INTERCOURSE PENNSYLVANIA

The town of Cross Keys, nestled in Pennsylvanias Amish country, changed its name to Intercourse in 1814. How and why is anybodys guess. There are a few explanations floating around about the origin of the name, but none with a lot of solid evidence to back them up. One story ties it to a racetrack that used to exist just east of the town. The entrance to the track had a sign above it that read Enter Course. Locals began to refer to the town as Entercourse, which eventually evolved into Intercourse. Another proposed origin has to do with an old usage of the word intercourse