This is a view looking north on Los Angeles St (now Anaheim Blvd) in Downtown Anaheim, around 1900. Notice the lack of paving..
Today's post rounds out our series on changing Orange County street names. I'm sure it won't be the last you'll hear on the topic, but the bulk of the information is either here or is linked from here. So, for your reference and amusement, here's another list:
- Alameda (Orange) is now Hewes St.
- Bay Blvd (Seal Beach) is now Seal Beach Blvd.
- Brea Canyon Rd (Fullerton) is now Brea Blvd.
- Bryant (Garden Grove) is now Orangewood Ave.
- Cypress Ave. is now State College Blvd.
- Hansen is now Knott
- Hiatt (La Habra), Nicolas (Fullerton), and Verano are now Euclid Ave.
- Huntington (Garden Grove) is now Nelson St.
- Miller (Buena Park) is now Valley View St.
- Oak St (Westminster) is now Hoover St.
- Old Newport Rd., Berrydale and Greenville St are now Fairview St.
- Palisades Rd. is now Bristol St.
- Pioneer (east of State College) is now Yorba Linda Blvd.
- South Main Extension is now MacArthur Blvd.
- Sugar St and (the old) Fairview St are now McFadden Ave.
- Taylor is now Lakeview Ave (south of Orangethorpe)
- Villa Park Rd and Vista (in the City of Orange) are now Katella Ave.
- Anaheim Street Name Changes
- Brea Street Name Changes
- Huntington Beach Street Name Changes
- Irvine Street Name Changes
- Harbor Blvd Name Changes
- Beach Blvd Name Changes
9 comments:
Chris I just discovered your link to the Historical Aerial photos. It is such a cool site! (now the rest of my day is shot...)
I think that State College Blvd (or at least part of it) used to be called PLACENTIA (south of where Placentia currently merges into State College in Anaheim. Can anyone confirm that?
How about some street name changes in Garden Grove? Here are a few I've learned of in my 30+ years living there:
Garden Grove Blvd was Ocean Avenue
Chapman Ave was Stearns st.
Main St. was Grove (for about 2 blocks!)
Brookhurst south of GG Blvd was Wright Street.
Villa Park Road is now Katella?
Last I checked, Villa Park Road (or at least a part of it) is still identified as such between Wanda and [approx] Cannon before it turns into Santiago Canyon eastbound. Cannon (between Via Escola and Santiago Canyon), which acts as the eastern boundary of Villa Park, was known as Loma until just a few years ago.
Thanks for the additional name changes, everyone!
Steph: You're right. Villa Park Rd. is still Villa Park Rd from Wanda to Hewes St. It looks like the name changing was all done within Orange city limits.
Magnolia, at least in the FV/HB area, was known as Cannery (Do I need to say that there was a cannery somewhere in the area? Can't confirm, but that's the story I heard growing up.)
Yes, the vegetable cannery that Cannery St was named for was located roughly on the site of St. Simon & Jude church near the current intersection of Magnolia and Indianapolis.
Euclid Street, in Garden Grove was called the Euclid. Before that it was known as Anaheim Rd, being the only route to Anaheim. Our Main Street was named by Vern Martin, at a Downtown Businees Assiociation meeting, after Euclid was redirected Eastwards, by the creation of our Village Green Park. There was talk of naming our Main St as Little Euclid. Vern is still with us and is an active member of the Garden Grove Historic Society and our oldest social club, the Auld Lang Synes Club.
Oh my goodness, sorry for the typos
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