Historic Evansville

Lamasco

AKA: Lamasco City

Originally a separate town, Lamasco comes from a combination of the names of its founders Law, McCall, and Scott. The town was founded in 1836 to the west and laid out using cardinal directions, whereas Evansville was oriented parallel to the river. The approximate boundaries were from the river north to Maryland St and from First Ave (Fulton Ave south of Division) west to St Joseph Ave.

Lamasco and Evansville, having grown into each other and sharing similar interests, merged in 1857. Despite its unique name, Lamasco lost the name battle and the combined city was Evansville. The portion of east of Pigeon Creek became part of the city, but the west side retained its independence under the clever name Independence.

Both towns had numbered street names which often led to confusion. Eventually the Lamasco numbered streets were renamed using US states, while the avenues retained their numbers. A detailed list of the name changes is shown below.

Lamasco Street Name	New Evansville Street Name	Notes
1st St	Alabama St	Removed 1940s for Shipyard, now Mead Johnson parking lot
2nd St	Vermont St	Removed 1940s for Shipyard, now Mead Johnson parking lot
3rd St	Ohio St
4th St	Pennsylvania St
5th St	Indiana St
6th St	Illinois St
7th St	Michigan St
8th St	Virginia St
9th St	Iowa St
10th St	Delaware St
11th St	Columbia St
12th St	Maryland St
13th St	Oregon St	Later renamed Fountain Ave
14th St	Missouri St	Later renamed Oregon St
15th St	Louisiana St	Later renamed Missouri St
16th St	Nevada St	Later renamed Louisiana St
17th St	Florida St
18th St	Georgia St
19th St	Tennessee St
20th St	?	skipped for continuity? rd block n of tenn below RR
21st St	dresden	22nd 1880 map
22nd St	florence	23rd 1880 map
23rd St	uhlhorn	24th 1880 map
24th St	keller	25th 1880 map
25th St	gavitt	26th 1880 map
26th St	Cedar	27th 1880
27th St	Cody	28 1880
28th St

View the Lamasco District, eastern Lamasco
View the Independence District, western Lamasco

Lamasco is still the same - Evansville Press 3/15/1974 press feature 7/22/1981 shows as separate city in maps 1852-1863

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