{"id":430887,"date":"2026-09-09T18:58:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T18:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/430887\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T18:58:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T18:58:22","slug":"18-weird-texas-town-names-thatll-make-you-laugh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/430887\/","title":{"rendered":"18 Weird Texas Town Names That\u2019ll Make You Laugh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the best pastimes in <a href=\"https:\/\/knue.com\/category\/texas-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Texas<\/a> is driving down a backroad, but some street and town names in Texas are downright odd. There\u2019s a lot to love about our state, but there\u2019s also a bit of weirdness \u2014 and not just in Austin!<\/p>\n<p>While it might be funny to see a street name that seems a bit odd, but it\u2019s amazing that some of these odd names aren\u2019t just street names \u2014 they\u2019re for whole towns. Which is why I wanted to make a list of the most unusual town names across the state of Texas.<\/p>\n<p>How Did These Names Happen?<\/p>\n<p>I must admit when I was reading some of the names of these crazy town names, it made me wonder if the names came after a long night of drinking alcohol.<\/p>\n<p>It made me wonder, how does someone come up with some of these names? Beyond just coming up with the name, how did other people support these off the wall suggestions?<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/knue.com\/texas-nuclear-war-targets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Texas Cities Most at Risk During Nuclear War<\/a><\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/knue.com\/best-retirement-locations-texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2 Texas Cities Named Best to Retire<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Texas Town Names Make You Laugh or Scratch Your Head<\/p>\n<p>You just have to laugh and just shake your head when you look at the list below. When you must give your address to someone and it\u2019s something crazy like Ding Dong, Texas. I\u2019m sure many people think that you would be giving them a fake address.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788980302_548_KLAQFM.png\" alt=\"KLAQ El Paso logo\"\/>Funniest Town Names in Texas<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m sure there are some that I forgot from this list. Feel free to let me know what I should add to the list by emailing billy.jenkins@townsquaremedia.com. Let\u2019s see all 18 of the craziest or most unusual town names within the state of Texas.<\/p>\n<p>18 Unusual Town Names Across the State of Texas<\/p>\n<p>People in Texas have a lot of pride even in the small towns with usual names. <\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/knue.com\/author\/billyjenkins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Billy Jenkins<\/a><\/p>\n<p>10 Sayings That Everyone Needs to Understand in Texas<\/p>\n<p>Here is a look at 10 things that are common to hear in the state of Texas and what they mean. <\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/knue.com\/author\/billyjenkins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Billy Jenkins<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the best pastimes in Texas is driving down a backroad, but some street and town names&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430888,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-430887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}