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This map of the USA highlights The Weirdest Town Names In All 50 States. "Booger Hole," "Toad Suck," and "Ding Dong" are just a few of the awesome town names on this list. I'm going to have to take a road trip to Satans Kingdom, Massachusetts sometime, just to say I've been.
Apparently, this town was named "Satan's Kingdom" after someone from a town called Northfield had just listened to a sermon about the fires of hell in a church. After walking out of the church, they saw a forest fire across the Connecticut River and said that "Satan's Kingdom was burning."
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