Cities & Towns With Names That Evoke Gay Life

A few years ago my Secret Santa gave me a fun book titled All Over the Map.  It grouped US towns and cities into all sorts of categories, such as "Sex","Food" and "Shakespeare"; the categorization was the inspiration for this post.  During a long delay at La Guardia Airport this past Christmas I pulled out my smartphone and began Googling every state, scanning the names of their cities and towns to see if any piqued my gay sensibility.  I got a kick from those that appeared to be either the brainchild of a closeted gay alderman from the 19th century or the name of a town in a bad gay novel.

 

The only criteria for consideration was the ability of a town's name to trigger a gay association.  For instance, Knob Lick, Missouri made me think of Modern Family's gay daddy Cam, who is from the state.  Effie brought to mind Effie from Dreamgirls.  I associated Felch Township with a sex act that I've never experienced (nor want to).  Sondheimer made me think of Stephen.  And I associated Lu Verne with a drag queen.  Of the 40 or so listed below, my favorites are De Queen, Fruit Heights, Gayville, Homosassa and Fancy Gap.

 

As I read through the names I thought up some of my own that could be viable candidates, such as Treasure Trail, Fabulous, Ballsack, Boa, Power Bottom, Harness and Taint Springs - none which would seem out of place in a state like Texas.  Interestingly, popular gay resorts don't have names that play on their gay visitors, e.g., Pines, Cherry Grove, Provincetown, Ogunquit, Saugatuck, Rehoboth, Palm Springs, Ft. Lauderdale, and Key West.

 

CITIES WITH GAY-EVOCATIVE NAMES
Town	State
Balltown	IA
Bear River	WY
Beardstown	IL
Bearsville	NY
Big Timber	MT
Boy River	MN
Bruce	SD
Buttzville	NJ
Carlos	MN
Cumby	TX
Cumming	GA, IA
De Queen	AR
Dix	NE
Effie	MN
Fancy Gap	VA
Fruit Heights	UT
Fruitdale	AL, SD
Fruitland Park	ID
Fruitland	FL, IA, MD, NM
Fruitport	MI
Fruitvale	TX
Gay	GA
Gayville	SD
Guysville	OH
Homosassa	FL
Knob Lick	MO
Lake Mary	FL
Lu Verne	IA
Manly	IA
Maryville	TN
Mint Spring	VA
Nuttsville	VA
Queen City	MO, TX
Rainbow City	AL
Sondheimer	LA
Swisher	IA
Tea	SD
Three Way	TN
Warm River	ID
Young Harris	GA

 

 

Comments

[evie]

These names are so gay!!!! :)

[Rob]

Can you tell I have a weakness for the word "fruit"?