Now that work is moving forward on 1,506 more housing units on both ends of Louise Avenue and the fact it is Manteca’s centennial year, this is a good time to share how the street got its name.It was supposed to be Louisa Avenue after the wife of Noah Clapp. The Clapps arrived in San Joaquin County in 1849 and bought land initially in Stockton where they were the neighbors of Captain Charles Weber. A short time later, they moved to what is now the Manteca area and started wheat farming.It was originally named Louisa Avenue but when the county put the signs up it read “Louise” instead.