Hills, buffalo, stream, island — no. Elk — sure.

No one has answered our suburban name trivia question — doubtless for lack of interest. That calls for more on suburban names. [Update: Ken has provided an answer.]

We just discovered the quirky, amusing and randomly thought-provoking Beachwood Reporter, which appears to be based somewhere in Chicagoland, and reports on some actual crank calls to misleadingly named suburbs.

Carol Stream, of course, is named for developer Bill Stream’s daughter Carol. Ask Eric Zorn if you don’t believe us.

And the Beachwood Reporter is named for … ?

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