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Aug 21, 2017 · Whynot was founded in 1860 when a post office was built along the 129-mile Fayetteville and Western Plank Road that connected Winston-Salem to Fayetteville, then the longest plank road ever built.
Sep 28, 2024 · Whynot got its name from a local resident who suggested, "Why not name it Whynot?" during a community meeting. The community is located in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, near the Alabama border.
Feb 14, 2018 · Whynot, North Carolina. Back in the 18th century, the townspeople of this area didn’t have a name to call themselves. The story has it that there was a long and arduous discussion that was going nowhere. Someone finally spoke up and asked, “Why not name the town Why Not and let’s go home?”
I just met a 92 year old Veterean whose last name is Whynot. I asked about it and he said it was Americanized from a very similar sounding German name. I don't speak German, so i can't relay the name.
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This name sounds just like what it is. According to Scratch Ankle, USA: American Place Names and Their Derivation, the town gets its name from a nearby lake — Alligator Lake — which once had a large population of alligators. Some mildly famous people came from Alligator, like Tony "Alligator" Bennett, who —according to NFL.com— played defensive end...
You probably won't find many towns named after body parts. Well, this one isn't either. According toMississippigenealogy.com, Arm is located seven miles southeast of Monticello in Lawrence County and was founded in 1905 after the G & SI Railroad came through town. It is named after W.J. Armstrong, a citizen who owned land near the railroad. "It's a...
Bude is a town in Franklin County, but Bude is also a town in Cornwall, England. According to Franklin County information on its communities and towns, it was founded by European Americans in 1912 and named for the former English seaside resort town where F.L. Peck, wife of one of the founding citizens used to live. In the 1990's, town resident Glo...
Busyton is a lightly populated, unincorporated community in Calhoun County. According to Hometown Mississippi, by James Brieger — noted atRootsweb.com—Busyton was established around 1865 and was named after a store in town. Sometime after 1905, when Mississippi Hwy. 9 was improved, J.T. Ivy built a store on the highway, called it Busyton and the to...
Ecru means beige. Established by Col. William Clark Falkner — the great grandfather of author William Faulkner and a railroad man — he may have had an affinity for the hue or the railroad station. According to the WPA Guide to Mississippi, the town was named after the color of its railroad depot. Ecru — population 1,039, according to 2018 Census fi...
You'd think with all the Civil War history in Mississippi, this town's name would have to do with guns — but maybe not. According to Frank Gallant's "A Place Called Peculiar,"the community was most likely named after James Gunn — one of its original citizens. Though the town takes its name from a pioneer citizen, its water tower features its monike...
According to the Memphis District Corps of Engineers, Mhoon Landing is located at Lower Mississippi River mile 687.6 on the eastern bank in Tunica County. It was named after Feyton Mhoon, an African American settler, who each night would take his wagon north to Rabbit Island and place a lantern in the lighthouse for riverboats to see. In 1992, the ...
Money is a tiny village in LeFlore County with a population of less than 100 people. According to Gallant's "A Place Called Peculiar," there are plenty of places in the United States with names having to do with money. There's Dollar's Corner, Michigan — named after the Dollar family, and Dollar Lake, California and Oregon — named for their shape. ...
The old wives tale for this place name — still circulated today — is that a panther was terrorizing the town and the residents caught it, put it in a barn and set the barn on fire. While watching the blaze, they yelled "Burn panther burn!" Another story involves plantation owners in the 1860s who were clearing land for farming and settlement. They ...
Could this Forrest County city be named for part of a flower? No. With a 2018 population of 10,674 in 2018, according to the U.S. Census, the place gets its name from a post office. Jim Forte's Postal Historydates Petal's first post office to 1903. It was named after the daughter of the first settler. It is reportedly the only city in the United St...
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The surname Whynot was first found in Berkshire where we find Sarra de Winiard in the Curia Regis Rolls of 1212. Later Juliana de la Wingarde was listed in the Subsidy Rolls of 1275 and William atte Wyneard was listed in the Subsidy Rolls for Somerset in 1327.
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