If visitors to the Twelve Mile Circle come from a town with an odd name they’re automatically fodder for an article. I’ll dig until I find something memorable just on principle. Additionally, I’ll note that a single letter, the scant difference between Fire and Fir in this instance, could alter meanings considerably.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maybe I should start at the beginning. I reviewed the visitor logs recently – as I like to do — and I noticed that someone dropped onto 12MC from somewhere called Feura Bush. Maybe a few readers already knew about that town? Maybe one of you lives<\/em> there? I’d never heard of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It wasn’t too difficult to learn some basic Feura Bush facts even considering its diminutive size. It’s a hamlet south of Albany, New York, within New Scotland township (map<\/a>). The Feura Bush postal area (ZIP Code\u2122 12067<\/a>), which is actually larger than Feura Bush the town, had a population of only 1,500 according to the latest census. Honestly, Feura Bush wasn’t much larger than a crossroads near Conrail’s Selkirk rail yard and an Owens Corning plant that manufactured fiberglass building insulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, none of that explained the etymology of Feura Bush.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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