Richmond Street Names

Richmond Street Names

In January 1881, the city passed an ordinance changing the streets and avenues of Richmond, and those changes are listed below.

Main Street became the base for naming the streets running west to east. Its name was not changed. The Whitewater River became the base for the streets running north to south.

Old Name	New Name
Broad, Spring	North A
Mulberry	North B
Sassafras, Short, Grant	North C
Vine, Cliff	North D
Noble, Division	North E
North, Finley	North F
Moffitt, Maple	North G
Sanders, Chestnut, Delaware	North H
Pine	North I
Cedar, Vermont	North J
Walnut	South A
Market	South B
Sycamore, S. Park	South C
Mill, Sherman	South D
Central	South E
Poplar, Salter	South F
Linden	South G
Branch	South H
Mansion, Reed	South I
East & West Oakland	South J
South Mound	South K

Old Name	New Name
Jackson	1st
Green	2nd
Washington	3rd
Front, Madison, Bridge	4th
Pearl, Monroe	5th
Marion, High, Gaar	6th
Franklin	7th
Fifth, Center	8th
Sixth, Boston, Wiggins	9th
Seventh, Newport Pike, East & West Park	10th
Eighth, Fountain, Barclay, North Mound	11th
Ninth, Middleboro Pike	12th
Tenth	13th
Eleventh	14th
Twelfth	15th
Thirteenth, Reeves	16th
Fourteenth	17th
Fifteenth	18th
Sixteenth	19th
Seventeenth	20th

Fort Wayne Avenue retained its name. Liberty Pike was changed to Liberty Avenue and ran from the corner of 5th and South H to the corporation line. Garden Avenue was the name given to a road running from the junction of Sixth and South E Streets, southwesterly to Fifth Street.

North Park was changed to Park Place. Elm Street was changed to Elm Place. The alley called Smith Street, being used simply as an alley, had its name discontinued.

In 1894, Williamsburg Avenue became Bridge Avenue.

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