# Rural Ohio community with all African street names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 7, 2022, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rural-ohio-community-with-all-african-street-names/972868 "2022-10-07T05:03:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rural-ohio-community-with-all-african-street-names/972868/21 "2022-10-07T14:51:17Z")
I have a friend who lives on a street called Antwerp Court. The first time I went to his house, I didn’t bother to memorize the street name. I just thought, “It’ll be the street named after a European city.” Of course, every street in that subdivision was named after a European city. After passing Zurich Terrace, Cologne Drive, Brussels Road, and so forth, I finally had to break down and actually look at the address. ---
**Author:** ![Bonum\_Legatum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bonum_legatum/32/6183_2.png) [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rural-ohio-community-with-all-african-street-names/972868/22 "2022-10-07T14:53:25Z")
Old joke: “The subdivision developers knock down all the trees, then name the streets after them.” There’s a 1950’s subdivision near me where the streets are named after universities. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rural-ohio-community-with-all-african-street-names/972868/23 "2022-10-07T14:53:34Z")
> [@suranyi](#): > > There’s a neighborhood near me where all the streets are names of birds There’s a neighborhood in the Hollywood Hills called the “bird streets” because they were named after birds. Very desirable neighborhood. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rural-ohio-community-with-all-african-street-names/972868/24 "2022-10-07T14:54:00Z")
Zion, Illinois, perhaps unsurprisingly, has streets named for Old Testament people and places - Ezra, Gabriel, Gideon. I know that a [religious whacko tried to set up a theocracy there](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilbur_Glenn_Voliva), but I’m pretty sure (but I admit ignorance on this point) that the town and its names existed before the guy rolled through town. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rural-ohio-community-with-all-african-street-names/972868/25 "2022-10-07T16:24:51Z")
Cadillac Saskatchewan https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=49.7270324,-107.7436476&z=16&output=embed&dg=ntvb&q=Cadillac,%2BSK%2BS0N%2B0K0 Prelate Saskatchewan https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=50.8526276,-109.4055518&z=16&output=embed&dg=ntvb&q=Prelate,%2BSK%2BS0N%2B2B0 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rural-ohio-community-with-all-african-street-names/972868/26 "2022-10-07T16:34:56Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > Well known to New Orleans locals are the Nine Muses streets in Uptown. > > If using Google Maps or similar, type in “St. Charles Ave and **Calliope** St, New Orleans”. This corner is a block south of Harmony Circle (renamed from Lee Circle), right where the elevated Pontchartrain Expressway passes over St. Charles Avenue. > > From there, you follow St. Charles seven blocks southwest. You will cross the following streets: > > **Clio** St > **Erato** St > **Thalia** St > **Melpomene** St > **Terpsichore** St > **Euterpe** St > **Polymnia** St > > **Urania** St is there, too, but it is only a block and half long – it runs into Fecility St before getting as far as St. Charles. Over by New Orleans International Airport – between I-10 and the lake – are groups of themed neighborhoods. The university theme – centered on Loyola Drive – is the largest; also present are a bayou theme and a gated community with a palm tree theme – centered on Royal Palm Blvd. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rural-ohio-community-with-all-african-street-names/972868/27 "2022-10-07T16:45:13Z")
Here is an area in Dallas with Disney based street names: https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d3349.9494920141037!2d-96.84591028469906!3d32.89950363805818!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x864c275104a993c7%3A0xf60566966f44cc5d!2sSnow%20White%20Dr%20%26%20Sleepy%20Ln%2C%20Dallas%2C%20TX%2075229%2C%20USA!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sca!4v1665161021431!5m2!1sen!2sca ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rural-ohio-community-with-all-african-street-names/972868/28 "2022-10-07T16:48:07Z")
Looks like somebody got Sleepy and Fantasia switched around. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rural-ohio-community-with-all-african-street-names/972868/29 "2022-10-07T17:18:07Z")
> [@Mops](#): > > I have encountered _Esperantoweg_ next to _Volapükweg_ once, i.e. the theme was conlangs That’s niche. Cool! ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rural-ohio-community-with-all-african-street-names/972868/30 "2022-10-07T17:22:50Z")
There’s a street about a mile from me called Chignahuapan Way. I guess it’s a small town in Mexico, but none of the other streets nearby have that kind of names. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rural-ohio-community-with-all-african-street-names/972868/31 "2022-10-07T17:30:24Z")
Probably not, but would most people recognize any Longfellow-derived name beyond “Hiawatha”? At least it’s not 1st, 2nd, Main, Oak… ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rural-ohio-community-with-all-african-street-names/972868/32 "2022-10-07T18:13:59Z")
Around here, one developer was known for naming streets for family members, which resulted in there being a Lois Lane. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rural-ohio-community-with-all-african-street-names/972868/33 "2022-10-07T18:16:10Z")
I was living in NJ when the movie Schindler’s List came out. > **[Why are dozens of streets in New Jersey named after Oskar Schindler?](https://sfi.usc.edu/news/2018/06/22181-why-are-dozens-streets-new-jersey-named-after-oskar-schindler)** > > Atop the piano in Ruth Katz’s childhood home was a picture of a man she knew only as “Uncle Oskar.” No idea if there are others who honored Oskar Schindler this way. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rural-ohio-community-with-all-african-street-names/972868/34 "2022-10-07T18:50:45Z")
I don’t think @mixdenny is musing over streets in a development being “theme-named.” As far as I know this is extremely common. I live in a city of 12k and most of our neighborhoods have theme names. I think he’s curious as to why this neighborhood in [Bethlehem Township](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlehem_Township,_Stark_County,_Ohio), in southern Stark County, which I would venture to guess has a very European-heritage population (they’re not too far from Amish country) would have a neighborhood of African-themed streets. My guess? The developer is font of safari vacations and thought it would be fun. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rural-ohio-community-with-all-african-street-names/972868/35 "2022-10-07T18:58:59Z")
If we’re talking duplicated names, not far from me is the intersection of Clifton Boulevard and Clifton Road. One block east of that intersection is West Clifton, and if you go a block south of that, you’ll hit North Clifton. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rural-ohio-community-with-all-african-street-names/972868/36 "2022-10-07T19:34:09Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > I think he’s curious as to why this neighborhood in [Bethlehem Township](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlehem_Township,_Stark_County,_Ohio), in southern Stark County, which I would venture to guess has a very European-heritage population (they’re not too far from Amish country) would have a neighborhood of African-themed streets. Hey! I’ll have you know that African Americans are the second largest ethnic group in that zip code (there’s 6 of them). | White | 2,936 | 98.6% | | --- | --- | --- | | Black Or African American | 6 | 0.2% | | American Indian Or Alaskan Native | 5 | 0.2% | | Asian | 5 | 0.2% | | Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0.0% | | Other Race | 2 | 0.1% | | Two Or More Races | 23 | 0.8% | [https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/44626/#:~:text=The%20people%20living%20in%20ZIP,small%20number%20of%20single%20adults](https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/44626/#:~:text=The%20people%20living%20in%20ZIP,small%20number%20of%20single%20adults). ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rural-ohio-community-with-all-african-street-names/972868/37 "2022-10-07T23:06:13Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > where the streets were named after SF greats Fabulous idea. We have one named after semi-precious gems. Realtors refer to it as “The Stones”. Next to it is a small development where every doggone road has Maple in the name. It’s really hard to find someone’s house when driving in the dark there. Lotsa opportunity for wrong turns. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rural-ohio-community-with-all-african-street-names/972868/38 "2022-10-07T23:24:43Z")
My city has a lot of creeks that feed directly into the Mississippi. Most of them are named after birds - Duck, Goose, Sparrow, Robin, etc. My brother recently moved into a new housing development, and the streets, his included, have a “To Kill A Mockingbird” theme. ---
**Author:** ![RadioWave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RadioWave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadioWave)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2022, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rural-ohio-community-with-all-african-street-names/972868/39 "2022-10-08T00:11:50Z")
I think the real question is why they called it “Zebra Strip Ave”. Did they forget the ‘e’ or is that the red light district? ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2022, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rural-ohio-community-with-all-african-street-names/972868/40 "2022-10-08T00:41:03Z")
In the novel _Goodbye, Columbus_, all the streets in one town were named after very selective American universities. The claim (perhaps joking) in that novel is that this was done for a very specific reason. It says that “I drove up and down the streets whose names were those of eastern colleges, as though the township, years ago, when things were named, had planned the destinies of the sons of its citizens”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rural-ohio-community-with-all-african-street-names/972868.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rural-ohio-community-with-all-african-street-names/972868.md?page=3)