13 Strangest Town Names in the World
8. Titisee, Germany
Titisee is a town located on the lake with the same name in the southern Black Forest in the state of Baden-Wurttemberg in Germany. The lake and the town received their name form the Roman Emperor Titus. Despite having a strange name, Titisee is a picturesque place.
9. Bigadic, Turkey
Located in the Marmara region in Turkey, Bigadic is known to have been named so after a Roman general. It is also said that the town’s older name was Didi-Moti-He which means the twin of the goddess of luck. Other legends say that Bigadic in Turkish means bull and the name of the town translates as bull meadow. Bigadic has the largest reserves of the chemical Boron in the whole world.
10. Boody, Illinois
Boody is located 8 miles southwest of Decatur in Illinois. Decatur is the largest city of Macon County. Not much is known about the origins of this town’s strange name. Boody is a thinly populated town.
11. Spuzzum, British Columbia
Spuzzum is located on the Trans-Canada highway in British Columbia. It is a desolate town which is approximately 30 miles north of the town called Hope. Ironically, Spuzzum is often called beyond hope. This town was popularized by the band Six Cylinder in the 1980s as the name was used in their lyrics of their song. The name of this town is said to have been derived from a native Indian word meaning little flat. Spuzzum has often been referred to in popular culture because of its extremely small size.
12. Halfway, Oregon
The town of Halfway has a very interesting history as to how it got its name. Funnily, it was named after a post office which was located exactly halfway between Pine and Cornucopia in Oregon. Halfway is located in Baker County. In 1999, the town was given another strange name, Half.com for a year. This renaming was done as a publicity gimmick of Half.com which is a subsidiary of Ebay. This was in exchange for 20 computers for a school along with a few financial subsidies.
13. Willacoochee, Georgia
This town is located in Atkinson County on the Alapaha River in Georgia. There are no myths or legends as to how this town got its name. But Willacoochee has been referenced in many movies including The Steve Harvey Show, Renaissance Man, Jungle Fever and Beauty Shop.
