Many of us have been spelling Thorp Street in the City of Batavia wrong for years
For years, we've all been getting it wrong. We've been misspelling the name of Thorp Street. Until today, The Batavian never published a story that didn't spell the name of the Southside street between Watson and Maple, parallel Evans, as "Thorpe," with an unnecessary "e" on the tail. It's not just us -- Google, Apple, scores of real estate-related sites, and even the Batavia
Source: thebatavian.com