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I had to make a fast, unexpected trip to Northern Kentucky over the last two days. About four miles (give or take, most of the trip was a blur) east of Wall, SD, I passed an exit labeled, I kid you not, 239th Street. There was no exit for 238th St., nor 240th Street. Not even First, or fourth, or any other numbered street. Nothing but badlands as far as the eye can see.. Someone has a sense of the absurd.

tlynn78 wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 21, 2021 6:38 pm

I had to make a fast, unexpected trip to Northern Kentucky over the last two days. About four miles (give or take, most of the trip was a blur) east of Wall, SD, I passed an exit labeled, I kid you not, 239th Street. There was no exit for 238th St., nor 240th Street. Not even First, or fourth, or any other numbered street. Nothing but badlands as far as the eye can see.. Someone has a sense of the absurd.

It turns into 411th Avenue and is about 50 miles long. Someone was expecting a metropolis there, I guess.

I noticed that on I-90 before Wall. I see there's a Wounded Knee Museum in Wall now.

I just wrote a long answer, but my internet is really crappy tonight and I lost it and I don't want to retype it at the risk of losing again tonight.

For now, I will just say that it seems consistent with normal rural street naming conventions that typically start at one corner of the county and are based on the mile system.

For example, I live on 150th Street and between 370th and 380th Ave. I am 5 miles south and 27 something miles west of the northeast corner of the county.

We got street addresses maybe 20 years ago. Rural addresses typically have a 5 digit house number.