With the holiday Monday, Street Name Monday will be Street Name Tuesday today.
Each week, FM 101 Milton dives into the stories behind Milton’s road names. Last week, we covered Coxe Boulevard and Sprucedale Lane. This week, we’re focusing on two streets: Dawson Crescent and Stark Circle.
Challinor says George Dawson helped lead our town through the second world war as mayor.
He credits both the P.L. Robertson factory and the entire local agriculture sector for being primary reasons that Milton was able to pull through World War 2.
Our second street is Stark Circle. Challinor says it’s named after a pioneering farming family.
Challinor adds that there are many descendants of the Stark family still in Milton. He says that over the years, many of the daughters married off to local farmers with different names.
If you’re looking to understand how Milton’s streets were named, you should check out the book written by Challinor and Dills. Published by the Milton Historical Society back in 2007, it sold out in about six weeks and has since been long out of print. That said, according to Challinor, you can still find a copy at the Milton Public Library. With nearly 15-years having passed since the initial publication, and the extensive town growth in that time, an updated book is likely to come.
You can also take a walk with the late Jim Dills down Milton’s Main Street in 2002.
If you have a suggestion on what you’d like to learn about next week, let us know! We’re currently working on names that we find interesting, as well as suggested names. You can message our Facebook page, Twitter account, Instagram page, or even email us at News1013@LocalRadio.ca. Otherwise, we’ll just continue asking about local street names that interest us.
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