Origins-of-Odd-Town-Names

dogg57

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So, here's a sampling: Swimmin Over is a section of the Mullica River, in Bass River Township. Little imagination is required for that one. Scrabbletown is where 6 roads merge in the Fort Dix area. I guess it's a place where you could easily get lost or scrabbled.
Sooy Place is a hamlet in the Pine Barrens, which also was known for the storied Ong's Hat and Apple Pie Hill.
http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/burlington/Origins-of-Odd-Town-Names-.html
 
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