What joking names do you have for an out-of-the-way place, or a very unimportant place?
| STICKS | 253 |
| NR | 112 |
| WIDE PLACE IN THE ROAD | 100 |
| BOONDOCKS | 70 |
| BURG | 54 |
| HICK TOWN | 54 |
| WIDE SPOT IN THE ROAD | 49 |
| BACKWOODS | 47 |
| JUMPING-OFF PLACE | 42 |
| ONE-HORSE TOWN | 35 |
| PODUNK | 25 |
| FOUR CORNERS | 21 |
| VILLAGE | 18 |
| CROSSROADS | 15 |
| HAMLET | 15 |
| HOLE IN THE WALL | 15 |
| NO-MAN’S-LAND | 14 |
| END OF THE WORLD | 10 |
| HIDEAWAY | 10 |
| SPOT IN THE ROAD | 10 |
| JERKWATER TOWN | 9 |
| OUT IN THE STICKS | 9 |
| WHISTLE-STOP | 9 |
| END OF NOWHERE | 8 |
| OUT-OF-THE-WAY PLACE | 8 |
| DUMP | 7 |
| BACK IN THE STICKS | 6 |
| GHOST TOWN | 6 |
| HIDEOUT | 6 |
| HOLE IN THE ROAD | 6 |
| JERKWATER | 6 |
| OUT IN THE BOONDOCKS | 6 |
| BACK IN THE HILLS | 5 |
| BACK SIDE OF NOWHERE | 5 |
| HELL’S HALF-ACRE | 5 |
| WILDERNESS | 5 |
| WOODS | 5 |
| BOONIES | 4 |
| GOD-FORSAKEN PLACE | 4 |
| HILLS | 4 |
| HOLE | 4 |
| JOINT | 4 |
| LOVER’S LANE | 4 |
| NH | 4 |
| SETTLEMENT | 4 |
| STOPPING-OFF PLACE | 4 |
| BUSHES | 3 |
| COUNTRY | 3 |
| DOGTOWN | 3 |
| GOD-FORSAKEN | 3 |
| GOD-FORSAKEN SPOT | 3 |
| LITTLE TOWN | 3 |
| NECK OF THE WOODS | 3 |
| OFF THE BEATEN PATH | 3 |
| OUT IN THE WOODS | 3 |
| SQUEEDUNK | 3 |
| TIMBUKTU | 3 |
| TULES | 3 |
| BACK FORTY | 2 |
| BACK IN THE BRUSH | 2 |
| BACK IN THE BUSHES | 2 |
| BACKWOODS PLACE | 2 |
| COUNTRY TOWN | 2 |
| DINKY PLACE | 2 |
| DOGPATCH | 2 |
| HICKSVILLE | 2 |
| ISOLATED | 2 |
| JERK TOWN | 2 |
| JERKWATER PLACE | 2 |
| JUMPING-OFF SPOT | 2 |
| LAST CHANCE | 2 |
| LITTLE JERKWATER TOWN | 2 |
| MIDDLE OF NOWHERE | 2 |
| MILPITAS | 2 |
| NEVER-NEVER LAND | 2 |
| NOOK | 2 |
| NOWHERE | 2 |
| OUT IN THE BUSH | 2 |
| OUT OF THE WAY | 2 |
| PLACE IN THE ROAD | 2 |
| PLUMB-NELLY | 2 |
| SMALL BURG | 2 |
| SMALL TOWN | 2 |
| STOP IN THE ROAD | 2 |
| STOPPING PLACE | 2 |
| TANK TOWN | 2 |
| TWO-BY-FOUR PLACE | 2 |
| WIDE SPACE IN THE ROAD | 2 |
| WIDENING IN THE ROAD | 2 |
| ARKANSAS | 1 |
| ASSHOLE OF THE WORLD | 1 |
| BACK HILLS | 1 |
| BACK IN BULNER COUNTY | 1 |
| BACK IN THE BARRENS | 1 |
| BACK IN THE BOONDOCK | 1 |
| BACK IN THE BOONDOCKS | 1 |
| BACK OF NOWHERE | 1 |
| BACK SETTLEMENT | 1 |
| BACK SIDE OF NOWHERE WHERE IT EMPTIES INTO NOTHING | 1 |
| BACKROAD | 1 |
| BAD PLACE IN THE ROAD | 1 |
| BAD SPOT IN THE ROAD | 1 |
| BADDY’S COW PASTURE | 1 |
| BEHIND THE SUN | 1 |
| BIG CITY | 1 |
| BIG PLACE IN THE ROAD | 1 |
| BLACKJACKS | 1 |
| BLINK-EYE | 1 |
| BRAMBLES | 1 |
| BROAD PLACE IN THE ROAD | 1 |
| BROAD SPOT ON THE ROAD | 1 |
| BRUSH THICKET | 1 |
| BUGGER’S WOOD | 1 |
| BUNCOMBE | 1 |
| BUNDOCKS | 1 |
| BUSH | 1 |
| BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD | 1 |
| BYWAY | 1 |
| CABBAGE PATCH | 1 |
| CENTER | 1 |
| CHAMBERS | 1 |
| CHEESEQUAKE | 1 |
| CHIPMUNK RUN | 1 |
| CLEAR OUT IN THE BACKWOODS | 1 |
| CLEAR OUT OF THE WORLD | 1 |
| CLEAR TO CHINA | 1 |
| COBBLE | 1 |
| CORNER | 1 |
| CORNERS | 1 |
| COUNTRIFIED | 1 |
| COUNTRY JUNCTION | 1 |
| COW PATCH | 1 |
| COW TRAIL | 1 |
| CROSSING | 1 |
| CROSSROAD | 1 |
| CROSSROADS STORES | 1 |
| CUBBYHOLE | 1 |
| DARK CORNER | 1 |
| DEAD END | 1 |
| DEEP HOLE IN THE ROAD | 1 |
| DESERT | 1 |
| DINKY HOLE | 1 |
| DIRTY PLACE IN THE ROAD | 1 |
| DIRTY ROW | 1 |
| DOGTAIL CORNERS | 1 |
| DO-LITTLE | 1 |
| “DON’T BLINK YOUR EYES, YOU’RE GOING TO MISS THE TOWN” | 1 |
| DOWN IN THE PINES | 1 |
| DOWN IN THE STICKS | 1 |
| DOWN IN THE SWAMP | 1 |
| DOWN THE PIKE | 1 |
| DOWN TO THE DUMP | 1 |
| DRIED-UP PLACE | 1 |
| DROP IN THE BUCKET | 1 |
| DRY PLACE IN THE ROAD | 1 |
| END OF COMEBACK | 1 |
| END OF THE EARTH | 1 |
| END OF THE LINE | 1 |
| END OF THE ROAD | 1 |
| FALL-OFF | 1 |
| FEW HOUSES | 1 |
| FIRST RUSTY SPIKE TO THE LEFT | 1 |
| FLAG STOP | 1 |
| FOREST | 1 |
| FROG HOLLOW | 1 |
| FRONTIER TOWN | 1 |
| GHOST PLACES | 1 |
| GHOST TOWNS | 1 |
| GOBBLER’S KNOB | 1 |
| GOD-FORGOTTEN PLACE | 1 |
| GOD-FORSAKEN COUNTRY | 1 |
| GOD-FORSAKEN TOWN | 1 |
| GOD’S FORGOTTEN ACRE | 1 |
| GOING INSIDE | 1 |
| GOOD-SIZED BEND | 1 |
| GOON TOWN | 1 |
| HARDSCRABBLE | 1 |
| HEAD OF NOWHERES | 1 |
| HECKA | 1 |
| HELL-AND-GONE | 1 |
| HELL-AND-GONE BACK | 1 |
| HELLHOLE | 1 |
| HELL’S BOTTOM | 1 |
| HENPECK | 1 |
| HICK | 1 |
| HICK OF A TOWN | 1 |
| HICK PLACE | 1 |
| HICK VILLAGE | 1 |
| HICKS | 1 |
| HICKY TOWN | 1 |
| HIDEY-HOLE | 1 |
| HILLBILLY TOWN | 1 |
| HINTERLANDS | 1 |
| HOLE IN THE GROUND | 1 |
| HOLE IN THE WOODS | 1 |
| HOLLYWOOD | 1 |
| HONKY-TONK | 1 |
| HOOP AND A HOLLER AWAY | 1 |
| HOOT AND HOLLER | 1 |
| HUNGRY-GO-NAKED PLACE | 1 |
| HUNKY TOWN | 1 |
| JERK OF A TOWN | 1 |
| JERK PLACE | 1 |
| JERKWATER JOINT | 1 |
| JOKE | 1 |
| JOT-‘EM-DOWN | 1 |
| JUMP-OFF | 1 |
| JUNGLE | 1 |
| KALAMAZOO | 1 |
| KLEINES NEST | 1 |
| KLONDIKE | 1 |
| KNUCKLE TOWN | 1 |
| LAST PLACE THAT GOD CREATED | 1 |
| LAY DOG | 1 |
| LITTLE BURG | 1 |
| LITTLE GHOST TOWN | 1 |
| LITTLE HAMLET | 1 |
| LITTLE HICK TOWN | 1 |
| LITTLE HOLE-IN-THE-WALL | 1 |
| LITTLE JOINT | 1 |
| LITTLE KANSAS CITY | 1 |
| LITTLE STICK IN THE WOODS | 1 |
| LITTLE VILLAGE | 1 |
| LIVING END OF NOWHERES | 1 |
| LOST CORNER | 1 |
| LOUSY PLACE | 1 |
| LOVER’S LANES | 1 |
| L-SEVEN | 1 |
| MADERO | 1 |
| MIDWAY | 1 |
| MILK STOP | 1 |
| MONKEY TOWN | 1 |
| MUTTON JERK | 1 |
| NEAR NOTHING | 1 |
| NEARLY OUT OF THE WORLD | 1 |
| NEGRO ALLEY | 1 |
| NEIGHBOR’S GULCH | 1 |
| NESTERSVILLE | 1 |
| NICHE | 1 |
| NINE MILES OUT OF GOD’S KNOWLEDGE | 1 |
| NO-MAN’S-LANDS | 1 |
| NOOK OR CRANNY | 1 |
| NOTHINGSVILLE | 1 |
| OFF IN THE STICKS | 1 |
| OFF THE BEATEN TRACKS | 1 |
| OFFA THE BEATEN PATH | 1 |
| ON HAWK’S ALLEY | 1 |
| ON THE OUTSKIRTS | 1 |
| ON THE TAIL END OF NOWHERE | 1 |
| ONE STREET | 1 |
| ONE-HORSE | 1 |
| ONE-HORSE TOWNS | 1 |
| OPEN PLACE | 1 |
| OTHER SIDE OF NOWHERE | 1 |
| OUT IN COW COUNTRY | 1 |
| OUT IN GOD’S COUNTRY | 1 |
| OUT IN KINGDOM COME | 1 |
| OUT IN THE BARRENS | 1 |
| OUT IN THE BOONDOGS | 1 |
| OUT IN THE COUNTIES | 1 |
| OUT IN THE COUNTRY | 1 |
| OUT IN THE DESERT | 1 |
| OUT IN THE HILLS | 1 |
| OUT IN THE JUNGLE | 1 |
| OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE | 1 |
| OUT IN THE TULES | 1 |
| OUT IN THE UNDERBRUSH | 1 |
| OUT IN THE WILDERNESS | 1 |
| OUT OF GOD’S COUNTRY | 1 |
| OUT OF THE COUNTRY | 1 |
| OUT OF THIS WORLD | 1 |
| OUT WHERE THE HOOTOWLS LIVE | 1 |
| OUT WHERE THE WORLD’S NAILED UP WITH FENCE BOARDS | 1 |
| OUT YONDER | 1 |
| OUTER LIMIT | 1 |
| OUTRAGEOUS PLACE | 1 |
| PATCH | 1 |
| PEANUTSVILLE | 1 |
| PIKE CITY | 1 |
| PLACE THAT GOD FORGOT | 1 |
| PLACE WHERE THEY ROLL UP THE SIDEWALKS WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN | 1 |
| PLUMB OUT OF TOWN | 1 |
| PLUMB OUT OF TOWN AND NEARLY OUT OF THE COUNTRY | 1 |
| PLUMB-NEARLY | 1 |
| POCHUCK | 1 |
| PODUNK CENTER | 1 |
| POINT MILLIKEN | 1 |
| POKEY MOONSHINE | 1 |
| POPULATION ONE | 1 |
| POUNSY | 1 |
| POVERTY HOLLOW | 1 |
| POVERTY POINT | 1 |
| PUCKERBRUSH | 1 |
| PUCKERS | 1 |
| PUPPYVILLE | 1 |
| RABBIT PATCH | 1 |
| ROAD HANGS OVER THE BUSHES THERE | 1 |
| RURAL SECTION | 1 |
| SATUIT | 1 |
| SCRAP IN THE WOODS | 1 |
| SCRATCH-ANKLE | 1 |
| SCRUB-OAKS | 1 |
| SHACK | 1 |
| SHADY REST | 1 |
| SHADY SPOT IN THE ROAD | 1 |
| SHANGRILA | 1 |
| SHANTYTOWN | 1 |
| SHELTER | 1 |
| SIDE-TRACK | 1 |
| SIDEWAY TOWN | 1 |
| SKEDUNK | 1 |
| SKUNK VALLEY | 1 |
| SMALL JOINT | 1 |
| SMALL VILLAGE | 1 |
| SOMEWHERE TO GO | 1 |
| SOUTH THE RAILROAD | 1 |
| SPOT IN THE DUST | 1 |
| SPOT ON THE MAP | 1 |
| SQUIRREL HOLLOW | 1 |
| STICK | 1 |
| STOPOVER | 1 |
| STOVEPIPE VILLAGE | 1 |
| SUB-BLANKVILLE | 1 |
| TAIL END OF NOWHERE | 1 |
| TENEHA-TIMPSON-BOBO-AND-BLAIR | 1 |
| THE DESERT | 1 |
| TIN-TOP | 1 |
| TINY TOWN | 1 |
| TOWN WITH ONE LIGHT | 1 |
| TURKEY TOWN | 1 |
| UNFORSAKEN PLACE | 1 |
| UP IN THE HILL | 1 |
| UP IN THE STICKS | 1 |
| VACANT PLACE | 1 |
| WATER-STOP | 1 |
| WAY BACK IN THE STICKS | 1 |
| WAY OUT IN A WILDERNESS | 1 |
| WAY OUT IN OSHKOSH | 1 |
| WAY OUT IN THE HILLS | 1 |
| WAY OUT THERE IN HELL’S HALF-ACRE | 1 |
| WAY THE HELL AN’ GONE FROM NOPLACE | 1 |
| WEEDS | 1 |
| WIDE HOLE IN THE ROAD | 1 |
| WIDE PATH IN THE ROAD | 1 |
| WIDE PLACE | 1 |
| WIDE VILLAGE | 1 |
| WINE-DOCK | 1 |
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