Strangest street names?
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Spanker creek
Those are a couple we have, too.
Spanker creek
Those are a couple we have, too.
out in rural ID where my mom's family lives, the roads are literally named for lines of Latitude/longitude
your address is just the Latitude/longitude for your house.
this is literally the address to my uncle's old house, hasn't lived there in 20 years or so...no worries posting it on my part, sorry to the current residents
1022 E 3700 N
Buhl, ID 83316
the road out front is 3700 N.
the real fun comes with the N\S Roads, they had to correct the placement every so many miles, so the road will "stop" at an E\W and a couple hundred yards away, it starts up again... (in this example, Deep Creek/4100N Runs E\W, and 1100E Runs N\S)
My Uncle's Current house is just off one of those corners. last time i was out there, the airline mis-routed my bags, and when the nice lady drove them down from Boise, unfamiliar with this type of road layout, she couldn't find the house, she was bound and determined the address didn't exist. we asked where she was, and , drove over and met her there.
using the above as an example(not his property, just using a similar intersection for illustrative purposes), she was parked on the corner in the lower right, and his house, was about where the flag for the Mennonite school is in that pic. if she just looked north, the house was literally right there.
your address is just the Latitude/longitude for your house.
this is literally the address to my uncle's old house, hasn't lived there in 20 years or so...no worries posting it on my part, sorry to the current residents
1022 E 3700 N
Buhl, ID 83316
the road out front is 3700 N.
the real fun comes with the N\S Roads, they had to correct the placement every so many miles, so the road will "stop" at an E\W and a couple hundred yards away, it starts up again... (in this example, Deep Creek/4100N Runs E\W, and 1100E Runs N\S)
My Uncle's Current house is just off one of those corners. last time i was out there, the airline mis-routed my bags, and when the nice lady drove them down from Boise, unfamiliar with this type of road layout, she couldn't find the house, she was bound and determined the address didn't exist. we asked where she was, and , drove over and met her there.
using the above as an example(not his property, just using a similar intersection for illustrative purposes), she was parked on the corner in the lower right, and his house, was about where the flag for the Mennonite school is in that pic. if she just looked north, the house was literally right there.
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Maybe not strange, but just confusing in King County, Washington. Just all those numbers where the streets curve in all sorts of different directions. I've driven in the Miami area where it's all rectangular blocks and that's intuitive.
manicrodder
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They probably have a street F___ng Place.
Probably not. The town was named after Focko, who lived in the 6th Century AD. In a way, not strange.
Hence, the G-ManI live 3 miles SE of Horneytown, N.C. and 20 miles NW of Climax, N.C. I’m always somewhere between Horneytown and Climax!
reminds me of a bad joke...I live 3 miles SE of Horneytown, N.C. and 20 miles NW of Climax, N.C. I’m always somewhere between Horneytown and Climax!
Where is Engagement, Ohio?
Half way between Dayton, and Marion.
(no there is no actual place called engagement ohio, the actual halfway point is Mechanicsburg)
4WD
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Good … did not know what the
(angry) was about
4WD
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Yep, sister & BiL used to live there …
These two name always struck me as odd: Catswamp Road and Shades of Death Road
Both in Warren County NJ
Both in Warren County NJ
4WD
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One strange concept is called Toll Road
Sold to voters by claiming once it’s paid for … remove the toll
Not only does it remain in perpetuity … fee keeps going up…
Sold to voters by claiming once it’s paid for … remove the toll
Not only does it remain in perpetuity … fee keeps going up…
Wayne's Way -Hooksett, NH
There is a neighborhood in Nashua, NH built in the 60's with roads named after GM products.
Nova Rd, Biscayne Pkwy, Century Rd, Monza Rd, Catalina Ln.
There is also a Valiant Ln and a Monterrey Ave there for non GM people.
There is a neighborhood in Nashua, NH built in the 60's with roads named after GM products.
Nova Rd, Biscayne Pkwy, Century Rd, Monza Rd, Catalina Ln.
There is also a Valiant Ln and a Monterrey Ave there for non GM people.
AutoMechanic
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I can think of a few more but I probably shouldn’t list them here lol.
Here's one from my archives, in Dalzell, IL.
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