Punxsutawney

English Etymology en unm Punkwsutènay mosquito town. Pronunciation en /ˌpʌŋksəˈtɔːni/ Proper noun en bor southern co/Jefferson County s/Pennsylvania c/US, known for its annual Groundhog Day celebration. en Scottie Andrew The bizarre history of Groundhog Day w:CNN https://edition.cnn.com/2023/02/01/us/groundhog-day-weird-history-punxsutawney-phil-cec 2023-02-01 Many sources claim that the original Groundhog Day took place in 1887, when residents of Punxsutawney set out to Gobbler’s Knob, known as Phil’s “official” home, but the first piece of evidence Yoder found of townspeople trusting a groundhog for the weather, a diary entry, was dated 1840. https://web.archive.org/web/20240718154044/https://edition.cnn.com/2023/02/01/us/groundhog-day-weird-history-punxsutawney-phil-cec/