June 6, 2005

The Origin and History of St. Paul Street Names

Local historian Don Empson can tell you everything you probably didn't need to know about the name of your street. In the early 1970s his curiousity led him to write The Street Where You Live: A Guide to the Street Names of St. Paul, a book that's now out of print (though available at most libraries), though he's working on an update for 2006.

Lexington Parkway, for example, was named by an English-born developer in 1871 after his wife complained about the Anglicized names such as Avon, Oxford and Milton. So the developer went with Lexington to honor the Revolutionary War battle.

Posted by kevin at June 6, 2005 9:14 AM

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