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Wierd place names was something that I loved as a geography major in college. I remember places like Smackover (corruption of Chemin Covert), Nigger Ben Meadow, and of course, some of the more bizarre Pennsylvania town names like Intercourse, Bird-in-Hand, and Blue Ball.
King of Prussia, incidentally, is named after a what, rather than a who. Because I knew this I won some cool stuff from a local radio DJ ... he used to make fun of the name and would always ask, "Who is the King of Prussia anyway." I called with the explanation that it was named after the Inn that at the time was still standing at the intersection of 202 and Gulph Road (it has since been moved as part of a rescue the historic inn project). He told me I was full of crap and hung up on me. Later that morning, on my way to work, I was quite surprised to hear my call played on the radio! Nearly put my car in the ditch. He made some additional jokes at my expense and played some music. Anyway, shortly after playing my call, he received a call from a very nice lady at the historical society who took him to task for the way he treated me ... a friend of mine told me about this call (we had a no radios rule at work) and I called him back the next morning, told him he owed me, and he apologized, agreed, and sent me a gift pack with all kinds of cool station merchandise.
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