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Every road in America, searched by the theme:

Canary Islands

We searched every named street in America for Canary Islands. 10 names turned up. A rare one we found is La Laguna Street in Clark County, NV.

1298 roads in 42 states are named after Canary Islands

Arizona is the densest

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

1 out of every 2,806 roads in Arizona 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.

The only La Laguna Street in America

Cristo de La Laguna

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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 Lanzarote

Lanzarote (DO)

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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.

Las Palmas turns up in 81 counties

Province of Las Palmas

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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.

National Park Way turns up in 15 counties

Teide National Park

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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.

El Paso turns up in 183 counties

El Paso, La Palma

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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.

La Rambla turns up in 8 counties

San Juan de la Rambla, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

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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.

La Bajada turns up in 8 counties

Bajada (festival) · possibly named for Fiestas de la Bajada

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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.

El Rio turns up in 45 counties

Strait of El Río

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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.

Rubicon turns up in 62 counties

Rubicon (titular see)

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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.

1 street exists only in Clark County, NV

La Laguna 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: Las Palmas

331 roads 81 counties ~137.9k views last year

Province of Las Palmas

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

Most popular: National Park Way

55 roads 15 counties ~94.7k views last year

Teide National Park

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

Most popular: El Paso

622 roads 183 counties ~22.9k views last year

El Paso, La Palma

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

Least popular: Lanzarote

2 roads 2 counties ~9.6k views last year

Lanzarote (DO)

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

Least popular: La Laguna Street

1 road 1 county ~12k views last year

Cristo de La Laguna

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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.