Fort Collins Street Names
Fort Collins Street Names
Have you ever wondered how or why certain streets got named what they did? In this blog post, we will take a brief look at some of the streets and how they got their names. It should be noted that several local sources were instrumental in gaining the knowledge and as resources for this information.
First up, Old Town Fort Collins
Let’s first take a look at some of the street names in and around Old Town Fort Collins. Most of the east and west streets are named after trees or shrubs. You have: Oak, Olive, Magnolia, Willow, Cherry, Elm, and Maple to name just a few. Mountain was because of the mountains to the west, and College Avenue was because it fronted the Colorado Agricultural land college, now CSU. Lincoln was named after President Lincoln.
College Heights Neighborhood
Further to the south is the infamous College Heights neighborhood with names such as: Tulane, Cornell, Brown, Rutgers, Dartmouth, Princeton, Yale, Columbia, Loyola, Purdue, Stanford, and Duke. All obviously named after prominent colleges.
TimberVine Neighborhood
In the TimberVine neighborhood, many streets are named after the role that beer has played in our community. The beer industry has played a huge role on the financial impact in our community. From providing many well paying jobs to bringing in large amounts of tourism dollars, the impact that beer has played on the community here in Fort Collins is inarguable. In this new neighborhood, there are streets such as Saison, Shandy, Dunkel, Stout, and Lager.
How Are Fort Collins’ Streets Named?
While there is no way we could tell you the history of every street name because of the time to research them all (and who would read all that anyways), let’s talk about how the City of Fort Collins does street name approval. Street name approval is required for all public right-of-way and private drives. They do this to maintain standards for emergency response. All proposed names are verified against the Larimer County Street Inventory System to ensure it is not already used. Duplicate street names and phonetic similarities are not allowed. There is an entire list of policies adopted which also go into street naming. Fort Collins also then imposes additional standards on top of those Larimer County rules. One of those rules that Fort Collins has is hyphenated street names or those with apostrophes are not permitted.
If you want to learn more about street names and addresses in the City of Fort Collins, check out the link below:
Written by Brandon Barnes with the Weinland Team at RE/MAX Alliance
Phone: (303) 552-6780
Email: Brandon@TheWeinlandTeam.com
Written by fortcollinsexperience
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