| Strange (to say the least) Town Names in Pennsylvania |
| After making three trips into the heart of Central Pennsylvania, I have become very familiar with the strange place names I see on the green highway signs. As a friend of mine once said: "We're in old school PA, the places up here are called things we'd only think of on crack!" |
| The Get-Funky Motif Stonersville Big Beaver Paradise Intercourse Balls Mills Virginville Yocumtown The "Live Free or Die" Motif New Freedom West Freedom Freedom Freeland (Not true tho, I live there and it is actually in Maryland, directly south of New Freedom) Brave Fearnot The Old Testament Motif Mount Zion Ararat Temple Gibralter The Freel Good Motif Worthville Good Intent Effort The "I'm a simple man" Motif Stone House Shoemakersville Big Cover Tannery Skinners Eddy The Big Industry Motif Railroad Metal Wood Nu Mine Export Emporium The Bad Day Motif Ryot Burnt Cabins Burning Cabins Burning Well Little Hope Panic The Greco-Roman Motif Rexis --- May be a mispelling of a word meaning "inbred rabbit" North Appolo The Lame Motif Bobtown Jim Thorpe State Line King of Prussia West Lawn Laury's Station The Numerology Motif Fivepointville Ninepoints Seven Stars Five Forks Ten Mile |
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