The obscure town challenge!

[XemaSab]

Name a town... or two... or five... in the US or Canada that you bet no other DU'er has been to.

My picks:

Kelso, California.

Lookout, California.

Ono, California.

Pioche, Nevada.

Lesser Slave Lake, Alberta.

:D

[Hugin]

1. Here's a few from my younger years...

Totavi, NM
Bent, NM
Weed, NM
Tebbits, MO
Point of Sands, NM (This one I bet dozens of people have been through and didn't
know it.)

[Kali]

9. I have been to Weed NM

have a pic somewhere. hmmmm wonder where that is? Kid was at space camp and me and the other kid drove around and had lunch there.

[femmocrat]

2. Here are a couple in W.PA:

Hunker
Lycippus
Tire Hill
Red Onion
Lover
Eighty-Four

[struggle4progress]

84. Nanty Glo

[femmocrat]

110. Good one!

I'm not sure if I have ever been there... I grew up in Johnstown, so I might have!

[KamaAina]

243. delete

not in W. PA at all. Sorry.

[LSK]

3. ok

Animas Forks, Colorado
Tincup, Colorado
St Elmo, Colorado
Warrens, Wisconsin
Hawk Springs, Wyoming

Can they be Ghost Towns? :D

[XemaSab]

4. They gots to be extant

:P

[LSK]

5. Animas Forks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owgsrhFTu6o

[XemaSab]

7. Cool!

:hi:

[fishwax]

11. I think I've been there

on a trip through the Colorado Rockies when I was a kid ... it certainly looks familiar to me :)

[TheCentepedeShoes]

14. Tincup and St Elmo

Aren't they up near Gunnison? We stayed at Harmel's one time and took a road up toward some ghost towns. Decided not to try to go all the way there, though.

[lost-in-nj]

6. Intercourse

Pa.....




lost

[SPKrazy]

25. oh of course...

:rofl:



;)



:rofl:

Intercourse, PA

:shrug:

[KingofNewOrleans]

66. Been there and to nearby Blue Ball too

I know all the Amish hot spots.

[WinkyDink]

249. Likewise, I'm sure!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

114. Not far from Bird-in-Hand and Paradise

:D

[LynneSin]

183. I go through Intercourse all the time

Only because I travel thru that town to get to my parent's house

[opiate69]

8. ok..

Voluntown, Ct.

Jewitt City, Ct.

[greatauntoftriplets]

10. Muleshoe, Texas.

It's in the panhandle.

On edit: Indian Creek, Illinois. It is the smallest incorporated town in the metropolitan Chicago area, population of about 188. Used to be 193, but my nephew, his wife and her three kids moved to Mundelein.

[jgraz]

103. Been there -- just east of Portales, NM.

[ceile]

193. Been to Muleshoe many times.

Have a pic of me on the mule.

[ashling]

216. I've been to Muleshoe

but I've never been to me. :shrug:

[NMDemDist2]

219. my car is from an estate in Muleshoe

it's a good car from a good ol' boy may he RIP

[Ghost in the Machine]

12. Decatur, Tn

Niota, Tn or Ten Mile, Tn

[Critters2]

15. I've been to two Decaturs, but neither in Tennessee nt

[Ghost in the Machine]

35. I know there's a Decatur Illinois, Texas, Alabama, Georgia & Tennessee

don't know of any others, personally...

This is a *real* small town. We have 2 redlights... one at each end of the courthouse square... about 50 yards apart... blink your eyes and you miss downtown.

I love it here and wouldn't trade it for the world...

[Critters2]

37. Decatur, IL; and Decatur City, IA...maybe that doesn't count. nt

[Art_from_Ark]

199. There's a Decatur, Arkansas

that's about halfway between Bentonville and the Oklahoma border :hi:

[volstork]

78. Been to Decatur, TN!

[Ghost in the Machine]

95. No way! You must live close by or worked at the nuke plant...

there's really no other reason to come through Decatur... LOL!

:hi:

[volstork]

112. It was years ago--

we had been at Watts Bar Lake and took 58 down to Chattanooga (the scenic route!)

[Ghost in the Machine]

121. Cool... it's a tiny town... and hasn't changed much in 25 - 30 years

I live near the lake and that's where I spend most of my spare time. I love it around here..

I moved to Decatur with my family in 1976, when I was 13. We moved here from Miami Fla... talk about culture shock! I moved back to Miami in 1981, 2 weeks after graduation, and just came back in 2002. I can't think of any reason to leave here again... I'll be here til I die.

[zabet]

13. In NC..

Duart
Rennert
Pireway
Turkey
Lagoon

[stuntcat]

127. also Orrum, NC!

my Grandma grew up there, I just looked it up and the population is 79.

I've been through Rennert before, and Duart sounds familiar but I don't remember why.

[zabet]

146. Wow!! Orrum!?! My Mom has family living there!

Rennert is in Robeson County - basically a country community like Rex and Prospect. Duart is on NC 87 between Tarheel and Fayetteville...it is a tiny green sign that says Duart. :hi:
The only things there are the #2 Lock and Dam on the Cape Fear River and the DuPont
Plant site.

[stuntcat]

150. oooo that's why I remember them

I grew up in Lumberton then lived in Fayetteville a few years, but now I get the little towns all mixed up, trying to remember.
I remember "Orrum" in my Grandma's voice.. whenever she'd tell stories about when she was young, I can hear it so clear. I know I went when I was little, don't remember it though :(

We're probably related!

[zabet]

152. If you have ...

Rice or Oliver from the Orrum area in your family - we are
definitely related.

[stuntcat]

153. I'm

Bass/Walters & Britt (and surely something else I've forgotten) but anyway people who came from that part of the woods probably aren't too far apart.

[zabet]

154. My husband's mother was a Bass from ..

between the Orrum and Fair Bluff area....hmmmm. Who knows.

[IDemo]

16. Squirrel, Idaho

[Left Is Write]

21. Where is that?

[IDemo]

23. near the Wyoming border and Yellowstone

[The Straight Story]

17. Lick Skillet Loop in Manchester, Ohio

Tossed in the Road name because that is the whole reason I went there :)

[SPKrazy]

18. Toadsuck

Arkansas

[javadu]

90. Been There (nm)

[SPKrazy]

115. been by there a brazillion times

haven't actually been there

[Art_from_Ark]

200. Hey, I've been on the Toadsuck Ferry before

but I've never attended the Toadsuck Days festival

[Lydia Leftcoast]

19. Okay, here are mine:

Biwabik, Minnesota
Hospers, Iowa
Shawano, Wisconsin
Presho, South Dakota
Candor, New York
Philomath, Oregon
Canajoharie, New York

[greatauntoftriplets]

26. I've been to Shawano, Wisconsin!!!

I was maybe 5 or 6 and my sister threw sand into my eyes at a beach. God that hurt. She was five years older than me.

:evilfrown:

[Critters2]

27. Been to both Hospers and Shawano!

A friend served in Shawano for a while, and I visited once.

And I had to go to a meeting in Sioux Center once when living in Iowa. I was told it was west of Primghar, so I drove to Primghar and turned west...which took me through Hospers. Coming home, I took a more direct route :)

[Nikia]

39. We have picked up glass bottles of Sundrop up in Shawano

It tastes different in the bottles than the cans.

[Critters2]

46. Do they still make Sundrop? I haven't seen it in years! nt

[Nikia]

47. They have it in Wisconsin

We just picked up 2 24 packs of can this afternoon at a Pick and Save grocery store.
We picked up the glass bottles a couple of months ago.

[hfojvt]

50. kinda funny that Presho and Canajoharie are both on I-90

I am sure I have been by Presho many times since I have gone down that stretch of I-90 probably a dozen times. Never actually pulled off it to visit Presho though. I am not sure where I have been in New York or Wisconsin though, since we travelled both a fair amount when I was much younger and dad was driving. Candor is so small that it's not on my road atlas.

[FarLeftRage]

56. I have been to Canajoharie, New York

They used to make the Lifesavers candies there...

[Lydia Leftcoast]

Okay, okay, but I bet you haven't been to Shin-Shimashima Japan!

:evilgrin:

[Art_from_Ark]

201. I've been to Shin-shimashima

One station away from Matsumoto, in Nagano Prefecture.

Now ask me if I remember it :+

[Adsos Letter]

70. I've been to Philomath, Ore.

:D

[Adsos Letter]

108. And I can pronounce it correctly, too...

:D

[krispos42]

98. I may have been to Presho...

Or at least through it! :-)

[malta blue]

125. I've been to Canajoharie, NY. nt

[greendog]

161. I've been thru Philomath and Shawano

~

[Patiod]

230. Been through Candor on the way to Ithaca nm

[Left Is Write]

20. Last time we did something similar, one DUer answered Wirt, MN.

I've been to Wirt, which greatly surprised that DUer. Unfortunately, I can't remember what his user name is, so I hope he checks in this thread!

I don't think I've been anywhere that no other DUer has been.

[jobycom]

22. Saucier, Mississippi, and Lyman Mississippi

Lyman's more of a school district. Saucier is pronounced "So-sha," by the way.

[AwakeAtLast]

24. Oblong, IL

Beehunter, IN

[Critters2]

28. Been to Oblong. A long time ago. nt

[AwakeAtLast]

48. O.K. How about Bone Gap?

A little further South.

[Critters2]

49. Never been to Bone Gap.

Went through Oblong on the way to the church camp at Merom, IN. When I was in south Central IL, my youth group kids went to camp at Merom, because it was closer than the Illinois camp. Beautiful part of the country.

[AwakeAtLast]

51. I'm from Southern IL

My ancestors settled there in the 1840's.

I have also been to the camp at Merom. I thought it was a spooky place.

I agree, it does have its own kind of beauty.

[Critters2]

53. Are you UCC?

My family is from Champaign County. My dad grew up at Dewey (talk about an obscure town!). I was at Tuscola for a while. Then Rantoul.

I think there was a guy from Oblong on my floor in college (ISU). There were like three or four guys from that area. I know one was from Casey, and one from Greenup, and I think one was from Oblong.

Where are you from?

[AwakeAtLast]

54. No, I grew up Methodist

We went to Merom on retreat.

I was born in Mt. Vernon because my Dad taught at the high school, but we moved back to the home place in West Salem. That would be south of Olney.

[dog_lovin_dem]

174. I live about 16 miles from Oblong.

There's also Moonshine, (north of Oblong), Flat Rock, (east) and Birds. West Salem is a really unique little place!

[bicentennial_baby]

29. Green River, MA

Leyden, MA

Monroe, MA

[skygazer]

36. I've been to Leyden

Green River sounds familiar but I'm not sure. :hi:

[bicentennial_baby]

40. Ok, you don't count! too close!

:P

Green River is West of Leyden, above Colrain...Tiny, tiny town. Named after the river. All of their mailboxes are on the covered bridge. :D

[skygazer]

30. I know Redstone's been to about every place I could name

But I doubt if many others have.

Heartwellville, Vermont
Enosburg Falls, Vermont
Athens, Vermont
Stony Creek, New York

[hfojvt]

31. Hub City, Wisconsin where I met Tammy Baldwin

before she was elected to Congress. Blackhawk, Wisconsin. Broadland, SD. Rockwell, Iowa. Carthage, NY

[Critters2]

32. Rockwell, IA here

I served in Wright County for 5 years. Judicatory meetings took me to tiny towns all over the area.

[hfojvt]

42. Maybe I should have gone with White, SD

I think we have more Iowans than Dakotans.

[Critters2]

44. That would've been safe. I've never been to SD

Yet :)

[Wapsie B]

58. I've been to Rockwell a brazillion times.

:P

[hfojvt]

60. in God's name, why?

I only went there once, to apply for a job which I later learned was not even really available.

[Wapsie B]

61. Well I've driven through there countless times on 65

and there were other instances like a couple 4th of July fireworks. For a little town they have a pretty cool display, or at least they did when I went. Although nothing in the area beats Clear Lake for fireworks in Rockwell it was as if they were shooting them off right overhead; a really nice effect.
Other times it was looking for stuff like garage sales, cars, stuff like that.

[hfojvt]

64. I am showing, and remembering

that Rockwell is a little bit off of 65, which was why I picked it - not even on a major road. Is that the road that has signs in the ditch identifying various plants?

[Wapsie B]

97. I haven't seen any of those.

But there may very well be.

[Critters2]

144. I think of 65 as a major road. I've driven it a lot! nt

[Critters2]

142. Clear Lake Fireworks!! Yay!!

The reason Eagle Grove doesn't have fireworks is that no one would be there to see 'em. EVERYBODY goes to Clear Lake. And with good reason!! Clear Lake's fireworks rock!!

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[Critters2]

34. Been there!! nt

[txwhitedove]

38. Wellston, OK....

Carney, OK
Victor, CO
Kiln, Mississippi

[triguy46]

248. Hey, I've been to Carney and Wellston...

and I raise you an Ocheleta, OK and Bokchita, OK.

[Nikia]

41. Bettsville, Ohio n/t

[Homer Wells]

43. Pickle Street, WV n/t

[greendog]

45. Polebridge, MT.

Akutan, AK.

Cold Bay, AK.

King Cove, AK.

Chignik, AK.

False Pass, AK.

[EstimatedProphet]

52. Forget, Sask, Licking , MO, Chena, AK

[YankeyMCC]

55. North Waterford, ME

Avon, MA
Show Low, AZ

[Ptah]

149. I lived in Show Low for a year

1978

:hi:

[Cabcere]

168. I used to have a pen pal in Show Low!

Two, actually, but that was in third grade so I haven't been in touch with either one of them for a long time. :shrug:

[blitzen]

57. Flora, Oregon

[Maine-ah]

59. Antrim, New Hampshire

[Wapsie B]

62. Donnan, Chester, and Westgate, Iowa

:P

[KingofNewOrleans]

68. Donnan is no longer a town

and my Mom grew up in Westgate--Dad in Maynard.

I was about to use Donnan too...

[Wapsie B]

99. Yeah you got me there.

Both of my parents grew up in Westgate area. Mom going to school in Maynard.

[Critters2]

141. Small towns in Iowa I never heard of

I didn't think it could be done. I'm impressed!!

[achtung_circus]

63. Sorry, but I've been to Lesser Slave Lake,

and Slave Lake and Kinuso and Faust and Driftpile, too.

[XemaSab]

86. D'oh!

:(

[u4ic]

65. Buchanan, Sask

Kakabeka Falls, ON

[flying rabbit]

67. Boring, OR.

it is.

[Adsos Letter]

71. I've driven right through Boring, Oregon

...sorta' like Drain, Oregon.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

74. I've been to Boring

:-)

[XemaSab]

207. Both right on the 5

:P

[JohnnyLib2]

69. Sledge, Mississippi

[ashling]

233. Is anybody going to San Antone?

just wondering

[Adsos Letter]

72. Beegum, CA, Bieber, CA, Copperopolis, CA, Amity, Oregon.

:D

[Lydia Leftcoast]

75. Amity, Oregon, too

:-)

[Adsos Letter]

107. You are from Minneapolis!!!....

...how on earth did you find yourself in Amity? I know why I was there...I think...

:D

[Lydia Leftcoast]

170. I may be from Minnesota, but I lived in Oregon from 1984 to 2003

:-)

[Adsos Letter]

173. Ah, yes...I forget that we are allowed to travel outside our state borders...

:D Is it ok to ask what occupied your time during your sojourn in Oregon?

:hi:

[Lydia Leftcoast]

180. Taught at two different colleges and then became a free-lance translator

:-)

[XemaSab]

87. Been to the first three

:eyes:

I was in Bieber last week.

:eyes: :eyes:

[Adsos Letter]

92. well of course you have...

you live in Redding! (or are staying there for a bit, anyway) :rofl:

How is the house temps. doing?

[XemaSab]

93. It's bitterly cold

:P

[Adsos Letter]

94. ...in Redding...

...that can only be a contextual form of "bitterly cold"...

:D

[NNadir]

73. Nowhere, Arizona and Leadville Colorado. Don't drink the water in Leadville.

The name means something.

[huskerlaw]

122. I've been to Leadville!

It was freezing-fricking-cold in the middle of July. :scared:

[NoodleBoy]

239. where's Nowhere, Arizona near?

[momophile]

76. Maple, Humbird, Honey Creek, Blueberry, Cloverland, WI

lots of Wisconsin towns in this thread. Why is that?

[jgraz]

102. Been to Clovderland -- how 'bout Hurley?

Fontecchio's has the best spaghetti & meatballs in Northern WI.

[momophile]

137. Ashland would have been the furthest east I went up there

I see Hurley on the map but I don't think I ever went there.

[hfojvt]

126. Is there really a Honey Creek?

These towns, except for Maple and Cloverland, are too small for my road atlas. I have been all over Honey Creek township in Sauk County, but I am not sure I have been to the Duluth area, or any further north in Wisconsin than Rhinelander.

[momophile]

136. Maple, Blueberry and Cloverland are all

in Douglas County way up north. Blueberry had population of like 4 when I lived up there (around 1980). The only thing I remember being in Cloverland was an elementery school. Maple was bigger with the high school.

Humbird in near Eau Claire.

And Honey Creek is the one I know best. It's down south outside of Burlington right on the border of Racine and Walworth Counties. Seems like everyone in the area drove through it on their way to see concerts at Alpine Valley.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

77. Rock, Kansas

Gas, Kansas

[Art_from_Ark]

202. Soldier, Kansas

Wetmore, Kansas

[volstork]

79. Finger, TN

[volstork]

80. Monkey's Eyebrow, KY

Big Bone Lick, KY

[yellowdogintexas]

134. I have been to Big Bone Lick KY nt

[Burma Jones]

186. Been there, also, Tilene, KY, Salem, KY, Burna, KY, Hornbeak, TN

Smithland, KY, Ledbetter, KY, all that Livingston and Marshall County, KY stuff.........

Also, a bunch of places in Obion and Lake Counties Tennessee.

[momophile]

81. Ninaview, Villegreen, Hoehne, Kim, Swink, CO

southeast Colorado.

[likesmountains 52]

139. I was going to say Swink...and Hasty too!

[momophile]

151. such a cute name for a town - Swink! nt

[Kali]

82. My mailing adress is Dragoon

AZ, bet lots have actually physically DRIVEN in a vehicle through our place, but not been to that town. (Interstate 10 between mp 311 and 319)

[IDemo]

83. Athol, Idaho

Paris, ID
Weippe, ID
Bone, ID

[jberryhill]

130. Been to Paris, ID

Twice even. It's the only way back from Bear Lake if you don't want to take the Logan Canyon road.

[IDemo]

133. The waiters are sure rude there, aren't they?

;)

[sasquatch]

85. I have you all beat; Knockemstiff, Ohio

Actual town, look it up if you don't believe me.

[Art_from_Ark]

203. I got one that tops that

Booger Hollow, Arkansas :bounce:

[DarkTirade]

88. I've got a few here in my state...

Christmas, FL is the first one that comes to mind.

More when I'm fully awake. :)

[nosillies]

236. I drive through Christmas all the time!

Go ahead and add Bithlo to the list

[charlie and algernon]

89. Wind Gap, PA

bonus points if you know how the "locals" pronounce it. :-)

[femmocrat]

111. I have heard of that one.....hmmm.....

sorry, don't know how it is pronounced, though.

There is a town in Somerset Co. called Windber.. and the locals call it "Wimber."

[Art_from_Ark]

204. They probably pronounce it

"Raymond Luxury Yacht"

Now what do I win? :bounce:

[WinkyDink]

250. Well, I'm in Bethlehem, and I've always said, "Wind Gap"!

[FloridaJudy]

91. Friend, Nebraska

Melrose, Florida
Bonny Doon, California

[krispos42]

96. Nemo, South Dakota (pop. ??? (too small for the Census Bureau to track)

Cavour, South Dakota (pop.141)

Wolsey, South Dakota (pop.414)

Erwin, South Dakota (pop.58)

Iroquois, South Dakota (pop. 278)

All places I've been to, or at least driven through. :-)

[idgiehkt]

100. Powdersville SC

Also has a very famous resident, if you can guess who you get bonus points. :)

[jgraz]

101. Wonewoc, WI

[hfojvt]

123. Wonewoc? Why not Valton?

I know I biked through Valton one Sunday afternoon. I also know that I biked from Baraboo to Elroy (and back) to take the Elroy-Sparta trail, but I do not remember what roads I took. It seems likely that I did go through Wonewoc, but maybe not. I no longer have a bicycle-Wisconsin map to show if it is on a likely route. I think I may have even hi-lighted thr trips I made on one such map, but am not even sure if I still have it.

[jgraz]

148. I think you're thinking of Wilton

That's on the Elroy-Sparta trail. I specifically left off the bike trail towns, cuz I figured people would have passed through them.

There are a bunch of obscure little hamlets in that area: La Valle, Hustler and New Lisbon come to mind.


BTW, if you're ever in Wilton again, make sure to stop at Gina's Pies. Yummm.

[hfojvt]

165. not on the Elroy Sparta trail

but I bicycled from Baraboo to Elroy and Wonewoc is kinda on that route, being on Hwy 33, or just off of it. It's unlikely though, that I used Hwy 33. New Lisbon is not obscure to me though since a number of my relatives moved up there in the early 1900s.

[jgraz]

167. It isn't?

Hmmm...somehow we always ended up at Gina's Pies after a ride...

[jgraz]

104. Portales, NM

[jgraz]

105. Koosharem, UT

[greendog]

158. I drove thru Portales...

...on my way to Roswell.

[jgraz]

106. Lompico, CA

[tkmorris]

109. Nanjemoy, MD

Lanagan MO
Anderson MO
Milton FL
Beaver Dam KY
Clifton Forge VA

[GoddessOfGuinness]

116. I've been to Nanjemoy and Clifton Forge...

:hi:

[yellowdogintexas]

135. Beaver Dam, Kentucky ..I has been there. nt

[Cabcere]

169. I think I've been to/through Clifton Forge...

I've certainly heard of it, anyway. I think there used to be a train that would go out there from Staunton - like an old steam engine you could ride for entertainment, although it's been a while so the details are a little hazy. :)

[Tommy_Carcetti]

229. Right below Upper Marlboro?

Right below Upper Marlboro, right? I had my confirmation class retreat there.

[Bennyboy]

113. Butte Meadows, Chester, Innskip CA

Inn the Mt Lassen area....

[XemaSab]

120. Been to Chester many, many, many times

:P

[LanternWaste]

117. Honey Grove, TX

Honey Grove, TX

If there's a town in the U.S. that still maintains rural civility, manners (and wonderful coking, too!), while denying provincialism and red-neck hubris, Honey Grove is it. :)

[TheMightyFavog]

118. Beaver, WI

You may now commence the snickering.

[GOPisEvil]

119. How about Ronald, WA? Or maybe Hunt, TX?

[huskerlaw]

124. Sparks, Nebraska

Also...

Agnew
Avoca
Broken Bow
Clarkson
Deshler
Dunbar
Elmwood
Gilead
Gresham
Hallam
Hooper
Howells
McCool Junction
Murray
Nehawka
Osceola
Prague
Seward
Stromsburg
Unadilla
Union
Valentine
Valpraiso


Anybody?

[camero]

128. Peculiar, MO

n/t

[EFerrari]

132. That's just too cool to be real.

lol

[camero]

145. It's about 20 miles south of KC

It's a nice little town.

[Fire Walk With Me]

129. Parma, Ohio

There are so many DUers, though. We'll see..

[Nikia]

140. You mean by Cleveland?

That is a large town.
My obscure town in Ohio has a population of less than 1,000 people.

[Fire Walk With Me]

143. Yep. No one has chimed in yet, so everything is relative.

Plus, fans of The Ghoul will understand...

[Nikia]

147. I think that I have been there

I am not positive though because I have not been in the Cleveland area, aside from the airport, since I was a child.

[EFerrari]

131. Dos Palos, CA

My TR broke down there, literally, out in the sticks. :)

[XemaSab]

155. Aw, that's right on the main drag

Between Los Banos and Firebaugh. :D

[EFerrari]

190. LOL!

:hi:

[yellowdogintexas]

138. Allensville, Kentucky I defy any of you to know where it is

also:

Tiny Town Kentucky
Dot, Kentucky
Olmstead Kentucky
Fredericksburg, Indiana
Meeteetse, Wyoming
Belfry, Montana
Antonito, Colorado
Fearsville Kentucky
Fruit Hill Kentucky
Spa, Kentucky

[greendog]

162. I've been to Antonito, CO

Rode on the Cumbres & Toltec.

[yellowdogintexas]

176. isn't that a blast? did you go all the way to Chama?

We liked Chama so much we went back later by car and prowled around. Best shopping spot on the whole trip actually.

[greendog]

196. No, we weren't able to get tickets to Chama.

Had to turn around at the half way point. Still, it was a fun trip.

[ruiner4u]

156. Frog City, FL

population 7

[EstimatedProphet]

157. Egypt, MS

[Manifestor_of_Light]

211. Egypt, TX

[Xipe Totec]

159. Quemado, Texas - Population 243

Encino, Texas - Population 100

[greendog]

166. Been to Quemado n/t

[rucky]

179. There's one in NM, too. n/t

[greendog]

195. Yeah, I've also been to Quemado, NM.

It's just down the road from Pie Town.

[Kat45]

160. Elephant Butte, NM

I've never been there but I mailed something to someone there and talked to him on the phone.

[rucky]

178. It's a nice lake.

used to camp out there in High School

[Art_from_Ark]

205. I've been there

between Santa Fe and Taos, if I remember correctly

[baldguy]

163. Swormville, NY

It's really just a widening of the road on Route 78, and even the locals can't agree on whether it's called Swormville, or Swormsville.

[GenDem]

208. Been there -- lovely countryside

We set up at the Stormville Airport flea market. In fact we are contemplating going to the next show on the 7th of Sept.

:hi:

[GenDem]

209. Oh, shit -- my bad -- you said Swormville

Nope, I've never heard of that town.

[Grey]

164. Horsefly, British Columbia

I kid you not !!! but this town is as backwards as it sounds,
It had the people vote and changed it from Harpers Camp. go figure.

[Cabcere]

171. Boonville, NC

Yadkinville, NC
East Bend, NC

Fishersville, VA
Weyers Cave, VA
Grottoes, VA

OK, I'll stop at those six. :D (This is kind of fun!) :)

[IndianaJones]

189. Been to Grottoes. nt.

[Homer Wells]

172. Yeehaw Junction, FL

[RebelOne]

184. Been there.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

228. If you've ever driven the Florida turnpike, you'll know Yeehaw

They've got at least 200 billboards advertising the travel office in Yeehaw.

[KamaAina]

242. Had a tasty catfish meal there once

at the restaurant attached to the gas station right off the Turnpike.

[Qanisqineq]

175. Berlin, North Dakota

Grand Rapids, ND; Jessie, ND; hell, just about any town in North Dakota.

[rucky]

177. Coalinga, CA

car broke down there.

Tucumcari, NM

Overnight stop on a road trip.


Russia, OH

It's pronounced RU-SHEE

Terelingua, TX

Best chili cook-off in the country.

[Richardo]

181. I've been to Kelso!

:P

[XemaSab]

191. Wow, that's a detour

:D

[DJ MEW]

182. Gay, Michigan

An old minning town in the cooper country of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, all that is left there is a bar and a few houses.

[RebelOne]

185. Warrior, Alabama. It's up above Birmingham.

[IndianaJones]

187. Buena Vista VA. nt.

[BulletproofLandshark]

212. Been There

My dad's side of the family has a reunion there every summer.

[IndianaJones]

227. Cool. thats my hometown. nt.

[MissMillie]

188. Otter River, MA

Even if someone HAD been there, they probably wouldn't have known it.

[IndianaJones]

192. Ayer, MA. nt.

[BreweryYardRat]

194. Waldo and Starke, FL.

Podunk speedtrap hellholes, both of 'em.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

226. Been there

Stopped at Starke for lunch a few times on drives over to Gainesville or Ichetucknee.

Watch your speed on US 301 there! I had to drive a client from Gainesville to the Jacksonville airport to catch a flight. His flight was at 7:20. I left Gainesville a little after 6:00. I don't know how I survived the Starke and Waldo speedtraps, but somehow I did.

[UrbScotty]

197. Remus, MI; Dutton, MI; Coketon, WV; Kayenta, AZ; North Manchester, IN

Dutton is actually not far from my home town of Kentwood.

Remus is about 20 miles west of Mount Pleasant, home of my beloved Central Michigan University.

A few years ago I visited one of my late grandmother's friends in Davis, WV; we also stopped by the home of her mother, in Coketon.

A couple years before that we stayed at a hotel in Kayenta on the way back from my brother's college orientation.

A couple of my high school band camps took place in North Manchester.

[BlooInBloo]

198. Indianhead, PA.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

206. China Grove, TX

The one in the Doobie Brothers song. It really exists!

[Ekirh]

210. Mathews County Va?? N/T

[silvershadow]

213. Gnaw Bone, Indiana. n/t

[greendog]

215. I used to live in Prince's Lakes

I knew all those crazy Brown County back roads.

For a while, my sister lived just down the road from Gnaw Bone on 46. My youngest brother lives somewhere around there today but I'm not sure exactly where. I need to get back to Indiana for a visit.

[Ron Green]

214. Anybody been to Shakerag, Texas?

[ashling]

217. Dime Box,Tx

Iraan, Tx

[Ron Green]

232. I used to go through Old Dime Box on Highway 21, on the way from East Texas

to San Antone.

[enigmatic]

218. 3

Dime Box, Texas

Ostrander, Ohio

Peeples Valley, Arizona

[NMDemDist2]

220. Tekoa, WA, Gad, WVa,

Silver Springs, NV

[pokerfan]

221. I've been to Tekoa, WA

Many times.

[NMDemDist2]

222. wow

:wow:

my hubby grew up there and his family still farms outside town

:hi:

[pokerfan]

224. Our family had a farm near Waverly

which is about 15 miles from Tekoa.

[B Calm]

223. Wirt, Minnesota

[Tommy_Carcetti]

225. My hometown--Prince Frederick, Maryland

Actually, my real hometown is Port Republic, Maryland, five miles south, but because Port Republic only consists of a post office, a liquor store and a gas station, there really is no "town" to be spoken of, so I count Prince Frederick as my hometown. It's got a few shopping centers, a K-Mart, a Wal-Mart, the county courthouse and office buildings, a couple of chain restaraunts and two hotels, but other than that, nothing signifigant unless you live there or are driving through.

[Patiod]

231. Madera PA, Beccaria, PA, Saratoga, WY

Saratoga is actually well known if you own an airline, or pilot a plane for airline owners. There's and annual meeting of the "Conquistadors del Cielo" Club in Saratoga, and all the airline CEOs come in for it. They stay at a palatial ranch, and their pilots stay at the old West style Hotel Wolf.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

234. Frog Level, VA

It's barely a town, but I believe it has its own fire department.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

235. Mentone, Texas

Mentone, Texas is the only town and county seat of Loving County, Texas. Loving County is the smallest county population-wise in the entire United States. Only 67 people live in Loving County.

As for the greater Mentone metropolitian area, a grand total of 15 people live in this bustling city of lights that never sleeps.

[NoodleBoy]

237. Bagdad, Arizona; Petoskey, Michigan; Ajo, Arizona; Windsor, Colorado; Beaver Dam, Wisconsin

[nosillies]

238. Minden, LA

Waterproof, LA -- conveniently located on the Mississippi River

Fort Mohave, AZ

Oatman, AZ -- neat little place on old Route 66 where donkeys roam the town

Verdi, NV

[AngryAmish]

240. Mt. Sodomy, WI

[QueenOfCalifornia]

241. Here's a few

Rough and Ready CA

Los Banos CA

Downieville CA

Sonora CA

Wabuska NV

[KamaAina]

244. Kaunakakai, HI

actually the least obscure town on the entire island of Moloka'i, pop. ~7,000.

[KamaAina]

245. Clifty, AR

wide place in the road south of Eureka Springs and east of Fayetteville. My Eureka connection used to go into Fayetteville that way, rather than the long way around through Rogers.

[jpljr77]

247. Two Egg, FL

It's a very small town in the north Florida panhandle.

[carly denise pt deux]

246. Eunice, NM

Carly

[kdmorris]

251. Here's a few more

Boulder Junction, WI
Mercer, WI
Yeehaw Junction, FL (not really that obscure, but I LOVE saying it!!)