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Includes major current and/or historical roads in [[Santa Cruz County]].
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Includes major current and/or historical roads/streets in [[Santa Cruz County]]. Formal street naming in Santa Cruz began in 1866, with publication of the first “[https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SCWS18660623.1.2&srpos=1&e=-------en--20-SCWS-1--txt-txIN-%22Map+of+the+Town%22-------1 Map of the Town of Santa Cruz]”, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Jun 23, 1866, 2:4. Many streets got names for the first time: River, Potrero (the northern half is now Evergreen), High, Water, Mission, Union, Green, Cross, and Rincon. The map also showed property boundaries and owner names. The ''Sentinel'' article included a list of those names.
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*[[History Pages: 24 - The Map and the Trees]]
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* ''See also'' [[Road name changes]]
  
 
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Includes major current and/or historical roads/streets in Santa Cruz County. Formal street naming in Santa Cruz began in 1866, with publication of the first “Map of the Town of Santa Cruz”, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Jun 23, 1866, 2:4. Many streets got names for the first time: River, Potrero (the northern half is now Evergreen), High, Water, Mission, Union, Green, Cross, and Rincon. The map also showed property boundaries and owner names. The Sentinel article included a list of those names.