulation: 17
\nThis town was settled by gold miners in the 1800s. They named it \u0153Chicken\u009d because they couldn’t figure out how to spell \u0153ptarmigan\u009d \u201c the name of a bird that is common in that area.
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\nEek, Alaska
\nPopulation: 280<\/p>\n
Fifty-Six, Arkansas
\nPopulation: 163<\/p>\n
Magazine, Arkansas
\nPopulation: 915<\/p>\n
Smackover, Arkansas
\nPopulation: 2,005<\/p>\n
Jupiter, Florida
\nPopulation: 46,752
\nThis town was known as \u0153Jove\u009d (by Spaniard settlers) until the British changed it to \u0153Jupiter\u009d which is an Anglicized form of the first name.\u00a0 The Florida Marlins pro baseball team holds spring training in Jupiter.<\/p>\n
Normal, Illinois
\nPopulation: 45,386
\nThis was originally named after a college (now known as Illinois State University). Normal is also known for opening the first Steak n Shake restaurant.<\/p>\n
Sandwich, Illinois
\nPopulation: 6,509
\nThe oldest continuing county fair in the state of Illinois is the DeKalb County Fair \u201c but many people call it the Sandwich Fair. It’s been held since 1889.<\/p>\n
Embarrass, Minnesota
\nPopulation: 691
\nThis is actually a township. In January of 2005, the temperature reached an incredible -54 F.<\/p>\n
Yazoo, Mississippi
\nPopulation: 14,550<\/p>\n
Peculiar, Missouri
\nPopulation: 2,604
\nThis name was picked because all of the names suggested before it were already taken. In the 1860s, Postmaster Edgar Thomson became frustrated and wrote a letter suggesting that the town be named something \u0153peculiar.\u009d This name was approved, and it’s still Peculiar, Missouri today.<\/p>\n
Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina
\nPopulation: 5,897<\/p>\n
Intercourse, Pennsylvania
\nThis unincorporated township is home to many Amish. In fact, the movie \u0153Witness\u009d was filmed in Intercourse.<\/p>\n
Gun Barrel City, Texas
\nPopulation: 5,145
\nThis city takes its name from one of its streets, which was known as Gun Barrel Lane. People in this town say that the road got its name because the surveyor looked at it and remarked that it was as straight as a gun barrel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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