Juniata Street

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Not to be confused with Juniata Place. For other streets that have been named Juniata Street, see Juniata Street (disambiguation).
Juniata Street
Neighborhood Manchester

Juniata Street appears in the 1852 map of R. E. McGowin and the 1862 map of S. N. and F. W. Beers.[1][2]

Juniata is the name of several places in central Pennsylvania, including the Juniata River and Juniata County. According to William Bright, the name of Juniata County comes from the Seneca name Tyunayate, meaning "projecting rock."[3] Annie Clark Miller includes "Juanita" in a list of street names of Native American origin;[4] presumably this is an error for Juniata.

References

  1. R. E. McGowin. Map of the Cities of Pittsburgh and Allegheny and of the Boroughs of South-Pittsburgh, Birmingham, East-Birmingham, Lawrenceville, Duquesne & Manchester etc. Schuchman & Haunlein, Pittsburgh, 1852. https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/32269. [view source]mcgowin-1852
  2. S. N. & F. W. Beers. Map of Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania. Smith, Gallup & Hewitt, Philadelphia, 1862. LCCN 2012592151; https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/31783; 1862 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source]beers
  3. William Bright. Native American Placenames of the United States, p. 193. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 2004, ISBN 978-0-8061-3598-4. [view source]bright
  4. Annie Clark Miller. Early Land Marks and Names of Old Pittsburgh: An Address Delivered Before the Pittsburgh Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution at Carnegie Institute, Nov. 30, 1923, p. 8. Pittsburgh Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, 1924. Historic Pittsburgh 00awn8211m; Internet Archive earlylandmarksna00mill. [view source]miller