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Idiotville
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English
Etymology
From en idiot ville. Approximately 0.5 miles up Idiot Creek was a site known as Ryan's Camp, a logging operation in the Tillamook Burn. It is said that only ‘an idiot’ would labor there due to its far-flung location, hence the name. The toponym was eventually applied to the stream.
Proper noun
en ghost town co/Tillamook County s/Oregon c/USA.
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