Historic Street Name Change

Previous Street Name: Acacia St.

‘Current/Next’ Street Name: either W. 4th St.

Earliest Date for ‘Previous’ Name: 1903

Latest Date for ‘Previous’ Name:   1928

Entry covers from cross street to cross street or similar: South Union Avenue and Columbia

Approximate Number of Blocks: 2 + 1

Length of segment: 0.24 miles

Map(s) used to confirm street name changes:

Reference 1: Morse*

Reference 2: 1888 Sanborn western end was Western (not same Western as today). Alignment of now S Union and Union (then Western) appears to have changed

Reference 3: 1921 Baist 7 & 29 Acacia also going from Bonnie Brae to Burlington with a break to Union then continuing east. The western block is labeled 4th Acacia

Notes: 1902 Rueger, 1902 Street Guide


Extent as JSON: [lng lat] {"type":"LineString","coordinates":[[-118.26831390086981,34.05980469017702],[-118.26733954217333,34.058967578530485],[-118.2668343191455,34.05848922530601],[-118.2667982317864,34.05789127997891],[-118.26575169837164,34.05726343284554]]}

Updated: October 11, 2017 17:11



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Between ~1903 and ~1928, Acacia St. became either W. 4th St.

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