

"And there used to be a gas station in town called Pee Pee Gas.” “They are a little amused sometimes when I tell them what township I live in and the name of the creek," Dunn says. She's always found the name and her friends’ reactions to the name to be comical. Pee Pee Creek, after which the township is named, runs behind her house. "Why would you name the township that, and why would you name the creek that?”ĭunn has lived in the township for about 20 years. When I returned to the area, though, a lot of residents weren’t eager to discuss the township’s name.īut those who did want to talk about Pee Pee Township obviously had a lot they were holding in. I came across the name when I was looking into the origins of Refugee Road. Some locals think it's funny, while others would rather relieve themselves of the burden. You ask the questions, you vote for one of the questions and we answer.Ībout an hour and a half outside Columbus lies a township within Pike County with a strange name: Pee Pee Township.

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