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This data was compiled by the seventh grade students of La Mesa Junior High School's Explorers Team. The information listed below is a result a place name resreach assignment in Mr. Johnson's history class during winter break 1998. (Disclaimer: None of the informaton at this site has been verified. All information was gathered, typed and edited by students.) Place
Name Info Date Reference Student
Researcher 118 Skateshop 118 was named because the 118 freeway is right
next to it and their address is 11118. 1987 the manager Matt Lyons 118 Skateshop 118 Skateshop got it's name from it's location.
it is located off the 118 freeway and it's address
is 11118. 1991 The source of my information is from a man named
Jamie, an employee at 118. Jamie Green Abelia The street was named after flowers. The person
who named it was fond of flowers, so he named it
after flowers. 1978 The person that was contacted was Queen Walcott
and she is a postal worker. Andrea Walcott Abelia Rd. All Timberlane tracks were named after a flower.
The developer liked Abelias and named my street
after them 1971 Customer service Justin Dastrup Abelia Rd. The company who built the houses was Kaufman and
Brood. A committee comes around and names all the
streets. In one part of Canyon Country where I live
there is a bunch of flowers. There was a bunch of
Abelia's growing on this street. 1987 Shannon Aguliar Yara Urgenson Abelia rd. Abelia is a flower and the rest of the housing
track streets are named after flowers. 1974 Sharlyn Benedict Escrow officer secretary Cory Benedict Ada Street Jack Shein is the guy who named the streets in
the area. He named Ada Street after a person in his
family. January 1982 Property Manager Ada Street The street Ada was named after the builder's
family or friend. 1987 Judy West, the Asst. Vice President of Bart-
line incorporated. Lyndsey Regan Alberto Ct. In Spain there is a city named Valencia, so when
the streets here were named they tried to make them
all Spanish sounding names. Linda thought that
Alberto was probably the Spanish way of saying
Albert. 1984 Linda Chadwick from Newhall Land and Farming Taryn Waters Albertsons Mr. Joe Albertsons thought it would be good luck
to name his store after his family. 1938 4th Key manager Justin Dastrup Albertsons Albertsons was named after Joe Albertsons. 1936 The source of this information was from the
Albertsons web site at: www.
Albertsons.com/history Lyndsey Regan Alejandro Dr. Since we live in a Spanish named city, all the
streets around us are named Spanish names. The word
Alejandro means Alex in Spanish. 1986 Elizabeth Jameson Alta Madera Drive Alta Madera is the Spanish name for "Tall Wood"
or "Tall Tree. My street got its name by the many
tall trees that grow there. 1968 This information came not from a book or a
person but from me because I myself am not Spanish
but know a little a little bit of it. Patricia Fructuoso Ameci Pizza Ameci got it's name because the owners wanted a
catchy name that means 'friends.' It was originally
spelled 'Amici' which means 'friends' in Italian
but they couldn't have a trademark on that
spelling. 1984 Tony Falado/ owner Kaelian Hambas American Beauty Meadows Since the company called American Beauty made
these houses, that looked like a meadow of houses,
they decided to call the area of houses American
Beauty Meadows. 1985 Steve Potter a resident of that area was
contacted to get this information. Jennifer L. Boonkokua Angeles National Forest It was close to the county of Los Angeles. Roger McClure, supervising mapping technician,
city of Santa Clarita Marline Pachideh Antelope Valley Freeway The idea of the building the 14 freeway was
created in the Antelope Valley. 1960 Mark Smith who use to work on road
construction. Cory Benedict Aqua Dulce He was a Mexican and Aqua meant blue or bluish.
The persons name was Captain Pedro Fages. 1772 Book, Santa Clarita Valley of the Golden
Dream Jackie Franco Arby's Arby's was founded by the Raffel brothers. The
brothers wanted to use the name Big Text, but
another company already had that name. The brothers
came up with Arby's which stands for R.B. the
brothers initials. June 23, 1964 www.arbys restaurants.com Otto Robledo Arco Gasoline Company The ARCO Gasoline Company was named that because
a company named the "Richfield Oil Company" bought
another company, the "Atlantic Refining
Company,"forming the "Atlantic Richfield Company
(ARCO). 1925 Henry Werdt, the former chairman of the
board Justis Sedeno Arroyo Park Condominiums Arroyo Park Condos are not related to Spanish
even though most of Valencia is, there couldn't be
any duplicate of names so it was called Arbor Park
Condos. 1985 Linda Chadwick Vice President of Newhall Land
and Farming Brooke Kirby Arroyo Park Drive There are a lot of canyons and arroyos in the
valley. So the developer of this neighborhood
wanted the land to be consistent with the the
valley's geography so he named it Arroyo Park
Drive. 1985 Linda Chadwick,Vice President of marketing for
Newhall land and farming. Andrea DeRosso Arroyo Park drive The developer wanted a name that was consistent
with the geography of the Santa Clarita Valley.
There are many arroyos, or canyons, thus, Arroyo
Park got it's name. 1983 Linda Chadwick , Vice president of Marketing for
Newhall Land and Farming Jennifer Gladwin Atlasta Ranch / Quest's End Atlasta Ranch got its name because Terry Payne,
the owner of the ranch, had wanted a stable for a
long time. When she could finally afford to
purchase one, Terry gave it the title At - last - a
Ranch. Quest's End got its name because Patsy
Parentice a 1984 Patsy Parentice - Head Riding Instructor Breanne Erickson Avenida Rotella Avenida Rotella is named after the symbol of
Santa Clarita ,which is the Rotella.It was given
it's name in 1969, and was the 1st development
. 1969 City Hall Newhall land and farm Jennifer Mulcahy Baker Canyon Rd. This private road was named after someone named
Baker many years ago. He decided to name this road
after himself. unknown Supervising survey mapping technician Justin Dastrup Baleria Ct. Baleria Ct. is a Spanish word, it is named
Baleria Ct. because most of the streets in Valencia
are Spanish words made by people in Spain. 1983 Linda Chadwick Vice President of Newhall Land
and Farming Brooke Kirby Baleria Ct. Because Valencia is a city in Spain Newhall Land
& Farming decided to name all of the streets
behind Granary Square with Spanish names. early 1980's Newhall Land & Farming Jeff Burton Barnes & Noble Booksellers Barnes & Noble Booksellers is named after
the family names of the people that started the
store. 1965 The person contacted was Charlie Steiner the
manager of the Barnes & Noble in Valencia. Brian Lansangan Baskin Robbins Baskin Robbins was named after it's owners,
brother in-laws, Burt Baskin and Irv Robbins. In
1945 Irv Robbins opened Snow Bird in Glendale. In
1967 he teamed up with Burt Baskin. It was
nicknamed "31 Flavors" because they had a different
flavor for eac 1967 Luke-Consumer Service Representative Ivy Henderson Ben and Jerry's Two guys named Ben and Jerry opened their first
ice cream shop in Burlington, Vermont. 1978 From a pamphlet from Ben and Jerry's. Taryn Waters Billies, Newhall The sports shop Billies got its name by the
owner Billie.This store was doing great until the
owner Billie died. His death was caused by
cancer.After he passed away they named the little
sports shop Billies. Over the years the shop
Billies regained popula Eve, a cashier at Billies Derek Haynes Billy's Skateshop Billy's got its name because of the owner when
he died they named it Billy's. The sails clerk
didn't say what it was named before. But this is
how Bill's got its name. 1980's Eve Salesclerk Daniel Leao Blockbuster This name originated from the word
"blockbuster".The reason this store got its name is
because this store contained many new movies out on
video. 1979 Derek Carol was the person who gave this
information. Jerome Sonza Brookdale A realtor by the name of Aileen Gausnell was
contacted and said that developers always have a
theme and this particular group of streets was
places in countries. The streets in Valencia
Northpark always are a Court or Place. 1998 realtor Aileen Gausnell and her boss Andy Bree Mills Brookdale Ct. Brookdale Ct. was named as part of a theme of
trees.Thought up by Newhall Land and Farm. They
wanted to pick a theme of natural elements such as
trees, herbs, a country feeling like nature and
wind. that is how they came up with Brookdale Ct.
it is a tree 1-11-1999 Cal Arts It was named Cal Arts because it is in
California it is a institute of arts. It is a
school for Disney. They do dancing,sing ,draw,act
for Disney 1986 The person contacted was Christina Hendriksz
accountant at Cal Arts Darick Hendriksz CalArts California Institute of the Arts began as The
Chouinard Art Institute teaching just art and
music. In 1971, when the school moved to Valencia
dance, film, and theater were also taught, making
the school five different forms of art. 1968 Patti Palmer- Sr. Administrative Asst. of
f/v. Brittany L. Baldenweg Canyon Country Villas It got it's name because Jeff Palmer, the
founder built this set of Apartments on a set of
villas in Canyon Country. 1986 GINGER -STAFF Ignacio Llamas Canyon Bicycles Canyon Bicycles is named because the store built
in Canyon Country and it was named after it.The
Bicycles Part is in it because they only Sell bikes
and Bike accessories. 1996 Yoshido Chow Business owner of Canyon
Bicycles Edward Adams Canyon Country A newly formed Chamber of Commerce had a map
made of the area. When a name was needed they
looked at the mapped area and saw lots of canyons,
so they named it Canyon Country. Alberta Knoch, Knocking about, newspaper of
July, 1977. Jacqueline Masters Canyon Country High School. Canyon High School got its name because its a
high school in Canyon Country. The reference that was contacted was Cindy at
Building and Safety Krystal Evans. Canyon Country park The reason it was named canyon country park is
because it is in Canyon Country. 1990 Kit Nell civil engineer Ben Gharagozli Carl's Jr. Carl Karcher started the company and named it
after himself. 1956 An Article written by Mark Hamstra. In Nations
Restaurants News. Daniel Alfonso Carl's Jr. Founder, Carles Karcher, named his fast food
business after himself. 1941 Cathy Ruckey; General Manager Suzanne Shama Carl's Jr. The explanation for this store is a genetic
thing.It was named after a man named Carl's son,"
Carl's Jr." 1941 I received my information from the manager of
the restaurant. Kevin Robert Albee Castaic The name Castaic came from an old Indian word
meaning 'kashtuk' 1915 this information came from the internet Christopher Plaia Castaic Lake The department of water Resources built Castaic
lake because the cities needed more water. around 1970 The files from the Valencia Library kaleigh Clark CCS Mailorder CCS stands for California coast skating. that is
what it stands for because it is located on the
coast of California and it sells skateboard parts
and accessories. 1990 My information is from Johnny Alo, an employee
at CCS. Jamie Green Chuckie Cheese A restaurant had open which was named Chuckie
Cheese and right next to it was an theater, a
little theater called Showbiz Pizza Time and Inc.
Both places had been open for one year. As that
year went by both business had decided to join
forces and 1969 David the manager Samantha Singer Claires The owner had a girlfriend that he loved in
1979. Her name was Claire and the store was named
after her. 1979 Cynthia,a cash register,was contacted. Kathrine Herrera Coco's In 1948 two people named John and Audy MacEntire
started a business. They named this business
Coco'sIt was named Coco's after Audy's nickname
Coco. 1948 Clair Houland(manager) Travis Cain College of the Canyons Superintendent Dr. Robert C. Rockwell created
COC on Sept. 28, 1869. It was called COC because it
was built on a canyon, the surrounding area, and
the majestic landscape. Sept. 28, 1869 Janet Cashion Jennifer Lynn Dacumos Condor Rdg. Rd. While the street was being built, the
constructors saw a condor fly over. I also live on
a ridge and that's how Condor Rdg. Rd. got it''s
name. 1984 Tom Denis Derek Smith Condor Ridge The constructors that built the street saw a
Condor and the street is on a ridge. 1984 I talked to a contractor named Tom Denis Condor Ridge Rd. When the street was being built in 1984,a Condor
would sit up on a ridge. 1984 Renee Danull (Realtor) Travis Cain Consumers Furniture Consumers was named after another family member
who had a store with this name and they used the
same name for this business. 1978 Mary Moser/ owner Kaelian Hambas Coriander Court The thing contacted was the internet. It said
that Coriander stood for a flower seed. So, Rhonda
Pieracci was contacted, she thought it was because
it stood for the flowers on the hill. Rhonda Pieracci , and the Internet,
www.coriander court.com Ryan Pieracci Costco Not much was known from people that work
there,but people said that costco first started in
the east of the United States. When being built The person that was contacted was Robert.He is a
cashier. Cindy Martinez Crossglade Ave. Crossglade Ave. was developed in 1980 and the
owner of the property was d.s propertys. When you
name a property you have to get a recorded track
map through out the city.Because I live in a condo
and the other side of the street is Soledad and
then Crossi 1980 The reference that was contacted was Cindy at
Building and Safety Krystal Evans. Crystal Ridge Court It was named such because as part of the Sunset
Hills Estates, the developer wanted to associate
the street names with hills and sunsets. 1996 Scott Dorick, the Western Pacific Housing
Representative Maritoni Cabangon Cuzzins Burgers The two original owners were cousins. 1990 Gerardo Espitia, Manger for Cuzzins Burgers Jacqueline Masters Cyber surf cafe Cyber surf cafe got it's name because it is a
electronic eatery.it opened and was given it's name
in April of 1996. April of 1996 Sophie Esqueda (my mom) Pam Sheehy(manager) Jennifer Mulcahy Cycle 2000 They were sitting around one day a named it
Cycle 2000. 1992 Owner Karren P Troy Eddow Dairy Queen In Moline, Illinois, a man named J.S. McCullough
developed a soft-serve restaurant . He believed
that the cow was the "Queen of the Dairy Business,"
and using that phrase, he developed the name "Dairy
Queen." 1938 Information given by Curt Harder, district
manager for Dairy Queen. Brittany Mae Silvera Daisy Meadow ST The street has its name because it was named
after a flower. It was named that because the whole
track of streets was named after flowers. 1972 Tonya City Hall Engineering Kirk Chambers Dance Studio 84 Dance Studio 84 received its name because it was
established in 1984. When Carla Hunt bought the
studio in 1986 from its original owners, she didn't
want to change the name because it had already
become known under that title. 1984 Carla Hunt - Owner / Director Breanne Erickson Danielson JO Palmer is the person who named my street
Danielson. He named it Danielson because his son is
named Daniel and he put son at the end because of
his son. 1992 I got my information from Shannon Meddock. She i
s the manager of my complex. Rashida Thompson-Miller Denny's Restaurant Harold Butler named it originally Danny's
Donuts, then to Danny's Coffee Shop, then it some
how got changed to Denny's Coffee Shop, and then to
Denny's. The year it was changed to Denny's was in
1959. 1959 I talked to Sherry the manager at on of the
Denny's, Karen Randall Director of Public Relations
and Debbie Atkins Manager Public Relations. Ashley Melville Dennys Dennys got its name because the man who started
it named it after his son Denny.Dennys used to be a
coffee shop. 1953 Muhammad Azgem -manager Jaime Villalvazo Domino's Pizza There was two partners who owned a pizza shop
called Dominic. One partner traded his half for a
Volks Wagon, and filed for a chapter eleven,
bankruptcy. The other partner still wanted the
store so he decided to change the name and an
employee sug 1968 Bill , Manager Marline Pachideh DWP The organization now known as the Los Angeles
Department of Water and Power was founded in 1906
as the bureau of Los Angeles aqueduct. Los Angeles
needed electricity as well as water. The bureau of
Los Angeles aqueduct power was formed in 1909.
The 1925 Jeff Crawford /works there/ journey man ,line
man Andrew Crawford El Torrito A young man in Mexico was just starting a
restaurant but he couldn't think of a name.So this
man walked around his city and began to search for
ideas.As he was searching he saw a picture of a
bull.He took the cartoon head of the bull and named
it El To 1954 The head manager of the restaurant. Kevin Robert Albee Esponzia Dr. N ewhall land and farm decided to name all the
streets in the community Spanish names. 1980 Mark Armstrong ,dad, homeowner 259-2436 Weston Armstrong Fairweather St. The developer just followed the line of streets
named Fairweather St. 1965 Alan Husted (works at LA County) Vincent Dennington Farmers Insurance Farmers in the San Joaquin Valley wanted to
insure their farm trucks and equipment. The only
insurance then was for city people and it was
expensive. So a bunch of farmers got together and
formed the first regional office of Farmers
Insurance. 1928 Jorja Harris, an insurance agent at Farmers
Insurance. Andrea DeRosso Fat Burger Fat burger was named because "Fat" meant really
good . So it means really good burger. 1951 information received from assistant manger Derek
Eddow. Troy Eddow Flo Lane There was no information on why Flo Lane was
named and who named it because the street is so
old. ? Ashton Stoermer Flo Lane Flo Lane received its name so long ago, its
origin was untraceable.The real estate offices that
was contacted said it was named before Santa
Clarita became a city. No one was found that could
offer more information on this subject. Roger
McClure gave me Amanda Junco Florabunda Rd. Well I called city clerk and all they told me is
that it is a theme for Spanish flowers and the
streets around it are Spanish flowers. ? Bill-an engineering tech.at city clerk Sarah Egar Florida Florida was named by the first European to visit
the region. He called it Florida, which means
"feast of flowers", either because he saw a
profusion of flowers on its coast or because it was
Easter week. 1513 Internet Corissa Menga Food For Less When the idea for Food For Less came up, they
wanted a name that describes that the store would
have more food for less money. When they thought
and thought for the store name, they came to a
derision, Food For Less. At Food For Less, you can
get 1996 Cathey Mayon, store manager for Food For
Less Dominique Covino Food for Less It got its name by having items for less money
than other stores.It was Food for Less to buy food
for less money. 1996 The person that was contacted is Mike
Goodman Mattie Schaefer Friendly Valley People moved there and it had mountains and it
was private land. A girl named Iris came to the
valley and schools and places were made. 1925 Book, The Friendliest valley Jackie Franco Friendly Valley Parkway It is named after the whole area it is in by the
city of Newhall.Before they started planning to
build it was actually a hog farm with great hunting
grounds.The construction workers had to fill in the
area with new dirt.The first couple of houses
were 1962 I received my information about my street from
next door neighbor,Dick "......." Kevin Robert Albee Furnivall Avenue Everybody who lived around his property knew
him, so the decided to name it after him. they
named it the same year he died . he died in the
year 1953. 1953 I talked to my Grandmother Charrlette Diaz and
my Mother Sherrie Melville. Ashley Melville G.W. Richardson It was named by Gary Richardson. He wanted a
company named after himself. He named it G.W.
Richardson because G stands for Gary, W stands for
William his son, and Richardson because it is there
last name. He started his company also in 1988. 1988 The person contacted was Tony Hendriksz air
conditioning worker at G.W.Richardson Darick Hendriksz GAP It started out in San Francisco, Bob Fisher had
rented a couple pair of jeans. He later found out
that the jeans were over due. Since they were due
he started his own store selling those jeans. He
thought this would make it easier to pay the bi 1969 Roselle Gordon the manager Samantha Singer Golden State Freeway The Golden State is what California is called
from the gold rush in the 40's and the freeway runs
all through the state. 1953 Mark Smith who use to work on road
construction. Cory Benedict Golden Valley There was gold at that place and gold gave
California a self-contained source of capital.The
gold brought men to California and started a
home. 1952 Book,California the golden shore by the sundown
sea. Jackie Franco Granary Square Around that area at the time there were grain
mills called the Granary.The mills helped community
grow. 1982 Patricia Aidem,editor of the Daily News Matt Aidem Greystone Jack Harter, the original owner, heard it
somewhere and liked it so when he started the
company he named it Greystone. 1992 Debbie Parker, Vice President of sales and
marketing Courtney Attl Hallmark It was named after the Hall brothers, Joyce and
William Hall. 1959 Craig Beasley, the president of packaging at
Hallmark Maritoni Cabangon Hallmark The three Hall brothers opened a store and
called it ''Hallmark '' , mark means quality. 1953 Renee-a retail operator Sarah Egar Hamburger Hamlet H.H.got it's name when two men got together and
wanted to build a restaurant that served
hamburgers. Then they only had drive through's. 1950 Eric Robertson/ Manager Kaelian Hambas Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital Henry Mayo is a memorial hospital honoring one
of the early founders of Santa Clarita and founder
of the Newhall Ranch, Henry Mayo Newhall. August 3, 1975 The reference contacted was Jeremy Brewer,
Public Relations Specialist, Henry Mayo Newhall
Memorial Hospital. Drew Aresca Hi Tech Game Centre This name was given because this store had all
the new video games out in the U.Sand Japan.The
name sounded catchy and could attract many
customers. 1992 Jake Wilson is a cashier and the one who gave
this information. Jerome Sonza Hockey Stop The owner named the store Hockey Stop because he
played hockey and he wanted a place where you can
stop and buy hockey equipment. The store was named
that because it sells hockey equipment. 1993 Karl Richert Manager of store Kirk Chambers Hogan Drive Hogan Drive was named after an American golfer,
Ben Hogan. 1973 Matt Miotla Ashlie Pawlik Hollywood Video Hollywood video was named by Mark Watel. He
started in his garage and he rented videos. when he
thought entertainment he thought Hollywood. 1986 The manager Matt Lyons Home Depot They had to choose between Home Depot, Bad
Bernies Build All, and another one. So they picked
Home Depot thinking consumers would like it
better. 1979 Steve the Assistant Manager Brice J. Mayer HOMETOWN BUFFET The name Home Town Buffet was named that because
it was founded by a family in their home town. 1995 LUCILLE BACON- MANAGER SHERIE- STAFF IGNACIO LLAMAS Honey Suckle Drive The street Honey Suckle Drive was also named
after flowers. The person as you know liked flowers
and decided to name it after that sweet flower with
honey in it. That is how Honey Suckle Drive got its
name. 1982 The person who was contacted was Kelly . She
works at City Hall. Andrea Walcott Hughes Market Hughes was named after Don Hughes. He opened his
first store on Ventura Blvd. in the early 1950's .
As he earned more money he ended up having 57
stores. Early 1950's Alex Finger Jeff Burton Huntington A realtor by the name of Aileen Gausnell was
contacted and she said that the Huntington
development of houses in Valencia, CA was named
after the Hunting ton Library. 1995 Aileen Gausnell-realtor and seller of the
homes Bree Mills IHOP IHOP, the International House Of Pancakes was
named for its famous pancakes 1900 This information was gotten from Mike Jones ,
the manager of IHOP Gina Albert In 'n' Out It is a name made up, partly because the cars
just drive in and drive out through the
drive-through. 1948 Rick Vncill,customer service Richard Rosevear Iron Canyon Iron Canyon was named that because there was
iron ore in the canyon. 1870's This information was found by George Starbuck,
an old man who lives down the street of Iron
Canyon. Noelle Hallberg ISABELLA PARK WAY JEFF PALMER WAS A SINGLE PERSON AND HAD NO
IMMEDIATE FAMILY.HE ALOUD THE CITY TO NAME THE
STREET. 1986 HEATHER AND GINGER - STAFF IGNACIO LLAMAS Jake's Way The person who named the street had a nephew
named Jake. around 1985 I contacted Rhonda,the leasing consultant. Melissa Steele Jasmine Valley Jamine Valley was named after flowers. The
person who named it was fond of flowers so he named
it Jasmine Valley. 1979 The person who was contacted was Kelly. She
works at City Hall. Andrea Walcott Jasmine Valley Dr. Jasmine Valley Dr. got its name got its name
because all the other streets in the area are named
after flowers so they kept on the tradition by
naming the street Jasmine Valley Dr. 1940-1950 Roger Mclear Jaime Villalvazo Jasmine Valley Dr. Jasmine Valley got its name because all the
streets in the area were named after flowers and
they wanted to name this street a flower too. 1940-1950 Roger McCler/ supervising map technician Andrew Crawford Jasmine Valley Drive This neighborhood was named after flowers, and
weren't any more good ones left, so he decided to
name it Jasmine Valley Drive to keep the
tradition. the 1950's or 1960's Roger McClure, supervising mapping technician,
city of Santa Clarita Marline Pachideh JC Penney The founder named it after himself; James Cash
Penney January 17, 1913 Mariano Velazquez; Merchandise Manager. Suzanne Shama JCPenny A popular nation wide department store, known as
JCPenny, was named after the well-known founder,
late James Cash Penny, using his first two initials
J and C, with his last name Penny. 1913 This information was collected from Desiree
Spencer-Walters, Gwen from Customer Service in
Atlanta, Georgia, and the internet at netscape
http://www.jcpenny.com/archive/history/content/nation.htm Dayo Spencer-Walters John Russell The Boys and Girls Club was having an auction
and who ever was the highest bidder got a street
named a street after him or her.John Russell was
the highest bidder. around 1980 The Person I contacted was Kathy Mazzaro Kaleigh Clark Juice Stop Derek and Thomas Blake Humphrey decided to be
apart of the growing fruit juice business. They
opened the first Juice Stop store in 1993. They now
have over 90 stores in the Western United States
with the possibility of opening a Juice Stop in
Korea. 1993 Corporate Office Danielle Malkowski K B Toys K B Toys was founded in 1922 as a chocolate
business know as Kaufman Brothers. In the beginning
the company they sold candy and soda supplies. A
toy company as payment for debts offered toys as
payment. Candy Ingredients were in short supply, so
t 1922 Dave Alexander Manager of K B Toys
WWW.KBTOYS.COM/HISTORY Edward Adams Kentucky fried chicken The reason it got its name is because its first
franchise and store and recipe started in the state
of Kentucky. 1939 www. kfc. com Ben Gharagozli Kinko's In September 1970, Paul Orfalea, just out of
college opened his first photocopy shop in Isla
Vista,near the University at Santa Barbara. The
first Kinko's was small, 100 square feet & had
only 1 copier, an offset press, film processing,
& a tiny selectio 1970 http.//www.yahoo.com Patricia Fructuoso Kisho The owner & family picked 50 names.Then they
went to a Japanese fortune teller.The fortune
teller narrowed it down to about 3 or 4 names that
meant "good luck".In figuring this,the fortune
teller used the age,name & investor's
information.Kisho is a lette 1996 I contacted the assistant manager,Terri. Melissa Steele Kmart Sebastian Kresge & John McCrory opened five
-and-dime stores in Memphis & Detroit. When the
partners split, Kresge took Detroit & McCrory
took Memphis. After opening some of the largest
dime stores & stores in suburban shopping
centers, by the 1950s Kresg 1962 Hoover's Handbook of American Business. Patricia Fructuoso La Mesa La Mesa got its name because of the area it is
at. So they named it La Mesa because of were it was
built. 1990's Mary business owner and under writer Daniel Leao La Mesa JR. High School,Canyon Country The Jr. High school got its name by were it's
built. La Mesa means built up high on top of a
mountain looking down . In Spanish La Mesa means
the table. Mary Laeo, a mother Derek Haynes La Vita Ct La Vita was named from Spanish words from the
rocks in the ground that"s why it was named La
Vita. 1986 Information received by Linda J Valencis State
Farm Troy Eddow Lazer power They used the name Lazer Power for advertisement
for their lazer tag game. 1996 Mark Lovers Manager of lazer Power Jodh Johal Lorikeet Ln. Lorikeet Ln. is an interior street and birds
lived in summits so they named it Lorikeet Ln. 1987-1990 Karol Maglione the assistant vice president was
contacted and gave the information. Kenny Bost Lost Canyon Rd. For my street name I couldn't find the
contractors name but my street was named Between
the years of 1925-1935. The reason my street is
called Lost Cyn. is because the street use to
connect to many streets where you could get lost.
Thoroughfare they nam 1925-1935 I received my information from the Historical
Society of Santa Clarita Jennie French Lotus Garden Drive , Canyon Country Lotus Garden Drive got its name by were its
built. All of the other streets around had flower
names. So they thought of a flower and got Lotus
Garden Drive. Dean Haynes, a father Derek Haynes Lucky Grocery Store The American Stores company named the grocery
store Lucky because they thought it would be lucky
for them. 1988 Jeff Wolfe, Assistant Manger for lucky. Jacqueline Masters Macaroni Grill In Italian, Macaroni Grill means "all
pasta." 1989 The manager, Bob Reggio was contacted. Elizabeth Jameson Macaroni Grill In Italian, Macaroni means all different kinds
of pastas. Grill means that they also grill food
their, Macaroni Grill. 1987 Ty Dencis-waiter Derek Smith MacMillan Ranch The family that owned the property named it
after their last name. 1920's This information was found from George Starbuck,
an old man who lives down the street of Iron
Canyon. Noelle Hallberg Madigan Drive An employee that worked for the Esco Engineering
Company, the company that made the map of this
housing development named the street after his
family. 1987 The person contacted was Dan Shine, the
developers son. Brian Lansangan Magic Mountain There was no information on why it was named
Magic Mountain. 1971 www.Altavista.com WOW Magic Mountain Ashton Stoermer Magic Mountain Newhall Land & Farming decided to build a
theme park & call it Magic Mountain. May 29, 1971 America on Line Jeff Burton Maricio Drive Maricio Drive is called Maricio Drive because at
that time the developers named the streets with a
Spanish or Mediterranean reflection. It has no
historic significance. 1982 The reference contacted was: Carol Maglioney,The
Manager of Community Relations for Newhall Land and
Farming. Drew Aresca Marilyn Dr. There were three developers, Jake Shine, David
Bock, and Marilyn Bock. David Bock named the street
after Marilyn Bock, his wife. 1983 Bill Whitlatch an Engineering Technician Jodh Johal MBN The man that owned MBN was making his first
sell.The person that was buying from him, asked if
he was from a merchant company,the man said
Merchant Bankcard Network. 1988 Jerry Cain (manager) Travis Cain McBean Parkway It was named this because Atholl McBean owned
the main street in Valencia at the time. His son
in-law was the chairmen at the time [ Henry
Mayo Newhall ] that the family had arrived.
Atholl had named this central street after
himself. 1965-1966 Carol Maglione- Asst. Vice President of
Community Programs for Valencia Brittany L. Baldenweg McDonalds It's named that because the developers last
names were McDonald. 1940 www.McDonalds.com Ashton Stoermer McDonalds The restaurant McDonalds was named after Dick
and Mac McDonalds last name. The restaurant
McDonalds began in San Bernardino California in
1948 1948 This information came from Encarta 98' Christopher Plaia Metrolink The Metrolink links other metropolitan areas
with larger metropolitan areas.example: Valencia
with Los Angeles 1992 The reference contacted was: John Adams, Deputy
Executive Officer of Construction for Metrolink Drew Aresca Miguel Ct. The name of the street Miguel Ct. was decided
because the developer duplicated the names of
streets from a small town in Indiana. 1986 Kelly Brown; Administrative Assistant in the
Corporate Secretary Department. Jamie Fisher Mobil Gas Station Mobil Gas was named by splitting off the root of
trade marks "Mobil gas" and "Mobil oil". It was
named in 1931 and is a very prosperous and
competitive gas today. 1931 Internet Nicole Holcomb Moon Wok The owner used to work at a place called City
Wok. Then when he opened his own restaurant he
changed the City to Moon. 1997 Patrick Galan, Manager A.J. Jacobson Moorhen Ct. Because of all the trails in the summit, the
theme for most of the summit streets were country
names and things from nature, such as birds. 1984 Lynda Chadwick, Vice President of brochure
corporate relations at Newhall Land and Farming Courtney Attl Mountainview Elementary School Mountainview was given it's name because it has
a great view of mountains. 1996 Mitch Urgenson Yara Urgenson Mountaisa Mountaisa got its name because the first
Mountaisa was built on a mountain located in
Georgia. They wanted it to be a fantasy place so
they mixed the two words mountain and fantasy
together and came up with the name Mountaisa. late 1970s Justin the manager Jaime Villalvazo Name of the Game The owner was describing to his friend how he
wants to treat his customers well, with respect,
and have them to be happy. Then his friend said so
that's the "name of the game." Then Jeff the owner
said that it should be the name and that is how
Name of t 1990 Jeff Weston, owner A.J. Jacobson Newhall Park Newhall Park was named after Mr. Newhall.The
park has been around for more than 30 years since
the 1920's. 1920's Sophie Esqueda(my mom) , City Hall , Ryan Soto
(my brother) Jennifer Mulcahy North Oaks Park It got it's name because there were a lot of oak
trees planted there and it was on the north side of
Canyon Country. 1990 Construction worker: Ron Premier Kyle Stuart North Sara Street This street was named after a woman named Sara
Holloway. The reason is because the developer of
the community wanted to name each street after a
member in his family. This street just happened to
be named after his mother. 1991 Valerie Hoover, a sales assistant Justis Sedeno Nutcracker Ct. In Warmington Homes, when they build a track the
project manager uses a theme to name the streets.
The Rainbow Glen Track of Warmington House streets
are named after wild birds such as the Nutcracker,
Linnet, Humming Bird and Tahee.These particular
types 1988 This information was collected from Desiree
Spencer-Walters,Janice Dorman,from Warmington
Customer Service in Augora Hills. Dayo Spencer-Walters Old Navy Old Navy got its name because they first started
making denim and that was the color of the Old Navy
uniforms, so they called it Old Navy. The Old Navy in Santa Clarita got its name in
1998. This information was given by the cashier at Old
Navy. Her name is Kristina Hernandez. Marshall Cooper Our Lady of Perpetual Help The Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, like many
other churches got it's from a religious figure.
The name of this church is one of the many titles
the Virgin Mary,or mother of Jesus,is called. This
particular name is of Russian origin. Mary Frances Trevino former catechism teacher at
O.L.P.H Olivia Trevino Pace Setter Bikes They set the pace in bike technology. 1989 Wes Meeks Bike mechanic Jodh Johal Pacific Bell Pacific Bell was named after the breakup of ATT.
'Pacific' was part of the old Pacific Telephone,and
'Bell' is taken from what use to be called the Bell
system of telephone companies. 1984 An Article Update , of Pacific Bell paper. Daniel Alfonso Pacific Bell The name "Pacific Bell" comes from a phone
company named National Bell that split. Each of the
different regions had a different name. The company
near the pacific coast was called Pacific Bell.
"Bell" comes from the guy who invented the
telephone Alexa May 1, 1999 Robert W. Shaner/President and chief Executive
of Pacific Bell Wireless & Diane/Customer
Service Receptionist were contacted to get this
information. Jennifer L. Boonkokua Palomita Drive This street was named after the the place
namer's grandfather's last name.The person wanted
to honor him because he past away. 1900 Jacob Smithson is a resident at Palomita Drive
and is the person who gave this information. Jerome Sonza Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures had many names- Famous
Players- Lasky Co.- 1926 they moved to Marianian
Studies. They turned into Paramount Public and then
to Paramount Pictures meaning TOP. 1935 Steve Rowe - Paramount Music Editor(Deep Space
Nine) Derek Smith Park Sierra J.H Palmer and his employees voted for a lot of
different names and they picked Park Sierra 1992 Shannon Meedock is the person who gave me this
information she is the manager of my complex Rashida Thompson-Miller Payless Payless was named that because on an average you
pay $12 and that is very affordable. 1956 Internet Ashlie Pawlik Petco Animal supplies inc. It is called Petco because it is a pet supply
company . 1965 Petco company profile internet home page
www.petco.com Cassie Buttelman Photo Makers The owner named it Photo Makers because they
take photos of people. 1993 Johnathon,a cashier, was contacted. Kathrine Herrera Pinetree Elementary School The people who own it named it after the name of
the area it is in. Debbie Hall, parent of a child that goes to
Pinetree Richard Rosevear Player Drive Player Drive was named after a famous South
African golfer, Gary Player. 1973 Matt Miotla Ashlie Pawlik Poppy Meadow The streets around Poppy Meadow are mostly named
after flowers so they named this street after a
flower. 1980 Kelly from city planning Brice J. Mayer Poppy Meadow St. Poppy Meadow got its name because it was
surrounded by flower streets and there were poppies
growing there.So they decided to name it Poppy
Meadow. 1986 Kaufman and Broad building company Daniel Leao Poppy Meadow Street Poppy Meadow Street received its name from a
long time ago when poppies used to grow there. It
was a huge meadow of poppies so they put the two
nouns together to create the street name Poppy
Meadow. 1987 Chris from Kaufman and Broad Customer Service
was contacted to get this information. Jennifer L. Boonkokua Primo Pizza great, superb i talked to April the
manager.Yvonne Davis is the person who named
it. Amanda Junco Q - Zar A high school teacher in Australia developed a
lazer tag system called Quasar , but the name was
shortened to Q - zar . 1987 The inter net at www. Q - zar .com / history Nicole Seibel Ralphs The supermarket named Ralphs got its name
because of the owner, named Ralph. The Ralphs in Santa Clarita was named in
1995 The person contacted for this information was
Linda Coral. She works as the cashier at
Ralphs. Marshall Cooper Ralphs Ralphs was called Ralphs because the founder,
George Ralphs, used his last name to name it. 1872 Steve Callahan Ralphs Manager Brooke Kirby Ralphs Grocery Store Ralphs Grocery Store was named after George
Ralphs, the first to start Ralphs. He started his
grocery store in 1872 and it has prospered ever
since. Ralphs is now a company owned business with
more than 100,000 stores open and running. 1872 Internet Nicole Holcomb Rattlers Rattlers is a very western restaurant and back
in the western days they had a lot of rattle
snakes. 1989 employee: Jane Fisher Kyle Stuart Rattlers Bar-BQ Rattlers Barbecue was named when the new owners
were getting ready to open their restaurant in like
a month and the owners didn't know what to name
their restaurant,so the owners son was watching TV
and he got scared and then his parents thought
about n 1988 The person that was contacted was Daneille
Montana,Takeout Waiter Ashley Brenner Regents Park Circle It's particular neighborhood housing belongs to
the Windemer collection. Residential Marketing
named the streets English names (Regents Park
Circle is a park in London) because the Windemer
houses had an English flavor to them. 1986 Linda Chadwick- Representative for Newhall Land
and Farm Ivy Henderson Revelation Dress It was named this by John Boone, the owner of
Revelation, he choose the name from the Bible, his
favorite part. 1982 Janet Smith asst. manager,Revelation store
255-7626 Weston Armstrong River Park J.H. Palmer is the person who named my complex
River Park.He named it that because its close to a
river bed. 1992 Shannon Meddock gave me this information. She is
the manager of River Park Rashida Thompson-Miller Robinson/' May A world renowned business called Robinsons/May
is known by many, but not all know how it got it's
name. A man named Philip Robinson, came to India
from Australia , to start a business with a partner
called Spicer and Robinson/ but Spicer with drawled
fro Oct. 5, 1859 and 1997 This information was collected from Desiree
Spencer-Walters and the internet at netscape
address http://www.robinsons.com.sglau.body.htm Dayo Spencer-Walters Rosehaven Lane Rosehaven Lane was named by the builders of the
American Beauty 2 homes. The builder named
Rosehaven Lane after his daughters middle
name"Rose".That is how Rosehaven got it's name. 1987 The person that was contacted was Judy West,Vice
President of Bartline Inc. Ashley Brenner Rosehaven Lane Jack Shine, the builder of these homes, named
the street based on family and friends last
names. Early 1980's Information given by Judy West, Vice President
for Bartline. Brittany Mae Silvera Round Table Pizza Round Table Pizza was named after the Nights of
the Round Table and someone came up with the name
Round Table Pizza manager Fred Otto Robledo Rue Daniel Jack Shine named the streets in the area after
family and friends. Judy West, Assistant Vice President Bartlein Richard Rosevear Saddleback Rd. This area used to have ranches and horse trails.
When the houses were built, the developers named
the streets according to what the area was like and
used for. 1979 The source of this information is from a man
named Griffin Homes, one of the developers. Jamie Green Sag Harbor Ct. The Bungalows was created by the Valencia
Department Market Co. Sag Harbor Ct, reflects a
town, city, or street in New England and so are the
other street names in the Bungalows. Carol Maglione Jennifer Lynn Dacumos Sam Place All the streets in our tract were named by the
builder, American Beauty Homes. All of the streets
are names of people friends of or related to the
builder. 1988 Michael Hambas Home owner / advertiser Kaelian Hambas Sanrio Surprise Sanrio was given it's name from a Japanese
saying Turetos, it means all join together to
become one.It comes from Mickey Mouse,since he has
no mouth he talks from the heart. They took the
name and put it in English meaning SANRIO
SURPRISE. Unknown The manager of Sanrio Surprise in the Valencia
Mall. Yara Urgenson Santa Clarita Brewing Company and stuffed
Pizza Santa Clarita Brewing company was named because
the Brewing Company Brews their own beer. Stuffed
Pizza got it's name by the main office in San Deigo
where they only had brewing company and then like a
year later the San Deigo Brewing company added
stuff 1997 The Person that was contacted was Tom, Santa
Clarita Brewing company and stuffed pizza
Manager Ashley Brenner The Dance Experience It was named The Dance Experience because it was
mainly for people that had experience in dance. end of 1996 Holly Diesse; Manager of The Dance
Experience Jamie Fisher The Santa Clara River When the Portola expedition rested along the
river they named the valley Santa Clara after Saint
Clare. The river became known as Rio De Santa Clara
or River Of Santa Clara August 9,1769 California Place Names by E. Gudde Jennifer Gladwin Saugus Cafe The Saugus cafe received its name from Henry G.
Newhall. Henry named the cafe in 1898, but it was
called The Little Station Eatery. Henry named the
cafe after his hometown Saugus, Mass. year/1898 Santa Clarita Reference book Jennie French Saugus Train Station The Sagas Train station received its name on
Jan. 18, 1889. Henry G. Newhall also named the
Sagas Train Station. He named the train station
after his hometown Sagas, Mass. Jan.18, 1889 Santa Clarita Reference Book Gino French Savon Savon is a drug store and it got its name by
saving on drugs . It was named Savon because it
saves on items and drugs. The person that was contacted is Kim Kowalcheck
Customer Service Mattie Schaefer Sears Richard Sears started this company by selling
watches, and the business started out as Sears
Roebuck and company .But the name was later changed
to Sears when Roebuck stopped doing this
business. 1886 www. Sears. com. / history Nicole Seibel Sears The Sears company was named after Richard W.
Sears when he started his own watch company and has
expanded since than. 1886 The Sears website at: www.Sears.com/history Lyndsey Regan See's Candies Mary See and her son Charles opened this company
with the name See to show the old fashioned quality
of Mary See's wonderful candy. November,1921 The Internet at www.sees.com/history/html Elizabeth Jameson See's Candies See's Candies was named after the See's
family.Mary See was the first to create a recipe
for See's candy. 1921 I called the See's Candies Customer Service and
talked to a representative named Susan Winkoski Arlette Casquejo Sequoia Road Sequoia Rd. is named after a national park. all
the streets in the Stone Crest housing Development
are named after national parks. 1988 This information was gotten by a secretary, for
Pacific Bay Homes , Jeannette Maxwell Gina Albert Serena The word Serena comes from Spanish origin but ,
a word similar to serena means Cantina . 1980 The neighbors across the street . Nicole Seibel Serrena track The track was originally built in 1965 the name
was Princess Track. They had soil problems and
people didn't want to live there any more. So they
renamed it Serrena Track,and then the people who
didn't want to live there wanted to live there. 1965 Bill Summers Aero Star engineer Edward Adams Shadow Pines Blvd There are pine trees planted on either side of
the road. They shade the road. 1963 Juan Alvarez , Pr assistant of Kaufman and Broad
development Cassie Buttelman Shell Gas Station In 1912 the early marketing company was centered
on the coast of California.Since they were so close
to the ocean they thought it should have an ocean
name. So they named it Shell. 1912 Richard Farrell, former lawyer of Shell Gas
Station. Matt Aidem Shindale Dr Shindale was built in 1978. It was named
Shindale because the sun shines right on our street
and it is also named Shindale because the sun also
makes cars reflect down on our street. 1976 The Person contacted was Christina Hendriksz a
person who goes to home owners meetings. Wendy Hall
president of home owners society. Darick Hendriksz Sierra Cyn. Apartments The Sierra Cyn. Apartments were named that
because the developers of the estate wanted to name
it after the street and city it was on- Sierra Hwy.
and Canyon Country. 1992 Joseph Lorens, the apartment manager Justis Sedeno Six Flags Six flags got it's name from when Texas had six
different countries controlling it. (Six Flags
started in Texas) So the park owner put up the six
different flags of the countries, and he called it
six flags. 1961 Patty, Guest Relations Bryan Downing Sky Blue Mesa It was named after the track it was built on
.the track was called Sky Blue Mesa track. It was
named that in 1966 !966 Joan Micalson District Executive Secretary and
Diane the Media Center Clerk. Ashley Melville Soledad Canyon Road In 1769, the Spanish named a canyon over what is
now known as the Santa Claria River. The canyons
name was Soledad Canyon. When the area populated, a
street not yet named was later named Soledad Canyon
Road. When the Spanish came over, the canyon w 1769 Melissa Hormner, Historian at the Historical
Society. Dominique Covino Soledad Cyn Rd It was named by the Spanish in 1769 by Father De
Cauldar. In Spanish Soledad means lonely not
populated. Soledad Cyn Rd got its name by the
canyon over by the Santa Clara. 1769 The person that was contacted was Christine
Applegate Historian of the Historical Society. Mattie Schaefer Soledad Cyn. Soledad was named by an original land owner
because back then there was nothing but houses. If
you follow Soledad past Shadow Pines there is
nothing but road . 1987 employee at W.M.S. Hart Park Bob Otto Robledo Sombras Court Sombras court began in 1984. Sombras in Italian
and Spanish means shade and the reason this street
was given the name Sombras was there are many trees
at the beginning of the street that produce a lot
of shade in the summer. 1984 The reference that was contacted was Carl Plaia
Senior Christopher Plaia Spectrum Club It has its name that because it was joining The
Sports Club ( which was the top of the line) and
The Sports Connection. The company was named that
because it wanted to cover all spectrums of sports
and fitness in one facility. 1987 Rick Walker Club Manager of Thousand oaks Kirk Chambers Sport Chalet The original owner was German and chalet in
German means a ski house or lodge. The first word
is sport because they sell sport supplies. 1958 Russ Hoskins, manager of Sport Chalet Courtney Attl St. Clare Parish It was named St. Clare by the Catholic
Archdiocese because its in Santa Clarita. 1978 Msgr. Edmond Renehan Maritoni Cabangon Staples A man named Steinberg started Staples in 1986.
He named it Staples because it was one of the
important office supplies that they needed to
use. 1986 John Lin Jennifer Lynn Dacumos Starbucks Starbucks is named after the first mate coffee
loving wailer on "Moby Dick". In 1971 Starbucks
opened it's first location in Pike Place Market,
Seattle's legendary farmers market. 1971 Annie- Customer relations Ivy Henderson Starbucks Starbucks was named after the first mate ,
Starbucks , in the Moby Dick novel.It was named by
Howard Schultz. 1976 Renee-manager Michelle-retail operator Sarah Egar Stevenson Ranch School The person that was contacted was a lady named
Carry, she works at Stevenson Ranch School. She
said that the school got its name by the builder.
He decided for no reason to name the school. 1993 Carry, a secretary, she works at the school Ryan Pieracci Stone Creek Apartments A developer landscaped and built a property in
Santa Clarita. The developer named it Stone Creek
Apartments because he built a creek out of tones.
The creek flows through the property and through
the pool area. 1988 Mandy Flower, the manger of Stone Creek
Apartments. Andrea DeRoso Strawhat Pizza The people who started the business wore straw
hats. ? I contacted Ryan Haggaman. Melissa Steele Sulphur Springs School Sulphur Springs acquired it's name as many other
schools have in the past,due to location. In 1886
when the one room adobe school house was built the
plot chosen was overrun by an odious mineral called
Sulpher. Thus comes the name Sulphur Spins. 1886 Mary Frances Trevino Teacher at Sulphur Springs
for 15 years Olivia Trevino Summer Glen Place Before my house was built there used to be a
large glen (the space between where two mountains
meet) and summer was the prettiest time there. The
builder thought it was appropriate to name my
street that because it was in the center of the
glen. 1996 Homeowners manual Nicole Holcomb Summit The Summit is the theme for the housing
development The Summit. It is the main street that
everyone uses to get in. The word the summit means
the highest point on a mountain. 1987-1990 Karol Maglione assistant vice president gave
this information. Kenny Bost Target Target was named by the Dayton-Hudson company,
it was named Target because they wanted people to
focus their attention on their store. 1962 The person contacted was Gina at guest
relations. Brian Lansangan Terri Drive American Beauty Classic homes built in 1985,
Terri Drive was named at that time. Named after the
owner of Bartlain Companies daughter, Terri. 1985 This information came from Bartlin Management
Company. Daniel Alfonso Terri Dr. The owner and designer of the neighborhood named
the streets after his family members. Terri was his
daughter. 1983 Julie Smith;Board member of First Financial
American Beauty Suzanne Shama Terri Dr. The way that my street Terri Dr. got its name
was the man who was going to name to choose the
name decided to name it after hi daughter
Terri. 1985 A woman named Candy Feldt who works with
property management was the person contacted Marshall Cooper Terri Drive Terri Drive was named after Jack Shine's,the
developer,family members. 1985 I called the Building and Safety Land
Development Division. Arlette Casquejo Terri drive The people who built it named it after their
family. 1982 Darla secretary Ben Gharagozli Texaco Gas Station Texaco Gas Station got its name from the Texas
Company. 1902 I called the Texaco Gas Station and talked to
sales representative named Gregory Mayer. Arlette Casquejo Tick Canyon Whom ever claimed the canyon first was able to
name it Tick Canyon. 1970 Marieka Smith an Escrow Officer Cory Benedict Tierra Dr. the Newhall land and farming industry named all
of the streets behind granary square after Spanish
things one of the reasons they did this was because
there is a town is Spain called Valencia and the
wanted to respect the town Jan. 11, 99 Linda Chadwick David Deardorff Tim Tom It was named by twin brothers. Janet Carillo the owner. Taryn Waters Tossano Dr. Valencia Company had named all of the names of
streets. They named the streets after Mediterranean
names or places. 1980's Carol Maglione- Asst. Vice President of
Community Programs for Valencia Brittany L. Baldenweg Toys'R'Us Charles Lazarus wanted to make a supermarket
like place where people could shop for toys the
name Toys'R'Us came to him because of the
atmosphere that he had created Jan 11 99 local phone number for Toys'R'Us David Deardorff USA Gasoline Station USA Gasoline Station is a 60 year family owned
company.It is owned by the Muller family. Gas Station's manager Corissa Menga Val Surf The person contacted was a guy named Chris, and
he said that Val surfs name is was very weird. He
said that the Val part of it came from the valley,
because that was where it first originated. The
Surf part was because They sold lots of surf
boards. 1985 Chris a worker at Val Surf Ryan Pieracci Val Surf The person that was contacted was a guy named
Chris. He told me that the Val part of the name
came from the valley because it first originated in
the valley. The Surf part was because they sold
lots of surf boards. That was how Val Surf got its
name. Chris a worker at Val Surf Ryan Pieracci Valcour Dr. I was unable to discover the origin of my
street, Valcour Dr. When I contacted Real Estate
Broker Renne Daniel, who used to live on my street,
she informed me that the developers of my
track,Sunday Ridge,where no longer in
business.Although I can't say f Renne DanullReal Estate Broker for Town
Center Olivia Trevino Valecia Vally school It was given the named by the broad of education
, from the postion of the school. 1989 Wayen Abrozzo,principle,253-1873 Weston Armstrong Valencia Paseos Newhall Land and Farming built The Valencia
Paseos because they wanted to make a pedestrian
system.they asked people what they would name it,
and some said Spanish words,then they came up with
the word Paseo. around 1960 files from the Valencia Library Kaleigh Clark Valencia High School Valencia High School was established in 1993. A
panel of administrators, parents, and students were
selected to create the name for the new high
school. The committee chose Valencia High School to
honor the city of Valencia. 1993 Vice Principal Les Luxmore Danielle Malkowski Valencia Town Center Valencia Town Center got its name because it is
the center of Valencia.It was put there for
marketing purpose. Newhall land and farms owns the
property where Valencia Town Center was built. The reference that was contacted was Rosa
Compos Krystal Evans Valencia Town Center Mall The first part of the name was named after the
location which is Valencia. It was to be the center
of the community. After a series of meetings with
Newhall Land and Farming, the name was decided in
1990. 1990 Julie Covino, Asst. Director of the Public
Safety Dep. Dominique Covino Valley View There is a view of a valley. Many years ago A teacher Cindy Martinez Vaquero Ct Vaquero Ct is located in Valencia in the
heritage track. The builders who built the heritage
track in the early 1980's were responsible for
selecting the names of each street and cul-da-sac.
The builders wanted the street names to correspond
with the cit 1980 Valencia Home Finding Center Danielle Malkowski Vaquero CT. My street was named this because Vaquero means
cowboy in Spanish. All of the streets in my
neighborhood are Spanish names. The Newhall Land
and Farming Co. used Spanish names for the streets
because this area was originally one of several
Spanish land gra 1984 Don Kozlowski, real estate agent A.J. Jacobson Vasquez It was named after a robber who would hide from
the police in the rocks. 1880's The information was found from George Starbuck,
a man who lives down the street of Iron canyon Noelle Hallberg Via Catalina All of the houses near my tract were Spanish
based names.The four streets closest are Spanish
ocean based names. April of 1985 Patricia Aidem ,resident of one of the first
bought houses. Matt Aidem Via Dona Christa Since Valencia was named after a city in Spain,
Linda Chadwick decided to give all the streets in
the city Spanish names. The ones nearest to Via
Dona Christa all have the word "Via" in front of
them, which means "street." Fully translated, Via
Dona Chris 1985 Linda Chadwick - Vice President of Residential
Corporate and Broker Relations of Newhall Land and
Framing Company. Lorousse Spanish / English
Dictionary Breanne Erickson Via Macarena My street got it's name from a beach in Brazil
that is famous for swimming. It is located near Rio
de Janero. 1972-1973 David Earle, Lancaster City Museum Bryan Downing Vincenzo's The founders name was Vincenzo and he just named
the store after himself. 1983 Iris(asst manager) Vincent Dennington Violet Hills Dr All the streets in the area are named for
flowers. The project supervisor of the housing
tract gets to name the streets. 1978 Juan Alvarez, Pr assistant of Kaufman and Broad
Development Cassie Buttelman Vons A man named William Vonderah, founded the store
and named it after his last name. 1906 Information given by Vanessa Coleman, a courtesy
clerk for Vons Brittany Mae Silvera Wal-Mart Wal-Mart got it's name from the founder, Sam
Walton. He decided to use the first three letters
of his last name. 1962 Sarah, Costumer Relations ( 1-800-WALMART) Bryan Downing Wal-Mart Wal-Mart was named after Sam Walton the person
that was reached said that Sam Walton is the
creator of wal-mart Jan, 11 99 Caroline, wal-mart phone person David Deardorff Warehouse They wanted to spell it WHEREHOUSE,to match
there logo but it was already taken so they spelt
it WAREHOUSE. 1987 Suzzanne (manager) Vincent Dennington Warmsprings Dr. My house was built on a riverbed, and still
under my house there are springs; warm springs. between 1949-1959 RON SINGER (DAD) SAMANTHA SINGER Washington Mutual This bank started in Washington. It purchased
other banks, and one of those banks was named
Washington Mutual so they just stuck with the name.
This was the only bank to survive the
depression. About 1874 Alisa costumer service Rep. Brice J. Mayer Way Station Coffee Shop The owner was not exactly sure why the coffee
shop was named that (she isn't the original owner)
but it is a rest stop for many people. was bought in 1970 Jeri, owner Jennifer Gladwin Wendy's Wendy's is named after Dave Thomas' daughter
named Wendy. 1964 The source if information is the manager of
Wendy's, Larry Leafe GIna Albert West Deana Ln. It was named after the man who made the streets
daughter. 1992 Holly,the book keeper in the office where the
information was found,was contacted to get
information. Cindy Martinez Western Bagel The name Western Bagel came from a man, David
Ustin, that used to make bagels in New York but
then moved into the West so he opened up a store
called Western Bagel. 1948 Eric Pridham; Manager of a Western Bagel
store Jamie Fisher WHEELS Wheels was named Wheels because they sell almost
anything with wheels. For example they sell
go-peds,bikes,rollerblades,skateboards, and other
wheeled products. 1995 David/ works there/ stock boy Andrew Crawford Wildwind Rd. This street got it's name because it is located
in high altitude and the wind is very windy and
wild. 1985 Homeowner association: Andrea Stuart Kyle Stuart Wolf Creek The owner of Wolf Creek was contacted and
explained that Wolf Creek was named after a creek
in Colorado and that the owner loves wolves. 1995 Bree Mills Woodlark Woodlark is named that because it is an interior
street of the theme summit and it is a bird. 1987-1990 Karol Maglione assistant vice president at
Newhall land and Farm gave this information. Kenny Bost |