I did flood zone certifications for rural South Caroline counties in the early 90's. A lot of these counties still used rural route and box for addresses and none of the roads were "officially" named. We needed maps to do the certifications so I would collect any and all maps made of those areas. There were a lot of "old timey" names for some of the roads. like "Burning Gin" (a name obviously gotten during prohibition) or Old Church. There was almost always an Old Church or a Burning Gin or a Cotton Still. And almost all of these fucking places had a road called "Nigger Skull Rd" or "Hang Nigger Rd".
My favorite thing to do would be to call the county assesor's office and say "What's the name of County Road 2942?" and they would go look at the map and come back and say "Ummmmmm. That road don't have no name.".
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Date: 2005-05-26 05:57 pm (UTC)My favorite thing to do would be to call the county assesor's office and say "What's the name of County Road 2942?" and they would go look at the map and come back and say "Ummmmmm. That road don't have no name.".
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Date: 2005-05-26 06:23 pm (UTC)