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Every road in America, searched by the theme:

Aircraft Carriers

We searched every named street in America for Aircraft Carriers. 103 names turned up. A rare one we found is Uss Yorktown Street in Santa Rosa County, FL.

13994 roads in 50 states are named after Aircraft Carriers

New Jersey is the densest

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

1 out of every 221 roads in New Jersey 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.

One of just 2 streets called Akagi Lane

Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

The only Uss Yorktown Street in America

USS Yorktown (CV-5)

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

The only Uss Hornet Street in America

USS Hornet (CV-8)

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

The only Uss Saratoga Street in America

USS Saratoga (CV-3)

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

One of just 3 streets called Ark Royal Way

HMS Ark Royal (91) · possibly named for HMS Ark Royal

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

One of just 2 streets called Big Stick Road

USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

One of just 3 streets called Juan Carlos Lane

Spanish ship Juan Carlos I · possibly named for Juan Carlos I

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

The only Uss Wasp Street in America

USS Wasp (CV-7)

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

One of just 2 streets called Uss George Washington Avenue

USS George Washington (CVN-73)

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

The only Uss Ranger Street in America

USS Ranger (CV-4)

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

The only Pang Street in America

French aircraft carrier France Libre

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

The only Uss Essex Street in America

USS Essex (CV-9)

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

7 streets exist only in Santa Rosa County, FL

Uss Essex Street

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Every name in the theme was counted against every other named road in the country. These appear exactly once: tap a thumbnail to walk them.

The county shown here holds the most of singular roads. Somebody named these roads, and nobody anywhere copied.

Most popular: Uss Enterprise Street

6 roads 1 county ~1.4M views last year

USS Enterprise (CVN-65)

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

Most popular: Akagi Lane

2 roads 1 county ~592.5k views last year

Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi

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

Most popular: Enterprise

2,047 roads 706 counties ~565.6k views last year

USS Enterprise (CVN-80)

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

Most popular: John F. Kennedy Road

651 roads 15 counties ~556.8k views last year

USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79)

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

Least popular: Campania

32 roads 23 counties ~7.2k views last year

HMS Campania (1914)

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

Least popular: Joffre Road

43 roads 27 counties ~9.2k views last year

French aircraft carrier Joffre

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

Least popular: Casablanca Way

85 roads 47 counties ~11.8k views last year

USS Casablanca

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

Least popular: North Andrea Doria Drive

2 roads 2 counties ~12.1k views last year

Italian cruiser Andrea Doria

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

Least popular: Norton Sound Common

1 road 1 county ~12.9k views last year

USS Norton Sound

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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.