Jot Em Down is a small
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
in
Delta County,
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...
, United States.
The town's name comes from the name of a fictional store in the ''
Lum and Abner
''Lum and Abner'' was an American network radio comedy program created by Chester Lauck and Norris Goff that was aired from 1931 to 1954. Modeled on life in the small town of Waters, Arkansas, near where Lauck and Goff grew up, the show proved i ...
'' radio show. "Jot 'Em Down" has been noted for its
unusual place name
Unusual place names are names for cities, towns, and other regions which are considered non-ordinary in some manner. This can include place names which are also offensive words, inadvertently humorous or highly charged words, as well as place ...
.
See also
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Lum 'n' Abner Jot 'Em Down Store and Museum
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Jot-Um-Down, North Carolina
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Pine Ridge, Arkansas
Pine Ridge is an unincorporated community in Oden Township, Montgomery County, Arkansas, United States. It is located at .
The original name was Waters, but the name was changed in 1936 to Pine Ridge through a vote of the city's town council. W ...
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Pine Ridge, Oklahoma
Pine Ridge is an unincorporated community in Hale Township, Caddo County, Oklahoma, United States. It is located south of Fort Cobb at the junction of County Road 1380 and County Street 2550.
History
According to locals, the community got i ...
References
Unincorporated communities in Texas
Unincorporated communities in Delta County, Texas
Ghost towns in East Texas
Lum and Abner
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