{"id":12995,"date":"2013-04-04T18:32:59","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T23:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=12995"},"modified":"2021-10-13T07:24:47","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T12:24:47","slug":"shaped-sounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/shaped-sounds\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaped Like it Sounds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I enjoyed filling in newly captured counties on my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/travel\/counties\/united-states-county-map.html\">county counting map<\/a> as a result of the recent <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=12862\">Dust Bowl trip<\/a>. The newly drawn map pleased me immensely, a nice block of color added to a previously-empty quadrant. Unfortunately I left behind a couple of doughnut-hole counties that I&#8217;ll probably never capture. That&#8217;s fine. I&#8217;ve gotten to the point where I&#8217;m oddly at peace with the thought of never capturing every single one of the 3,143 counties and county-equivalents in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But Lincoln County, Colorado stood-out in particular as I shaded all the blocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps\/ms?msa=0&amp;msid=206759173411175478598.0004d97cc7e9caf0bf383&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;t=p&amp;ll=39.027719,-103.546143&amp;spn=2.987006,4.669189&amp;z=7&amp;output=embed\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I noticed that it had a mirror-image, or backwards, or perhaps a dyslexic letter &#8220;L&#8221; in appearance. It&#8217;s also the first letter in Lincoln. I&#8217;m not sure why I found that remarkable or amusing, and I&#8217;m not sure why anyone else should care either. Nonetheless it sparked an odd quest to see if I could find other places shaped like the first letters in their names.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gimme Some LOV<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/pfsullivan_1056\/7084563579\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7178\/7084563579_38ba122881_b.jpg\" alt=\"Unusual Ohio plate HegWM 4-2-12. Photo by Paul Sullivan; (CC BY-ND 2.0)\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are several recognizable examples at the State level. The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles noted one such instance right on its license plate. The state&#8217;s shape resemblance to the letter &#8220;O.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition lots of schoolchildren learn that Vermont resembles a &#8220;V&#8221; to distinguish it from New Hampshire when memorizing the states. Additionally, some say Louisiana looks a lot like an &#8220;L.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I put all of my little discoveries, both at the state and county levels, onto a single map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1cTw5cJOq41Ukjno9gWd21MWrYNg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You should feel free to open the map in a new tab and explore my finds. Alternately, you can continue to read the article and I&#8217;ll provide a few more highlights with links directly to appropriate corners of the map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It struck me that Louisiana + Ohio + Vermont = L-O-V. It&#8217;s too bad that the United States doesn&#8217;t have another state beginning with E to the east. Then we could get a little LOVE. The best I could imagine might be Prince Edward Island if we could convince Canada to give it up, drop the Prince part and start it with Edward, then bulldoze the island into a shape more reminiscent of an E. I wonder if Brent, 12MC&#8217;s self-anointed &#8220;<a href=\"\/blog\/?p=12469\/#comment-4801\">obligatory Canadian<\/a>&#8221; might arrange a swap? Maybe Canada could trade PEI for a very thin strip of equivalent acreage along the extended border through the western half of the continent? I&#8217;m <em>kidding<\/em> of course. No offense implied or intended to the fine citizens of Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Letter L<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps\/ms?msa=0&amp;msid=206759173411175478598.0004d97cc7e9caf0bf383&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;t=p&amp;ll=42.463993,-110.544434&amp;spn=2.836575,4.669189&amp;z=7&amp;output=embed\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Actually another Lincoln formed a much better L than the one in Colorado. Lincoln County, Wyoming at least faced the proper direction. I also found lesser examples in Lafayette County, Florida (<a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/H0Iry\">map<\/a>) and Lake County, Oregon (<a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/lBCqw\">map<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Letter P<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps\/ms?msa=0&amp;msid=206759173411175478598.0004d97cc7e9caf0bf383&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;t=p&amp;ll=34.468071,-94.12262&amp;spn=0.792536,1.167297&amp;z=9&amp;output=embed\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You might have to bend the rules a little to see this one. Polk County, Arkansas doesn&#8217;t have a little cut-out circle. Nonetheless, the average viewer should still be able to interpret this as the letter &#8220;P&#8221; without too much effort. A similar situation exists in Perry County, Alabama (<a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/VMt2g\">map<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">And the Rest of the Counties<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps\/ms?msa=0&amp;msid=206759173411175478598.0004d97cc7e9caf0bf383&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;t=p&amp;ll=41.576416,-71.275177&amp;spn=0.359562,0.583649&amp;z=10&amp;output=embed\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Setting aside that Rhode Island no longer has any functional counties &#8212; albeit they&#8217;re still used for U.S. census purposes &#8212; I think my favorite might be Newport. To me, it resembled a lower-case letter &#8220;n&#8221; written in a cursive script. Maybe? Just a little?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other examples requiring a bit of creative imagination would include the &#8220;R&#8221; of Roberts County, South Dakota (<a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/bykxJ\">map<\/a>) and the sideways-&#8220;T&#8221; of Tulsa County, Oklahoma (<a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/Dx2OJ\">map<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thank goodness for the circular towns of Georgia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d13456.683753376687!2d-81.5417837198993!3d32.521581246795975!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x88fa34a0c6477659%3A0x8ec57fb2f8e5305!2sOliver%2C%20GA%2030446!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1634127292654!5m2!1sen!2sus\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many 12MC readers know about the numerous towns in Georgia with an &#8220;O&#8221; shape so unusual in other places. I figured I could find at least one town beginning with the letter O that had retained its original boundaries through the last couple of centuries. It was harder than I imagined. Annexations have changed many of their borders to the point where arcs have softened or have been erased. Oliver, Georgia remained pretty faithful though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Others mostly intact O-towns in Georgia included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Ochlocknee (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/eMGmx3SPpyANXypa6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>)<\/li><li>Offerman (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/YgB7BjLrTEFEP2JDA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>), albeit with a nub<\/li><li>Omega (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/towEfVXNvwYbjuud9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>) although it would be infinitely more fascinating with an ?mega shape.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I wondered if any of the formerly circular towns had annexed pipestems to create b&#8217;s, d&#8217;s, p&#8217;s or q&#8217;s but <del datetime=\"2013-04-04T17:55:26+00:00\">I got bored and lost interest<\/del> I decided to leave something behind for the 12MC audience to discover on its own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I enjoyed filling in newly captured counties on my county counting map as a result of the recent Dust Bowl trip. 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