Peculiar Place Names

Posted on Friday, August 7, 2009, at 9:44 am, by Alethea Oglethorpe.

I hate to intrude on Dr. Hurlbutt’s territory here, but the logs of our webmaster, Caligula, have recorded the names of what seem to me to be some rather peculiarly named localities, from which visits to our site have originated. For example:

  • Apalachicola, Florida
  • Floyds Knobs, Indiana
  • Swampscott, Massachusetts
  • King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
  • Spartanburg, South Carolina
  • Flower Mound, Texas
  • Sugar Land, Texas
  • Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
  • Bullhead City, Arizona
  • Horseheads, New York
  • Horse Cave, Kentucky
  • Bat Cave, North Carolina

Frankly it is also at least a little disconcerting to encounter a visit from:

  • Dachau, Bavaria, Germany