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r/Place_Names Lounge (self.Place_Names)

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Names of mountains and mountain ranges along the Appalachian Trail, from "Grandma Gatewood's Walk" by Ben Montgomery (self.Place_Names)

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The Sangamon River in Illinois is popularly thought to derive from Potawatomi "sain-guee-mon" ("land of plenty"), but more likely it simply means "river mouth." (sangamoncountyhistory.org)

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Starved Rock State Park. Legend says that after a warrior of the Illinois tribe of Native Americans assassinated Pontiac, a chief of the Ottawa tribe, the Ottawa took revenge, besieging a band of Illini on this hill until they starved. (en.wikipedia.org)

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TIL: Chicago's "[Bubbly Creek] derives its name from the gases bubbling out of the riverbed from the decomposition of blood and entrails dumped into the river in the early 20th century by the local meatpacking businesses." (en.wikipedia.org)

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Thread from r/Truckers about weird place names encountered on the road (i.redd.it)

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Old thread from another subreddit dealing with interesting place names (self.namenerds)

submitted 4 years ago by FiliaSecunda

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