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Q: Searching for weird town names ( Answered 5 out of 5 stars,   0 Comments )
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Subject: Searching for weird town names
Category: Miscellaneous
Asked by: torkimtay-ga
List Price: $25.00
Posted: 13 May 2005 14:14 PDT
Expires: 12 Jun 2005 14:14 PDT
Question ID: 521413
I need to locate a legitimate town in the US that currently has the
name "blurry," "fuzzy," "foggy," "hazy," "halo," or "starburst" as its
name.
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Subject: Re: Searching for weird town names
Answered By: bobbie7-ga on 13 May 2005 15:31 PDT
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Hello Torkimtay,

In order to locate names of places in the United States I went to the
U.S. Board on Geographic Names
http://geonames.usgs.gov/bgn.html

Query Form
http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form


Halo, Kentucky is a legitimate name of a town.

Halo 
State: KY
County: Floyd
Latitude: 371856N	
Longitude: 0824422W

HALO,  KY is associated with the following ZIP Code(s): 41606
http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown_zip.jsp


Other populated places that I found using the U.S. Board on Geographic Names are:

Halo
State: WV	
County: Webster
Latitude: 382700N	
Longitude: 0803213W

Halo
State: OH	
County: Summit
Latitude: 410238N	
Longitude: 0813317W

Foggy Bottom
DC	
District of Columbia	
Latitude:385405N
Longitude: 0770345W

Foggy Bottom (subdivision)
MD	
County: Wicomico	
Latitude:382117N	
Longitude: 0753409W	


Other types of places such as streams, islands, rivers, summits,
capes, valleys, bays, beaches or springs are:

Island:
Hazy Islands, AK	

Stream: 
Hazy Creek, WV		

Stream: 
Fuzzy Creek, ID

Cape: 
Fuzzy Creek, ID

Spring: 
Fuzzy Spring, NV

Valley: 
Fuzzy Gulch, OR

Stream: 
Fuzzy Branch, SC

Stream :
Fuzzy Creek, TX

Dam :
Fuzzys Dam,VA

Reservoir: 
Fuzzys Lake, VA

Summit: 
Fuzzy Butte, WA

Summit: 
Fuzzy Top, WA

Valley:  
Fuzzy Canyon, WA

Beach 
Foggy Beach, AK		

Summit 
Foggy Hill, AK		

Cape 
Foggy Cape, AK		

Island 
Foggy Island, AK	
	
Bay 
Foggy Island Bay, AK
		
Bay 
Foggy Bay, AK
		
Cape 
Foggy Point, AK
		
Summit 
Foggytop Mountain, AK		

Summit
Foggy Peak, WA	

Stream 
Halo Creek, OR	

Valley 
Halo Valley, OR	

Stream 
Halo Creek, OR	


Search criteria:
U.S. Board on Geographic Names
http://geonames.usgs.gov/bgn.html


I hope this is helpful!

Best regards,
Bobbie7
torkimtay-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars
Outstanding!  Thanks for the fast turn around on this!

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