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Re: A place called what..!.!.!
« Reply #90 on: Saturday 25 February 12 02:52 GMT (UK) »
It's about time we had a revival of this thread.

I like Cold Bottom Road in Maryland.  Sounds like the farmer crawled back in bed after the 4am milking one morning in February and his wife objected.

You also have Hungry Mother State Park in Virginia.
http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state_parks/hun.shtml

But the tops is Baby Head Cemetery in Texas.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_Head_Cemetery
http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasHillCountryTowns/Baby-Head-Texas.htm
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Re: A place called what..!.!.!
« Reply #91 on: Saturday 25 February 12 04:56 GMT (UK) »
There is a place on the Central Coast of NSW which made my father giggle, every time we drove past it; -

Maiden's Brush Creek.

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Re: A place called what..!.!.!
« Reply #92 on: Saturday 25 February 12 05:29 GMT (UK) »
My wife is a Hoosier (that means she was born in the state of Indiana).  She said I should include a town from her home state.  The town is named French Lick.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Lick,_Indiana
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Re: A place called what..!.!.!
« Reply #93 on: Saturday 25 February 12 05:44 GMT (UK) »
Rather a graphic one, which I ran across on TV: - Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump.  It's near Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada
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Re: A place called what..!.!.!
« Reply #94 on: Saturday 25 February 12 05:56 GMT (UK) »
I've read about that one.  I study archaeology and that's a site where the paleoindians stampeded bison over the cliffs.  Must have provided a helluva feast!
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Re: A place called what..!.!.!
« Reply #95 on: Saturday 25 February 12 09:58 GMT (UK) »
In Shropshire I recall seeing a sign pointing up a hill to "Lower Down."
CORDEN - N.Staffs/N.Warwicks
MORGAN - Tamworth/Notts
HIGGS - N. Warwicks
DEEMING - N.Warwicks
LEWIS - N.Warwicks

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Re: A place called what..!.!.!
« Reply #96 on: Saturday 25 February 12 14:48 GMT (UK) »
Truth or Consequences is the county seat of Sierra County in New Mexico.
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Re: A place called what..!.!.!
« Reply #97 on: Saturday 25 February 12 16:39 GMT (UK) »
Twatt, Scotland.

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Re: A place called what..!.!.!
« Reply #98 on: Saturday 25 February 12 17:14 GMT (UK) »
near Canterbury, Kent:

Pett Bottom  ;D
Rogers: Sussex
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Ward: Notts