Just like Detroit

I'm afraid to ask where this place is.

More hicks, less ville! Maybe they're all at Walmart.

I guess the town lives up to it's name..

I like it though.

LOL what a terrible name

Looks kinda cute.  Especially like the Marathon gas station kind of wedged in a corner.  Those border towns are always a different breed.  The name is awful, and what do you call the inhabitants?  Hicks, Hickies, Hickites, Hickians, Hickvillians? 

 

I'm afraid to ask where this place is.

 

It's in Northwest Ohio in the Defiance area. 

There's also a Hicksville, Long Island, New York....strange.

 

Hicksville, Ohio actually looks pretty nice.

There's also a Hicksville, Long Island, New York....strange.

 

Hicksville, Ohio actually looks pretty nice.

 

Home of Metro NY's first Ikea!  Says a lot right?

LOL, Hicksville?  Really?

Nice photos Ink. Despite it's name, this farming community (grain silos in the background) looks fairly prosperous and there's a good sampling of historic buildings surviving, most in good repair. However, architecturally, I did not see any standouts.

John S.

Looks clean.

Hey Ink, is this the start of of "Ohio towns with a funny name" series? I'm up for it if you're willing to do all the work. ;)

Back in the day, when everyone in England was named William, Robert, or Richard, there were so many people with the same name that several nicknames, with different initial letters, were devised.  That's why we have Will and Bill; Rob and Bob; Rick, Rich, and Dick.  Some of these fell out of fashion as names:  Hob, Dob, Hitch...  I am sure that Hick is a derivation from Richard. 

Been there -- it's a rather nice farm town. They have a neat old-school fairgrounds there.

 

Did you drink the local water? If you had, you'd know why they have a water store right downtown;

 

Well water in that part of the border area is sulfurous. It has a yellow-rust tinge to it and smells like rotten eggs. Don't even think about making coffee with it; when you boil it, the stink will run you out of the kitchen!

Who else thought this was a thread about LaGrange?

That must be some strong sh!t in Hicksville.

 

It is.

 

The hot springs in resorts like French Lick and West Baden Springs in Southern Indiana were sulfur springs, and the water was thought to be therapeutic both for bathing or soaking in, and for ingesting.

 

Drinking the strong stuff will really clean you out in a hurry! The resort at French Lick bottled theirs and shipped it all over the country under the name, "Pluto Water." To make sure it would work as advertised, they spiked it with epsom salts.