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*[[Dunova Court]] - unknown
*[[Dunova Court]] - unknown
*[[E High Street]] - unknown
*[[E High Street]] - unknown
*[[E Jefferson Street]] - unknown
*[[E Jefferson Street]] - [[Thomas Jefferson]]
*[[E Main Street]] - unknown
*[[E Main Street]] - unknown
*[[E Market Street]] - unknown
*[[E Market Street]] - unknown
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*[[E Water Street]] - unknown
*[[E Water Street]] - unknown
*[[Earhart Street]] - unknown
*[[Earhart Street]] - unknown
*[[Early 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]
*[[Eastview Street]] - unknown
*[[Eastview Street]] - unknown
*[[Edge Hill Road]] - unknown
*[[Edge Hill Road]] - unknown
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*[[Evergreen Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Evergreen Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Fairway Avenue]] - unknown  
*[[Fairway Avenue]] - unknown  
*[[Farish Street]] – namesake of property owner’s, the Farish family at 532 Park Street.  
*[[Farish Street]] – namesake of property owners, the Farish family at 532 Park Street.  
*[[Farm Lane]] – namesake of [[The Farm]] located at 12th Street and Jefferson. An eighteenth century farm that lay east of early Charlottesville which dated from 1825.
*[[Farm Lane]] – namesake of [[The Farm]] located at 12th Street and Jefferson. An eighteenth century farm that lay east of early Charlottesville which dated from 1825.
*[[Fauquier Road]] - unknown
*[[Fauquier Road]] - unknown
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*[[Glendale Road]] - unknown
*[[Glendale Road]] - unknown
*[[Glenn Court]] - unknown
*[[Glenn Court]] - unknown
*[[Goodman Street]] - unknown
*[[Goodman Street]] - the Goodman family, most recently David R. Goodman (1830-1900?), who owned the land that became Graves Addition which contains the street from 1892 until his death
*[[Gordon Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Gordon Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Grace Street]] - unknown  
*[[Grace Street]] - unknown  
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*[[Graves Street]] - Lewis W. Graves, developer of the Graves Addition area of Belmont
*[[Graves Street]] - Lewis W. Graves, developer of the Graves Addition area of Belmont
*[[Green Street]] - unknown
*[[Green Street]] - unknown
*[[Greenbrier Drive]] - presumably the tree
*[[Greenbrier Drive]] - presumably, a botanical name
*[[Greenbrier Terrace]] - presumably the tree
*[[Greenbrier Terrace]] - presumably, a botanical name
*[[Greenleaf Lane]] - presumably the tree
*[[Greenleaf Lane]] - presumably, a botanical name
*[[Greenway Road]] - presumably the tree
*[[Greenway Road]] - presumably, a botanical name
*[[Greenwich Court]] - unknown
*[[Greenwich Court]] - presumably [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich,_Connecticut Greenwich, Connecticut] (co-located with Waterbury, Hartford, and Danbury Courts, which abbreviates to "Ct" same as the abbreviation for Conneticut)
*[[Grimes Place]] - unknown
*[[Grimes Place]] - unknown
*[[Grove Avenue]] - presumably the tree
*[[Grove Avenue]] - presumably the tree
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*[[Hanover Street]] - unknown  
*[[Hanover Street]] - unknown  
*[[Hardwood Avenue]] - presumably, a botanical name referencing a classification of tree wood
*[[Hardwood Avenue]] - presumably, a botanical name referencing a classification of tree wood
*[[Hardy Drive]] - Rev. [[R. B. Hardy]].
*[[Hardy Drive]] - Rev. [[R. B. Hardy]]
*[[Harmon Street]] - unknown
*[[Harmon Street]] - unknown
*[[Harris Road]] - unknown
*[[Harris Road]] - unknown
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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]] – [[Thomas Jefferson]], formerly known as Fry's Springs Road.
*[[Jefferson Park Circle]] - unknown
*[[Jefferson Park Circle]] - [[Thomas Jefferson]]
*[[John Street]] - unknown
*[[John Street]] - unknown
*[[John W Warner Parkway]] - namesake of former Republican Sen. John W. Warner, advocated for the project in Washington D.C. and secured $27 million in federal funds for the road construction.
*[[John W Warner Parkway]] - namesake of former Republican Sen. John W. Warner, advocated for the project in Washington D.C. and secured $27 million in federal funds for the road construction.
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*[[Laurel Circle]] - unknown
*[[Laurel Circle]] - unknown
*[[Leake Lane]] - unknown
*[[Leake Lane]] - unknown
*[[Lee Street]] - unknown
*[[Lee Street]] - presumably, Confederate general [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._Lee Robert E. Lee]
*[[Lehigh Circle]] - unknown
*[[Lehigh Circle]] - unknown
*[[Leigh Place]] - unknown
*[[Leigh Place]] - unknown
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*[[Little High Street]] - unknown
*[[Little High Street]] - unknown
*[[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 (house)|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]] - [[Locust Grove (house)|Locust Grove]] Plantation , same as [[Locust Avenue]]
*[[Locust Lane]] - presumably the tree.
*[[Locust Lane]] - [[Locust Grove (house)|Locust Grove]] Plantation , same as [[Locust Avenue]]
*[[Lodge Creek Circle]] - unknown
*[[Lodge Creek Circle]] - unknown
*[[Long Street]] - unknown
*[[Long Street]] - unknown
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*[[Maywood Lane]] - unknown
*[[Maywood Lane]] - unknown
*[[Mcelroy Drive]] - unknown
*[[Mcelroy Drive]] - unknown
*[[Mcintire Park Drive]] - [[Paul Goodloe McIntire]] donating 92 acres for the park that would eventually bear his name.
*[[Mcintire Park Drive|McIntire Park Drive]] - [[Paul Goodloe McIntire]], who donated 92 acres for the adjacent park
*[[Mcintire Road]] – [[Paul Goodloe McIntire]] is acknowledged as one of the great benefactors of the City of Charlottesville, the County of Albemarle and also the University of Virginia.
*[[Mcintire Road|McIntire Road]] – [[Paul Goodloe McIntire]]
*[[Meade Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Meade Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Meadow Street]] - unknown
*[[Meadow Street]] - unknown
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*[[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]]
*[[Montpelier Street]] – Historic home of James Madison [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Madison]]
*[[Montpelier Street]] – Plantation of James Madison [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Madison]]
*[[Montrose Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Montrose Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Moore Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Moore Avenue]] - unknown
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*[[Shasta Court]] - unknown
*[[Shasta Court]] - unknown
*[[Shelby Drive]] - unknown
*[[Shelby Drive]] - unknown
*[[Sheridan Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Sheridan Avenue]] - United States Army General [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Sheridan Philip Sheridan], who's forces liberated Charlottesville from Confederate control in 1865 and made their camp in the vicinity of the street
*[[Sherwood Road]] - unknown
*[[Sherwood Road]] - unknown
*[[Slate Place]] - unknown
*[[Slate Place]] - unknown
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*[[Swift Lane]] - unknown
*[[Swift Lane]] - unknown
*[[Sycamore Street]] - unknown
*[[Sycamore Street]] - unknown
*[[Tarleton Drive]] - presumably General [[Banastre Tarleton]]
*[[Tarleton Drive]] - presumably General [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banastre_Tarleton Banastre Tarleton]
*[[Taylor Street]] - unknown
*[[Taylor Street]] - unknown
*[[Thomas Drive]] - unknown
*[[Thomas Drive]] - unknown
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*[[Wilder Drive]] - unknown
*[[Wilder Drive]] - unknown
*[[Willard Drive]] - unknown
*[[Willard Drive]] - unknown
*[[Willow Drive]] - unknown
*[[Willow Drive]] - presumably a botanical name
*[[Wilson Court]] - unknown
*[[Wilson Court]] - unknown
*[[Wine Cellar Circle]] - unknown
*[[Wine Cellar Circle]] - unknown
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*[[Woodland Drive]] - unknown
*[[Woodland Drive]] - unknown
*[[Woodrow Street]] - unknown
*[[Woodrow Street]] - unknown
*[[Yorktown Drive]] - unknown
*[[Yorktown Drive]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorktown,_Virginia Yorktown, Virginia] site of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Yorktown_(1862) Siege of Yorktown (1862)], the last major battle of the American Revolutionary War
*[[Zan Road]] – unknown
*[[Zan Road]] – unknown



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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

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