Looneyville, Texas

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Looneyville, Texas
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Looneyville
Coordinates: 31°45′48″N94°50′40″W / 31.76333°N 94.84444°W / 31.76333; -94.84444
Country United States
State Texas
County Nacogdoches
Elevation
328 ft (100 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID1378609 [1]

Looneyville is an unincorporated community in Nacogdoches County, Texas, United States. [1]

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History

Looneyville was named in the 1870s for John Looney, who kept a store at the site. [2] It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names. [3] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Looneyville
  2. Long, Christopher. "Looneyville, Texas". The Handbook of Texas. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
  3. Parker, Quentin (2010). Welcome to Horneytown, North Carolina, Population: 15: An insider's guide to 201 of the world's weirdest and wildest places. Adams Media. pp. xi. ISBN   9781440507397.
  4. Birnbach, Lisa; Marx, Patricia; Hodgman, Ann (May 14, 2002). 1,003 Great Things About America . Andrews McMeel Publishing. p.  166. ISBN   978-0-7407-2949-2.