Jersey Shore, PA

On a recent road trip for work I drove past signs for Jersey Shore, PA.  It's a town of 4000-5000 people, about mid-way between the cities of Williamsport and Lock Haven.

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I didn't actually pass through the town, but I was curious how it got its name. Some quick Wikipedia research provided this:

Jersey Shore was originally named Waynesburg by the two brothers, Reuben and Jeremiah Manning, who laid out the town circa 1785. Around the time that this was happening, a settlement arose on the eastern side of the West Branch Susquehanna River (Nippenose Township), opposite Waynesburg. A rivalry developed between the two settlements, and those on the eastern shore began referring to the settlement on the western shore as the "Jersey Shore," because the Manning family had relocated from New Jersey. The nickname became so fixed that in 1826 the original name of Waynesburg was officially abandoned and changed to Jersey Shore.

So the town was named after an insult to its founder. Spiffy!

Not New Jersey.