The following streets are those that have been de-listed from the townsites, sometimes meaning all the town has disappeared along with
the streets in some cases.
RAVENWOOD:
MADISON (now called Alice, from 86th street to 82nd Street)
CENTER (now called 82nd Street, from Harbach Avenue to Hickman Road)
SUMMIT (segment from 86th to 82nd no longer exists)
FORT DES MOINES (1848 -1857)
PLUM STREET (Technically, it's still there but it was de-listed as a street in the
1980's, and is now an alley that runs by the Polk County Jail,
from 6th Street to 8th Street)
WATER STREET (Renamed as 1st street, only the segment from Elm Street to
Walnut Street still exists, the rest of it being wiped out by the
west Des Moines river levee.)
SOUTH FORT DES MOINES (1855 - 1857)
FRONT STREET
SECOND STREET
THIRD STREET
FOURTH STREET
FIFTH STREET
WASHINGTON STREET
JEFFERSON STREET
MADISON STREET
MONROE STREET
CLAY STREET
CURVE STREET
WATER STREET
SOUTH FORT DES MOINES (1910 - 1922):
HART
CUMMINS
BLACKFORD
FORD AVENUE
FORT AVENUE (now Army Post Road)
CUTLER
LAFEE
HAZZARD
UNION
SIMMONS
HALL
GEM STREET
LOFFREDO STREET
CORYDON / NEW CORYDON:
MADISON
MONROE
WATER
MAIN
JEFFERSON
NORTH
QUEEN ANNE
WASHINGTON
MOUNT AUBURN:
OAK
SIMONDS
GROVE
KEELER
MAIN
PENN
MILL
OTTAWA:
MITCHELL
OTTAWA
CHESTNUT
MAIN
PEARL
CAMPBELL:
WEST
CENTER
SECTION
ALLEN
CROCKER:
BANCROFT
HALLEM
PRESCOTT
RAILROAD
MARTIN
GIBSON
HUME
COUNTY HIGHWAY "V"
ANDREWS:
NORTH (Now Northwest 108th Place)
MAIN (Now Northwest 107th Avenue)
FOURTH
THIRD (Now Northwest 103rd Street)
SECOND
FIRST
WEST (Now Northwest 105th Street)
HERROLD:
BECK STREET
MITCHELL STREET
MAIN STREET
CENTER STREET
EASTERN AVENUE
KELSEY:
NORTH STREET
SHARRIN STREET
MAIN STREET
CUMMINGS STREET
SOUTH STREET
SHORT STREET
FIRST STREET
SECOND STREET
THIRD STREET
FOURTH STREET
FIFTH STREET
ENTERPRISE:
WASHINGTON
FLANNERY
COSKERY
ELM
LYNN
PINE
DOUGLASS
RAILWAY COMPANY'S PRIVATE DRIVE
LOVINGTON (McCLAIN'S SETTLEMENT):
MAIN
WATER
FIRST
SECOND
THIRD
NEW SAYLORVILLE (now CARNEY):
WEST
CENTER
EAST
MILL
SOUTH
FIRST
SECOND
THIRD
HIGHLAND ROAD Now Northeast 18th Street, south of Oralabor Road
SOUTH LANE Now Northeast 19th Street, off Northeast 18th Street, south of
Oralabor Road
WINDSOR HEIGHTS
FOREST AVENUE COURT (Renamed Forest Court from 64th to 65th, then 70th to
73rd)
CLARK STREET (Renamed Forest Court, from 65th to 70th)
FOREST AVENUE (Renamed as Elmcrest from 65th to 68th)
RANCHO GRANDE BOULEVARD (A name almost never applied to the diagonal
section of 73rd street as it passes under the
McVicker Freeway)
ROLLINS ROAD (A street in the Rancho Grande plat that was wiped out by the
McVicker Freeway's path in the mid 1960's)
CENTER DRIVE (Another street in the Rancho Grande Plat)
INDIANA AVENUE This originally platted street ran one block east from 66th Street,
and is now the main driveway running between the Windsor
Woods Apartments.
ASHAWA
CHERRY STREET
WALNUT STREET
ASHWORTH STREET (Now 39th Street in West Des Moines)
OSBORN STREET
FISHER STREET
DEPOT PLACE
COMMERCE MILLS / COMMERCE
SCHOOL STREET (Was 1 block north of High Street, running 1 block east of South
45th Street. It no longer exists)
PLEASANT STREET (Now called High Street)
RAILROAD STREET (Now called Commerce Drive)
WEST STREET (Now called South 45th Street)
EAST STREET
BRIDGE AVENUE
ANDERSON AVENUE
VANNERSTROM AVENUE (Also misspelled as Venner Storm)
DUDLEY (1849 - 1851)
PLUM STREET
WATER STREET
MARKET STREET
FRONT STREET
VINE STREET
PRAIRIE STREET
WALNUT STREET
ELM STREET
CENTER STREET
DES MOINES STREET
LOCUST STREET
CHERRY STREET
HANOVER
WEST STREET
LINE STREET (Now called 59th Street Place, south of University Avenue in West
Des Moines.)
WALNUT STREET
LOCUST STREET
MAIN STREET (Now called University Avenue on the Clive / West Des Moines
boundary line.)
HIGH STREET
MARKET STREET
SOUTH STREET
ADELPHI (also referred to early on as DELPHI,or ADELPHIA) (1849 -1958)
CASS STREET
ALEXANDER STREET
PERRY STREET
MARKET STREET (If Southeast Powers Drive continued directly south of Vandalia
Drive, it would follow the path of Market street for about
three blocks to the old Des Moines river path.)
WASHINGTON STREET
WATER STREET
MAIN STREET
FRANKLIN STREET
PEORIA CITY
LUCY STREET
GEORGE STREET
JOHN STREET
PEARSON STREET
MAIN STREET
HIGH STREET
WASHINGTON STREET
SPRINGFIELD (Montacute)
WEST STREET
2nd STREET
3rd STREET
MAIN STREET
(+ one unnamed street)
LAFAYETTE
WATER STREET
CASS STREET
NORTH STREET
LAFAYETTE STREET
MARION STREET
CLOVER HILL
CATALPA DRIVE (Now 9th Street from Grand Avenue to Ashworth Road, in
West Des Moines)
CLOVERHILL DRIVE (Now 8th Street, from Ashworth Road to Prospect Drive, West
Des Moines)
HUNTSVILLE
JEFFERSON STREET
SOUTH STREET
MAIN STREET
EAST STREET
CHESTERFIELD
LAKE STREET
ESHBAUGH AVENUE
WABASH STREET
ENGLISH STREET
RUSSEL STREET
HAMPTON STREET
ANDERSON STREET
SANFORD STREET
C.B. & Q STREET
EASTON PLACE
JEFFERSON STREET
A STREET
B STREET
C STREET
DELAWARE AVENUE
COURT STREET
TICHENOR STREET
STATE STREET
SEARLE STREET
MONTGOMERY AVENUE
WILBER STREET
FARRAR
ASH STREET
RAILROAD AVENUE
MAPLE STREET (Now Northeast 110th Street)
ELM STREET (Now Northeast 111th Street)
MAIN STREET
MITCHELL
LOCUST STREET
ELM STREET
VINE STREET
RAIL ROAD
PEARL STREET
CHESTNUT STREET
PLUM STREET
MILL STREET
MARKET STREET
PARK STREET
LORING
1st STREET
WALNUT STREET
CHERRY STREET
ELM STREET
ELKHART (old location)
SPRING STREET
MAIN STREET
EAST FORT DES MOINES
KEOKUK STREET (Now East Grand Avenue, from East 1st Street to Pennsylvania)
DAVENPORT STREET (Now East Locust Street, from East 1st St. to Pennsylvania)
DEAN STREET (Now East 1st Street, from East Locust Street to Lyon Street)
BATES STREET (Now East 2nd Street, from East Locust Street to Lyon Street)
CEDAR STREET (Now East 4th Street, from East Locust Street to Lyon street)
KEOSAUQUA STREET (Now East 5th Street, from East Locust Street to Walker St.)
HICKORY STREET (Now East 6th Street, from East Locust Street to Walker St.)
LYONS STREET (Now called Lyon Street)
PINE STREET (This street once ran from East University to East Locust, but only
a short segment off of East University remains)
MILL STREET (Original name of Keokuk Street from East 1st Street to East 4th
Street, now called East Grand Avenue
SHORT STREET (Original name of Des Moines Street from East 1st Street to
East 4th Street)
WOOD STREET (A platted street that never was, it was to have run straight north
from East Locust, 2 1/2 blocks east of East 4th)
BROADWAY STREET (Another platted but never paved street that would have run
straight north from a point 1 1/2 blocks east of East 4th)
RICE STREET (A platted but never paved street that would have run straight north
from a point 1/2 of a block east of East 4th)
BANK STREET (A platted but never paved street that would have run straight north
from East 4th and Des Moines Street)
STATE STREET (A platted but never paved street that would have run from East
4th Street to the also non-existant Wood Street)
EAST STREET (Like State Street, it would have run from East 4th to Wood Street)
DEMOINE
JOHN STREET (A 1/2 block long street that ran southwest from East 4th & Shaw,
it has since been obliterated by the east Des Moines river levee.)
WAHKONSA
BROADWAY STREET
VAN DOREN STREET
PROSPECT STREET
BENNETT STREET
BOOTH STREET
FORT DES MOINES ARMY POST(#3) / FORT DES MOINES HOUSING
AUTHORITY(Post WWWII era)
JASPER
ORILLA
REED ROAD
RUCKER
SILLS
WILLIAMS ROAD
WOOD CIRCLE
JOHNSTON
BRENNAN DRIVE (Now Northwest 55th Avenue, from Northwest Beaver Drive to
Merle Hay Road)
FRUITLAND DRIVE (Now Northwest 57th Avenue, from Northwest Beaver Drive to
Merle Hay Road)
HUNT ROAD
ALLEN AVENUE
ELLIS AVENUE
HARLAN DRIVE
JOHNSTON ROAD Now Northwest 62nd Avenue, from a point west of Johnston, Iowa
east to the intersection with Beaver Avenue
CIRCLE DRIVE Now called Murray Circle
GLADYS DRIVE Now called Northwest 61st Avenue, east from Merle Hay Road to
Northwest 54th Street
SHEFIELD ROAD Now Northwest 68th Avenue, east from Merle Hay Road
HAIG This street Ran west from Northwest 60th Court about one block, and was paralell
to and one block south of Northwest 61st Avenue. It no longer exists.
OTTO Now Norhwest 61st Avenue, west from Northwest 60th Court.
ANKENY
CARNEY ROAD
ALLEMAN
Country Road (Now Northwest 142nd Avenue)
Main Street (Now Northeast 141st Avenue)
Grand Street (Now Northeast 5th Street)
Elbert Street (Now Northeast 6th Street)
AVON
Locust Street (Now Southeast 59th Avenue)
Walnut Street (Now southeast 60th Avenue)
Mill Street (Now Southeast 62nd Avenue)
West Street (Now Southeast 45th Street)
Main Street (Now Southeast 46th Street)
Spring Street (Now Southeast 47th Street)
MILLMAN (1887 - 1920)
Polk Avenue
Laurel Avenue
Wabash Avenue
Ashland Avenue
Iowa Avenue (Now Southwest McKinley Avenue, from Southwest 42nd Street to
the Great Western Bike Trail)
Western Avenue
Millman Avenue (Now Southwest 48th Street, north of Southwest McKinley Avenue
for 3 blocks, and later called Millman Road)
Victoria Street
Chatsworth Street
AVON LAKE
NOVA PARK AVENUE (now Southeast 68th Place, from Southeast 56th street to Southeast Avon Drive
LAKESHORE DRIVE
BEECH CIRCLE
CAPITOL HEIGHTS
SHAWNEE AVENUE (Northeast 41st Avenue
MADISON AVENUE (Northeast 40th Avenue)
SENECA AVENUE (Northeast 39th Avenue)
DOUGLAS AVENUE (Northeast 38th Avenue)
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