re: What is your town named for?

My hometown was established because it was the halfway point on the Southern Pacific railroad between New Orleans and Houston, and named for a man who was a building contractor for the railroad. There is a town in Mississippi also named for the same guy.

Where I grew up was named for the biblical city where Joseph’s brothers sold him into slavery.

I really enjoy how this thread became like a huge round of jeopardy trying to guess the names of the towns.

the term Metairie is derived from the French word “Moitie” (one-half), and the French term “moitoire” (used in the 12th century feudal days of Europe to describe a particular type of French farming relationship where a landowner would lease a portion of property to a farmer for 50% of the crops or produce grown by the tenant and no money as rent). Over 200 years ago Louisiana’s French heritage established the practice of describing certain farms located on the land created by alluvial deposits of old Metairie Bayou near New Orleans as “Metairie”.

Settlers arriving in what is today the western portion of Allegheny County named the region "Moon" after the crescent-shaped curvature of the Ohio River. And for the past few centuries, the peculiar name—Moon Township—has stuck.

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City I was born in - held a vote to decide the town name. "Possum Trot" won. They decided to go in a different direction and the boring pick that came in second (named after the local tribe). Good thing, there would be a "Possum Trot" NFL team otherwise.

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Small town about 10-15 miles from my hometown actually is Possum Trot, KY. Go 15 mi the other direction you could find yourself in Monkey’s Eyebrow, KY.

I guess these two towns are named after the state bird and the state yard dog.

My birth town is named for the French word for "mosquitoes" ( Maringouin)

My wife's family proudly comes from a placed named after the French word for alligators. (Cocodrie )

Grosse tete always makes us smile because it means "big head".

After a many names: Cane's Landing, Alexander's Precinct and Caneville, In 1907, the area east of Shreveport was officially incorporated as Bossier City, named after General Pierre Bossier, a former creole general, cotton farmer and one of the first settlers. Around that time Shed Road was named after a shed that lined about a nine mile stretch.