Garland | (New) Duck Creek | Embree |
Third Street | Blue Street (after the J.L. Blue family) | |
Fourth Street | Forrest Street (after Confederate Gen. N.B. Forrest?) | |
Fifth Street (north of Ave. A) | Commerce Street | Fifth Street |
Fifth Street (south of Ave. D) | Orange Street | |
Sixth Street | Main Street | Fourth Street |
Seventh Street | Nash Street (after T. F. Nash) | Third Street |
Glenbrook Drive (Eighth St.) | Wyatt Street (after R. C. Wyatt) | Second Street |
Ninth Street | First Street | |
Tenth Street (N of Ave. D) | Keller Street (after W.J. Keller) | |
Tenth Street (S of Ave. D) | ||
Austin Street | Walker Street (after Dr. T.S. Walker) | |
State Street | Harbison Street (after Dr. Hugh Harbison) | |
Main Street | North Street; Neam St. on plat of Duck Creek 1887) | No name shown on plat of Embree 1886 |
Avenue A | Hill Street (after Confederate Gen. A.P. Hill?) | |
Avenue B | Thorp Street (after H. Nollie Thorp) | |
Avenue C | Hunter Street (after Wm. L. Hunter) | |
Avenue D | Mewshaw Street (after J. T. Mewshaw) | |
Avenue E | Park Street | |
Avenue F | Alexander Street (after W. M. Alexander) | |
Avenue G | South Street | |
Jupiter Rd. to Forest Lane to Garland Ave. to Walnut St. to First St. to Pleasant Valley Rd. | Dallas-Greenville Road , Northeast Pike (designated an interstate route ca. 1914, the designated segment through Garland transferred to North [now Main] St. in 1919) |
Other Street Name Changes
Current Name | Previous Name |
First Street, S of Main Street | Rose Hill Road, GN 1906; Beltline Road, GN 1919 |
Ninth Street | College St., GN 1912 |
Tenth Street, S of Ave. D | White Street (SIM 1915. After J. F. White) |
Eleventh Street | Garland Avenue (SIM 1919) |
Twelfth Street, N of Ave. B | James Avenue (SIM 1927. After G.W. James) |
Twelfth Street, S of Ave D | Crossman Street (SIM 1915. After G. W. Crossman) |
Avenue A, between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets | Olinger Avenue (SIM 1927. After Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Olinger) |
Avenue B, W of Garland Ave. | Cole Avenue (SIM 1919. After E.G. Cole) |
Barnes Bridge Road | Central National Road of the Republic of Texas, 1844 |
Broadway Blvd | Rose Hill Road (between Centerville Road and Rose Hill Road); New Hope Road (between Rowlett Road and city limit) |
Centerville Road | Dallas-Rockwall Road |
Commerce Street | US Hwy 67, 1926 |
Flook Street (After L. M. T. Flook) | Crotty Street (SIM 1919. After J. W. Crotty, promoter of the Eastern Texas Traction Co. [interurban railroad]); South Thirteenth Street (SIM 1927) |
Forest Lane | Dallas-Greenville Rd.; Northeast Pike, GN 1906; Flook Avenue (SIM 1919. After L. M.T. Flook); Beltline Road |
Garland Avenue | Newman Avenue (SIM 1919. After Dr. G. W. Newman); Fourteenth Street (SIM 1947); Bankhead Hwy (GN 1921); US Hwy 67, 1926; North Star Road (N of Main St.) |
Glenbrook Dr. | Amundsen Road (N of Walnut. Aft. explorer-aviator Roald Amundsen); Eighth St. (between Walnut and Ave. F) |
Main Street | Bankhead Hwy, GN 1921; St. Hwy 1; US Hwy 67, 1926; Garland Avenue |
Marion Drive | Factory Road (N of Resistol Drive) |
Rose Hill Road | Beltline Road, 1919 |
Rowlett Road (W of Rose Hill Road) | New Hope Road; Beltline Road, 1919 |
State Street, between Twelfth St. & North Star Rd. | Malcolm Street (SIM 1927. After Malcolm Watson) |
Garland street names were changed in 1927/28 to a system of alphabetic names running east-west and numerical names running north-south.
*Compiled by J.M. Flook from plats of Embree and (New) Duck Creek, Sanborn insurance maps (SIM), and the Garland News (GN).