25 of the Most Mispronounced Indiana Town Names

We have a lot of cities/towns in Indiana that, if you aren't from that area, you might not have a clue how to pronounce their names.

I'm sure that you have taken a little road trip in the past and have driven through some towns that greet you with their "Welcome to (insert town name here)" sign. The majority of these towns have pretty normal names. However, there are always some that you will see that will make you laugh out loud.

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Some Indiana Towns Make You Say "WHAT?!"

There have been a few towns that I have been to that always make me wonder, "Who thought this was a good town name?" Sure, it might be catchy, but the jokes that can be made about the town name are endless. The first one that comes to my mind is French Lick, Indiana. While it's a beautiful little town, the name itself just sounds...well, dirty. All throughout the Hoosier State, there are towns with funny names like that. Some of these names are based on Native American culture. However, that doesn't make them any easier to pronounce!

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Can You Pronounce These Indiana Town Names?

I'll be the first to admit that there are plenty of cities and towns throughout Indiana that, when I see them written out, I don't even know where to start on pronouncing them. Indiana.gov actually has a list of all the cities and towns throughout the state. Many of them are doozies. I put together a list of some of the most outrageous city/town names in Indiana that you might have a hard time reading, and an even harder time pronouncing!

Indiana Town Names That Everyone Mispronounces

There are several town/city names in Indiana that, unless you are from that area, you have no idea how to pronounce. Here are 25 examples. How many can you pronounce correctly?

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KEEP READING: 40 Real Indiana Towns with Quirky, Weird, and Funny Names

Outside the major cities, the Hoosier state is full of tiny little towns you've probably passed through on your way to one of those cities. Most of them are likely 100 to 150 years old, or older, and have been around far longer than the large metropolitan areas such as Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, South Bend, and Evansville. Typically, they were started by early settlers who found their way to the state and decided to make it home. Eventually, others would join them, and a community was formed. Over time, as the surrounding areas grew, most of them were folded into those areas and governed by the nearest city or county's governing body officially making them "unincorporated," meaning they did not have their own formally organized municipal government.

A scroll through Wikipedia's long list of unincorporated communities in Indiana shows several of them have names that by today's standards would be considered weird, quirky, or just downright right funny. These are my 40 favorities.

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33 Indiana Towns with International Names

From Holland to China, Cuba to Switzerland, and everywhere in between, several towns across the Hoosier State borrow their names from countries and cities around the globe.

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