Buildings whose addresses have changed due to land annexations

[KCRoadFan]

Sometime between 2019 and 2024, the building in this Street View photo (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0257539,-94.2310774,3a,15y,11.17h,90.27t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sXV8ocgzk2FFd4R2E_mBVjQ!2e0!5s20240901T000000!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-0.27440518560645444%26panoid%3DXV8ocgzk2FFd4R2E_mBVjQ%26yaw%3D11.171122300971208!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDIwNS4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D), on the outer road parallel to I-70 between Blue Springs and Grain Valley just east of my hometown of Kansas City, changed addresses - the building used to be in unincorporated Jackson County with an address of 30002 East Jefferson Road, which is based on the Kansas City street grid (as is true of Jackson County outside of city limits); however, at some point within the last 5 years, Blue Springs (whose street grid is separate from that of the county) annexed that parcel of land, and the building's address was changed to 2305 NE Jefferson Street.

That made me wonder: throughout the country, what other examples can you think of where a building changed its address due to the land on which the building sits being annexed by a city with a street grid different from that of the neighboring jurisdiction (either an adjacent city or the surrounding county)?

[6a]

This is a bit different, because it was in Virginia, so there wasn't an annexation. But I lived in an apartment that was (I think) 562. I was in the county, but the road used the city grid. When the county implemented 911 my address was changed to 19569.

[bandit957]

This is a bit different, because it was in Virginia, so there wasn't an annexation. But I lived in an apartment that was (I think) 562. I was in the county, but the road used the city grid. When the county implemented 911 my address was changed to 19569.

Baker Street in Covington must have changed house numbers at some point. There's an old apartment building there that has a very old 12 on it, but I think its actual number is 912. I think they added 900 to all the house numbers because the street is off of 9th. There may have actually been a tiny separate city there at one point, but that had to have been well over 100 years ago.

[DandyDan]

When Omaha, Nebraska annexed Elkhorn in 2007, everything in Elkhorn had to be changed to the Omaha street numbering system. If a street existed in Elkhorn that also was the name of a street in Omaha, the new name was whatever it would have been if it had been in Omaha all along. I assume the same process happened when Millard was annexed by Omaha in 1971, because some street names only exist in the Millard neighborhood, including the street my brother lived on when he lived there.

[mgk920]

When Omaha, Nebraska annexed Elkhorn in 2007, everything in Elkhorn had to be changed to the Omaha street numbering system. If a street existed in Elkhorn that also was the name of a street in Omaha, the new name was whatever it would have been if it had been in Omaha all along. I assume the same process happened when Millard was annexed by Omaha in 1971, because some street names only exist in the Millard neighborhood, including the street my brother lived on when he lived there.

A section of the historic Lincoln Highway that was in the former Elkhorn was renamed to 'Elkhorn Dr' upon that annexation, the street name did not previously exist in the city.  Most of the rest of the streets in the former Elkhorn are now 'numbered' into the Omaha city grid.

Mike

[1995hoo]

This is a bit different, because it was in Virginia, so there wasn't an annexation. But I lived in an apartment that was (I think) 562. I was in the county, but the road used the city grid. When the county implemented 911 my address was changed to 19569.

Annexations have happened over the years in Virginia. Independent cites were able to annex land in adjacent counties. But I believe there has been a moratorium on annexations since 1987.

[bandit957]

When Omaha, Nebraska annexed Elkhorn in 2007, everything in Elkhorn had to be changed to the Omaha street numbering system. If a street existed in Elkhorn that also was the name of a street in Omaha, the new name was whatever it would have been if it had been in Omaha all along.

I bet everyone enjoyed that.

[GaryV]

When the area I live in was annexed to the city (long before I lived here, probably before I was born) the name of the street had to change because there was already a street of that name in the city. I'm not sure how it worked before because I'm sure the post office delivered to both parts.

[DandyDan]

When Omaha, Nebraska annexed Elkhorn in 2007, everything in Elkhorn had to be changed to the Omaha street numbering system. If a street existed in Elkhorn that also was the name of a street in Omaha, the new name was whatever it would have been if it had been in Omaha all along.

I bet everyone enjoyed that.

It was a court battle for two years and Elkhorn should have won, but the courts sided with Omaha. Buildings in Elkhorn still have the Elkhorn address.

[Rothman]

When Omaha, Nebraska annexed Elkhorn in 2007, everything in Elkhorn had to be changed to the Omaha street numbering system. If a street existed in Elkhorn that also was the name of a street in Omaha, the new name was whatever it would have been if it had been in Omaha all along.

I bet everyone enjoyed that.

It was a court battle for two years and Elkhorn should have won, but the courts sided with Omaha. Buildings in Elkhorn still have the Elkhorn address.

Always interesting when the assertion is made that someone "should have won" in court, especially given the appeals process and given no new arugment support comes to light.

[Streetman]

My late uncle lived in Scotrun, PA. Shortly after the turn of this century, the two-digit house number on his street changed to a four-digit one. I believe this was due to Monroe County implementing a county-wide 911 system, not a change in local government boundaries.

[Streetman]

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Baker Street in Covington must have changed house numbers at some point. There's an old apartment building there that has a very old 12 on it, but I think its actual number is 912. I think they added 900 to all the house numbers because the street is off of 9th. There may have actually been a tiny separate city there at one point, but that had to have been well over 100 years ago.

In my town, Hamden, CT, Haverford Street was laid out in 1920. It was extended in the 1950s, starting at the end with house number 1. Rather than call the new part West Haverford Street or Haverford Street Extension, the town bumped up all the original house numbers by 100 to provide numbers for the new section.

[Streetman]

When the area I live in was annexed to the city (long before I lived here, probably before I was born) the name of the street had to change because there was already a street of that name in the city. I'm not sure how it worked before because I'm sure the post office delivered to both parts.

This again reminds me of my hometown of Hamden, CT, which once had four post offices, with the exact same street name often used in parts of town served by different PO's, which seemed to be fine with that. But in the 1920s, the town engineer found this so confusing he had dozens of streets renamed to eliminate duplicate and even triplicate street names.