# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/41 "2010-01-22T19:39:51Z")
Some of these, and others, were covered in this thread I started: [Subdivision Street Name Themes](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=541735&highlight=subdivision+street+names) ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/42 "2010-01-22T19:46:25Z")
Here in Tucson there is a street called **Calle Sin Nombre** , which for those who are a bit rusty on their Spanish means, **Street without a Name** ---
**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, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/43 "2010-01-22T19:55:29Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > Oooh, I want to live there. > That’s great. Is there an intersecting sidestreet called Stakeout Way? No. 😕 ---
**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, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/44 "2010-01-22T22:26:05Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > No. 😕 It was a joking reference to the fact that you said that the road was called Falldown Lane, its very steep and there’s a pub at the bottom of the hill. My joking about a “Stakeout” was that it sounded like a perfect combination for cops to sit in their cruisers and watch for drunk drivers coming from the pub. ---
**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 23, 2010, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/45 "2010-01-23T06:05:46Z")
No fewer than three Quebec municipalities have streets named Rue des PME. PME stands for “petites et moyennes entreprises,” or small and medium businesses. Yeesh. ---
**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 23, 2010, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/46 "2010-01-23T06:20:10Z")
> [@matt\_mcl](#): > > No fewer than three Quebec municipalities have streets named Rue des PME. PME stands for “petites et moyennes entreprises,” or small and medium businesses. > > Yeesh. Where’s the “Rue des PMS” when you need it? ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/47 "2010-01-23T10:19:57Z")
Only time this ever happened in my town was when some nimrod in the sign shop put one up that read **21TH ST.** ---
**Author:** ![Baggins111](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@Baggins111](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baggins111)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/48 "2010-01-24T14:15:49Z")
I used to live on Memory Lane in Asheville, NC ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/49 "2010-01-24T15:05:35Z")
There is a short street called Crabapple Lane here. The funny thing is, you picture a sort of rustic little country lane with pink flowery trees, and all it is is a conduit from one grim, half empty industrial park to the next, with a couple of what my mom called ‘necky hokies’. They should just rename it ‘Industrial Park Shortcut’. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/50 "2010-01-24T15:19:31Z")
There’s this [little block near me](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=rohan,+mi&sll=42.751676,-83.051233&sspn=0.051996,0.057421&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Rohan+Dr,+Sterling+Heights,+Macomb,+Michigan+48313&ll=42.584133,-82.973224&spn=0.006517,0.007178&z=17) where all the street names are after places in the Lord of the Rings. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/51 "2010-01-24T17:36:14Z")
> [@usedtobe](#): > > Believe it or not: > “Morning Dove Circle” > At least it is a small, obsure place Is this interesting because it should be “Mourning Dove Circle”? Otherwise, I don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/52 "2010-01-24T23:27:42Z")
Wellington NZ (named after the Duke) not only has the obvious Waterloo Quay but also a Salamanca Road and Talavera Terrace. No Assaye or Vitoria though. Most of the streets in Stratford NZ (formerly Stratford-upon-Patea) are named after Shakespearean characters. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/53 "2010-01-25T00:26:24Z")
Sequim WA has several odd names, like [Kitchen Dick Road](http://www.celebratebig.com/roadside-attractions/kitchen-dick-road-sequim.htm) and Livingood lane. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/54 "2010-01-25T14:58:54Z")
When I worked at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab in Columbia, Maryland, the subdivisions had really quirky names for some of the streets. Things like 'Charles Dickens". Just the name. No Street or Lane. Weird. Another road with no suffix was Lamplighter. Also Stone Cloud, Hidden Clearing, Gate Sill and Waiting Spring. This was a ‘planned community’ with common areas winding through the neighborhood. The Homeowner’s Association there was run like a feudal kingdom. Petty tyrants. ---
**Author:** ![Ispolkom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47774/32.png) [@Ispolkom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ispolkom)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/55 "2010-01-25T15:05:28Z")
Ramsey, Minn. has a variety of streets named after elements (I have a cow-orker who lives on Dysprosium Ave). Sadly, they are laid out randomly, so you can’t use the periodic table of elements as a road map. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/56 "2010-01-25T18:28:53Z")
All these NOVA Dopers, and not a word for “Gallows Road” in Annandale? And then there’s the subdivision “Sleepy Hollow” with the requisite creepiness. But in that division is “Mal Brooke Lane” which always confused me. At least it did until I drove through there one hot, humid summer afternoon. That Brook smelled like Satan’s behind, I’m telling you - Whew! I grew up on Toll House road, and my Mom felt she needed to perfect her chocolate chip cookie recipe, just in self-defense. Popes Head Road Redrum Road Mosby’s Woods subdivision and all the themed roads ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/57 "2010-01-26T01:37:02Z")
Bumpalong Rd Needle Rush Ct Ringo St, Penny Ln Battleship Rd Chicken Ln & Barbeque Rd ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/58 "2010-01-26T17:15:24Z")
In West Lafayette, Indiana, home of Purdue University and Drew Brees, there is a short street called Brees Way. I used to live in a neighborhood that had a Mark Trail. ---
**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 26, 2010, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/59 "2010-01-26T18:49:47Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > Sequim WA has several odd names, like [Kitchen Dick Road](http://www.celebratebig.com/roadside-attractions/kitchen-dick-road-sequim.htm) and Livingood lane. Livingood Lane is a really good one. > [@Gagundathar](#): > > When I worked at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab in Columbia, Maryland, the subdivisions had really quirky names for some of the streets. > > Things like 'Charles Dickens". Just the name. No Street or Lane. Weird. > Another road with no suffix was Lamplighter. > Also Stone Cloud, Hidden Clearing, Gate Sill and Waiting Spring. > > This was a ‘planned community’ with common areas winding through the neighborhood. > > The Homeowner’s Association there was run like a feudal kingdom. Petty tyrants. Hilarious! > [@Ispolkom](#): > > Ramsey, Minn. has a variety of streets named after elements (I have a cow-orker who lives on Dysprosium Ave). Sadly, they are laid out randomly, so you can’t use the periodic table of elements as a road map. I think this is one of the best so far…I mean…Chromium Court, Scandium Street, Lithium Lane…who wouldn’t want to live there? > [@TruCelt](#): > > All these NOVA Dopers, and not a word for “Gallows Road” in Annandale? And then there’s the subdivision “Sleepy Hollow” with the requisite creepiness. But in that division is “Mal Brooke Lane” which always confused me. At least it did until I drove through there one hot, humid summer afternoon. That Brook smelled like Satan’s behind, I’m telling you - Whew! > > I grew up on Toll House road, and my Mom felt she needed to perfect her chocolate chip cookie recipe, just in self-defense. > > Popes Head Road > Redrum Road > Mosby’s Woods subdivision and all the themed roads I’m a former NOVA resident, and I forgot all about Gallows Road, too… and Pope’s Head Road. ---
**Author:** ![Redwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@Redwing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redwing)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/60 "2010-01-26T20:10:12Z")
I live near Dungeon Ave., also nearby is Lover’s Leap. I admit that when I lived in the next town east, I got a childish thrill every time I gave some directions and told the to turn onto Burpee. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831.md?page=4)