11 Of The Weirdest Street Names In America

There’s not that much to understand about the origins of Farfrompoopen Road. Sound it out. Need we say more?

Well, yes. You’ll find Farfrompoopen Road in Fannie, Arkansas. You’ll also find a Farfrompoopen Road in Lebanon, Tennessee, where the moniker is no doubt the butt of many jokes.

Little is known about the origin of the name and if, in fact, that stretch of road in Fannie is notable for its lack of places one can stop and relieve oneself, according to Realtor.com, which put together a list of weird street names.

But it’s conceivable. Only about 128 people live in Fannie Township, which is about 90 miles west of Little Rock.

Here's a look at some of the weirdest street names in America:

Tootin’ Hill Road

Fannie is nowhere near West Simsbury, Connecticut, and Tootin’ Hill Road — and get your head out of the seventh-grade locker room and back into the classroom at Tootin’ Hills School, whose mascot is “The Little Engine That Could.”

One story is that Tootin’ Hill Road references the sound of the train whistle that could be heard from a distance, according to the Hartford Courant.

Another is that a woman who developed the neighborhood in the 1930s and 1940s named the streets after a gun, a famous hunter in England and the area in that part of the world where her father loved to hunt, Tootin’ Hills.

Toad Suck Road

The origin of Toad Suck Road in Conway, Arkansas, is sketchy. One local legend dates back to the days when the crew of steamboats would congregate in taverns when the Arkansas River was too low to navigate and “suck on the bottle until they swell up like toads.”

Although less colorful, another version of the origin story dates to the early 1800s when low water levels on the Arkansas River created a “suck” that provided ideal habitat for toads and frogs. An iteration of this story is that “toad suck” is a bastardization of an obscure French phrase that means “a narrow channel in the river.”

The name stuck and was used by the Toad Suck Ferry Lock and Dam on the Arkansas River. The unincorporated town of Toad Suck held its Toad Suck Daze festival earlier this month.

Bucket Of Blood Street

Bucket of Blood sounds like the name of a death metal band, but the origins of this street in Holbrook, Arizona, date back to the Old West.

Back in the day, Holbrook was known as the “roughest, toughest, most lawless town of the Old West” — wilder even than Tombstone, according to the Navajo County Historical Society.

According to historical accounts by the Show Low, Arizona, White Mountain Independent and others, a bloody gunfight broke out inside Terrill’s Cottage Saloon, possibly over a poker game or accusations of cattle rustling. When it was over, someone remarked it looked like “a bucket of blood” had been spilled. The saloon was nicknamed the “Buckets of Blood Saloon” and the moniker was later transferred to the street.

Shades Of Death Road

Equally sinister is Shades of Death Road, a 6.7-mile two-lane road that winds alongside Jenny Jump State Forest in Warren County, New Jersey.

Take your pick from the legends that explain the name. One involves an unruly group of squatters whose fights over women often ended in the murder of one the participants, according to Weird N.J.

Another legend has it the “shades” portion of the road’s name references the low-hanging tree canopy that shaded it. Over time, many still-unsolved murders occurred, leading locals to add “of death” to the name, the site said.

Or, it could reference death to natural causes. In 1850, insects carrying malaria were discovered near a cliff, and people living in the area known as “Great Meadows” came to expect the disease would exact a toll on the community every year, according to Weird N.J.

Divorce Court

A street in Jenkins Township, Pennsylvania, is named Divorce Court. Not much is known about the origin of the name, but we have to wonder if newly married couples — or any married couple — would set superstition aside and buy there.

A quick check of real estate sites suggests there are mobile homes for sale on Divorce Court.

Peoria, Illinois, goes a few courts better with its Supreme Court, District Court, Appellate Court and Circuit Court, and Wildwood, Missouri, has a Kangaroo Court.

Booger Hollow Road

More than one place went deep when picking names for their roads. Booger Hollow Roads are found in throughout the South, including in Georgia, Arkansas, Alabama, Missouri, Louisiana and Kentucky, but also in California.

You may think the reference is to hardened snot. It’s not.

“Booger” is a colloquialism for a demon or ghost — the “boogeyman” who was always going to get you when you were a kid.

Psycho Path

Who knows, the boogeyman could have wandered Psycho Path near Traverse, Michigan, which claimed bragging rights a decade ago in an online poll seeking to find the silliest street name in the country.

To be clear, Psycho Path isn’t a public street, but a private road located off M-72 in Leelanau County. Was it so named to deter trespassers? No one knows. Perhaps no one dares to wander up the path and find out.

It’s not the only Psycho Path in the country. Realtor.com found similarly named roads in Florida, Mississippi, Colorado and Oklahoma.

Hanky Panky Street

We’ve all been conditioned by pop culture to believe that “what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas,” and not just about shenanigans that may happen along Hanky Panky Street.

It’s a residential street about 15 miles north of the Las Vegas Strip, and is near streets with names like Wild Thing Court, Lovers Knot Court, Kisses Avenue and Shady Lady Court, according to Realtor.com.

Presumably, the Vegas code applies.

I Dream Of Jeannie Lane

“I Dream of Jeanie,” a 1960s sitcom about an astronaut who unleashed a genie in a bottle named Jeannie, inspired the name of this street in Cocoa Beach, Florida, where the show was set.

The sign, posted at the entrance to Lori Wilson Park, was posted in 1998 in honor of actress Barbara Eden, who starred as Jeannie Day and visited Cocoa Beach in 1969. The sitcom itself was never filmed there.

A Dog Will Lick His Butt But Won’t Eat a Pickle Road

Reader’s Digest highlighted a private drive in Fountain, Colorado, named A Dog Will Lick His Butt But Won’t Eat a Pickle Road. It’s not recognized by the city.

According ta 2015 report from Colorado Springs radio station KRDO, the sign was erected to satisfy a demand by the local homeowner's association.

Cody Driver told the radio station that his parents put up the sign when they built a new home in the area. The HOA said they needed to name their road.

They came up with names like “Hillbilly Road” and “Redneck Avenue,” before settling on a name Driver said makes perfect sense.

“I mean c’mon, have you ever seen a dog eat a pickle?” he told the radio station. “From what we’ve seen, they don’t eat pickles.”