The Streets of Detroit
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| 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 |
