[For previous entries, click the "Most Gothic Place Names" label under Features in the right sidebar.]
It's no shock that William Faulkner's native state furnishes plenty of Gothic appellations. Consider: Gravestown (epicenter of the zombie uprising), Shivers (easier to put on a welcome sign than
"They Came From Within"), Hoodtown (must lead straight to Lynchburg), McRaven (a Happy Meal nevermore), Stonington (primitively punitive), Vickland (you'll be in for a real dogfight), and Endville (the point of no return). A graphic phrase, though,
forms the Most Gothic Place Name in Mississippi:
Gore Springs. Sounds like the splatter capital of America. A city where evisceration is an everyday occurrence, and the river runs red with awful offal. The local color here leaves some terrible stains.
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