Access Road Naming Petitions
Summary
Two new street names — Hidden Arrow Trail (Cook Road) and Southern Pine Way (Ketchy Road, Mount Ulla) — were approved to give emergency services proper addressing for growing driveways serving multiple properties.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 4
- Last 30 days
- 4
Discussed at 2 meetings in the last 60 days; most recently Nov 2, 2026.
Impact analysis
None directly; improves 911 addressing.
Residents and future homes on those drives get valid addresses for mail and emergency response.
The Ketner family, whose preferred name was rejected despite their family's ownership of the land since the 1800s.
Mentions & discussions (2)
Board of Commissioners - Nov 2, 2026
Two new street names — Hidden Arrow Trail (Cook Road) and Southern Pine Way (Ketchy Road, Mount Ulla) — were approved to give emergency services proper addressing for growing driveways serving multiple properties.
Board of Commissioners - Oct 5, 2026
Two neighboring families clashed over the name of a new road off Old Beatty Ford Road: the Dobbs family wanted Bravo Farm Road to honor two Army veterans; the Ketner family, whose land the road crosses, wanted their own family name. Commissioners sided 3-2 with the veterans' name.
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