Street Names

[vinricci]

Does anyone know how street names are chosen? Just curious.

[Dana1963]

Does anyone know how street names are chosen? Just curious.
We loose sleep over this every night.

[UsuallyLurking]

In my courtyard villa community, built a couple of years ago, all the names can be traced to real estate agents from The Villages Properties (both last names and, for some reason, some first names as well).

[Stu from NYC]

I was recently elected to the position of VP in charge of naming streets. You pay the developer for the position.

We charge $ 27.99 to name streets.

If you ask for 3 names at one time you do get a 10% discount however discount not applicable the last 2 days of a month.

[rjm1cc]

This might help for Marion County, although I had some problems with the links. 911 Management | Marion County, FL (https://www.marioncountyfl.org/departments-agencies/departments-o-z/public-safety-communications/911-management)

The streets are named so that emergency personnel have an idea where the address is from the house number and street number and name.

Municode Library (https://library.municode.com/fl/marion_county/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=CH15ROBR_ARTIISTNABUNUSY )

[EdFNJ]

Random Word Generator (https://randomwordgenerator.com/) (Fun site)

[Nucky]

Does anyone know how street names are chosen? Just curious.


Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe
Catch a STREET NAME by the toe
If THE VILLAGERS HOLLER let it go,
Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe
My mother told me
To pick the very best STREET NAME
And yours are [not] the best like Mine. :1rotfl:

[Bucco]

In my courtyard villa community, built a couple of years ago, all the names can be traced to real estate agents from The Villages Properties (both last names and, for some reason, some first names as well).

Antrim Dells....all "seasoned" vets

[Toymeister]

Many of the names south of 466 and particularly 466a are from the northwestern area of Michigan where the Schwartz (Morse) clan started from.

Antrim, Petoskey, Torch Lake, Grand Traverse Bay, Alden, Grayling, Brownwood all are Michigan cities/counties/areas which have names here in TV.

My father was born in Antrim County and cut lce (for refrigeration) from Torch Lake in the Winter. To me this is a slice of home

[kansasr]

Come down to Monarch Grove. The theme here is “streets nobody knows how to pronounce. “

[Altavia]

In my courtyard villa community, built a couple of years ago, all the names can be traced to real estate agents from The Villages Properties (both last names and, for some reason, some first names as well).

Other Villages employees names are used as well.

[dtennent]

Wouldn't it be interesting if they use the name of Nobel Prize winners or Pulitzer Prize winners? Or maybe famous (or less famous) painters, sculptors, early astronomers??? Probably not, that would be too academic...

[mopper]

On the historic side I believe some were named by the workers when the roads were being built.

[Jerseygirl08]

For the life of me I cant remember where I heard this but I was told the street and village names all come from the children and grandchildren of the Morse family. Makes sense too! Like Toymeister said.

[Villagevip]

HILLSIDE LANE, not on a hillside, nor a lane....

[davem4616]

I prefer names to using numbers....in Ft Lauderdale we dealt with:
-NE 112 Street, Avenue & Terrace
-SE 112 Street, Avenue & Terrace
-NW 112 Street, Avenue & Terrace
-SW 112 Street, Avenue & Terrace

[BryanTheGolfPro]

Just take two or three nice-sounding word and link them together to create a street name--even though it doesn't make any sense. E.G. "Mountain Brook" First, there are no mountains in Florida. Second, the highest point in Florida is about 350 feet--and is on the Alabama state line! In "Back to the Future", the town was "Hill Valley". In what Universe does that make sense? I'd be interested in other nonsense names of streets that others have found--in TV and elsewhere.

[HeleneGB]

Sales people in homes in The Villages

[Astron]

I have a vision of a bunch of pages from OED used as a dartboard in the dark.

[taylor111947]

Dart boards - one for the main name and one for the road type (Lane, Circle, etc.) 😉

[bilcon]

Several in Glembrook are areas of the five boroughs in NYC.

[La lamy]

I was recently elected to the position of VP in charge of naming streets. You pay the developer for the position.

We charge $ 27.99 to name streets.

If you ask for 3 names at one time you do get a 10% discount however discount not applicable the last 2 days of a month.

What?!!! You must be sarcastic but kinda sound serious. :shocked:

[Aacosner]

In my humble opinion, the best street name in all The Villages is Oracle Ct. The worst name is a three way tie between Caulk Ct., Fink St., and of course Heiny Place.

[FromNY]

Was told Village of Winifred the streets are named for significant things in Aronald Palmers life . Believe Winifred was his wife?

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

On the historic side I believe some were named by the workers when the roads were being built.

Actually, Schwartz Blvd and Tarsson were named after the founders. I believe that some of the streets in Silver Lake were named after their children and grandchildren. Jennifer, Mark, Ann, Matthew, Jason, Kelsea etc.

There is a section where several streets were named after trees, Royal Palm, Beechwood, Weeping Willow, Silver Oak.

In Country Club Hills, the streets are named after famous golf courses. Pebble Beach, St Andrews, Turnberry, Hilton Head.

In Orange Blossom Gardens, many streets are named after flowers Rose, Orchid, Camelia, Magnolia.

I wonder if some streets in other areas had names keeping with the theme of the village.

Some of the streets in other areas were named after people who worked for the Villages in management position.

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

I prefer names to using numbers....in Ft Lauderdale we dealt with:
-NE 112 Street, Avenue & Terrace
-SE 112 Street, Avenue & Terrace
-NW 112 Street, Avenue & Terrace
-SW 112 Street, Avenue & Terrace

The confusion here is that we have streets with names and numbers.SE 167th Forsyth St.

SE 168th Trinity Pl.

What's up with that?

Personally, I find numbers confusing. We have all these county roads that are numbered and I can't keep track of where many of them are. Obviously we learn the main ones. 466, 466A ('sup wi dat) 44, 42, 301. But how many people know where 484 or 467 are?

[Stu from NYC]

What?!!! You must be sarcastic but kinda sound serious. :shocked:

Would you like us to name a street after you La Lamy Courtyard?

[jimandjoy]

Come down to Monarch Grove. The theme here is “streets nobody knows how to pronounce. “

When we bought our home in Monarch Grove, we were told the streets were named for 10 year employees of Citizens First Bank.

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Was told Village of Winifred the streets are named for significant things in Aronald Palmers life . Believe Winifred was his wife?

I'm looking at a map of Winifred. Arnold's wife's name was indeed Winifred but I'm looking at a map of The Village of Winifred and don't recognize any names that were relevant to Arnold.

There might be a few such as Pine Hills and Saybrook that are golf related but I don't know that they are specifically related to Arnold.

Of course I'm not an Arnold Palmer expert, but if these are names that were important to him they must have been pretty personal and not well known.

[Lottoguy]

I heard they sometime use name of employees in The Villages.

[Carla B]

I always wanted to live on Inner Circle, but find myself on Outer Rim.

[aldeana]

My pet peeve is in the Spanish Springs area: many of the names in Spanish are misspelled.

[Nucky]

My pet peeve is in the Spanish Springs area: many of the names in Spanish are misspelled.

I believe you fully but could you give an example of two different streets? Amazing! :ohdear:

[Mr.Alaska]

Just wondering.....Will the rename DAY Street???

[charlieo1126@gmail.com]

Just take two or three nice-sounding word and link them together to create a street name--even though it doesn't make any sense. E.G. "Mountain Brook" First, there are no mountains in Florida. Second, the highest point in Florida is about 350 feet--and is on the Alabama state line! In "Back to the Future", the town was "Hill Valley". In what Universe does that make sense? I'd be interested in other nonsense names of streets that others have found--in TV and elsewhere. Florida and the lowest high point in USA

[guppyvii]

I don’t know how many were named but Belle Aire has mostly places in Georgia and areas off Hillsborough as in the county Tampa is in are named after locations in the Tampa Bay Area such as Dunedin and Pinellas. Look at the group of names in a village and see if you can figure where the names are from. Chatham or Piedmont has numbered streets, random and unusual.

[riamd1954]

Real estate agents !!!

[MandoMan]

Wouldn't it be interesting if they use the name of Nobel Prize winners or Pulitzer Prize winners? Or maybe famous (or less famous) painters, sculptors, early astronomers??? Probably not, that would be too academic...

Many towns have the names of poets. My dad lives on Amherst in Denver, which is close to Harvard, Princeton, Dartmouth, Pennsylvania, etc. I think that when they were thinking of names, someone thought that would be an academic neighborhood. I don’t think it worked out that way.

I do think there are people somewhere around here racking their brains to come up with names that haven’t been used. I haven’t seen any I can’t pronounce, but I might pronounce them wrong. It does help here to be able to pronounce and understand some Spanish (I do). I live in the Village of Land of the Sun!

How interesting to read that some streets are named after towns in Michigan, including Brownwood. That Old West Michigan town. (Grinning)

There is a sort of idea among real estate developers (I think it’s in a book they study or something) that it’s a good idea to make up a name including something mineral and something woody. Thus, Earthwood, etc. leads to some silly names, but people come and buy!

[cmeinel@verizon.net]

My old development in PA named the streets after family members who owned the original farm. It looks like The Villages uses themes

[Villagesgal]

The historic section has streets named after the Morse/Schwartz family and friends except for the flower streets.

[MaxCat]

One of the divisions of the developer is headed up by a Morse family member -- she and her daughter name all the streets.

[Robin Hardwick]

We live on Werdebaugh Way which is south of 44 in the Marsh Bend village. When we opened a bank account at Citizens First Bank and told them that was the name of our street they all chimed in that Mr. Werdebaugh was such a wonderful man. Evidently he was the first president of Citizens First Bank. So they choose Names from the working community as well as real estate agents…

[fjbruning@hotmail.com]

Does anyone know how street names are chosen? Just curious.

My wife and I say the name of the street and immediately spell it. Why? Sounds like one of the big swear words until you emphasize it is spell with an "O" and not the big "U"

[rjm1cc]

I prefer names to using numbers....in Ft Lauderdale we dealt with:
-NE 112 Street, Avenue & Terrace
-SE 112 Street, Avenue & Terrace
-NW 112 Street, Avenue & Terrace
-SW 112 Street, Avenue & Terrace

In Marion County the numbers are rough indicators of the distance from a central point,
The first letter of the street name also indicates North/ South or East/West. Of course some roads go all directions.

[Fran1952]

Loma Paseo Drive was named after me. It means Queen On The Hill.

[JIMLUPO77]

I was told by my sales agent 10 years ago, that there is actually one person ( a morse family member) assigned to name all village street names.

[Mrprez]

In my humble opinion, the best street name in all The Villages is Oracle Ct. The worst name is a three way tie between Caulk Ct., Fink St., and of course Heiny Place.

How about Head Way In DeSoto or Stuck St in Chitty Chatty?

[Mae Day]

Come down to Monarch Grove. The theme here is “streets nobody knows how to pronounce. “

We just purchased a home on one of those streets and had lots of fun while speaking with the utility companies.....yikes! I'm hoping when we come down next month our neighbors will tell us how to pronounce our street name!! :icon_wink:

[ladila2]

Many streets in the Mallory Square, Sabal Chase, Virginia Trace area are names of towns found on maps of North and South Carolina: Timmmonsville, Society Hill, Monck's Corner, Goose Creek, Harleyville, Cottageville, and several others.

[Villagevip]

Loma Paseo Drive was named after me. It means Queen On The Hill.

Loma = hill, knoll
Loma paseo = hill walk

[Holpat39]

I can't remember the name of the village north of 466 but the name of the streets are all Illinois towns. Addison, Dalton, Niles, etc.

[Velvet]

Many streets in the Mallory Square, Sabal Chase, Virginia Trace area are names of towns found on maps of North and South Carolina: Timmmonsville, Society Hill, Monck's Corner, Goose Creek, Harleyville, Cottageville, and several others.

Is that where the names come from? I love it! My favorite place for vacation was Kitty Hawk, NC, where the Wright Brothers first flew and everybody learns to hang glide.

[Ecuadog]

https://www.talkofthevillages.com/forums/members/ecuadog-25564/albums/ecuadog-stuff/9147-ecuadog-st.jpg

[gadaboutgal]

I can't remember the name of the village north of 466 but the name of the streets are all Illinois towns. Addison, Dalton, Niles, etc.
That is the Village of Glenbrook. Other illinois towns: Deerfield, Wheeling Way, Northbrook.
Definitely a theme

[Doro22]

A small section of Liberty Park uses names from places in Great Britain, such as: Darlington, Georgetown, Abercrombie, St. Charles, Inverness, & Chesterfield.
I also see that O’dell Circle is not a circle at all...but it is a loop.
:ohdear:

[Lauranne]

ain't that the truth. LOL