From Notrees to Pine Island, from Scotland to Moscow, from Dickens to Tennyson, from Spur to Lariat, from Buck Naked to Bald Prairie鈥擳exans are unsurpassed for the imaginative names they give their towns and cities. Fred Tarpley has chosen 1001 of the most unusual and interesting of the...
Texas is a state full of unique and interesting cities, each with its own distinct personality and charm. But some of these cities stand out from the rest because of their quirky and fun names. Here are just a few of the most memorable city names in Texas that are sure to...
Over 900 fans have voted on the 20+ places on US Cities That Changed Their Names, And The Surprising Reasons Why. Current Top 3: Hot Springs To Truth Or ...
Years ago, this Arizona community had two interstates that met in a Y-shaped formation. When it became a town, the founders wanted to name it “Y” after the intersection, but state law mandated the names of all towns and cities in Arizona have at least three letters, so “Y” became...
I have covered the crazy way that some Texas cities and counties are pronounced in an article that I wrote earlier about how to know if you are really a Texan. The oddness of Texas city names doesn't just lie in their pronunciation, but the actual names themselves can be downright ridicul...
While it's hard to keep track of all of the new bands names these days, it's equally hard to forget the name of a city that you already know. Rock groups use this trick all the time and name their group after towns, cities, countries or other real places. It's to...
Cool baby names come in many varieties and we've got lists for every kind of cool name. Our lists of cool names include badass baby names for boys and geezer names for girls, hipster baby names and modern hero names, plus dozens of other collections of cool names for girls and boys. ...
More thanhalf of the country was affected by a prolonged droughtthat included large parts of the Southeast, West, the Great Plains, northwestern Great Lakes, and south-central Texas. The drought contributed to agricultural and livestock losses and many communities adopted water and burning restriction...
All of the towns and cities listed below are actual names of real towns and… How Flowers Got Their Names Ever wonder why a Lilac is called a Lilac or a Hyacinth a Hyacinth? See… Strange Names and Fearsome Diseases of Colonial Times ...
It's no secret that there are small towns scattered all over Texas, and a lot of them have names that make you scratch your head and wonder where they got their inspiration from. For instance, there's a small town in Ochiltree County, way up in the Texas panhandle, that has the most...