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Espola wondered if Espola Road honored an ancestor who shared his rare Spanish-sounding surname.

Who knows? An Espola related by blood could have have been a dashing Californio officer. The owner of a vast rancho. A developer of Poway.

Because his family has produced mostly girls recently, Espola told me, the Espola name is in danger of disappearing in Puerto Rico. “I surely would like to know more about our family roots.”

In his reply, Jones broke the news gently.

“Sorry, no family connection,” he wrote.

Espola Road, Jones explained, is a blending of ES-condido, PO-way, and LA-keside, “three neighboring cities that were once connected by the road.”
 
Bruddah IZ said:
Espola wondered if Espola Road honored an ancestor who shared his rare Spanish-sounding surname.

Who knows? An Espola related by blood could have have been a dashing Californio officer. The owner of a vast rancho. A developer of Poway.

Because his family has produced mostly girls recently, Espola told me, the Espola name is in danger of disappearing in Puerto Rico. “I surely would like to know more about our family roots.”

In his reply, Jones broke the news gently.

“Sorry, no family connection,” he wrote.

Espola Road, Jones explained, is a blending of ES-condido, PO-way, and LA-keside, “three neighboring cities that were once connected by the road.”
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Bruddah IZ said:
Espola wondered if Espola Road honored an ancestor who shared his rare Spanish-sounding surname.

Who knows? An Espola related by blood could have have been a dashing Californio officer. The owner of a vast rancho. A developer of Poway.

Because his family has produced mostly girls recently, Espola told me, the Espola name is in danger of disappearing in Puerto Rico. “I surely would like to know more about our family roots.”

In his reply, Jones broke the news gently.

“Sorry, no family connection,” he wrote.

Espola Road, Jones explained, is a blending of ES-condido, PO-way, and LA-keside, “three neighboring cities that were once connected by the road.”
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True up to a point - it never got to Escondido or Lakeside. Espola Road is mostly in Poway, running from Poway Road at the base of Poway Grade with a short stretch at the other end in San Diego where it ends at a junction with Pomerado Road (which is another acronimish street name). There is an unpaved fenced-off stretch of road south of Poway Road that follows the intended line toward Lakeside, but only for a mile or less to Garden Road. That stretch is only used by the County Water Authority to inspect the aqueduct that lies along it.
 
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