Ten Tiny American Towns with Unbelievably Obscene Names

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There are thousands and thousands of cities and towns all across America. And all over the world, people know many of them. On pretty much every corner of the globe, you’ll find people who recognize New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and many more. But those towns aren’t our focus today. Instead, we’re looking at some of the strangest small towns to ever be named across the United States.

That’s right—in this list, we are going to walk the line between PG content and risqué discussions. That’s because we are going to give you the rundown of the ten most inappropriately named towns in the United States! You might need to take a shower after reading this list or at least wash your hands. We felt dirty just by compiling it!

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10 Tightsqueeze, VA

Let’s start with maybe the least offensive town name on this entire list: Tightsqueeze, Virginia. Located in Pittsylvania County, this tiny town got its name in the most interesting way: by having two 19th-century storefronts built too close together along a road. As the story goes, a general store in Pittsylvania County was opened in 1870 by a man named W.H. Colbert. He built his store right next to the edge of the street. Then, a few years later, a man named Isiah Giles bought the property right across the street from Colbert and put a blacksmith-wheelwright shop on that corner.

Colbert and Giles were so concerned with commerce and building their businesses that they didn’t think about the street between them. See, each one had built their stores so close to the edge of the road that buggies and carriages could just barely squeeze past each building. The road was so narrow between the two stores that it soon became a notorious spot all across Pittsylvania County.

People from all over the region began to warn each other of the “tight squeeze” along the road between the two stores. Over time, the name stuck, and when a town popped up around Colbert’s and Giles’s shops, it came to be known as “Tightsqueeze.” See? This one has a perfectly normal and “safe for work” explanation. Get your mind out of the gutter! (Or, out of the narrow street, as it were.) [1]

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