What Are the Most Unusual Town Names in the USA?
14. What Cheer, Iowa
One of the most bizarre names on the list, What Cheer was initially called Petersburg after its first settler, Peter Britton. Fortunately, as the town grew, its name was called into question. A store owner named Joseph Andrews suggested the old English greeting "What Cheer" and, while Britton tried to keep the town's name Peterburg, a meeting of citizens quickly decided to vote in the way of Andrews. And thus, What Cheer was born.
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