“Discover America’s Most Bizarre Town Names: What Secrets Do They Hide?”
Fleatown, Ohio
With a name like “Fleatown,” you might expect a long, rambling Wikipedia entry filled with funny stories about how the community got its name and all of the famous people who were born there, or an interesting fact like, “did you know that Fleatown was the winter home for the original cast of Cats?”
Sadly, the community’s page has none of this. It may be the shortest Wikipedia entry in existence, which itself could be an interesting fact to add to the page. The page does give us the important fact that Fleatown is located in “Licking County,” which feels like it helps make sense of the whole situation.
Monkeys Eyebrow, Kentucky
“You’d probably be surprised how many people haven’t been to Monkey’s Eyebrow,” writes local historian Joe Culver. That might be true of the small unincorporated community near the Ballard County Wildlife Management Area. But that doesn’t mean that people aren’t interested to learn how it got its unusual name.
Most folks who are familiar with the area say that a map of Ballard County looks like a monkey head, and that the town is right where its brow would be. Makes sense. Fun fact: Monkey’s Eyebrow was mentioned in the 1990s comic series The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck!
Possum Grape, Arkansas
There are two theories as to how this unincorporated community received its name. One is that it was called “Possum Grape” after a variety of grape that grows in the area. Another is that residents were torn between calling the town “Possum” or “Grape” and eventually settled on the compromise of Possum Grape.
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