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St. Louis City-MO and St. Louis County Streets and How They Got Their Names
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Alabama A French name for the region which was named for a local Indian Tribe. The Street was named for the State.
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Alaska It comes from Alakshak, an Eskimo name for the area. This street was named after Alaska when it was still a territory.
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Arkansas The name given by the French for a Sioux Indian Tribe. The name may mean "down stream People." The street was named for the state. |
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Arizona The name taken from an Indian name. Arizonac, meaning "little springs" located in the southern part of the state. |
California Named by the Spanish. The street was named for the state.
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Colorado A Spanish name meaning "colored reddish." The name was first given to the river that flows through the state. The street was named for the state. |
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Connecticut An Indian name meaning "place of the long river" for the Connecticut River flowing through the state. Named for the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company. |
Dakota It was named for the Dakota Territory, which was named for the Dakota Indians that lived in the area: it means " allies." |
Delaware It was named for Baron De La Warr, the first governor of Virginia (1610-1611) when it was an English Colony. The street named Delaware was for the Delaware Indians, It was changed to Geyer and Allen. |
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Florida A Spanish name meaning "having many flowers," is was named by Ponce de Leon.
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Georgia
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Idaho It was named for the tribe of Indians living in the area. |
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Illinois A French name for a tribe of Indians in the area. It come from the Indian word "ileniwi" meaning "man". |
Indiana A made-up word meaning "land of the Indians." |
Iowa The name of an Indian tribe in the area. The tribes was called Ayuba meaning "sleep ones."
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Kansas A French name for a tribe of Sioux Indians living in the area. It means "people of the south wind." St. Lois had two streets named Kansas, the one named after the Indians was changed to Holly Hills, the other named after the state was changed to Compton.
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Kentucky An Iroquois Indian name "Kentake," meaning "level land or meadow." It was named for its location near the McRee Racetrack. |
Louisiana The name was given to the area by the French explorer La Salle, who named it for King Louis XIV of France. |
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Maine It was also named because it was the main part of New England or part of the main land, apart from offshore islands. |
Massachusetts
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Maryland The State was named after Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I, king of England. The street was name after the state by Peter Lindlell. |
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Michigan An Indian name "missi-gan," for "big lake." |
Minnesota A Sioux Indian name meaning "milky blue water." Named after the state. |
Missouri The state was named after the river, which had been named for "big river," "missi-sippi." |
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Montana It was taken from the Latin word "montana" meaning "mountainous region."
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Nebraska It is an Indian name for what is now the Platte River, the name means "flat river." |
Nevada It was named after the Sierra Nevada mountains. In Spanish sierra means "mountain," nevada means "snowy." |
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New Hampshire It was named after Hampshire County in England. |
New Jersey It was named after the English island of Jersey. |
New Mexico The English translation of Spanish :Nuevo Mejico." |
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New York It was named in honor of the Duke of York, brother of King Charles II of England. |
North Dakota It was given this name because it is north of Dakota Street. It runs north and south.
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Ohio An Iroquois Indian name meaning "large river." |
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Information from the book " The Streets of
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