Good morning Phoenix! It’s time for Tricky Town Tuesdays! (yeah, I just renamed it…. LOL)
Here’s some good ones:
• Wetwang, Yorkshire, UK. Population 761. It is known for its Iron
Age chariot burial cemetery at Wetwang Slack and its black swans. Its
name often attracts mirth, although I can’t imagine why. *grins*
•
Dickshooter, Idaho. It’s located between Battle Creek and Deep Creek.
Obviously popular for hunting, among other year round recreational
activities such as hiking, camping, ATV
riding, and snowmobiling. It is isolated, being located a few hours’
drive from passable roads. Dickshooter Creek is listed in the National
Wild and Scenic Rivers System. It was named for Dick Shooter, a man who
established a homestead there.
• Penistone, South Yorkshire, UK.
Population 22,909. It is 29 miles east of Manchester. Penistone
derives from penn the Primitive Welsh, which means head, end, top,
height or hill, and the Old English ing, a place-name forming suffix and
tun, an enclosure, farmstead, village or estate. It most likely means a
farm or village at or called Penning. It has frequently been noted on
lists of unusual place names.
• Sweet Lips, Tennessee. Population
85, no stop signs or street lights, and no post office. Some scenes
from the 1973 movie Walking Tall were filmed in Sweet Lips. It was
settled in the 1820’s. Residents have claimed that the name comes from
settlers, hobos, or thirsty Civil War soldiers who declared water from a
creek to be “sweet to the lips”.
• Toad Suck, Arkansas. It is
about smack dab in the middle of the state. The origin of the name is
disputed. Some say it received the name when idle rivermen would
congregate at the local tavern where they “suck on the bottle till they
swell up like toads”. Toad Suck Daze is an annual fair that raises
funds for scholarships. The festival has been held annually since 1982,
in nearby downtown Conway.
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