Yes KHP, at the risk of running away with Girl guide's thread. As you possibly know I'm on land which my family came to in 1905, and the mail had always got through. with just a road name. However in more recent times, even with the RAPID system of numbering road egresses, our local phone exchange bore the name of the community we live in, the postal service was from the closest railway stop, yet demographically, there were about four properties on our side of a meandering road [historically following the high, dryer land to navigate] that were dumped in with all the residents of the opposite side of the long arterial road. So for voting purposes, in local body elections, and some times National Electorates, we had to by-pass the local polling booth and travel miles to "our" electorates nearest polling booth. Also adding to the confusion, historically dairy farm shareholder suppliers were issued a supply number [displayed at farm gate] that was often quoted to tradesmen and carriers. With competing dairy companies there appeared to be no logic in numbers displayed as you drove down a rural road.
Now days dial 111 [our emergency service] tell them the rapid number and road name, and they whish to confirm you are a resident of XXX village or area. Your first reaction is to want to scream WE ARE NOT, thinking they are looking at a similar sounding area in the South Island. I got quite frustrated with the service operator 100 km away, quite recently, when a daughter knocked herself out on an item of farm machinery.
Cheers.