Appalachian Place Names Trivia Quiz

Answer: True

Turniptown Creek is real. Located in Gilmer Co., Georgia, it winds through the mountains for over 35 miles!

Answer: True

Another actual place! Hell's Hollow was the name given to a community in Fannin Co., Georgia. The origin of the name "Hell's Hollow" began over 100 years ago. It is said that some travellers were passing by the road leading into the hollow when a man staggered out badly beaten and bleeding. When asked where he had been he replied,"Hell." The name has stuck ever since.

Answer: True

Cripple Creek, Virginia is definitely in Appalachia. It is located in rural Wythe County and was a bustling mining town in its heyday. "Cripple Creek Days" are held each year to celebrate the town's history. It is a very small town; the post office is located in the general store.

There are only two Cripple Creeks in the United States: the one in Virginia and the one in Colorado. (mknlace).

Answer: True

The Pink Beds is the name of a picturesque valley in North Carolina, near Asheville. They are located on the eastern edge of what is known as "The Cradle of Forestry". The name is derived from the flat appearance of the rolling landscape, and its supposed pink hue at sunset.

Answer: True

True! "The Knobs" is the local nickname for a ridge of knobby mountains that are visible from Inglewood, Tennessee. They help form one of the last spurs of the SW Smoky mountains in TN.

Answer: False

Sorry, there aren't any canyons named for molasses here.

Answer: True

Located in the Aska Rd. area in Fannin Co., Georgia, Snake Nation is a small community on top of Snake Nation mountain. Legend has it that Snake Nation began as a Cherokee Native American settlement. The leader of this band was named Snake, and his people were his "nation".

The native Cherokee name really had nothing to do with either, but when white settlers moved into this region they misinterpreted it to be "Snake's Nation". As time went by it lost the possessive "s", and simply became known as Snake Nation.

Answer: False

This one is false. Hot Coffee is a town in Mississippi.

Answer: False

Whoa! Yes, it's false.

Answer: True

Very True. It is located in White Co., Georgia. This Mountain and its neighbor, Slaughter Mountain, Were named by the Cherokee. It is said that a band of Cherokee encountered a rival group of Native Americans from a different tribe in the valley between the two mountains.

The ensuing battle was so horrifingly deadly that the survivors named the two mountains Blood and Slaughter. They remain as such today.

Answer: True

True, true, and true! These are the names of just three of the many rapids on the Ocoee river in Polk Co., Tennessee. Double Suck is named for the double "hydraulic" one encounters at the falls there. The swirling effect creates undertow "sucking" you in and spinning you like a washing machine if you are misfortunate enough to fall in. Broken Nose is named such because, according to local legend, a Native American warrior, in a show of bravado, attempted to shoot these rapids in a canoe, crashing on the prominent rock here, breaking his nose in the process.

Hell Hole is a Class 6 rapid, generated by a TVA powerhouse located here. Lets just say the name more than fits! One can see all of these and many more whitewater rapids rafting this river.

Answer: False

Though a real place, Rock Eagle is not located in the Appalachian Mountains.

Answer: True

Marble, North Carolina is a real town, located on the S.E. fringe of the Smoky Mountains. Marble is the hometown of the notorious Atlanta bombing suspect Eric "Run Run" Rudolph. He now resides on the FBI's top ten most wanted list.

Answer: False

Intercourse is a town in Pennsylvania.

Answer: True

As strange as it sounds this really is an actual place name. Hanging Dog is a small community in North Carolina. Unfortunately I don't know how it got its name, but if anyone taking this quiz does know, please send me a message explaining. Thanks.

Answer: True

Hooper's Bald is located at the top of Hooper's gap in North Carolina. It is over 5000 ft. in elevation. Balds are strange open areas on mountain tops. Void of trees, they are much like large fields. Researchers speculate that these were once used as areas for growing crops, created by the Native American populace of this region long ago. No one knows for sure though.

Answer: False

Galt's Gulch is a fictitous locale in Ayn Rand's novel "Atlas Shrugged".

Answer: False

Sparks is a town in Nevada where they manufacture diving boards.

Answer: True

This name is real. War Woman is a region of Rabun Co., Georgia. There is also a Wildlife Management Area of the same name here.

Answer: True

Devil's Courthouse is a rocky outcropping, visible from the Blue Ridge Scenic Parkway in North Carolina. It is said that the devil holds court in the cave inside this rock at night.

Answer: False

Nope, that's fiction. It sounds cool though.

Answer: True

Talking Rock is a town in Pickens Co., Georgia. It is so small it doesn't even have a traffic light!

Answer: False

Aintry was the town which Burt Reynolds and his unfortunate friends were attempting to reach in the movie "Deliverance". Coincidentally, James Dickey's novel of the same name, from which the movie was made, was based on the Carter's lake region of Georgia! The fictitous town was probably based on Ellijay, GA.

The River they canoed in the book is the Coosawatee (also located near Ellijay).

Answer: True

You have my word, this one IS true. It was named by the people who purchased the land. It is located in Fannin Co., Georgia.

Answer: True

This creek is a tributary of the Hiwassee river in Tennessee.