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Etymology

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From idiot +‎ -ville. Approximately 0.5 miles up Idiot Creek was a site known as Ryan's Camp, a logging operation in the Tillamook Burn. It is said that only ‘an idiot’ would labor there due to its far-flung location, hence the name. The toponym was eventually applied to the stream.[1]

Proper noun

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Idiotville

  1. A ghost town in Tillamook County, Oregon, United States.

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