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Friday, August 10, 2012
Toad Suck, Arkansas has pipped Climax, Georgia and not one but two Borings for the dubious honour of 'most embarrassing or unfortunate' town name in the United States.
Findmypast.com, a family history website, said it asked 1754 of its users in seven English-speaking countries to pick their favourites from a short list of American communities with oddball names.
Toad Suck's name harks back to 19th century Arkansas River steamboat crews who, according to a local website, would drop in on the local tavern and 'suck' on liquor until they swelled like toads.
Climax, a town of 300 at the highest point of a railway line between Savannah, Georgia and the Chattahoochee River, placed second, followed by Boring, Oregon - already famous for twinning earlier this year with Dull, Scotland - and Boring, Maryland.
Rounding out the list were Hooker, Oklahoma; Assawoman, Virginia; Belchertown, Massachusetts; Roachtown, Illinois; Loveladies, New Jersey; Squabbletown, California; and Monkey's Eyebrow, Kentucky.
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