Here's an aerial image (courtesy of Kenton County PVA) that shows properties and street layouts of the South Dinmore Park area. As I described in my first post, 38th Street was supposed to continue through the woods and connect to Tracy Avenue, which should have been built a little further north. My guess is that they were not planning on filling in the woods (almost entirely a valley) but instead clearing the trees and building homes in the valley. According to a map I printed at the court house today (date unknown), 38th Street's original name was Forest Avenue. My guess is it was named that because they were planning on building a road into a "forest." Could be entirely wrong and hope to find out. Another interesting note is that Gilbert Avenue was supposed to continue north and connect to 38th Street (Forest Ave.).
A few other notes. Earle Avenue was formerly named Maple Ave. Mr. Earle was the last mayor of Latonia before it was annexed part of Covington. Also, Tracy, Leslie, and Gilbert were supposed to have been Mr. Earle's children. My dad told me this a few years ago.
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