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Abbott Lane - Named for James Amboy Court - Named for street Arthur Street - Named for Arthur Abbott, early farmer and land• court connects to. Ternes, son of Albert P. & Maud owner. (The) American Road - Named for Ternes or for Chester A. Arthur, Abington Lane - Named for city in America. American president. Massachusetts. Americana Boulevard - Named for (Arthur) - Former name of Mayfair, Academy Street - Named for United America. date of change unknown. States Military Academy. Amherst (Dbn) - Formerly Pilgrim, Ash Avenue - Named for tree. (Adair) - Previous name of Grindley date of change unknown. Named (Ash) - Road no longer exists, ran Park north of Madison. Date of for city in Massachusetts. due west from MCRR and Tele• change unknown. Amherst Lane (DH) - Named for graph to point due north of what Adams Lane - Named for John or city in Massachusetts. is today Homeplace. Later John Quincy vAdams, former Andover (DH) - Named for city in changed to Ray before finally presidents. Massachusetts. Previously called being closed at a later date. (Adele) - Original name of Waverly Culver (?). Date of change un• Ashby Lane - Named for city in north of Cherry Hill, changed known. Massachusetts. November 1925. Andover Drive (Dbn) - Named for Ashley - Unknown. (Adeline) - Originally name of Edi• city in Massachusetts, Andover Is Auburn Street - Possibly named for son, changed April 1932. Celtic for Ash-tree River. city in Massachusetts. (Airport Drive) - Former name of (Ann Arbor) - Former name of Audette Street - Formerly Pittman Rotunda Drive, changed July Colgate, date of change un- from Stephens to Olmstead (for• 1940. Passed old Ford Airport at . known. Named for city. merly Francis Park), formerly Oakwood Blvd. (Ann Arbor) - Original name of Fair Westwood (one source says (Airport Drive) - Name of proposed Lane Drive, changed to Duffield, Wistwood) southeast of Elmdale, highway running from Michigan date unknown, then to Fair Lane. all changed November 1925. Avenue at Rouge River crossing Ann Arbor Trail - Stretch extending Audrey Street - No information. west-southwest to Elmdale and south of Dacosta originally called Auto Club Drive - Named after Francis. Road never material• Dacosta, date of change un• Automobile Association of ized. - known. Named for city on west America, which has offices on Akron Street - Changed from Mitch• end of route. that road. ell April 1, 1924. Named for city Annapolis - Named for United Avondale - Formerly Highland, date in Ohio, headquarters for Fir• States Naval Academy in Mary• of change unknown. Name de• estone Tire & Rubber Company. land. rived from river in England. Alber Street - Originally called Al• Anne - Probably named for Queen (Avondale) - Original name of Hart• bert, date of change unknown. Anne of England. well. Date of change uncertain. Named for Fr. Cyprian Alber, (Anne H. Street) - Original name of Bailey Street - Named for Henry & who aided Fr. Anthony Buech- Melbourn north of Cherry Hill, Nellie Bailey, who surveyed and senmann occasionally 1915- changed November 1925. subdivided subdivision in pre• 1920'at St. Alphonsus Church. Anselm - Named for St. Anselm sent-day Dearborn Heights in (Albert) - Former name of Alber, Church next to street. 1916. date of change unknown. Anthony Court - Named for street Balch - Early name of Howe, ac• Alexandrine Street - Named for court connects to. cording to early map. Date of Alexandrine H. (Sinclair) Law, Anthony Street - Probably named change unknown. wife of Dr. Theodore V. Law. for Anthony M. Esper, early Baldwin - Possibly for Matthias Will• (Algonquin) - Original name of Dearborn City Councilman. iam Baldwin, 1795-1866, early Jonathon north of Michigan Av• Appleton Street - Possibly for Victor maker of steam locomotives. enue. Date of change unknown. Appleton (pen name of Edward Banner Street - No information. Named for Indian tribe. Stratemeyer), who wrote "Tom Barclay Court - Named for nearby Alice Street - Possibly named for Swift." Barclay Street. Alice (Woodworth) Steadman, Appoline Street - No information. Barclay Street - Possibly named for daughter of Alfred and Phoebe Ardmore Park - Possibly named for Robert Barclay (1648-90), Scot• (Smith) Woodworth, wife of Al• Ardmore, Pa., where the Autocar tish Quaker apologist whose bert Steadman. Co. of Ardmore, Pa., improves Truth Triumphant (1692), a col• (Alice) - Former name of Hemlock its 1897 model by adding acety• lection of his writings, describes west of PMRR. lene headlights and kerosene and defends the tenets of Quak• Altar Road - Named for churches side lamps. erism. along road. Formerly part of Argyle Street - Named for former , Barrie Street - Named for Sir James original Ford Road before divided western county of Scotland. Matthew Barrie (1860-1937), highway next to it was built. (Arlington Court) - Former name of Scottish author of "Peter Pan. Amazon Avenue - Formerly West- Winchester, date of change un• Barrington Place - Named for older em, north of Dix; formerly Culver, known. community in Rhode island. changed Feb. 14, 1922. Named Arlington Street - Named for city in (Barry) - One time street which ran for river in Brazil, where Ford Massachusetts. along MCRR from what is today experimented with rubber trees. (Arlington) - Former name of Ver• Jefferson to Tenny. Amboy - Possibly named for New non south of Cherry Hill, date of Bayhan - Unknown. England railroad. change unknown. (Beamer) - Former name of Regi• Arnold - Unknown. nald, date of change unknown. Page One (Beatty Place) - Original name of (Billy Grey's Road) - Early name of Brainard Street - Named for Anna Woodcroft Drive. Name changed Cherry Hill from Military to the Elizabeth Brainard (1858-1941), in 1953. Rouge River. Name shown on maiden name of Mrs. Samuel B. Beaver - Named for animal. 1893 map. Date of change to Long. Bedford - Possibly for city in New Northview, former name of Brandt Street - No information. York or county in England. Cherry Hill, unknown. Branford Lane - Named for city in Beech Daly - Originally called Daly Biltmore - Named for Biltmore Connecticut. Road south of Cherry Hill and House at Asheville, N.C., home Brentwood Drive - No information. Prairie north of Cherry Hill, later of railroad heir George Washing• Brewster Road - Named for city in changed to Jim Daly and finally ton Vanderbilt II. House was the Massachusetts. to Beech Daly. Daly comes from world's largest private house Brooklawn - Unknown. early landowner, Beech from when built. Brookline Lane - Named for city in name with name of village Bingham Street - Originally called Massachusetts. (Beech) at Pere Marquette Rail• Jean south of Michigan Avenue. Brookwood Lane - No information. road crossing north of Plymouth Date of change uncertain. Origi• Bryan Street - Possibly named for Road. Date of name changes nally called Winfield north of William Jennings Bryan. unknown. PMRR. Date of change. uncer• Buckingham Street - Named for Beech Street - Formerly Oak, tain. Named for Kinsley S. Bing• Buckingham Palace. changed June 1919; formerly ham, governor of Michigan 1855- Bunning - No information. Moiony, changed August 1919. 59. Burger Street - Probably named for Named for tree. Birch Street - Formerly Linden, one of three sons of Jacob Beech Tree - Named for tree. changed November 1925. Burger: Joseph, Mathias or Beech crest - Unknown. Named for tree. Nicholas. Jacob Burger and wife Beechmont Street - No information. Birchcrest Drive - No information. Mary Meisen immigrated to (Beeson) - Changed to Haigh June Blair Court - No information. Springwells in 1848 from Mas• 1919. Named for Maria Bond (Blanche) - Original name of High• burg, Rhineland, Germany. They Beeson, wife of Charles M. Garri• land north of Cherry Hill, had nine children. son. changed November 1925. Burley Street - No information. Belmont - Formerly Noble, date of Biand Street-No information. Buriwood - No information. change unknown. Belmont Park Blesser Street - Named for Blesser (Burnette) - Former name of Prin• Subdivision. Subdivision prob• family. John Blesser, who came cess, date of change unknown. ably named for city in Massachu• from Masburg, Rhineland, Ger• Burns Street - Named for either setts. many, in 1843, owned farm John Burns, late 1800s local (Belmont) - Former name of Welch, south of Warren Avenue from blacksmith or James D. Burns, date of change unknown. Schaefer west to approximately Detroit hotel man and former Belton Lane - Originally called Maple. Wayne County sheriff. Originally Noble, date of change unknown. Blossingham - Named for Fritz called Roberts Street, date of Bennett Street - Named for William Blossingham, former police chief change unknown. Original plan Bennett, early farmer and land• of Inkster during the 1940s and of street had road running from owner 1950s. The street was named Scott south to city limit. Bennington Lane - Named for city when that area was still part of (Burns) - Former name of Lapeer, in Vermont. the village of Inkster. Roulo to city limit, date of (Benouke?) - Planned street in Boldt Street - Named for Elizabeth change unknown. north Dearborn Heights two Boldt, in real estate until around Butler Road - Named for William F. blocks east of Inkster Road run• 1932. Butler, former Wayne County ning from Ford Road south two (Bolies) - Former name of Madison Road Commissioner. blocks. Road was never devel• from Monroe to Elmdale, Byfield Lane - Named for city in oped. changed November 1925. Massachusetts. Berea - Possibly named for city in Named for Laura Whitmore Byrd Street - Named for Adm. Ohio near Cleveland. Bolies, niece of William Nowlin; Richard E. Byrd (1888-1957), ex• Berkley Street - Possible corrupted she lived on Monroe. plorer. version of English town where Bonair - French for "good air." Calhoun Street - Originally called Edward il was murdered. (Bonaparte) - Former name of Joy Raymond south of Michigan Av• Berkshire Street - Named for Road, date of change unknown. enue. Date of change uncertain. county in England. Named for Napoleon Bonaparte, Originally called Hartwell north of Bern - Named for city in Switzer• presumably because of heavy PMRR. Date of change uncer• land. influence of French settlers in tain. Named for John Calhoun, Bertram Street - Named for George area. vice president of the United A. Bertram who brought his fam• Boone Lane - Possibly named for States (1825-1832) under John ily to Springwells in 1849. He Daniel Boone. Quincy Adams and Andrew Jack• settled on 28 acres along Roulo Boston Street - Originally called son. Creek near Oakman. Roulo Wexford (one map shows Rex- Calvin Street - Originally Columbia, Creek ran roughly from where ford), changed November 1925; changed November 1925 to Dix Avenue crosses the Rouge changed from boulevard to av• Coolidge, changed December River northwest through what is enue March 1931. Named for city 1929 to Calvin. Named for Calvin today the Rouge Plant to just of Boston, one of three (originally Coolidge. west of the Super Kmart com• four) consecutive city-name Cambourne - Unknown. plex. streets west of Telegraph. Cambridge (DH)- Named for city in Berwick Lane - Named for borough Bowles Street - No information. Massachusetts or county in En• of England. Brady Street - Formerly Gray, gland. Berwyn - Previously called Waken- changed June 1919; formerly Cambridge Drive (Dbn) - Named don{?). Date of change unknown. Mulligan south of Michigan Av• for county in England. Section possibly named for suburb of enue, changed July 1971. Prob• south of Michigan originally Chicago. ably named for John Brady, early called Vivian. farmer and landowner.

Page Two (Cambridge) - Former name of Le• Cherokee - Named for Indian tribe. Colleen Court - Unknown. high, date of change unknown. ' Cherry Hill Road - Formerly North- College - One of three consecutive Named for city in Massachusetts or view, changed 1919. Section be• streets named for nearby Henry county in England. tween Military and Rouge River Ford Community College. Others Campbell Street - Named for John A. originally caWad Billy Grey's Road are College and Campus. Campbell, subdivider of Campbell's on 1893 map. Named for commu• Colonial Lane - Unknown. Dearborn Villa, 1919. nity of Cherry Hill in western Colson Street - Originally called Campus - One of three consecutive Wayne County to which road leads. Roulo west of Greenfield. streets named for nearby Henry Cherry Street - Named for tree. Columbia Street - Named for Univer• Ford Community College. Others (Chester) - Former name of Thomas sity in New York City. are College and University. Place, changed January 1974. (Columbia) - Original name of Parker Campus Court - Named for street Chestnut Street - Named for tree. from current Columbia south, upon which court lets out onto. (Chestnut) - Original name of Park changed November 1925. Canfield - Named for John L. Canfield, from Tenny to Monroe, changed (Columbia) - Original name of Calvin, first mayor of Dearborn Heights. June 1919. changed to Coolidge, west of Tele• Canterberry Street - Cathedral city in (Chestnut) - Changed to Sherwood graph, November 1926; changed to Kent. Originally spelled Canterbury. Drive October 1952. Calvin December 1929. Carlton Lane - Named for English city. (Chestnut Ridge) - Ran from Monroe Commerce Drive North - Named for Carlysle Court - Named for street on to Elmdale, changed to Hamilton, industrial park. which it sits. November 1925, later changed to Commerce Drive South - Named for Carlysle Street - Proposal made in Outer Drive, March 1931. industrial park. 1927 to extend street to Rouge Chicago Street - Originally Norfolk Constance - Formerly named Dow, Plant. Extension never happened. west of Westwood, changed to date of change unknown. No information on name origin. Chicago November 1925 (road is Constance Court - Named for street Carolee Lane - Named far Candy still Norfolk farther West in Inkster); court connects to. Garling's mother, Carolee. Candy changed from boulevard to avenue (Continental Parkway) - Changed to Garling was builder Fred Garling's March 1931. Named for Illinois city, Reckinger Road, date unknown. wife. one of three (originally four) con• Cooke Street - No information. Cass Street - Named for Lewis Cass, secutive city-name streets west of Coolidge - Named for President Calvin territorial governor of Michigan Telegraph. Coolidge. 1813-31, and U.S. Secretary of Chovin Street - Formerly called Ten• (Coolidge) - Former name of Calvin, State 1857-60. nyson, changed April 1924. Named changed December 1929; Origi• Castle Street - Formerly Civic, date of for Francois Chauvin (Chovin), nally called Columbia, changed No• change unknown. Possibly named French ribbon farmer in area. vember 1925. for Windsor Castle. Christine Court - No information. (Coolidge) - Former name of Schaefer Cecile - Unknown. (Church) - Former name of Lowrey, Highway from March 1931 to April Cedar - Previously called Elm, changed April 1924. 1931; suggested change in August changed November 1925. Street (Church) - Formerly Keveney, later 1926. ran from Oakwood southwest to changed to Grindley Park, date of (Cora) - One-block road which ran Snow. Uncertain if street even still changes unknown. from Culver to Hollywood northeast exists. Named for tree. (Civic) - Former name of Castle, date of Oakwood. No longer in exist• (Center Street) - Former name of of change unknown. ence. Monroe Street from Beech to Clairview - Unknown. Cornell Court - Named for street court Rouge River. Street continued Clairview Court - Named for street connects to. south along Snow to Elmdale, at court connects to. Cornell Street - Named for Cornell one time ending at Rouge River. Claremont Street - Named for New University in Ithaca, New York. Name changed August 1919. So Hampshire city. Coulter Street - Possibly named for named because road was center of Cleveland Street - Originally called farm implement. A coulter is a downtown of original village of Oakdale from Monroe to Elmdale, blade or wheel attached to the Dearborn before first annexation. changed November 1925. Named beam of a plow that makes vertical Central Park Drive - Named because for Ohio city. cuts in the soil in advance of the drive encircles city's main park (Clifton) - Former name of Parker plowshare. around community center. from Columbia to Outer Drive. Country Lane - Unknown. Centralia - Unknown. Clinton Lane - Named for city in Courtyard Drive - Named for hotel on Century Drive - No information. Massachusetts. road. Charles Street - Formerly Walclu, Clippert - Named for Conrad Clippert, Cranbrook - Unknown. changed December 1931 because founder of Clippert Brick Company Crandell Street - No information. name was difficult to pronounce. and one-time Wayne County Sher• Cranford Lane - Named for New No information on street name• iff. Jersey city. sake. Cobb Street - Possibly named for Ty Crescent Court - Named for street Chartesworth - Named for Matthew Cobb. court connects to. Charlesworth, early farmer and Coburn Street - Formerly Leonard, Crescent Drive - No information. landowner. date of change unknown. Crestmont Lane - Unknown. Charlesworth Court - Named for Coleman Street - Named for Euphe- Crestview Street - No information. street court connects to. mia Coleman, wife of Frank Cole• Crestwood - Named for informal com• Chase Road - Originally called Palmer man, who was the overseer of the munity in area. Road, date of change unknown. Ternes family farm. The farm ran Croissant Street - No information. Street originally turned southeast from Chase Road to Greenfield, Cromwell Street - Originally called and continued along Schlaff. Road• Ford Road to Warren Avenue. De• Kornofski from Martha to Outer way continuing southwest was velopers decided to name the street Drive, changed to North Reginald called Drysdale. Date of changes for Euphemia Coleman because November 1925, then changed to unknown. Named for Samuel P. she cooked meals for the develop• Cromwell from Martha to South Chase. ers while they were working- Reginald March 1931. Named for Cheltenham - Named for municipal Colgate - Formerly Ann Arbor, date of Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), Lord borough of west-central England, change unknown. Named for col• Protector of England, 1653-1658. south of Birmingham. lege in Hamilton, N.Y. Page Three (Cromwell) - Original name of Regi• (Dearnan) - Originally called Town- (Doyle) - Proposed new name for nald from Nash to Reginald; line Road, now Inkster Road. Helen in east Dearborn in March changed March 1931. Dates of changes unknown. 1931, proposal failed. Cronin - Unknown. Decatur Street - Previously called Drexel Street - Named for famed Culver Street - Named for Culver Fordson, originally Ford Avenue, Philadelphia family which started City, Calif., by Robert Herndon, changed to Decatur November major banking firm. one of the developers of Dear• 1925. Named for Stephen Deca• (Drexel) - Former name of Freder• born Aviation Subdivision, spent tur (1779-1820), American naval ick, changed early 1930s. 10 years in real estate in Califor• hero. Driscoll Street - No information. nia. Deerfield - Unknown. (Drysdale) - Original name of Chase (Culver) - Former name of Amazon, Denwood Street - Originally Wash• from Michigan Avenue to Schlaff. changed Feb. 14, 1922. ington north of Cherry Hill, Date of name change uncertain. (Cumberland) - Original name of changed November 1925. Dudley - Possibly named for city in Evangeline. Date of change un• Detroit Industrial Expressway - No Massachusetts. known. Named for city in Mary• information. (Duffield) - Named for Samuel land. Detroit Street - Named for city of Pierce Duffield (1833-1916), co- Cummings - Named for e.e. cum- Detroit. founder of Parke, Davis & Com• mings, American writer. Devonshire Street - Named for pany. Came to Dearborn as phy• (Cummings) - Two-block stretch of county in England. sician and chemist. Originally road running south of Ford Road (Devonshire) - Former name of called Dearborn Road. Road re• due north of Cummings in south Sussex, date of change un• mains as Fair Lane, the back Dearborn Heigtvts. Road was known. road at University of Michigan mapped out but never developed. (Dewey) - Former name of Wyoming Dearborn past Henry Ford Es• Currier - Named for the owners of from Southern to Tireman, tate-Fair Lane. the Currier Lumber Company, changed February 1922. Named Dunning Street - No information. which built the houses in that for Adm. George Dewey (1837- Duxbury Lane - Named for city in area. 1917), victor of the Battle of Massachusetts. Curtis Street - Formerly Schaefer Manila Bay, 1898. Dwight - Unknown. Boulevard, date of change early Diversey Street - Formerly called Eagle Street - Named for eagle 1930s. Named for Leonard G. Rome and Esper, changed from boats built by Ford Motor Com• Curtis, surveyor of the M.J. Ford Rome to Esper April 1924, pany at the Ford Rouge Plant Estates Subdivision 1922. changed to Diversey January 1918-19. Dacosta Street - Unknown. 1928. One of three former Ital• East Brooklawn - Unknown. (Dacosta Street) - Original name of ian-named east-west streets in Eastham Road - Named for city in Ann Arbor Trail extending south- northeast Dearborn. Massachusetts. watrd from existing Dacosta (Diversey) - Former name of Wi• (Eaton) - Former name of Eton, date Street. nona, changed November 1925. of change unknown. Dale Street - English suffix for (Diversey) - Former name of North Eden - Unknown. valley. * Mohawk, date of change uncer• Edgerton Lane - Named for B.G. Dallas Street - Formerly Marlbor• tain. Edgerton, Realtor ough, changed March 1931. (Division Road) - Former name of (Edgerton) - Renamed Kentucky Named for Dallas, Texas. One of Greenfield Road north of Michi• August 1926. Named for B.G. three streets in neighborhood gan Avenue, changed March Edgerton, Realtor named for Texas and its cities. 1930. So named because road Edgewood Street - Formerly named Daniels - Unknown. was division between Springwells Nellie, changed 1950. Possibly (Daniels) - Two-block stretch of road and Dearborn townships. named for unincorporated com• running south of Ford Road due Dix Avenue - Named for John Dicks munity in northwestern Taylor north of Daniels in south Dear• (Dix), early French ribbon farmer. Township (now city of Taylor). born Heights. Road was mapped Road further south is called To• Edinborough - Named for city in out but never developed. ledo Road, because it was a Scotland. Named chosen be• Danvers Lane - Named for city in main thoroughfare from Detroit cause builder of area, Mr. Macin• Massachusetts. to Toledo in the early part of this tosh, was of Scottish descent Dartmouth Street - Named for Dart• century. and selected names from his mouth College in Hanover, N.H. Dixie Lane - Named for nickname of homeland. (Davie) - Former name of Yinger, south. Edison Street - Formerly Adeline, changed April 1924. Dolphin Court - Formerly Lee, date changed April 1932. Named for Dawson - Possibly named for of change unknown. Thomas Alva Edison. former capital of Yukon Territory. Dolphin Street - Unknown. Edith - Unknown. (Dearborn Road) - Original name of Donald Street - No information Edna Street - Named for Edna Industrial Street, date of change Donaldson Street - Formerly Peck- Hattie Clippert (1887-1946), old• unknown. Road is continuation ham, changed November 1925. est daughter of George H. Clip- of Dearborn Street in Detroit. Named for Ben R. Donaldson, pert. (Dearborn Road) - Previous name director and advertiser at Ford (Edna) - Original name of Omar, of Fair Lane Drive. Street was Motor Company. changed December 1929. continuation of Industrial and (Dorothy) - Former name of Hol• Edsel Street - Originally called Dearborn Road much farther lander from Mildred to Telegraph. Ruth, changed April 1924. south. Originally called Ann Ar• Date of change unknown. Named for Edsel B. Ford (1893- bor north of Michigan Avenue. Dover Lane - Named for city in 1942), son of Henry Ford. Name changed to Duffield, then Delaware or England. Edward N. Hines Drive - Named for to Fair Lane Drive. (Dow) - Former name of Constance, Edward Hines, former director of Dearborn Road - Named for village date of change unknown. Wayne County Parks & Recre• of Dearborn. Doxtator Street - Surname of family ation Department Dearborndale - Named for Dear• friends of developer A.K. Nash, Edward Street - Named for King born Township. who subdivided part of northwest Edward VIII of England. Dearborn.

Page Four (Edwin) - Former name of Wyoming (Euclid) - Former name for part of Firestone Street - Formerly Park- from Michigan Avenue southward Hamilton, changed November wood, changed April 1924. one block, name changed Febru• 1925, later part of Outer Drive, Named for Harvey Samuel Fir• ary 1922. changed March 1931. Ran from estone, tire manufacturer and Elizabeth Street - Named for Queen Monroe to Mizner (Pardee). close friend of Henry Ford. Elizabeth II (then Princess Eliza• (Eugenia) - Former name of Mc• First - One of three consecutive beth). Donald west of Gulley. Date of numbered streets in mobile (Elizabeth) - Former name of Rose• change unknown. home subdivision in north Dear• mary, date of change unknown. Eugene Street - No information. born Heights. Named for Elizabeth Esper, An• Evangeline - Possibly named for Fleming - Named for native of thony Esper's wife. Evangeline Lindbergh, Charles A. Flanders.. Ellar Street - No information. Lindbergh's mother. Originally (Fleming's Court) - Road no longer (Ellis) - Former name of Paul, date called Cumberland. Date of exists. Court connected to Dear• of change unknown. change unknown. born Road. Elm Street - Formerly Elmdale, (Evawal) - Changed December 1931 (Florence) - Former name of Lodge changed June 1919. Named for to Michaels because of difficult Lane, date of change unknown. tree. pronunciation. (Foley) - Changed to Gregory Au• (Elm) - Former name of Cedar, Evergreen Road - Name for tree. gust 1919. Named for Dr. changed November 1925. Cur• Executive Plaza Drive - No infor• Charles Thomas Foley (1844- rent name of road unknown. mation. 1933), a Dearborn physician. (Elm) - Original name of Newman (F&PM) - Former name of Marvin, Ford Avenue - Original name of from Mason to''Military. Date of changed February 1926. Named Fordson, changed November change unknown. for Flint & Pere Marquette Rail• 1925. See Fordson entry for Elmdale Court - Named for nearby road. more information. Elmdale Street. Fair Lane - Named for Henry Ford's Ford Road - Named for William Elmdale Street - Probably named home. Originally called Ann AR- Ford (1826-1905), father of for tree. Proposal made in 1927 bor, then Dearborn Road, then Henry Ford. Road passed to extend street southwestward Duffield, uncertain when names through Ford's property. to connect with Monroe. changed. (Ford) - Former name of Lapeer, (Elmdale) - Former name of Elm Fairlane Park - Named for develop• Salina to Ferney, date of change south of Michigan, changed June ment. unknown. 1919. Fairlane Woods Drive - Named for (Ford Grand) - Original name of (Elmdale) - Original name of Lafay• development it is in. Jonathon south of Michigan Av• ette south of Cherry Hili, changed Fairmount Court - Named for street enue. Date of change uncertain. November 1925. court connects to. Fordson - Originally called Indepen• Elon - Unknown. Fairmount Street - No information. dence. Road ran along Golfview Elon Court - Named for street court Fairview - Named for the northern from Ford Road to Outer Drive, connects to. Michigan community, Fairview, continued along Outer Drive to Emanon Street - "No Name" spelled where builder Fred Garling had a Outer Drive Court, along current backwards. lodge. Fordson, bending westward Emerson Street - Possibly named Fairview Court - Named for street along street originally called for poet Ralph Waldo Emerson. court connects to. Myrtle, to Telegraph. Name (Emerson) - Former name of South- Fairway Drive - Named for golf changed to Ford Avenue June field Road from Michigan Avenue course nearby. 1919. Changed to Fordson from south to State Street near city Fairwood - Unknown. present-day Ford Road to Tele• limit, date of change unknown; Falcon Avenue - Named for bird. graph November 1925. Proposed possibly named for Arthur L. (Farland) - Original name of Park change to Lilly March 1931, Tele• Emerson, early justice of the west of Nowlin, changed August graph to South Fordson, pro• peace. 1919. Named for Farland family, posal failed. Section along Outer Emery - Unknown. pioneers of Dearborn. Drive changed March 1931. Sec• Enfield Lane - City in Connecticut. Fellrath - Named for Frank Fellrath, tion along golf course changed to (Esper Avenue) - Former name of early farmer. Family had large Golfview in 1950. Section north Patton Avenue between Spring• farm at what is today Beech Daly of York changed to Outer Drive wells (now Esper) and Greenfield and Michigan Avenue. Road Court, date uncertain. Section (now Littlefieid), changed August originally ran from the back of south of Outer Drive changed to 1926. former name of Diversey, the farm southward. Ruth March 1931, later changed changed January 1928. Fenton - Formerly named Washing• back to Fordson, date unknown. Esper Boulevard - Formerly called ton, changed December 1925. Named for Henry Ford and son, Springwells Boulevard, changed Possibly named either for city of Edsel. August 1926. Named for Peter Fenton or for William M. Fenton, (Fordson) - Original name of Deca• Esper, early east Dearborn pio• Michigan Lt. Gov. in 1847, for tur, changed November 1925. neer family, or Anthony Esper, whom city was named. Forest Hills - Named for residential his son and early farmer. Fern Street - Named for plant. section of New York City in (Esper) - Formerly named Rome, (Ferndale) - Former name of Vernor central Queens on western Long changed April 1924; former Highway. Name changed in early Island. name of Diversey, changed 1930s. (Fort Boulevard) - Original name of January 192S. Ferney Street - Originally called Oakwood Boulevard south of Essex Street - Named for historic Solvay Avenue from Riverside to MCRR. Date of change unknown. region in southeast England. Eagle. Changed February 1922. Fort Dearborn - Possibly named for (Essex) - Original name of Hudson, (Fernwood) - Previous name of old name of Chicago. name change date uncertain. Theisen. Originally called Men- Fourth - One of several numbered Named for county in England. dota. Date of changes uncertain. streets in mobile home subdivi• Eton - Formerly Eaton, date of Figueroa - Unknown. sion. change unknown. Named for Foxcroft - Unknown. British prep academy

Page Five (Francis Park) - Previous name of Glenis - Named for the oldest (Grindley Park) - Former name of Olmstead from Outer Drive to daughter of developer A.K. Nash, Outer Drive from Hamilton curve just past Nowlin, changed who subdivided part of northwest (Outer Drive) to Michigan Av• November 1925. Dearborn and north Dearborn enue, changed March 1931. Francis Street - Probably named for Heights. Gulley Place - Named for Alfred B. Francis X. Schaden, land devel• Glover Street - Formerly Wister Gulley, early resident oper and Realtor in Springwells, from Southfield to Linden, Gulley Road - Named for Alfred B. Fordson and Dearborn. changed November 1925. Possi• Gulley, early farmer and land• Franklin Street - Formerly Lucille, bly named for Glover Watson, owner. from Cherry Hill to Marshall. one of the subdividers of Bel• Haggerty Street - Formerly Thayer Changed March 1931. Named for mont Park Subdivision. east of Miller Road, changed Benjamin Franklin. Golfcrest Court - Named for street April 1924. Named for John Freda Street - No information. court connects to. Strong Haggerty, local brick Frederick Street - Originally called Golfcrest Drive - Named for nearby manufacturer and Michigan Sec• Drexel. Name changed in eariy golf course. retary of State. 1930s. Golfview Drive - Originally Indepen• Haigh Street - Previously Beeson (Fresno) - Original name of dence Avenue, changed to Ford north of Michigan Avenue, and Northampton. Date of change Avenue June 1919, changed to Lincoln south of Michigan Av• unknown. One of several streets Fordson November 1925, re• enue, ail changed August 1919 in subdivision named for parts of named Golfview September to Haigh. Named for Richard California by developer Robert 1950, Named for nearby golf Haigh Sr., Dearborn pioneer. Herndon, who spent 10 years in course. Street was part of origi• (Hamilton Boulevard) - Previously real estate in California. nal northern boundary of old name of Outer Drive from Grind• (Freud) - Former name of Porath, Detroit Arsenal grounds. North• ley Park to Southfield Road; changed February 1922. Named western boundary ran from changed March 1931. formerly for Dr. Sigmund Freud. Rouge River to Telegraph along Euclid, Chestnut and Warren Av• Gabriel Richard - Named for Gab• diagonal lining up with Golfview. enue, changed November 1925. riel Richard Center which sits on Gould Street - Previously called Hamilton Street - Originally Kyle, road. Marconi, changed April 1924. changed November 1925. (Garden Court) - Name of street One of three former Italian- Named for Alexander Hamilton, listed as "south one block to named east-west streets in north• first U.S. secretary of the trea• 23500 Michigan Avenue, one east Dearborn. sury. block west of Outer Drive. Uncer• (Grace) - Former name of Neckel, (Hamilton) - Original name of Hard• tain whether street was north or date of change unknown. Unsuc• ing, changed to Warren north of south of Michigan Avenue. Road cessful City Councii vote held Carlysle November 1925, all no longer exists if south of Michi• July 1924 to change name back changed to Harding March 1930. gan. to Grace. Hampshire Court - Named for Brit• Garling Drive - Named for eariy Graceland - Unknown. ish island. builder and developer Fred Gar• Graceland Circle - Unknown. Hampton Court - Named for historic ling. Graham Street - Formerly Vernor, section of London. (Garling Drive) - Changed to Msgr. changed March 1931. Named for Hanover - Formerly Lancaster, date Hunt Drive from Town Lane to three Graham brothers, officers of change unknown. Probably Warren Avenue. in Graham-Paige Motors 1927- named for House of Hanover, Garrison Street - Named for 1940. former rulers of England. Charles M. Garrison (1837- Grandview Court - No information. Harding Avenue - Formerly Warren 1910), president of Detroit Board (Gray) - Changed to Brady in June Street, changed March 1930 to of Tcade, 1873, land developer. 1919. Changed to Northview, avoid confusion with Warren Av• Section east of Outer Drive 1920. Named for William Gray, enue; Formerly Hamilton, date of named February 1965. early farmer and landowner. change unknown. Named for Gary Street - Named for Albert Grayfield Avenue - Formerly Paul, President Warren G. Harding. Gary, former Supreme Court date of change unknown. Harding Street - Formerly Warren judge. (Greenfield Boulevard) - Former Street, changed March 1930 to Geneva Court - Named for street name of Littlefield Boulevard, avoid confusion with Warren Av• court connects to. changed post-August 1926. enue; formerly Hamilton north of Geneva Street - Named for city in Greenfield Road - Originally called Carlysle, changed November Switzerland. Town Line Road. Street north of 1925. Named for President War• (Geneva) - Original name of Ward, Michigan Avenue changed to Di• ren G. Harding. changed November 1925. vision Road in April 1924. All (Hardscrabble) - Former name of George - Named for former King changed to Greenfield March Madison, name used in William George V of England. 1931. Named for old Greenfield A. Nowiin's "The Bark Covered (Georgina) - Planned street in east Township. House." Renamed Monroe Boule• Dearborn. Road never really ex• Gregory Street - Originally called vard, Madison to Van Born and isted. Street listed in 1927, but Foley, changed August 1919. renamed Bolles from Monroe to not in 1928. Location unknown. Named for William T. Gregory, Elmdale, dates uncertain. All re• Gertrude Street - No information. social representative for Ford named Madison November 1925. (Gildow Avenue) - Original name of Motor Company. .. Harriet - Unknown. Hubbard Drive, changed March Grindley Park - Previously Keveney Hartwell Street - Street originally 1972; formerly Pullman, west of and Church, date of name called Avondale. Date of change Greenfield, changed March 1931. changes uncertain; changed from uncertain. Named for Milton H. Gilbert, boulevard to avenue March 1931. (Hartwell) - Original name of Cal• president, and Charles G. Dow, Also called Adair north of Madi• houn north of PMRR. Date of secretary of Orchard Park Land son and University south of change uncertain. Company. Madison (1917). Dates of Harvard Street - Named for univer• Glengary - Named for town in Scot• changes unknown. Named for sity in Chariestown, Mass. land. Robert Grindley, early land• owner.

Page Six Hass - Possibly after Julius H. Hass, Hickory Court - Named for street (Howard) - Original name of Reuter president of the Peoples court connects to. between Michigan Avenue and WayneCounty Bank in the late Hickory Street - Formerly Parker, PMRR. Street likely ran north 1920s. changed November 1925. from Michigan to PMRR, angled Havelock - Named for Sir Henry Named for tree. northwest along tracks and Havelock (1795-1857), British Hickorywood - Named for wood turned west at what is today soldier. from hickory tree. Henn. Renamed Reuter, March Hawthorne Street - Originally called Hickorywood Court - Named for 1922. East-west section renamed Park, changed November 1925. street court connects to. Hubbard, November 1929. Re• Named for author Nathaniel (Higgs) - Former name of Sylvia, named Henn, December 1929. Hawth o rn e, wh o wrote "Th e date of change unknown. Named for Howard Ternes, Scarlet Letter," among other Highland Street - Originally called Springwells Township official. Di• works. Blanche, changed November agonal section along railroad Hazel - Unknown. 1925. Named for Dearborn High• probably never developed and Hazelton Avenue - Possibly after lands subdivision. was eventually forgotten. the Hazelton half of Hazelton & (Highland) - Former name of Avon- (Howard) - Original name of Nona Clark, general contractors. dale, date of change unknown. west of Jefferson extention south Heather Drive - Named for ever• Highview Street - Named for subdi• of railroad track. Date of name green bush. vision and land company, 1916. change unknown. Heather Lane - Named for ever• Hill - Unknown. Howe Street - Named for Elba D. green bush. Hillside - Named for street's proxim• Howe, mortician and founder of Heinze Street - Named for Paul ity to side of hill. Howe-Peterson Funeral Home. Heinze, surveyor of Dearborn (Hillside Terrace) - Street one block Road originally continued north Highlands Subdivision. west of Telegraph connecting to to cross the Rouge River. Origi• Helen Street - Michigan Avenue to Michigan Avenue. Road no nally called Balch, according to north end of street, proposed longer exists. 1876 map. Date of change un• change to Doyle in March 1931, Hipp Avenue - No information. known. but other Helen in city was (Hoefler)- Original name of Home- (Howe) - Former name of Universal, changed instead. Possibly place. Date of change unknown. date of change unknown. named for Helen Melissa (Wood- (Holden) - Original name of Tire• Hubbard Drive - Previously Gildow worth) Mead, wife of William man, date of change unknown. Avenue west of Greenfield, Mead, daughter of Alfred and Named for Ebenezer G.D. changed March 1972. Originally Phoebe (Smith) Woodworth. Holden, Michigan Secretary of Pulfman west of Greenfield, (Helen) - Former name of Polk, State 1875-78. changed March 3, 1931. Named name changed April 1936 to Hollander Street - Formerly called for Orville Hubbard, Dearborn avoid confusion with Helen Street Dorothy from Mildred to Tele• mayor. in east Dearborn. graph, date of change unknown. Hubbard Street - Named for Bessie Hemlock Street - Named for tree. Strip between Silvery Lane and Hubbard, wife of Jackson Previously named Alice west of Gulley changed to Msgr. Herbert Howard Pardee. PMRR, date of change unknown. Weier Drive, date uncertain. (Hubbard) - Formerly Howard, Hendrickson Drive - Unknown. Holly Street - Named for plant changed March 1922. Formerly Henn Street - Formerly Howard, Hollywood Street - Named for Cul• Reuter, changed November changed March 1922, formerly ver City, Calif., by Robert Hern• 1929. Renamed Henn, changed Reuter, changed November don, one of the developers of December 1929. 1929, formerly Hubbard, Dearborn Aviation Subdivision, Hubbell Street - Named for Clar• changed December 1929. Possi• spent 10 years in real estate in ence W. Hubbell, engineer of bly named for Joe Henn, former California. Hubbell, Hargering & Roth. Fordson city official, including Homeplace - Formerly called Hoe• • Hudson Street - Probably named Commissioner of DPW, or mem• fler, date of change unknown. either for explorer Hudson or J.L. ber of Peter Joseph Henn family, Homer Street - Named for Greek Hudson. Originally called Essex, a pioneer family of Springwells. poet. date of name change uncertain. Henn and family immigrated to Hopkins - Formerly Stanton, date of (Huff) - Former name of Monroe Springwells in 1846. They had change unknown. Possibly south of Madison-Monroe inter• nine children, including four named for Stephen Hopkins, section, changed November sons: Peter, Nicolaus, Joseph judge and one of signers of 1925. Named for George Edward and Peter Joseph Jr. Declaration of Independence. Huff, president of Huff Realty Henry - Possibly named for any of Horger Street - Originally Kenny, Company, 1919. the King Henry's of England. date of change unknown. Named Huron Street - Named for former Henson Street - Formerly Mans• for Charles Horger, supervisor of Indian tribe in area. field, changed July 1974. Named Springwells Township and presi• Ina Street - Originally called Wash• for William Henson, former po• dent of village of Springwells. ington, north of Marlboro, lice officer and Dearborn City Houston Street - Named for Texas changed November 1925. named Councilman, 1930-32. city, one of three streets in neigh• for Ina B. Nash, wife of A.K. Herbert Weier Dr. - Formerly Hol• borhood named for state and its Nash. lander, date of change unknown. major cities. (Independence) - Original name of Named for first pastor of Divine Howard Street - Named for Joshua Golfview, changed to Fordson Child Church. Howard, first commandant of De• June 1919, later changed to Heritage Court - Unknown. troit arsenal. Golfview, September 1950. Heritage Parkway - Named for sub• Indiana Street - Formerly Wiscon• division. sin, changed August 1926. (Heston) - Former name of Wiscon• Named for state. sin Street, changed August 1926. Industrial Street - Originally called Named for Thomas V. Heston, Dearborn Road. Named for mas• Detroit lumber merchant. sive industry near road. Heyden - Unknown.

Page Seven Inkster Road - Originally called Kenilworth Street - Named for book (Lancaster) - Former name of Ha• Townline Road. Later called written by Sir Walter Scott, 1821. nover, date of change unknown. Dearnan. Dates of changes un• Kennedy Drive - Named for John F. Named for city/county in Penn• known. Named for city/village Kennedy. sylvania, which was named for road crosses. City named for Kennedy Lane - Named for John F. town in England, which was Robert Inkster, a Scot who oper• Kennedy. named for English royal house, ated a steam sawmill on inkster Kennedy Street - Named for John 1399-1461. Road near Michigan Avenue. F. Kennedy. Lanson Court - Named for street Iris Street - Named for flower. (Kenny) - Original name of Horger, court connects to. (Irving) - Former name of Lois. Date date of change unknown. Lanson Street - No information. of change unknown. Kensington Street - Named for Lapeer Street - Formerly Ford from Jackson Street - Named for Presi• Kensington Palace, England. Salina to Ferney and Burns from dent Andrew Jackson. Kentucky Street - Formerly Edger• Roulo to city limit; date of Janet - Unknown. ton, changed September 1926. change unknown. Named for Jay - Named either for jay bird or for Named for state. Michigan city. American jurist John Jay. (Keveney) - Formerly Church, later Lapham Boulevard - Changed from (Jean) - Original name of Bingham renamed Grindley Park, changed boulevard to avenue March 1931. south of Michigan Avenue. Date 1919, renamed Outer Drive from Named for Abraham Lapham, of change uncertain. Hamilton (Outer Drive) to Michi• early landowner in both ends of Jefferson Street - Formerly named gan Avenue in March 1931. Dearborn. Sioss, date of change unknown. Named for Michael Keveney (Lapham) - Former name of Military Named for President Thomas (1827-99), landowner. from Michigan Avenue south to Jefferson. Kimberly Lane - No information. Elmdale; changed March 1931 Jerome Street - Formerly Terry, Kingsbury Street - No information. (Laurain Avenue) - Street one block east of Greenfield, changed Kingsley Street - No information. east of Miller Road running north March 1931. Named for George Kingston - Named for city in Ja• from Dix. Road no longer exists. Jerome, surveyor of Westland maica.. Law Street - Named for Dr. The• Subdivision, village of Spring• Kingswood Drive - Unknown. odore V. Law, early Dearborn wells engineer in early 1920s. Kinloch - Previously known by dif• physician. (Jim Daly Road) - Former name of ferent name. No other informa• Lawrence Street - Changed from Beech Daly Road, named for son tion available. boulevard to avenue March 1931. of Daly family, early farming Kinmore - Referred to in early print Named for D. Lawrence, early family in area. as Kim more. resident. (John A) - Named for John A. Kinmore Court - Named for street (Lee) - Former name of Dolphin Campbell, land developer. Re• court connects to. Court, date of change unknown. named Woodside March 1952. Kitch - Unknown. Lehigh - Formerly Cambridge, date John Daly - Named for son of Daly Knollwood Drive - Named for wood of change unknown. Named for family,. early farming family. of trees on probably near small university. Originally, called Westwood north hill (knoll). Leland Court - Named for Henry M. of Wilson and in Inkster and (Kornofski) - Original name of Leland, founder of the Cadillac called Montana between Cherry Cromwell from Martha to Outer Motor Car Company, 1902, and Hill and Wilson. Date of changes Drive, changed to North Reginald Lincoln Motor Company, 1920. unknown. November 1925, changed to Lenore - Unknown. John Lyskawa Boulevard - Named Cromwell March 1931. Named Leonard Street - No information. for namesake of VFW Post on for Karl Kornofski, subdivider of (Leonard) - Former name of road. Doxtator and Nash subdivisions. Coburn, date of change un• John Mqnteith - No information. Korte Street - Named for Anthony known. Jonathan Street - Originally called Korte, one of several Korte broth• , (Leonard) - Former name of Marl• Algonquin north of Michigan Av• ers among who the Korte farm boro, date of change unknown. enue, Ford Grand south of Michi• was divided by their father when (Leonard) - Former name of Murray, gan Avenue. Date of name he died. The farm originally ran date of change unknown. changes uncertain. from Westland to Southfield from Liberty Avenue - No information. Joy Road - Formerly Bonaparte Michigan Avenue to Hubbard Liberty Court - Named for street Avenue, date of change un• Drive. When developers wanted court connects to. known. Named for James F. Joy, to buy Anthony Korte's land, he Library Street - Named for John F. influencial Detroit businessman. finally only agreed to sell if they Kennedy Jr. Library, which sits Kandt Street - Named after Charles named a street after his family. on it. Kandt Jr., former president of D7 (Kyle) - Former name of Hamilton, Lila Lane - Unknown. Board of Education and local changed November 1925. (Lilly) - Proposed new name for lumber baron. Lafayette Street - Originally Lincoln, Fordson from Telegraph to South Katherine Street - No information. north of Cherry Hill, and Elmdale Fordson (now Ruth) March 1931; Kaufman - Unknown. in Dearborn Hills, changed No• proposal failed. Kean Street - Section east of Tenny vember 1925; Named for Mar• Lincoln Street - Named for Presi• renamed Mechanic changed Au• quis de Lafayette, Revolutionary dent Abraham Lincoln. gust 1919; section then renamed War hero. (Lincoln) - Former name of Haigh Newman May 1965. Named for (Lafayette) - Street no longer in south of Michigan, changed Au• Michael & Ellen Kean, owners of existence running from Michigan gust 1919 to Beeson, then to what was later Georgia Park Avenue across MCRR to what is Haigh. Subdivision No. 1. today Nona, between Nowlin and (Lincoln) - Original name of Lafay• (Keane) - Original name of one Outer Drive, now part of West• ette, north of Cherry Hill, stretch of Newman, changed to born Mall and parking lot. • changed November 1925. Mechanic August 1919, changed Lamphere Avenue - Unknown. (Lincoln) - Original name of Russell, to Newman May 1965.. changed November 1925. Keith - Unknown. Linden Street - Named for tree. Kendal Street - No information. (Linden) - Original name of Birch, changed November 1925. Page Eight Lin denwood Drive - Named for (Maple) - Former name of Hamilton McMillan Street - No information. wood from tree. from Nona to half-block past Mead Street - Formerly Lowell from Lithgow Street - No information. Beech. Changed to Palm No• Michigan Avenue to Hubbard Littlefield Boulevard - Formerly vember 1925. Changed to Hamil• Drive, changed February 1922. Greenfield Boulevard, changed ton between 1925 and 1931. Named for Helen Melissa (Wood- post-August 1926. Changed to Outer Drive March worth) Mead, wife of William Lloyd Court - Named for William 1931. Mead, daughter of Alfred and Lloyd, landowner who created (Maple) - Former name of Tenny Phoebe (Smith) Woodworth. subdivision. Originally a private north of MCRR, changed Novem• South Mead - Named for Helen road. ber 1925. Melissa (Woodworth) Mead. Loch Lomond - Named for largest (Maple) - Original name of Princeton Meadlawn - Unknown. lake in Scotland. So chosen be• west of Telegraph, changed No• Meadow - Unknown. cause local builder, Mr. Macin• vember 1925. Meadowgrove - No information. tosh, was of Scottish descent (Maples Street) - Original name of Meadowlane Road - No informa• and selected names from his Maple Street. Date of change tion. homeland. unknown. Named for Maples (Mechanic) - Former name of New• Lochdale - Unknown. family, who had a farm abutting man, changed May 1965. One Locust - Named for tree. street. stretch originally called Keane, Lodge Lane - Originally Florence, (Marconi) - Former name of Gould, changed August 1919. date of change unknown. Prob• changed April 1924. Named for Melbourn Street - Originally called ably named for John C. Lodge. Guglielmo Marconi, inventor of Anne H. Street north of Cherry Lois Street - Originally named Irv• trans-Atlantic wireless in Hill, changed November 1925. ing. Date of change unknown. 1901.One of three former Italian- Possibly named for Australia's Long Boulevard - Named for Sam• named east-west streets in north• second largest city. Also spelled uel B. Long, former property east Dearborn. Meiborn in early records. owner where street now Marie Street - No information. (Melford) - Original name of Martha traverses. Marion Street - No information. south of Cherry Hill, changed Long meadow Street - Named for Mark-Unknown. November 1925. city in Massachusetts. Marlboro Street - Formerly called (Mendota) - Original name of Lonyo Street - Listed as Lonio in Leonard, date of change un• Theisen. Street first changed to some early records. No informa• known. Fernwood, then to Theisen. Date tion on name origin. (Marlborough) - Former name of of changes uncertain. (Lorain) - Street one block east of Dallas, Carlysle to Audette, Mercantile Drive - So named be• Miller extending north from Dix. changed March 1931. Named for cause street is a business strip. Road no longer exists. city in Massachusetts. Mercedes - Possibly named for (Lowell) - Original name of Mead Marriott - Named for hotel which Mercedes motorcar.. from Michigan Avenue to Hub• sits along road. Mercier Street - Named for John A. bard Drive, changed February Marshall Street - Named for John Mercier, local brick manufacturer, 1922. Named for city in Massa• Marshall, former justice of the contractor and landowner. chusetts. Supreme Court.. Mercury Drive - Named for Lincoln Lowrey Street - Formerly Church, Martha Street - Originally Melford car Mercury. changed April 1924. Named for south of Cherry Hill, changed Meridian Street - No information. Harvey H. Lowrey, longtime November 1925. Possibly named Merrick Street - No information. school superintendent for Spring• for Martha Bryant, Clara Bryant's Michael - Unknown. wells, Fordson and Dearborn. mother. Michaels Street - Formerly Evawal, Lucerne - Named for city in Switzer• Marvin Street - Formerly F&PM for changed December 1931 be• land.. Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad, cause of difficult pronunciation. Madison Street - Originally called changed February 1926. • Michele - Unknown. Hardscrabble Road, changed to Mason Street - Named for Stevens Michigan Avenue - Formerly Chi• Monroe Boulevard from Van Thomson Mason (1811-1843), cago Road. Named for state. Born to Monroe and to Bolles acting governor, 1835-37; territo• Middlebury Court - Named for from Monroe to Elmdale, dates rial govern and first governor of nearby Middlebury Drive. uncertain. All changed to Madi• the state of Michigan, 1837-39. Middlebury Drive - City in Connecti• son November 1925. Named for (Mather) - Road no longer in exist• cut and Vermont. President James Madison. ence. Street was eastern street of Middlepointe Street - Street name (Maloney) - Changed to Park June two which at one time ran be• originally was two words ("Middle 1919. tween Nowlin and Outer Drive. Pointe"). Manor Street - Formerly Oakman Road ran from Michigan Avenue Middlesex Street - Named for area Avenue south of Warren Avenue, south to hat is today Nona. in England. Oak north of Warren Avenue, Named for Atla Mather, land Midway - Possibly named for Mid• changed August 1926. owner and minister. way Island, American atoll in (Mansfield) - Former name of Hen• May Street - Named for Charles S. Pacific. son, changed July 1974. Named May, Michigan Lt. Governor Military Circle - Unknown. for town in Connecticut. 1863-64 or for Dwight May, Military Court - Named for Military Maple Street - Originally called Michigan Lt. Governor 1867-68. Avenue, which court exits onto. Maples Street. Date of change Mayburn Street - No information. Military Street - Formerly Lapham unknown. Date of change un• Mayfair Street - Formerly Arthur, from Michigan Avenue south to known. Road originally ran to date of change unknown. Named Elmdale, changed March 1931. Dearborn Road, which ran along for residential district of London. Road originally ran northward to north bank of Rouge River. McDonald - Formerly Eugenia west connect with Warren Avenue at Named for Maples family farm of Gulley. Date of change un• Telegraph. Named for military which abutted street on the west. known. reserve which bordered along McKinley Court - Named for street road. court connects to. (Military) - Changed to Outer Drive McKinley Street - Named for Presi• Fordson-Ford Road March 1931. dent William McKinley. Page Nine Miller Road - Named for Marvin D. (Mulligan) - Former name of Brady Normandale Street - Combined Miller, longtime official of Spring- south of Michigan Avenue, form of Norman - the Scandina• wells Township. changed July 1971; formerly vian people who invaded En• Millrace Court - No information. Brady, changed September gland with William the Conqueror (Miriam Street) - Former street be• 1967. Named for Nelson Mulli• in 1066 — and dale, a term for tween Nowlin and Outer Drive gan, Lincoln-Mercury auto dealer valley. from Michigan Avenue to Me• at southwest corner of Michigan Normile Street - Named for Eliza• chanic (Newman). Now part of Avenue and Brady, now Krug beth (Normile) Oakman, mother Westborn Mall parking lot. Lincoln-Mercury. of Robert Oakman. (Mitchell) - Former name of Akron, Murray Street - Formerly Leonard, North Brookside - Named for prox• changed April 1, 1924. date of change unknown. imity to Ecorse Creek. (Mizner) - Original name of Pardee (Myrtle) - Former name of Walnut, North Brookside Court - Named for north of Oxford, changed No• changed November 1925. street court connects to. vember 1925. Named for Tho• (Myrtle) - Original name of Fordson North Coolidge - Named for Presi• mas W. Mizner, owner of parcel from South Fordson to Tele• dent Calvin Coolidge. of land in Electric Railway Addi• graph. (North Dearborn Road) - Early road tion. Nash Street - Named for A.K. Nash, north of Rouge River in south• Mohawk Street - Named for Indian subdivider of Doxtator & Nash east Dearborn which followed an tribe. subdivisions. old Indian trail. The road's route (Mohawk) - Originally Diversey, Neckel Street - Formerly named is somewhere in the Ford Rouge changed to Mohawk, December Grace, date of change unknown. Plant. 1925, changed Ho Winona from City Council voted down motion (North Reginald) - Originally called Beechmont to Rockford March in July 1924 to return street Kornofski from Martha to Outer 1931. Named for Indian tribe. name to Grace. Named for An• Drive, changed November 1925. (Molony) - Former name of Beech thony Neckel' family. Anthony All changed to Cromwell from west of Lapham (Military), Neckel was born in Dungenheim, Martha to South Reginald, March changed August 1919. Named Rhineland, Germany and immi• 1931. for John B. Molony, land owner grated to this country in 1857. He Northampton Street - Originally and developer of the J.B. Molony married Anna Marie Schlaff. called Fresno. Date of change Subdivision, 1891. They had eight children. Neckel unkown. Named for borough in Monroe Street - Formerly Center owned 64 acres of land along England. Street from Rouge River to Pep• Schaefer Road between Ford Northmore - Unknown. per Road (Snow Road), changed Road and Michigan Avenue and (Northview) - Original name of August 1919; road then ran extending westward to Horger Cherry Hill. Name changed 1919. southwest along current route to Street. Road already was Cherry Hill Madison, where it then followed (Nellie) - Former name of Edge- west of Wayne Road. Northview Madison. The road south of Mad• wood, changed September 1950. Cemetery is remnant of original ison-Monroe intersection was Named for Nellie Campbell, wife street name. called Huff, changed November of John A. Campbell. Notre Dame - Originally Philadel• 1925; changed from boulevard to New York Street - Changed from phia west of Telegraph, changed street March 1931. Named for boulevard to avenue March 1931. November 1925. Named for uni• President James Monroe. Named for New York City, one of versity in South Bend, Indiana. (Monroe) - Former name of Grindley three (originally four) consecutive Nowlin Court - Named for nearby Park. city-name streets west of Tele• Nowlin Road. Monsignor Hunt Drive - Formerly graph. Nowlin Road - Named for William Garling. Named for Msgr. Hunt Newman Street - Formerly Me• A. Nowlin, early settler. Knights of Columbus Hall, which chanic, changed May 1965; one Oak Street - Named for tree. sits on street. Date of name stretch formerly Keane, changed •- (Oak) - Ran from Mason 1/2 block change unknown. August 1919. Originally Elm from west. Changed to Beech June (Montana) - Former name of John Mason to Tenny. Date of change 1919. Daly from Cherry Hill to Wilson. unknown. Named for David New• (Oak) - Original name of Manor Date of change unknown. man, land developer in Dearborn north of Warren Avenue, Morley Court - Named for road area. changed 1930. upon which court opens to. Newton Street - Named for Sir (Oakdale) - Previous name of Cleve• Morley Street - Named for Frederick Isaac Newton. land from Monroe to Elmdale, Morley, Detroit newspaper man. Nightingale Street - Named for changed November 1925. Morningside Street - Unknown. Florence Nightingale, famed En• Oakland - Named for city in Califor• Morross Street - Formerly Pompeii, glish nurse. nia. changed April 1924. Named for (Noble) - Former name of Belton, Oakland Court - Named for street Mamie Rose Morross Oakman, date of change unknown. Named court connects to. wife of Robert Oakman.One of for William Noble, early resident. (Oakman Avenue) - Former name three former Italian-named east- Nona Street - Originally called of Manor Avenue, changed Au• west streets in northeast Dear• Howard, probably after Joshua gust 1926. born. Howard, west of Jefferson exten• Oakman Boulevard - Formerly Morrow Circle - Named for Lt. sion south of railroad track. Date Oakman Highway from Tireman Clifford F. Morrow, an army air of change unknown. to Warren, changed August force pilot who flew from the Norborne - Unknown. 1925. Named for Robert Oak• airfield in the area and was killed Norborne Court N. - Unknown. man, early settler and real estate in an air crash near downtown Norborne Court S. - Unknown. developer of Aviation Subdivi• Detroit Nov. 11, 1918. Norfolk - Named for city in Virginia. sion. He created subdivisions Morton - Unknown. (Norfolk) - Original name of Chi• along entire route of Oakman. (Mulkey) - Former name of Wyo• cago Avenue west of Westwood, Oakridge - Unknown. ming from Dix north several changed November 1925. Road blacks. Date of change unknown. farther west in Inkster and Dear• born Heights remains Norfolk. Named for city in Virginia. Page 10 Oakwood Boulevard - Named for Pardee Street - Formerly Mizner (Pepper Road) - Changed to Snow former village it went into, now north of Oxford, changed No• Avenue north of original village part of southwest Detroit. Origi• vember 1925. Named for John line (continuation of Elmdale) Au• nally called Fort Boulevard south W. Pardee, early farmer and gust 1919. Rest changed to of MCRR. Date of change un• landowner. Snow November 1925. Named known. Park Street - Previously Maloney for Edward Pepper, path master Old Colony - Possibly named for (Molony?); Chestnut (from Tenny for District No. 8 in early 1840s nickname of Massachusetts. to Mason), changed August and pioneer in general area. Olmstead Street - Formerly called 1919; originally Whitman west of (Philadelphia) - Original name of Francis Park from Outer Drive to Jefferson southern extension, Notre Dame west of Telegraph, curve just east of Nowlin, changed to Farland west of Now• changed November 1925. changed November 1925. lin, date of change unknown, all Named for city in Pennsylvania. Omaha Beach Drive - Named for changed to Park August 1919. (Pilgrim) - Former name of Am• one of the beaches in Normandy Named for park it passed by herst, date of change unknown. involved in the D-Day invasion which was to be developed by Pine Street - Named for tree. during World War II. Henry Ford in the J.B. Molony Pinehurst Street - No information. Omar Street - No information. Subdivision. (Pittman) - Former name of Audette Opal Drive - No information. (Park) - Original name of Haw• from Stephens to Olmstead (for• Orchard Drive - Named for fruit thorne, changed November 1925. merly Francis Park), changed orchard in area. Parker Street - Formerly Columbia November 1925. Named for Orchard Lane - Named for fruit south of current Columbia and Samuel Kemp Pittman, treasurer orchard in area.v formerly Clifton north of Colum• of Detroit Steel Products Com• Orchard Street - Named for apple bia, all changed November 1925. pany. orchard in area. Named for W.S. Parker, Wayne Plainfield - Unknown. Osborn Street - Named for Chase County civil engineer, or for Pleasant Ridge E. - Unknown. S. Osborn, Michigan governor Charles Lorenzo Parker, early Pleasant Ridge N. - Unknown. 1911-13. village and Dearborn Township Pleasant Ridge W. - Unknown. Outer Drive - Formerly Military from official. Polk Street - Formerly Helen, name Ford Road to Fordson; formerly (Parker) - Original name of Hickory, changed April 1936 to avoid con• Fordson from Military to York; changed November 1925. fusion with Helen Street in east New street from York to Michigan Parkland Avenue - Named for park Dearborn. Named for President Avenue; formerly Grindley Park nearby. James Polk. from Michigan Avenue to Hamil• Parklane Boulevard - Named for (Pompeii) - Former name of Mor- ton; formerly Hamilton from Parklane Towers which is passes ross, changed April 1924. Grindley Park to Southfield by. Named for Roman city buried by Road; all changed March 1931. Parkside Court - Named for near• lava from Mt. Vesuvius. One of Other names of various stretches ness to Ford Field. three former Italian-named east- included Church, Chestnut, Parkway Circle - Unknown. west streets in northeast Dear• Ridge Road, Chestnut, Euclid, (Parkwood) - Former name of Fir• born. and Ford Road. Named because estone, changed April 1924. Porath Court - Named for nearby entire road was meant to be an Patton Street - Formerly Esper be• Porath Street. "outer drive" around the Detroit tween Springwells (now Esper) Porath Street - Formerly Freud, metropolitan area. and Greenfield Boulevard (now changed February 1922. Named Outer Drive Court - Formerly Ford• Littiefield), changed August for Ferdinand Porath, brick son north of Martha. Named for 1926. manufacturer. main road just east of street. Paul Street - Formerly Ellis, date of Porter Street - Named for George Oxford Court - Named for street change unknown. Named for B. Porter, governor of Michigan court connects to. Paul Ternes, son of Albert P. & territory 1831-34. Oxford Street - Originally Ridge Maud Ternes. (Porter) - Former name of Oakwood Road west of Telegraph, (Paul) - Former name of Grayfield, Boulevard north of Michigan Av• changed November 1925. date of change unknown. enue, changed January 1925. Named for Oxford University in Payne Court - Named for connect• Named for George B. Porter, England. ing Payne Street. governor of territory of Michigan (Palm) - Short-time name of Outer Payne Street - Named for Thomas 1831-34. Drive from Nona to half-block Payne, Revolutionary War hero Powers - Formerly Williams west of past Beech. Originally Maple, and author of "Common Sense," Merrick, date of change un• changed November 1925. a doctrine of separation from the known. Named for Michael Pow• Changed to Hamilton between British in 1776. ers, early landowner. 1925 and 1931. Changed to (Peckham) - Original name of (Prairie) - Former name of Beech- Outer Drive March 1931. Donaldson, changed November Daly north of Cherry Hill. Date of Palmer Street - Named for Calvin A. 1925. Named for Rufus Wheeler change unknown. Palmer, president of the Peckahm (1838-1909), associate Princess - Previously Burnett, date Schaefer Heights Land Company justice of the U.S. Supreme of change unknown. 1918. Court 1896-1909. Princeton Street - Originally named (Palmer Road) - Original name of Pelham Road - Possibly named for Maple (or Maples) west of Tele• Chase Road, date of change Henry Pelham, 18th century Brit• graph, changed November 1925. unknown. Named for William ish prime minister. Named for university in New Palmer, who bought grocerystore Penn Street - Named for University Jersey. owned by John Jeremiah Brown of Pennsylvania (Penn) Prospect Street - Originally called at West Chicago and Chase. Pennie - Named for early farming Schaden from Maple to Charles. Pardee Court - Named for street family. (Pullman) - Original name of Hub• court connects to. bard Drive west of Greenfield, changed to Gildow March 1931, changed to Hubbard Drive March 1972. Queen Street - No information.

Page 11 Rainbow Drive - Formerly Cora, (Roberts Street) - Proposed north- Rowe Street - No information. date of change unknown. south street between Banner and Royal Vale Lane - No information. Ramey - Unknown. Telegraph to run from Scott Ruby Street - No information. Rankle N. - Unknown. south. Burns is only stretch of Russell Street - Originally Lincoln, Rankle S. - Unknown. street actually opened. Named changed November 1925. (Ray) - Later name - changed for W.P. Roberts, early township (Ruth) - Former name of Edsel, around 1926 — of Ash running resident changed April 1924. due west from where Telegraph Robertson Street - No information. (Ruth) - One time name for South originally crossed the MCRR rail• Robin Street - Possibly named for Fordson. Street changed from road. Street no longer exists. state bird. South Fordson to Ruth March Raymond Street - Formerly Robindale Court - Named for con• 1931, later changed back to Beamer, date of change un• necting street. Fordson. known. Robindale Street - Possibly named Salem Lane - Named for city in (Raymond) - Original name of Cal• for many robins in area. North Carolina. Winston is two houn south of Michigan Avenue. Rochelle Drive - Named for city in blocks away. Date of change unknown. western France. Salina Street - No information. Raymond Court - Named for street Rockdale Avenue - Unknown, Sandra-Unknown. court connects to. Rockdale Court - Named for street Saulino Court - Named for Fr. Reckinger Drive - Formerly Conti• court connects to. Hector Saulino, longtime pastor nental Parkway. Named for Rockford Street - Possibly named of St. Bernadette Church in Reckinger family, longtime Dear• for city in Illinois. southeast Dearborn. born family. ^ Rockland - Unknown. Sawyer - Unknown. (Reckner Road) - Former name of Rockland Court - Named for street (Schaden) - Named for Francis X. Southfield, date of change un• court connects to. Schaden, land developer and re• known. Roemer Street - No information. altor in Springwells, Fordson and Reginald Street - Originally Crom• Roeser Street - No information. Dearborn. Street no longer exists well from Nash to current Crom• (Rome) - Former name of Diversey, as area is now part of Rouge well, changed March 1931. changed to Esper April 1924, Plant Named for Reginald R.S. Law, changed to Diversey January (Schaden) - Original name of Pros• son of Dr. Theodore V. and 1928. Named fo Italian city. One pect from Charles to Maple. Date Alexandrine Law. of three former Italian-named of name change uncertain. Republic Drive - No information. east-west streets in northeast (Schaefer Boulevard) - Former Reuter Street - Street originally Dearborn. name of Curtis, name changed called Ward north of PMRR. Roosevelt Street - Formerly named early 1930s. Name changed 1930. Originally Wilson, changed November Schaefer Highway - Name changed called Howard between PMRR 1925. Named for President The• to Coolidge in March 1931; and Michigan Avenue. Date of odore Roosevelt. changed back to Schaefer in change^ uncertain. Named for Rosalie Street - No information. April 1931; suggested change in Frank Reuter, head of an early Rosemary - Formerly Elizabeth, August 1926. Named in honor of east Dearborn farming family. date of change unknown. Joseph Schaefer, a Civic War Family home was at Reuter and Rosetta - Possibly named for Ro- veteran, in 1865 and in honor of Morrow Circle. setta Stone. his service during the Civic War. (Reuter) - Formerly Howard, Rosevere Avenue - Named for Operated hotel and tavern at changed March 1922. Renamed Mary Rosevere Guinan, daughter Schaefer and Michigan. Hubbard, November 1929. Re• of James and Mary Guinan. Schlaff Street - Originally called named Henn, December 1929. Ross Street - Named for Nathaniel Chase from Michigan Avenue to Rex Street - No information. Ross, early farmer and land• current Chase Road. Named for (Rexford) - Former name of Boston owner. either John Schlaff or Ray Street, section east of Westwood (Ross) - Former name of Syracuse Schlaff, former officials of changed to Boston first, remain• from Notre Dame to Park, Springwells Township. ing section changed November changed March 1931 because of (Scotch Settlement Road) - No 1925. duplication. longer in existence. Named for Richardson - Unknown. Rotunda Drive - Formerly Airport old Scotch Settlement. Road ran Richmond Street - Named for Vir• Drive, changed July 1940. from Ford Road northwest to Ann ginia city. Named for Ford Rotunda which it Arbor Trail/Southfield area, along (Ridge) - Original name of Oxford passed near Schaefer Highway. old Roulo Creek. Road closed in west of Telegraph, changed No• Rotunda burned down November 1930s. vember 1925. Named because 1962. Scott Street - Named for Sir Walter ran along a ridge. Rouge Circle - Named for location Scott. Ridgemont Court -No information. near river. (Scott) - Original name of William• Ridge way - Unknown. Rouge Court - Named for street son north of Michigan Avenue. (Ring Road) - Former name of road court connects to. Date of change unknown. encircling Fairlane Town Center. Rouge River Drive - Named for Second - One of three consecutive Now called Town Center Drive. location near river. numbered streets in mobile River Oaks - Named for oak trees Rouge Road - Named for Rouge home subdivision in north Dear• near river. River. born Heights. Riverdale Drive - Named for loca• (Rougemere Avenue) - Street two Sexton - Possibly named for Jared tion near Rouge River. blocks east of Miller Road run• A. Sexton, Dearborn Township Riverlane - Named for location near ning north from Dix. Road no supervisor 1870-71 and 1885. Rouge River. longer exists. Seymour Street - Named for Jane Riverside Drive - Named for loca• Roulo Street - Named for Charles Seymour, third wife of Henry VIII. tion near Rouge River. Rouleau (Roulo), eariy settler of Shaddick Street - No information. Riverview Avenue - Named for east Dearborn. Shad owl awn - Unknown. location near river. (Roulo) - Former name of Colson Sheahan - Unknown. Robert Street - No information. west of Greenfield. Name Sherbourne Drive - Unknown. changed early 1930s.

Page 12 Sheridan Street - Named for Philip Springwells Boulevard - Named for Theisen Street - Originally called Henry Sheridan, Union Civil War township, village and former city, Mendota, then Fernwood, date of general. later renamed Fordson, later changes uncertain. Named for (Sherman) - Named for William T. consolidated with Dearborn in Jacob Theisen or Peter Thefsen, Sherman, Union general during 1929. early east Dearborn farmers and Civil War. Changed to Washing• (Spruce) - Defined in 1926 as three landowners ton, date of change unknown. blocks (at that time) west of Third - One of three consecutive Sherwood Court - Probably named Snow running southeast from numbered streets in mobile for famed forest in England. Chestnut to what is today South- home subdivision in north Dear• Shirley Lane - Unknown. field. Named for tree. born Heights. Short - Presumably so named be• St. Stephens Street - Named for Thomas Place - Formerly Chester, cause street is so short. nearby Catholic church in Detroit. changed January 1974. Named (Sidney) - Original name of York Stanford - Named for university in for William W. Thomas, civic south of Cherry Hill, changed California. leader in Dearborn Hills. November 1925. (Stanton) - Former name of Hop• Tillman Street - Named for August Silvery Lane - Named for silver kins, date of change unknown. Tillman, early westside resident maple trees in area. (State Street) - Original name of who lived on street at 1240 Simone-Unknown. Southfield Road starting at city's Tillman. Sims-Unknown. south limit and continuing to Timber Ridge - Named for many (Sloss) - Original name of Jefferson, Lincoln park. trees in area. date of change unknown. Named Steadman Street - Named for Alice Timberlane Court - No information. for David SlosS, early merchant (Woodworth) Steadman, daugh• Timbertrail - Named for many trees and land owner. ter of Alfred and Phoebe (Smith) in area. SME Drive - Named for business Woodworth, wife of Albert Stead• Tireman Avenue - Formerly Holden, organization located on road. man. date of change unknown. Named Smith Street - Possibly named for Stecker Street - No information. for Joseph Tireman, farmer in Phoebe (Smith) Woodworth, wife Stephens Street - Some early maps Greenfield Township. of Alfred Woodworth. show street as Stephen. No infor• Toledo Road - Original name of Snow Court - Named for street mation on origin of name. Vernor Highway. Name then upon which both ends of street Sterling Place - No information. changed to Ferndale before fi• meet. Stuart Lane - Possibly named for nally changed to Vernor in Snow Road - Formerly Pepper House of Stuart, former British 1930s. Road, changed from original vil• ruling house. Town Center Drive - Named for lage line just south of Elm Au• Suncrest - Unknown. Fairlane Town Center. gust 1919, rest changed Novem• Sussex Street - Named for county Town Lane - Unknown. ber 1925. Named for Dr. Edward in England. Originally called De• (Town Line Road) - Former name of Sparrow Snow, pioneer doctor in vonshire, date of change un• Greenfield, changed to Division Dearborn and land owner. known. north of Michigan Avenue April (Snyder) - Former name of Wyo• Sylvan Street - Named for woods 1924, all changed to Greenfield ming, changed February 1922. which originally was in area. March 1930. Named because (SoJvey) - Former name of Ferney Sylvia - Previously Higgs, date of was dividing line between Dear• from Riverside to Eagle, changed change unknown. born and Springwells townships. February 1922. Named for Syracuse Street - Formerly Ross (Town Line Road) - Former name of Solvey Process Company at from Notre Dame to Park, Southfield from Oakwood to Van 7501 Jefferson in Detroit. changed March 1931 due to Born, date of change unknown. South Brookside - Named for prox- name duplication. Named for uni• Road- continue northeast past imity.to Rouge River. versity in New York. Oakwood to Rouge River. (South Dearborn Road) - Road no Tannahiil Street - No information. Named because was dividing line longer in existence, extension of Telegraph Road - So named be• between Dearborn and Ecorse Dearborn Street in Detroit, ran cause of telegraph line which townships. through Rouge Plant towards used to run along the road. (Town Line Road) - Former name of northwest Dearborn, along the Tennant - Unknown. Van Born, date of change un• south side of the Rouge River. A Tenny Street - Originally Maple known. Named because road small section is part of current- Street north of MCRR. Changed was division between Dearborn day Southfield. Named for village November 1925. Named forWm. Township and Taylor and Ecorse of Dearborn. J. Tenny, Realtor in 1920s. townships. Southern - Named for one of rail• (Tennyson) - Former name of Cho- (Town Line Road) - Former name of road lines which road parallels. vin, changed April 1924. Named Inkster Road, date of change Southern Street - Named for nearby for Alfred Lord Tennyson, En• unknown. Named because road railroad. glish poet. was division between Dearborn Southfield Road - Formerly Emer• Ternes Street - Named for Albert P. Township and Nankin Township. son Road from Michigan Avenue Ternes, developer of Albert P. Tractor Street - Named after Ford• to State Street near south Dear• Ternes subdivision. son Tractor. born city limit, also Reckner Terrel - Unknown. Trenton Terrace - Possibly named Road, date of changes unknown. (Terry) - Former name of Jerome for New Jersey city. Also formerly Town Line Road east of Greenfield, changed . Trowbridge Street - Named for from Oakwood to Van Born March 1931. Named for Waldo L. Luther S. Trowbridge, subdivider Road. Named for township/city Terry. of Georgia Park No. 1 subdivi• on northern end of road. Texas Street - Named for state, sion, or possibly Samuel Trow• (Springwells Blvd.) - Former name nearby streets named for two bridge, early farmer and land• of Esper Boulevard, changed Au• cities in Texas. owner gust 1926. Thayer Street - Named for Thayer Tulane - Named for university in family, early east Dearborn farm• New Orleans. ing family.. Tuxedo Street-No information. Union Avenue - Possibly named for Union side from Civil War.

Page 13 Universal - Formerly Howe, date of Ward Street - Originally called Westlawn Street - Originally called change unknown. Geneva, changed November Wesflawn Place. (University) - Original name of 1925. Named for John Ward, Westminster Court - Named for Grindley Park south of Madison. owner of a parcel of land in the abbey in England. Date of change unknown. Name Electric Railway Addition. Westphal - No information. matched other streets in area (Ward Street) - Original name of (Westwood Road) - Former name named for universities. Reuter Street north of PMRR, of Audette southeast of Elmdale, University - One of three consecu• name changed 1930. changed November 1925. tive streets named for nearby Warren Avenue - Name for Gen. (Westwood) - Former name of John Henry Ford Community College. Joseph Warren, Revolutionary Daly north of Wilson, date of Others are College and Campus. War hero. change unknown. Valley - Unknown. (Warren Street) - Formerly Hamilton Westwood Street - Named for infor• Valley View - No information. north of Carlysle, changed No• mal name of community along Van Born - Formerly Town Line vember 1925; changed to Hard• eastside of Inkster. Road, date of change unknown. ing Avenue March 1930 to avoid (Wexford) - Former name of Boston, Van Born Court - So named be• confusion with Warren Avenue. date of change unknown. Named cause its entrance is on Van Named for President Warren G. for community in Ireland. Born. Harding. Whitefield - Named for George Van Buren - Named for President Warrendale - Named for former Whitefield, British religious lead• Martin Van Buren. village of Warrendale, which was er. A follower of John Wesley, he Vassar Street - Named for women's named for Warren Avenue, preached widely in the American university in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. which was named for Gen. Jo• colonies and was a central figure Venice Street - Named for Italian seph Warren, Revolutionary War in the Great Awakening of Prot• city. hero. estantism and the establishment Vernon Street - Formerly Arlington Warrington - Named for borough in of Methodism in America. south of Cherry Hill, date of west-central England. Whitefield Court - Named for street change unknown. Possibly Warwick Court - Named for county court connects to. named for Mount Vernon, in England or for city in Rhode Whitlock Street - No information. George Washington's home. Island. (Whitman) - Early name of Park (Vernor Avenue) - Ran from Wyo• Washington Street - Named for west of Jefferson extension south ming to Lonyo, changed to Gra• President George Washington. of railroad track. Possibly named ham March 1931. Originally called Sherman, date for Walt Whitman, American Vernor Highway - Originally called of change unknown. poet. Date of change unknown. Toledo, then Ferndale. Name (Washington) - Original name of Whitmore Street - Named for early changed to Vernor in early Ina, north of Marlboro, changed family of Dearborn. 1930s. Named for Vernor family November 1925. Whittier Place - Possibly named for in Detroit, originators of Vernors (Washington) - Original name of John GreenJeaf Whiitier, Ameri• ginger ale. North Denwood, changed No• can poet. Village Road - Named for Green• vember 1925. Whittington Street - Possibly field Village, which it runs past. Watsonia Street - Named for Glover named for Richard Whittington, Virgil Avenue - Named for ancient Watson, one of the subdividers mayor of London in late 14th Roman poet. of Belmont Park Subdivision. century and early 15th century. Vivian - Unknown. Waverly Street - Originally called Wild Branch - No information. (Vivian) - Street between Gulley and Adele north of Cherry Hill, Wildwood Street - No information. Westwood from Michigan south• changed November 1925. William - Could be named for one of ward which was ptatted out but Waynewood Court - No informa• several people, possibly William never formally existed. Two-block tion. Ford, Henry Ford's father. strip.between these two streets Weddel Street - No information. Williams - Possibly named for from Dartmouth to Oxford re• Welch Street - Formerly Belmont, Timothy Williams, early farmer mained undeveloped except for date of change unknown. and landowner. sidewalks for many years until Wellesley Street - Women's college (Williams) - Former name of Pow• Heritage Park was developed. in Massachusetts. ers west of Merrick, date of Section between Michigan and Wellington - Named for capital of change unknown. Possibly railroad track now called Cam• New Zealand. named for Timothy Williams, bridge. West Brookside - Named for prox• early farmer and landowner. Wagner Court - Named for Charles imity to Ecorse Creek. Williamsburg Drive - Named for A. Wagner, attorney, early politi• West Canfield - Named for John L. city in Virginia cian and former District 7 Board Canfield, first mayor of Dearborn Williamson Street - Originally of Education member who Jived Heights. named Scott north of Michigan on the street. West Circle - Early Dearborn Hills Avenue. Named for either Will• (Wakendon(?)) - Former name of street near McMillan and Heinze. iam Williamson or Stephen Will• Berwyn, date of change un• Current name unknown. iamson, early farmers and land• known. West Hills - No information. owners (Walclu) - Changed December 1931 West Point - Named for United Willow Street - Named for tree. to Charles because name was State military academy in New Willoway Road - No information. difficult to pronounce. York. Wilson Street - Named for Presi• Walnut Street - Formerly Myrtle, Westlake - No information. dent Woodrow Wilson. changed November 1925. named Westland Street - Named for West- (Wilson) - Original name of for tree. land Realty, subdivider of West- Roosevelt, changed November Walwit Street - Named for James H. land Subdivision along with John 1925. Walsh & Wittelsberger, land de• W. Miner and Guy S. Greene. Winchester Street - Named for velopers of the subdivision (Wal/ Westlane Court - So named be• English borough. Wit). cause court exits onto Westlane. Windham Lane - Named for city in Westlane Street - Named because Connecticut. originally was western exit from (Winfield) - Original name of Bing• Fair Lane, Henry Ford's home. ham, north of PMRR. date of change uncertain.

Page 14 Winona Street - Originally Mohawk Ziegler Street - Named for William from Beechmont to Silvery Lane; Ziegler, Dearborn Township high• changed March 1931. way commissioner in 1906. Winston Lane - Named for city in North Carolina, Salem is two blocks away. Wiscasset Road - Named for city in Maine. Wisconsin Street - Originally named Heston, changed August 1926. Named for state. (Wisconsin) - Former name of Indi• ana, changed August 1926. (Wister) - Former name of Glover from Southfield to Linden, changed November 1925. Woodbine - Unknown. (Woodbridge) - Original name of Hartwell between Michign Av• enue and PMRR. Date of name change uncertain. Woodbury Lane - Named for Levi Woodbury, forrher associate jus• tice of U.S. Supreme Court. Woodcrest Drive - No information. Woodcroft Drive - Originally named Beatty Place by developer Robert Herndon. Name changed in 1953 because Beatty Place was on the opposite side of Michigan Av• enue of Bailey Street, and visi• tors and mail carriers occasion• ally confused the two because of the similarity in names. Report• edly, Herndon was not happy when the street name was changed to Woodcroft Drive. Woodland Drive - No information. Woodshire - Unknown. Woodside Drive - No information. Woodworth Circle - Named for Alfred and Phoebe (Smith) Woodworth. Woodworth Drive - Named for Al• fred and Phoebe (Smith) Wood- worth. Wormer - Unknown. Wren Street - Probably named for Christopher Wren, British archi• tect. Wyoming Avenue - Formerly Dewey (Southern to Edwin), Sny• der and Edwin (Michigan Avenue south one block), all changed February 1922; formerly Mulkey , from Dix northward a few blocks. Named for state. Yale Street - Named for Ivy League University at New Haven, Conn. Yinger Street - Originally called Davie, changed April 1924. Named for Floyd E. Yinger, mayor of Fordson 1928-29, served on Springwells/Fordson Board of Education 1924-28. York Street - Originally called Sid• ney south of Cherry Hill, changed November 1925, changed from boulevard to street March 1931. Named for York Park Subdivi• sion, named for county in En• gland. Yorkshire Boulevard - Yorkshire Is England's largest county. Yorkshire Square - Yorkshire is England's largest county.

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