Goose Pimple Junction, Virginia

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Goose Pimple Junction is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Virginia, in the United States. [1]

History

Goose Pimple Junction was so named when the domestic disputes of a couple in town were loud enough to give a neighbor goose pimples. [2] [3]

Goose Pimple Junction has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names. [4] Its road signs are a popular visitor attraction, and have been stolen by souvenir-hunting tourists at least a dozen times. [5]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Goose Pimple Junction, Virginia
  2. Jet. Johnson Publishing Company. October 31, 1974. p. 46. ISSN   0021-5996.
  3. Jennings, Ken (April 17, 2012). Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks. Simon and Schuster. p. 69. ISBN   978-1-4391-6718-2.
  4. Ash, Russell (November 10, 2011). Boring, Botty and Spong. RHCP. p. 59. ISBN   978-1-4090-9739-6.
  5. Tennis, Joe (2004). Southwest Virginia Crossroads: An Almanac of Place Names and Places to See. The Overmountain Press. p. 81. ISBN   978-1-57072-256-1.

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