Themed street names

[Desert Man]

In Indio CA, my childhood home section had streets named for 3 gems (Emerald, Ruby and Tourmaline) and there are streets of Lemon Grove, Orange Grove, Deglet Noor (a variety of date palm), Oleander and Cactus. The north side of town was built in phases in the 1950s and 60s indicated a slower mode of growth at the time before the Indio-Palm Springs area experienced faster, wider-area growth in later decades. Newer parts of the area have Spanish-named streets starting with "Avenida, Calle, Camino and Via" such as the La Quinta Cove neighborhood named for images and traits of Mexico or Spain, since CA owes its colonial past to them.

[Jardine]

A subdivision SW of Omaha has street names all from US astronauts.  Crippen, Young, Grissom, Lovell, Armstrong, etc.

It's really kinda fun driving around, the neighborhood is large, and there are many streets.


BTW, don't know if this is a widespread problem or not, but in Omaha, for instance, there are several  names derived from adjacent streets, but they are confusing.  For instance, there are several 136^th Circles off of 136^th street.  Without watching house numbers very closely, it can be difficult to find the correct 136^th Circle.  Maybe the UPS and FedEx guys are smarter than me, but I've had problems with it.

[ET21]

Streeterville, the Mag Mile, and River North areas in downtown Chicago have the Great Lakes (Michigan, Superior, Erie, Ontario, and Huron)

[SD Mapman]

Conde, SD has streets named after Union Civil War generals: Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, and McClellan.

[GaryV]

In Royal Oak, MI, there is an intersection where Lincoln and Wilson Avenues intersect and there is also a Lincoln-Vermont Avenues intersection to the west.

As I understand, Wilson used to be called Mt Vernon.  It had to be renamed when that section was annexed to the City, because there already was another Mt Vernon in Royal Oak.  Too bad they named it after the farmer who used to own the land, instead of calling it Oriental.  Because the the next two parallel streets are Connecticut and Vermont.


And in neighboring Madison Heights, there used to be a subdivision with street names Frank, Lloyd and Wright.

[Thing 342]

My area has several:

People who have won the Masters: (Jack) Nicklaus Dr, (Sam) Snead Dr, (Gary) Player Ln, etc. - https://www.google.com/maps/preview/@37.1148957,-76.4808372,440m/data=!3m1!1e3
General Golf Terms: Backspin Ct., Birdie Ln, Drivers Ln, etc. - https://www.google.com/maps/preview/@37.1148957,-76.4808372,440m/data=!3m1!1e3
19th Century American Writers: Bret Harte Dr, (Walt) Whitman Rd, (Nathaniel) Hawthorne Dr, (Ralph Waldo) Emerson Cir, Mark Twain Dr, etc. - https://www.google.com/maps/preview/@37.1113064,-76.5277475,880m/data=!3m1!1e3
Powhatan/Indian names - https://www.google.com/maps/preview/@37.1158849,-76.4233068,1760m/data=!3m1!1e3
Members of a championship football team - https://www.google.com/maps/preview/@37.1158849,-76.4233068,1760m/data=!3m1!1e3
Legal Terms (Ironic, IMO, because I hear this is a pretty bad part of town) - https://www.google.com/maps/preview/@37.1158849,-76.4233068,1760m/data=!3m1!1e3

[Rupertus]

Gratiot County, Michigan uses the presidential theme for almost all of its east-west mile roads, although unfortunately it doesn't always adhere to the correct order. It starts with Adams near the north end of the county, then Jefferson, Madison and Monroe, but then it skips to Jackson and then Lincoln, and Washington Rd. seems to be the north-south dividing line for the county. The last one before crossing into Clinton County is Wilson. However, there's a twist when it comes to the north-south mile roads: these are all named after governors of Michigan. The grid is imperfect and not all governors appear to have made the cut, but it starts with Mason Rd., named for Michigan's first governor Stevens T. Mason, at the east end of the county and goes up to Ferris Rd., named for Woodbridge Nathan Ferris who served from 1913 to 1917, at the west end. The order of governors looks to be followed more closely than with the presidents, although as mentioned, not all are there. The east-west dividing line for the county seems to run along State Rd. Personally, I much prefer this approach to the numbered roads that are used in many of the state's counties. http://goo.gl/maps/KstMT

[theline]

My area has several:

General Golf Terms: Backspin Ct., Birdie Ln, Drivers Ln, etc. - https://www.google.com/maps/preview/@37.1148957,-76.4808372,440m/data=!3m1!1e3
19th Century American Writers: Bret Harte Dr, (Walt) Whitman Rd, (Nathaniel) Hawthorne Dr, (Ralph Waldo) Emerson Cir, Mark Twain Dr, etc. - https://www.google.com/maps/preview/@37.1113064,-76.5277475,880m/data=!3m1!1e3

No Brassie Court, Niblick Avenue, or Stymie Street? I'm disappointed.

Legal Terms (Ironic, IMO, because I hear this is a pretty bad part of town) - https://www.google.com/maps/preview/@37.1158849,-76.4233068,1760m/data=!3m1!1e3

I'm not seeing them, except maybe Victory?

[mgk920]

IIRC, many of the streets in the central isthmus/Capitol area of Madison, WI are named after signers of the Declaration of Independence.

Mike

[jbnv]

In Verona, WI, there is a "milky Way." It leads to the "intergalactic" headquarters of Epic Systems, a major healthcare software vendor and former employer of mine. The campus has an alphabetic astronomical theme (Andromeda, Borealis, Cassiopeia, etc.) They also have a Northern Lights Rd.

I have several from Louisiana that are forthcoming.

[Avalanchez71]

There is a section of Nashville near the airport with planet named streets.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=bna&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=52.240038,49.921875&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Nashville+International+Airport+(BNA),+Nashville,+Davidson,+Tennessee+37214&ll=36.121878,-86.699102&spn=0.013138,0.012188&z=16

There is also a section of West Nashville where the streets are named after Ford/Lincoln/Mercury automobiles that were produced in the 50s and 60s (Fairlane, Galaxie, Thunderbird, Capri, Continental, Comet, Starliner, Ranchero, Marauder, Sunliner, Edsel, Futura), and other Ford-related names (Henry Ford, River Rouge, Grosse Point, Landau, Fordomatic, Foundry).  This neighborhood (Charlotte Park) was mostly built around the time the nearby Ford glass plant was built in the 50s.

Also in Hermitage, east of Nashville, there is one neighborhood with state capitals (Des Moines, Raleigh, Trenton, Baton Rouge, Phoenix, Frankfort, Atlanta, St. Paul, Albany, Denver, Topeka, Concord, Columbus, Juneau).  They also have a neighborhood with every street named Bonna-something (Bonnawood, Bonnaspring, Bonnacroft, Bonnalynn, Bonnaridge, etc.)

I think the Bonna thing had to do with the builder.  I think it was his daughter's name.

[sandiaman]

Albuquerque is crazy about theme named streets.  The avenues run east-west  and are named after minerals downtown, Copper, Lead , Gold, Silver ,Lead, Coal & Iron Avenues.  By the University of NM, logically, are  other college named streets:  Harvard ,Stanford, Yale,  Tulane.  Overall, the most popular named streets are , with  lady's names:  Edith ,Mary Ellen, Katherine.  This started with land developers naming streets  after wives, daughters etc.

[jbnv]

Lafayette, LA, has an area known as "Saints Streets" where many of the streets are named after Catholic saints. There are at least two other clusters of streets named for saints around town. (Not surprising for an area with a strong Catholic culture.)

Other themes in Lafayette
- Astronauts (around the airport)
- Cities in France
- Famous Greek names
- Planets
- Presidents (downtown, with an incidental Clinton St right there)
- States (I grew up in this area)

Independence, LA, where I currently live, has several roads with Italian names. But that's largely because the town was founded by Italian immigrants and still has a strong Italian heritage.

[Brandon]

Streeterville, the Mag Mile, and River North areas in downtown Chicago have the Great Lakes (Michigan, Superior, Erie, Ontario, and Huron)

And on the flip side, in the Loop, are a number of Presidents (Washington, Jackson, Madison, Monroe).

Then there's Wacker...north, south, east, and west, not to mention lower.

[mrsman]

Vandenberg Village area of Lompoc, CA has many streets named after astronomy-related objects.  The main street through the development is known as Constellation.  South of CA-1, many streets are named after planets.  North of CA-1, many streets are named after zodiac signs and stars.

The area is near Vandenberg Air Force Base, which has many space related projects going on. 

[US81]

A subdivision SW of Omaha has street names all from US astronauts.  Crippen, Young, Grissom, Lovell, Armstrong, etc.

It's really kinda fun driving around, the neighborhood is large, and there are many streets.

Saw something similar in either Austin or San Antonio a few years ago retracing former US 81. As I remember all the names were pre-STS and it was not a large neighborhood, but still made me take a brief side-trip.

Edit: Found it. North Austin off Lamar near Rundberg. It's actually only the Mercury astronauts.

...but my search made me remember one I should have thought of earlier. The N-S streets in downtown Austin are named for rivers in Texas. They are roughly in geographic order from E to W.

[dgolub]

The town where I grew up (Port Washington, NY) has a couple of areas with themed street names.  Manorhaven has trees in alphabetical order (Ashwood, Boxwood, Cottonwood, ..., Norwood, Oldwood).  Salem has its street named after towns in Massachusetts.  There's also an area of the town where most of the streets are named after early presidents (Washington through Monroe, and then they throw in Van Buren and Lincoln).

[Mr. Matté]

A relatively recent McMansion development in my town (that replaced the East Windsor Speedway due to noise complaints from residents who moved in long after the construction of it, but that's another thread) has a Space Shuttle name theme: https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.25707,-74.536464&spn=0.007041,0.013937&t=m&z=17

Columbia was likely skipped due to the presence of a nearby Columbia Avenue (likely not named after the shuttle) but Atlantis was forgotten as well. I would have taken the eastern half of Endeavor Blvd. (which was not the name of the actual shuttle which used the British spelling, Endeavour) and named it Atlantis so at least you wouldn't have the situation of Endeavor Blvd. intersecting Endeavor Blvd.

[JoePCool14]

A neighborhood in my Chicago suburb has Lori Lyn Ln, Terri Lyn Ln, etc.

[Roadrunner75]

Hillsborough, NJ has a handful of streets in a development named after Tolkien references:
https://www.google.com/maps?ll=40.508628,-74.668601&spn=0.005514,0.013078&t=m&z=17

Different sections of Willingboro, NJ (a Levittown development) have their street names all start with the same letter:
https://www.google.com/maps?ll=40.026793,-74.875817&spn=0.022215,0.052314&t=m&z=15
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levittown

I hear Manhattan seems to have a number theme going on...

[jbnv]

Manorhaven has trees in alphabetical order (Ashwood, Boxwood, Cottonwood, ..., Norwood, Oldwood).  Salem has its street named after towns in Massachusetts.

Is the M street named... Morningwood? [insert Beavis & Butthead laughter here] 

[RG407]

The Orlando suburb of Casselberry has a neighborhood named Camelot with such street names as...
Merlin Ct.
Galahad Dr.
Roundtable Dr.
Excalibur Dr.
Guinivere Dr.
and, my personal favorite, King Arthur Ct.
https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=28.666602,-81.314278&spn=0.00145,0.002411&t=m&z=19&layer=c&cbll=28.666494,-81.314799&panoid=i11G9_QERcB0yEhdkqZ5Jg&cbp=13,274.95,,0,9.49

[yakra]

It's only a model!

[CrystalWalrein]

Most streets in Ocean Acres, a development in Stafford Township, New Jersey, are named for nautical terms.

The southern end of Brigantine has a handful of streets named for fish, Canadian provinces, and other nautical terms. The northern end has streets named after legendary golfers (there's a massive golf course there).

[1995hoo]

Manorhaven has trees in alphabetical order (Ashwood, Boxwood, Cottonwood, ..., Norwood, Oldwood).  Salem has its street named after towns in Massachusetts.

Is the M street named... Morningwood? [insert Beavis & Butthead laughter here] 

How appropriate you mention that term and Beavis and Butt-head together. (Also appropriate that your comment follows after a reference to Massachusetts, seeing as how Beavis and Butt-head sing a portion of "More Than a Feeling" during this episode.)