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Originally Posted by cromag
Intercourse, PA, US
Pennsylvania seems to have more than its share of towns with smile-provoking names. This is just one, but we have a lot of fun with it.
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Elizabeth, United States
In 2008, Elizabeth was named one of "America's 50 Greenest Cities" by Popular Science magazine, the only city in New Jersey selected.
Elizabeth, originally called "
Elizabethtown" and part of the Elizabethtown Tract, was founded in 1664 by English settlers.
The town was not named for Queen Elizabeth I as many people may assume, but rather for Elizabeth, wife of Sir George Carteret, one of the two original Proprietors of the colony of New Jersey. She was the daughter of Philippe de Carteret II, 3rd Seigneur de Sark and Anne Dowse.