Present day Chapman Street, running from Draper’s old Brick Mill to the Revere Schoolhouse, was originally known as "Ye Way to Ye Old Forge" when it was laid out in 1729.

The road now known as Spring Lane, which led to the Dunbar farm, was laid out in 1791 as Fisher’s Lane.

In 1786 the way leading from the Stone Factory Village to Washington Street under the viaduct was called Billings Lane, after William Billings the second. In 1790 it became known as "Ye Road from Ye Schoolhouse on Taunton Road to Ye Old Forge".

Randolph Street, from the corner of Farm Street, may have originated because of a petition from the inhabitants of York Street in 1727. It appeared as Fenno’s Road in 1754, and was later known as "Ye Old Trodden Way". Incidentally, the Fenno House, which jutted out at a precarious and dangerous angle on Randolph Street, was removed to Old Sturbridge Village several years ago and stands there today exactly as it did in Canton for so many years, including the lilac bush at the side of the doorway.

The street called Bolivar took its name from the Bolivar Works, which stood on the spot now occupied by the shovel works.

Walpole Street in 1733 was the road leading from "Ye Bridge by Ye Old Forge".

In olden times a bridle path, laid out by the Selectmen in 1768, led from Washington Street across Massapoag Brook to Frog Island.