Worst street names in Hamilton County (Springfield, Finneytown: school, college, subdivisions)

[goyguy]

3. Amberlawn (Roselawn)
2. Orangelawn (Delhi) - Sounds like a Superfund site, LOL!

1. Flembrook (Springfield Township)

[The Don]

Dick Rd in Harrison

[goyguy]

There's a Dick St in Avondale too. Doesn't really matter, but I was trying to keep names tied to sexual slang out of this thread, lol...

[Ohiogirl81]

Not a 'worst' street name, but as you drive east on Bramble through Madisonville, you'll encounter Homer Avenue, followed at the next intersection by Simpson Avenue.

My brother-in-law thought that was the funniest thing ever. Yeah, well, he's from Indiana; what can you do ...

There's also a Windward Street in Madisonville/Madison Place; I'm still wondering why there isn't a Leeward Street. Oversight? Premonition? Who can know ...

[YoMikey617]

I have yet to see them here, but any of those 1980's suburban office park street names like "Success Way," "Prestige Place," or "Pinnacle Circle." There is a place in hell for people who named these Successories Streets.

[Ohiogirl81]

If we want to venture out into Clermont County (pack a lunch, LOL) there are the writer's-cramp inducing hyphenated street names like Glen Este-Withamsville Road, Swings Corner-Point Isabel Road, Lindale-Mt. Holly Road, Laurel-Lindale Road, Lindale-Nicholsville Road, Franklin-Laurel Road, Clermontville-Laurel Road, Neville-Penn Schoolhouse Road ... and my favorite: Bethel-Hygiene Road.

And that was just off the top of my head!

[Anouk Lisole]

I've always thought Bobolink was the weirdest name for a street ever.

[CincyExpert]

Originally Posted by Anouk Lisole

I've always thought Bobolink was the weirdest name for a street ever.

You read my mind. For those who don't know, it's in College Hill.

[tntnb]

Roundbottom Road in the eastern part of the county is pretty good/bad. Every time I drive that particular highway I'm reminded of an old Queen song . . .

There's actually a street called Kings Automall Drive. It's very close to Natorp Boulevard.

This isn't a "worst" name, exactly, but I don't think this thread would be complete without mentioning the infamous intersection of Grinn and Barrett in the West Chester environs.

One of the coolest names, I've always thought, is Devil's Backbone in western Ham. Co.

[goyguy]

Originally Posted by Anouk Lisole

I've always thought Bobolink was the weirdest name for a street ever.

Not really, back in the days of open fields and farmland in Hamilton and Butler Counties there were lots o' bobolinks. It's a species of bird. The running joke about subdivisions, malls, etc is that they're often named after what was destroyed to get them built. Once Bobolink Dr went in, you can be sure the avians it was named after were outta there. Nearby Mockingbird Lane in Finneytown isn't as "weird" a street name, but I always crack up over it b/c I watched "The Munsters" back in the day.

Devil's Backbone Rd is definitely a cool street name - that's why it didn't make the "worst" list! I dare anybody to find a worse one than Flembrook.