Nashville Street Name Changes
New Name | Old Name |
1st Avenue | Front Street |
2nd Avenue | Market Street |
3rd Avenue | College Street |
4th Avenue | Cherry Street |
5th Avenue | Summer Street |
6th Avenue | High Street |
7th Avenue | Vine Street |
8th Avenue | Spruce Street |
9th Avenue | McClemore |
10th Avenue | Walnut Street, Gowdey Street |
11th Avenue | Kayne Avenue |
12th Avenue | McNairy Street |
13th Avenue | Morgan Street |
14th Avenue | Hardee Street |
15th Avenue | Stonewall Avenue |
16th Avenue | Mulberry St., Belmont Avenue |
17th Avenue | Williams St., Ewing St. |
18th Avenue | Vanderbilt Avenue |
19th Avenue | Douglass Avenue |
20th Avenue | Boyd Avenue |
21st Avenue | Oak Street |
Laurel Street | Locust Street |
Patterson Street | Cumberland Street |
Commerce Street | Cumberland Alley |
Church Street | Spring Street |
Jo Johnston | Line Street |
Hermitage Avenue | Fillmore Street |
Edgefield Street Name Changes
New Name | Old Name |
First Street | Fillmore Street |
Second Street | Barrow Street |
Third Street | Hickory Street |
Fourth Street | Oak Street |
Fifth Street | Tulip Street |
Sixth Street | Minnick Street |
Seventh Street | Foster Street |
Eighth Street | Hobson Street |
Ninth Street | Priscilla |
Clearview Street | Lindsley Avenue |
Woodland Street | Lindsley (Woodland Became Lindsley at Eleventh.) |
Holly Street | Elm Street |
Russell Street | Linn Street (between Eleventh and Thirteenth |
Fatherland Street | Hobson (Fatherland became Hobson at Tenth.) |
Lillian Street | Walnut Street |
Boscobel Street | Magnolia Street (Boscobel became Magnolia at Eleventh.) |
Shelby Street | Lea Street (Shelby became Lea at Tenth) |
Fourteenth Street | Division |
The information on this page was researched by Debie Cox and published on the internet.
Hi Debie--
ReplyDeleteMany thanks for this list of street name changes. Could you help me in my family history research in Nashville? I found my family members in the 1910 Census, Nashville, living on North Fourth Street. I can not find that street on Google maps. Help!
Jack Anderson
P.S. How can I email you with some other questions?
Email me at debiecox1@gmail.com
DeleteNorth Fourth Street was changed to Lischey Avenue. Today it starts at Foster Street and runs north to Trinity Lane. This link shows Lischey as it was in 1960. The list only shows Lischey to Douglas Ave which was the city limits, though Lischey did extend to Trinity Lane in 1960 as well. http://nashvillehistory.blogspot.com/2011/12/lischey-ave-neighbors-1960-directory.html
DeleteMany Thanks, Debi--
ReplyDeleteI really appreciate you help. I am looking for ancestors in Tennessee (Nashville and Murfreesboro) and Kentucky (Madison County and Garrard County).
Thanks for you contact info. I might want to enlist your paid help to get over some roadblocks.
Jack Horton Anderson
What year were the numbered street names put in place?
ReplyDeleteThe bill was passed and approved by the city council on Dec. 22 and Dec. 23, 1904. Debate over the change continued for years.
ReplyDeleteI have a bill dated 1889 from Shelton & Chumbley - a grocery at "corner of College and Broad". 301 and 303 Broad.
ReplyDeleteMy grandmothers birth certificate show her parents address as Franklin St. Where would this be in Nashville (1906)
ReplyDeleteThere was/is a Franklin Street in East Nashville. You can look for it on google maps.
DeleteI’m looking for Scott’s street my great grand parents lived there and I can not find it on the map
ReplyDeleteThere is a Scott Avenue in East Nashville. It is east of Gallatin Pike and runs parallel to it.
ReplyDeleteDo you know what became of Alberta Avenue? I see it referenced in many of the local newspapers in late 1800s, particularly 1880s and 1890s.
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