As in, these funny street names are actually places listed on maps and said aloud by the voices of our cars’ navigation systems. Yes, people were given the opportunity to name a street, and this ...

Street maps aren’t always as logical as they look on paper. In several American cities, drivers face odd angles, sudden dead ...

How Phoenix streets got their names • McDowell Road: This road led, in a roundabout way, to Fort McDowell, a cavalry outpost near the confluence of the Verde and Salt rivers.

The newly released street names app from STNAMES LAB allows people to do that. Fed with OpenStreetMap data, it lets users carry out queries, as well as map and download streets containing certain ...

An article in the May 2014 Naples Daily News explored the history behind Naples-area roads, specifically how they got their names. Here are some excerpts: The road was named after Naples' first ...