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Old 03-02-2012, 10:22 PM
 
Location: Friendship
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In Bloomfield, there is a Cedarville Street, but I've never heard of a town called Cedarville. And Jumonville Street...no Jumonville?

Frankstown Ave?

At least I know where Millvale is...though Millvale Ave won't get you there. And I've heard of a Brownsville, but taking Brownsville Rd to get there seems silly.

Any history/geography buffs with answers?
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Old 03-03-2012, 05:17 AM
 
Location: About 10 miles north of Pittsburgh International
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Not sure about Cedarville, but I'd bet Jumonville St. was named for this guy: Joseph Coulon de Jumonville - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


I don't have time to verify my suspicions about some of the other ones right now...
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Old 03-03-2012, 06:36 AM
 
Location: Pittsburgh area
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Just like Rochester Rd in the N. Hills doesn't get you to Rochester. Neither does the one in Cranberry, although it meanders vaguely in the right direction. Heh. And there's Warrendale-Bayne Rd and Wexford-Bayne Rd. Did the place they meet used to be called Bayne at some point?

Roads are often named after places I think, even when they don't go to that place, or sometimes the place is named after a person, and so is the road.
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Old 03-03-2012, 06:43 AM
 
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http://explorepahistory.com/hmarker....rkerId=1-A-20E
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Old 03-03-2012, 07:05 AM
 
Location: Pittsburgh
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At least I know where Millvale is...though Millvale Ave won't get you there. And I've heard of a Brownsville, but taking Brownsville Rd to get there seems silly.

Any history/geography buffs with answers?

In 1884, Millvale was a stop on the Pennsylvania Railroad just west of Shadyside. The current borough of Millvale was called Bennett during that period of time.

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Old 03-03-2012, 07:32 AM
 
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In Bloomfield, there is a Cedarville Street, but I've never heard of a town called Cedarville.
Old maps show that Cedarville Street used to be called Cedar Street. I'm guessing that the renaming had nothing to do with an actual place named Cedarville.

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And Jumonville Street...no Jumonville?
I agree with ditchdigger that Jumonville Street was probably named for the French commander. The names of adjacent parallel streets may be thematically related: Christopher Gist (Gist Street) and the Mingo/ Ohio Seneca Indians (Seneca Street) were involved in Washington's action against Jumonville.

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Frankstown Ave?
Frankstown is a real town in Blair County, PA. The original (very old) Frankstown Road went through there, and was extended to Pittsburgh in about 1791 (http://www.archive.org/stream/progre...ngoog_djvu.txt).

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At least I know where Millvale is...though Millvale Ave won't get you there.
Before Millvale Avenue existed, Millvale Station was a stop on the Pennsylvania Railroad near where the Millvale Avenue bridge currently stands in Bloomfield. The original Millvale Ave did not cross the railroad but ended on the south side of the tracks near the station. The name seems to be unrelated to the other Millvale across the Allegheny.

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And I've heard of a Brownsville, but taking Brownsville Rd to get there seems silly.
It may seem silly now, but Brownsville Road used to be the main route between Pittsburgh and Brownsville.

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