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From: ajs@hpfcla.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Bizarre place names
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Date: Wed, 11-Sep-85 11:55:00 EDT
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The problem with posting bizarre place names is that there are just too
many too choose from!  For example, if you buy the US Geological Survey
Geographic Names Information System data base for just one state (let's
say, Colorado), and then you look only at FEATURE CLASS == ppl
(population center), that gives you 780 names to review, from which it
is easy to extract (and these are just the stranger ones)...

	393058N 1075520W Anvil Points
	392241N 1061059W Climax
	393744N 1052144W Elephant Park
	381645N 1043335W Fearnowville
	381540N 1044010W Goodnight
	401119N 1051049W Hygiene
	384403N 1033207W Kkrval
	394427N 1033528W Last Chance
	...

Alan Silverstein