Weird street names

User avatar
HansV
Administrator
Posts: 78236
Joined: 16 Jan 2010, 00:14
Status: Microsoft MVP
Location: Wageningen, The Netherlands

Weird street names

Post by HansV »

Imagine living on 28 7/16 - 28 9/16 St.

S0706.png
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
Best wishes,
Hans

User avatar
StuartR
Administrator
Posts: 12577
Joined: 16 Jan 2010, 15:49
Location: London, Europe

Re: Weird street names

Post by StuartR »

Where on earth is that?
StuartR


User avatar
Leif
Administrator
Posts: 7193
Joined: 15 Jan 2010, 22:52
Location: Middle of England

Re: Weird street names

Post by Leif »

HansV wrote:
25 Aug 2021, 12:41
Imagine living on 28 7/16 - 28 9/16 St.
StuartR wrote:
25 Aug 2021, 13:45
Where on earth is that?
At the end of Independence Way, by the look of it.
Leif

User avatar
ChrisGreaves
PlutoniumLounger
Posts: 15498
Joined: 24 Jan 2010, 23:23
Location: brings.slot.perky

Re: Weird street names

Post by ChrisGreaves »

HansV wrote:
25 Aug 2021, 12:41
Imagine living on 28 7/16 - 28 9/16 St.
Never mind living there.
Imagine trying to confirm your removal date with the furniture truck less than seven years from now!
Cheers
Chris
An expensive day out: Wallet and Grimace

User avatar
John Gray
PlatinumLounger
Posts: 5401
Joined: 24 Jan 2010, 08:33
Location: A cathedral city in England

Re: Weird street names

Post by John Gray »

Some smaller and more obscure villages in the UK managed quite nicely without any street names and sometimes even house numbers until quite recent times. The coming of the UK-wide PostCode system in 1960s-1974 required both, so road names and house numbers (or names) had to be introduced.

I'm sure that Bonavista could have made do (perhaps still does?) with house identifications like "Chris's Luxury Villa"! :fanfare: :flee:
Last edited by John Gray on 25 Aug 2021, 15:16, edited 2 times in total.
John Gray

Venison is quiet deer, and quite dear.

User avatar
HansV
Administrator
Posts: 78236
Joined: 16 Jan 2010, 00:14
Status: Microsoft MVP
Location: Wageningen, The Netherlands

Re: Weird street names

Post by HansV »

It's here
Best wishes,
Hans

User avatar
John Gray
PlatinumLounger
Posts: 5401
Joined: 24 Jan 2010, 08:33
Location: A cathedral city in England

Re: Weird street names

Post by John Gray »

Ah - Wisconsin. We might have known...
They also have a major town called Oshkosh.
John Gray

Venison is quiet deer, and quite dear.

GeoffW
PlatinumLounger
Posts: 4023
Joined: 24 Jan 2010, 07:23

Re: Weird street names

Post by GeoffW »

Birchwood Wisconsin by the look.

It appears that they tried to follow the convention of 21st St, 22nd St etc but then had some in the middle.

There's accommodation there by the name Wepakuminn Upnorth.

User avatar
DaveA
GoldLounger
Posts: 2599
Joined: 24 Jan 2010, 15:26
Location: Olympia, WA

Re: Weird street names

Post by DaveA »

Here is one in Colorado
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
I am so far behind, I think I am First :evilgrin:
Genealogy....confusing the dead and annoying the living

User avatar
ChrisGreaves
PlutoniumLounger
Posts: 15498
Joined: 24 Jan 2010, 23:23
Location: brings.slot.perky

Re: Weird street names

Post by ChrisGreaves »

HansV wrote:
25 Aug 2021, 15:11
It's here
The airport seems about par for the course.
Untitled.png
Cheers
Chris
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
An expensive day out: Wallet and Grimace

User avatar
stuck
Panoramic Lounger
Posts: 8127
Joined: 25 Jan 2010, 09:09
Location: retirement

Re: Weird street names

Post by stuck »

John Gray wrote:
25 Aug 2021, 15:09
Some smaller and more obscure villages in the UK managed quite nicely without any street names and sometimes even house numbers until quite recent times...
The houses in a village not far from where I live only have house names. Unsurprisingly, the locals always know when their regular postman is on leave.

Ken