The unique names of Illinois locations, which is the best?

I was looking at the Illinois map recently and saw the names of some of the towns, villages, cities and unincorporated areas and couldn’t help but laugh at some of the names.  Some are funny and some are just different but in the end they stand out.  I thought I would put down a list of all the names that caught my attention and maybe they will catch your attention too!  If you want to, in the comments box you can pick out your 5 or 10 favorite names and we can try and find out which name is truly the best one in Illinois.

Here is the list of locations in Illinois-

• Harmony, Illinois
• Coral, Illinois
• Sandwich, Illinois
• Paw Paw, Illinois
• Triumph, Illinois
• Winnebago, Illinois
• Buena Vista, Illinois
• Fair Haven, Illinois
• Carbon Cliff, Illinois
• Walnut, Illinois
• Cherry, Illinois
• Mineral, Illinois
• Hooppole, Illinois
• Standard, Illinois
• Reading, Illinois
• Low Point, Illinois
• Ophiem, Illinois
• Alpha, Illinois
• Hopewell, Illinois
• Roanoke, Illinois
• Eureka, Illinois
• Kickapoo, Illinois
• Speer, Illinois
• Rio, Illinois
• Cable, Illinois
• Sunny Hill, Illinois
• Preemption, Illinois
• Hamlet, Illinois
• Illinois City, Illinois
• Sunbeam, Illinois
• Shanghai City, Illinois
• Biggsville, Illinois
• Media, Illinois
• Decorra, Illinois
• Disco, Illinois
• Burnside, Illinois
• Cuba, Illinois
• Little America, Illinois
• Funks Grove, Illinois
• Havana, Illinois
• Marbletown, Illinois
• Bath, Illinois
• Bader, Illinois
• Industry, Illinois
• Crescent, Illinois
• Cornland, Illinois
• Golden, Illinois
• Marblehead, Illinois
• Fishhook, Illinois
• Buckhorn, Illinois
• Fancy Prarie, Illinois
• Sweetwater, Illinois
• Riddle Hill, Illinois
• Voorhies, Illinois
• Block, Illinois
• Royal, Illinois
• Rugby, Illinois
• Wing, Illinois
• Risk, Illinois
• Ransom, Illinois
• Goodwine, Illinois
• Hope, Illinois
• Deers, Illinois
• Jamaica, Illinois
• Mechanicsburg, Illinois
• Illiopolis, Illinois
• Atlas, Illinois
• Pike, Illinois
• Pearl, Illinois
• Independence, Illinois
• Bee Creek, Illinois
• Hamburg, Illinois
• Woody, Illinois
• Rood House, Illinois
• Lake Ka-Ho, Illinois
• Waverly, Illinois
• Batch Town, Illinois
• Otterville, Illinois
• Fidelity, Illinois
• Golden Eagle, Illinois
• Witt, Illinois
• Assumption, Illinois
• Boulder, Illinois
• Marine, Illinois
• Junction City, Illinois
• New Memphis (Where is old memphis???), Illinois
• Stone Church, Illinois
• Fountain, Illinois
• Madonnaville, Illinois
• Dix, Illinois
• Bourbon, Illinois
• Inclose, Illinois
• Allright, Illinois
• Orange, Illinois
• Annapolis, Illinois
• Paradise, Illinois
• Rose Hill, Illinois
• Oilfield, Illinois
• Birds, Illinois
• Pinkstaff, Illinois
• Blood, Illinois
• Friendsville, Illinois
• Noble, Illinois
• Bible Grove, Illinois
• Hord, Illinois
• Enterprise, Illinois
• Golden Gate, Illinois
• Texico, Illinois
• Zenith, Illinois
• Loogootee, Illinois
• Gays, Illinois
• Rising Sun, Illinois
• Muddy, Illinois
• Renault (Like the car), Illinois
• Kidd, Illinois
• Roots, Illinois
• Kellogg, Illinois
• Bush, Illinois
• Energy, Illinois
• Round Knob, Illinois
• Perks, Illinois
• Olive Branch, Illinois
• Sandusky, Illinois
• Future City, Illinois
• Metropolis (Home of Superman, or so they say), Illinois
• Cave in Rock, Illinois
• Junction, Illinois
• Winkle, Illinois
• Diamond, Illinois
• Apple River, Illinois
• Beaverville, Illinois
• Belle Rive (Superman anyone), Illinois
• Bone Gap, Illinois
• Equality, Illinois
• Eldarado, Illinois
• Homer, Illinois
• Kane, Illinois
• Orangeville, Illinois
• Sleepy Hollow (like the movie), Illinois
• Summit, Illinois
• Buda, Illinois
• Good Hope, Illinois
• Golf, Illinois
• Pontiac, Illinois
• Red Bud, Illinois
• Pocahontas, Illinois

I hope you got a good laugh out of some of the names or at least was thinking were these people high or just a little off when they were naming these locations. I am curious to see what names out of there you guys put in your list of top 5 or 10 names of Illinois locations.

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