I have a request for some place names pertaining to the divine, the eccentric, and the curiously juxtaposed. Here are samplings from New York, New England, and Michigan:

Divine

-- mythical: Vulcan, Grace, Walhalla, Clio, Atlas and Romulus, Michigan; Ceres, Bellona, Minerva and Medusa, New York; Aurora and Paris, Maine.

-- biblical: Beulah, Ruth, Jerome and Samaria, Michigan; Eden, Ephratah, Shushan, Zoar, and Gilboa, New York; Mars Hill, Mount Pisgah and Canaan, Maine; Bethlehem, New Hampshire; Jericho and Sodom, Vermont; Salem, Massachusetts.

-- saintly: St Jacques, Sault Ste Marie, St Helen, St Charles, and St Anthony, Michigan; St Bonaventure, St Remy, Saintsville, and St Huberts, New York; St Francis and St George, Maine; St Johnsbury and St Albans, Vermont.

Eccentric

Christmas, Aloha, Free Soil, Bad Axe, Bunny Run and Hell, Michigan; Horeseheads, Number Four, and Paradox, New York; Grindstone and Fish Street, Maine; Smugglers Notch and Downers, Vermont; Cow Yard, Massachusetts; Devil's Backbone, Connecticut.

curiously juxtaposed

Freedom and Liberty, Maine; Washington and Lincoln, Vermont; Guild and Union, New Hampshire; Cambridge and Oxford, Massachusetts; Upperville and Downsville, New York; Barker and Arcade, New York.