SOURCES OF BLOOMINGTON- NORMAL
STREET, SUBDIVISION & MCLEAN COUNTY ROAD NAMES
Created by Nola Marquardt, MCGS Acquisitions Chair
Copyright The McLean County Genealogical Society
Area: B=Bloomington
AREA
B
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N
B
B
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B
B
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B
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B
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B
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B
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B
B
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B
STREET, ROAD, SUBDIVISION
Albert
Alden Drive
Alexander Court
Allin
Anderson Street
Angela
Ann Drive
Anthony Drive
Aqueduct Street
Ardith Drive
Arlene Drive
Art Carnahan Drive
Augustine Way
Baker Street
Ball Drive
Barger Court
Barker Street
Baugh Drive
Beecher Street
Beland Addition
Bell Street
Belle Avenue
Bellemont Drive
Bellemont Road
Belt Avenue
Benjamin Lane
Berenz Place
Beverly Lane
Biasi
Bird
Bissell
Blades Street
Blair Drive
Bohrer
Bone Drive
Boone Court
Bowen Street
Braden Drive
Bradford Lane
Brendel Avenue
Brennan Lane
N= Normal
MC= McLean County
NAME SOURCE
Albert Holmes
Pilgrim Theme
W. D. Alexander
James Allin
Waldo Anderson
Angela Hundman
Ann Evelsizer
Friend of Lester Beland
Route of water pumped to C. & A. R. R. Shops
Ardith Walton Chism
Arlene Owens Barker
Art Carnahan
St. Augustine, FL
Dr. Isaac Baker? Or Gen. E. D. Baker?
W. G. Ball
Tom Barger
William G. Barker
Charles Baugh
Henry Ward Beecher
Lester Beland
Chalkey Bell
Belle McCart Miller (Mrs. W. T. M. Miller)
Bellemonte, home of George P. Davis
Estate of George P. Davis
Gus Belt
Ben Snyder
C. Berenz & Henry Berenz
Beverly Owens Tilley
Edward Biasi
Betty Bird Stewart (Mrs. Richard F. Stewart)
William H. Bissell
Franklin Blades
Former owner of land
Frances Fifer Bohrer
Robert Bone
Clara Boone
David Bowen
Samuel Braden
Pilgrim Theme
Maiden name of Harry M. Ross’ mother
Rita Brennan Ezarsky
AREA
MC
N
N
N
N
B
N
B
B
B
B
B
B
N
B
B
B
B
B
B
MC
B
B
B
B
B
N
B
B
N
N
B
B
B
N
B
B
N
B
B
B
B
B
B
N
B
B
B/N
STREET, ROAD, SUBDIVISION
Brian
Bright Street
Brightview Subdivision
Brookwood Addition
Browne Court
Buchanan Street
Budig Drive
Bunn
Butcher’s Alley
Butcher’s Lane
Calhoun Street
Capen Drive
Carlene Drive
Carson Drive
Catherine Street
Cecil Street
Center Street
Charles Place
Chestnut Street
Circle Avenue
Clarksville Road
Clay Street
Clayton Street
Clinton
Cloud
College Addition
College Avenue
College Square
College Street
Collins Drive
Colonial Hills Subdivision
Colton Avenue
Conley Circle
Continental Court
Cook Drive
Croxton Avenue
Darrah Street
David Drive
Davis Avenue
Dawes
DeGarmo
Delaine Drive
Delmar Lane
Denver Street
Dillon Drive
Dimmitt
Dinsmore
Division Street
NAME SOURCE
Brian Armstrong
Fannie Bright
Fannie Bright
Nearby brook & woods
Former ISU Professor
James Buchanan
Gene Budig
Thomas J. Bunn
Nearby slaughter houses
Slaughterhouse area
John C. Calhoun
Henry Capen
Carlene Roberts
Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co.
Catharine Allin (Mrs. James Allin)
Cecil Co., MD
Center of town
Charles Oblander
Type of tree
Former race track
Village of Clarksville
Henry Clay
John M. Clayton
Dewitt Clinton
Proposed site for IWU
ISNU
Proposed site for IWU
Proposed site of IWU
Doug Collins
Pilgrim Theme
Wells Colton
J. Joseph Conley
Lincoln Continental auto
Former ISU President
William Croxton
A. T. Darrah
David Dunn
David Davis
Charles Dawes
Charles DeGarmo
Delaine Anderson
Delmar Rowe
Denver, CO
Former owner of land
William Dimmett
J. W. Dinsmore
Boundary between Bloomington and Normal
AREA
B
N
N
N
B
B
N
B
B
B
N
B
N
N
B
B
B
N
B
N
B
B
B
B
N
N
B/N
B
B
B
B
B
N
B
B
B
N
B/N
B
B
B
B
B
B
N
B
N
N
STREET, ROAD, SUBDIVISION
Dodge Court
Donna Drive
Dorothy Drive
Doud Drive
Douglas Street
Dunbar
Dunn Drive
East Street
Ebach Drive
Ebo
Edwards Drive
Elder Street
Ellen Way
Ellis Avenue
Elm Street
Emerson Street
Empire Street
Ensign Drive
Erickson
Ethell Parkway
Eugene Street
Evans Street
Ewing Street
Fair Ground Addition
Fairfield
Fairview Street
Fell Avenue
Festival Drive
Fifer
Fillmore Street
Fitzgerald Subdivision
Fleetwood
Flora Way
Florence Avenue
Folsom
Forest Street
Fort Jesse Road
Franklin Avenue
Fremont Street
Front Street
Funk
Gailey
Garling Drive
Garrison Street
Gettysburg Road
Gill Street
Gladys Drive
Godfrey
NAME SOURCE
Monroe Dodge
Donna Chism Mullenix
Dorothy Tomb (Mrs. Robert Tomb)
Richard Doud
Stephen A. Douglas
Vaughn Dunbar
Richard T. & Richard F. Dunn
East boundary of town
Ebach family
Betty Ebo
Former ISU Professor
William A. Elder
Ellen Barton (Mrs. Amos Barton)
Former owner of land
Type of tree
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Empire Works
Preston Ensign
A. G. Erickson
Mark Ethell
Eugene Flagg
William Evans
James S. Ewing; John W. Ewing
Site of fair grounds
R. R. Fairfield
Near fairgrounds
Jesse Fell
Festival Foods
Joseph Fifer
Millard Fillmore
Former owner of land
Cadillac Fleetwood auto
Flo Armstrong (Mrs. Victor Armstrong)
Florence Schroeder
Peter Folsom
Once a dense forest
Road to Jesse Fell’s cabin
Franklin K. Phoenix
John C. Fremont
Fronted on Blooming Grove
Funk Family
Watson Gailey
Herbert L. Garling
William Lloyd Garrison
Name associated with Abraham Lincoln
Paul Gill
Former owner of land
Richard Godfrey
AREA
B
B
B
N
N
B
B
B
N
N
B
B
N
B
B
N
N
B
B
B
B
B
N
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B
N
B
N
B
B
B
B
B
B
N
B
N
B
N
N
N
N
N
B
B
N
N
B
STREET, ROAD, SUBDIVISION
Graham Street
Grant Street
Gray Avenue
Greenbriar Subdivision
Greenbrier East
Greenwood Avenue
Gridley Street
Grove Street
Hammitt
Hanlin Court
Hannah Street
Harbord Drive
Harter Lane
Hawthorne Hills
Hedgewood Drive
Hester Avenue
Hewett Drive
Hickory Street
Hickory Street
Hinshaw Avenue
Hoagland
Holliday Knolls Subdivision
Hoover
Hovey Avenue
Hubbard
Hundman Court
Imperial Drive
Jaccobsen Drive
Jackson Street
James Allin’s Addition
James Place
James S. Ewing’s Addition
Jefferson
Jill
Joann Lane
Jodi
Johnson
Julie Drive
Julienne Drive
Karin Drive
Kathleen Drive
Keller
Kelley Glen Subdivision
Kelsey Street
Kemmer Lane
Kennedy
Kent
Kenyon Court
NAME SOURCE
William A. Graham
Gen. U. S. Grant
Robert Gray
Greenbriar Resort
School in the East
Lester Green
Ashael Gridley
Went through Blooming Grove
Hammitt
Friend of Lester Beland
Hannah McClun (Mrs. J. E. McClun)
Maj. James G. Harbord
Former owner of land
Hawthorne tree
Hedge on property line
Hester Vernon Fell (Mrs. Jesse Fell)
Former ISU President
Type of tree
Tree name
George Hinshaw, Sr.
George Hoagland
Near Fairway Knolls & Holiday Inn
Herbert Hoover
Charles Hovey
Elbert Hubbard
Hundman Family
Chrylser Imperial auto
Clarence K. Jaccobsen
Andrew Jackson
James Allin
James Stephens
James S. Ewing
Thomas Jefferson
J. C. Ebach stepdaughter
Joann Duncanson
J. C. Ebach stepdaughter
Lyndon B. Johnson
Julie Hundman
Julienne Biasi Dunn (Mrs. Richard Dunn}
Niece of Lester Beland
Kathleen Hundman
Pete Keller
Irish sounding name
Mr. Kelsey
Ben Snyder’s grandmother
John F. Kennedy
Kent Taulbee
Kenyon College
AREA
B
B
B
B
N
B
N
N
B
B
B
N
N/B
MC
B
B
STREET, ROAD, SUBDIVISION
Kim
Kingsbury Court
Kirby
Koch
Kurt
Lafayette Street
Lamon Drive
LaTeer Drive
Lee Street
Leland Street
Lincoln Street
Lincolnwood Subdivision
Linden Street
Linden Street Road
Lisa
Litta
B
Livingston Street
B
B
B
B
B
B
N
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
N
N
B
N
N
MC
N
MC
N
MC
B
B
B
B
B
Locust Street
Loehr Street
London Way
Longden
Longworth Street
Low Street
Lucille Lane
Lumber Street
MacArthur
Madison Street
Magoun
Main Street
Maizefield
Major Street
Major’s Northern Addition
Manchester
Manchester Court
Maple Street
Maplewood Subdivision
Margaret
Margo Lane
Marie Way
Mark
Mark Drive
Market Street Road
Mary Ellen
Mason Street
Mason’s Addition
Mays Drive
Maysel
NAME SOURCE
Kim Bielfeldt Schroeder
Don Kirby
C. F. Koch
Kurt Prenzler
Marquis de Lafayette
Friend of Abraham Lincoln
Former teacher of Mrs. William Tabor
Lee Allin (son of James Allin)
Moses F. Leland
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Type of tree; named by Jesse Fell
Linden Street (N)
Lisa Bielfeldt Haltom
Marie Litta
Father of D. J. Livingston, Mr. Livingston, or Catherine
Livingston Allin (Mrs. James Allin)
Type of tree
Loehr family
London, UK
John Longden
William Longworth
Nathan Low
Niece of Lester Beland
Lumber unloaded from train in area
Gen. Douglas MacArthur
James Madison
John Magoun
Intended to be the principal street
Former corn field?
William T. Major
William T. Major
Orson L. Manchester
Orson L. Manchester
Type of tree
Maplewood Country Club
Margaret Russell Eaton (Mrs. Lee Eaton)
Margo Armstrong Sweeney
Former owner of land
Mark Armstrong
Mark Ethell
Market Street (B)
Mary Ellen Ebach (Mrs. J. C. Ebach)
James Mason
James Mason
Roy Mays, former owner of land
John Mays & Paul Selders
AREA
B
N
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
N
B
N
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
N
B
B
MC
N
B
N
N
B
B
B
B
N
N
B
B
B
B
B
B
N
N
B
MC
STREET, ROAD, SUBDIVISION
McClun Street
McCormick Boulevard
McGraw Drive
McGregor
McKay
McLean Street
McNulta Street
Mecherle Drive
Mercer Avenue
Michael Court
Mil Street
Miles Lane
Mill Street
Miller Street
Mirium Drive
Moore
Morris
Morris Avenue
Morrissey Avenue
Moulton Street
Mulberry Street
Nicolls Street
Niki
North Street
Northtown Road
O’Hara Street
Oak Street
Oakland (W.) Avenue Road
Orlando
Orleans Drive
Orme Drive
Orr Drive
Oxford Way
Packard
Pancake Street
Park Street
Parker
Parkinson
Peggy Lane
Peirce
Pembroke Court
Perrin Avenue
Perrin Street
Perry Street
Phoenix Street
Pine Street
Pinebach
Pipe Line Road
NAME SOURCE
John E. McClun
F. C. McCormick
Robert McGraw
James McGregor
David O. McKay
John McLean
Gen. John McNulta
G. J. Mecherle
Mercer Davis
Michael Jeakins
Once lined with mills
Pilgrim Theme
Mills in vicinity
James Miller
Miriam Koons
W. B. Moore
Charles H. Morris
Charles H. Morris
Cpl. Raymond G. Morrissey
A. Moulton
Tree name
John Nicolls
Nicholle Born
North boundary of town
North of the town of Normal
Bernard O’Hara
Type of tree
Oakland Avenue (B)
Orlando, FL
New Orleans, LA
Gen. Orme, name associated with Abraham Lincoln
W. Max Orr
Oxford University
M. W. Packard
Mr. Pancake’s steam saw mill
Franklin Square, now Franklin Park
Jessie Parker
Parkinson
Peggy Thomson (Mrs. Charles Thomson)
Bane Peirce
Earls of Pembroke
George Perrin Davis or Perrin Walker
Davis family name
Carlton H. Perry
Franklin Phoenix
Type of tree
Pine + Ebach
Water line from Lake Bloomington
AREA
N
N
B
B
B
B
B
N
B
B
N
N
B
B
N
N
B
N
N
N
N
B
B
B
B
N
N
B
N
B
N
N
B
B
N
B
B
B
B
B
N
B
B
B
N
MC
B
N
STREET, ROAD, SUBDIVISION
Pleasant Hill Subdivision
Plymouth Court
Poplar Avenue
Powell
Prairie Street
Prenzler
R. T. Dunn Road
Raab Road
Radbourne
Radliff
Randall
Rebecca Lane
Reeves Street
Reinthaler Drive
Reitan Road
Reynolds Court
Riley Drive
Riordan Street
Riss Drive
Robert Drive
Robert Drive
Robinson Street
Roosevelt Street
Ross Drive
Rowe Drive
Russell Street
Ruston
Ruth Drive
Rutledge Road
Ryan Drive
Sandburg Road
Schroeder Drive
Scott
Scott Street
Searle Drive
Seminary Avenue
Sesame Street
Sheridan Street
Sherman Street
Sinclair
Smith Drive
Smoot Street
Snyder Addition
Snyder Drive
Spear Drive
Springfield Road
State Street
Stephens Drive
NAME SOURCE
Nature of the locale
Pilgrim Theme
Tree name
John Wesley Powell
Boundary street on the prairie
Vernon Prenzler
Richard T. Dunn
W. E. Raab
Charles “Old Hoss” Radbourne
William Radliff
Robert Randall
Rebecca Duncanson
Owen T. Reeves
Robert Reinthaler
Carol Reitan
Bertha Reynolds Hudelson (Mrs. Clyde Hudelson)
John C. Riley?
Margaret Russell Eaton (Mrs. Lee Eaton)
Hall Riss, Jr.
Robert Duncanson
Robert Bone
James H. Robinson
Teddy Roosevelt
Harry M. Ross
Delmar Rowe
Margaret Russell Eaton (Mrs. Lee Eaton)
Jack Russell & Eaton
Ruth Davis (Mrs. Robert Davis)
Name associated with Abraham Lincoln
John Ryan
Name associated with Abraham Lincoln
Kenneth Schroeder
Gen. Winfield Scott
Winfield Scott
Paul Searle
Major’s Female Seminary
Children’s TV program
Gen. Geo. Sheridan
Gen. W. T. Sherman
Harold Sinclair
Arthur (Babe) S. Smith
Isaac A. Smoot
Family of Ben Snyder
Family of Ben Snyder
Charles Spear
Main route to Springfield
Name common to most cities
Paul Stephens
AREA
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
MC
STREET, ROAD, SUBDIVISION
Stern
Stevenson
Stevenson’s & Ewings’s Addition
Stevenson’s & Worrell’s Addition
Stevenson’s Addition
Stewart Street
Stillwell Street
Stockholm Street
Stringtown Road
MC
Stringtown Road
N
B
B
B
N
B
B
N
B
B
N
N
B
N
N
B
B
N
N
B
B
N
B
N
N
N
B
B
B
B
B
N
N
N
B
B
N
Sudduth Road
Summit Street
Sumner
Szarek
Taft
Tami
Taylor
Thomas
Thomas Street
Thompson Street
Tilden Place
Timothy Court
Tipton Street
Todd Drive
Tomkins
Townley Drive
Trotter
Truman
Turner Road
Union Street
University Avenue
University Park
Vale Street
Vernon
Vernon Avenue
Veronica Way
Vrooman
Wakefield
Walker Avenue
Walker Drive
Walnut Street
Walton
Ward Drive
Warehouse Road
Washington
Water Street
Watkins
NAME SOURCE
San Stern
Adlai E. Stevenson I & II
Stevenson family
Stevenson family
Stevenson family
John T. Stuart
John M. Stillwell
Inhabited by Swedish miners
Houses built in a string along two section lines
“as straight as a string toward town”; community by that
name; “a whole string of towns”
Titus Sudduth
Highest point in city when surveyed
Charles Sumner
Stanley Szarek
William Howard Taft
Tami Ebach
Zachary Taylor
Thomas Taulbee
Lewis B. Thomas
Robert Thompson
W. W. Tilden
Timothy Jeakins
T. F. Tipton
Name associated with Abraham Lincoln
Tommy Tomkins
Wayne Townley, Sr.
Georgina Trotter
Harry S. Truman
Former owner of land
Own significance
IWU
Near ISU & ISU park
William Vail
Hester Vernon Fell (Mrs. Jesse Fell)
Hester Vernon Fell (Mrs. Jesse Fell)
Veronica Beland (Mrs. Lester Beland)
Carl Vrooman
Cyrenius Wakefield
Sarah Woodruff Walker Davis
Sarah Woodruff Walker Davis (Mrs. David Davis)
Tree name
Ardith Walton Chism
Montgomery Ward
Road with warehouses
George Washington
Laid out on wet ground
Lloyd Watkins
AREA
B
B
B
B
B
N
B
B
B
B
B
STREET, ROAD, SUBDIVISION
Weldon Street
Welling Street
West Street
Western Avenue
White Place
William Drive
Wilson
Withers
Wood Street
Woodruff Drive
Wright Street
NAME SOURCE
Lawrence Weldon
Maye Welling
West boundary of town
Western edge of town
Samuel R. White
William Beland
Lawrence Wilson
Sarah Withers
In the woods
Sarah Woodruff Walker Davis (Mrs. David Davis)
Silas Wright?