Carnahan Road
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Carnahan Road | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Banksville |
| Origin of name | Carnahan family |
Carnahan Road is named for the Carnahan family,[1] who owned property on both sides of the road. The road appears in maps of Allegheny County from 1851, passing the homesteads of A. Carnahan and G. Carnahan,[2] and 1862, passing by A. Carnahan and W. Carnahan.[3] A. Carnahan was Alexander Carnahan, who laid out Banksville and named it in honor of his wife, Eliza Banks.[4][5][6]
References
- ↑ Edmond Gaudelli. Banksville: A Pittsburgh neighborhood. 2022, ISBN 9798841655114. [view source] gaudelli
- ↑ Sidney & Neff and S. McRea. Map of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, with the Names of Property-Holders. Philadelphia, 1851. LCCN 2012592150. [view source] sidney-neff
- ↑ S. N. & F. W. Beers. Map of Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania. Smith, Gallup & Hewitt, Philadelphia, 1862. LCCN 2012592151; 1862 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] beers
- ↑ Albert W. Bloom. "Pittsburgh today made up of many villages: City a composite of 25 to 30 municipalities whose separate identities meant much years ago." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jan. 14, 1953, Daily Magazine, [p. 1]. Newspapers.com 89450362. [view source] bloom-villages
- ↑ Margaret Carlin. "How our streets got their names." Pittsburgh Press, Feb. 6, 1966, Pittsburgh's Family Magazine, p. 10. Newspapers.com 149098376. [view source] carlin
- ↑ Bob Regan. The Names of Pittsburgh: How the city, neighborhoods, streets, parks and more got their names, p. 35. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source] regan
