So there are probably hundreds of hard-to-pronounce Native American town names in Wisconsin, but Oconomowoc is one of my favorites because it stumps every single out-of-towner. Mishicot means 'hairy leg.' And this, my friends, is the most useful nugget of knowledge you will consume all month. I bet these peeps had mad Scrabble skills.įun fact: Singer-songwriter Regina Spektor worked at a butterfly farm in Luck. That is all.ĭidyaknow? Ixonia was named when some townsfolk decided to draw letters from a hat. It was called Institute Saloon, I believe. Thank you, Footville, for having a rockstar name and also for being topographically advantageous for those of us who are prone to running on E. I was able to roll my car all the way down to the southeastern end of town, where the community's only gas station was located. Once, I ran out of gas on the west end of town. I always tell folks I'm from Evansville, but technically, I grew up outside the teeny tiny town of Footville in Rock County. But au contraire! The name actually rhymes with 'Loath them.' Hmph. That is a surprisingly graphic backstory for a pretty basic town name.īatman would live here if this town was pronounced the way a lot of people think it's pronounced.

As in, they’d build a fence, deer would jump over it and then get impaled. Disco.Īpparently the town of Fence was named after an American Indian hunting method. I dream of a town where everyone has moves like Travolta. I like this one because it sounds like the name of a character from Harry Potter. I find myself sitting up extra straight while driving through the tiny town of Bosstown. We're on to you, citizens of Avalanche.Įvidently, Bluff Siding got its name from the rocky bluffs near the town site. Props to the very practical town-namer of Bluff Siding. I have to wonder if an introvert named this town as a strategic way of deterring others from moving in. I'm not sure when someone decided to replace the 'S' with a 'W,' but who am I to question their logic? Here are 25–and believe me, that's just a sampling–of Wisconsin's oddly named communities:Īrkansaw, Wis. Truth is, I appreciate a well-named town.

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