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A stretch of Florida roadway leading to Mar-a-Lago could soon be renamed in honor of President Donald Trump<\/a> \u2013 the latest effort by many lawmakers throughout the country to memorialize the current commander-in-chief.<\/p>\n

Palm Beach County commissioners this week unanimously approved a measure to rename Southern Boulevard “President Donald J. Trump Boulevard,” according to The Associated Press (AP).\u00a0<\/p>\n

The east-west roadway<\/a> leads to Trump’s home in Palm Beach.<\/p>\n

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It’s the route Trump’s motorcade takes when he travels<\/a> to and from his Mar-a-Lago estate and Palm Beach International Airport.<\/p>\n

Trump supporters frequently line Southern Boulevard to greet the president during his trips home from Washington.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Supporters of President Donald J. Trump are often seen lining Southern Boulevard during his motorcade travels.<\/span> (Mike Stocker\/South Florida SunSentinel\/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

But it wouldn’t be the first boulevard in Palm Beach County to be named after a Republican president.<\/p>\n

A street in Delray Beach \u2013 about 20 miles south of Mar-a-Lago \u2013 was renamed George Bush Boulevard in honor of former President George H.W. Bush in the early 1990s.<\/p>\n

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Former President Barack Obama, a Democrat, has two Palm Beach County roadways named after him.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Riviera Beach, about 12 miles north of Palm Beach, renamed a roadway President Barack Obama Highway in 2015, two years after the city of Pahokee \u2013 in the western reaches of Palm Beach County near Lake Okeechobee<\/a> \u2013 changed the name of a street to Barack Obama Boulevard.<\/p>\n

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President George H.W. Bush had a street in Delray Beach, Florida, renamed for him. It is now called George Bush Boulevard.<\/span> (Dirck Halstead\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The Federal Highway Administration told Fox News Digital it does not have a directory or database of federal roadways named after U.S. presidents.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But the U.S. Census Bureau released a list of the most popular street names in 1993. It revealed that George Washington<\/a>, the nation’s first commander-in-chief, leads all presidents with the most roadways named after him.<\/p>\n

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Abraham Lincoln<\/a>, the 16th president, is second on the list, followed by Andrew Jackson, the nation’s 7th president.<\/p>\n

The fourth-most common street surname is Johnson \u2013 in honor of Andrew Johnson (17th president) and\/or Lyndon B. Johnson (36th president).<\/p>\n

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President George Washington has the most roadways in America named after him, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.<\/span> (Smith Collection\/Gado\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Others on the list include Thomas Jefferson (3rd president), Woodrow Wilson (28th), Adams (in honor of John Adams, 2nd president, or son John Quincy Adams, 6th president), Zachary Taylor (12th) and James Madison (4th).<\/p>\n

Roadways of modern presidents represented in many major U.S. cities include John F. Kennedy (35th), Ronald Reagan<\/a> (40th) and Barack Obama (44th).<\/p>\n

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Reagan has parkways (in Georgia and Indiana), a highway (in Ohio) and a freeway (in California) named after him.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There’s also the Ronald Reagan Trail in Illinois, Ronald Reagan Boulevard in Texas and the Ronald Reagan Turnpike in Florida.<\/p>\n

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President Ronald Reagan has had several high-speed roadways named after him, including parkways, a highway and a freeway.<\/span> (Photo12\/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Obama has had several avenues (in Florida, Illinois, Mississippi and Ohio) and boulevards (in California, Florida, Georgia and Missouri) named after him.<\/p>\n

Kennedy has an expressway in Chicago, a boulevard in Philadelphia and a street in Cambridge, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n

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In downtown Minneapolis, a sequence of streets is named after presidents, going west to east in chronological order.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in the country, nearly two dozen miles of a U.S. highway in Oklahoma were renamed for Trump in 2021, while states like Arizona and Kentucky have proposed similar legislation.<\/p>\n

Trump also has an avenue named after him in Hialeah, Florida, a suburb of Miami.<\/p>\n

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President Trump and first lady Melania Trump stand together during an event at his Mar-a-Lago home in Nov. 2022 in Palm Beach, Florida. Trump already has an avenue named after him in Florida.<\/span> (Joe Raedle\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Under Florida law, if a “bridge or road<\/a> segment being designated is located in more than one city or county, resolutions supporting the designation must be passed by each affected local government prior to the erection of the markers.”<\/p>\n

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Since Southern Boulevard passes through West Palm Beach and Palm Beach, those municipalities must still approve such measures.<\/p>\n

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Peter Burke is a lifestyle editor with Fox News Digital.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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