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Title:
Map of Durham County, N.C.
Creator(s):
L. Johnson ; Geo. F. Cram, Cartographer
Geo F. Cram, Cartographer
L. Johnson, Author
Date:
1887
Description:
This 1887 map indicates the location of landowners, churches, quarries, saw mills, creeks, railroads and a coal mine. Includes advertisements for local businesses including the newspaper Tobacco Plant, Seeman Printery, Vaughn & Tenny, druggists and fourteen illustrations of: Morris & Son factory, J.S. Carr’s residence, E.J. Parrish’s residence, Trinity Church, Banner Ware-house, View of Main Street, View of Mangum Street, Durham Hotel (Claiborn), E. Morehead & Co. bankers, Globe warehouse, Durham Cotton mills, Z.I. Lyon & Co.’s tobacco factory, Blackwell’s Co-operative tobacco factory, and W. Duke Sons & Co.’s factory. The map provides the names and boundaries of six Durham County townships including Mangum, Lebanon, Durham, Patterson, Oak Grove, and Cedar Fork. Scale [ca. 1:63,360].
Source:
Map of Durham County, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
Dimensions:
67 x 41 cm.
Notes:
The North Carolina Maps Collection at the University of North Carolina has a copy of this map with data from the legend. Click here to see the Johnson map at UNC.

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Real property -- North Carolina -- Durham -- Maps
Carr, Julian Shakespeare, 1845-1924
Parrish, Edward James, 1846 -1920
Morehead, Eugene Lindsay, 1845-1889
Durham (N.C.) -- History
Historic buildings -- North Carolina -- Durham
Tobacco factory -- North Carolina -- Durham
Business enterprises -- North Carolina -- Durham
Advertising -- History -- 19th century
Durham (N.C.) -- Maps -- 19th century
Cartography
Newspapers
Blackwell's Durham Co-operative Tobacco Company
Durham Cotton Manufacturing Company
Z. I. Lyon & Company
W. Duke, Sons and Company
Durham County (N.C.) -- History
Durham County (N.C.) -- Maps

Geographic Term:
Durham (N.C.)
Main Street (Durham, N.C.)
Hotel Claiborn (Durham, N. C.)
Mangum Street (Durham, N.C.)
Mangum (N.C.)
Lebanon (N.C.)
Cedar Fork (Durham County, N.C.)
Oak Grove (Durham County, N.C.)

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