Posted in Missouri
July 07, 2015
These 10 Towns in Missouri Have the Strangest Names You’ll Ever See
We all do it on our road trips. We pass a sign for a town with a weird or unusual name and make a comment or joke (usually a bad one) about it. Wouldn’t it be funny to be traveling across Missouri, for example, and come to a town called “Half-way”? Or what about one simply called “Tea?” One in particular that makes me giggle is “Not”. Here are a few more examples of towns in Missouri whose names could be considered a little strange.
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"Where the 'odds' are with you." (Town Motto)
My guess is that they just weren't very original. Someone saw a turtle when they were brainstorming names?
Fun fact: From here you can drive to Butts, MO in about an hour and a half! (What am I, 13?)
A small little town with a population of around 650.
The origin story is that a postal worker was cheated on the price of a watermelon from a shop keeper. Or it might have been a rooster...
Live Long and Prosper.
I'd say they got the name right.
A teeny tiny town of less than 200, it most likely was not named for the fuzzy Muppet but let's pretend it is.
It's nice of them to clarify the population's species. This picture is of the Humansville Band in 1915
Well, they certainly have confidence in their intelligence.
What are some of the strange names you have seen? Do any of you live in one of them?
