Revised Street Name 1899-1900

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On the re-naming of Swansea roads (original highways only)

1899, March 6th - Annual Town Meeting
      Record Book - Page 355
14 Articles on the Warrant to be voted on. The following was not one of them,
but probably came under "any other business", etc.
Voted - That no roads or streets in the Town of Swansea shall be named without
      petition to the selectmen of parties in interest.
      (This petition not to be decided by the selectmen but to be included on
      the Warrant as an article - M.D.R.)
Nothing in Record Book through 1907.

1899, December 20th - From the newspaper, "Syansea Record" (1886-1902)
"At the March 6th town meeting, there was a petition to give certain streets in
town particular names. A vote was passed that the selectmen should name the
streets. The selectmen would like the residents on all of the streets in town
to suggest names for their own streets and send them to the selectman of their
own district between this time and January 2nd, 1900."

1900, January 31st - From the newspaper, "Swansea Record" (1886-1902)
It was supposed that the selectmen had been given authority to name the streets,
but owing to a mistake in the wording of the vote, no such authority was given
them. The streets therefore will not be named until after the 1900 March Town
Meeting.
L. Elmer Wood, Town Council at this time.

Names that were changed were used in:
      1. Town Record Books; 2, Selectmen's Record Book; 3. All maps; 4. Deeds;
      5. Swansea Directory (1948) and many other documents, etc., use the names
      as follows: Chace Street, Marvel Street, Hales Road (not "Hailes"), and
      Mill Road, The maps include those ordered for the Planning Board, Water
      District, and Zoning Committee.

The selectmen have changed:
1. Chace Street to Baker Road.      3. Hales Hill Road to Hailes Hill Road. 2. Marvel Street to Cummings Road.      4. Mill Road to Hortonville Road.

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LIST OF REVISED STREET NAMES

SWANSEA, MASSACHUSETTS

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Former Name	Location	New Name
Allen St	North Swansea	Warren Ave
Bayview Landing	Touisset	Pearse Landing
Bayview Road	Touisset	Mount Hope Ave
Bayview Ave	Ocean Grove	Cove Street
Bluff St	Off of Pine St	Water St
Beach St	Off Lincoln Ave	Pleasant View Ave
Chace Ave	Two Mile Purchase	Baker Road
Cole St	Touisset	Alder St
Cole Ave	Touisset	Prospect St
South Portion or Delmage Rd	East Swansea	Cummings Rd
Maple St	Touisset	Birch St
West Portion of Marvel St	E Swansea	Cummings Road
McCallion Lane	From Marvel St	Dillion Lane
Milford Ave	From Meadow Rd	Spring St
Middle St	Munsey Plat	Winter St
Mill St	Village	Hortonville Rd
Oak St	Touisset	Dyer St
Oakland Ave	Off of Taft	Luther Ave
Oakland Rd	E Swansea	High Rd
Old State Highway	From Bushee Rd Corner	Old Fall River Rd
River Rd	Touisset	Pearse Rd
Riverview Ave	Ocean Grove	West View Ave
Sherman Ave	South Swansea	Shawmut Ave
Smoke Rd	Touisset	Circuit Dr
Smoke Ave	Touisset	Sayles Ave
Short St	N Swansea	Stoney Hill Rd
Wood Ave	Village	Ledge Rd
Rowley St	Touisset	Orchard St
Warren Ave	N Swansea	Barneyville Rd
Elm St	Corner Marvel St	Miller's Lane
Acker's Lane	N Swansea	Hollister Rd

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