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amerikat

(5,196 posts)
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 07:08 PM Nov 18

Any interesting street names where you live?

Near me are, Hard Scrabble rd., Mosquito Swamp rd. and Duer rd. If I lived on Mosquito Swamp rd. I would petition whoever to change the name. That name must decrease property value.

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Any interesting street names where you live? (Original Post) amerikat Nov 18 OP
Hole In The Wall ProfessorGAC Nov 18 #1
What does the front entrance say?(nt) amerikat Nov 18 #2
It's Just The Name Of The Development ProfessorGAC Nov 18 #3
4 Wheel Drive and AK 47 Drive doc03 Nov 18 #4
If I ever get to name roads I'm going with amerikat Nov 18 #5
Bloody Spring Road and Northkill Road biophile Nov 18 #6
Ditch Road. Chipper Chat Nov 18 #7
Bullet Hole Road, Mahopac, NY patphil Nov 18 #8
Chicken Dinner Road is a section road in the next county over. yonder Nov 18 #9
I used to live close to Beaver Avenue, in a neighborhood in Des Moines known as Beaverdale. rsdsharp Nov 18 #10
Have a Beaver St. nearby. amerikat Nov 18 #14
Hornytown Road tonkatoy8888 Nov 18 #11
Booger Hollow nt berniesandersmittens Nov 18 #12
Hog Neck Road and Tick Neck Road. 2MuchNoise Nov 18 #13
Wormranch Road, Haw River, NC unc70 Nov 18 #15
None that would be considered "weird" sakabatou Nov 18 #16
Indian School Rd. One of the busiest streets in Phoenix. Coventina Nov 18 #17
PHX? amerikat Nov 18 #18
Downtown Albuquerque also has an Indian School Road womanofthehills Nov 20 #37
Demonbreun Street ZDU Nov 18 #19
I just looked Demonbreun st. amerikat Nov 18 #20
There's a Reagan Blvd. in my town. boonecreek Nov 18 #21
Lived near Featherbed Lane electric_blue68 Nov 19 #22
Memory Lane JoseBalow Nov 19 #23
Assman Road in Mishicot WI. It's east of Green Bay. Ziggysmom Nov 19 #24
Better Way, Snoqualamie WA...nt Wounded Bear Nov 19 #25
Some crazy town names in central Virginia The Blue Flower Nov 19 #26
Just a Mere Ave., Farr Out Place, Stoner Rd., Memory Lane catbyte Nov 19 #27
4th Street fargone Nov 19 #28
Windy Ghoul Drive, Beaver PA. Endlessmike56 Nov 19 #29
Hell's Peak Rd sorcrow Nov 19 #30
T. C. Jester cloudbase Nov 19 #31
We have a Bonge Ave just up the road from a little burg named Tokeland pnwest Nov 19 #32
Big Bone Lick State Park VGNonly Nov 19 #33
Stuck Road WestMichRad Nov 20 #34
Poor Farm Road. Interestingly, the houses on it are fairly expensive. It's upscale. I certainly couldn't afford... NNadir Nov 20 #35
Penny Lane - not so much interesting as personally unacceptable. My husband's ex-wife's name... 3catwoman3 Nov 20 #36
I don't live there any more, but... vanamonde Nov 21 #38
In Boulder, Colorado I stood at the intersection of Patton and Gandhi. Harker Nov 21 #39
My brother lived on "Buzzard Roost Road" in Mt. Home, Arkansas. Emile Nov 21 #40
Some in the general vicinity of where I live include: Wiz Imp Nov 21 #41
I also have a Fiddlers Elbow rd here in NY(nt) amerikat Nov 21 #42

ProfessorGAC

(75,441 posts)
1. Hole In The Wall
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 07:28 PM
Nov 18

In the next town over, there's a small gated community on a series of ponds. Not big fancy homes, but still gated.
The back entrance, which is really easy to miss is "Hole In The Wall Drive".

yonder

(10,207 posts)
9. Chicken Dinner Road is a section road in the next county over.
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 08:07 PM
Nov 18

So far, there's no Mashed Potato Parkway. Yet.

rsdsharp

(11,622 posts)
10. I used to live close to Beaver Avenue, in a neighborhood in Des Moines known as Beaverdale.
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 08:16 PM
Nov 18

My brother-in-law thought that was hilarious for some reason.

tonkatoy8888

(162 posts)
11. Hornytown Road
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 08:25 PM
Nov 18

Where I grew up in North Carolina.

On the railroad line there are three towns. Hornytown is halfway between High Point and Climax.

I grew up in Climax.

Coventina

(29,003 posts)
17. Indian School Rd. One of the busiest streets in Phoenix.
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 10:57 PM
Nov 18

Named for one of the notorious "Indian Schools" that the road went by.
The school is long gone, but the street name remains.

womanofthehills

(10,659 posts)
37. Downtown Albuquerque also has an Indian School Road
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 10:35 PM
Nov 20

Named after the historic Albuquerque Indian School.

I now live in high desert - basically pinyon, juniper and cactus and a road near me is called Golf Course Road. Either a joke or someone had unrealistic plans.

boonecreek

(1,329 posts)
21. There's a Reagan Blvd. in my town.
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 11:48 PM
Nov 18

I'd like to think that property values are lower there, but I doubt it.

sorcrow

(647 posts)
30. Hell's Peak Rd
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 03:02 PM
Nov 19

Hell's Peak Rd in Vermont, a few towns away from me.

Nearby is Hateful Hill Rd.

We also have
Poverty Lane
Poor Farm Rd
Town Farm Rd
all leftovers from an earlier time.

Best Regards,
Sorghum Crow

WestMichRad

(2,834 posts)
34. Stuck Road
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 09:38 AM
Nov 20

Never, never turn onto that one!

Floating Bridge Rd.

There’s a town named Climax near here, too.

NNadir

(37,012 posts)
35. Poor Farm Road. Interestingly, the houses on it are fairly expensive. It's upscale. I certainly couldn't afford...
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 06:15 PM
Nov 20

...living on Poor Farm Road.

3catwoman3

(28,320 posts)
36. Penny Lane - not so much interesting as personally unacceptable. My husband's ex-wife's name...
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 10:21 PM
Nov 20

...was Penny. Most unpleasant woman. When we were moving to the greater Chicago area, we looked at many, many houses and developments that had open lots for a new house to be built. One of the neighborhoods only had a couple of lots available, which were on Penny Lane.

I spent about 1 minute attempting to convince myself that, if we chose a lot there, I could think of just the Beatles' song by the same name. Nope - wasn't gonna be possible. Some things you should not have to do.

When I lived in San Antonio during my first tour of duty with the Air Force nurse corps, there was a neighborhood near my apartment complex in which all the streets were named after Hollywood folks. I knew I could never live on Lon Chaney Lane, Bela Lugosi Street, or Desi Arnaz Drive.

vanamonde

(238 posts)
38. I don't live there any more, but...
Fri Nov 21, 2025, 02:53 AM
Nov 21

Carson City NV has a Hells Bells Rd.
In El Dorado county CA the road that leads to the garbage transfer station is Throwita Way.

Emile

(39,544 posts)
40. My brother lived on "Buzzard Roost Road" in Mt. Home, Arkansas.
Fri Nov 21, 2025, 08:53 AM
Nov 21

Last edited Fri Nov 21, 2025, 09:37 AM - Edit history (1)

Opossum Run Road is nearby.

Wiz Imp

(8,391 posts)
41. Some in the general vicinity of where I live include:
Fri Nov 21, 2025, 11:04 AM
Nov 21

Potato Valley Road
Fiddlers Elbow Road
Tapeworm Drive
Spooky Nook
Sillyman Street
Horse Killer Road

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