Street Smart - Street Name Changes

Downtown, southwest corner of Hohman Avenue and State Street. (State Street was once known as Ives Street) circa 1910.

Residential area just south of Downtown, Webb Street looking west. (This street was named for a prominent family) circa 1908.

Below is a listing of city street names that were changed over time. This list is formatted by original / former street names to current street names now in use. Streets stated as originally known as are from the city's early founding around the time of 1890, and those stated as formerly known as were named / changed later on.
If you live in the city look to see if your street name was changed over the years. Footnote

The street formerly known as Adams Street is now 143rd Street. Footnote
The street formerly known as Adams Boulevard is now 167th Street. Footnote
The street formerly known as Amy Court is now Amy Avenue. Footnote
The street formerly known as Arcadia Court is now VanBuren Avenue. Footnote
The street formerly known as Arnold Avenue is now 172nd Street. Footnote
The street formerly known as Baring Boulevard is now Baring Parkway. Footnote
The street formerly known as Borman Avenue is now 167th Street. Footnote
The street formerly known as Bowser Avenue is now Chestnut Avenue. Footnote
The street formerly known as Calumet Avenue (Hessville) is now Nebraska Avenue. Footnote
The street formerly known as Carroll Street (Eastside) is now Michigan Street. Footnote
The street formerly known as Center Street is now Euclid Avenue. Footnote
The street originally known as Chicago Street is now Michigan Street.
The street formerly known as Cottage Grove Avenue is now Nevada Avenue. Footnote
The street formerly known as Center Street is now Sherman Street. Footnote
The street originally known as Cynthia Avenue (Downtown) is now Carroll Street.
The street originally known as Dalton Street is now Sibley Street.
The street formerly known as Dyer Boulevard is now Dyer Street.
The street formerly known as Eighteenth Avenue is now 170th Place. Footnote
The street formerly known as Eighth Place is now 164th Place. Footnote
The street formerly known as Evergreen Avenue is now Ohio Avenue. Footnote
The street formerly known as Fern Street is now Rhode Island Avenue. Footnote
The street formerly known as Fifteenth Avenue is now 169th Street. Footnote
The street formerly known as Fifth Avenue is now 165th Street.
The street formerly known as Fir Street is now Kansas Avenue. Footnote
The street formerly known as Fisher Avenue is now Wabash Avenue. Footnote
The street originally known as Florence Street is now Baltimore Avenue.
The street formerly known as Forsythe Avenue is now Indianapolis Boulevard. Footnote
The street formerly known as Fort Wayne Avenue is now Baltimore Avenue. Footnote
The street originally known as Freeman Street is now Truman Street.
The street formerly known as Gentian Avenue is now Tennessee Avenue. Footnote
The street formerly known as Gibson Drive is now McCook Avenue. Footnote
The street formerly known as Grapevine Street is now Illinois Avenue. Footnote
The street originally known as Griffin Street is now Huehn Street.
The street formerly known as Hammond Street is now Kentucky Avenue. Footnote
The street formerly known as Harrison Boulevard is now 140th Place. Footnote
The street formerly known as Hemlock Street is now Idaho Avenue. Footnote
The street formerly known as Hink Street is now Jackson Avenue. Footnote
The street formerly known as Hopp Road is now McCook Avenue. Footnote
The street originally known as Indiana Avenue is now Logan Street.
The street originally known as Indiana Street is now State Street.
The street formerly known as Inland Avenue is now Henry Avenue. Footnote
The street formerly known as Iroquois Avenue is now Johnson Avenue. Footnote
The street originally known as Ives Street is now State Street.
The street formerly known as Julian Street is now Birch Avenue. Footnote
The street formerly known as King Street is now White Oak Avenue. Footnote
The street formerly known as Knickerbocker Boulevard is now Knickerbocker Parkway. Footnote
The street formerly known as Krapac Place is now 164th Place. Footnote
The street formerly known as Krueger Place is now Vine Street. Footnote
The street formerly known as Larned Street is now Cleveland Street. Footnote
The street formerly known as LaSalle Street is now State Line Avenue. Footnote
The street formerly known as Laughlin Avenue is now Baltimore Avenue. Footnote
The street formerly known as Locust Street is now 167th Street. Footnote
The street formerly known as McKinley Avenue is now Rhode Island Avenue. Footnote
The street formerly known as Manila Avenue is now Wildwood Road. Footnote
The street originally known as Maple Street is now Columbia Avenue.
The street formerly known as Marshall Avenue is now New Hampshire Avenue. Footnote
The street originally known as Melville Avenue is now School Avenue. Footnote
The street originally known as Michigan Street is now Willow Court.
The street originally known as Michigan City Road is now Michigan Street.
The street formerly known as Morton Avenue is now Conkey Street. Footnote
The street originally known as Morton Avenue is now Field Street.
The street formerly known as Nineteenth Avenue is now 171st Street. Footnote
The street formerly known as Nineteenth Place is now 171st Place. Footnote
The street formerly known as Ogden Avenue (Hessville) is now Arizona Avenue. Footnote
The street formerly known as Osborn Road is now Osborn Avenue. Footnote
The street formerly known as Penn Avenue is now Birch Avenue. Footnote
The street originally known as Plummer Avenue is now Willow Court.
The street formerly known as Pochman Boulevard is now Grover Avenue. Footnote
The street formerly known as Poplar Street is now Birch Avenue. Footnote
The street formerly known as Railroad Avenue is now Lyman Avenue.
The street formerly known as Rebecca Street is now 137th Street. Footnote
The street formerly known as Ridge Road is now Ridge Street. Footnote
The street formerly known as Ridge Road (Hessville) is now Martha Street. Footnote
The street formerly known as Roland Avenue is now Baring Avenue. Footnote
The street originally known as Root Street is now 141st Street.
The street formerly known as Seventeenth Avenue is now 170th Street. Footnote
The street originally known as School Street is now Calumet Avenue.
The street formerly known as Seventh Place is now 163rd Place. Footnote
The street formerly known as Sheffield Place is now 115th Street. Footnote
The street originally known as Shinton Street is now Clinton Street.
The street formerly known as Sixteenth Avenue is now 169th Place. Footnote
The street formerly known as Sixth Place is now 162rd Place. Footnote
The street formerly known as Smalley Avenue is now Nebraska Avenue. Footnote
The street originally known as Smith Street (Downtown) is now Carroll Street.
The street formerly known as Smith's Avenue is now Maywood Avenue.
The street formerly known as Standard Avenue is now 165th Street. Footnote
The street formerly known as Superior Street is now Forestdale Avenue. Footnote
The street formerly known as Taft Avenue is now Ohio Avenue. Footnote
The street formerly known as Therese Street is now 138th Street. Footnote
The street formerly known as Tolleston Avenue is now Maryland Avenue. Footnote
The street formerly known as Torrence Avenue (Hessville) is now Montana Avenue. Footnote
The street originally known as Towle Street (Downtown) is now Morton Court.
The street formerly known as Towle Avenue (Hessville) is now Missouri Avenue. Footnote
The street formerly known as Tuthill Avenue is now Rhode Island Avenue. Footnote
The street formerly known as Twentieth Avenue is now 172nd Street. Footnote
The street formerly known as Twentieth Place is now 172nd Place. Footnote
The street formerly known as Twenty-First Avenue is now 173rd Street. Footnote
The street formerly known as Twenty-First Place is now 173rd Place. Footnote
The street formerly known as Twenty-Second Avenue is now 174th Street. Footnote
The street formerly known as Twenty-Second Place is now 174th Place. Footnote
The street formerly known as Twenty-Third Avenue is now 175th Street. Footnote
The street formerly known as Twenty-Third Place is now 175th Place. Footnote
The street formerly known as Twenty-Fourth Avenue is now 176th Street. Footnote
The street formerly known as Twenty-Fourth Place is now 176th Place. Footnote
The street formerly known as Twenty-Fifth Street is now 177th Street. Footnote
The street formerly known as Twenty-Fifth Place is now 177th Place. Footnote
The street formerly known as Wayne Avenue is now New Hampshire Avenue. Footnote
The street formerly known as West Park Avenue is now Wespark Avenue. Footnote
The street formerly known as Wilson Avenue is now New Jersey Avenue. Footnote
The street formerly known as Winslow Street is now 142nd Street. Footnote
The street formerly known as Wisconsin Avenue is now Torrence Avenue. Footnote
The street formerly known as Zachau Avenue is now Wildwood Road.

The above street name change listing was gathered and compiled using old city maps, old city directories and old city documents.

Footnote : City Ordinance #2201 dated June 3rd, 1930 - - -

An ordinance providing for the renaming of certain streets in the city of Hammond, Indiana, that for the purposes of providing the City of Hammond, Indiana, a more adequate and suitable numbering and designation of streets and avenues, in connection with City Ordinance #2187, which will provide a more uniform system of house numbering.

Also noted in City Ordinance #2201 - ALL EAST & WEST streets, avenues and highways will bear the designation of STREET. And ALL NORTH & SOUTH streets, avenues and highways will bear the designation of AVENUE. Except in the case of existing boulevards, parkways, courts and otherwise, it shall continue to be so designated unless specifically changed by this Ordinance.

- - - Approved by the Mayor on September 3rd, 1930.

It should also be noted that 1930 was a year of change, especially if you were a street in the city of Hammond, IN. Eighty-eight city streets were renamed or changed in this above manner.

Also of note :

Other original city streets were changed around the time the city was first founded by another City Ordinance dated 1892.

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