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Origin stories for Hell's name include German visitors exclaiming 'so schön hell' ('so beautifully bright'), founder George Reeves saying 'you can name it Hell for all I care,' and wives complaining their whiskey-paid husbands had 'gone to Hell again.'
Hell is a real unincorporated Michigan community about 15-20 miles northwest of Ann Arbor in Livingston County, with roughly 72 residents.
Comedian Elijah Daniel became Mayor of Hell in 2017 and briefly 'outlawed heterosexuality'; in 2022, Jinx the cat became the first feline mayor.
Hell's official store also sells Mayor of Hell for an Hour at $25, with day rates running up to $110.
Anyone can become Mayor of Hell for a day for $100 — the package includes a mayoral proclamation, horns, T-shirt, mug, badge, a one-square-inch property deed, a bottle of official Hell dirt, and an impeachment notice at day's end.