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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  # Clueless Chase
  
  
  ### Pineville Gazette Mystery #2
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Wendy Meadows
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Copyright © 2018 by Wendy Meadows
  
  
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  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are a
  product of the author’s imagination. Locales and public names are sometimes
  used for atmospheric purposes. Any resemblance to actual people, living or
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  ### Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1](part0003.html#2RHM0-05ccc97ef4a043f19b25737d483ea718)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 2](part0004.html#3