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Where Knowledge Junkies Get Their Fix
Yes, there’s something transparently cool about Truth or Consequences, NM, or Hell, MI, but there’s coolness AND precision in cities bearing numbers in their names:
- Twentynine Palms, CA
- Three Notch, AL
- Two Rivers, AK
- Seven Trees, CA
- Four Corners, MT
- Five Points, NC
- Seven Oaks, TX
- Ninety Six, SC
Last month my boyfriend and I loitered in Twentynine Palms. We tried to count the palms, but they were, somehow, scarce. Still a jolly old freezing desert time and I fully plan on going back there for my 29th birthday. (I’m sure I could make a local bartender groan over the originality of that one.) Anyone able to report from any of the above cities? And if I’ve left some out (which I know I have–every state seems to have a “Two Rivers”), would love to hear…
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thousand oaks, ca
posted by jesse on 1-22-2008 at 7:20 pm
Eighty-Four, PA (Home of 84 Lumber)
Hundred, WV
posted by Joseph on 1-22-2008 at 7:33 pm
Did you see all the “marine haircut” places? The 29 palms inn kicks ass. Remember to take home some of their well water–which comes out of the taps.
posted by Greg on 1-22-2008 at 7:43 pm
I trump your lame Two Rivers, Alaska with THREE Rivers, Wisconsin. OR Texas. OR Michigan.
posted by Moon on 1-22-2008 at 7:51 pm
Someone beat me to Thousand Oaks. I am sitting in my apartment in the lovely TO right now.
posted by Lauren on 1-22-2008 at 8:01 pm
Seven Hills, Ohio
Four Corners (technically Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Arizona)
Four Forks, Louisiana
Three Hills, Alberta, Canada
Two Hills, also, it turns out, in Alberta
And another shout out to 1000 Oaks, oh how I remember it….
posted by Ellie on 1-22-2008 at 8:49 pm
Two Egg, FL
posted by Lynz_RN on 1-22-2008 at 9:11 pm
Trois Rivieres, Quebec
posted by Paul on 1-22-2008 at 9:30 pm
My grandfather used to have a blacksmith shop in Section Eight, Ohio.
In addition to 84, PA, there’s also 88, KY. I don’t know if everyone in 88 plays piano….
posted by Paul Ding on 1-22-2008 at 10:00 pm
Ninety-six, SC is a cute little town. a few years back I wandered around the star fort there. It’s an old Revolutionary War fort in the shape of a six pointed star. My step-dad even built a model of the fort which was on display at the visitor’s center. For more on the star fort at Ninety-six see the website link.
posted by PerlStalker on 1-22-2008 at 11:07 pm
I always liked driving by Forty Fort, PA.
posted by Mike on 1-23-2008 at 12:04 am
Twodot, MT: famous for… um…
posted by spinthelights on 1-23-2008 at 12:32 am
I live in Five Corners, WA. Not an actual town but a CDP
posted by John on 1-23-2008 at 1:19 am
No Trees, Texas
I think that counts
Well….sort of
posted by el on 1-23-2008 at 1:50 am
You know how you guys had the special on bizarre street names a week or two ago?
I was on my way to work today when I noticed a street called “Metalmaster Way”
posted by Becca on 1-23-2008 at 2:15 am
Went snow tubing in Seven Devils, NC this weekend…
posted by Jim on 1-23-2008 at 7:48 am
Nonesuch, KY. Hey, NONE is a number, isn’t it?
Eleven Mile, PA.
posted by TomH on 1-23-2008 at 8:12 am
I can drive to Nine Points, PA in about 15 minutes. A longer drive (an hour) will get me to Seven Valleys, PA. There’s also a 5 Points near Erie, PA.
posted by Caley on 1-23-2008 at 9:11 am
Hey whaddaya know… there is a Seven Oaks in Maryland, too. I used to live there.
posted by Celeste on 1-23-2008 at 10:14 am
Fifty Six, AR
posted by Sandy on 1-23-2008 at 10:20 am
Two Dot, Montana
posted by JR on 1-23-2008 at 10:52 am
Twentynine Palms is a small and quaint place. Kinda cool– and kind of a dump. As for the 29 Palm trees… Originally there was a place in the mountains that had 29 palm trees and free standing water year round. Now it is called 49 Plams Canyon. About a 30 minute hike into the mountains b/w 29 Palms and Joshua Tree. At a time 29 palm trees were planted at the High School (might be the same).
posted by Jason on 1-23-2008 at 11:12 am
my aunt basically owns the entire town of three rivers, nm. that means she owns a gift shop and the adjoining abandoned one-room schoolhouse. she added the mobile home.
posted by tami on 1-23-2008 at 11:13 am
Nothing to do with a number, but I missed the post on interesting place names.
Hell For Certain, KY
It’s a small community, but there is a road sign to mark the spot…that is when someone hasn’t stolen it.
posted by Ben on 1-23-2008 at 11:34 am
If you make it onto the Marine Base somehow there are precisely 29 palms leading down the road to the gate…
posted by Adam on 1-23-2008 at 2:01 pm
I grew up in a subburb of Mobile, AL called Eight Mile, Alabama. Never knew where it was eight miles from or to…
posted by Donna on 1-23-2008 at 2:16 pm
Check out Four Oaks, North Carolina.
posted by Melissa on 1-23-2008 at 3:42 pm
@#26: I feel the same doubt whenever I cross Fifteen Mile Creek outside Macon, Ga.
posted by Tim on 1-23-2008 at 4:59 pm
Novi, Michigan - doesn’t seem to be a # at first glance but came from stop No. VI (6) on the train line
posted by Kelly on 1-25-2008 at 1:51 pm