The Alphabetical Place Names Game

[GeordieGirl]

Queanbeyan - NSW

Which proudly has this statue of a giant snail, affectionately known as Morty.

[Raven]

Russian Federation (Largest country in the world)

[1gemstone]

Spain 

[mserskine]

Tibet 

[Qapla]

Umatilla, Florida, US

 

Umatilla is a city in Lake County, Florida, United States with a population of about 2,500. Umatilla is known as the Gateway to the Ocala National Forest, located in northern Lake County. The city was named after Umatilla, Oregon.

 

The city offers many outdoor activities such as boating, fishing, camping and hiking. Nearby Alexander Springs which features a section of the Florida Trail, an unpaved hiking trail, 1300 miles long spanning the State of Florida from North to South.

 

Umatilla is one of those towns that, because of where it is located, unless you were going to Umatilla, you would probably never end up there - not exactly on the usual traveled routes. Of course, the same could be said of Altoona. I used to go there once a month  

 

There is no a KH in Umatilla, it is covered by the Congregations in nearby Altoona, Fl. There are two English Congregations in Altoona.

 

Altoona KH:

 

[mserskine]

Vermont

[Qapla]

Waycross, Georgia, US

 

Waycross is the county seat of, and only incorporated city in, Ware County. in the U.S. state of Georgia with a population of about 15,000.

Waycross includes two historic districts (Downtown Waycross Historic District and Waycross Historic District) and several other properties that are on the National Register of Historic Places, including the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Lott Cemetery, the First African Baptist Church and Parsonage, and the Obediah Barber Homestead (which is seven miles south of the city)

 

The area now known as Waycross was first settled circa 1820, locally known as "Old Nine" or "Number Nine" and then Pendleton. It was renamed Tebeauville in 1857, incorporated under that name in 1866, and designated county seat of Ware County in 1873. It was incorporated as "Way Cross" on March 3, 1874. Waycross gets its name from the city’s location at key railroad junctions; lines from six directions meet at the city.

 

Waycross was the site of the 1948 Waycross B-29 crash, which led to the legal case United States v. Reynolds (1953), expanding the government's state secrets privilege.

 

During the 1950s the city had a tourist gimmick: local police would stop motorists with out-of-state license plates and escort them to downtown Waycross. There they would be met by the Welcome World Committee and given overnight lodging, dinner and a trip to the Okefenokee Swamp. The tradition faded away after the interstates opened through Georgia.

 

In the mid-1990s, the Bubba Burger, a frozen hamburger that needed no defrosting, was created in Waycross. This was the creation of Eaves Foods, Inc., a company that later changed to Bubba Foods, LLC. in 2000. Bubba Burgers are now sold nationwide as well as worldwide through the United States Military Commissary system.

 

Pernell Roberts (1928-2010), the actor know for playing Adam Cartwright on the US Western TV series Bonanza and later the US TV Series Trapper John, M.D. (a spin-off series from the show M.A.S.H.) was born in Waycross.

 

There is one KH in Waycross where two English Congregations meet. The Hall is located on a wide, multi-lane road that does not have an entrance to the Hall. The driveway is on a road that it at the "end" of the property with a small, two-laned road behind the Hall.

 

Waycross is usually assigned to the same RC as the one we attend.

 

[GeordieGirl]

Xalapa - Mexico

1 English and 2 Spanish speaking congregations.

[mserskine]

Youngstown,Ohio

[GeordieGirl]

Zimbabwe - I have 2 brothers who live there.

[mserskine]

Alabama

[GeordieGirl]

Busselton -- a town in the SW Western Australia, about 250kms from Perth.  I used to live there. It has 2 congregations and I have lots of friends there. 

[1gemstone]

Czechoslovakia 

[Good-O]

Davenport, Iowa 

[GeordieGirl]

Ethiopia

[Patinage]

Fort Lauderdale, FL

There is an assembly hall in that city.

[mserskine]

germany

[1gemstone]

Hawaii 

[GeordieGirl]

Indooroopilly  - a suburb of Brisbane.

[mserskine]

Juneau, Alaska

[Good-O]

Kenner, LA

sub of New Orleans,  several congregations there.

[Alexa]

Laguna

[1gemstone]

Madagascar

[mserskine]

Nashville, Tennessee 

[GeordieGirl]

Oak Flats - small town in NSW where I lived briefly when I first came to Australia.