Roads in America cross referenced with William Shakespeare on Wikipedia

Example:

  1. Ophelia
  2. matches the name of
  3. Ophelia,
  4. which was created by
  5. William Shakespeare

811 roads in 46 states are named the same as William Shakespeare

Nevada is the densest

States have a different total number of roads, so we compare by a percent of roads.

1 out of every 5,408 roads in Nevada resonates with this theme.

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Each dot is one county, sized by how many of its roads resonate with the theme. A small dot is a handful; a big one is hundreds.

Sizes are relative to this search: the biggest dot is this theme's busiest county, so a big dot here and a big dot in another theme are not the same number.

Most popular: Ophelia

  1. Ophelia
  2. matches the name of
  3. Ophelia,
  4. which was created by
  5. William Shakespeare

46 roads 38 counties ~1.7M views last year

Ophelia

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Most popular: King Lear Lane

  1. King Lear Lane
  2. matches the name of
  3. King Lear,
  4. which was written by
  5. William Shakespeare

21 roads 12 counties ~1M views last year

King Lear

About

Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Most popular: Tempest

  1. Tempest
  2. matches an alias of
  3. The Tempest,
  4. which was written by
  5. William Shakespeare

83 roads 68 counties ~808.8k views last year

The Tempest

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Most popular: Twelfth Night Cove

  1. Twelfth Night Cove
  2. matches the title of
  3. Twelfth Night,
  4. which was written by
  5. William Shakespeare

1 road 1 county ~763k views last year

Twelfth Night

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Most popular: Falstaff

  1. Falstaff
  2. matches the name of
  3. Falstaff,
  4. which was created by
  5. William Shakespeare

49 roads 35 counties ~371.5k views last year

John Falstaff

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Most popular: Coriolanus Drive

  1. Coriolanus Drive
  2. matches the title of
  3. Coriolanus,
  4. which was written by
  5. William Shakespeare

2 roads 2 counties ~246.9k views last year

Coriolanus

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Least popular: Fluellen Road

  1. Fluellen Road
  2. matches the name of
  3. Fluellen,
  4. which was created by
  5. William Shakespeare

5 roads 5 counties ~6.5k views last year

Fluellen

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Least popular: Stephano Road

  1. Stephano Road
  2. matches the name of
  3. Stephano,
  4. which was created by
  5. William Shakespeare

6 roads 4 counties ~6.9k views last year

Stephano (The Tempest)

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Least popular: Roderigo Court

  1. Roderigo Court
  2. matches the name of
  3. Roderigo,
  4. which was created by
  5. William Shakespeare

3 roads 3 counties ~9.1k views last year

Roderigo

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Least popular: Donalbain Drive

  1. Donalbain Drive
  2. matches the name of
  3. Donalbain,
  4. which was created by
  5. William Shakespeare

3 roads 3 counties ~10.1k views last year

Donalbain (Macbeth)

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

all but the most common: all the streets, minus the most common roads in the country. This lets us see the 'long tail' of interesting roads in the country.