North Carolina’s Strangest Street Name
It can be really amusing to discover some of the stranger names of cities across the U.S., but what about street names? There are some very funny and odd street…
It can be really amusing to discover some of the stranger names of cities across the U.S., but what about street names? There are some very funny and odd street names out there, and one could say that's even more the case with street names than cities, because there are more street names out there and usually a less strict naming process.
There's a lot in a street name, too. Countless people have decided to buy or not buy a home or property on a certain street because of its name. Now, a new report out names the funniest street name in every state in the U.S., and it's a fascinating find.
Funniest Street Name in the State
The crew at Reader's Digest has put together an entertaining tally of the funniest street names in the country. In the piece, they note that "Yes, people were given the opportunity to name a street, and this is what they chose" and that these are "by no means the only funny street names out there," because every city and state in the county is filled with amusing street names.
Before we get to the state, let's look at a street name that is truly hilarious and unbelievable. "Booger Hollow Road" is a street located in the town of Dadeville, Alabama. Can you imagine a road with the word "booger" in it? Kids likely have a huge laugh about this in elementary schools in Dadeville. According to Reader's Digest, "Booger Hollow is one of the more common silly road names" and that there's another one about "60 miles northeast of Montgomery, there are also Booger Hollow Roads in Kentucky and Georgia."
So, let's get to North Carolina and the state's strangest street name. Reader's Digest picks the weirdest street name to be Bomb Proof Road, which is right in Fayetteville, North Carolina. While they note there's no record of how the street got its name, "we do know that in 1961, a thermonuclear bomb slammed into a farm in Goldsboro, which is just over an hour away from Fayetteville—though there’s no evidence of a connection to the road." Another possible explanation: The road could have been named for what’s known as a “bombproof horse,” which is extremely dependable and doesn't scare easily." So, that's at least one possibility for the strange street name.
