And Shitterton in Dorset: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Shitterton,+Bere+Regis,+Wa...

There's a whole map of Vaguely Rude Place Names!

https://www.vaguelyrudeplacesmap.com/

Don't forget Boring (Oregon), sister city of Dull (Scotland).

Dull seems quite proud of their relationship with Boring - they have a sign on the nearest main road proclaiming the relationship which always causes me to smile when I drive past.

NJ Turnpike has an exit at Bordentown, first time I saw them many many years ago, I mistook it as "Boredom Town".

For those who love animals there's always the Royal Dick in Edinburgh: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_(Dick)_School_of_Veterin...

Y’all are going to Hell, MI

Idle, Bradford, UK

Kill, Ireland

Time, IL, USA

Keep in mind you can also visit “Blue Balls” and “Paradise” PA which are both close by.

Blue BaLL

Bird-in-hand gets you pretty close to Paradise, but not as nice as Intercourse.

A lot of town names in that area are like this for some probably not-perverse reason.

When I was about 8 in southwestern PA, we took a trip to central PA to visit Gettysburg, the Amish Country, Hershey, and all that. We took a steam train ride that promised a "trip to paradise".

I remember two things clearly about that train:

1. If you are sitting close enough to the front and lean out far enough, you get hot steam mist droplets painfully scalding your skin.

2. The train indeed went to Paradise, PA, with a big welcome sign, and I remember thinking "Is this a joke? I guess some people aren't very good at humor." I really don't know what I did expect or what would have impressed me more.

Yes I grew up around there. Intercourse is close to Paradise.

Sounds like Strasburg railroad.

Yes! That was it.

Some discussion here:

https://www.discoverlancaster.com/blog/wacky-town-names-lanc...

It seems the story I was told about the town of Intercourse at least has some merit.

In Swedish, the word for cross is Kors. I know it's not a Swedish town name, but a lot of Swedish words are the same or similar throughout other Germanic languages. In this case, it is namely Dutch, which has a direct connection to the area due to the Amish people there.

Anyway, I was told that the town name literally referenced two inter-crossing roads, and Kors was, instead of being anglicized to Cross, became Course.

> In this case, it is namely Dutch,

German (specifically derived from the Palatine German dialect), not Dutch (the Germanic language of the Netherlands.)

That gets somewhat confusing, since we tend to call it Pennsylvania Dutch, and the area as "Pennsylvania Dutch Country."

So it surprises me to discover that the language is connected to Germanic Switzerland.

As much as Kors was seemingly mistranslated to course instead of cross, Deitsch was apparently mistranslated into the word Dutch instead of German.

And people make fun of the Scandinavian quirks in Minnesota. Uff da!

Thanks for the correction. This error-prone history would make for a great YouTube documentary.

Released balloons at Easter from church in central Virginia as a kid. Had Easter egg clamped to the string containing a card with return request and address. Got a response a couple weeks later from someone near Intercourse, PA. Of course I found that hilarious but was also amazed at just how far my balloons flew.

Also Kissing, Germany. I live next to it :P

There is also Kissimmee in Florida :)

I'm from Georgia and have been to that area. Locals don't pronounce it like "kissy me." They pronounce it like "kih simmy." The Sims is not a suggestive phrase and Kissimmee is pronounced more like that than like Kiss Me.

I checked a few videos claiming to cover the pronunciation and the first two said it more like "kissy me." But this one has the pronunciation I'm familiar with:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu-Kq-2irQE

Edit:

The name Kissimmee can be traced back to the language of the Jororo people and means “long water.” There were approximately 350,000 people living in Florida when the Spanish arrived in 1513.

https://osceolahistory.org/history-of-kissimmee/

Also: Dildo in Canada.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dildo,_Newfoundland_and_Labr... (There is also South Dildo..just below Dildo)

Condom in France: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condom,_Gers

Intercourse in PA, USA. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercourse,_Pennsylvania

Hooker, OK. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooker,_Oklahoma

ETA: what do you know..there is more https://www.pri.org/stories/2016-03-24/wait-youre-where-11-t...

And Dildo, in Newfoundland

https://maps.app.goo.gl/vCe2U3ZcK5bTbaDa7

As a Canadian (and Atlantic Canadian) I often see people mention Dildo. But I get an even bigger kick that's Dildo across the harbour from Spread Eagle.

And if you need to relax, there's also the Bong Recreation Area in Wisconsin

Sexbierum, Netherlands: https://goo.gl/maps/d2pWL7UhDfdJiNbAA

See also “Grape Lane”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gropecunt_Lane

Humptulips, WA

They need to twin with Nobby's Beach.

Muff, Donegal, Ireland

The famous spot for Muff Diving?

https://www.muffdivingclub.ie/

Climax, CO.