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Do you know of any cities or places named after an insect?

I have heard of a place in BC called Squamish that sounds like name of a bug..

Posted - June 11, 2021
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  • 6023
    Most likely named for the Suquamish Tribe.
    Chief Seattle, the famous leader of the Suquamish and Duwamish Tribes for which the City of Seattle is named, signed the Point Elliot Treaty on behalf of both Tribes.

    Off the top of my head, I can't think of any towns named after insects.
      June 11, 2021 1:24 PM MDT
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  • 13395
    Interesting, thanks.
      June 11, 2021 1:29 PM MDT
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  • 1953
    Bee lick, Kentucky. 
      June 11, 2021 1:40 PM MDT
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  • 13395
    Nice! I googled Bee Lick and found there is also a Beaver Lick in Kentucky as well as a place called Big Bone.
      June 11, 2021 2:48 PM MDT
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  • 1953
    Beaver lick, big bone..,...and those Kentucky people get offended because they're called hillbillies. 
      June 11, 2021 4:24 PM MDT
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  • 44583
    Is 'rednecks' better?
      June 11, 2021 4:31 PM MDT
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  • 44583
    Fleatown, Ohio.
      June 11, 2021 4:32 PM MDT
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  • 13395
    Located in Licking County Ohio. Nice! This post was edited by Kittigate at June 11, 2021 6:22 PM MDT
      June 11, 2021 5:31 PM MDT
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  • 53485

     

      Mosquito Flat, California
      Las Pulgas, California
      La Mosquitia, Honduras
      Antietam, Maryland
      Antwerp, Belgium
      ~

      June 12, 2021 11:24 PM MDT
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