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Toad Suck, Arkansas
by Eric Pheiffer, Yahoo! News
Toad Suck, AR (wikicommons)
A new poll across seven
English-speaking countries has chosen Toad Suck, AR as having the "most
unfortunate" town name in the U.S.
Toad Suck, an unincorporated
community in Perry County, Arkansas, took top dishonors, edging out Climax, GA
and Boring, OR.
The poll was conducted by the
genealogy site Findmypast.com, polling respondents in the U.S. UK, Ireland,
Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
"Some people are
disconcerted to learn that their forebears came from somewhere called Toad
Suck, Roachtown or Monkey's Eyebrow," said Josh Taylor, genealogist and
spokesperson for the site, said in a press release.
Toad Suck reportedly takes
its name from a once popular drinking location for boaters on the Arkansas River . The toadsuck.org site explains in more detail, "While
they waited, they refreshed themselves at the local tavern there, to the dismay
of the folks living nearby, who said: 'They suck on the bottle 'til they swell
up like toads.' Hence, the name Toad Suck."
Interestingly, Climax's
unique name isn't it's only claim to fame. It's also home to the annual "Swine Time" festival.
The Top 10 list was voted in
the following order:
Toad Suck, AR
Climax, GA
Boring, OR
Hooker, OK
Monkey's Eyebrow, KY
"I maybe expected
Squabbletown to rank higher," Taylor
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