Goofy Ridge, Illinois
Goofy Ridge, Illinois is a census-designated place in Quiver Township, Mason County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 350. Goofy Ridge is given Topeka mailing addresses.
According to an American Journal article Passing Gas: And Other Towns Along the American Highway by Gary Gladstone, Goofy Ridge got its name thus:
The abstract of the academic paper "Goofy Ridge: On Human Ecology, Poverty, and the Labeling of Places" hints there may be a social significance associated with this incident, something confirmed by a segment on Weekend America. According to Storyville, USA by Dale Peterson, "Al Capone, as a matter of fact, used to come down to hunt and fish."
