title: A Place Called Peculiar: Stories About Unusual American Place-Names
author:  Frank K. Gallant 
description: <DIV>Veteran magazine writer Frank K. Gallant reports that there are more than 3 million toponyms (place names) in the United States and that "more than once, I have driven an embarrassing number of miles to visit a town with an unusual name."</DIV>
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  # Grumpy Dad
  
  
  ### A Greenbridge Academy Romance
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Abby Knox
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Copyright © 2019 by Abby Knox
  
  
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