You better have a really good sense of humor to live on this street in Heather Highlands, because how else would you be able to continually tell people you’re living on Divorce Court? But this Kangaroo Court in St. Louis is quite real, and it seems to be a pleasant place to live. If you wish to report a problem with a road or street you can do so online in this section. City, borough and district councils allocate postal numbers to houses and buildings in their area. It contains more entries and the exact year of each change. We don’t know what kind of sandwiches they object to, but we really hope never to be “grilled” by them.
On its own, it’s not an overtly funny street name. voted as America’s most bizarre street name, thermonuclear bomb actually slammed into a farm in Goldsboro, difficult-to-pronounce words from the English language, one letter that is not in any U.S. state name, amazing facts your history teacher never taught you, Do Not Sell My Personal Information – CA Residents. It wasn’t named for the movie, and it has nothing to do with Harry Potter and his famous Nine and Three-Quarters platform. Roads also may be classified based on their pavement material types. Want more American trivia?
In other words, it’s not a real court at all. But joking aside, in 1961, a thermonuclear bomb actually slammed into a farm in Goldsboro, which is just over an hour away from Fayetteville. And here we thought the red-clad, bearded jolly man lived in the North Pole. This one’s interesting because it’s not at all what you might think unless you live in or around Bozeman, where everyone knows that virtually every street is named for a person. Find out the creepiest urban legend in your state. This one from the island of Oahu is quite the whale’s tale: Literally. Don't include any personal or financial information, for example National Insurance, credit card numbers, or phone numbers. According to Atlas Obscura, “Around the 1880s the town of Holbrook, Arizona was a wretched hive of scum and villainy where outlaws and cowboys could indulge their drinking, gambling, and general rakishness. Also, it’s pronounced ab-SOR-ka. [2][3][4] However, a more generic classification of roads based on material type is as follows. Don’t miss the best free tourist attraction in every state. The only thing better than living on Haviture Way in Eugene, Oregon is living on Haviture Way in Eugene, Oregon and being named “Eugene.” Have it your way, Eugene.
They also name new roads and streets. The town of Santa Claus has a host of Christmas-themed street names, including Candy Castle Lane, Arctic Circle, Snow Ball Lane, and a whole slew more.
This one’s for all the word-obsessed people out there (ourselves included, of course). Don’t miss the best ice cream shops in every state. There’s no place like Kno Place in Rapid City, where the answer to the question, “Where do you live” can be answered, “Kno Place.” There is one letter that is not in any U.S. state name.
According to Only In Your State, the backstory to this road in Caldwell involves… what else?
Most recently, the residents of this street were asking their county (Campbell County) to provide significant road improvements, reports the local CBS station. How streets are named. Seldom Seen Road in Powell, Ohio is a double-yellow-lined highway.
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You could say this street in Draper is named for the Saturday Night Live skit-turned movie franchise. We dare you not to snigger at the name of this thoroughfare in the town of Dadeville that may bring to mind the picture of that kid in kindergarten who ate paste. Call 0800 587 0912Email dcs.incomingpostteamdhc2@nissa.gsi.gov.uk, Call 0800 587 2750 Email customerservice.unit@communities-ni.gov.uk, Call 0800 587 0912 Email dcs.incomingpostteamdhc2@nissa.gsi.gov.uk, Contact your local Jobs & Benefits office. Psycho Path is a private road in Traverse City, but that doesn’t make it any less a road, or any less of a road with an odd name. It’s “murder” spelled backward (as anyone who’s read or seen Stephen King’s The Shining knows).
Obviously, it didn’t happen. Before there was Shimmer and Shine, there was Barbara Eden. If your home already has a number, the property owner can add a name to the address without contacting the council. But what of “Trickum”? Don't include any personal or financial information, for example National Insurance, credit card numbers, or phone numbers. What on earth was a chicken doing in the woods?
A “Kangaroo Court” is the nickname given to a mock court or one with more than lax rules. So why saddle a street in Ashburn with a name that spells “murder” backwards? But as any preschooler will tell you, it’s where that famed Muffin Man of nursery rhyme lives.
Stinking Creek Road in Knoxville is named for Stinking Creek, which, itself, gets its name from its naturally unpleasant sulfurous odor.
Ma’ipalaoa translates to “whale genitals. “I have no idea why the developers named it that,” a former resident tells Reader’s Digest, “but the lady who lived next door did happen to make some really good coffee.”. So when a street in Moundsville has the word “grave” in it, you can be certain it’s referring to that kind of grave.
If you’ve ever wondered why some roads are called “streets,” while others are known as “boulevards” or “avenues,” you’re not alone. What it has to do with is the fact that the city was formed from three preexisting cities, and when they went to rename the streets of the newly formed city, the numbers didn’t quite line up.
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This street name almost sounds scary! If you’re too old to know the former and too young for the latter, no worries, we’ll explain: I Dream of Jeannie was a popular television show about a NASA man who picked up a bottle on the beach, and inside, there was a genie named Jeannie!
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In Henderson, there’s a street by the name of Freshly Brewed Ct (not Court, but Ct). Most major U.S. cities have fairly complex, carefully planned grid systems, but outside of these massive urban centers, most people lived in rural areas with road names denoted by a number. This and 3 other resources to help find places that disappeared for other reasons are described on the Lost London Streets page.
New Orleanians have their own particular way of pronouncing the names of the city’s streets—Burgundy Street is known as “Bur-GUN-dee Street,” for example. Don’t they usually live on farms?
They invite suggestions and possible alternative names from the developer.
Gross. Also, it’s in Pawtucket, which makes us giggle because it seems like it must give rise to about a thousand different limericks, all of which begin the same way: “there once was a man from Pawtucket…” Finally, when you put LEN-ard JEN-ard together with Pawtucket, we can’t help but imagine what Dr. Seuss could have done with it. It all seemed so spooky, Sharboneau tells Reader’s Digest, that “we never even breathed when our parents would drive us down the road.”. But regardless of where you’re from, Tchoupitoulas is hard to say—so hard that even locals are divided on how to say it, reports NOLA.com.
Spectators would line these two particular alleys to cheer on their stubborn wagers. Wonder if there’s a wall nearby where we can find Humpty Dumpty? For queries or advice about employment rights, contact the Labour Relations Agency. But that doesn’t seem to be the case with the A Lot of Lakes Resort, which has an address on Chicken In The Woods Road in Three Lakes. Well, that explains part of the name. City, borough and district councils allocate postal numbers to houses and buildings in their area. Louisville’s Angel’s Envy Distillery shares that during the late 19th century, Louisville hosted a fair share of goat races. In this case, the dinner was made by the Lambs (yes, that’s right, Laura and Morris Lamb, who lived along the road in the 1930s), for former Idaho governor, C. Ben Ross, whom the Lambs hoped to convince to help them get through the red tape of having their road paved. Contacts for common benefits are listed below.
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