1White Settlement
There is a town in Texas called White Settlement. The area was called "white" because it was a settlement of white homesteaders, as opposed to other settlements in the vicinity that were composed of both white and Native American residents.
2Zzyzx
The town of Zzyzx in California was named by a quack doctor to purposely be the last listing in any dictionary or atlas.
3Basking Ridge
The town of Basking Ridge, New Jersey, was built around a large oak tree in 1717. Legend has it that George Washington and his troops camped under it during the Revolutionary War. The tree was estimated to be 619 years old when it died in 2016.
4Truth or Consequences
There is a town in New Mexico named "Truth or Consequences". They changed it from "Hot Springs" in 1950 to win a radio contest.
5Picher
The ghost town of Picher, Oklahoma was evacuated in 2009. The town was the center of a massive lead and zinc mining complex. The Army Corps of Engineers declared in 2006 that 86% of the town's structures were so undermined that they were in imminent danger of collapse.
6Longest town name
The town with the longest name in the world is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu, in the Northern Island of New Zealand.
7Rabbit Hash
The small town of Rabbit Hash in Kentucky has only elected dogs from the area as mayors since 1998.
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8Uravan
Uravan, Colorado was a mining town that provided uranium to the Manhattan Project. The town was shut down in 1968. Over the next 20 years, Uravan and its contents were completely demolished to decontaminate the area because of radiation.
9Orania
There is a small town named Orania in South Africa established solely for the preservation of Afrikaans and the Afrikaner identity by keeping their language and culture alive.
10Miracle Whip
In 2018, the town of Mayo, Florida temporarily changed its name to "Miracle Whip" as an advertising promotion with Kraft.
