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Whether youâre a tourist or a Washington, D.C., native, itâs likely that you assume that Georgetown was named for George Washington, first president of the United States and Revolutionary War hero. After all, the entire city, founded in 1791, was named after President Washington, so why not an additional neighborhood?
The city was growing fast, and if you were a sitting politician or prominent businessman, you could have a street named for you, your friends and family.â Williams named âJohn R Rd.â himself. Stone said he also named some other ones. His daughter, Elizabeth, is the namesake for Elizabeth Street. Columbia Street is named after a street he lived on in Albany, New York, and Forest Street was named for his niece. âOne of the really neat parts about any street, any city are the street names that relate to its early history,â Stone said.