A Santa Claus figure stands in front of the Post Office in Santa Claus, Ind. The name of the town created a major tourist industry.TWO EGG, Fla. – What came first, the Chicken or the Egg – or make that the Two Egg?
The answer is the Alaska town of Chicken came before the Florida town of Two Egg, by about 30 or so years.
But they are neither first nor last in the country’s long list of odd-named places. In Pennsylvania you’ll find Intercourse, Virginville and Blue Ball. In Louisiana, if you’ve had too much of Moonshine, you can always visit Cut Off.
The list goes on: Weed, Calif.; Uncertain, Texas; Eek, Alaska; Butts County, Ga., and oh so many more.
For some, like Santa Claus, Indiana, the name has created a major tourist industry. Others, like Two Egg, are dots on the map that get the occasional visitor curious about the name, but offer little besides a road sign – and even the sign often went missing until it was riveted in place.