Krainz Woods was named for Captain John Krainz, a World War II hero from Detroit. They named streets, neighborhoods, etc. after war heroes a lot. If you know your history, sometimes you can tell how old an area is just by their street names.

My mom's people all lived in what is now evidently called McDougall-Hunt, east of Mt. Elliot, but I never heard it called that. by anyone. I don't know where that name came from. I most often heard it called "Old Germantown" by the old folks [[born before 1920), due to the high concentration of Germans there at the time. I've also heard it referred to [[jokingly) by the "greatest generation" crowd as "North Indian Village". Oh, LA-DEE-DAH! LOL