[asianthree]

Originally Posted by mrfixit

Perhaps Craven Way was named for William "The Earl of Craven"
(..later referred to as Lord Craven.)
He was one of the origional Lord Proprietors of the Province of Carolina.
He lived to be 90 (not bad for being born in 1606).

On the other hand.....Craven County North Carolina ....
..............................IS between Ablemarle, N.C. and " CAPE FEAR ".

Perhaps the method of naming...
...............El Camino Real ( The Kings Highway ).
...............Paige Place (Paige is one of the grandkids)

The El Camino Real portion is in Sumter County.
The Paige Place portion is in Lake County.....
............ WITHIN the boundry of City of Lady Lake.

As of TODAY there are PLANS for 76 Vilages in total.
However, in 2000 we were told there would be NO HOMES
built SOUTH of CR 466. We all know how that worked out.

Seems that Jack ODell and Clyde Bailey BOTH decided
to sell their MASSIVE Ranches. Hence we have .........
ODell Circle and Bailey Trail in the portions of The Villages
where the Ranches were located.

Not long ago The Baker Family decided to sell almost
all of the Baker Farm. That added close to 1000 acres to
the overall size of The Villages.
Take a ride out State Road 44 (the Road at South edge of
Brownwood.) Go East toward Leesburg.
When you get to the Lake County / Sumter County line...
...(the BIG powerlines are there) ...
turn around and head back.. look to the North
The Villages is ALREADY there.
Then turn off on 44a and come back to Buena Vista Blvd.

i love it when someone takes the time to look up info