The Streets of Detroit
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| f Fort Shelby, and after Cass the streets were named numerically First, Sec | ||
| F Street | No longer appears on city maps. May still exist. West of 3100 Vinewood. 1 block south of 3900 Michigan | |
| F. & P.M. Street | This street was most likely named after the Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad which operated in Michigan from 1857 to 1899 (at which time it and 2 other railroad companies merged as Pere Marquette Railway). Special thanks to Sally for providing this info. | |
| Faber Street (Ham) | Hamtramck | |
| Fairbanks Avenue | ||
| Fairchild Avenue | Fairchild Road in Chesterfield, was named after Stephen Fairchild, an old-time civic leader. It is possible that this was named for the same person. (Some information courtesy of Frank DeFrank with the Macomb Daily and Robert Szudarek) | |
| Faircrest Avenue | ||
| Fairfax Avenue | ||
| Fairfield Avenue | ||
| Fairmount Drive | ||
| Fairport Avenue | ||
| Fairview Avenue | ||
| Fairway Drive | ||
| Falcon Avenue | ||
| Falcon Avenue (Ham) | ||
| Falcon Court | ||
| Fargo Avenue | ||
| Farmbrook Avenue | ||
| Farmer Street | ||
| Farmington Road | ||
| Farnsworth Avenue | ||
| Farr Avenue | ||
| Farrand Avenue (HP) | Highland Park | |
| Faust Avenue | ||
| Faust Road | ||
| Fayette Avenue | ||
| Federal Avenue | ||
| Felch Street | ||
| Fenelon Avenue | ||
| Fenkell Avenue | ||
| Fenmore Avenue | ||
| Fenton Avenue | ||
| Fenwick Street | ||
| Ferdinand Avenue | ||
| Ferdinand Avenue S | ||
| Ferguson Avenue | ||
| Ferguson Avenue (Ham) | ||
| Fern Avenue | Originally known as Rubber Street Special thanks to Debbie Moyes Bailey of St. Louis, Missouri for this info (see Moyes Avenue). | |
| Fern Place | ||
| Ferndale Avenue | ||
| Ferndale Avenue (Spw) | ||
| Ferney Street (Spw) | ||
| Fernhill Avenue | ||
| Fernwood Avenue | ||
| Fernwood Avenue (Spw) | ||
| Ferris Avenue | ||
| Ferris Avenue (HP) | ||
| Ferry Avenue E-W | ||
| Ferry Park Avenue | ||
| Field Avenue | ||
| Fielding Avenue | ||
| Filbert Avenue | ||
| Filer Avenue | ||
| Findlay Avenue | ||
| Finley Street | ||
| Firwood Avenue | ||
| Fischer Avenue | ||
| Fiske Avenue/Drive | ||
| Fitzpatrick Street | ||
| Five-Point Avenue | ||
| Flanders Avenue | Flanders Avenue might be named for the Dutch-speaking area in Belgium of the same name. Belgians from Flanders were prevelant on the East Side of Detroit from the 1890s to the 1960s. Special thanks to David Baeckelandt (former President and Chairman of the Board of the Gazette van Detroit - the last bilingual Dutch-English Belgian newspaper in North America) for this information. | |
| Fleet Street | ||
| Fleming Avenue (Ham) | Fleming Avenue might be named after a person with the surname or could be named after the large number of Flemings (Dutch-speaking Belgians that come from Flanders) that dominated the East Side of Detroit from the 1890s to the 1960s. Special thanks to David Baeckelandt (former President and Chairman of the Board of the Gazette van Detroit - the last bilingual Dutch-English Belgian newspaper in North America) for this information. | |
| Fletcher Street | ||
| Flora Street | Flora Street was named for the daughter of Anton Kaier (see Kaier Street and Dora Street). Special thanks to Anita Hiltz, granddaughter of Anton Kaier, for this information. | |
| Florence Avenue | ||
| Florence Avenue (HP) | ||
| Florian Avenue (Ham) | Named for the landmark Catholic Church, St.Florians. Special thanks to John Bezik for this information. | |
| Florida Avenue | Named for the state of Florida | |
| Flower Court/Street | ||
| Floyd Avenue | ||
| Foley Street | ||
| Ford Avenue (HP) | Named for automobile magnate, Henry Ford. Highland Park | |
| Ford Avenue (Spw) | ||
| Ford Court | Named for automobile magnate, Henry Ford. | |
| Ford Highway | Named for automobile magnate, Henry Ford. | |
| Ford Highway (Spw) | Named for automobile magnate, Henry Ford. | |
| Ford Road (Spw) | Named for automobile magnate, Henry Ford. | |
| Fordale Street | ||
| Fordham Street | ||
| Fordson Avenue | ||
| Fordson Highway | ||
| Fordyce Street | ||
| Forest Avenue E-W | ||
| Forest Court | ||
| Forest Lawn Avenue | ||
| Forman Avenue N-S | ||
| Forrer Street | ||
| Forsyth Street | ||
| Fort Street E-W-S | Mary Bailey of the Detroit News, writes, "Fort and Shelby streets were named after Fort Shelby, which was located there. The western point of Fort Street was opened and named in 1827 when the remains of Fort Shelby were razed. The fort was named after Gov. Isaac Shelby of Kentucky, who aided Michigan in the War of 1812 with troops from his home state. " http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=199#ixzz0qOP2Vxki | |
| Fortune Street S | ||
| Foster Street | ||
| Fournier Street | ||
| Fox Avenue | ||
| Francis Avenue N-S | ||
| Francisco Avenue | ||
| Frank Street | ||
| Frankfort Avenue | ||
| Franklin Street | ||
| Frass Avenue | ||
| Frazer Place | ||
| Freda Avenue | ||
| Freda Avenue (Spw) | ||
| Frederick Avenue | ||
| Fredro Avenue | ||
| Freeland Street | ||
| Freer Street | ||
| Fremont Place | ||
| French Road | ||
| Freud Avenue | ||
| Friedberg Avenue (HP) | Highland Park | |
| Frisbee Street | ||
| Front Street | ||
| Frontenac Avenue | Named for Louis de Buade, Comte de Frontenac, Governor of New France (1698). | |
| Fullerton Avenue | ||
| Fulton Avenue | ||
| Furguson Avenue |
