What's in a name?

I am writing to give a little history on who the street I live on was names after. I live on a little dead end street off of Kilgore Road. The street sign says Rosille Dr. but all the legal documents say Rosille St. We bought our house from a lady that said it was the first house built on this street and that the street was named after a previous Baytown mayor’s wife, Rosille Myers. I don’t know the mayors’ name. J. Earnst

John A Street near where you lived in Wooster was named after John A. Old. He was a chemist at the Humble Refinery. He also was a glass blower who made their lab beakers individually. He also built the pipe organ in the old church on Bayway Drive. The church is still there, but the organ was dismantled and stored somewhere. I work with Don Old. John A. was his grandfather. Don was born in Baytown at San Jacinto Hosp. and lived on McKinney. Submitted by Bruce Marshall

Next to Bay Villa on Bayway Drive is a pipe that runs into the Scott bay. The original name of this was "Wagon Box Creek".  It appears on other documents under another name , which I cannot remember at this time. At the turn of the century when the government came to Baytown to make the first maps of the area. The map makers asked a local resident the name of the
creek. These people were" Yankees" that had just moved to the area and gave the name "they called it" to the map makers !
 Therefore the wrong name got put on the maps.  I came by this information during research I did years ago while documenting Lafitte treasure stories in the area. I am a descendent of the Brown family who lived on Scott Bay since the 1800's.  My great aunt Alice Collins ( Brown) gave me this information and also said that during the early years when wagons came from Houston to load their goods onto ships anchored in Scott Bay. They would drive the wagons down this creek bed to get onto the beach of the bay.
 These wagons passing were also the only source of news from the outside world for the Brown Family. The Browns who also operated  a ship and barge service  along the  channel &  barged  bricks from the family brick ovens on Cedar Bayou and also operated a ship yard on Cedar Bayou..& built the first school house and loaned the land to the school district for  Burnett Elementary School.
Regards Kim Powell ( grandson of Florence Brown)

  Knowlton Street named for Charles Knowlton, who brought his family here from England in 1873. He worked for his father-in-law, Thomas Wright, who had arrived two years earlier and who owned several brickyards in the Cedar Bayou area. I note you listed at least one elementary school ... of course, it is no more, but there was for so many, many years the David G. Burnet Elementary School out at Wooster. Interim president of the Republic of Texas from March to October, 1836, he was particularly touchy about the pronunciation of his name - "Burn'it," saying that it had only one t -- not nett. He built his home, Oakland, in what is now the Lakewood Subdivision at Wooster. Trevia Wooster Beverly

Q. A. Wooster named Weaver Avenue after Gen. James B. Weaver (Greenback party nominee) who he supported for president in 1880.  Wybra Wooster Holland

Q. A. Wooster named Steinman Street after his son-in-law, Steve Steinman.  Wybra Wooster Holland

Q. A. Wooster named Shreck Avenue after his son-in-law, W.A. Shreckengaust.  Wybra Wooster Holland

Q. A. Wooster named Crow Road after his friend and business partner, W. D. Crow.   Wybra Wooster Holland 

Q. A. Wooster named Mapleton Avenue after Mapleton, Iowa, which is where he lived before coming to Texas.  Wybra Wooster Holland

Sjolander Road is named after John Peter Sjolander (the sage of Cedar Bayou). He is recognized as one of Texas’ premiere poets

Schilling Street is named to honor Nicholas Schilling, an early physician

Alexander Drive is named after C.Q. "Kid" Alexander, the last Mayor of Goose Creek

Bowie Street is named after the famous frontiersman, James Bowie

Cleveland Street is named after E.D. "Eddie" Cleveland, the mayor of Pelly and the first Mayor of Baytown

Sterling High School, our library, and Sterling Street are named after Ross Shaw Sterling, founder of the Humble Refinery and Governor of Texas

Defee Street honors W. E. Defee, an early land developer. He named Wright Street after Thomas Wright, Jr., who owned the property. Murrill, James, and Jack Streets were named after W. E. Defee’s children

Brownwood is named after Edwin Rice Brown Sr., who bought the land from the Wooster Estate. It was an exclusive residential area with many restrictions.

Crockett Elementary is named in honor of the Alamo hero, Davy Crockett

Decker Drive got its name from Thomas I. Decker, County Commissioner from the Baytown area

McKinney Road was named by the Milam Brothers (Brickyard owners) for their grandfather, Collin McKinney, who had signed the Texas Declaration of Independence

John Martin Road is after John G. Martin, County Commissioner and Baytown native.

Pruett Street is named for Price Pruett, land developer, Gulf and Humble Streets are named after oil companies, Commerce denoted business, and Ashbel, Gaillard, and Jones were all early settlers

If you have knowledge of other street names, please send the info here: 

Much of the information on this page comes from the excellent book  'The History of Baytown'  available at Sterling Municipal Library and the Baytown Historical Museum located at 220 W. Defee.