Madeira Street Names

It seems that the City of Madeira has a few streets that have unusual and sometimes hard to pronounce names. Do you know how some of these streets were named? This listing is both fun and informative! (Source: Madeira Milestones)

Street Name

Name History

Camargo Road

"Camargo" in Clermont County. It was headed there, but it probably never got there.

Dones

James Dones, 1840 -1850 land owner.

Naomi

Named for the great granddaughter of James Dones.

Marvin

Named for Sarah Marvin who was the wife of James Dones.

Fowler

Leonard Fowler, land owner/developer in 1850.

Euclid

This is a surveyor’s section line. It was named by a surveyor in honor of the Greek mathematician, Euclid

Shawnee Run

A modern legend that it was an old Shawnee Indian trail.

Esther

Named for another great granddaughter of James Dones.

Southside

The south side of the Fowler development.

Longfield

James Long, a developer in the 50's.

Maxfield

Eugene Maxfield, who developed property with James Long.

Summit

The high point of Mr. Fowler’s land.

Mardel

An abbreviation of Margarethe Delatron, wife of George Delatron one tine owner of property along the street.

Thomas Bergen was a developer in the 40's and he came up with the following names:

Berwood 

BERgen and WOOD

Jethve

JEan, THomas, and VEra Bergen

Rita

Mrs. Bergen’s first name

Thomas

Mr. Bergen’s first name

Rathon

VeRA, THOMas - the M was changed to an N to make it easier to say.