Texas is home to some oddly named cities and towns. The origins of some of these names are just as intriguing. For example, there is a crazy town in the Texas Panhandle. Loco, situated in Childress ...

Most towns earn their names through careful planning, but some get stuck with something strange because of a joke, a mistake, or a moment no one thought would last. Across the United States, a handful ...

Another funny theory for these funny town names, though, suggests that the townspeople couldn’t agree on whether to call the town “possum” or “grape”—and argued about it for almost 20 years! Don’t ...