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*[[Duke Street]] - unknown
*[[Duke Street]] - unknown
*[[Dunova Court]] - unknown
*[[Dunova Court]] - unknown
*[[E High Street]] - unknown
*[[E High Street]] - common name for the major street in the middle of a shopping area.
*[[E Jefferson Street]] - [[Thomas Jefferson]]
*[[E Jefferson Street]] - [[Thomas Jefferson]]
*[[E Main Street]] - unknown
*[[E Main Street]] - common name for the major street in the middle of a shopping area.
*[[E Market Street]] - unknown
*[[E Market Street]] - common name for the major street in the middle of a shopping area.
*[[E South Street]] - unknown
*[[E South Street]] - common name for the major street in the middle of a shopping area.
*[[E Water Street]] - unknown
*[[E Water Street]] - a stream flowed through the area
*[[Earhart Street]] - unknown
*[[Earhart Street]] - unknown
*[[Early Street]] - the Early family, either John Early (namesake of [[Earlysville]]) or his son, Confederate general and Lost Cause promoter [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jubal_Early Jubal Early]
*[[Early Street]] - the Early family, either John Early (namesake of [[Earlysville]]) or his son, Confederate general and Lost Cause promoter [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jubal_Early Jubal Early]
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*[[Village Road]]- unknown
*[[Village Road]]- unknown
*[[Vine Street]]- unknown
*[[Vine Street]]- unknown
*[[Virginia Avenue]]- unknown
*[[Virginia Avenue]]- State of Virginia
*[[W High Street]]- unknown
*[[W High Street]]- unknown
*[[W Jefferson Street]]- [[Thomas Jefferson]]
*[[W Jefferson Street]]- [[Thomas Jefferson]]
*[[W Main Street]] - self-explanatory
*[[W Main Street]] - self-explanatory
*[[W Market Street]] - unknown
*[[W Market Street]] - named for the type of commerce or industry found there.
*[[W South Street]] - unknown
*[[W South Street]] - unknown
*[[W Water Street]] - unknown
*[[W Water Street]] - unknown
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*[[Welk Place]] - unknown
*[[Welk Place]] - unknown
*[[Wellford Street]] - unknown
*[[Wellford Street]] - unknown
*[[Wertland Street]] - unknown
*[[Wertland Street]] - takes its name from the family of [[William Wertenbaker]]. Located in the [[Wertland Street Historic District]].<ref>https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/historic-registers/104-0136/</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> West Street is named for an African American.<ref>http://www.c-ville.com/Rosey_homecoming/</ref>   
*[[West Street]] - in the neighborhood of [[10th and Page]], was named for [[John West]], a former slave. A barber by trade, over time West made a substantial return from real estate investments. His house was located in the 300 block (land is now part of the [[Westhaven]] development.) <ref>http://www.charlottesville.org/community/neighborhood-connection/10th-and-page</ref> West Street is named for an African American.<ref>http://www.c-ville.com/Rosey_homecoming/</ref>   
*[[Westerly Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Westerly Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Westview Road]] - presumably for the view across the western portion of the 200-acre property owned by Gen. [[Thomas L. Rosser]] (CSA) and [[Elizabeth Winston Rosser]].  
*[[Westview Road]] - presumably for the view across the western portion of the 200-acre property owned by Gen. [[Thomas L. Rosser]] (CSA) and [[Elizabeth Winston Rosser]].  
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*[[Willow Drive]] - presumably a botanical name
*[[Willow Drive]] - presumably a botanical name
*[[Wilson Court]] - unknown
*[[Wilson Court]] - unknown
*[[Wine Cellar Circle]] - unknown
*[[Wine Cellar Circle]] - named for the [[Monticello Wine Company]] located at the end of [[Wine Street]], near [[Hedge Street]].  Founded in [[1873]], it was the largest winery in the South.
*[[Wine Street]] - unknown
*[[Wine Street]] - named for the [[Monticello Wine Company]] located at the end of the street, founded in [[1873]].
*[[Winston Road]] - in the Venable neighborhood, named for Elizabeth Winston, wife of Gen. [[Thomas L. Rosser]] (CSA). Winston Rd. and Rosser Ln. intersect at a corner of the block encompassing [[Rugby Hall]], which the Rossers purchased in 1885.
*[[Winston Road]] - in the [[Venable neighborhood]], named for Elizabeth Winston, wife of Gen. [[Thomas L. Rosser]] (CSA). Winston Rd. and Rosser Ln. intersect at a corner of the block encompassing [[Rugby Hall]], which the Rossers purchased in [[1885]].
*[[Winston Terrace]] - unknown
*[[Winston Terrace]] - unknown
*[[Wise Street]] - unknown
*[[Wise Street]] - unknown

Revision as of 00:52, 13 August 2020


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The following is a list of streets and their namesakes.

(A) Ackley Lane thru Azalea Drive

(B) Bailey Road thru Burnley Avenue

(C) Cabell Avenue thru Cynthianna Avenue

(D-G) Dairy Road to Grover Court

(H-L) Hammond Street thru Lyons Court

(M-O) Madison Avenue thru Oxford Road

(P-T) Page Street thru Twyman Road

(U-Z) University Avenue thru Zan Road

Street name changes

Extinct streets

  • Loudoun Road (ca. 1964) - (undeveloped street between Lewis Mountain and Thomson roads)[7]

References

  1. ↑ Web. The Cabell Family, University of Virginia Special Collections Library, 2018
  2. ↑ Sheridan R. Barringer, Custer's Gray Rival, (Burlington, NC, 2019), 249.
  3. ↑ http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?query=Roslyn&docId=uva-sc%2Fviu03696.xml&chunk.id=
  4. ↑ https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/historic-registers/104-0136/
  5. ↑ http://www.charlottesville.org/community/neighborhood-connection/10th-and-page
  6. ↑ http://www.c-ville.com/Rosey_homecoming/
  7. ↑ https://v3.lib.virginia.edu/catalog/uva-lib:2681176/view#openLayer/uva-lib:2681197/3799.5/4438.5/4/1/0

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