Can you name the Towns (or areas) With Weird Names?

created by robbie301
  • Enter a Town in the box below
  • Correctly named Towns will show up below
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Devon, EnglandAdmiral Horatio Nelson died in this town
NewfoundlandDiscovered in 2000 BC
America, MissouriNamed after Gottfried Franken, a man who donated to the towns church in 1980
America, TexasNamed after a 1912 confrontation in the town
Texas, AmericaName came from a custom in which settlers used a large wooden box to get their mail.
Hampshire, EnglandThis area has had this name since Henry the VII's rule, in 1501
North Yorkshire, EnglandName is derived from Old english 'Crow'
America, IdahoOriginally Proposed to be a US Air Force 'enemy village' target
North Yorkshire, EnglandRoyal Mail no longer delivers post to this area
America, New MexicoHolds a pie festival on the second Saturday of Each September
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Sierra County, New MexicoHad the only franchise of K-Bob's Steakhouse owned by the company.
Hertfordshire, EnglandThis town comes from the anglo-saxon sentence - 'at the eastern hedged enclosure'
DenmarkMeans 'central passage' in Danish
Stjordal, NorwayComes from the word hellir, meaning cliff in old Norse
Franklin County, AmericaAt an elevation of 1400 feet above sea level
Pennsylvania, AmericaThe movie 'Witness' was filmed here
America, MississippiThe movie 'My Dog Skip' is based in this city
Louisiana, AmericaThis town only takes up 1.3 square miles
East Yorkshire, England6 miles west of Driffield
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Towns With Weird Names Quiz

  1. by robbie301
  • Created Jun 14, 2011 in Geography
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