THINGS NAMED IN HONOR OF RONALD REAGAN

 

Alabama

 

Ronald Reagan Spirit of America Field

Decatur, AL   [2004]

Formerly named Spirit of America Field. Ronald Reagan visited the field on July 4, 1984.

 

Ronald Reagan Memorial Boulevard

Dothan, AL   [2005]

Renamed portion of Denton Road that runs to the Dothan Regional Airport. Ronald Reagan’s motorcade traveled this road when he visited Dothan on July 10, 1986.

 

Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway   [2004]

A 70-mile portion of Interstate Highway 65 between Birmingham and Decatur. This highway also bears the name “Heroes’ Highway” for its entire length in Alabama.

 

Arizona

 

Ronald Reagan Road

Kingman, AZ  86401

 

The Ronald Reagan Fundamental School

3200 West 16th St.

Yuma, AZ  85364   [1984]

 

California

 

Ronald Reagan Elementary School

10800 Rosslyn Lane

Bakersfield, CA  93311   [1998]                 

 

Ronald Reagan California Republican Center

1903 S. Magnolia Bl.

Burbank, CA  91506   [1996]

Headquarters of the California State Republican Party. Its former name was simply “California Republican Party Headquarters.”

 

Reagan Educational Center

4343 N. Leonard

Clovis, CA  93619

Part of a block that includes Reagan Elementary School (see next entry), Reyburn Intermediate School, and Clovis East High School.

 

Reagan Elementary School

8300 Ashlan Avenue
Clovis, CA
   [2006]

Cf. previous entry.

 

Ronald Reagan Park

2201 S. Peaceful Hills Road

Diamond Bar, CA  91789

Ronald Reagan Academy

470 Avenue 406

Dinuba, CA  93615   [2004]

 

[Mailing address:

1327 E. El Monte Way

Dinuba, CA  93615]

Formerly named Dinuba Independent Study School.

 

Ronald Reagan Community Center

195 East Douglas Avenue

El Cajon, CA  92020   [2004]

Formerly the El Cajon Community Center.

 

Ronald Reagan Elementary School

1180 Diane Avenue
Kingsburg, CA 93631
   [2007]

 

Ronald Reagan Building

State of California

300 S. Spring St.

Los Angeles, CA  90013   [1990]

The “Ronald Reagan State Office Building.”

 

Reagan Room

The Jonathon Club

545 South Figueroa St.

Los Angeles, CA  90071   [2001]

Ronald Reagan was an honorary member of the Jonathon Club. The room was formerly named the Renaissance Room.

 

Ronald Reagan Distinguished American Award   [1991]

Presented annually by The Jonathon Club, Los Angeles (see previous entry).

 

Reagan Center

Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles center of Childhelp USA.

 

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

757 Westwood Plaza

Los Angeles, CA  90095   [site dedicated 2000; building dedicated 2007; opened to patients in 2008]

 

Ronald Reagan Terrace

Los Angeles Country Club

10101 Wilshire Boulevard

Los Angeles, CA 90024   [2005]

 

Ronald Reagan Professor, School of Public Policy

Pepperdine University

24255 Pacific Coast Highway

Malibu, CA  90263   [1999]

 

Ronald Reagan Elementary School

39-800 Liberty Drive

Palm Desert, CA  92211   [renamed 2006]

 

Ronald Reagan Boulevard

Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu

Point Mugu, CA  93042   [2005]

While Ronald Reagan was President, he and Nancy Reagan flew in and out of this base to visit their ranch near Santa Barbara, California (Rancho del Cielo). The street was formerly called 11th Street.

 

Ronald Reagan Elementary School

1586 S. Indianola Ave.

Sanger, CA

 

USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76)  

North Island Naval Air Station

San Diego, CA   [christened 2001; launched 2004]

Nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Assembled at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Norfolk, VA. Commissioned July 12, 2003. Arrived at its home port on July 23, 2004.

 

Ronald Reagan Room

USS Ronald Reagan [see previous entry]   [2004]

A museum featuring Ronald Reagan movie posters, a video presentation, and a piece of the Berlin Wall.

 

Ronald W. Reagan Federal Courthouse

411 West 4th St.
Santa Ana, CA  92701
   [1999]

 

The Reagan Ranch Center

217 State St.
Santa Barbara, CA  93101
   [1998]

Affiliated with the Young America’s Foundation, current owners of Rancho del Cielo (Ronald Reagan’s former ranch near Santa Barbara).


Reagan Room

Fess Parker’s Doubletree Hotel
633 E. Cabrillo Blvd.
Santa Barbara, CA  93103

 

Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation

40 Presidential Drive

Simi Valley, CA  93065

 

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Center for Public Affairs

40 Presidential Drive

Simi Valley, CA  93065   [dedicated 1991]

The Ronald Reagan Library is a unit of the National Archives and Records Administration, a Federal agency. The building is also home to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation (see previous entry).

 

The Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan Presidential Library

40 Presidential Drive

Simi Valley, CA  93065   [2005]

Building inside the Reagan Library’s Air Force One pavilion, that sells pre-made lunch and snack items. It was moved from Ballyporeen, Ireland, where it had been called John O’Farrell’s Pub. President Reagan visited it during his June 1984 trip to Ballyporeen, the village from which his father’s family came. (Cf. entry for Ballyporeen near the end of this list.)

 

Ronald Reagan Freedom Award   [1992]                                                   

Annual award presented by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation, to those “who have made monumental and lasting contributions to the cause of freedom….who [embody] President Reagan’s lifelong belief that one man or woman truly can make a difference.”

 

Simi Valley – “Home of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library”   [2004]

     Motto officially used by the city that is home to the Reagan Presidential Library.

 

Reagan Road

Sylmar, CA   [2004]

Near Olive View-UCLA Medical Center. Reagan’s mother was a volunteer at this hospital for 15 years, and his son Michael is a member of the hospital’s advisory board. Formerly named Bledsoe Street.

 

Ronald Reagan Sports Park

30875 Rancho Vista Road

Temecula, CA  92592   [2004]

128-acre park with baseball fields and other sports facilities. Formerly called Rancho California Sports Park. Reagan owned a 778-acre piece of property in the area from 1968 to 1976.

 

Reagan Legacy Foundation

10153-1/2 Riverside Dr., Suite 407
Toluca Lake, California
  91602

Founded by Ronald Reagan’s son Michael “to advance the causes President Reagan held dear and to memorialize the accomplishments of his presidency.”

 

Ronald Reagan Presidential Suite

Westlake Village Inn

31943 Agoura Road

Westlake Village, CA  91362   [2000]

Hotel is located about 15 miles from the Ronald Reagan Library.

 

Ronald Reagan Elementary School

35445 Porras Road

Wildomar, CA  92595   [2005]

 

Ronald Reagan Freeway   [1994]

State Route 118; runs close to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. Formerly named the Simi Valley-San Fernando Valley Freeway.  

 

Colorado

 

Ronald Reagan Highway   [2001]

Interstate Highway 25 through El Paso County (county which includes Colorado Springs).

 

District of Columbia   [including metropolitan Washington, DC area]  

 

Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center

1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW

Washington, DC  20004   [named 1995; dedicated 1998]

 

Ronald Reagan Chair in Public Policy

The Heritage Foundation

Washington, DC

 

Ronald Reagan Institute of Emergency Medicine

George Washington University Hospital

Washington, DC  20037   [1991]

Located at the hospital to which Ronald Reagan was taken immediately after the March 30, 1981 assassination attempt on him. Dedicated by Reagan at the tenth anniversary of the assassination attempt.

 

Ronald Reagan College Leaders Scholarship Program

The Phillips Foundation

1 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Suite 620
Washington, DC 20001   [2006]

This program was established in 1999 as the Future Leaders Program. It acquired its current name effective academic year 2006-2007.

 

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

Arlington, VA   [1998]

Formerly called Washington National Airport. Located just south of Washington, DC.

 

The Ronald Wilson Reagan Republican Center

National Republican Senatorial Committee

425 Second St. NE

Washington, DC  20002-4914

 

Florida

 

Ronald W. Reagan-Doral Senior High School

8600 N.W. 107 Ave.

Doral, FL  33178   [2006]

 

Ronald Reagan Avenue

Miami, FL

Formerly named Southwest Avenue.

 

Ronald Reagan Parkway

Hillsborough County   [2004]

 

Ronald W. Reagan Presidential House

Florida International University

Miami, FL  33199   [renamed 2007]

Residence of the university’s President. Opened in 2001 as University House. Was given its present name by the Florida State Legislature.

 

Ronald Reagan Boulevard

Seminole County   [2002]

State Route 427.

 

Ronald W. Reagan Post Office Building

2305 Milton Road

West Melbourne, FL  32904-9998   [2000]

 

Ronald Reagan Turnpike   [1998]

Formerly named Florida’s Turnpike. Runs 312 miles, from north-central Florida to south of Miami.

 

Georgia

 

Ronald Reagan Drive

Columbia County

Augusta, GA   [2000]

 

Ronald Reagan Park

Lawrenceville, GA   [2004]

Adjacent to the Ronald Reagan Parkway (see next entry).

 

Ronald Reagan Parkway

Gwinett County, GA

 

Idaho

 

Ronald Reagan Elementary School

3400 Southside Blvd.
Nampa, ID  83686
   [2002]

 

Illinois

 

The Ronald and Nancy Reagan Research Center

Alzheimer’s Association

225 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 1700

Chicago, IL  60601-7633   [1995]

 

Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home

816 S. Hennepin Ave. (Reagan Way)

Dixon, IL  61021   [dedicated 1984]

Ronald Reagan lived in this house from during part of his childhood (1920-1924). It was named a National Historic Site in 2002.

 

Ronald Reagan Bridge

Dixon, IL

      Spans the Rock River.

 

Reagan Room

First Christian Church

123 S. Hennepin Ave. (Reagan Way)

Dixon, IL

Room filled with Reagan memorabilia. Ronald Reagan and his mother attended this church during their years in Dixon.

 

Reagan Way (Hennepin Avenue)

Dixon, IL   [2002]

Street on which the Reagan Boyhood Home is located (see previous page). Acquired the designation “Reagan Way” when the Reagan Boyhood Home was designated a National Historic Site.

 

Ronald W. Reagan Middle School

620 Division St.

Dixon, IL  61021   [1996]

Formerly named Madison School.

 

Reagan Drive

Eureka, IL   [1979]

Runs along the southern edge of Eureka College, Reagan’s alma mater.

 

Reagan Physical Education Center

Eureka College

300 E. College Ave.

Eureka, IL  61530   [1961]

Originally dedicated as “The Reagan Center,” in honor of  both Ronald Reagan and his brother Neil (Moon). Constructed to house all of Eureka College’s athletic facilities. Acquired its present name in 1970.

 

Ronald Reagan Peace Garden

Eureka College

Eureka, IL  61530   [2000]

Garden includes a piece of the former Berlin Wall.

 

The Ronald W. Reagan Museum at Eureka College

Eureka College

Eureka, IL  61530   [1992]

A museum covering Ronald Reagan’s entire life.

 

Ronald W. Reagan Leadership Program

Eureka College

Eureka, IL  61530   [established 1982; began with students in Fall 1983]

 

The Ronald W. Reagan Society of Eureka College

300 East College Ave.

Eureka, IL  61530

Organization which runs the Reagan museum, garden, and Leadership Program at Eureka College (see previous entries).

 

Ronald Reagan Birthplace and Museum

111 S. Main St.

Tampico, IL  61283   [dedicated c. 1980]

Museum and a gift shop are in the building next door to the one in which Reagan was born. Was named a National Historic Site in 2002.

 

Reagan Park

Tampico, IL   [dedicated 1985]

Formerly Railroad Park.

 

Reagan Middle School

400 Galena Rd.

Tiskilwa, IL

 

Ronald Reagan Highway

U.S. Highway 14; runs from Chicago north to the Wisconsin state line.

 

Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway   [2004]

Portion of Interstate Highway 88. Runs just south of Dixon, where the Reagan Boyhood Home is located.

 

Ronald W. Reagan Trail   [2000]

Runs from Dixon, IL (location of the Reagan Boyhood Home), through Tampico (Reagan’s birthplace), to Eureka (home of Eureka College, which Ronald Reagan attended).

 

Indiana

 

Ronald Reagan Miracle Ranch on Sugar Creek  

8521 East 1100 North

Markelville, IN  45046   [2001]

An educational facility assisting children with disabilities.

 

Reagan Elementary School

4845 Bulldog Way

Brownsburg, IN  46112

 

Ronald Reagan Parkway  

Hendricks County, IN   [2007]

     North-south road between Interstate 70 and Interstate 74.

 

Iowa

 

Ronald Reagan Historical Marker

4th and Court Streets

Des Moines   [1999]

The marker marks a site where Reagan lived while working for radio station WHO.

 

Kentucky

 

Ronald Reagan Memorial Parkway   [2007]

     Access road to the east of Vanceburg, Kentucky.

 

Louisiana

 

Ronald Reagan Highway   [2004]

     US Highway 190, for its entire length within Louisiana.

 

Mississippi

 

The Reagan Hope Home

Located on a ranch that is part of the Mississippi Sheriffs’ Boys’ and Girls’ Ranches.

 

Missouri

 

Reagan Road   [2004]

Intersects Business Highway 67.

 

Montana

 

Ronald Reagan Post Office

710 Wicks Lane

Billings, MT  59105   [2004]

     Formerly named the Heights Post Office.

 

New Hampshire

 

Mount Reagan   [2003]

Located in the state’s Presidential Range. Was formerly named Mount Clay.

 

New York

 

Ronald Reagan Boulevard

Warwick, NY

 

North Carolina

 

Ronald Reagan Highway

Jacksonville, NC   [2005]

Part of US Highway 17 bypass in the Jacksonville area.

 

Ronald Reagan High School

3750 Transou Rd.

Pfafftown, NC  27040   [2005]

 

North Dakota

 

Ronald Reagan Peace Through Strength Missile Silo Historic Site

Hwy 45

Cooperstown, ND   [2008]

The last Minuteman missile launch complex in North Dakota, maintained as a memorial to Ronald Reagan.

 

Ohio

 

Ronald Reagan Voice of Freedom  Park

7850 VOA Park Drive

West Chester Township, Ohio  45069   [2004]

 

Ronald Reagan Highway

Runs across the northern suburbs of Cincinnati.

 

Pennsylvania

 

Ronald Reagan Federal Building

228 Walnut St.

Harrisburg, PA  17101   [2004]

 

Ronald Reagan Drive

Richland Township, PA   [2002]

 

Tennessee

 

North Rutherford YMCA Ronald Reagan Facility

2001 Motlow College Blvd.

Smyrna, TN  37167   [2006]

 

Texas

 

The Reagan Leadership Society

389 MSC Student Finance Center

Texas A&M University

College Station, TX  77843   [1997]

A society dedicated to building student leadership for the Texas A&M campus and the community at large. Its student founder named the society in recognition of

Reagan’s “ability to communicate, his ability to inspire confidence, and his kind personality.”

 

Ronald W. Reagan Middle School

4616 E. Bardin Road

Grand Prairie, TX  75052

 

Ronald Reagan High School

19000 Ronald Reagan

San Antonio, TX  78258   [2000]

 

Ronald Reagan Public Library

Ronald Reagan High School

19000 Ronald Reagan

San Antonio, TX  78258   [2000]

See previous entry.

 

Ronald W. Reagan Boulevard   [2004]

A portion of Parmer Lane in Williamson County.

 

Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway   [2005]

Runs alongside a portion of Interstate Highway 20 in Tarrant County (near Ft. Worth).

 

Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway   [2005]

A portion of U.S. Highway 290 in Harris County (Houston area).

 

Utah

 

Ronald Reagan Academy

1143 W. Center St.

Springville, UT  84663   [2005]

 

Virginia (see also District of Columbia)

 

Ronald Wilson Reagan Memorial Highway   [2005]

A portion of State Route 234 in Prince William County, near Manassas.

 

Wisconsin

 

Ronald Wilson Reagan College Preparatory High School

4965 S. 20th St.

Milwaukee, WI  53221   [renamed 2005]

Formerly Sholes High School.

 

Ronald Reagan Elementary School

4225 S. Calhoun Road

New Berlin, WI  53151   [2006]

 

International

 

Grenada Salutes Ronald Reagan, Leader of Freedom” Commemorative Stamp Collection

Grenada   [1996]

Proceeds from sales go to the Ronald Reagan Scholarship Fund (see next entry).

 

The Ronald Reagan Scholarship Fund

Grenada   [1996]

Fund is used to send students from Grenada to the United States for study.

 

The Ronald Reagan-Main Street

Ballyporeen, Ireland

Ballyporeen is the village from which Reagan’s father’s family came. President Reagan visited Ballyporeen in 1984. (See also “The Ronald Reagan,” Simi Valley, California.)

 

US Army Kwajalein Atoll/Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site

Republic of the Marshall Islands   [1999]

An area used by the United States as a missile range.

 

Ronald Reagan Square

Krakow, Poland   [2004]

          Formerly called Central Square.

 

Rondo Ronalda Reagana (Ronald Reagan Circle)

Tarnow, Poland   [2000]        

Traffic circle that connects Pope John Paul II Street with a street leading to the Church of the Blessed Caroline.

 

Rev. January 2010

 

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