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Browse Collection › LC Subject Heading › 7 records found where LC Subject Heading is Durham County (N.C.) -- History
	North Carolina state directory and gazetteer, 1883-84 (Excerpt) Section of Chataigne's 1883-1884 gazetteer listing the names of merchants, business owners, and tradesmen in Durham County, categorized by occupation. The directory also provides information about public officials and the location of post offices.
	Map of Durham County, North Carolina prepared by the direction of the County Commissioners from actual surveys This 1920 map provides two views of Durham County. One view delineates the school districts in Durham County and indicates which schools served white or black pupils. It also identifies Mangum, Lebanon, Durham, Oak Grove, Carr, Patterson, and Cedar Fork townships and provides locations for cemeteries and roads. Another view labelled Cities of East and West Durham identifies street names for areas that are now customarily referred to as Old West Durham, including the Ninth Street business district, Trinity Park, Trinity Heights, Walltown (portion), Duke University (East Campus), Old North Durham, Downtown Durham and Fayetteville Street (Hayti), West End, Morehead Hill (portion), Edgemont and Morning Glory, Cleveland-Holloway Street, East End, East Durham (portion).
	Map of Durham County, North Carolina This rudimentary map (circa 1881) shows major roads that connect Chapel Hill to Durham, and Chapel Hill to Hillsboro. Includes major rivers and township boundaries for Cedar Grove, Hillsboro, Little River, Binghams and Chapel Hill in Orange County and, Mangum and Patterson in Durham County. Also delineates Oak Grove and Cedar Fork townships on the western border of Wake County. Includes portions of Tallyho and Dutchville townships in Granville County. Scale [ca. 1: 120,000].
	Map of Durham County, N.C. 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].
	Chas. Emerson’s North Carolina tobacco belt directory 1886 (Excerpt) This section of the 1886 directory entitled, Gazetteer of Durham County, North Carolina, lists 70 Durham County merchants and land owners, together with the name of the post office located nearest their businesses. Individuals with African American heritage are denoted by an asterisk (*). Occupations include hotel and saloon keeper, shoe maker, general store keeper and grocer, postmaster, mechanic and blacksmith, minister and pastor, saw and grist mill owner, physician, and cotton ginner.
	Precincts and Townships, Durham, N.C., May 1945 This 1945 map prepared for the Durham County Board of Elections delineates boundaries for Mangum, Lebanon, Patterson, Durham, Oak Grove and Cedar Fork townships as well as voting precincts and the location of polling places. This map also indicates the location of churches and schools as well as names of major roads, creeks, rivers and railways.
	County of Durham/ North Carolina/ Base Map/ May 1948 This 1948 base map of the County of Durham, North Carolina lists state highways and major roads as well as creeks, rivers, railroad lines and power lines. Scale 1" = 2000 feet.

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