How Do Streets Get Named

[roadgeek01]

I was looking on Google to see if there were any sites that listed stereotypical housing development street names (ex: Barley Corn Square near Harrisburg), but I found this interesting Mental Floss article: http://mentalfloss.com/article/53010/how-do-streets-get-named

[wanderer2575]

Suburbia:  Where they cut down all the trees and then name the streets after them.

(Alfred E. Neuman, MAD Magazine)