Minister X wrote:"Surfside" first appears on a 1921 map. No region/neighborhood name appears before that but on maps from 1838 to 1891 two small ponds are shown along the south coast in the area of our tert. One is named "Weweeder Pond" (in one later map "Weedweeder") and the other is "Nobadeer Pond". I think we could adopt either (minus "pond"). They're both quite cute.
let's use one of these, with "pond", as there are other geographical features named on the map as regions.
Minister X wrote:And who was this founder's wife? Dionis Stevens. She lived to be 71 years old and had 75 grandchildren. Yowza!
Chances are the 1880's developers simply honored her by naming their subdivision after her. Using the same name on our map we might be anachronistic to a degree but I wouldn't mind honoring her as well. I recommend we either keep her name or adopt "Cambridge".
cambridge is a bit generic, as i can think of at least three other places called that and one is even in massachusetts too. capaum pond is possible, to go with the one above. dionis leads to instant suspicions of historical illiteracy. if we honour dionis, should we not do the same for her husband? does dionis & tristram fit the bill?
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