Weird West Texas: How these cities and towns got their unique names

By Lubbock Avalanche-Journal on June 10, 2023

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They say everything is bigger in Texas, and that includes its share of oddities. And West Texas is no anomaly with its large share of towns and cities with peculiar names.

Some whimsical, some downright bizarre, this topic is the very reason for the inception of the Weird West Texas project.

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