In several posts this month so far, I have written about the Best Top Ten Roadside Motel contest that USA Today is running.
One of the motels I voted for was the Lincoln Motor Court on the Lincoln Highway in Pennsylvania. Looks like an interesting place to stay with the old unattached cottages.
It was listed as being in Mann's Choice, Pennsylvania. Well, right away, I thought to myself, Mann's Choice, Pennsylvania. What is with that town name? Definitely strange indeed.
So, a short trip to Wikipedia was in the cards.
There really is a town called Mann's Choice in Pennsylvania.
It is in Bedford County and the 2010 census had the population at a booming 300!!
Mighty Big City. --RoadChoice
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The story they tell is that when places in the area were being named, residents were allowed to pick their own. A guy named Mann was sluggish to the point that, when time ran out, the map was still marked showing it was up to him to name the spot. I haven't verified that, but it's what the locals claim.
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