# Rural Ohio community with all African street names

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**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")\
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**Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rural-ohio-community-with-all-african-street-names/972868/101 "2023-09-18T17:14:51Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> Several of the major streets in downtown Cleveland have lake names: The heart of the city is the intersection of Superior Avenue and Ontario Boulevard, and Huron and St. Claire are nearby. I’m told that East 9th used to be named Erie, but I’ve never found where Michigan is or was.

Jeez. As long as I have lived near Cleveland I never thought about all the streets named after the Great Lakes. Looking up “Michigan” in my copy of _ **Cleveland Streets and Avenue Guide** _ that lists all the original names here is the location for Michigan St: “Now that part of Prospect Ave from Ontario St southwest to Canal Rd NW”

The guide is 2187 pages long. Erie St is now E 9th but there was also an Erie Ave off W 25th St and Erie Court running from E 9th to E 14th.

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**Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rural-ohio-community-with-all-african-street-names/972868/102 "2023-09-18T19:35:43Z")

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Not too far from where I grew up, there is a neighborhood called McLean Hamlet, where the streets are all named after Shakespeare characters and places. Titania Lane, Oberon Way, Lear Road, Elsinore Avenue, Falstaff Road, Birnam Wood Drive (which runs straight through MacBeth Street, and ends up at Dunsinane Court).

And, my personal favorite: Agin Court.

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