# Interesting Subdivision Street Name Themes **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 28, 2009, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-subdivision-street-name-themes/519256 "2009-11-28T17:54:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2009, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-subdivision-street-name-themes/519256/61 "2009-11-29T23:28:39Z")
There’s a neighborhood near me where streets are named after astronomica objects: https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Union%2BCity,%2BCA&sll=37.476759,-120.833408&sspn=0.007629,0.013711&gl=us&g=Warp%2BDr,%2BTurlock,%2BCA%2B95380&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Union%2BCity,%2BAlameda,%2BCalifornia&ll=37.585517,-122.067053&spn=0.007618,0.013711&z=16 ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2009, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-subdivision-street-name-themes/519256/62 "2009-11-29T23:29:16Z")
There is a portion of the Levittown development in my town where the streets all carry the names of the 1956 or 1957 NY Giants football players. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-subdivision-street-name-themes/519256/63 "2009-11-30T00:00:59Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Someone posted a link to an area where all of the streets were named almost the same thing - it was something like (but not exactly) Almond road, Almond close, Almond hill, Almond Rise, Almond Tree Road, Almond Blossom Road, etc. - a real postal misdelivery nightmare. > > I can’t remember enough of the details to be able to find the thread or link though. I remember that link and I’ve been trying to find it. I’m pretty sure it was in England and the street names were recognizably British. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-subdivision-street-name-themes/519256/64 "2009-11-30T00:31:29Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > I remember that link and I’ve been trying to find it. I’m pretty sure it was in England and the street names were recognizably British. Found it! From this [thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=409331&highlight=google+maps) Thanks to **GorillaMan.** [Holt Farm, Leeds, Yorkshire UK](http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=yEF&q=holt%20farm%20yorkshire&cts=1259540732601&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl) Bonus from **HubZilla.** [Pearl City, HI](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=pearl+city,+hawaii&ie=UTF8&om=1&t=h&z=17&ll=21.400755,-157.957757&spn=0.007452,0.013497&iwloc=addr) ---
**Author:** ![jsquire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@jsquire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsquire)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-subdivision-street-name-themes/519256/65 "2009-11-30T02:21:44Z")
Not quite on topic, but when I visited Edmonton AB I found the downtown street naming system bothersome. All were numbered. East-west were numbered: 101st Ave, 102nd Ave, and so on. North-south were 101st Street, 102nd Street, and so on. It was at times a bit difficult to decode, especially after spending some time at the bar. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-subdivision-street-name-themes/519256/66 "2009-11-30T02:39:22Z")
The suburb [Castlecrag](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castlecrag,_New_South_Wales) in Sydney has streets named after parts of Edinburgh Castle (as the crag of rock it is built on was originally called Edinburgh Castle): The barbette, The barbican, The barricade, The bartizan, The bastion, The battlement, The bulwark, The citadel, The high tor, The outpost, The palisade, The parapet, The postern, The rampart, The redoubt, The scarp, The tor walk and my favourite, Sortie Port. There are also Tower, Casement, and Turrett Reserves, and the main street through the centre is Edinburgh Rd. ---
**Author:** ![gang\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f07891/32.png) [@gang\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gang_green)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-subdivision-street-name-themes/519256/67 "2009-11-30T03:56:04Z")
Austin, TX also likes its [gunslingers.](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=&vps=1&jsv=191a&sll=38.134557,-95.712891&sspn=46.713095,79.013672&ie=UTF8&geocode=FUppzwEdtWQt-g&split=0) ---
**Author:** ![gang\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f07891/32.png) [@gang\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gang_green)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-subdivision-street-name-themes/519256/68 "2009-11-30T04:02:21Z")
> [@gang\_green](#): > > Austin, TX also likes its [gunslingers.](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=&vps=1&jsv=191a&sll=38.134557,-95.712891&sspn=46.713095,79.013672&ie=UTF8&geocode=FUppzwEdtWQt-g&split=0) Dammit, missed the edit window. Annie Oakley Way, Masterson Way, Hickock St, etc. I can’t seem to get it to link properly. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Wednesday\_Evening](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b2d939/32.png) [@Wednesday\_Evening](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wednesday_Evening)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-subdivision-street-name-themes/519256/69 "2009-11-30T04:11:58Z")
Not sure how interesting it is, but in San Luis Obispo, CA there is a flower subdivision (Goldenrod Ln, Dahlia Ct, Poinsettia St, Marigold Ln, etc) and a tree subdivision (Alder St, Spanish Oaks Dr, Purple Sage Ln, Ironbark St, etc). I’ve been to Columbia, MD (mentioned upthread by Paul in Qatar) and driven around the streets in Hobbit’s Glen. Can’t remember any of the street names, but they were pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![Bacon\_Salt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@Bacon\_Salt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bacon_Salt)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-subdivision-street-name-themes/519256/70 "2009-11-30T04:52:59Z")
> [@rjk](#): > > The best she lived in was [an aromatic neighbourhood](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=sage+ln,+euless,+tx&sll=32.874451,-97.077298&sspn=0.008164,0.013797&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Sage+Ln,+Euless,+Tarrant,+Texas+76039&ll=32.875983,-97.076182&spn=0.008164,0.013797&z=16). Isn’t there a Beatles-themed subdivision in Euless or at least Tarrant County? I recall seeing a Norwegian Wood, Abbey Rd, and Penny Ln. My city too has a Sherwood Forest subdivision. [Google Maps](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=32.819144,-96.982133&num=1&sll=32.818819,-96.981361&sspn=0.009828,0.01929&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=32.818856,-) ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-subdivision-street-name-themes/519256/71 "2009-11-30T08:42:44Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > Houston has a lot of subdivisions where all the streets will include a certain word; e.g. every street name in a subdivision with 30 or more streets will include “ridge”, “meadow”, “Preston” and so on. …and after awhile, and enough repitition, those words all start to blur together & become meaningless. I recently wrote a poem about the subdivision I grew up in; part of it went, “Crestmoor Parkside Valleywood Skyline Rollingwood Hillcrest Hillside Crestmont Parkingcrest Sidewood Moormont Linehill ValleyParkMoorSideCrestHillMontWood BelGreenLakeBraeBrookGlenRidgeDale” Gaaaaah! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-subdivision-street-name-themes/519256/72 "2009-11-30T13:36:10Z")
A row of parallel streets in my home town are named in alphabetical order (missing, for some reason, an “F”, but with two "G"s to make up for it). I didn’t notice this until it was pointed out to me. Here in Boston, the nice new parallel streets of Back Bay (so different from the tiny, twisty, turny streets that are all alike in the North End) got named in alphabetical order, too, starting at the Public Garden with Arlington, Berkeley, Clarendon, … all the way to Hereford. (The next street is the major thoroughfare Massachusetts Avenue – MassAve) ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-subdivision-street-name-themes/519256/73 "2009-11-30T14:00:24Z")
Bowie, Maryland, which I think may be in part a Levittown, also has [lettered sections, here’s S, which is bounded by T, but also B. There’s no rhyme or reason to it.](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Stirrup+Lane+Bowie+MD&sll=38.970487,-76.737592&sspn=0.009626,0.022359&gl=us&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Stirrup+Ln,+Bowie,+Prince+George%27s,+Maryland+20715&ll=38.971538,-76.738966&spn=0.009626,0.022359&z=16) ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-subdivision-street-name-themes/519256/74 "2009-11-30T19:02:18Z")
Here’s one in Newfoundland named after [US states](http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=48.554285,-58.56391&spn=0.019515,0.036178&z=15) Of course it used to be a US airbase.😃 ---
**Author:** ![UncaStuart](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncastuart/32/404_2.png) [@UncaStuart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncaStuart)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-subdivision-street-name-themes/519256/75 "2009-11-30T19:40:27Z")
Also in San Jose, there is a section with a candy/sweets theme: Gumdrop Dr Sugarplum Dr Bonbon Dr Taffy Dr Peanut Brittle Dr Peppermint Dr I can’t decide whether Sugarplum or Peanut Brittle would be more embarrassing as an address. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-subdivision-street-name-themes/519256/76 "2009-11-30T20:10:35Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > In Doperville, of course. > > Check out the [street names in Prospect New Town](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=longmont+colorado&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=Longmont,+CO&gl=us&ei=NdYSS4iNEsqYlAfIn4GeBA&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CBQQ8gEwAA), a New Urbanism subdivison in Longmont, Colorado. > > Urban planners occasionally speak of “developer’s daughers subdivisons” - small developments in semi-rural areas where all the streets are named after the developer’s female family members, Usually, developer’s daugheters subdivisions have names that sound “country”: “Tammi Lu Drive”, “Kristi Lynn Lane”, “Tiffani Circle”, and so on. > > Developer’s daughters subdivisons are a very old phenomenon. There’s a 1920s-era DD development in Buffalo, New York, with a series of streets locals call “the old ladies” because … well, they’re all old lady names. Millicent, Phyllis, Ethel, Phyllis, Martha, Gail, and Kay. Many of Plattsburgh NY’s main streets are named aftr women: Helen St., Elizabeth St., Catherine St., Cornelia St. It was a particularly sophomoric joke – but in defense, we were college sophomores at the time – to list them off and finish with another main street: Broad Street. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-subdivision-street-name-themes/519256/77 "2009-11-30T20:13:25Z")
Near where my father now lives in York, PA, there is a very small subdivision with two street names: Sarazen Way and Hogan’s Cove. Obviously the developer intended to have a few more streets…and, just thinking out loud here, maybe a golf course? Neither panned out. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-subdivision-street-name-themes/519256/78 "2009-11-30T20:15:48Z")
The Sacramento area has a “Garden of the Gods” with street names like: Thor Olympus Mercury Venus Ceres Neptune Morpheus Orion Adonis Ulysses Vulcan Major streets in that area are named for inventors: Watt Howe Marconi Fulton Bell Edison ---
**Author:** ![BlueOhio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/439d5e/32.png) [@BlueOhio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueOhio)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-subdivision-street-name-themes/519256/79 "2009-11-30T20:42:03Z")
This is in the eastern suburbs of Cincinnati: https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=moria%2B&sll=39.008647,-84.179478&sspn=0.039483,0.063515&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Moria%2BDr,%2BAmelia,%2BClermont,%2BOhio%2B45102&ll=39.021734,-84.232306&spn=0.009869,0.015879&z=16 Elrond, Moria, Rivendell ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-subdivision-street-name-themes/519256/80 "2009-11-30T21:10:46Z")
Lots of the streets [here](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Atlantic+City&oe=UTF-8&ie=UTF8&hl=en&hq=&hnear=Atlantic+City,+Atlantic,+New+Jersey&ll=39.364283,-74.422927&spn=0.02296,0.042615&z=15) are named after spaces on a Monopoly board. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-subdivision-street-name-themes/519256.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-subdivision-street-name-themes/519256.md?page=5)