The 40 Most Ridiculous Town Names In The United States

Glancing at a map of the United States, your eyes will always be drawn to the largest cities, highlighted in the biggest and boldest fonts. But if you let your gaze stray, you might notice something a bit more… peculiar. Because there are some ridiculous town names across the country, yet they’re so small or remote that they don’t get any attention. Imagine having to give your address over the phone as Slickpoo, Accident, or Boring, for example? And there are plenty more. Perhaps there are some in your state that you didn’t even know about...

Medical Lake

If someone invited you to Medical Lake, Washington, you might be a bit creeped out. But the town isn’t a site of some body of water where surgeries take place. In reality people used to think that the lake’s mineralized water had healing properties. They found out later that it didn’t, but the weird name stuck. 

Chugwater

All of us grown-ups should be drinking eight glasses of H2O each day, but, sometimes, we forget. That’s why Chugwater, Wyoming’s name is so handy to its 212 or more residents. They simply remember where they live, and they’re instantly reminded of their responsibility to hydrate their bodies. 

Nameless

No one’s really sure why Nameless, Tennessee, earned such a strange moniker. But some say it’s all down to the U.S. Post Office, which considered an application for a location in the area. Whoever the applicant was left the town name section blank on the form. So the USPS approved the request and returned it with “Nameless” stamped onto the document. And the rest, as they say, was history… 

Weiner

Just over 700 people live in Weiner, Arkansas, and it seems that none of them know the history of their town’s name. But calling a place “weiner” must mean that they have killer barbecues in the area. Or perhaps there are a lot of residents who keep dachshunds as pets. Some local websites claim it’s a lot more straightforward, mind you, and that it’s named after a railroad engineer who would stop by.