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[Place]: Lundy's Lane
[Namesake]: Battle of Lundy's Lane
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[Place]: Precita Avenue
[Namesake]: Precita Creek
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[Place]: Stockton Street
[Namesake]: Robert F. Stockton
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[Place]: Farnsworth Lane
[Namesake]: Philo Farnsworth
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[Place]: Jack Kerouac Alley
[Namesake]: Jack Kerouac
[Notes]: Formerly Adler Place (renamed in 1988)
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[Place]: Harrison Street
[Namesake]: Edward H. Harrison
[Notes]: Harrison, a lawyer, was a quartermaster's clerk for the First New York volunteers and collector of the port.
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San Francisco is an important seaport city in the western United States. It is also a financial, trade and cultural center. The area is home to many well-known towns and villages, and many of the names come from early colonial cultures. Most of these place names are in non-english languages and represent a variety of meanings. Random tool collates 212 placetyename mologies in San Francisco for those interested to take a closer look.
Most of these Placename Etymologies take their name from the early colonial period. The government didn’t change its name to keep placetyename mologies, because people had gotten used to it. These place names may come from local celebrities, heroes who died in the war, words with some beautiful meaning, and so on. If you’re curious about Placename Mologies in San Francisco, make sure to check it out in this generator.
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