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*[[Apple Tree Road]] - presumably the tree
*[[Apple Tree Road]] - presumably the tree
*[[Arbor Circle]] - unknown
*[[Arbor Circle]] - unknown
*[[Arlington Blvd]] - unknown
*[[Arlington Boulevard]] - unknown
*[[Ashby Place]] - unknown
*[[Ashby Place]] - unknown
*[[Augusta Street]] - unknown
*[[Augusta Street]] - unknown
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*[[Banbury Street]] - unknown
*[[Banbury Street]] - unknown
*[[Barbour Drive]] - unknown
*[[Barbour Drive]] - unknown
*[[Barksdale Street]] - The [[Barksdale family]], prominent Albemarle and City of Charlottesville family dating back to the early 1700’s. Members of the family included a soldier in the Revolutionary war. W. R. Barksdale (1828- -1912) was in JEB Stuart’s command, wounded at the battle of Yellow Tavern in the same engagement in which Stuart was killed. His sons, James Barksdale and John Barksdale, were partners with John Fry to invest in small lots in the neighborhood.   
*[[Barksdale Street]] - The [[Barksdale family]], prominent Albemarle and City of Charlottesville family dating back to the early 1700’s. Members of the family included a soldier in the Revolutionary war. W. R. Barksdale (1828 - 1912) was in JEB Stuart’s command, wounded at the battle of Yellow Tavern in the same engagement in which Stuart was killed. His sons, James Barksdale and John Barksdale, were partners with John Fry to invest in small lots in the neighborhood.   
*[[Barracks Road]] – The Albemarle Barracks, a prisoner-of-war camp for British prisoners during the American Revolutionary War.
*[[Barracks Road]] – The Albemarle Barracks, a prisoner-of-war camp for British prisoners during the American Revolutionary War.
*[[Baylor Lane]] - unknown
*[[Baylor Lane]] - unknown
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*[[Blincoe Land]] - unknown
*[[Blincoe Land]] - unknown
*[[Blue Ridge Road]] - unknown
*[[Blue Ridge Road]] - unknown
*[[Bolling Avenue]] – Major Bartlett Bolling (CSA), a member of the Bolling family, a First Family of Virginia and prominent family in early U.S. history and related by marriage to the second son of General Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Custis, William Henry Fitzhugh Lee (May 31, 1837 – October 15, 1891), also known as W.H.F. Lee. On November 28, 1867, W.H.F. Lee married Mary Tabb Bolling.)
*[[Bolling Avenue]] – Major Bartlett Bolling (CSA), a member of the Bolling family, a First Family of Virginia and prominent family in early U.S. history and related by marriage to the second son of General Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Custis, William Henry Fitzhugh Lee (May 31, 1837 – October 15, 1891), also known as W.H.F. Lee. On November 28, 1867, W.H.F. Lee married Mary Tabb Bolling.
*[[Bollingwood Road]] - unknown
*[[Bollingwood Road]] - unknown
*[[Booker Street]] - unknown
*[[Booker Street]] - unknown
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*[[Darien Terrace]] - unknown
*[[Darien Terrace]] - unknown
*[[David Terrace]] - unknown  
*[[David Terrace]] - unknown  
*[[Davis Ave]] - [[Davis family]] or a specific Davis; [[R.M. Davis]] subdivision developer early 1970’s.  
*[[Davis Avenue]] - [[Davis family]] or a specific Davis; [[R.M. Davis]] subdivision developer early 1970’s.  
*[[Del Mar Drive]] - unknown
*[[Del Mar Drive]] - unknown
*[[Delevan Street]] - unknown
*[[Delevan Street]] - unknown
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*[[Elizabeth Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Elizabeth Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Elkhorn Road]] - unknown
*[[Elkhorn Road]] - unknown
*[[Elliewood Avenue]] – [[Ellie Wood Page Keith]] (First woman to have city street named after her.)
*[[Elliewood Avenue]] – [[Ellie Wood Page Keith]] First woman to have city street named after her.
*[[Elliott Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Elliott Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Elm Street]] - presumably the tree
*[[Elm Street]] - presumably the tree
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*[[Forest Hills Avenue]] - presumably the trees
*[[Forest Hills Avenue]] - presumably the trees
*[[Forest Ridge Road]] - presumably the trees
*[[Forest Ridge Road]] - presumably the trees
*[[Forest Street]] – Originally named “Forrest” Street between 1916 to 1950’s, probably name in honor of [[W.M. Forrest]] a prominent city official during the city’s annexation of the [[Rose Hill Neighborhood]] territory in 1916.
*[[Forest Street]] – formerly Forrest Street, probably named in honor of [[W.M. Forrest]] a prominent city official during the city’s annexation of the [[Rose Hill]] territory in 1916.
*[[Foxbrook Lane]] - unknown  
*[[Foxbrook Lane]] - unknown  
*[[Francis Fife Way]] – in honor of [[Francis Fife]] who served as Mayor of Charlottesville from 1972 to 1974.
*[[Francis Fife Way]] – in honor of [[Francis Fife]] who served as Mayor of Charlottesville from 1972 to 1974.
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*[[Garden Drive]] - unknown
*[[Garden Drive]] - unknown
*[[Garden Street]] - unknown
*[[Garden Street]] - unknown
*[[Garrett Street]] – formerly known as ‘Garretts Avenue’ and City Line in 1877. Alexander Garrett held numerous lots within Charlottesville’s corporate limits until his death in 1861. Alexander Garrett (namesake for Garrett Street and UVA’s Garrett Hall) platted his Oak Hill farm  
*[[Garrett Street]] – formerly known as Garrett's Avenue and City Line in 1877. Alexander Garrett held numerous lots within Charlottesville’s corporate limits until his death in 1861. Alexander Garrett (namesake for Garrett Street and UVA’s Garrett Hall) platted his Oak Hill farm  
*[[Gentry Lane]] - unknown
*[[Gentry Lane]] - unknown
*[[Gildersleeve Wood]] - presumably the tree
*[[Gildersleeve Wood]] - presumably the tree
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*[[Jamestown Drive]] - unknown
*[[Jamestown Drive]] - unknown
*[[Jeanette Lancaster Way]] - unknown
*[[Jeanette Lancaster Way]] - unknown
*[[Jefferson Park Avenue]] – formerly known as Fry's Springs Road
*[[Jefferson Park Avenue]] – formerly known as Fry's Springs Road.
*[[Jefferson Park Circle]] - unknown
*[[Jefferson Park Circle]] - unknown
*[[John Street]] - unknown
*[[John Street]] - unknown
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*[[Lochlyn Hill Drive]] - unknown
*[[Lochlyn Hill Drive]] - unknown
*[[Locust Avenue]] – namesake of 'Locust Grove' Plantation (810 Locust Avenue). Greek-Revival plantation house built for George Sinclair around 1840.
*[[Locust Avenue]] – namesake of 'Locust Grove' Plantation (810 Locust Avenue). Greek-Revival plantation house built for George Sinclair around 1840.
*[[Locust Lane Court]] - presumably the tree
*[[Locust Lane Court]] - presumably the tree.
*[[Locust Lane]] - presumably the tree
*[[Locust Lane]] - presumably the tree.
*[[Lodge Creek Circle]] - unknown
*[[Lodge Creek Circle]] - unknown
*[[Long Street]] - unknown
*[[Long Street]] - unknown
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*[[Malcolm Crescent]] - unknown
*[[Malcolm Crescent]] - unknown
*[[Manila Street]] - unknown
*[[Manila Street]] - unknown
*[[Maple Street]] - presumably the tree
*[[Maple Street]] - presumably the tree.
*[[Merchant Street]] - unknown
*[[Merchant Street]] - unknown
*[[Marie Place]] - unknown
*[[Marie Place]] - unknown
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*[[Monroe Lane]] - unknown
*[[Monroe Lane]] - unknown
*[[Monte Vista Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Monte Vista Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Montebello Circle]] – Historic Home [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montebello_(Charlottesville,_Virginia)]].
*[[Montebello Circle]] – Historic plantation home of Montebello.
*[[Monticello Avenue]] - Monticello was the primary plantation of [[Thomas Jefferson]]
*[[Monticello Avenue]] - Monticello was the primary plantation of [[Thomas Jefferson]]
*[[Monticello Road]] - Monticello was the primary plantation of [[Thomas Jefferson]]
*[[Monticello Road]] - Monticello was the primary plantation of [[Thomas Jefferson]]
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*[[Perry Drive]] - unknown
*[[Perry Drive]] - unknown
*[[Peterson Place]] - unknown
*[[Peterson Place]] - unknown
*[[Piedmont Avenue N]] - unknown
*[[Piedmont Avenue North]] - unknown
*[[Piedmont Avenue S]] - unknown
*[[Piedmont Avenue South]] - unknown
*[[Pine Street]] - presumably the tree
*[[Pine Street]] - presumably the tree
*[[Pine Top Road]] - presumably the tree
*[[Pine Top Road]] - presumably the tree
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*[[Poplar Street]] - presumably the tree
*[[Poplar Street]] - presumably the tree
*[[Porter Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Porter Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Preston Avenue]] – [[Thomas L. Preston]] a professor and member of the Board of Visitors. He served as part of the staff under General Joseph E. Johnston in the Confederate army. One of three professors who met Generals Philip Sheridan and George Custer at UVA and protected the University from major damage. https://www.civilwar.vt.edu/wordpress/thomas-lewis-preston-southern-gentleman/
*[[Preston Avenue]] – [[Thomas L. Preston]] (CSA), professor and member of the Board of Visitors at the University of Virginia.  
*[[Preston Place]] - [[Colonel Thomas L. Preston]]  
*[[Preston Place]] - Colonel [[Thomas L. Preston]]  
*[[Price Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Price Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Prospect Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Prospect Avenue]] - unknown
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*[[Rialto Street]] - unknown
*[[Rialto Street]] - unknown
*[[Ricky Road]] - unknown
*[[Ricky Road]] - unknown
*[[Ridge Mcintire Rd]] - unknown
*[[Ridge Mcintire Road]] - unknown
*[[Ridge Street]] - unknown
*[[Ridge Street]] - unknown
*[[Ridgecrest Drive]] - unknown
*[[Ridgecrest Drive]] - unknown
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*[[Riverview Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Riverview Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Rives Street]] - unknown
*[[Rives Street]] - unknown
*[[Roades Ct]] - unknown
*[[Roades Court]] - unknown
*[[Robertson Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Robertson Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Robertson Lane]] - unknown
*[[Robertson Lane]] - unknown
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*[[Rock Creek Road]] - unknown
*[[Rock Creek Road]] - unknown
*[[Rockland Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Rockland Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Roosevelt Brown Blvd]] – A two-block stretch of road between [[West Main Street]] and [[Cherry Avenue]] is named in memory of [[Roosevelt Brown | Roosevelt "Rosey" Brown Jr.]], an American football player. He was born in Charlottesville in 1932,  he lived on 5th Street NW, (close by) and attended [Jefferson High School]]. Brown was well known for being the first African American professional football player from Charlottesville to be named to the NFL Hall of Fame  {{minutes-citycouncil|when=July 21, 2003|id=195928}}</ref> He was an offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants (1953–1965. <ref>http://www.charlottesville.org/community/neighborhood-connection/10th-and-page</ref>
*[[Roosevelt Brown Boulevard]] – A two-block stretch of road between [[West Main Street]] and [[Cherry Avenue]] is named in memory of [[Roosevelt Brown | Roosevelt "Rosey" Brown Jr.]], the first African American professional football player from Charlottesville to be named to the NFL Hall of Famean American football player.  
*[[Rosa Terrace]] - unknown
*[[Rosa Terrace]] - unknown
*[[Rose Hill Drive]]- Named after the late 1700's plantation, Rose Hill, once part of the property owned by Dr. George Gilmer of [[Penn Park]]. Gilmer gave his son-in-law [[William Wirt]] the Rose Hill property upon which he built the plantation. Located in the [[Rose Hill]] Neighborhood and previously named Rose Hill Street.
*[[Rose Hill Drive]]- Named after the late 1700's plantation, Rose Hill, once part of the property owned by Dr. George Gilmer of [[Penn Park]]. Gilmer gave his son-in-law [[William Wirt]] the Rose Hill property upon which he built the plantation. Located in the [[Rose Hill]] Neighborhood and previously named Rose Hill Street.
*[[Rosser Avenue E]] - Rosser Family. Part of the estate purchased by [[General Thomas L. Rosser]] in 1883.
*[[Rosser Avenue East]] - Rosser Family. Part of the estate purchased by General [[Thomas L. Rosser]] (CSA) in 1883.
*[[Rosser Avenue W]] - Rosser Family. Part of the estate purchased by [[General Thomas L. Rosser]] in 1883.
*[[Rosser Avenue West]] - Rosser Family. Part of the estate purchased by General [[Thomas L. Rosser]] (CSA) in 1883.
*[[Rosser Ln]] - Rosser Family. Part of the estate purchased by [[General Thomas L. Rosser]] in 1883.
*[[Rosser Lane]] - Rosser Family. Part of the estate purchased by General [[Thomas L. Rosser]] (CSA) in 1883.
*[[Rothery Road]] - unknown
*[[Rothery Road]] - unknown
*[[Rougemont Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Rougemont Avenue]] - unknown
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*[[Spring Street]] - unknown
*[[Spring Street]] - unknown
*[[Spruce Street]] - presumably the tree
*[[Spruce Street]] - presumably the tree
*[[St Annes Dr]] - unknown
*[[St Annes Drive]] - unknown
*[[St Annes Road]] - unknown
*[[St Annes Road]] - unknown
*[[St Charles Avenue]] - unknown
*[[St Charles Avenue]] - unknown
*[[St Charles Ct]] - unknown
*[[St Charles Court]] - unknown
*[[St Clair Avenue]] - unknown
*[[St Clair Avenue]] - unknown
*[[St George Avenue]] - unknown
*[[St George Avenue]] - unknown
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*[[Thomson Road]] - unknown
*[[Thomson Road]] - unknown
*[[Todd Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Todd Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Trailridge Rd]] - unknown
*[[Trailridge Road]] - unknown
*[[Tripper Court]] - unknown
*[[Tripper Court]] - unknown
*[[Troost Court]] - unknown
*[[Troost Court]] - unknown
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*[[University Court]] – University of Virginia
*[[University Court]] – University of Virginia
*[[University Grounds]] – University of Virginia
*[[University Grounds]] – University of Virginia
*[[University Mnr]] – University of Virginia
*[[University Minor]] – University of Virginia
*[[University Way]] – University of Virginia
*[[University Way]] – University of Virginia
*[[Valley Circle]] - Topography
*[[Valley Circle]] - Topography
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*[[Wellford Street]] - unknown
*[[Wellford Street]] - unknown
*[[Wertland Street]] - unknown
*[[Wertland Street]] - unknown
*[[West Street]] - in the neighborhood of {10th and Page]], was named for John West, a former slave who lived in the 300 block.  He was a barber by trade, but over time made a substantial return from real estate he had acquired. <ref>http://www.charlottesville.org/community/neighborhood-connection/10th-and-page</ref>   
*[[West Street]] - in the neighborhood of {10th and Page]], was named for [[John West]], a former slave who lived in the 300 block.  He was a barber by trade, but over time made a substantial return from real estate he had acquired. <ref>http://www.charlottesville.org/community/neighborhood-connection/10th-and-page</ref>   
*[[Westerly Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Westerly Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Westview Road]] - unknown
*[[Westview Road]] - unknown

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The following is a list of streets and their namesakes.

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References

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