tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563375693893858995.post5982581834309653337..comments2023-10-11T04:34:10.280-07:00Comments on Musings of a slowly rotting mind…: Road naming process initiatedTom Hurleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02406594538384486447noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563375693893858995.post-65706951586114184322012-03-29T08:31:28.514-07:002012-03-29T08:31:28.514-07:00Street numbers are expressed as miles and thousand...Street numbers are expressed as miles and thousandths of a mile from a designated central point, often the courthouse or city hall of a county seat. Measuring from our nearest neighbor's number, we figure that ours will be 42501. That's forty-two and a half miles from whatever the starting point is. Odd numbers are on the east side of the road in our case.<br /><br />When I went to the Fresno County Planning Commission a few decades ago to get addresses for our Florence Lake place and the high ranch, we pored over the maps and guessed at the distances. We ended the Florence address in a 7 because that was a favorite number of Karla's. The ranch's number ended in 95 because it was the furthest of the three private land addresses up there. It turns out both numbers are off by about three miles, due to the County's mis-measuring the length of the Kaiser Pass Road. But nobody cares so the numbers will stick.Tom Hurleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406594538384486447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563375693893858995.post-19717101770495850852012-03-29T06:50:50.227-07:002012-03-29T06:50:50.227-07:00How are numbers assigned to the dwellings along th...How are numbers assigned to the dwellings along the road? Do you decide or is there an official formula?Pete S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563375693893858995.post-50860846592766222772012-03-28T12:06:46.013-07:002012-03-28T12:06:46.013-07:00I'm not sure it ever really was. Besides the n...I'm not sure it ever really was. Besides the new house is a whole mile down the road.Tom Hurleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406594538384486447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563375693893858995.post-26809908436685748022012-03-28T07:48:00.428-07:002012-03-28T07:48:00.428-07:00So is our address no longer 42999 Rd 810?So is our address no longer 42999 Rd 810?HHhorsesnoreply@blogger.com