CURIOUS CBUS IS WOSU'S
PROJECT WHERE YOU SUBMIT YOUR
QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR REGION, ITS
PEOPLE, OR ITS HISTORY AND WE
SIGN A REPORTER OR PRODUCER TO
INVESTIGATE IT.
TODAY'S QUESTION TAKES US TO
NORTH LINDEN.
IF YOU EVER DRIVEN THROUGH THE
NEIGHBORHOOD ON CLEVELAND
AVENUE, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED
THAT AFTER YOU DRIVE PAST
MELROSE AVENUE, YOU'LL PASS
ANOTHER MELROSE AVENUE LESS
THAN TWO MILES LATER.
THAT LED EDDIE KINNAMAN TO WRITE
IN AND ASK "WHY ARE THERE TWO
DIFFERENT STREETS IN THE NORTH
LINDEN AREA CALLED MELROSE
AVENUE?"
WE GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT
THE ORIGINS OF STREET NAMES AND
IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY TO GET A
DEFINITIVE ANSWER.
ONE OF THE FIRST PLACES WE CHECK
IN WITH IS THE FRANKLIN COUNTY
ENGINEER'S OFFICE.
PART OF THE WORK THEY DO IS TO
ARCHIVE THE HISTORICAL LAND
SURVEYS AND DOCUMENTS THAT TRACK
LAND AND PROPERTY BOUNDARIES.
ACCORDING TO THEIR RECORDS, THE
SUBDIVISIONS THAT CONTAINED BOTH
ROADS WERE APPROVED IN 1910,
JUST A COUPLE DAYS APART.
THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
TWO AND A LIKELY REASON WHY WE
HAVE TWO MELROSE AVENUES SO
CLOSE TOGETHER IS THAT ONE WAS
ACCEPTED AS AN ADDITION TO THE
CITY OF COLUMBUS AND THE OTHER
WAS ACCEPTED AS PART OF CLINTON
TOWNSHIP.
THE MORE NORTHERN MELROSE IS
PART OF CLINTON TOWNSHIP.
SO, THERE YOU HAVE IT.
ALTHOUGH BOTH STREETS ARE IN THE
NORTH LINDEN NEIGHBORHOODS, ONE
IS IN COLUMBUS AND THE OTHER IS
IN CLINTON TOWNSHIP.
NOT CONFUSING AT ALL, RIGHT?
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HISTORY OF
CLINTON TOWNSHIP, YOU CAN HEAD
OVER TO WOSU.ORG/CURIOUS
WHILE YOU'RE THERE, YOU CAN
SUBMIT YOUR IDEA FOR A CURIOUS
CBUS QUESTION, VOTE ON WHICH
QUESTION WE SHOULD INVESTIGATE
NEXT, AND SEE WHAT ELSE WE'VE
COVERED SO FAR.


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