The longest street names in the Census files
Our counts from the Census Bureau's TIGER/Line Feature Names files: 8,261,451 streets in 3,231 counties.
Our take written by All Streets
Many of the long base names in the files read like notes, such as Cannon Ball Not Accessable Because of Locked Gate and Is P, at 58 characters and ending as the file holds it. They are shown exactly as the files hold them, spelling included.
Among full names, Unimproved Dirt Trail Throught the Woods Near Bessie Creek Ln runs to 61 characters. Several entries describe access, such as Swanson River Oil Field Production Facility Access, which appears on 7 streets.
Our reading of the counts on this page. It adds no facts of its own.
| Base name | Characters | Streets |
|---|---|---|
| Cannon Ball Not Accessable Because of Locked Gate and Is P | 58 | 1 |
| Unimproved Dirt Trail Throught the Woods Near Bessie Creek | 58 | 1 |
| Unnamed St (Knowledgeable Source States Barnes Classic Dr) | 58 | 1 |
| Unnamed Drive Through Closed Sreak House Parking Lot | 52 | 1 |
| Big Greys River Cattlemens Association Rider's Camp | 51 | 1 |
| Lykes Bros Orange Grove Access Rd (No Residential) | 50 | 3 |
| Swanson River Oil Field Production Facility Access | 50 | 7 |
| In the Woods, Hunting Camp, Hand Made Sign, Pond | 48 | 1 |
| Woodland Intermediate School Access Rd (Unnamed) | 48 | 1 |
| Girard Ave (Unmarked, Confirmed With Resident) | 46 | 1 |
| Stage Coach Road (Closed To Vehicluar Traffic) | 46 | 1 |
| Harry S Truman US Army Corp of Eng Gov't Land | 45 | 1 |
| California Trail National Back Country Biway | 44 | 2 |
| Hill-Annex Jones & Laughlin Plant State Park | 44 | 2 |
| (for Use During High Water Only, Old RR Bed | 43 | 1 |
| Int Calle Principal Estancias Valle Hermoso | 43 | 1 |
| Not Named Street Chain Across Road No Homes | 43 | 1 |
| Pr- Morning Star Family (Sometms Lckd Gtes) | 43 | 1 |
| Puerto de la Libertad David Sanes Rodriguez | 43 | 1 |
| Smithsonian Butte Back Country Scenic Byway | 43 | 1 |
| Bear River State Park Travel Center Access | 42 | 1 |
| Lu Ranch Rd/encore Oil Rd/upper Gooseberry | 42 | 1 |
| State School at Industry Oatkaresidential | 41 | 1 |
| Bklyn Qns Expressway Entrance Naval Base | 40 | 1 |
| Eyrie Way-Should Be N Side of Parkerloop | 40 | 1 |
| Full name | Characters |
|---|---|
| Unimproved Dirt Trail Throught the Woods Near Bessie Creek Ln | 61 |
| Back Country Discovery Trails, Point 5, 15' Snow Blocks Rd | 58 |
| Cannon Ball Not Accessable Because of Locked Gate and Is P | 58 |
| Unnamed St (Knowledgeable Source States Barnes Classic Dr) | 58 |
| Big Greys River Cattlemens Association Rider's Camp Rd | 54 |
| Swanson River Oil Field Production Facility Access Rd | 53 |
| In the Woods, Hunting Camp, Hand Made Sign, Pond Trl | 52 |
| Unnamed Drive Through Closed Sreak House Parking Lot | 52 |
| Lykes Bros Orange Grove Access Rd (No Residential) | 50 |
| Old Stage Coach Road (Closed To Vehicluar Traffic) | 50 |
| Telephhone Pass Trail / National Forest Trail 075 | 49 |
| Woodland Intermediate School Access Rd (Unnamed) | 48 |
| Callejón Conecta Cll Tulipanes Con Cll Violetas | 47 |
| Hill-Annex Jones & Laughlin Plant State Park Rd | 47 |
| Pearson Creek Trail / National Forest Trail 083 | 47 |
Concatenation of expanded text for prefix qualifier, prefix direction, prefix type, base name, suffix type, suffix direction, and suffix qualifier (as available) with a space between each expanded text field
Rows from the Census files
Verbatim field values from the county Feature Names files behind this page's counts. Each is one edge record; our count treats each LINEARID as one street.
| File (county) | TLID | LINEARID | FULLNAME | NAME | PREDIRABRV | PRETYPABRV | SUFTYPABRV | SUFDIRABRV | MTFCC | PAFLAG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tl_2025_20149_featnames.zip Pottawatomie County, Kansas | 22323416 | 1103654305420 | Cannon Ball Not Accessable Because of Locked Gate and Is P | Cannon Ball Not Accessable Because of Locked Gate and Is P | S1400 | P | ||||
| tl_2025_02110_featnames.zip Juneau City and Borough, Alaska | 625607705 | 1103671115460 | Unimproved Dirt Trail Throught the Woods Near Bessie Creek Ln | Unimproved Dirt Trail Throught the Woods Near Bessie Creek | Ln | S1400 | P |
Our checker re-read these rows from census.gov on October 14.
How we counted
Method note Our count of Census linear features (streets, as defined in the method note): one street is one LINEARID that carries a primary name (PAFLAG P) on at least one edge classed S1200 or S1400, with a non-blank NAME, across 3,234 of the 3,235 county files; the file for St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands was answered by the Census server with a "Request Rejected" page and is left out. A name counts once per LINEARID, so a road the Census splits into several linear features counts more than once. Full method and definitions →
The MAF/TIGER System breaks/ends linear elemental features when the feature name changes. All spelling differences result in a new feature. Features will also break at county boundaries, changes in primary/alternate designation, MTFCC, and gaps in the geometry.
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