Outside of the US e.g. Australia, it is simple incremental numbering from one side of the street to the other.
In the US, the numbers often end up in the thousands. I would like to understand the basis for the system - and despite web searching and asking friends, have never found anyone that understood.
2006-12-21 08:25:28 · 4 answers · asked by MikeB 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
The standard township system in the US divides into plats, and lots. Each lot is a number, so if a house and yard a large enough, and have 2 or 3 lots, the numbers will skip. Also, usually evens and odds are on opposite sides of the street, so you're skipping even more numbers because you are counting by 2's for each lot.
In addition, most neighborhoods have blocks divided by 100's (first block is 100, next is 200) so the first house on the corner will start with that base number. Even if the last house on the 100 block is 110, the house on the second block will still be 200.
Hope that helps!
2006-12-21 08:37:23 · answer #1 · answered by Angry Daisy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have a theory that all the local governments give preferential treatment(as regards their hiring practices) to dyslexic cartographers;However, as it now stands I don't have the slightest shred of evidence to back up my outlandish claim.
On the other hand all the numbers for a given street may have been scramble in a haphazard (dis)order and cast down upon the street only to land as they list. You know just like the Quran.
2006-12-21 15:22:34 · answer #2 · answered by sean e 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on the location. some its feet other use yards.
normally houses on one side will have the even #s and the other side of the street will have the odd #s.
2006-12-21 08:34:55 · answer #3 · answered by TC_43 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends how long the street or road is, and also how many lots there are ( in cities ) in each yard.
2006-12-21 08:29:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋