[GH85Carrera]

Azzy, in OKC the streets numbers are simple. The center of downtown is 0. The address is a number that goes up in each direction. Most of the major streets get names but they still have the number system. OKC is is giant grid of mostly square mile main roads, and smaller streets that divide up each mile. It is complex when you throw in the curved streets. OKC for the most part is has roads aligned to north, south or east west. Texas is the real goofy state for roads. Many entire areas are just where someone hammered in a marker and went off in any old direction and put down streets. The rail road would come in and do one survey and some rancher would do his survey and some other business would do their survey and none of them ever talked to the other so roads were put down is every goofy system they could come up with.

I suspect every state and city has a system that evolved locally. The USGS ties everything together with Sections, Township & Ranges or quadrants but mostly surveyors or legal descriptions use them.

Old cities like Boston evolved streets around the cattle trails. The farmers would take their cattle to the common grounds to graze (Boston Commons) and the trails the cattle used became the streets. At least that is the story I heard. I have never been there so I can't say if it is true.