7 Unusual Town Names In Texas Including Cut And Shoot Texas!

Right here in our backyard, the town of Kermit tops a list of towns in Texas with the weirdest names. I don't know why I feel the need to say "Kermit the Town" and in my head, I hear it like Kermit the Frog says his name. I guess if you're not from around here it is a rather peculiar name but trust me when I say it gets better. Ever heard of Notrees?

ARE THESE THE CITIES WITH THE WEIRDEST NAMES IN TEXAS?

The list was compiled by Culture Trip and even though I have lived in Texas my whole life, there are a few cities on the list I've never even heard of.

1. JOT 'EM DOWN, TEXAS

Home of only 10 people it is just the intersection of FM 1532 and FM 904 in the middle of Delta County in between Dallas and Paris, TX. In the 1930s a store was built in the area and was named Jot 'Em Down Gin Corporation for the fictional store in the radio show "Lum and Abner" so the name stuck.

2. CUT AND SHOOT, TEXAS

Just 45 minutes north of Houston, Cut and Shoot reportedly was named after a young boy that was frightened during a fight that almost erupted between the townspeople. He reportedly said "I’m scared! I’m going to cut around the corner and shoot through the bushes in a minute!” That event is what inspired the town's name.

3. BLESSING, TEXAS- I LIKE THIS ONE!

Blessing was the name given to the town when the original suggestion "Thank God" was rejected by the U.S. Postal Service in 1903. This town is located close to the coast about 50 miles east of Victoria.

4. WHITE SETTLEMENT, TEXAS

If you have been around Ft. Worth then you have probably been through White Settlement. The town was named because, during fights with Native Americans in the late 1800s, the white settlers settled in the area and called it "the white settlement." The town adopted the name soon after and currently, it is home to 17,000 people on the west side of Ft. Worth.

5. GUN BARREL CITY, TEXAS

Sounds like a place where a huge shootout happened in the Old West, but not so much. The name was derived from the motto of the town, "We Shoot Straight With You," so thus the name Gun Barrel City. This town is located about 40 miles southeast of Dallas.

6. KERMIT, TEXAS

These last two to me are not all that weird, but that is probably because I have heard their names all my life. To other people not from here, they might ask why you would name a town after a frog on The Muppets and Sesame Street, which is not how the town got its name. Kermit was named for Kermit Roosevelt, son of President Theodore Roosevelt, but Kermit does have a Kermit the Frog Blvd. and a water tower painted Kermit the Frog green.

7. NOTREES, TEXAS

Notrees on the other hand was named for obvious reasons. This is West Texas, after all, we are not known for having a lot of trees. The town was a product of the Shell Oil Company which built a plant in the area and housing for the workers at the plant became Notrees. The abandoned high school building is pictured above. Currently, the town has about 23 people in total.

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