Dogpatch USA

This is literally the greatest, most topical thing I've ever run into on Wikipedia (and right on the front page nonetheless!)

Dogpatch USA was this hillbilly-theme park in Arkansas that's been closed for years. This thing is a monstrosity. But sadly it reminds me of one of the beaten down theme parks of my area, Splash! Family Fun Park. However, this one is funny because it was so blatantly "Southern" and just downright filthy. This quote sums it up nicely, front to back, and screwed-up all around.

After struggling a few more years, the park was closed for good on October 14, 1993. In 1997 citizens of Dogpatch, Arkansas (which had been the postal designation of the area since the park opened) voted unanimously to change the name to Marble Falls, its original name. Curiously, no records exist of such a vote to change the name to Dogpatch in 1966, and residents who lived there in 1966 and are still living there today claim it was done against their will.

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