{"id":17566,"date":"2017-10-11T13:22:38","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T17:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mapofthemonth.com\/site\/?p=17566"},"modified":"2025-10-07T09:30:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T13:30:09","slug":"spooky-classroom-mapping-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapofthemonth.com\/site\/spooky-classroom-mapping-halloween\/","title":{"rendered":"Spooky Classroom Mapping for Halloween!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Here’s  a fun classroom activity for your students this Halloween using our USA Places and Geographic Features map<\/a>.<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Have your students label a USA map <\/a>with cities and towns that have Halloween-related names!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They can learn more about the USA while having Halloween fun!  It is fun decorate their special Spook-City map with holiday images!\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Below is a list of the cities, towns and areas that have Halloween-related names!  Label them on the map! BONUS: Have your students find even more places that are not on this list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It would be a fun challenge to find a Spook-City location for each state!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spooky US Cities List<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Accident, MD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amityville, NY<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bad Axe, MI<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bat Cave, NC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Black Cat, AR<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blood Hill, NH<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bone Gap, IL<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boos, IL<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Casper, WY<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deadmans Corner, ME<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deadman Landing, FL<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dead Woman Crossing, OK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Devils Elbow, CA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Devils Gap, NE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Devils Ladder, ID<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Devils Slide, UT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dies, TX<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frankenstein, MO<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goblintown, VA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hell, MI<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Munster, IN<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pumpkin, TX<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pumpkin Center, FL<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Pumpkin Center, SD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pumpkin Hollow, NY<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pyro, OH<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Red Devil, AK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salem, MA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Satan\u2019s Kingdom, VT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scary, WV<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Screamer, TN<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shivers, MS<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Slaughter Beach, DE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Slaughterville, OK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Skull Creek, WY<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spiderweb, SC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spook City, CO<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spook Hill, MD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tombstone, AZ<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Transylvania Beach, KY<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Treat, GA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trickem, AL<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Truth or Consequences, NM<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Witch Lake, MI<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Worms, NE<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Fun Fact<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

(A fun fact!  We learned that the US government does not use apostrophes in place names! So Deadmans Corner<\/em><\/strong> is punctuated properly, by the US Board on Geographic names<\/a>! There are only 5 places in the USA that still allow the use of an apostrophe. One of them is Martha\u2019s Vineyard \u2013 can you find the other four? )<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To see all our large USA maps which give students plenty of room to label and <\/strong>draw in SPOOKS — click HERE<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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