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A Census Designated Place in Modoc County, California
Population of 63 as per the 2010 census.
Likely was originally named South Fork, but fussy bureaucrats with the U.S. Post Office insisted that small towns be named only one word. (Discriminatorily, Larger places like San Francisco and Los Angeles were allowed to keep two-word names, and later the Post Office relented and allowed names to have more words, and gave the name South Fork to a new town.)
The people of South Fork could not agree on a new name, and eventually one of them proclaimed that "most likely we'll never agree on a name", whereupon, just to be contrary, another one nominated, "Likely" as the name, and the majority agreed.
Population of 63 as per the 2010 census.
Likely was originally named South Fork, but fussy bureaucrats with the U.S. Post Office insisted that small towns be named only one word. (Discriminatorily, Larger places like San Francisco and Los Angeles were allowed to keep two-word names, and later the Post Office relented and allowed names to have more words, and gave the name South Fork to a new town.)
The people of South Fork could not agree on a new name, and eventually one of them proclaimed that "most likely we'll never agree on a name", whereupon, just to be contrary, another one nominated, "Likely" as the name, and the majority agreed.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Likely,_California
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Coordinates: 41°13'40"N 120°30'15"W
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