The Streets of Detroit

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10th Street
11th Street
12th Street		Now known as "Rosa Parks Boulevard" in honor of Civil Right's activist Rosa Parks.
14th Avenue
15th Street
16th Street
17th Street
18th Street
19th Street
1st Street		Mary Bailey of the Detroit News, writes, "Cass Street was located immediately west of Fort Shelby, and after Cass the streets were named numerically First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, signifying their order west from the fort." http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=199#ixzz0qOP2Vxki
20th Street
21st Street
22nd Street
23rd Street
24th Street
25th Street
28th Street
29th Street
2nd Avenue/Street		Mary Bailey of the Detroit News, writes, "Cass Street was located immediately west of Fort Shelby, and after Cass the streets were named numerically First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, signifying their order west from the fort." http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=199#ixzz0qOP2Vxki
2nd Boulevard
3 Mile Drive		3 Mile Drive is approximately 3 miles from where it starts at Harper Ave. (it runs south to Matthew C. Patterson Park at the water). Thanks to Thom Dionne for this info. It should be noted that another reader has taken exception to this bit of info. I confess, I didn't measure the street to confirm that it is 3 miles long. I also don't mean to imply that the road was named 3 mile because of its length.
30th Street
31st Street
32nd Street
33rd Street
35th Street
3rd Avenue/Street		Mary Bailey of the Detroit News, writes, "Cass Street was located immediately west of Fort Shelby, and after Cass the streets were named numerically First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, signifying their order west from the fort." http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=199#ixzz0qOP2Vxki
4th Avenue/Street		Mary Bailey of the Detroit News, writes, "Cass Street was located immediately west of Fort Shelby, and after Cass the streets were named numerically First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, signifying their order west from the fort." http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=199#ixzz0qOP2Vxki
51st Street
52nd Street
5th Street/Street		Mary Bailey of the Detroit News, writes, "Cass Street was located immediately west of Fort Shelby, and after Cass the streets were named numerically First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, signifying their order west from the fort." http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=199#ixzz0qOP2Vxki
6 Mile Road		Is located approximately 6 miles North of the Detroit River (measuring from the beginning of Woodward Avenue). (Read More)
6th Street
7 Mile Road		Is located approximately 7 miles North of the Detroit River (measuring from the beginning of Woodward Avenue). (Read More)
8 Mile Road E-W		Is located approximately 8 miles North of the Detroit River (measuring from the beginning of Woodward Avenue). (Read More)
8th Street
A Street		No longer appears on city maps. May still exist. West of 3100 Vinewood. 1 block south of 3900 Michigan
Aaron Street
Abbott Street		Possibly named for early Detroiter, James Abbott, or his son James Abbott, who was one of the city's first postmasters. Mary Bailey, of the Detroit News, writes, ''Abbott Street was opened in 1835 and was named for James Abbott Jr., born in Detroit in 1776. His father, James Abbott Sr., came to Detroit in 1768 and organized a fur trading partnership with several local men. James Jr. was educated in Montreal, and followed his father into the fur business. His first Detroit store was near the southwest corner of Woodward Avenue and Woodbridge. He also was postmaster from 1806 to 1831. His home, store, post office and fur warehouse were all located below Woodbridge on Woodward.'' On March 19, 1887 the street's name was changed to Amherst.
Aberle Street		Named after Elias Aberle, land owner
Abington Road		Off map
Abrey Street
Acacia Street		Off map
Academy
Ackley Avenue
Adair Street		Named for William Adair nurseryman and landowner; 1862
Adams Avenue E-W		Named for John Adams, second President of the United States
Adams Street		Named for T.K. Adams; landowner; 1875, later changed to Buchanan March 19, 1887. Is now Buchanan Street. Source: now defunct Geocities site.
Addison Street
Adelaide Street		Named for the wife of Elijah Brush.
Adele Street		No longer exists.The area now belongs to the GM Corporation BOC Group.
Adeline Avenue
Afton Road
Agnes Avenue		Named after youngest daughter of Moses W. Field
Ahrens Street
Aigret Street
Aklev
Akron		Possibly named for Akron, Ohio.
Alameda Avenue
Alaska Avenue		Probably named for the Alaskan Territory.
Albany Avenue		Probably named for Albany, New York.
Alber Street (Spw)		May be named for Army Private Frederick Alber of Manchester. He received the Medal of Honor for his Civil War service.
Albert Street		Off map
Albion Street
Alcoy Avenue/Street
Alden Avenue
Alder Court/Place/Street
Alexander		Named for Alexander Fraser, landowner; 1857 ; changed to Wight on July 9, 1867. Is now Wight Street. Source: now defunct Geocities site on Michigan Street names.
Alexander Street		Named for Alexander Stanton, son of General Henry Stanton; 1852 (Stanton Farm); later changed to Newark June 3, 1885. Is now Newark Street. Source: now defunct Geocities website.
Alexandrine Avenue E-W		Named for Alexandrine M. Willis the wife of B. Campau, land owner; 1863.
Alfred Street		Named for the son of Elijah Brush
Alger Avenue		Probably named for Michigan's 20th Governor, Russell Alexander Alger
Algonac Avenue		According to Michigan Place Names, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft invented the name Algonac by taking the beginning of Algonquin (as in the Algonquin Nation) and adding the suffix 'ac', meaning 'place.'
Algonquin		Named for the Algonquin Nation.
Algonquin Avenue N-S		Named for the Algonquin Nation. Off map
Alice Avenue (Ham)		Hamtramck
Alice Avenue (Spw)
Allen Place		Possibly named for University of Michigan Regent, Marvin Allen. Or maybe for Ann Abor co-founder, John Allen. Or Royal Oak settler, Charles Allen. I think it is most likely that it was named for Lewis Allen, for whom Allen Park is named.
Allen Street		Possibly named for University of Michigan Regent, Marvin Allen.
Allendale Avenue
Allonby Street
Alma Avenue
Almont Avenue		Possibly named for Mexican General Juan N Almonte.
Alpena Avenue		Alpena is the 'Indian' word for partridge.
Alpha Avenue/Street
Alpine Avenue
Alstead Street		Off map
Alter Road N-S
Alvina
Alwar Street		Off map
Alwyne Avenue/Lane
Amazon Avenue
Amber (Ambet?)
Ambet Street		Dearborn?
American Avenue
American Way
Amherst		Named for Jeffery Amherst, first English Governor of Canada
Amity Avenue
Amos Avenue
Amrad Avenue/Street
Amsterdam Street		Named after city in Holland
Anatole Avenue/Street		Off map
Anderdon Avenue		Off map
Anderson Avenue/Street		Named after friend of James Nall Off map
Andover Avenue
Andrus Avenue (Ham)		Named after Frank D. Andrus, landowner
Anglin Avenue
Ann Street		Named for the wife of FJB Crane, a landowner. Is now Pitcher Street.
Anna Avenue/Place		No longer exists. Area is now part of Cheverolet Motor Company in Hamtramck.
Annabelle Avenue		Please see ''Annabelle Street.'' My 1926 Detroit Street Guide lists an Annabelle Avenue, but it appears as though the only Annabelle Avenue in Michigan now is the one in Hazel Park.
Annabelle Street		A big thanks to Mister Blue of Detroit 300 for setting me straight on Annabelle Street! He writes, ''Annabelle St. is fact in Detroit 48217 which is the southern most part of Detroit. The area borders the Rouge River (at the Draw Bridge on Fort St. to the North, Basset St. to the East, I-75 Fisher Fwy Service Dr. to the West & West Outer Drive to the South.''
Annaland Avenue
Annapolis		Off map
Annchester Road		Off map
Annexation		Named after located territory annexed to city the previous year; 1887. Source: now defunct Geocities website on Michigan names.
Annin Avenue
Annland Avenue
Annott Street
Annsbury Avenue
Anson Street S		Off map
Anspach Street		Off map
Anstell Avenue		Off map
Anthon Street		Named for George Christian Anthon, a garrison doctor in British Detroit.
Anthony Street
Antietam Street		Named from the battle of Antietam in the Civil War.
Antoinette Street		Named for Antoinette Mandlebaum, wife of S. Mandlebaum
Antwerp Avenue		Possibly named for Antwerp, Belgium -- more likely named after Detroit Mayor Eugene Van Antwerp. 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.
Anvil Street		Probably named for the blacksmith tool. Off map
Apple Street		Probably named for the fruit or tree.
Appleton Avenue/Street		Off map
Appoline Avenue/Street
Appoline Street (Spw)
Arcadia Avenue/Street
Arch Street		Now known as Bagg Street (?). Named for Arch McLean. Is now Bagg Street (maybe).
Archdale Avenue/Street		Off map
Archer Street		Named for a friend of Mrs. J.C. Williams; 1883. Source: now defunct Geocities site.
Arcola Avenue
Arden Park
Ardmore Avenue
Argus Street		Off map
Argyle Avenue (Spw)		Probably just named for the Scottish word.
Argyle Crescent		Probably just named for the Scottish word.
Arizona Avenue E-W
Arlington Avenue
Armada Street		The Detroit Almanc tells the story of the naming of Armada Village/Township. The story is that a meeting was held in 1867 to rename an area called Honeoye (and before that, Burke's Corners). The meeting dragged on and on until finally, Hosea Northup stood and declared the name to be Armada ( pronounced ar-MAY-da). Why he chose the name or pronunciation is unknown, but it stuck. This street could be named for the township.
Armin Street (Ham)
Armour Avenue		William (Bill) Armour was the manager for the Detroit Tigers the year Ty Cobb began his career. I don't know if the street is mamed for him. I believe his baseball career was short-lived.
Army Street		Named in honor of soldiers at Fort Wayne
Arndt Street		Named for Henry Arndt, land owner
Arnold Street
Artesian Street		Off map
Arthur Avenue (Spw)		Named after President Chester A. Arthur
Artillery Avenue
Artillery Street S
Asa Street
Asbury Park Avenue		Off map
Ascension
Ash Street		Named for a tree indigenous to Michigan. It is common for areas in cities to have streets named after trees. Ash Street in Detroit is near Butternut, Poplar, Pine, Spruce, Magnolia, Mulberry, and Sycamore Streets.
Ashland Avenue N-S		Off map
Ashley Street		May be named for New Baltimore settler, Alfred Ashley. Ashley was the original name for New Baltimore. Off map
Ashton Avenue/Road		Off map
Askin		Likely named for John Askin, an early Detroit settler. His farm, the Askin Farm, later became the Brush farm, when Askin's daughter married Elijah Brush.
Assumption		I'm not sure that there is an Assumption Street in Detroit. The is one in Windsor.
Astor Avenue		Probably named for fur trader, John Jacob Astor.
Athens Avenue		Could be named for Athens, Greece or Athens, New York -- or neither.
Atkinson Avenue		Named for W.F. Atkinson, of Detroit
Atlanta Avenue		Probably named for the city in Georgia.
Atlantic		Oh, I do't know. Maybe named for the ocean.
Atlas Avenue/Place		Well, an atlas is a type of map.
Atwater Street E-W		Mary Bailey of the Detroit News, writes, "Atwater was named for Reuben Attwater (the spelling was different but early Detroiters didn't seem to care) and because the street was "at the water." Attwater was Secretary of the Michigan Territory in 1808 and was acting governor in the absence of Gov. William Hull in the 1800s." http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=199#ixzz0qOP2Vxki
Auburn Avenue		May be named for Auburn, New York. Off map
Auburndale Avenue (HP)		May be named for Auburn, New York.
Audrain Street		Audrain Street was renamed Clayton sometime between 1910 and 1924. It was supposedly named for Peter Audrain, Secretary of Governor and Judges Territorial Legislature and Clerk of Courts. Some sources spell the name Audrian. I believe Audrain is correct. Is now Clayton. Thanks much to Ashley Prescott for the information about the renaming of this street!
Audrey
Audubon Avenue		Off map
August Street
Aurelia Street		Named for Aurelia Cutler of Warren, MA, friend of W.B. Wesson 1 small section of the street may still exist. Most of it is now part of the campus of Murry Wright High School.
Aurora Avenue
Austin Street
Automobile		Perhaps named for the 4-wheeled mechanical conveyance.
Avalon Avenue (HP)
Averhill Court		Off map
Avery Avenue		May have been named for patron of the arts, Clara Avery.
Avery Terrace		May have been named for patron of the arts, Clara Avery. Is basically an alley.
Avis Avenue		Off map
Avon Road		Off map
Avondale Avenue		Off map
Aylmer
B Street		No longer appears on city maps. May still exist. West of 3100 Vinewood. 1 block south of 3900 Michigan
Bach		Frederick Bach founded a village in Huron County. This road may have been named for him. It may have been named for the composer. It may have been named for someone/something else.
Bacon Street		Off map
Badger Avenue		Off map
Bagg Street		Originally known as Arch Street. May no longer exist as either.
Bagley Avenue		Named for Governor John Judson Bagley. Mary Bailey of the Detroit News, writes, "Bagley Avenue commemorates John J. Bagley, who served two successive terms as Michigan governor from 1877 to 1881. Bagley made Detroit a chewing tobacco leader in the 1840s with Mayflower chewing tobacco. He was also the first president of Michigan Mutual Life Insurance in 1867, a bank trustee, and police commissioner in 1865."
Baker Street		Only a little over a block exists that is still called Baker. The rest of what was Baker is now Bagley.
Baldwin Avenue		Henry P. Baldwin was governor of Michigan in 1872. The street may have been named for him.
Balfour Avenue		Off map
Balmoral Avenue/Road
Baltimore Avenue E-W		Maybe named for the city in Maryland -- or its namesake.
Banbee Avenue
Bangor Avenue		Probably name for Bangor, Maine.
Bank Street		Off map
Banmoor Place		Off map
Barbara Avenue/Street		Off map
Barclay Avenue (Spw)		There was a Barclay Lumber Company in Ontonagon County. The name might come from the same source.
Barham Avenue		Off map
Barker Street		Possibly named for Kirkland Barker, 33rd Mayor of the City of Detroit (1864-1865).
Barlow Avenue		Possibly named for New York emigrant, Nathan Barlow.
Barlum Avenue
Barnes Street		John F Barnes became postmaster in Midland County in 1897. The street may have been named for him. Off map
Barr Street		Possibly named for Free Press associate, Robert Barr.
Barrett Street
Barrie Avenue (Spw)
Barron Street		Barron St was named after the Barron family (1702) who owned a large section of land in Springwells. Joseph Barron was the first Justice of the Peace for Springwells. His son built several houses in the area which are still standing to this day. Off map Special thanks to Joseph Barron's great-great-great-great-grandson Joseph Calamia for this information.
Barry Street		Possibly named for Michigan Governor John S. Barry (1842-1846).
Bart
Bartholomaei
Bartlett Avenue (HP)		Wayland W. Bartlett was a postmaster in Grand Traverse County. I'm not sure if there is a connection. Highland Park
Barton Place		Frank Barton was an early settler of Alcona County. I do not know if the street was named for him.
Basil Avenue/Street		Off map
Bassett Avenue		Possibly named for Major Henry Bassett, Ninth official commandant of British Fort Detroit (1772-1774). Off map
Bates Street		Thomas T. Bates was secretary of the Traverse City railroad company. It is not clear to me whether or not there is a connection between Thomas and Bates Street. Frederick Bates was the first postmaster of Detroit. It is probably more likely that the street was named for him than for Thomas, but again, I don't know.
Battelle
Baubee Avenue
Bauman Avenue
Baxter Street
Baylis Street
Bayonet Street
Bayside Avenue		Off map
Beacon Street		May or may not have some connection to Boston's Beacon Hill.
Beaconsfield Avenue		May or may not have some connection to Boston's Beacon Hill. Off map
Beals Avenue
Beamen Street
Beard Avenue		The Beard family of Springwells were prosperous florists. Their greenhouses were off of Fort Street in Springwells (Delray). You can read about the tragic death of Sydney Frank Beard here: Special thanks to Jack, for this and all of the other great info you've shared.
Beatrice Avenue		Off map
Beaubien Street		Named for the Beaubien family and their farm, which was bordered by Beaubien Street. Mary Bailey of the Detroit News, writes, "Beaubien and St. Antoine originated from the two Beaubien brothers, Lambert and Antoine, each of whom received half of the family farm after the death of their father, Jean Baptiste Beaubien, one of the first white settlers on the river, opposite Fort Dearborn. Lambert was a colonel in the First Regiment of Detroit's militia. He fought in the War of 1812. Antoine chose to name his property after his patron saint, St. Antoine. Antoine was a lieutenant colonel in the Michigan Territorial Militia. He donated a chunk of his land for the Sacred Heart Academy, once located at the corner of Jefferson and St. Antoine."
Beaufait Street		Named for the Beaufait family who owned land, possibly a ribbon farm, in Detroit.
Beaufield
Beaumont Avenue		Off map
Beaver Street		I would venture to guess that this street was named for the animal known as the beaver. Beaver pelts were a prized commodity in the area for a while.
Beaverland		I would venture to guess that this street was named for the animal known as the beaver. Beaver pelts were a prized commodity in the area for a while. Off map
Bedford Court		May be named for Bedford, New York.
Bedford Road		May be named for Bedford, New York. Off map
Beech Street		Named for a forest tree of Michigan
Beechdale Avenue		Was probably named for the beech tree or Henry Ward Beecher.
Beecher Street		Named for Henry Ward Beecher Off map
Beechton Avenue		Was probably named for the beech tree or Henry Ward Beecher.
Beechwood Avenue		Was probably named for the beech tree.
Begole Avenue
Beierman
Beland Avenue/Street
Belden Avenue		Probably named for Francis J. Belden.
Belfast Avenue		Probably named for the city in Ireland.
Belle Avenue		Belle Isle was named for Isabelle Cass, the daughter of General Lewis Cass. It is possible that Belle Street has the same origin.
Belleterre Avenue
Bellevue Avenue
Belmont Avenue
Belmont Avenue (Ham)
Belton Avenue/Street
Belvidere Avenue
Benard
Benham Avenue
Beniteau Avenue		Off map
Benlow Court
Bennett Avenue/Street		Possibly named for Thomas Bennett, Thirteenth official commandant of British Fort Detroit (1786).
Benson Street		Swan Benson was a postmaster in Wexford County. It is possible that the street was named for him.
Bentler Avenue/Street		Off map
Benton Street		Perhaps named for the Missouri Senator (great uncle of the artist of the same name), Thomas Hart Benton, or not...
Berden Street		Off map
Berdeno
Beresford Avenue (HP)		Highland Park
Berg Road		Off map
Berkley Road
Berkshire Avenue (Spw)		Berkshire is a breed of swine; but the street was probably named for Berkshire County, England.
Berkshire Road		Berkshire is a breed of swine; but the street was probably named for Berkshire County, England.
Bermuda		Probably named for the British Territory of Bermuda.
Bernard Avenue (Ham)		Hamtramck
Berres Avenue (Ham)		Hamtramck
Berry Avenue		Possibly named for John G Berry. It is more likely, I think, that it was named Joseph H. Berry and/or his brother, Thomas and/or Joseph's daughter, Alice Berry Lodge.
Bertha
Bertrum
Bessemore Avenue		Off map
Best
Bethlawn
Bethune Avenue E-W
Beverly Court
Bewick Avenue
Beyer Street
Biddle Avenue		Probably named for John Biddle, 4th Mayor of the City of Detroit (1827-1828).
Billet Street
Biltmore Avenue/Street		Off map
Binder Avenue
Bingham Street		Probably named for governor Kingsley S. Bingham. Off map
Bingham Street (Spw)		Probably named for governor Kingsley S. Bingham.
Birch Avenue/Street		Probably named for the birch tree. Off map
Birchcrest Drive		Probably named for the birch tree.
Birmingham		Probably named for the town in England.
Birwood Avenue
Bishop Road		Possibly named for congressman Roswell p. Bishop. Off map
Bismark Avenue (Ham)		Hamtramck
Bivouac Street
Blackburn		Maybe named for slaves, Thornton Blackburn and his wife. I don't know if this is the case.
Blackett
Blackmar		Possibly named for A.T. Blackmar who owned a sawmill
Blackmoor Avenue/Street		Off map
Blackstone Avenue
Blaine Avenue
Blair Avenue
Blake Avenue
Bland Avenue (Spw)
Bleser Avenue (Spw)
Bliss		Probably named for Governor Aaron T Bliss.
Bloody Run		Name given to Parent's Creek in 1763 after 160 British soldiers died their during Pontiac's War.
Bloom Avenue
Bloomfield Road
Blowers Avenue
Blue Hill Avenue
Blythe Avenue/Street
Boes Alley
Boleyn Avenue/Street
Bonaparte Avenue		Probably named for Napoleon Bonaparte.
Bonita Avenue
Bordeau Avenue
Bortle Avenue
Boston Avenue		Named for the City of Boston in MA
Boston Boulevard E-W		Named for the City of Boston in MA
Bostwick Street		Named after James Bostwick, land owner
Bosworth Court
Botsford Street (Ham)		Hamtramck
Boulder Avenue
Boulevard Court
Bourke Avenue
Boxwood Avenue		Probably named for the tree or shrub.
Boyd Street
Brace Avenue/Street
Braden Avenue
Bradford Avenue
Bradley Avenue
Brady Street		May be named for General Hugh Brady.
Braile Avenue
Brainard Street		Named for Martha Brainard-Spencer, the wife of General Joseph Spencer and grandmother of Mrs. Lewis Cass
Bramell Avenue
Bramford Street
Brandon Avenue
Brandt Avenue (Spw)
Brayton Avenue
Breckenridge Avenue		Named for Vice President John C. Breckenridge
Breeze Avenue
Bremen Avenue
Brennan Avenue
Brentwood
Brentwood Avenue E-W
Bretton Drive
Brevoort Place		Named for Judge Augustus Brevoort Woodward OR H.J.B. Breevort, who was one of thirty leading Detroit citizens deported by General Proctor for criticizing the General's actions during the War of 1812.
Brewster Street
Briarcliff Avenue
Brighton Avenue (HP)		Highland Park
Brimson Avenue
Bringard Drive
Brinker Avenue
Brinker Street
Brinket Avenue
Bristol Avenue/Place
Bristow Avenue
Britain Avenue
Broadstreet Avenue
Broadway
Brock Avenue
Brockton Avenue/Street
Brombach Avenue (Ham)		Hamtramck
Bromley Avenue
Brooklyn Avenue		Probably named for Brooklyn, NY.
Brooks (Brookes) Avenue
Brow Street
Brown Place		Probably named for Dr. William Brown, who was one of thirty leading Detroit citizens deported by General Proctor for criticizing the General's actions during the War of 1812.
Bruce Avenue
Bruckner Avenue
Brunswick Avenue
Brush Street		Named for Elijah Brush's farm (originally the Askin farm belonging to John Askin). Mary Bailey of the Detroit News writes, "Brush was named after Edmund Askin Brush, son of Elijah Brush, who was a leading lawyer and Detroit's second appointed mayor. Brush Street was also the Brush property boundary. Edmund studied law, as did his father before him. He was Secretary to the Governor and judge of the Michigan Territory in 1823, a private secretary to Lewis Cass in 1826, a court recorder, a member of the City Planning Commission and a police commissioner. "
Bryan Avenue (Spw)
Bryant Avenue		Named for the aunt of W.B. Wesson
Bryden Avenue
Bryson Avenue
Buchanan Street		Named for President James Buchanan
Buckingham Road
Buelow Court
Buena Vista Avenue E-W (HP)		May be named for an American victory at Buena Vista, Mexico in 1847. Or maybe just because of a nice view. Highland Park
Buffalo Avenue (Ham)		Hamtramck
Buhl Avenue		Named for Christian Buhl, 31st Mayor of the City of Detroit (1860-1861).
Buhr Avenue
Bulwer Avenue
Burchill Court
Burdeno Street		Augustus D. Burdeno Special thanks to Jack, for this and all of the other great info you've shared.
Burger Avenue (Ham)		Hamtramck
Burgess Avenue
Burke Avenue
Burlage Place
Burley Avenue (Spw)
Burlingame Avenue
Burlington Road
Burnette Avenue		Probably named for James Burnett, who was one of thirty leading Detroit citizens deported by General Proctor for criticizing the General's actions during the War of 1812.
Burns Avenue
Burns Drive
Burnside Avenue		Named for Civil War General Ambrose Burnside. Special thanks to John Bezik for this information.
Burnside Avenue (Spw)
Burrell Place
Burroughs Avenue		Possibly named for Clyde Burroughs of the DIA.
Burt Avenue
Burt Court
Burt Road		Thomas Burt lived in the Burt farmhouse at the southwest corner of Burt Rd. and Grand River Avenue in Redford. He donated a parcel of land for a school in Brightmoor, which was named for him. Special thanks to Jack, for this and all of the other great info you've shared.
Burton Avenue		Might have been named for Detroit historian, Clarence Monroe Burton.
Burwell Avenue
Bush		There was a Detroit Tiger (1906) named Donie Bush. I don't know if the street was named for him. Probably not.
Bushey Street		Named for Joseph Bushey, land owner
Butler Avenue (Ham)		Named for Milton H. Butler, land owner Hamtramck
Butternut Street		Named for the tree indigenous to Michigan. It is common for areas in cities to have streets named after trees. Butternut Street in Detroit is near Poplar, Ash, Pine, Spruce, Magnolia, Mulberry, and Sycamore Streets.
Byron Avenue
C Street		No longer appears on city maps. May still exist. West of 3100 Vinewood. 1 block south of 3900 Michigan
Cabacier's Creek		Cabacier was the name of one of Detroit's original ribbon farmers. See also May's Creek
Cabot Avenue
Cadet Avenue
Cadieux Avenue
Cadillac Avenue		Named for the founder of Detroit, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac.
Cadillac Boulevard		Named for the founder of Detroit, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac.
Cadillac Square		Named for the founder of Detroit, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac.
Caely Avenue
Cahalan Avenue
Cairney Avenue
Caldwell Avenue		Thomas T. Caldwell (Missaukee County) and James C. Caldwell (Quilna Township Postmaster) both figure into Michigan history. Quilan Township was renamed Caldwell Township (1873) for Thomas. Perhaps the street got its name from one of these men -- or the township (if the street was named after 1873).
Calhoun Avenue (Spw)
California Avenue (HP)		Probably named for the state. Highland Park
Calumet Avenue		A calumet is the name of the clay stone bowl in some Native American peace pipes.
Calvert Avenue
Cambridge Avenue		Could be named for Cambridge Township or Cambridge, England or neither.
Cambridge Road		Could be named for Cambridge Township or Cambridge, England or neither.
Cambridge Road N-S		Could be named for Cambridge Township or Cambridge, England or neither.
Camden Street		Camden in Hillsdale County was named for Camden, NY (Michigan Place Names). Camden Street may get its name from the town in Hillsdale, the town in New York, the district in London, Camden Yard, or none of the above.
Cameron Avenue
Camille Street
Camley Street
Campau Street N-S		Named for the Campau family ribbon farm.
Campau's River		See May's Creek
Campbell Avenue		Campbell in Ionia County was named for Irish immigrant brothers Jeremiah and Martin Campbell (Michigan Place Names). There may or may not be a connection here.
Campbell Avenue N-S		Campbell in Ionia County was named for Irish immigrant brothers Jeremiah and Martin Campbell (Michigan Place Names). There may or may not be a connection here.
Campus Martius
Candler Avenue (HP)		Highland Park
Canfield Avenue E-W		John and Roswell Canfield began a settle in Manistee County called Canfield Mill Settlement (Michigan Place Names). The name may come from them/there.
Caniff Avenue
Canonbury Street
Canterbury Avenue (Spw)		Perhaps named for the place in England.
Canterbury Road		Perhaps named for the cathedral city in England.
Canton Avenue
Canyon
Capitol Avenue
Carbon Street		Carbon in Saginaw County was named because the region was heavy with coal mining (Michigan Place Names). Not sure if that means anything for this street.
Carbondale Avenue		Carbondale in Menominee County was named because of its charcoal kilns (Michigan Place Names). Not sure if that means anything for this street.
Cardoni Avenue
Carlbert Avenue
Carleton Avenue		May have been named for George W. Carleton. Or it may have been named for Michigan poet, Will Carleton (1845-1912)(Michigan Place Names).
Carlin Street
Carlisle Street
Carman Avenue
Carmel Avenue
Carol Street
Caroline Street
Carpenter Avenue		Named for Carpenter Creek and the Carpenter family (early farmers). Special thanks to John Bezik for this information.
Carrie Avenue
Carson Avenue		May be named for Carson City, Nevada. Could also be named for Arthur Carson (for whom Carsonville in Sanilac County was named; Michigan Place Names)
Carten/Carton Avenue
Carter Avenue
Cartridge Avenue
Cary Street
Cascade Avenue		Cascade in Kent County was named for ''the fine fall of water.'' (Michigan Place Names). I don't know if that can apply here or not.
Casgrain Avenue
Casino
Casmere Avenue (Ham)		Hamtramck
Casper Avenue
Cass Avenue		Named for Lewis Cass. Mary Bailey of the Detroit News, writes, "Like a number of other streets located west of Woodward, Cass was once a farm boundary line. The Lewis Cass farm, purchased from the Macomb family, was one of the largest Detroit farms, the width of Cass to Third Street and north from the Detroit River to Grand Boulevard in length. The 500 acres bought for $12,000 and the subsequent growth of Detroit made Cass a very wealthy man. Cass came to Detroit as a schoolmaster in the early 1800s and became a lawyer, a colonel in the militia, and a general in the U.S. Army. In 1813 President James Madison appointed Cass the second governor of the Michigan territory, a post he held for 18 years. He became a U.S. Senator from Michigan in 1845. In 1848 he ran for president as a Democrat, but lost to Whig Zachary Taylor. He served in the Senate until 1857 and was President James Buchanan's Secretary of State. Cass Street was located immediately west o
Castle Avenue
Castle Avenue (Spw)
Castleton Avenue		Could be named for Castleton in Barry County.
Cathedral Avenue
Catherine Street
Cavalry Avenue N-S
Cecil Avenue		Could be named for Cecil in Emmet County.
Cedar Avenue		Probably named for the Cedar tree.
Cedargrove Avenue		Probably named for the Cedar tree.
Cedarhurst Avenue		Probably named for the Cedar tree.
Cedarlawn Avenue		Probably named for the Cedar tree.
Celeron Avenue		Probably named for Celeron de Blainville. Celeron Island is named for him. The French sent him to protect their claims in the Ohio Valley in 1749. He became a commandant at the fort. Alternate spelling is Celoron.
Celestine		Named for Celestine Young (brother of Frank X. Young; grandfather of Jeffery T. Young; and great-uncle of Thomas Constance). In or around 1853, Nicholas Young purchased a large amount of land in Detroit in the area of what is now Celestine and Young Streets. Nicholas divided the land between his children (including his son, Stephen). Stephen Young's great-grandson, Jeffery Young writes, ''I believe that Celestine Street was named for my grandfather Celestine Young (Stephen's son and Thomas Constance's great uncle.) The story goes that my grandfather, Celestine approx. 8 years old at the time, was standing at the corner of Young Street and a cross road that was under construction when he overheard the workers stating that they didn't have a name for the new street. He then said 'How about Celestine?' and the name stuck.'' Jeffery sent this photo of his father, Celestine Charles Young, standing at the intersection of Celestine and Young in June of 2014. Special thanks to Jeffery T. Young and Thomas Constance for providing this information.
Celia Street
Center Line Road		Named by the French because it was the middle one of three Native American trails leading from Fort Ponchartrain to trading posts in the north.
Central Avenue		Probably named for marking the center of something.
Centre/Center Street		Probably named for marking the center of something.
Chadwick Street		Chadwick in Ionia County was named for Charles Chadwick (Michigan Place Names). This street may or may not have been named for the man or the town.
Chalfonte Avenue		Named after a French Lieutenant Chalfonte in the French garrison posted at Fort Ponchartrain, back around the 1750s, when the Canadian Governor was offering free land to anyone who would settle in Detroit. Special thanks to Larry Topping who learned this story from his mother. Larry adds, ''Now, I don't know if this story is true or not, but it's the only story I've ever heard about the name origin of Detroit's Chalfonte Avenue. ''
Chalmers Avenue N-S
Chamberlain Avenue		Chamberlain in St. Joseph County was named for Francis J. Chamberlain, its first postmaster (1842)(Michigan Place Names). I don't know if the street shares this namesake.
Chandler Avenue		Mary Bailey of the Detroit News, writes, "Chandler is the namesake of Senator Zachariah Chandler, a leading merchant, former mayor of Detroit (1851) and founder of the Republican party. The Detroit News building on Lafayette was built on the site of his former home." http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=199#ixzz0qOP2Vxki
Chandler Avenue (HP)		Mary Bailey of the Detroit News, writes, "Chandler is the namesake of Senator Zachariah Chandler, a leading merchant, former mayor of Detroit (1851) and founder of the Republican party. The Detroit News building on Lafayette was built on the site of his former home." http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=199#ixzz0qOP2Vxki
Chandler Park Drive		Mary Bailey of the Detroit News, writes, "Chandler is the namesake of Senator Zachariah Chandler, a leading merchant, former mayor of Detroit (1851) and founder of the Republican party. The Detroit News building on Lafayette was built on the site of his former home." http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=199#ixzz0qOP2Vxki
Chapaton Street		The Chapatons or Chapotans were early Detroit landowners (possibly ribbon farmers) and this street's namesake/s.
Chapel Avenue
Chapin Street		Chapin in Saginaw County was named for township organizer, Austin Chapin (Michigan Place Names). Chapin Lake in St. Joseph County was named for settler, David Chapin (Michigan Place Names). The street may or may not have been named for the township, the lake or one (or both) of the men.
Charest Avenue(Ham)		Possibly named for a Civil War General. (Hamtramck) Special thanks to John Bezik for this information.
Charlemagne Avenue		Probably named for the Roman Emperor.
Charles Street		According to Michigan Place Names, there are several ''Charles'' who gave their names to Michigan places. There was lumberman Charles F. Read (Mackinac County); Jacob Charles (Cass County); postmaster Charles M. Nichols (Kalamazoo County). This street could be named for any of these men or places, or something completely different.
Charleston Avenue		According to Michigan Place Names, there are several ''Charles'' who gave their names to Michigan places. There was lumberman Charles F. Read (Mackinac County); Jacob Charles (Cass County); postmaster Charles M. Nichols (Kalamazoo County). This street could be named for any of these men or places, or something completely different.
Charlevoix Avenue		Named for Father Pierre Francis Xavier Charlevoix.
Charlotte Avenue		Charlotte in Eaton County was named for the wife of Edmond Bostwick (Michigan Place Names). I don't know if this street has any connection to the town or the woman.
Chartier Avenue (Ham)
Chase Road (Spw)		Joseph Chase was the first postmaster in what became Chase's Corners in Oakland County (Michigan Place Names). There may or may not be a connection here.
Chase Street		Joseph Chase was the first postmaster in what became Chase's Corners in Oakland County (Michigan Place Names). There may or may not be a connection here.
Chatfield Street
Chatham Avenue/Street		Chatham in Alger County was named for Chatham, Ontario (Michigan Place Names). I don't know if the street has any connection.
Chatsworth Avenue/Road
Chelsea Avenue		Chelsea in Washtenaw County was named for Chelsea, Massachusetts (Michigan Place Names). This street was likely to be named for one of the towns.
Chene Street		Named for the Chene family ribbon farm.
Chenlot Avenue/Street
Cherokee Drive		Well, probably named for the Native American Nation.
Cherry Street		Now known as ''Kaline Street'' for Tiger great, Al Kaline. When it was Cherry Street, it was probably named for the cherry tree.
Cherrylawn Avenue		Probably named for the cherry tree.
Cheshire Avenue/Street		Probably named for Cheshire, England.
Chesterfield Road		May have been named for Chesterfield in Macomb County.
Chestnut Street		Probably named for the chestnut tree. It is common for areas in cities to have streets named after trees. Chestnut Street in Detroit is near Maple Street.
Cheyenne Avenue/Street		Probably named for the Native American Nation/tribe.
Chicago Avenue		Probably named for Chicago, Illinois.
Chicago Boulevard		Probably named for Chicago, Illinois.
Chipman Place/Street
Chippewa Avenue/Street		I'm guessing this was named for the Native American Nation/tribe.
Chope Place
Chopin Avenue		Perhaps named for composer, Frederic Chopin.
Christiancy Street		Probably a religious thing.
Christopher Avenue (Ham)
Christy Avenue
Church Street
Church Street (HP)		Highland Park
Church Street (Spw)
Churchill Avenue		There was once a church that sat on a hill... Just kidding. I don't know...
Cicotte Street		Perhaps named for Springwells, Michigan born baseball player Eddie Victor Cicotte.
Ciliax Street
Cincinnati Street		Probably named for the town in Ohio.
Civic Place
Clairmount Avenue
Clairpoint/e Avenue N-S
Clairview Avenue
Clarendon Avenue		Clarendon in Calhoun County was named for Clarendon, New York. The street may have been named for one of these places.
Clarion Avenue		Clarion in Charlevoix County was named for Clarion, Pennsylvania. The street may have been named for one of these places.
Clarita Street
Clark Avenue		Clark City in Monroe County was named for postmaster, Justus Clark. I don't know if there is a connection. Clark Avenue was likely named for John Person Clark, a very prominent Detroiter. Clark (and McKinstry, Scotten, and Hubbard) plat image. Special thanks to Jack, for the image and info about John Clark, and all of the other great info you've shared.
Clark Avenue S		Clark City in Monroe County was named for postmaster, Justus Clark. I don't know if there is a connection.
Clark Court		Clark City in Monroe County was named for postmaster, Justus Clark. I don't know if there is a connection.
Clarkdale Avenue		Clark City in Monroe County was named for postmaster, Justus Clark. I don't know if there is a connection.
Clay Avenue/Street
Clayburn Street
Clayton Avenue
Clements Avenue
Cleveland Avenue/Street		May be named for Cleveland, Ohio (which is named for General Moses Cleaveland) or may be named for President Grover Cleveland. If you find out when the street was named, that might help eliminate one or both of these possibilities.
Cleveland Place		May be named for Cleveland, Ohio (which is named for General Moses Cleaveland) or may be named for President Grover Cleveland. If you find out when the street was named, that might help eliminate one or both of these possibilities.
Cliff Avenue
Clifford Street		Mary Bailey of the Detroit News, writes, "Clifford has a bit of humor attached to its name. Thomas Cliff owned the only home in this area of the city and ran a tavern where the David Whitney Building now stands. A creek crossed the road near the tavern and overflowed onto the road in the spring. When the festive set of Detroit wanted some merry-making, they usually went up to Cliff's place and crossed over the creek by means of stepping stones. When the roisterers returned they had great difficulty keeping on the stones, so they would return to town wet to their knees (sometimes even elbows). The townspeople referred to the crossing as "Cliff's ford." It first appeared on a map published by John Farmer in 1835." http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=199#ixzz0qOP2Vxki
Clifton Avenue
Clinton Street
Clippert Street
Clough Street
Cloverdale Avenue
Cloverlawn Avenue
Clyde Avenue
Cobalt Street
Cobb Place		Named for Ty Cobb.
Codding Street
Cody Avenue
Coe Street
Colburn Place
Colby Street
Coleman Avenue (Spw)
Colfax Avenue
College Avenue/Street
Collingham Drive
Collingwood Avenue
Collins Avenue (Ham)		Hamtramck
Colonial Avenue
Colorado Avenue (HP)		Named for the state of Colorado. Highland Park
Colton Avenue
Columbia Avenue E-W		Mary Bailey of the Detroit News writes: "John R, Elizabeth and Columbia streets are named for personal reasons. John R. Williams was a landowner , merchant and bank president in the first half of the 19th century, who named the street after himself. Baptized John Williams, he adopted the letter 'R' to distinguish himself from another John Williams in Detroit. Some of his business ventures, such as publishing an early newspaper, included his uncle, Joseph Campau. Williams was a general in the Territorial Militia, a member of the board of trustees at the 'new' University of Michigan and the first elected Detroit mayor in 1824. Williams named Elizabeth after his daughter, and Columbia after a street where he lived in Albany, New York." http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=199#ixzz0qOP2Vxki
Columbus Avenue		Probably named for Christopher Columbus.
Commercial Street
Commonwealth Avenue
Commor Avenue (Ham)		Hamtramck
Compass Avenue
Comstock Avenue (Ham)		Probably named for Michigan Governor William Comstock. Hamtramck
Conant Avenue
Concord Avenue
Conger Avenue
Congress Street E-W		Mary Bailey of the Detroit News, writes, "Congress was named in honor of the 1826 Congress. In that year, Congress granted to Detroit the military reserve through which the street ran." http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=199#ixzz0qOP2Vxki
Conley Avenue
Connecticut Avenue (HP)		Named for the state? Highland Park
Connors/Conner Avenue
Connors/Conner Lane
Conrad Street
Constance Avenue
Continental Avenue N-S
Conwar Place
Conway Avenue
Cook Street
Cooley Street		Probably named for Thomas F. Cooley, Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court.
Coolidge Highway		Probably named for President Calvin Coolidge.
Coon Avenue
Cooper Court		Named for barrel makers everywhere... Maybe.
Cooper Street		Named for barrel makers everywhere... It turns out that's probably not the case. A man named Cooper owned a farm in the area in the 1830s It is believed that the street was named for him. Special thanks to Robert Lessnau for sharing this information. Robert received the information from Mr. Cooper's great-grandson.
Cope Avenue
Copland Avenue N-S
Coplin Avenue N-S
Coram Street
Corbett Avenue
Corbin Avenue
Cordell Street
Cordova Avenue
Corey Street
Cornell Avenue
Cornwall Avenue
Cortland Avenue (HP)		Highland Park
Cottage Grove Avenue (HP)		Highland Park
Cotterell Avenue
Coulter Avenue (Spw)
Council Street (Ham)		Hamtramck
Courville Avenue
Coventry Avenue
Covert Avenue
Covington Drive
Coyle Avenue
Craft Street
Craig Avenue (Ham)		Hamtramck
Craig Street
Crane Avenue
Cranshaw Avenue
Crawford Avenue
Crawford Street S
Cresswell Street
Crocuslawn Avenue		A lawn full of crocus is a lovely sight in spring.
Cromwell Avenue
Cromwell Street
Cross Street
Crossley Street S
Crowley Avenue
Crown
Crudder Avenue
Crusade Street
Cruse Street
Crystal Street
Cullen Avenue		Don't even go there...
Culver Avenue
Culver Avenue (Spw)
Cumberland Avenue/Way
Curt Street
Curtis Avenue
Curwood
Cushing Avenue
Custer Avenue
Cutler Street
Cypress/Cyprus Street		Probably named for the tree (cypress) or the sovereign state (Cyprus).
D Street		No longer appears on city maps. May still exist. West of 3100 Vinewood. 1 block south of 3900 Michigan
Da Costa Avenue
Dailey Avenue
Dailey Court
Dakota Avenue E-W
Dale Avenue
Dale Street (Spw)
Dallas Street
Dalrymple Street
Dalzelle Street
Dan Avenue
Danbury Avenue
Dane Street
Danforth Avenue (Ham)		Hamtramck
Daniels Avenue
Darcy Place
Dartmouth Avenue
Darwin Street
Davenport Avenue
David Avenue
Davie Avenue (Spw)
Davis Place
Davison Avenue E
Davison Avenue W (HP)
Dawes Street
Dawson Avenue
Dayton Street
De Buel Avenue
De Soto/a Avenue
Deacon Street
Dean Avenue
Dearborn Avenue		Dearborn Street is the eastern end of what was once an Indian footpath that ran alongside the Rouge River. In Plymouth, it left the Rouge and angled west-southwest to the Huron River in what is now downtown Ann Arbor. Most of the footpath became known as Ann Arbor Trail. Special thanks to Jack, for this and all of the other great info you've shared.
Dearing Avenue
Decatur Avenue
Defer Place		Possibly named for George Defer.
Dehner Avenue
Delaware Avenue		Named for the state of Delaware.
Delmar Avenue
Delray Street
Delta Avenue
Deming Street
Denmark Avenue
Dennis Street
Dennison Street
Denton Avenue (Ham)		Hamtramck
Denver Street
Depot Esplanade
Dequindre Street		Named for the Dequindre family ribbon farm.
Derby Avenue
Desgrandchamp Avenue
Desmond Avenue
Desner Avenue
Detloff Court
Detroit Street
Detwiler Avenue
Devereaux Street		Named for former Red Wing, Boyd Devereaux -- just kidding.
Devine Avenue
Devon Avenue
Devonshire Road		Probably named for the county in England.
Dewey Avenue
Dexter Avenue
Dexter Boulevard
Dey Street N-S
Dickerson Avenue N
Dill Place
Dinser
Distel Street
Diversey Avenue
Division Street
Dix Avenue (Spw)
Dix Avenue N-S
Dobel Avenue
Dodge Avenue
Dolan Street
Dolphin Street
Dolson Street
Domine Avenue
Donald Avenue (Spw)
Donald Place
Dora Street		Dora Street was named for the daughter of Anton Kaier (see Kaier Street and Flora Street). Special thanks to Anita Hiltz, granddaughter of Anton Kaier, for this information.
Dorchester Street
Doremus Avenue (Ham)		Hamtramck
Doris Avenue
Doris Avenue (HP)
Dorothy Avenue
Dorset Street
Dort Street
Dover Avenue
Downing Avenue N-S
Doyle Avenue
Dragoon Avenue
Dragoon Avenue S
Drake Street
Dresden Avenue
Drexel Avenue (Spw)
Drexel Avenue N-S
Drifton Avenue
Driggs Street
Drydock Street
Drysdale Avenue (Spw)
Duane Avenue
Dubay Avenue
Dublin Street (Ham)
Dubois Street
Duchess Avenue
Duffield Street
Dumbarton/Dunbarton Avenue
Dumfries Avenue
Duncan Street
Dundee Avenue
Dunedin Avenue
Dunkirk Avenue		Likely named after the Flemish North Sea Port in France David Baeckelandt (former President and Chairman of the Board of the Gazette van Detroit - the last bilingual Dutch-English Belgian newspaper in North America)
Dunn Road
Dupont Avenue S
Duprey Street
Durand Street
Durham Place
Dwight Avenue
Dwyer Avenue
Dyar Street (Ham)		Hamtramck
E Street		No longer appears on city maps. May still exist. West of 3100 Vinewood. 1 block south of 3900 Michigan
Eagle Place
Earle Place
Eason Avenue (HP)		Highland Park
East Hampton
Eastburn Street
Eastern Place
Eastlawn Avenue
Eastwood Avenue
Eaton Avenue
Edgar Street
Edgefield
Edgerton Avenue (Spw)
Edgeton Avenue
Edgevale Avenue
Edgewood Avenue
Edinborough Avenue
Edison Avenue
Edlie Avenue
Edmonton Avenue
Edmore Drive
Edmund Place
Edna Avenue (Spw)
Edsel Avenue		Named for Edsel Ford -- or his flop of a car!
Edward Avenue (HP)
Edward Street
Edwin Avenue
Edwin Avenue (Ham)
Elba Place
Eldon Avenue
Eldred Street
Eldridge Street
Electric Avenue
Elgin Avenue
Elijah McCoy Drive		Named for Detroiter Elijah McCoy who he held more than 40 patents for industrial oiling devices. Read more Thanks to Daniel Showalter, Wayne State University graduate and Henry Ford Museum former employee, for this information.
Eliot Street
Elizabeth Street E-W		Mary Bailey of the Detroit News writes: "John R, Elizabeth and Columbia streets are named for personal reasons. John R. Williams was a landowner , merchant and bank president in the first half of the 19th century, who named the street after himself. Baptized John Williams, he adopted the letter 'R' to distinguish himself from another John Williams in Detroit. Some of his business ventures, such as publishing an early newspaper, included his uncle, Joseph Campau. Williams was a general in the Territorial Militia, a member of the board of trustees at the 'new' University of Michigan and the first elected Detroit mayor in 1824. Williams named Elizabeth after his daughter, and Columbia after a street where he lived in Albany, New York." http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=199#ixzz0qOP2Vxki
Ellen Avenue
Eller/y Street (Ham)		Hamtramck
Ellery Avenue (Ham)		Hamtramck
Ellery Place
Ellery Street
Ellis Avenue
Ellsworth Avenue
Elm Street		Probably named for the elm tree. It is common for areas in cities to have streets named after trees. Elm Street in Detroit is near Butternut, Ash, Pine, Spruce, Magnolia, Mulberry, Hazel, and Sycamore Streets.
Elmdale Avenue
Elmer Street
Elmhurst Avenue
Elmira Avenue
Elmo Avenue
Elmwood Avenue
Elsa Avenue
Elsmere Avenue
Elwood Street
Elza Street
Emden Avenue
Emeline
Emerson Avenue N-S
Emery Avenue
Emily Avenue
Emily Street
Emmons Avenue
Endicott Avenue
Engle Avenue
Engleside Street
Englewood Avenue
Epworth Boulevard
Erbie Avenue
Erie Avenue E-W
Erle Avenue
Erskine Street
Erwin Avenue
Esper Avenue
Essex Avenue
Essex Avenue (Spw)
Ethel Avenue
Euclid Avenue E-W
Eugene Avenue
Eugene Street (Spw)
Eureka Avenue
Eustache Avenue
Evaline Avenue (Ham)		Hamtramck
Evalyn Avenue
Evans Avenue
Evanston Street
Evawal Avenue (Spw)
Evergreen Road
Everts Street
Ewald Circle
Ewers Street
Exeter Avenue
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
G.A.R. Street
Gable Avenue
Gage Street
Gainsborough/Gainsboro Road
Gale Street
Gallagher Avenue		Named for Civil War General Gary W. Gallagher. Special thanks to John Bezik for this information.
Galster Street
Garden Avenue
Gardendale Avenue
Garfield Avenue		Probably name for President Garfield.
Garfield Place		Probably name for President Garfield.
Garland Avenue		Could have been named for the Garland Range, produced by the Michigan Stove Company, which was located, not on, but near Garland Avenue.
Garnet Avenue
Gartner Avenue
Garvin Avenue
Gary Avenue
Gates Street N-S
Gateshead Street
Gavel Street
Gaylord Avenue
Gaynor Court
Geimer Avenue (Ham)		Named for Hamtramck city councilman, Charles Geimer(1911). Special thanks to John Bezik for this information.
Genesee Street
Geneva Avenue (HP)
Genoa Avenue
George Avenue
George Avenue (HP)		Highland Park
George Street
Georgeland Avenue
Georgia Avenue
Gerald Avenue (HP)		Highland Park
Gerisch Street
Gibson Street		Gibson Avenue was named after home builder William H. Gibson. Special thanks to Thomas E. Gibson for this information.
Giese Street
Gietzen/Geitzen Street
Gilbert Avenue
Gilbo Avenue
Gilchrist Street		Named for former Detroit Red Wing Brent Gilchrist (just kidding!). I don't know this one.
Gillett Street
Gilroy Avenue
Girardin Avenue
Gitre Avenue
Gladstone Avenue
Gladwin Avenue
Gladys Avenue
Glastonbury Road
Gleason Avenue
Glenco Avenue
Glendale Avenue (HP)
Glendale Court
Glenfield Avenue
Glenhurst Avenue
Glenwood Avenue
Glinnan Avenue
Globe Avenue
Gloucester Drive
Glover Avenue
Glynn Court
Goddard Avenue
Goethe Avenue
Golden Gate Avenue E-W
Goldner Street
Goldsmith Street
Goodson Avenue (Ham)		Hamtramck
Goodwin Avenue
Gordon Street
Gore Avenue		Named for Should-Be-President Al Gore (just kidding!). I don't know this one.
Goulburn Street
Gould Street
Govin Street
Grace Avenue
Graham Road
Graham Street
Grand Avenue E-W (HP)
Grand Boulevard E-W
Grand Haven Avenue (Ham)		Hamtramck
Grand River E-W		Began as a Native American hunting/travelling path. Mary Bailey of the Detroit News, writes, "Grand River was part of the original road that led west from Detroit to the Grand River at Grand Rapids."
Grandmont Road
Grandview Avenue
Grandville Avenue
Grandy Avenue
Grandy Avenue (Ham)
Granger Street
Grant Avenue
Grant Court
Granville Place
Gratiot Avenue		Began as a Native American hunting/travelling path (some say at was a military road). It's named after Gen. Charles Gratiot, the engineer in charge of the project. Construction on Gratiot was completed in 1831. (Some information courtesy of Frank DeFrank with the Macomb Daily and Robert Szudarek)
Gratiot Court
Graves Street
Gravier Avenue
Gray Avenue
Graydon Avenue
Grayfield Avenue
Grayling Avenue (Ham)		Hamtramck
Grayton Street
Greeley Avenue
Green Avenue N-S
Green Place
Greendale Avenue E-W
Greenfield Avenue
Greenlawn Avenue
Greensboro Avenue
Greenview Avenue
Greenview Road
Greenway Avenue
Greenwood Avenue (HP)		Highland Park
Gregorie Avenue
Greiner Avenue
Greusel Street
Greydale Avenue
Greyfriars Avenue
Griffin Avenue
Griggs Avenue
Grinnell Avenue
Griswold Street		Mary Bailey of the Detroit News, writes, "Griswold was named by Michigan Territorial governor William Woodbridge in honor of Governor Roger Griswold of Connecticut. " http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=199#ixzz0qOP2Vxki
Grixdale Avenue E-W
Groesbeck Highway		Named for former Michigan Governor Alex J. Groesbeck. Groesbeck launched the highway project during his term. (Information courtesy of Frank DeFrank with the Macomb Daily and Robert Szudarek)
Grotto Avenue/Court
Grove Avenue (HP)
Grover Avenue
Gruebner/Greubner Street
Grummond Avenue
Guilford Street
Guilloz Street
Gunston Avenue
Guoin Street
Guthrie Street
Hackett Street
Hafeli Place
Hague Avenue
Hale Street
Hall Place
Hall Street
Halleck Avenue		Named for Civil War General Henry Halleck. Special thanks to John Bezik for this information.
Halley Avenue
Hamburg Avenue
Hamilton Avenue
Hamilton Road
Hamlet Street
Hammond Street
Hampshire Street		Probably named for Hampshire County in England.
Hampton Avenue
Hancock Avenue E-W		Hancock is a very common street name, probably referring to John Hancock.
Hanley Avenue (Ham)		Hamtramck
Hanna Avenue
Hanover Avenue
Hanson Street
Harbaugh Street N-S
Harbor Street
Harding Avenue		Possibly named for President Harding.
Hardyke Street
Harlow Avenue
Harmon Avenue
Harned Avenue
Harnor Court
Harold Avenue (Ham)
Harper Avenue
Harper Court
Harrell Avenue
Harrington Street N-S
Harrison Avenue
Harry Street
Hart Avenue
Hartford Avenue
Hartwell Avenue
Hartwick Street
Harvard Avenue
Harvard Place
Harvard Road
Harvey Street
Hasse Avenue
Hastings Street
Hathon Avenue
Havana Avenue		Probably named after Havana, Cuba.
Haverhill Road
Hawthorne Avenue
Hayes Avenue		Common street name. Probably named for President Rutherford B. Hayes.
Haynes Avenue
Hazel Street		Probably named for the hazel tree. It is common for areas in cities to have streets named after trees. Hazel Street in Detroit is near Butternut, Ash, Pine, Spruce, Magnolia, Mulberry, Elm, and Sycamore Streets.
Hazelridge Avenue
Hazelton Avenue
Hazelwood Avenue
Hazlett Avenue
Healy Avenue
Hearn Avenue
Heck Place
Hecla/Helca Street
Hedge Street
Heidelberg Street
Heidt Avenue S
Heintz Avenue
Helen Avenue
Hemlock Avenue
Henderson Avenue		Probably named for David Henderson, who was one of thirty leading Detroit citizens deported by General Proctor for criticizing the General's actions during the War of 1812.
Hendricks Street
Hendrie Avenue
Henley Place
Henrietta Place
Henry Street		A small portion of the I-75 service drive is known as Henry St. The rest was taken out by the freeway.
Herbert Street
Hereford Street
Herkimer Street
Herman Avenue
Hern Street
Hershey Avenue
Hesse Street		This street was most likely named for Hugo J. Hesse. He and real estate business partner Walter C. Piper were early settlers of Warren, Michigan. Their company was called Piper-Hesse. The two platted many of the streets in Warren and named them after automobiles. Special thanks to Suzette deBeaubien Brown, granddaughter of Hugo J. Hesse, for this information.
Hessel Avenue
Hewitt Avenue (Ham)		Hamtramck
Heyden Avenue
Hibbard Avenue
Hickory Avenue
Hickory Street
Hicks Street
High Street E-W
Highfield Avenue
Highland Avenue (HP)		Highland Park
Highland Place
Hildale Avenue E-W
Hill Street (HP)		Highland Park
Hillger Avenue
Hillsboro Avenue
Hillview Avenue
Hindle Street
Hinkley Place
Hobart Street
Hobson Street
Hogarth Avenue
Holborn Avenue
Holbrook Avenue
Holcomb Avenue
Holden Avenue
Holly Street
Hollywood Avenue E-W
Holmes Avenue
Holmes Avenue (Ham)
Holmur Avenue
Home Street
Homedale Street
Homer Avenue
Homestead Street
Honorah Avenue
Hooker Avenue
Hoover Avenue
Horatio Street
Horger Avenue
Horton Avenue
Hosmer Street
Houghton Avenue
House Street
Houston Avenue
Howard Street
Howe Court
Howell Street
Hoyt Street
Hubbard Avenue		Named for the Hubbard family ribbon farm. Hubbard (and McKinstry, Clark, and Scotten) plat image. Thanks to Bernice Malinowski! Special thanks to Jack, for the image and all of the other great info you've shared.
Hubbell Avenue
Huber Street
Hudson Avenue
Hughes Avenue
Hughes Terrace
Hull Avenue
Humboldt Avenue
Humphrey Avenue
Hunt Street
Huntington Avenue
Huntington Road
Hurlbut Avenue
Huron Street
Hussar Street
Hyacinth Avenue
Hyde Street
Ida Street
Idaho Avenue		Named for the state of Idaho.
Ilene Avenue
Iliad Court
Iliad Street
Illinois Street		Named for the state of Illinois.
Indiana Avenue		Named for the state of Indiana.
Indiandale Avenue
Industrial Avenue
Infantry Street
Inglis Avenue
Intervale Avenue
Inverness Avenue
Iowa Avenue		Named for the state of Iowa.
Iris Avenue
Iron Street
Ironside Street
Ironwood Avenue
Iroquois Avenue		Many streets in Indian Village have Indian names, yet according to Nick Sinacori, quoted in an article in ModelD, at modeldmedia.com by Rodd Monts, two streets Iroquois and Seminole were named for top-performing race horses and Waterloo was named not after the battle, but for a horse farm of the same name in the area. Read more about this... Special thanks to Craig Sasser for this information. Read more from Craig here.
Irvine Street
Irvington Avenue
Isabella Street
Isham Avenue
Ivanhoe Avenue
Jackson Street
Jacob Avenue (Ham)		Named for Hamtramck city councilman, Henry Jacob(1911). Special thanks to John Bezik for this information.
Jahn Avenue
James Court
James Couzens Highway		Named for the 50th Mayor of the City of Detroit, James Couzens.
Jameson Street
Jane Avenue
Janet Street
Jarvis Street
Jason Street
Jay Street
Jefferson Avenue E-W		Named for Thomas Jefferson. Mary Bailey of the Detroit News, writes, "Jefferson Avenue was named for President Thomas Jefferson, who appointed the first Michigan territorial officials and was a good friend of Augustus Woodward. It was first surveyed in 1807 and named "Main Street," but soon renamed for Jefferson. At its intersection with Griswold it passes through the heart of the old cemetery of St. Anne's Church where the remains of Detroit's earliest inhabitants are buried. "
Jefferson Court
Jennie Street
Jennings Avenue
Jerome Avenue
Joann Avenue
Joe Street
John R. Street		Mary Bailey of the Detroit News writes: "John R, Elizabeth and Columbia streets are named for personal reasons. John R. Williams was a landowner , merchant and bank president in the first half of the 19th century, who named the street after himself. Baptized John Williams, he adopted the letter 'R' to distinguish himself from another John Williams in Detroit. Some of his business ventures, such as publishing an early newspaper, included his uncle, Joseph Campau. Williams was a general in the Territorial Militia, a member of the board of trustees at the 'new' University of Michigan and the first elected Detroit mayor in 1824. Williams named Elizabeth after his daughter, and Columbia after a street where he lived in Albany, New York." http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=199#ixzz0qOP2Vxki
Johnson Street
Jones Street		Probably named for Richard H. Jones, who was one of thirty leading Detroit citizens deported by General Proctor for criticizing the General's actions during the War of 1812. Some time between 1939 and 1968, Jones Street's named was changed to Plaza Drive.
Jordan Avenue
Jos. Campau Avenue		Named for early Detroiter Joseph Campau. Mary Bailey of the Detroit News, writes, "Joseph Campau was named for one of the wealthiest and best known citizens of Detroit. His grandfather came here with Cadillac, the founder of Detroit, and established what were afterwards known as James Campau, Chene and Poupard farms. Joseph Campau was a descendant of the third generation, born in Detroit in 1769. He opened a store on Atwater and became the first Detroit merchant to buy goods in Boston. He was the first real estate promoter of Detroit, who made a business of buying vacant lots and building homes on them to sell or rent."
Joseph S. Stringham Court		Named for Joseph S. Stringham
Josephine Avenue
Joslyn Avenue (HP)
Joy Road		The Joy farm was located on Joy Rd., west of Woodward Avenue near Linwood. Special thanks to Jack, for this and all of the other great info you've shared.
Julian Street
Junction Avenue N-S
Junction Street
Justine Avenue
Kaier Street		It was named after my Anton Kaier (great grandfather of historydetroit.com visitor, Anita Hiltz). Anton was a land owner at the time and lived on Kaier Street along with his three daughters: Victoria (aka Dora), Flora and Clara. Anton also owned a floral shop on the corner of Fort Street and Kaier Street> The shop provided flowers for Woodmere Cemetery. The Melvindale History section of the cemetery's website reads: ''Anton Kaier owned all the land now known as the Kaier Sub. It was surrounded by Schaefer Road, the Wabash Railroad and Dix Toledo Road. The Kaier Elementary School (now torn down) stood in this location. Two of the streets in the Kaier Sub were named after two sisters, Dora and Flora, who were large land owners of the early twenties.'' Special thanks to Anita Hiltz for providing the information about this street!
Kales Street
Kaline Drive		Formerly Cherry Street, the name was changed in honor of Tiger legend, Al Kaline.
Kalsh Avenue
Kanter Street
Karl Street
Kay Street
Keal Street
Keating Avenue
Keeler Avenue
Keelson Drive
Keibler Avenue
Keifer Street
Keller Street
Kellogg Place
Kellogg Street
Kelly Road		Named for the Kelly family, who had a farm in the area, Kelly Road was once known as Pumpkin Hook Road. Special thanks to Nick and Mary Morang for this information. Nick can be reached at mmorang@wowway.com.
Kempa Street
Kendall Avenue (HP)
Kenilworth Avenue
Kenmoor/Kenmore Avenue
Kennebec Avenue
Kenneth Avenue
Kenney Avenue
Kensington Road
Kent Avenue
Kentfield
Kentford Road
Kentucky Avenue
Kenwood Avenue
Kercheval Street
Kern Avenue
Kerwin Avenue
Kessler Avenue
Keystone Avenue
Kilbourne Avenue
Kimberly Court
King Avenue
King Richard		Name for King Richard, I suppose.
Kingsbury Avenue
Kingsley Court
Kingston Road
Kinsman Street
Kipling Avenue		Possibly named for author Rudyard Kipling.
Kirby Avenue E-W		May have been named for Colonel Edmund Kirby or for Great Lakes architect, Frank E. Kirby of Detroit Dry Dock.
Kirkwood Avenue
Kitchener Avenue
Klein Street
Klenk Street
Klinger Street
Knodell Avenue
Knox Avenue
Kolb Street
Konczal Street
Konkel Street
Kopernick Street
Koppin Street
Korte Avenue
Kosciuszko
Krakow Avenue/Place
Kramer Avenue
Kresge Avenue
Kress Place
Kulick Avenue
LaBelle Avenue (HP)
Labrosse Street
Ladue Street
Lady's Lane
Lafayette Avenue E-W		Mary Bailey of the Detroit News, writes, "Most large U.S. cities have a street, park, or square bearing the name of the Revolutionary war hero Marquis de Lafayette. Detroit is no exception." http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=199#ixzz0qOP2Vxki
Lafayette Boulevard		Mary Bailey of the Detroit News, writes, "Most large U.S. cities have a street, park, or square bearing the name of the Revolutionary war hero Marquis de Lafayette. Detroit is no exception." http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=199#ixzz0qOP2Vxki
Lafferty Street
LaFontaine
Lahser Road
Laing		Laing was the name of one of the developers (individual or company) of the area around Kelly and Whitter. Thanks to Jason Block who saw the name years ago on one of the original plats!
Lakepointe Avenue
Lakeshore Drive
Lakeview Avenue
Lakewood Avenue N-S
Lalle Avenue
Lalonde Avenue
Lambert Street		This street was named for the Lambert family. They were part of the family that owned the Lieb farm. When the Lieb farm was divided among various members of the family, Lambert Street was created Thanks to Sharon Mulawa of the Lieb/Lambert family!
Lambie Place
Lamkin
Lamont Avenue
LaMothe Avenue		Named for Detroit's founder, Antoine La Mothe Cadillac
Lamphere Avenue
Lamson Street
Lanark Avenue
Lancashire Road		Probably named for Lancashire County in England.
Lanco Avenue
Lane Avenue
Lang Avenue
Langholm Avenue
Langley Street
Lanman Street
Lannette Street
Lannoo Street		Lannoo Street was named after Emeric Lannoo an immigrant from Belgium. Lannoo owned farmland around Moross and Mack Ave. St. John's Hospital and the 7-Mack Shopping Center now occupy at least part of that land. Prior to owning that farm, he owned a farm near Gratiot and 6 Mile. When that area started being developed, he sold the land. A Montgomery Wards store may have been built on that spot. Lannoo also built houses.
Lansdowne Street
Lansing Avenue		Named for Lansing, Michigan's capitol city.
Lantz Avenue E-W
Lappin Street
Larchmont Avenue
Larchwood Avenue
Lark Street
Larkins Avenue
Larned Street E-W		Mary Bailey of the Detroit News, writes, "Larned's namesake was General Charles Larned. He settled in Detroit after assisting General William Henry Harrison in ridding the town of the British in the War of 1812. He became a U.S. attorney in 1814 and served in local government." http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=199#ixzz0qOP2Vxki
LaSalle Boulevard		Probably named for French explorer, Robert Cavalier sieur de La Salle
LaSalle Court		Probably named for French explorer, Robert Cavalier sieur de La Salle
LaSalle Gardens N-S		Probably named for French explorer, Robert Cavalier sieur de La Salle
Latham Avenue (Ham)
Lauder Street
Lauderdale Street
Laura Street
Laurel Avenue
Law Street
Lawley Avenue
Lawndale Avenue
Lawrence Avenue
Lawton Avenue
Leach Street
Leander Avenue
LeBlanc Avenue
Ledyard Avenue
Lee Place
Leewin Avenue
Legrand Avenue
Lehmann Avenue
Leib Street
Leicester Court
Leidich Avenue
Leigh Street
Leipzig Avenue
Leland Avenue
LeMay Avenue
Lenore Avenue
Lenox Avenue
Leonard Avenue
Leota Avenue
Lernoult Street		Named for Captain Richard Beringer Lernoult, commandant of the garrison at Detroit in 1774.
LeRoy Street
Leslie Avenue (HP)
Lessing Street
Lesure Street
Leuschner Avenue (Ham)
Leverette Place
Leverette Street
Lewerenz Street		Named for the founder of Detroit's first library. Special thanks to Catherine Litwa, Mr. Lewerenz's great granddaughter, for this information.
Lexington Avenue
Liberal Street
Liberty Avenue (Ham)
Library Avenue
Lichfield Avenue
Liddesdale Avenue
Liebold Avenue
Lilac Avenue
Lillbridge Avenue
Lincoln Avenue		Probably named for Abraham Lincoln.
Lincoln Avenue (HP)
Lincoln Highway
Lincolnshire Drive		Probably named for Lincolnshire County in England.
Linden Court		This was named for the tree, but I don't think it is actually in Detroit.
Linden Street		Linden street was named for the Linden tree. At one point, Selden AND Linden Streets existed. Now, the only Linden Street is in Dearborn and the part of Linden that used to exist in Detroit is called Selden. It is sort of a continuation of Selden, but there are some jogs.
Lindsay Street
Linnhurst/Linhurst Avenue
Linsdale Avenue
Linville Avenue
Linwood Avenue
Linzee Avenue
Lipton Avenue
Lisbon Street
Littlefield Avenue
Livernois Avenue N-S		Named for the Livernois family ribbon farm.
Livingston Street
Lockwood Street
Lodewyck Street
Lodge Drive		Possibly named for Detroit's 51st, 54th and 56th Mayor, John Cabot Lodge.
Lodi Street
Log Cabin Avenue
Logan Avenue
Lola Street
Lombard Street/Terrace
London Street
Longacre Street
Longfellow Avenue
Longview Avenue
Longwood Avenue/Place E-W
Longworth Avenue
Longyear Street
Lonyo Avenue
Loraine Avenue
Loretto Avenue
Lorman Street
Lorne Avenue
Lothrop Avenue
Louis Street
Louisa Avenue
Louise Avenue (HP)
Louisiana Avenue		Named for the state of Louisiana.
Lovett Street
Lowdell Avenue
Lowell Drive/Road
Lozier Avenue
Luce Avenue
Lucerne Drive
Lucky Place
Ludden Street
Lumley Street
Lumpkin Street (Ham)
Luther Avenue
Lycaste Avenue
Lyford Avenue
Lyle Street
Lyman Place
Lynch Road
Lyndon Street
Lynn Street
Lyon Street		Probably named for Archibald Lyon, who was one of thirty leading Detroit citizens deported by General Proctor for criticizing the General's actions during the War of 1812.
Lysander Street
Mabel Avenue (HP)
MacCrary Street
Mack Avenue		Named for Mayor Andrew Mack (1834) -- or not... Wikipedia says that it was named for John M. Mack, who was a supervisor of Hamtramck.
Mackay Avenue (Ham)
Mackenzie Avenue
Mackie Street
Mackinaw Avenue
Macomb Street		Named for early Detroiter, Alexander Macomb and his family. Mary Bailey of the Detroit News, writes, ''Macomb owes its name to the Macomb family, one of Detroit's earliest settlers. They owned large parcels of land and at one time owned Hog Island, later named Belle Isle.'' in ''City of Destiny,'' George Stark writes that several places in the area were named after thirty leading Detroit citizens deported by General Proctor for criticizing the General's actions during the War of 1812. William Macomb was one of the thirty.
Macon Street
Maddelein Street
Maderia Avenue
Madison Avenue
Madola Avenue
Magdelein Street
Magnolia Street		Probably named for the magnolia tree. It is common for areas in cities to have streets named after trees. Magnolia Street in Detroit is near Butternut, Ash, Poplar, Spruce, Magnolia, Mulberry, and Sycamore Streets.
Maiden Avenue
Maine Avenue		Named for the state of Maine.
Majestic Avenue
Major Avenue
Malcolm Avenue
Mallina Street
Malvern Street
Manchester Avenue (HP)
Mandalay Avenue
Mandale Avenue
Manderson Road
Manhattan Avenue (Ham)
Manila Street
Manistique Avenue N-S
Manning Avenue
Manor Avenue
Mansfield Avenue
Manson Street
Mansur Street
Manuel Street
Maple Street		Probably named for the poplar tree. It is common for areas in cities to have streets named after trees. Maple Street in Detroit is near Chestnut Street.
Maplelawn Avenue
Mapleridge Avenue
Mapleview Street
Maplewood Avenue
Marantette/Marentette Avenue
Marbud Avenue
Marcelle Place
Marcus Avenue
Marcy Court
Marene Street
Margaret Avenue E-W
Margareta Avenue
Marian Place
Marietta Street
Marion Street
Marjorie Street
Mark Street
Mark Twain Avenue		Named for Edgar Allen Poe. Well, seriously - who wouldn't know this street was named for Mark Twain?
Market Street
Marlborough Avenue N-S
Marley Street
Marlowe Street
Marne Avenue
Marquette Avenue		Probably named for Father Jacques Marquette, the French Jesuit and explorer.
Marquette Drive		Probably named for Father Jacques Marquette, the French Jesuit and explorer.
Marseilles Avenue		Probably named for the French city of Marseilles.
Marsh Street
Marshall Avenue S
Marston Avenue
Martin Place		May have been named for the Martin family or St. Martin family -- both were ribbon farmers. Anderson Martin was one of thirty leading Detroit citizens deported by General Proctor for criticizing the General's actions during the War of 1812. Seems to have been taken out for the construction of part of the Medical Center.
Martin Street		May have been named for the Martin family or St. Martin family -- both were ribbon farmers. Anderson Martin was one of thirty leading Detroit citizens deported by General Proctor for criticizing the General's actions during the War of 1812.
Martindale Avenue N-S		Named for Detroit schools Superintendent Wales C. Martindale, who was in charge in the early 1900s. He was the man who started Cass Tech. Special thanks to Dann Austin (Buildings of Detroit) for ths information.
Marx Avenue		Karl Marx? The Marx Brothers?
Marygrove Avenue
Maryland Avenue
Mason Avenue/Place		Named for Steve T. Mason, first Governor of Michigan Special thanks to Gary E. Schlinkert for correcting this oversight!
Massachusetts Avenue (HP)
Mather Avenue
Mathews Street
Maxwell Avenue
May Street
May's Creek		Named for James May. Originally the creek was called Campau's River; then Cabacier's Creek for Joseph Cabacier.
Maybury Grand Avenue
Maydale Avenue
Mayfield Avenue
Maynard Street
Maywood Avenue
McArthur Place
McBrearty Place
McBride Place
McClellan Avenue
McCormick Street
McDonald Avenue
McDonald Place
McDougall Avenue		Named for the Civil War General, Clinton(?) McDougal (MacDougal?). Special thanks to John Bezik for this information.
McGraw Avenue
McGregor Street
McIntyre Avenue
McKinley Avenue
McKinney Avenue
McKinstry Avenue		McKinstry (and Clark, Scotten, and Hubbard) plat image. Special thanks to Jack, for this and all of the other great info you've shared.
McKinstry Avenue S		See McKinstry Ave
McLean Avenue		Probably named for David McLean, who was one of thirty leading Detroit citizens deported by General Proctor for criticizing the General's actions during the War of 1812.
McLean Avenue (HP)		Probably named for David McLean, who was one of thirty leading Detroit citizens deported by General Proctor for criticizing the General's actions during the War of 1812.
McMillan Avenue
McNichols Road E-W
McPherson Avenue		Named for Civil War General, James McPherson. Special thanks to John Bezik for this information.
McQuade Avenue
Meade Avenue
Meadowbrook Avenue
Meadowdale Street
Meadowpark
Mecca Street
Mechanic Street
Medbury Avenue
Medina Street
Melbourne Avenue
Meldrum Avenue		Named for James Meldrum's farms which was on the east side of Meldrum Avenue.
Meldrum Court		Named for James Meldrum's farms which was on the east side of Meldrum Avenue.
Mellon Avenue
Mellow Avenue
Melrose Street
Melville Street
Melvin Street
Memorial Avenue
Mendota Avenue
Mercier Street
Merkel Street
Merlin
Merrick Avenue
Merrill Avenue
Merritt Avenue
Merton Road
Merwin Avenue
Metropolitan Avenue
Mettetal Avenue		The Mettetal farm was near the eastern boundary of Redford Township, on Schoolcraft Rd. Mettetal Street runs north and south through what was their farm. Special thanks to Jack, for this and all of the other great info you've shared.
Metzger Avenue (D-HP)
Meuse Street
Meyers Road		John Freidrich Christian Meyer owned a large farm at Fenkell and Meyers. Thank you, Jack, for this and all the other info you've shared with me.
Miami Avenue N-S		Named for the Miami people (a Native American nation or tribe).
Michigan Avenue		Began as a Native American hunting/travelling path.
Middle Street
Middlepoint Avenue
Midfield Street
Midland Avenue (HP)
Midway Avenue
Milbank Avenue
Miles Street
Milford Avenue
Military Avenue N-S
Miller Avenue
Miller Court
Milner Avenue
Milo Street
Milton Avenue
Milwaukee Avenue E-W		Named for the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Minden Avenue
Minerva Street		Minerva is the Roman Goddess of wisdom, invention and the arts. This street may or may not be named for her.
Minneapolis		Named for the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Minnesota Avenue E-W		Named for the state of Minnesota.
Minnie Street
Minock Street
Mint Street
Missouri Avenue		Named for the state of Missouri.
Mitchell Avenue
Modern Avenue
Moenart Avenue
Moffat Avenue
Mogul Street
Mohawk Street
Mohican Street
Molena Avenue
Monarch Street
Monica Street
Monitor Avenue
Monnier Road
Monnig Court
Monroe Avenue		Probably named for President James Monroe.
Montague Avenue
Montana Avenue E-W		Named for the state of Montana.
Montcalm Street E-W
Montclair Avenue
Monte Vista Avenue
Monteith Street
Monterey Avenue (HP)
Montgomery Avenue
Montlieu Avenue
Montrose Avenue
Montville Place
Moon Avenue
Moore Place
Moran Avenue		Could be named for Charles Moran, a judge in British Detroit; or for his son John V. The Moran family probably owned a ribbon farm. Or for a Civil War General. Special thanks to John Bezik for the Civil War information.
Morang Avenue		Nick Morang grew up on the east side of Detroit about a half mile south of Morang Dr. The street, like many in Detroit, was named for a family that owned much of the nearby land. Nick's grandfather, James Morang owned much of the property near Whittier and Kelly (the Kelly family also owned land in the area; Kelly Road was once known as Pumpkin Hook Road). James' farmhouse stood on land that was later home to a Kroger (the Kroger is no longer there).
Moravian		Moravian in Clinton Township was named after missionaries who settled near Mount Clemens in the late 1700s. The Moravians were evicted from settlements in Ohio and charged by British authorities with being sympathetic to the American cause. (Information courtesy of Frank DeFrank with the Macomb Daily and Robert Szudarek)
Morgan Street
Morley Avenue
Morrell Avenue
Morrell Avenue S.
Morrow Avenue/Circle
Morrow Street
Morse Avenue		Possibly named for morse code inventor Samuel Morse.
Morton Street
Moss Avenue (HP)
Motor Boat Lane
Mound Avenue/Road		Named for a large, ancient Native American burial (and ceremonial?) mound located in an area near the road.
Moyes Avenue/Street		Moyes Street was named for farmer Emanuel Moyes, who owned about 5 acres of land from Michigan Avenue (then called Chicago Avenue) north to Pelouze Avenue, and Martin Street east to Burton Street. Fern Street (just north of Moyes Street and also on Emanuel's property) was originally called Rubber Street. Emanuel ran away from home to join a circus as a strongman and contortionist. He was born in England and took steerage to America before 1863. Special thanks to Debbie Moyes Bailey of St. Louis, Missouri for this info. Debbie is the great-granddaughter of Emmanuel Motes.
Mt. Clemens Drive
Mt. Elliott Avenue
Mt. Elliott Court
Mt. Olivet
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Muirland Avenue
Mulberry Street		Probably named for the mulberry tree. It is common for areas in cities to have streets named after trees. Mulberry Street in Detroit is near Butternut, Ash, Pine, Spruce, Magnolia, Poplar, and Sycamore Streets.
Mulford Place (HP)
Mullane Street
Mullett Street		Named for the famous hockey hair cut -- just kidding. Probably named for early Detroit landowner John Mullett.
Muncy/Muncey Street
Munich Avenue		Possibly named for the German city of Munich.
Murat Street
Murray Hill
Murray Street
Musket Street
Myrtle Street		Myrtle Street was probably named for the myrtle tree, however, it is now named for Martin Luther King Jr (it has been renamed MLK Jr Blvd).
Nagle Avenue (Ham)
Nagle Street
Nall Street
Nancy Avenue
Naples Street
Napoleon Street		Probably named for the famous French Emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte.
Nardin Avenue
Nashville Avenue		Probably named for the Tennessee city of Nashville.
National Avenue
Naumann Avenue
Navahoe Avenue N-S
Navarre Street		Named for the Navarre family. Probably Robert Navarre specifically, as he played a large role in French and British Detroit city affairs.
Navin Avenue		Named for one-time Detroit Tigers owner, Frank Navin (Navin Field was once the name of the ballpark that stood where Tiger Stadium stands today).
Navy Avenue
Neal Street
Nebraska Avenue		Probably named for the state of Nebraska.
Neff Avenue
Neible Avenue (Ham)
Nelson Street
Nett Avenue
Netting Avenue
Nevada Avenue E-W		Probably named for the state of Nevada.
Neveux Avenue
New York Street		Probably named for the state of New York.
Newark Street		Could be named for the city of Newark, New Jersey. Was originally Alexander Street, named for Alexander Stanton, the son of General Henry Stanton.
Newbern Avenue
Newberry Avenue
Newell Street
Newhall Street
Newport Avenue N-S
Newton Avenue
Nichols Street
Noble Street
Nome Street
Nora Avenue
Norcross Avenue
Norfolk Avenue		Possibly named for the city of Norfolk, Virginia.
Norman Avenue
Normandy Avenue
Normile Avenue
Norris Avenue
North Avenue (HP)
North Campbell Avenue
Northampton Avenue
Northfield Avenue
Northlawn Avenue
Northrop Avenue
Northwestern Avenue
Northwestern Highway
Norvel Place
Norwalk Avenue (Ham)
Norway Avenue		Probably named for the country of Norway.
Norwood Avenue
Norwood Place
Nottingham Road
Novara Street
Nowak Avenue
Nube Avenue
Nuernberg Avenue
Oak Drive
Oakdale Avenue
Oakfield Avenue
Oakland Avenue		Possibly named for Oakland, California.
Oakley Avenue
Oakman Avenue
Oakman Boulevard		I believe this used to be called Ford Highway (circa 1926). It was named for an ent. That last part was a joke.
Oakman Court
Oakpark Avenue
Oakwood Avenue S
Oberlin Avenue
Ogden Avenue
Ohio Avenue		Probably named for the stat of Ohio.
Old Mill Place
Oldtown Avenue
Olga Avenue
Oliver Street
Olivet Avenue
Olympia Avenue
Omaha Avenue		Could be named for the city of Omaha, Nebraska.
Omira Avenue
Ontario Street
Opal Street
Orangelawn Avenue
Orchard Avenue
Orchestra Place		Named for Orchestra Hall which is located at Wooward and Orchestra Place.
Oregon Avenue		Probably named for the state of Oregon.
Orion Street
Orleans Street
Ormand/Ormond Avenue
Osborne Place
Otis Street
Otsego Avenue
Ottawa Place		Named for the Ottawa, a Native American tribe/nation.
Otto Avenue
Oublier Avenue
Outer Drive E-W
Owen Avenue
Oxford Avenue (HP)
Oxley Avenue
Pacific Avenue		Named for the ocean?
Packard Avenue		Probably named for the Packard Motor Company.
Page Street		This street could have been named for original Detroit land grantee Marie Le Page.
Pallister Avenue		The Pallisters had farms along Woodward Ave., north of W. Grand Blvd. Special thanks to Jack, for this and all of the other great info you've shared.
Palmer Avenue E-W
Palmetto Avenue
Palms Street		Palm Street is named after Francis Palms, the largest individual landowner in Detroit (and possibly the whole Northwest Territory) in the 1830s. Palms was originally fro Antwerp, Belgium. 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.
Panama Avenue		Probably named for the country of Panama.
Parent's Creek		Named for Joseph Parent, an original Detroit land grantee.
Park Avenue		Mary Bailey of the Detroit News, writes, "Park Avenue received its name in 1835 because of its starting point at Grand Circus Park." http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=199#ixzz0qOP2Vxki
Park Drive
Park Grove
Park Place
Park Street
Park Terrace
Parkdale Terrace
Parker Avenue
Parkhurst Avenue
Parkhurst Place
Parkinson Street
Parkland Avenue
Parkside Avenue
Parktrail
Parkview Avenue
Parkview Drive
Parkwood Avenue
Parsons Street
Pasadena Avenue (HP)
Patricia Avenue
Patton Avenue		Named for General Patton?
Paul Street
Paulus Avenue
Payton Avenue
Pear Street		Could be named for the pear trees planted by Cadillac in honor of King Louis of France.
Pearl Avenue
Pease Avenue
Peck
Peerless Street
Pelham Avenue N-S
Pelkey Street
Pelouze Street
Pembroke Road
Pennington Drive
Pennsylvania Avenue
Penrod Avenue
Penrose Avenue
Peoria Avenue
Pepper Road N-S		Is now known as Outer Drive.
Pere Street
Perkins Street
Perry Street
Pershing Avenue
Peter Hunt Street
Peter Smith Avenue
Peterboro Street
Peters Avenue
Peterson Street
Petoskey Avenue		Probably named for Michigan's state rock, the Petoskey stone.
Petoskey Road
Pfent Street
Phelps Street
Philadelphia Avenue E-W		Probably named for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Philip Avenue
Phyllis Street
Picadilly Road
Pickford Avenue
Piedmont Street
Pierce Street
Pierson Street
Pilgrim Avenue (HP)
Pine Street		Probably named for the pine tree. It is common for areas in cities to have streets named after trees. Pine Street in Detroit is near Butternut, Ash, Poplar, Spruce, Magnolia, Mulberry, and Sycamore Streets.
Pinehurst Avenue
Pinewood Street
Pingree Avenue		Named for former Detroit Mayor, Hazen Pingree.
Pingree Square		Named for former Detroit Mayor, Hazen Pingree.
Pioneer
Piper Avenue		This street was most likely named for Walter C. Piper. He and real estate business partner Hugo J. Hesse were early settlers of Warren, Michigan. Their company was called Piper-Hesse. The two platted many of the streets in Warren and named them after automobiles. Special thanks to Suzette deBeaubien Brown, granddaughter of Hugo J. Hesse, for this information.
Piquette Avenue
Pitcher Street		I don't find this on any map. But it supposedly replaced Ann Street in 1887.
Pitkin Street (HP)
Pitt Avenue		Probably named for William Pitt.
Pittsburgh		Named for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Plainview Avenue
Plainview Road
Platt Street
Playfair Avenue (Ham)
Plaza Street
Pleasant Avenue
Plum Street
Plumer Street
Plymouth Avenue/Road
Poe Avenue
Pointcettia Avenue
Pointer
Poland Avenue (Ham)		When the Dodge Brothers built the Dodge automobile assembly plant in Hamtramck in 1910, the availability of jobs drew a large number of Polish immigrants to Hamtramck. The city's population grew from 4500 people in 1910 to 56,000 people by 1930 -- most of them Polish. Poland Ave was name for the country of Poland as a result. Special thanks to John Bezik for this information.
Pollard Street		Possiby named for Rev. Richard Pollard.
Pomona
Ponchartrain Drive W		Named for Louis (or Jerome) Ponchartrain, Minister of Marine at the court of King Louis of France. Also the name of Detroit's first settlement (Fort Ponchartrain du Detroit).
Pontiac Street		Named for Ottawa Chief, Pontiac.
Poplar Street		Probably named for the poplar tree. It is common for areas in cities to have streets named after trees. Poplar Street in Detroit is near Butternut, Ash, Pine, Spruce, Magnolia, Mulberry, and Sycamore Streets.
Port Drive
Port Lagoon
Portage Avenue (HP)
Porter Street		Possibly named for Michigna Territory Governor George B. Porter.
Portlance Avenue
Portland Street
Posen Street
Post Street N-S
Poupard Avenue
Powell Avenue
Prairie Avenue
Prentis Avenue
Prescott Avenue (Ham)
Pressler Avenue
Prest Avenue
Preston Street
Prevost Avenue		Possibly named for Antoine François Prévost, the author of the novel Manon Lescaut. Special thanks to John Jamieson, a one time resident of Prevost Avenue, for this information.
Princeton Avenue
Proctor Avenue		Possibly named for General Henry Proctor.
Promenade Street
Prospect Avenue (HP)
Pryor Avenue
Pulaski Street		Named for a prominent Polish family.
Pulaski Street (Ham)		Named for a Polish Revolutionary war general of Polish decent Special thanks to John Bezik for this information.
Pulford Avenue		Pulford street was named after Lorenzo Lloyd Pulford (a nephew of Gen John Pulford; and a real estate developer in the late 1800's). Special thanks to Tad Pulford for this information.
Purdue Avenue
Puritan Avenue (HP)
Putnam Avenue
Putt Street
Queen Street
Queenston Place
Quincy Avenue
Quinn Avenue
Quirk Avenue
Racine Avenue
Radcliffe Avenue
Rademacher Avenue N-S		This street was named for a farmer of the same name (Rademacher) who owned some adjacent property. Special thanks to one-time Detroiter George St. Pierre for this information.
Radford Avenue
Radnor Street
Radom/Radam Street
Railroad Avenue
Ralston Avenue
Randall Avenue
Randolph Street		Mary Bailey of the Detroit News writes, "Randolph Street was named after John Randolph, the Virginia statesman and orator in the early 1800s." http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=199#ixzz0qOP2Vxki
Rangoon Avenue
Rankin Street
Ransom Street
Ranspach Street		Possibly named for the area of France of the same name. Thanks to Ray Anspach for contacting me to ask me about Ranspach Street. His inquiry prompted my search on the name. Ray's family came from Germany, so we aren't sure if there is a connection. An extra "thanks" to Ray for sending me some photos -- including this one:
Rathbone Avenue
Ravenswood Avenue
Ray Avenue
Raymond Avenue
Raynor Street
Redfern
Redford
Redmond Street
Reed Place
Reeder Street
Regular Avenue
Reid Street		Probably named for Duncan Reid, who was one of thirty leading Detroit citizens deported by General Proctor for criticizing the General's actions during the War of 1812.
Reisener Avenue
Reissman Street
Remington Avenue E-W
Renfrew Street
Reno Street
Renville Avenue
Reva Street
Revere Avenue
Rex Street
Reynolds Avenue
Rhode Island Avenue (HP)		Named for the state of Rhode Island
Riad Street
Rich Street
Richard Avenue		Possibly named for Father Gabriel Richard. Could have been named for original land grantee Jean Richard.
Richardson Avenue
Richmond Avenue
Richter Street
Richton Street (Highland Pk)
Ridge Street
Ridgewood Avenue
Rieden/Reiden Street
Ries/Reis Street
Rifle Street
Riopelle Street		Named for the Riopelle family (ribbon farmers).
Rivard Street		Named for the Rivard family who owned a ribbon farm in Detroit.
River Court
Riverdale Avenue
Riverdale Drive N-S
Riverside Avenue
Riverside Drive
Riverview Avenue
Riviera Street
Robert Street		This street could have been named for original land grantee Pierre Robert. However, there are many prominent Roberts out there...
Robinwood Avenue E-W
Robson Avenue
Roby Street
Rochelle/Rochedale
Rochester Street
Rockcastle Street
Rockdale
Rockwood Street (Ham)
Roehm Street
Rogers Street		May have been named for Major Robert Rogers.
Rogge Street
Rohns Avenue
Roland Street
Rolandale
Rolfe/Rolfs Place
Rolyat/Rolyan
Roman Place
Romeyn Street		Possibly named for Theodore Romeyn.
Rondo Street
Roosevelt Avenue		Probably named for President Theodore Roosevelt.
Roosevelt St (Hamtramck)		The street was named as a tribute to President Roosevelt's visit to dedicate Keyworth stadium, a WPA project, in October 1936. Special thanks to John Bezik for this information
Rosa Parks Boulevard		Formerly 12th Street, the name was changed in honor of Civil Right's activist Rosa Parks.
Rose Street
Roseberry Avenue
Rosedale Court
Rosedale Street
Roselawn Avenue
Rosemary Street
Rosemont Avenue
Rosewood Avenue
Roslyn Place
Roslyn Road
Rossini Drive
Rossiter
Rouge Avenue S
Rouge Drive
Roulo Place
Rowan Avenue
Rowe Street		Possibly named for steel worker George Rowe.
Rowena Avenue
Rowley		Named for the the developer of the homes east of Syracuse St. and Mound Rd. Their architecture was post war ranch style; they were built in the early 50s. Special thanks to John Bezik for this information.
Roxbury
Roxford
Roy		This could have been named for original Detroit land grantees Pierre Roy or Pierre du Roy.
Ruedisale Court
Rugg Avenue
Runyon Street
Rupert
Ruskin Avenue
Russell Street		Probably named for William Russell, who was one of thirty leading Detroit citizens deported by General Proctor for criticizing the General's actions during the War of 1812.
Ruth Street
Rutherford Avenue
Rutland Avenue
Ryan Avenue
Saginaw Street
Salem Avenue
Saliotte Avenue
Sallan Street
Salter
Sampson Street
San Juan Drive
Sanders Avenue
Sanford Avenue
Sanger Avenue
Sanilac
Santa Barbara Drive
Santa Clara Avenue
Santa Maria Avenue
Santa Rosa Drive
Saratoga Avenue
Sarena
Sargent Street		Possibly named for Northwest Territory secretary Winthrop Sargent.
Sarsfield Avenue
Sarvis Street
Sauer Street
Savage
Savannah Avenue E-W
Savery Street
Savoy Street
Sawyer Avenue		Possibly named for newspaper man and Young Men's Society President, Franklin Sawyer.
Saxon Avenue
Scarsdale Avenue
Schaefer Highway
Schaeffer Highway S
Scheffer Place/Street
Schiller Street
Schley Street
Schoenherr Avenue		Possibly named for Michael W. Schoenherr, Detroit's first movie manager. 2023 update: The Schoenherr farmhouse was at the northwest corner of Seven Mile Rd. and Schoenherr Rd. Special thanks to Jack, for the 2023 update and all of the other great info you've shared.
School Avenue		Maybe it led to a school.
Schoolcraft Avenue		Probably named for explorer, Henry R. Schoolcraft.
Schroeder Avenue
Schuper Street		Schuper Street no longer exists, but when it did it was the 'shortest' (in distance) of any 'named' road in the entire City of Detroit. It connected Lakepointe to Barham (East Side between Chandler Park and E. Warren). It was named after the family that owned the lot. The city asked if they could purchase back the property to build the road. It was necessary because the homes on Barham (South Side) looked across the street at the garage(s) for the Homes that were on Maryland Road. Barham was the only street in Detroit that was a 'mistake' in planning (not enough property for homes on both sides of the street), so Schuper was created to accommodate the garbage trucks that started there route on Lakepointe. Thanks to Leif A. Woodhouse, who provided this information in memory of Lawrence and Margueritte Merrill of 5230 Lakepointe, Detroit, MI 48224.
Scott Street		Possibly named for William M. Scott, who was one of thirty leading Detroit citizens deported by General Proctor for criticizing the General's actions during the War of 1812.
Scotten Avenue N-S		Scotten Ave was named after Daniel Scotten, a capitalist in the tobacco trade, not a builder (as previously reported on this site). Scotten owned a factory at Fort and Clark streets. Scotten owned Dillion-Scotten Tobacco, as well as, Hiawatha Tobacco. Scotten (and McKinstry, Clark, and Hubbard) plat image. Special thanks to Robert Andersen for providing this information. Special thanks to Jack, for the image and all of the other great info you've shared.
Scovel Place
Scripps Avenue		Probably named for James Edmund Scripps who founded The Evening News, which later became The Detroit News.
Secor Place
Seebaldt Avenue
Selden Avenue
Selkirk Avenue
Seminole Avenue		Many streets in Indian Village have Indian names, yet according to Nick Sinacori, quoted in an article in ModelD, at modeldmedia.com by Rodd Monts, two streets Iroquois and Seminole were named for top-performing race horses and Waterloo was named not after the battle, but for a horse farm of the same name in the area. Read more about this... Special thanks to Craig Sasser for this information. Read more from Craig here.
Semloh Street
Senator Avenue
Seneca Avenue
Seward Avenue		Possibly named for New York Senator, William H. Seward.
Seyburn Avenue
Seymour Avenue
Shady Lane
Shady Lane Court
Shaftsbury Avenue
Shakespeare Street
Sharon Street
Shaw Street
Sheehan Avenue
Sheffield Road
Shelby Street		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
Sherbourne/Shelbourne Road
Sheridan Avenue
Sherman Street		Possibly named for Detroiter Abner Sherman; or Civil War General William T. Sherman.
Sherwood Street
Shields Avenue
Shipherd Avenue
Shipherd Court
Shirley Avenue		Possibly named for Governor William Shirley of Massachusetts.
Shoemaker Avenue
Short Avenue
Shrewsbury Road
Sibley Street		Probably named for Judge Solomon Sibley.
Siebert
Signet Avenue
Silver Street
Simms Avenue
Simon K Street		Named for Father Simon Kilar, founder of Transfiguration Catholic Church. Special thanks to John Bezik for this information.
Sioux
Sire Street
Sirron
Sloan Avenue
Sloman Street
Smart Avenue		Probably named for Robert Smart, who was one of thirty leading Detroit citizens deported by General Proctor for criticizing the General's actions during the War of 1812.
Smith Avenue
Smith Avenue (Ham)
Snowden Avenue		Possibly named for grist mill owner, George Snowden.
Sobieski Avenue		Named for a prominent Polish family.
Sobieski Street (Ham)
Solvay Street N-S		Likely named for the Solvay Company, which paved many of the streets in Delray and organized the neighborhood's fire department. Special thanks to Jack, for this and all of the other great info you've shared.
Somerset Drive
Sorrento Street
South Dearborn
South Street
Southampton Avenue
Southern Avenue
Southfield Avenue
Southfield Road
Sparling Avenue
Sparta Avenue
Spaulding Court		This street was named in honor of J. Miles Spaulding who owned an excavation and road supply company in Detroit. He built the the Spaulding Court Apartments in North Corktown/Briggs (one of 30 buildings he owned). Spaulding Court is the only of his buildings still standing. Google Books Google Books Special thanks to Liam Collins of Wayne State University for this information.
Spence Avenue
Spencer Avenue		Probably named for Joseph Spencer, who was one of thirty leading Detroit citizens deported by General Proctor for criticizing the General's actions during the War of 1812.
Spokane Avenue
Sprague Street
Spring Garden Avenue/Springarden Road
Spring Street
Springfield Street
Springle Avenue
Springwells Avenue N-S
Sproat Street
Spruce Street		Probably named for the spruce tree. It is common for areas in cities to have streets named after trees. Spruce Street in Detroit is near Butternut, Ash, Pine, poplar, Magnolia, Mulberry, and Sycamore Streets.
St. Agnes Court
St. Albertus Place
St. Antoine Street		Mary Bailey of the Detroit News, writes, "Beaubien and St. Antoine originated from the two Beaubien brothers, Lambert and Antoine, each of whom received half of the family farm after the death of their father, Jean Baptiste Beaubien, one of the first white settlers on the river, opposite Fort Dearborn. Lambert was a colonel in the First Regiment of Detroit's militia. He fought in the War of 1812. Antoine chose to name his property after his patron saint, St. Antoine. Antoine was a lieutenant colonel in the Michigan Territorial Militia. He donated a chunk of his land for the Sacred Heart Academy, once located at the corner of Jefferson and St. Antoine." http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=199#ixzz0qOP2Vxki
St. Aubin Avenue		Named for the St. Aubin family ribbon farm.
St. Clair Avenue		Possibly named for soldier Arthur St. Clair.
St. Cyril		Named after the Catholic Church built in 1925 by Father Zalebera. Formerly was known as Centerline. Special thanks to Rudy Werner for this information!
St. David
St. Hedwig Street
St. Ignace Court
St. James
St. Jean Avenue
St. John Street
St. Josafats/Josephat Street
St. Joseph Street
St. Lawrence Avenue
St. Louis
St. Martin's Avenue		May have been named for the St. Martin family -- ribbon farmers.
St. Martin's Road		May have been named for the St. Martin family -- ribbon farmers.
St. Mary's Avenue
St. Patrick Avenue
St. Paul Avenue
St. Stephen's Avenue
St. Thomas Avenue
Stahelin Street		The Stahelins arrived in Detroit before the Civil War. They had farms in Redford Township until residential development closed in. Special thanks to Jack, for this and all of the other great info you've shared.
Stair Street
Standish Street
Stanford Avenue
Stanley Avenue
Stansbury Avenue		Possibly named for Lieutenant Dixon Stansbury.
Stanton Avenue		Named for General Henry Stanton
Starboard Drive
Starboard Lagoon
Stark Avenue/Street
State Fair Avenue E-W
State Street		Mary Bailey of the Detroit News, writes, "State Street was named in 1835, the year the State of Michigan was organized. The capitol was on the street until 1847, when it was moved to Lansing." http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=199#ixzz0qOP2Vxki
Stawell
Ste. Anne Street
Stearns Avenue		Possibly named for business man, Frederick Stearns.
Steel Avenue/Street
Steger Court
Stegner
Steiner Avenue (Ham)
Stender Avenue
Sterling Street		Possibly named for James Sterling, interpreter in early Detroit.
Sterritt Avenue
Stevens Avenue (HP)
Stimson Avenue
Stocker Avenue
Stockton Avenue
Stockwell
Stoepel Avenue
Stoepel Place
Stone Street
Stotter Avenue
Stout Avenue
Stovels Place
Strasburg Avenue
Stratford Road
Strathcona Drive
Strathmoor Avenue/Street
Strathmore Road
Stratmann
Stratton Street
Strong Avenue
Stuart Street
Sturgis
Sturtevant
Suffolk
Summitt Street
Summitt Street S
Sumner Street
Sumpter Avenue
Sunderland Road
Sunnyside
Sunset Avenue
Sunset Place
Superior Street
Sussex Street
Suzanne
Swain Avenue
Swain Avenue S
Swift Avenue
Sword Street
Sycamore Street		Probably named for the sycamore tree. It is common for areas in cities to have streets named after trees. Sycamore Street in Detroit is near Butternut, Ash, Pine, Spruce, Magnolia, Mulberry, and Poplar Streets.
Sylvan Street
Sylvester Avenue
Syracuse Avenue
Tacoma Avenue
Taft Avenue		Probably named for Preisdent Taft.
Taft Place		Probably named for Preisdent Taft.
Talbot Avenue
Tappan Avenue		Probably named for University of Michigan President Henry P. Tappan.
Tarnow Avenue
Taylor Avenue		Maybe named for President Taylor; or Israel Taylor, who was one of thirty leading Detroit citizens deported by General Proctor for criticizing the General's actions during the War of 1812.
Telegraph Road
Temple Avenue		Named for the Masonic Temple, which is located on it.
Tennessee Avenue		Probably named for the state of Tennessee.
Tennyson Avenue (HP)
Teppert Avenue
Terminal Avenue
Ternes Avenue
Terrell Avenue
Terry Avenue
Thaddeus S
Thatcher Avenue
Theodore Street
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Thole Court
Thomas Avenue
Thomas Street
Thompson Avenue (HP)
Thompson Court
Thornton Avenue
Tillman Avenue
Times Square
Tireman Avenue		Joseph Tireman came from England to farm land located at the 'Tireman curve', on Tireman east of Livernois. Special thanks to Jack, for this and all of the other great info you've shared.
Toledo Avenue
Tonti Street		Named for Alphonse de Tonti (Tonty), Cadillac's first in command.
Toronto Avenue
Torrey Court
Torrey Street
Tournier Street
Townline Road
Townsend Avenue
Tracey Street
Tractor Avenue
Traver Street
Traverse Street
Treadway Place
Trenton Avenue
Trinity Avenue
Troester Avenue
Trojan Avenue
Trombley Avenue
Trowbridge Avenue
Trowbridge Avenue (Ham)
Troy Place
Trumbull Avenue		Named for the son-in-law of William Woodbridge. (this information was given as part of a neighborhood home tour; a new source tells me that it isn't accurate): William Woodbridge's wife, Julia, was the daughter of John Trumbull, so the street was named after the famous FATHER-in law, John Trumbull. Thanks to Geoff Brieger for the correction!
Trumbull Avenue (HP)
Tucker Street
Tuller Avenue
Tuller Avenue (HP)
Tumey Avenue
Turner Avenue
Turner Place
Tuscola Street
Tuxedo Avenue (HP)
Tyler Avenue (HP)
Tyrone Avenue
Ulster		Probably named for the province in Ireland.
Underwood Avenue
Union Avenue
University Place
Utah Avenue		Possibly named for the state.
Uthes Street
Utica Avenue		Possibly named for Utica, NY.
Van Buren Avenue		Probably named for President Martin Van Buren.
Van Court Avenue
Van Dyke Avenue		Named for Mayor James A. Van Dyke (1847)
Van Dyke Place
Van Eyck Avenue		Possibly named after the Flemish painter Jan Van Eyck. 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.
Vancouver Avenue
Vanderbilt Street
Varjo Avenue
Varney Avenue
Vassar Drive
Vaughan Avenue
Veach Avenue
Venice Avenue
Verdun Avenue
Vermont Avenue		Named for the state of Vermont.
Verne Avenue
Vernor Avenue		Possibly named for Detroit pharmacist and ginger ale pioneer James Vernor. West of Livernois
Vernor Avenue		Possibly named for Detroit pharmacist and ginger ale pioneer James Vernor. West of Martin
Vernor Highway E-W		Possibly named for Detroit pharmacist and ginger ale pioneer James Vernor.
Verona Avenue
Vicksburg Avenue
Victor Avenue
Victor Avenue (HP)
Victoria Avenue		Possibly named for the British monarch.
Viertal Court
Vigo Street
Vincennes Place
Vincent Avenue
Vine Street		Sreets are often named for nearby landmarks or geographical features. It could be that the street was near a wood with a lot of vines. Seriously.
Vinewood Avenue		Vinewood Street is named after Bela Hubbard's mansion, Vinewood, which in turn was named after the tree covered vines growing throughout the area. The mansion was built in 1856 and was accessed via Vinewood Street from Fort Street. Special thanks to Robert Andersen for providing this information (including the photo). Bob is a contributor to the Bela Hubbard page on Wikipedia. Visit the page to learn more about Bela Hubbard.
Vinewood Street S		See Vinewood Avenue
Vinton Avenue
Violetlawn Avenue		Maybe the grass here was purple. :-)
Virgil Avenue		Possibly named for writer.
Virginia Avenue		Probably named for the state of Virginia. The street is really in Warren, I believe.
Virginia Park Street		Probably named for the state of Virginia. This street used to appear on maps without the ''Park.''
Visger Avenue		Possibly named for Joseph Visger who played a part inprotecting Detroit at the end of the War of 1812.
Visger Street		Possibly named for Joseph Visger who played a part inprotecting Detroit at the end of the War of 1812.
Vista Court		Streets including the word ''vista'' are usually mamed for a view.
Voight Avenue
Volte Avenue
Voss Street
Vulcan Avenue
Wabash Avenue		Most likely named for the Wabash Railroad which was named for the Wabash River, which was named after the French River Ouabache.
Wade Avenue
Wadsworth Avenue		May have been named for General Elijah Wadsworth, who raised three regiments to fight in the War of 1812.
Wager Avenue
Wagner Street
Wakefield Road
Walbridge Street		May have been named for George B. Walbridge who co-founded one of the largest construction companies in Detroit (1914).
Walden Avenue
Waldo Street
Wales Street
Walker Boulevard		Possibly named for John Walker, who was one of thirty leading Detroit citizens deported by General Proctor for criticizing the General's actions during the War of 1812.
Walker Street		Possibly named for John Walker, who was one of thirty leading Detroit citizens deported by General Proctor for criticizing the General's actions during the War of 1812.
Wallace Avenue
Wallick Place
Wallingford Avenue
Walnut Street		Probably named after the walnut tree.
Waltham Avenue
Walton Street
Wanamaker Place
Wanda Avenue
Ward Avenue/Street		May have been named for Detroit industrialist Eber Brock Ward.
Ward Place		May have been named for Detroit industrialist Eber Brock Ward.
Waring Avenue
Wark Avenue		Named for Bruce H. Wark. Bruce lived in Detroit most of his life (he emigrated from Canada in his late teens). Bruce was a real estate developer and his biography (up to 1922) can be found in The City of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922, Volume 5, by William Stocking & Gordon K. Miller (available at Google books). The street has been renamed Santa Rosa Drive. Special thanks to Robert Wark (http://sites.google.com/site/northernjourneybhwark/) for this information.
Warner Street
Warren Avenue E-W		This street was opened in 1869 and was named for the Revolutionary War hero, General Joseph Warren.
Warren Court		Many courts and places are named for there proximity to larger streets. That is probably the case here.
Warrington Drive
Warsaw Place		Named for the capital of Poland.
Warwick
Washburn Avenue
Washington Boulevard		Mary Bailey of the Detroit News, writes, "Washington Boulevard was originally named Washington Grand Avenue after General Washington, according to the Woodward Plan. In 1828 it was renamed Wayne after General Anthony Wayne, the American commanding officer at Detroit in 1796. The street was later renamed again after the first president." http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=199#ixzz0qOP2Vxki
Waterloo Avenue		Many streets in Indian Village have Indian names, yet according to Nick Sinacori, quoted in an article in ModelD, at modeldmedia.com by Rodd Monts...Waterloo was named not after the battle, but for a horse farm of the same name in the area. Read more about this... Special thanks to Craig Sasser for this information. Read more from Craig here.
Waterman Avenue
Waterman Avenue S
Watko Avenue
Watson Place		Eli Watson of New York founded Watson in Allegan County. I do not know if this street was named for him.
Watson Street		Eli Watson of New York founded Watson in Allegan County. I do not know if this street was named for him.
Waveney Avenue
Waverly Avenue (HP)
Wayburn Avenue
Wayne Street		Named for General Anthony Wayne.
Weaver		Possibly named for religious crusader, William Weaver.
Webb Avenue		Possibly named for abolitionist, William Webb; or General James Watson Webb.
Weitzel Court
Welland Avenue
Wellesley Avenue/Drive
Wellington Avenue		Probably named for the Duke of Wellington or another place that was named for him.
Wells Street		Several places in Michigan were named for men named Wells. Wells Street in Detroit may or may not have been named for one of the men or one of the places. Anthony and James Wells settled Memphis in Macomb County. N.M. Wells was an assistant engineer for whom a settlement in Arenac was named. Wells in Delta County was named for sawmill owner Daniel Wells, Jr.. Wells in Tuscola County was named for postmaster Joseph Wells.
Welton Avenue
Wendell Avenue		Possibly named for education advocate, Mary S. Wendell; or early settler Emory Wendell.
Wentworth Avenue (Ham)
Wesson Street
West Beaverland		This street was most likely named for it's location on the western border of Detroit and the abundance of beaver in the area when it was first settled.
West Chicago		This street may have once been a trail that led to Chicago.
West End Avenue		This street was most likely named for it's location on the western border of Detroit and/or the Michigan Central Railroad station in Springwells township.
West End Avenue S		This street was most likely named for it's location on the western border of Detroit and/or the Michigan Central Railroad station in Springwells township.
West Parkway		This street was most likely named for it's location on the western border of Detroit.
West Point Avenue		This street was most likely named for it's location on the western border of Detroit.
Westbrook Avenue		It is common for streets to be named for nearby landmarks or geographical features of the area. It is possible that this street ran along the west side of a brook or had a brook to the west of it.
Western Avenue		This street was most likely named for it's location on the western border of Detroit.
Western Drive		This street was most likely named for it's location on the western border of Detroit.
Westfield Avenue		While this street may have been named for the now defunct rural post office in Kalamazoo County or a person named Westfield, it is common for streets to be named for nearby landmarks or geographical features of the area. It is possible that there was once a field to the wes tof this street.
Westminster Avenue		Probably named for the area in London or another place that was named for it.
Westmoreland Road
Weston Avenue		Possibly named after Lenawee County's Edward Payson Weston.
Westover Place
Westphalia Avenue		Probably named after Westphalia, Germany.
Westwood Avenue		It is common for streets to be named for nearby landmarks or geographical features of the area. It is likely that this street was west of a wooded area.
Wetherby Avenue
Wexford Avenue
Weyher Avenue
Whalen Avenue (Ham)		Named for the Village of Hamtramck's first fire chief (1915), Barnard Whalen. Special thanks to John Bezik for this information.
Wheeler Avenue		Possibly named after Genesee County's Elmer G. Wheeler, a landowner and justice of the peace; or pioneer James B. Wheeler; or Allegan County postmaster Chester C. Wheeler.
Wheelock Street
Whipple Street		May have been named for Fort Wayne (Indiana) Captain Whipple (later General Whipple); or artist S. Arch Whipple.
Whitcomb Avenue
White Street		Could be named for one of the following -- or not. Jackson County settler R.R. White. Charlevoix County's White's Camp near White Lumber Mill. Genesee County's Clark White. Detroiter Peter White.
Whitefield Avenue
Whitehead Avenue
Whitehill
Whitewood/Whitwood Avenue
Whithorn Avenue
Whiting Street (Ham)		Possibly named for Dr. J. L. Whiting, treasurer of The Detroit Lyceum; or Detroiter J. T. Whiting; or Colonel Henry Whiting.
Whitlock Avenue
Whitmore Road		Possibly named after the Ann Arbor area land owner Luke H. Whitmore.
Whitney Avenue		There are several Whitneys in Michigan history. Surveyor Charles Whitney is the namesake of Whitney in Menominee County. Arthur Whitney was a hunter and trapper from Highwood. Whitney Beach in Gladwin County was named for him. Whitney in Arenac County was named for the Whitney lumber mill. Lumber baron David Whitney's Detroit mansion still stands and is home to the Whitney restaurant. My money is on him.
Whittaker Avenue		Possibly named after Washtenaw County general store owner Frank Whittaker.
Whittier Road		Probably named for abolitionist poet and quaker, John Greenleaf Whittier.
Widman Place
Wight Street		Was originally named Alexander for Alexander Fraser. Not sure where the "Wight" comes from.
Wilber/Wilbor Avenue		Possibly named after pioneer settler Loran Wilber.
Wilcox		May have been named for General Orlando B. Wilcox or University of Michigan Secretary Eben N. Wilcox.
Wilde Street
Wildemere Avenue
Wildwood Aveue		Streets are often named for landmarks or geographical features in the area. That is probably the case with this street.
Wilfred Street
Wilkie Street
Wilkins Street		May benamed for Judge Ross Wilkins or Colonel Wiilam D. wilkins.
Willard Street		Possibly named for Bay County's Levi Willard or Detroiter William Willard.
Willette Avenue
Williams Avenue		Mary Bailey of the Detroit News writes: "John R, Elizabeth and Columbia streets are named for personal reasons. John R. Williams was a landowner , merchant and bank president in the first half of the 19th century, who named the street after himself. Baptized John Williams, he adopted the letter 'R' to distinguish himself from another John Williams in Detroit. Some of his business ventures, such as publishing an early newspaper, included his uncle, Joseph Campau. Williams was a general in the Territorial Militia, a member of the board of trustees at the 'new' University of Michigan and the first elected Detroit mayor in 1824. Williams named Elizabeth after his daughter, and Columbia after a street where he lived in Albany, New York." http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=199#ixzz0qOP2Vxki
Willis Avenue E-W		Possibly named for Wasthenaw County farmer, Willis L. Potter.
Willmarth		Willmarth was once the name of the post office that is now Sand Hill.
Wilshire Drive		Probably named for Wilshire, England; though I believe that is spelled Wiltshire.
Winchester Avenue E-W		Probably named after General James Winchester.
Windemere Avenue (HP)
Winder Street		Named for Colonel John Winder
Windmill Point Drive
Windsor Avenue		Possibly named for Windsor, Ontario or Windsor, Vermont ot the founder of Osceola County.
Winfield Avenue		Dundee and Kinneyville both had, at one time, post offices known as Winfield. Not sure if that has anything to do with this avenue.
Winfield Avenue (Ham)		Dundee and Kinneyville both had, at one time, post offices known as Winfield. Not sure if that has anything to do with this avenue.
Wing Place		May have been named for Austin E. Wing an area surveyor, sheriff, and University of Michigan Regent.
Winger Street
Winkleman Avenue
Winona Avenue (HP)		Possibly named after the Winona Copper Mining Company or Winona in Houghton County, which was named for the company.
Winslow Street
Winston Avenue
Winter Street
Winthrop Avenue		Possibly named after the Winthrop Iron Company or the town in Tuscola County, which was named for the iron company.
Wisconsin Avenue		Probably named for the state of Wisconsin.
Wisner Avenue		Probably named after Michigan Governor Moses Wisner.
Witherell Street		Mary Bailey of the Detroit News writes, "Witherall [sic] was named after James Witherall, who succeeded Frederick Bates as one of the first Michigan territorial judges in 1808. He was a major in the War of 1812 and commanded General William Hull's army in Detroit. He was Territorial Secretary in 1828 and prompted the establishment of a public school system. " http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=199#ixzz0qOP2Vxki
Witt Avenue
Wolff Street
Wolverine Avenue (Ham)		Probably named after the state animal.
Wood Avenue		Wood, you know, wood.
Woodbine
Woodbridge Street E-W		Named for William Woodbridge. Mary Bailey of the Detroit News, writes, "William Woodbridge owned land west of the Cass farm and was active in early Detroit government. He was secretary of the Michigan Territory in 1814, a Michigan representative to Congress in 1819, territorial judge in 1827, governor of Michigan in 1839 and U.S. senator in 1841. His legacy is remembered in Woodbridge Street."
Woodhall
Woodingham Drive
Woodland Avenue		Woodland in Barry County was named for its location amidst dense woods. This street could have been named after the town in Barry County.
Woodland Street		Woodland in Barry County was named for its location amidst dense woods. This street could have been named after the town in Barry County.
Woodlawn Avenue		Possibly named after the village in Delta County.
Woodmere Avenue		Possibly named after the station on the Canada Southern and the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroads.
Woodmont Road
Woodrow Avenue		Probably named after President Woodrow Wilson.
Woodrow Wilson		Named for President Woodrow Wilson.
Woodside Street		Streets are frequently named for landmarks and geographic features of the surrounding area. It is likely that there was a wood along side this street.
Woodstock Drive
Woodston Road
Woodward Avenue		Named for Judge Augustus Brevoort Woodward, Woodward Avenue had its humble beginnings as a Native American hunting/travelling path.
Worcester Place		There are many places in the US named Worcester. It most likely comes for Worcester in the UK.
Worden		Possibly named after early Wasthenw County landowner, E.S. Worden.
Wormer
Wotzke Court
Wreford Avenue		Possibly named for William Wreford from whom Henry Ford rented 58 Bagley, the place where Ford assembled his first automobile.
Wyandotte Avenue (Ham)		Probably named after the Native American tribe.
Wykes Avenue
Wyman		Possibly named after the Montcalm County postmaster, Harvey P. Wyman.
Wyoming Avenue		Possibly named after the Wyoming Territory or state.
Yacama Avenue
Yale Street		Probably named after Yale University.
Yarmouth Drive
Yates Street		Yates was the name of a station on the Michigan Central railroad line in Oakland County.
Yellowstone Avenue		Probably named after the national park.
Yemans Avenue (Ham)
Yolanda
Yonka Street
York Street		Perhaps named after another place calledmYork, which was, possibly named for that noble duke.
Yorkshire Avenue		Probably named after Yorkshire County in England.
Yosemite Avenue		Probably named after the national park which was named for the Yosemite valley.
Young Avenue		Named for Frank X. Young (landowner and great grandfather of Thomas Constance). Special thanks to Thomas Constance for providing this information.
Zender Place
Zinow Avenue (Ham)		Named for Hamtramck city councilman, William Zinow. Special thanks to John Bezik for this information.

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