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]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Goose Pimple Junction, Virginia
- ^ Jet. Johnson Publishing Company. October 31, 1974. p. 46. ISSN 0021-5996.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Ash, Russell (November 10, 2011). Boring, Botty and Spong. RHCP. p. 59. ISBN 978-1-4090-9739-6.
- ^ 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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36°35′48″N 82°06′12″W / 36.59667°N 82.10333°W
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