Isn't that where the Castle Aaargh can be found?

I guess I'll have a staycation this year.

Others have suggested it could be a trap to catch out people pilfering copyrighted maps.

I thought this sort of thing went out of fashion in America following the Supreme Court's decision finding the white pages not protected by copyright.

What does happen a lot is, some USGS surveyor 50 years ago entered a name into a file. Maybe the name was spelled wrong. Maybe it wasn't a real place to begin with. Maybe it was depopulated or lost its identity since then. Let's call it Farkville. When Drew's mom was just a girl it was a crossroads with a store and nothing else within a mile. Now it's a cow pasture. Whatever the reason for its loss, hundreds of online services offer localized services just for the residents of Farkville. Farkville singles? We got your Farkville dates here. Need a lawyer? We got your Farkville lawyers here. Need a dot on the map. Here's one for Farkville.

(TFA is about another country, I know. I speak from local experience.)

Isn't it on the Amtrak line after Phuncheton?

Or WHHHHAARRRGGBBBLLLburg?

It would have been cooler if they had added Arkham, MA.

EvilEgg: It would have been cooler if they had added Arkham, MA.

Or the fictitious state of "Wyoming".

"Fictitious town on Googlemaps doesn't actually exist"

are there fictitious towns that do exist? i'm confused.

DjangoStonereaver: Isn't it on the Amtrak line after Phuncheton?

Or WHHHHAARRRGGBBBLLLburg?

amtrak will take me to...phuncheton?

Or the mythical Clitoris. I can't ever seem to find that place.

Is it Palestine?

I worked for DeLorme for a while a number of years ago. DeLorme intentionally puts fake place names on their maps as a way of copyrighting their material. Kinda cool, actually.

testaclese: Or the mythical Clitoris. I can't ever seem to find that place.

It's just down the road from French Lick.

"But you've got to worry for those people relying on geographical data, for marketing purposes, for instance, what mistakes like this mean"

I sure am worried.

ZAZ: I thought this sort of thing went out of fashion in America following the Supreme Court's decision finding the white pages not protected by copyright.

Maps aren't white pages. Most map companies do this by default. Fake streets are one of the easiest to notice.

Scousers are scratching their heads...if they could only read, they could read this article and everything would be better.

Tempted: testaclese: Or the mythical Clitoris. I can't ever seem to find that place.

It's just down the road from French Lick.

No no, you are all confusing it with the ellusive female orgasm.

The residents of Usufruct Ave. in Alexandria, VA approve (new window).

/Also doesn't exist.

That can't be I was just there!

there is a whole road near me that doesn't exist. Never did Check satellite view. Papermill road Link (new window)
Strange it is straight as an arrow also, wonder where that came from?

"Willoughby? Maybe it's wishful thinking nestled in a hidden part of a man's mind, or maybe it's the last stop in the vast design of things, or perhaps, for a man like Mr. Gart Williams, who climbed on a world that went by too fast, it's a place around the bend where he could jump off. Willoughby? Whatever it is, it comes with sunlight and serenity, and is a part of the Twilight Zone."

Like Brigadoon, you have to be there at just the right time.

Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: Or the fictitious state of "Wyoming".

FINALLY, someone on MY side!

"Wyoming" is just an old Indian word for "no state here".

/Teach the controversy

This is just the first of many time paradox's to be created by the starting of the LHC...This village has been erased from history, except for googlemaps of course, which due to it's quantum back up scheme, which causes it's data to be backed up and stored in an alternate dimension was not erased from the database during the paradox event.
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