Notes:Island Avenue

1788: Laid out as Strawberry Lane, from Ferry Lane (Beaver Avenue) to Pasture Lane (Irwin Avenue), in the "Reserve Tract of Land Opposite Pittsburgh" (Source:Reserve-tract). Not to be confused with Island Lane, which became Columbus Avenue.

• Named on December 12, 1788 (Source:Old-state-body).

1852: Source:Mcgowin-1852: Strawberry Lane from Beaver Road to Pasture Lane. Northern boundary of Manchester.

1872: Source:Hopkins-1872

• pp. 76–77: Strawberry Avenue at northern edge of Uniondale Cemetery, to Union Street (North Charles Street); Allegheny city line.
• pp. 88–89: Strawberry Lane from Beaver Avenue to Hill Street (Knott Street), then veering northeastward; Allegheny city line.
• pp. 100–101: Strawberry Lane from Preble Street eastward; southern boundary of the Ninth Ward of Allegheny.

1876: Source:Hopkins-1876

• pp. 10–11: Strawberry Lane, boundary between Sixth Ward of Allegheny (to the south) and Ninth and Eleventh Wards (to the north).
• pp. 52–53: Strawberry Lane, southern boundary of Ninth and Eleventh Wards.

1882: Source:Hopkins-1882: Strawberry Lane / Strawberry Ave.

1886-08-27

• "Streets and sewers," Pittsburgh Daily Post, [p. 3] (Newspapers.com 86408137): "A remonstrance was presented to the proposed route of a sewer on Middle street, but owing to the fact that the route has already been changed in an ordinance now before Councils, the paper was filed, as was a petition asking that the name of Strawberry lane be changed to Island avenue."
• "Allegheny sewers," Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette, p. 2 (Newspapers.com 85453968): "A remonstrance was presented to the proposed route of a sewer on Middle street was presented, but owing to the fact that the route has already been changed in an ordinance now before Councils, the paper was filed, as was a petition asking that the name of Strawberry lane be changed to Island avenue."

1886-10-15: "Allegheny Councils," Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette, p. 3 (Newspapers.com 85454329): "The papers presented and referred on the call of the wards were:— . . . D. L. Patterson, ordinance changing the name of Strawberry lane from Knox street to the Ohio river to Island avenue."

1886-12-10: "The stalls victorious," Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette, p. 3 (Newspapers.com 85623422): ". . . ; the ordinance changing the name of Strawberry lane from Knox street to the Ohio river to Island avenue was passed."

1886-12-13: Source:Ordinance-1886-49: Strawberry Lane → Island Avenue.

1903–1906 layer: "Island (Strawberry Lane) Ave."

1910-04-05: Source:Ordinance-1909-1910-715: "Island av., from Taggart to Strauss, old 15th wd., changed to Izora, 26th and 27th wds."