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San Francisco Chronicle
How did S.F.'s Dogpatch get its name? It starts with a murder
But the word "Dogpatch" emerged in American lexicon in the 1940s, when Al Capp's comic strip Li'l Abner was peaking in fame.His characters lived in the fictitious hillbilly town of Dogpatch, Ky., a ridiculously exaggerated collection of backwater stereotypes.
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"A 35-year-old San Francisco man was shot to death last night in front of a hotel where he lived in what police called 'the Dogpatch' on the fringe of the Potrero District," the Chronicle reported on Aug. 4, 1972.
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That's the breaking news in this column: Dogpatch was likely named by the cops.
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