Off an interstate highway in Indiana, USA is a small community named Gas City. I had always regarded it as a play on the many gas stations that were by the exit ramp. Well, I ran into a gentleman who was a life long resident of Gas City. He told me the city was named for its natural gas reserves. It seems that many years ago it had been a boom town when the gas reserves were discovered. The street lights used natural gas. It even had a huge torch that burned off of natural gas 24/7.
And, as you are already thinking, one day the torch went out. So, today it exists as a few gas stations on a highway.
