Covers - Town Names That Are Out Of Place?

Don't know if this is a duplicate topic, but here's an example of a cover I have, "Swiss Alp" Texas. This small town is still inhabited. Thinking this cover could go into "Stamp Joke Forum", "All Swiss Forum -jokingly", "DPO Forum", and others. Do you have any similar examples- Town Names That Are Out of Place?

The directive upper left is kind of confusing, Does he mean if it gets to the dead letter office? It's not gonna get lost, it's registered.

By the way there is a Registered letter file/folder on Stamp Smarter where you can upload this cover.
I agree that is an odd name for Texas, but who knows what the new township was thinking at the time.

I think there is a Peru IN (or is it IL?)

Both Illinois and Indiana have a "Peru" as do/did many other states.

This may alter the strict intent of your topic, but how about a town name that's just "Odd"?


Or Oblong?


Or just plain Peculiar?



The story comes from page 17 of the c1932 edition of a USPOD magazine-sized publication for rural mail patrons titled "Your Postal Service".

And "Where's Waldo?" In Ohio of course! I asked myself this question several times as I had to look in 4 places to find this.

Could the ""D. L." be an abbreviation for "delivered"? That makes the directive make more sense.

Interesting that the postmaster at Swiss Alp did NOT include a registration marking or number, as required by the regulations. But the postmaster at Galveston did recognize the letter as being registered (probably by the 10 cents franking) and his received marking on the reverse is from his "REGISTERED" hand stamp.

It is a nice cover though.

A while back I posted a series of registered covers to, from, and through Texas. To review that post, please check out this link: https://goscf.com/t/48701

My favorite Massachusetts town name:

Or Normal ILL.?


Don

Two examples from my USA postal history collection, Alabama, New York and South Alabama, New York:

Linus

A few days ago, a member posted an item of mail cancelled Middlesex-Essex. I am having trouble finding that. It is another example.

Found 2 more in my collection. How about Moscow, TX?




Here's another one from Indianola, TX. Currently, there are 2 Indianola towns, one in Iowa and another one in Mississipi. Indianola, TX has a lot of history, including the Civil War. Town is now located under the Gulf of Mexico.

I believe there is a Moscow IA or ID too.

There is Trinidad in Nothern Humboldt County, which is about 7 miles north of Bulwinkle.


Bulwinkle opened it's post office on May 7 1909, this card was mailed a few weeks before it opened.

There is also a Trinidad in Washington, and in Colorado.

My bad, forgot there is also a Samoa in Humboldt County, about 4 miles south of Arcata, on the seaward side of the bay. I'm not sure if this card actually shows Samoa, but it is close, a poor postmark though.

There is (or once was) a United States Postal Service - Middlesex Essex Processing and Distribution Center in the state of Massachusetts.

It is located in North Reading, Middlesex County, MA. MA is loaded with British related geographical names. No surprise given the history here.