# Interesting/Clever Street and Subdivision Names! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 21, 2010, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831 "2010-01-21T13:30:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Pduol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@Pduol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pduol)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/21 "2010-01-21T21:17:45Z")
One of my favorites has always been This Way and That Way in Lake Jackson, TX > **[Lake Jackson, TX : The intersection of This Way and That Way in downtown Lake...](http://www.city-data.com/picfilesc/picc58261.php)** > > Lake Jackson, TX : The intersection of This Way and That Way in downtown Lake Jackson. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/22 "2010-01-21T21:28:18Z")
There’s a short street here where I live called The Lane with somewhat nice houses. What amuses me is the street sign, crafted apparently by some nameless, faceless, clueless member of our street department. “THE” is written in large capital letters and “lane” in small tiny letters in the top right corner of the sign. Sort of like this — THE Lane ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/23 "2010-01-21T21:46:42Z")
The suburb I grew up in had both a Lane Road and a Lane Avenue, but not a Lane Lane. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![Rafe\_Hollister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Rafe\_Hollister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rafe_Hollister)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/24 "2010-01-21T21:50:44Z")
In my town there is a 2 year old subdivision of very nice homes called Bluegrass Meadows. One of the streets is Mando Lane. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/25 "2010-01-21T21:55:41Z")
https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=four%2Bwheel%2Bdrive,%2Bnorwich%2BVT&sll=43.782001,-72.317505&sspn=0.174501,0.445976&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=4%2BWheel%2BDr,%2BNorwich,%2BWindsor,%2BVermont%2B05055&z=16&ll=43.782001,-72.317505 4 Wheel Drive, Norwich VT. When enchanced 911 came to rural VT a lot of roads without names needed names ASAP. A bunch of amusing names were created at that time. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/26 "2010-01-22T03:07:18Z")
[Ragged Ass Road.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragged_Ass_Road_%28street%29) ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/27 "2010-01-22T04:17:30Z")
Believe it or not: “Morning Dove Circle” At least it is a small, obsure place ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/28 "2010-01-22T05:51:19Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Not far from me are a **Drury Lane** (no muffin shops there, though) and a **Lois Lane**. It’s hard for me to believe that the street namers weren’t doing these on purpose. Somewhere on Long Island is the intersection of Lois Lane and Frankie Lane. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/29 "2010-01-22T05:57:36Z")
A teacher I knew lived on Sesame Street. I just can’t remember if it was a town near Columbus, GA or one near Colorado Springs, CO…it was a long time ago. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/30 "2010-01-22T06:01:19Z")
> [@Savannah](#): > > [Ragged Ass Road.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragged_Ass_Road_%28street%29) Similarly, a road was built at considerable expense leading out of Iqaluit, Nunavut, to… nowhere in particular. For one reason or another (one account suggests it was for a landfill that was later cancelled), it just stops in the middle of the tundra. So with typical Northern aplomb, it was named – officially – Road to Nowhere. ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/31 "2010-01-22T06:03:07Z")
There is a very short street in downtown Los Angeles called Dewap Way. The only building on it is the office of the DEpartment of WAter and Power. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/32 "2010-01-22T13:50:29Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > Really? Yup. South end of Gasparilla Island FLA. ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/33 "2010-01-22T14:09:49Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > Yup. South end of Gasparilla Island FLA. I was going to guess Northwest Michigan. There are lots of little private roads around the lakes which have been given colorful names by their owners. ---
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/34 "2010-01-22T16:24:41Z")
There’s a Penny Lane near my house. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/35 "2010-01-22T16:40:25Z")
There’s a sprawl of McMansions in the northern part of the county in a development called Wild Creek. Some of the streets are ‘Great Muskrat’, ‘Wooded Bog’, ‘Wild Turkey’, and ‘Nesting Duck’. Ironic, since the homes of all the wild critters living there have been bulldozed so these palaces could be erected. (I don’t know why they don’t give those developments more realistic names - Snob Acres, Starbucks Run, Abercrombie & Fitch Lane, Coked Up Mom Street…) ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/36 "2010-01-22T16:52:00Z")
[Labor in Vain](http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&source=hp&q=labor+in+vain+road+ipswich+ma&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=Labor+in+Vain+Rd,+Ipswich,+MA+01938&gl=us&ei=JtdZS_2nHoz4lQfm66D8BA&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CAgQ8gEwAA) Road in Ipswich, MA. I’ve always wanted to know the story behind that one. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/37 "2010-01-22T17:10:06Z")
[Back to Sodom Road](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=north+creek,+NY&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=North+Creek,+NY&gl=us&ei=a9tZS5W_NNXh8Qbsv_XuBA&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CA8Q8gEwAA), North Creek NY. Near the town of Sodom. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/38 "2010-01-22T17:27:37Z")
There’s a short, very steep road with a pub at the bottom in a small town near my place. It’s called Falldown Lane. ---
**Author:** ![tallcoldone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9a140/32.png) [@tallcoldone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tallcoldone)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/39 "2010-01-22T17:32:18Z")
> [@Pduol](#): > > One of my favorites has always been This Way and That Way in Lake Jackson, TX > > [http://www.city-data.com/picfilesc/picc58261.php](http://www.city-data.com/picfilesc/picc58261.php) IIRC, there’s also a street by a church called His Way. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/40 "2010-01-22T17:34:19Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > I don’t know why they don’t give those developments more realistic names - \*\* Coked Up Mom Street\*\*… Oooh, I want to live there. > [@Leaffan](#): > > There’s a short, very steep road with a pub at the bottom in a small town near my place. It’s called Falldown Lane. That’s great. Is there an intersecting sidestreet called Stakeout Way? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831.md?page=3)