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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
I wouldn't look at a house if I found out the neighbors were too stupid. You live with them every day, whether you have documents or not. Most are fine, but some.........................................????? ????????????????????????????????
Meanwhile - to answer the question asked:
It appears that the naming of the roads is dependent on the village in question. Over on the Historic side, many of the roads were named in honor of the Schwartz and Tarrson families, such as roads bearing the founders' names, Boone Court (a Schwartz family member), and Kiley. In addition some were named for the owners of the properties that were there before they developed the trailer park that became The Villages. Bowersox Road, to my knowledge, was named after the Bowersox farm that occupied much of the land there. One section of the Historic Section was named after flowers. Magnolia, Orchid, Daffodil, etc. Another has roads named for famous golf courses, such as St. Andrews, Pebble Beach, and Cyprus Point.
In the Spanish Springs area, it looks like they picked random spanish words and phrases that sounded good without much thought to their meaning. Agua way, is not along the edge of any waterway or retention pond. Rio Grande Avenue is not near any rivers, grand or otherwise. Loma Paseo drive isn't on a hill.
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It would be fun if there were a master list somewhere with a brief explanation of where the names came from. My street is only one block long with about twenty courtyard villas on it. Does that mean the person wasn’t very important?
Churchill Downs and Pimlico rec centers, not far apart, are named after famous horse races, as is the nearby Morven Park Way. I thought for several years that Rohan Rec Center was a reference to Lord of the Rings and the Riders of Rohan. I was hoping there would be a Frodo Street, Bilbo Street, Gandalf Street, Aragorn Avenue, Sauron Blvd., or whatever. Alas, it’s named after some villages hot shot we might otherwise not have heard of.