Message Forum: Re:more wierd origins of place names

Re:more wierd origins of place names

Posted By: Grishny, on host 206.152.253.15
Date: Monday, July 24, 2000, at 13:36:31
In Reply To: Re:more wierd origins of place names posted by Howard on Friday, July 21, 2000, at 14:26:55:

> My favorite (and sometimes I repeat myself myself)is the town called 88 in Kentucky. It seem the first postmaster couldn't read words, but he could read numbers.

> Howard

I just read a factoid about this town the other night. According to The Bathroom Reader's Institute, 88 Kentucky got its name because the man who founded the town had 88 cents in his pocket that day.

Gri"if I founded a town today it would be called 112"shny

Link: The Bathroom Reader's Institute

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Re:more wierd origins of place names - Howard - Tue, 7/25/2000, 11:08:35