Oberon Road


AddressToday it runs S. of and parallel to the Denver & Rio Grande Western R.R. tracks from Yarrow St., W. to Garrison St., curving N.W. to the intersection of the D&RGW. The road that continued E. of the tracks and curved N. to W. 88th Ave., became Kipling S
QuadArvada, 1965 (1994)
SectionR69W
SourceArvada Historical Society, "Arvada, Just Between You and Me," p. 189; Goodstein, "Denver Streets," p. 77.
OtherOberon Village
Initialdate1996-03-19 00:00:00-07
PersonMRL
HistoryOberon Road was named for the undeveloped town in which it was located and claimed Oberon Station on Denver Tramway Car No. 82 that traveled between Arvada and Leyden. The name Oberon was taken from William Shakespeare's play, "Midsummer Night's Dream." In this classical play, Oberon was the King of the Fairies.
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