di Napoli, a Watertown

[Victor Steinbok]

The same is true in a number of places in Massachusetts--e.g., Brookline
and Newton streets in respective towns, Dedham Street in Newton changing
to Baker in Dedham (not quite a reversal), etc. And it's not just
Massachusetts--Milwaukee St. in Madison, WI, used to be the street
leading to the road to Milwaukee before being replaced by the
interstate, and, of course, it was not named "Milwaukee" 75 miles to the
East.

And, of course, Cambridge was initially known as Newtowne, but that was
long gone by the time Cambridge Street was named in Boston. Can't help
with the pond, unfortunately.

     VS-)

On 3/21/2010 12:51 AM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
> Just as the same street is known as "Waltham St." in Lexington and
> "Lexington St." in Waltham.
>
> For a couple of days I thought that "Watertown Pond" was Fresh Pond,
> now in Cambridge, on the same principle -- for Cantabridgians, it was
> "the pond on the way to Watertown".  But then I was informed that in
> 1729, the year of my encounter, Fresh Pond actually was in
> Watertown.  (I still think they're the same water, but my theory of
> naming is shot.)
>
> Joel

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