Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1897 — ODD NAMES FOR POSTOFFICES. [ARTICLE]

ODD NAMES FOR POSTOFFICES.

A Few Startling Specimens Chosen from a Great Number. The nomenclature of the postofflees in the United States is interesting. Every name which fancy, local conditions or patriotism can suggest seems to have been used. Two words are frequently united in spelling, such as “Longplne” in Arkansas and “Bigbug” In Arizona. Florida rejoices In a postoffice at “Bumpnose” and Kentucky in “Jamboree.” “Jlmtown” Is located in three states and in the Indian Territory. For a long time there was only one “Trilby” postoffice. Lately a Florida village of that name has turned up. It is way down towards the St. Sebastian river, in the pineapple country. It has a Svengall square, Little Billee and Taffy streets and Laird lane. “Fool’s Gulch” is a station in Arizona. There are 74 “Beavers” in the Union. Michigan has a town named after its governor, Pingree. There are 10 “Grovers,” one in Cleveland county, N. C. “Gold” is a postal station in California and Pennsylvania, and “Greenback” is in both North Carolina and Tennessee. There are seven offices named “Silver” and one in New Jersey known as “Little Silver.” The south is represented by such names as “Negro,” “Negroarm,” “Negrohead” and “Negrohill.” “Young America” flourishes in Indiana and Minnesota. “Zero” is in Kentucky and lowa, and not in North Dakota. “Head of Grassy” is in Kentucky, “Head of Barren” in Tennessee and “Head of Island” in Louisiana Oregon and West Virginia have utilized the names of “Job,” and “Patience” is found only in Pennsylvania. “Ell” gets there in seven states. “Glp” is in “G” county, Oklahoma. “Grit” flourishes in North Carolina and Wisconsin. “Long” and “Short” are postoffices in different states. “Hat” is in Irwin county, Georgia, and “Coat” In Simpson county, Mississippi. “A. B. C.” appears in Tennessee, “Re” in Texas, “Ka” in West Virginia, “Jolly” in Ohio, “Jollytown” in Pennsylvania, "Girltown” in Alabama and “Goodby” in Indiana.