Phillips Boulevard in Sauk City was named for Emanuel Phillips who was born in the area, taught in a one-room school in the area, went on to become governor of the state, came back to retire in the vicinity. It seemed only natural that a boulevard in Sauk City be named for him. Originally, it was called Bryant Street until 1924 when it was renamed in honor of Governor Phillips. Read somewhere that Oak Street is the most prevalent street name. I thought maybe Main Street would be the most popular or even Water Street.
Every town has one or both.
All towns on rivers or lakes have a Water Street or River Road. Then there is Fox Street named for the Fox River. When streets are laid out, it must be easy to give them names of the presidents. Most every town has a Washington, Lincoln, Kennedy, Monroe and so on. A bit confusing, but guess they didn t want to leave out any of the presidents at the time.