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Gray's new map of Durham, 1881
This cadastral map from 1881 depicts buildings, street names, businesses, property owners, and railroads in Durham, North Carolina. Scale 350 feet = 1 inch or [ca. 1:4,200].
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].
Map of the town of North Durham: property of B. L. Duke and its relative position to Durham, North Carolina 
An 1890 map showing the property owned by Brodie Leonidas Duke in Durham, North Carolina, just east of Trinity College, in an area now identified as Trinity Park. The map also provides names of downtown streets, shows the location of Bobbin & Shuttle Mills, fertilizer factory, cotton factory and railroad lines. Scale 400 feet to 1 inch or [ca.1:4800].
Map of the town of Durham, North Carolina:showing the property of the Durham Consolidated Land and Improvement Company
This 1890 map published by the Durham Consolidated Land & Improvement Company indicates its property holdings north and west of Trinity College, Durham, North Carolina, in areas now known as Trinity Heights, Walltown, and Old West Durham. Contains an advertisement with illustration promoting Trinity College as well as a letter by Richard H. Wright, secretary of the Company, extolling the virtues of Durham's business climate. In 1890, the Durham Consolidated Land & Improvement Company published this map to indicate its property holdings north and west of Trinity College in an area now known as Trinity Heights, Walltown, and Old West Durham. The map also provides some information about streets near the Blackwell Tobacco Factory, now Downtown Durham. It also features an advertisement promoting Trinity College as well as the virtues of Durham's business climate.
Bird's-Eye View of the City of Durham, North Carolina, 1891
This 1891 map shows an aerial view of Durham and provides an extensive index to the location of tobacco warehouses, factories, restaurants, groceries, dry goods dealers, churches, and residences located in Durham. Business owners include: Robert I. Rogers, Richard B. Fitzgerald, W. Shelburn, photographer, Q. E. Rawls, dry goods and many others. Also mentioned are the editors of the local newspapers E.C. Hackney of the Durham Recorder, Al Fairweather of the Durham Daily Globe, and J.A. Robinson of the Durham Daily Sun.
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, East and West Durham, N.C.
A 1924 Durham Chamber of Commerce map depicting schools, mills, factories, and cemeteries in Durham. This map contains information pertaining to neighborhoods now commonly referred to as: West End, Lyon Park, West Durham (area surrounding Erwin Mills), Pearl Cotton Mills Village, Duke University (East Campus), Trinity Heights, Walltown, Trinity Park, Old North Durham, Morehead Hill, Duke Park, Downtown Durham (Central Business District), Cleveland-Holloway Street, East End, East Durham (portion), Edgemont and Morning Glory near the Golden Belt Manufacturing Company, Hayti. The map identifies street names and the location of hydrants, fire alarm boxes and fire stations.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, Durham, North Carolina, 1884
This five-page fire insurance map by the Sanborn Map & Publishing Company provides a detailed look at the commercial buildings that stood at the center of Durham, North Carolina in 1884. The map contains an index page to city streets that identifies the location of churches, tobacco warehouses, and other enterprises. A key to the maps provides details about the construction of the buildings (whether they have been built from stone, brick or wood) as well as details about the number of stories and windows. The maps also list the type of retail enterprises housed in various structures. For larger businesses, the cartographer details the number of workers employed and describes the establishments’ fire-fighting capabilities. Scale ca. 1" = 50 feet or [ca. 1:600]. A georeferenced version of this map is also available on the Digital Durham website.
Plans and Details of Works of The Durham Water Co. Durham N.C. 1887
This large map contains a series of smaller maps and illustrations which show the means by which Durham residents received water from the Eno River. Included are: "Plans of Storage Reservoir Dam," "Plan of Distributing Reservoir," "Plan of Power and Storage Reservoirs," and the "Pipe Distribution System." This latter map provides details of street names within the Town of Durham and the diameter of water pipes as well as the location of hydrants and gates in 1887.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, Durham, North Carolina, 1888
This fire insurance map by the Sanborn Map & Publishing Company provides a detailed look at the commercial buildings that stood within the town limits of Durham, North Carolina in 1888. The map contains an index page to city streets and the location of the county courthouse, jail, churches, manufacturers, tobacco warehouses and prizing establishments, mills, stables, and other enterprises. The map's legend provides details about the construction of the buildings (whether they have been built from stone, brick or wood) as well as details about the number of stories and windows. The map also lists the type of commercial enterprises housed in various structures. For larger businesses, the cartographer details the number of workers employed and describes the establishments’ fire-fighting capabilities. Scale ca. 1" = 50 feet. A georeferenced version of this map is also available on the Digital Durham website.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, Durham, North Carolina, 1884 (Google Earth Overlay) Beta
Using the Google Earth web application, we have created semi-transparent images from the original set of Fire Insurance Map of 1888 and placed these over satellite imagery of present-day Durham. Because of a paucity of information of some buildings presented on pages 6 and 7, we provide an approximate location for the Bobbin and Shuttle Mill, the Durham Cotton Manufacturing Company, and J.W. Allen's Tobacco Prize House. This fire insurance map by the Sanborn Map & Publishing Company provides a detailed look at the commercial buildings that stood within the town limits of Durham, North Carolina in 1884. The map contains an index page to city streets and the location of the county courthouse, jail, churches, manufacturers, tobacco warehouses and prizing establishments, mills, stables, and other enterprises. A key to the maps provides details about the construction of the buildings (whether they have been built from stone, brick or wood) as well as details about the number of stories a...
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, Durham, North Carolina, 1888 (Google Earth Overlay) Beta
Using the Google Earth web application, we have created semi-transparent images from the original set of Fire Insurance Map of 1888 and placed these over satellite imagery of present-day Durham. Because of a paucity of information of some buildings presented on pages 6 and 7, we provide an approximate location for the Bobbin and Shuttle Mill, the Durham Cotton Manufacturing Company, and J.W. Allen's Tobacco Prize House.
Plan of the Town of Durham Showing Pipe Distribution of the Durham Water Company
This map provides details of street names within the town of Durham and indicates the diameter of water pipes and location of hydrants as of 1887. Scale: 200 feet per inch or [1:2,400].
Map of West Durham, N.C.
Civil engineer C.M. Miller drew this detailed map of West Durham, North Carolina in 1910. He identifies street names for an area which is today largely associated with the Old West Durham neighborhood, Erwin Road and Duke's Central campus. The map identifies structures at the Erwin Mills and the size of homes owned by the textile company. It also indicates the location of churches and schools and identifies the names of some property owners. Scale 150 feet to the inch or [ca. 1:1800].
Map of Durham, N.C. showing sewer system
T.N. Thaxton penned this map of the city of Durham, North Carolina sometime in the 1920s. It provides information about street names as well as the diameter and location of sewer lines in the early 1920s. Also includes names and locations of churches and schools, railroad lines, hospitals, and cemeteries. Scale: 1” = 400 feet or [1:4,800].
Durham, North Carolina / Department of Public Works/ 1930
This map of the city of Durham, North Carolina provides information about street names as well as the diameter and location of sewer lines in 1930.
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.
Durham, North Carolina / Department of Public Works/ 1951
This map of Durham, North Carolina, created by the Department of Public Works, appears to have been modified between its initial publication in 1948 and 1951. The legend indicates that color annotations were introduced in 1951 which help the user distinguish between “highway system streets” (marked in black) and “streets conforming to the requirements of chapter 260 of the 1951 Session Laws (marked in red). There are three dates on this map: May 1948 which is crossed out, November 10, 1950, and July 1951. The map provides street names as well as an index to streets within the city of Durham, North Carolina a list of schools with identifying markers and other sites including parks, hotels, fire houses, government buildings and libraries.
Durham, North Carolina: Annexation Map
The base of this annotated street map was first produced by the Department of Transportation and Utilities, Durham, N.C. in 1979. From the 1980s to 2001, two employees of Durham's Department of Public Works developed this annexation map to illustrate the City of Durham's growth from 1890 to 2001. Pen and ink notations demarcate where the city limits stood in 1890, 1901, 1925, 1957, 1960, and 1966. A color legend indicates when the city added parcels of land between 1970 and 2000. The map provides information the size of parcels, name of developer or development and date of annexation. The map was developed by Lee Ribet and later updated by Tina Raneri, both employees of the Department of Transportation and Utilities, later known as the Department of Public Works. Scale 1 inch = 1600 feet or [ca. 1:19,200].
Map of Forest Hills/ Durham, N.C. Owned by New Hope Realty Co.
This map drawn by E.H. Copley in 1927 provides a detailed rendering of individual lots owned by the New Hope Realty Company in Forest Hills, Durham, N.C. and their measurements as they were recorded in plot book 6 at the Registrar of Deeds office. The map also provides names of streets. Scale 1" = 100 feet.
Durham, N.C. and Suburbs
This 1914 map of Durham, North Carolina provides details on the town of Durham and the suburban regions of West Durham and East Durham. The map delineates the town's corporate limits, identifies the name and location of schools, some manufacturers, and railroad lines. The map also provides street names for areas that are now customarily referred to as Old West Durham, including the Ninth Street business district, Trinity Park (portion), 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). Scale: 800 feet per inch.
Trinity College/Durham, N.C.
W.P. Budd's map of the Trinity College, Durham, North Carolina identifies key structures and indicates where they stood on campus in 1902. The map includes the location of the chapel, library, dormitories, recreational areas, and stables as well as the homes of professors John Spender Bassett, William I. Cranford, Edwin Mims, William H. Pegram, A. H. Merritt, M. J. Edwards, Robert L. Flowers, and President John C. Kilgo. Additionally, the map shows the location of Watts Hospital and Trinity Park School as well as railroad and streetcar lines. Some of the homes illustrated on this map were later moved to the eastern side of Buchanan Avenue, in the Trinity Park neighborhood.
"This Map of Durham as I remember in 1867-1868. Drawn from memory entirely and no attempt made at correct angles or measurements."
Lewis Blount of Abbeville, South Carolina penned this map in 1923. He called it, "This Map of Durham as I remember in 1867-1868. Drawn from memory entirely and no attempt made at correct angles or measurements." He delineates some of the natural features--creeks and springs--major roads, the North Carolina railroad line running through town, of what is now downtown Durham and southwest Durham. He also provides an index to some sixty sites including graveyards, homesteads, churches, black- and white-owned businesses and factories.
Sketch drawing, Durham, N.C. Jan. 10, 1907.
Blueprint map of Durham, North Carolina drawn in 1907. Shows corporation line, street names, and railroads. Identifies the locations of a few schools, mills, and Trinity College. Scale about 800 ft = 1 inch or [ca. 1:9600].
Map of Durham County, N.C.
This map of Durham County, created by C.M. Miller, civil engineer of Salisbury, N.C., dates from the 1910s. It delineates township lines,indicates the locations of landowners' homes, tenant houses, churches, mills, public roads, private roads and "macadam roads." The map also identifies school houses and school district lines. White schools appear to be identified by name, while schools for black students bear the label "col. sch." The map also provides information on rural mail routes for the county.
Durham, North Carolina
This 1925 Durham, North Carolina map produced by the Department of Public Works provides information on streets and the layout of railroad lines in the city of Durham. The map contains annotations in red pencil. Scale [ca. 1:9,500].
Durham, N.C . 1930
This map of Durham bears no publisher or date of publication. Duke University Library cataloguers ascribed 1930 as the date of publication. Its most noticeable features are the sixteen districts with black circles labeled "Court House," "Hunt's Store," "Brady's Shop" etc. This map bears some similarities to maps that were used later in the 20th century to indicate voting districts in the town of Durham.
Durham, North Carolina
This map published by the Durham (N.C.). Dept. of Public Works in 1937 shows street names, their location and delineates the city's corporate limits. The map also indicates the location of railroad lines and includes an index to street names.
Durham, North Carolina
This 1937 map published by the Durham, N.C. Dept. of Public Works demarcates "residential and business streets--white" from those that were "residential and business streets--negro." The map identifies the location of "white" and "negro" summer playgrounds, park centers, and community buildings. It also shows the location of incinerators and fire stations. The map also provides and index to streets with their locations. Scale [ca. 1:35,000].
No. 3 Map Showing Routes of Marches of the Army of Gen. W.T. Sherman from Atlanta, Ga. to Goldsborough, N.C. To accompany the report of operations from Savannah, Ga. to Goldsborough, N.C.
This "No. 3 Map Showing Routes of Marches of the Army of Gen. W.T. Sherman from Atlanta, Ga. to Goldsborough, N.C. To accompany the report of operations from Savannah, Ga. to Goldsborough, N.C." was created by the Engineer Bureau of the War Department and published in Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 1861-1865. The map identifies troop movements in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, bodies of water, cities and towns, railroad lines and forts.
Occupancy map, business section Durham, North Carolina
This 1972 map created by the Allenton Realty and Insurance Company identifies the types of businesses that occupied commercial space in the central business district of Durham, North Carolina. Th map highlights a geographic area that includes "Five Points" and is bounded by Peabody Street, Roxboro Road, Morgan Street and the "West Loop." Scale [ca. 1:1,150]
Durham, North Carolina
This 1945 map produced by the Department of Public Works (dated July 1, 1945) contains a listing of streets and an index to city resources such as the post office, court house, parks, hospitals, libraries, U.S.O. buildings, and schools. Scale [ca. 1:10,000].
Durham, North Carolina
This street map of Durham, North Carolina was published in 1948. Two years later, an unknown annotator used the map to illustrate the effect an atomic bomb blast would have on the city of Durham. The map contains several typewritten notes which predict the potential damage to buildings and the populations.
Durham, North Carolina
The Department of Public Works produced this map of Durham, North Carolina in 1957. It contains an index to streets and a listing of places of "public interest" including the post office, court house, parks, hospitals, libraries, U.S.O. buildings, schools and colleges. The map bears red pencil marking by an unknown annotator. Scale 2000 feet per inch or [ca. 1:24,000].
Durham, North Carolina
The Department of Public Works published this map of the City of Durham, North Carolina in 1967. It delineates the "city limit line" identifies railroad lines and distinguishes "highway system streets," "streets not opened to traffic," "Duke University streets," Interstate Highways, U.S. Highways and State Highways. The reverse side of the map provides an index to city streets. Scale 2000 feet per inch or [1:24,000].
Durham, North Carolina : map showing the voting precinct boundary lines and voting places of the city of Durham
The Department of Public Works published this map of the City of Durham, North Carolina in 1970. It delineates the "city limit line" identifies railroad lines and distinguishes "highway system streets," "streets not opened to traffic," "Duke University streets," Interstate Highways, U.S. Highways and State Highways. The reverse side of the map provides an index to city streets. Additionally, the map provides a list of precincts and identifies the location of schools and fire stations within the city limits. Scale [ca. 1:28,000].
Durham, North Carolina : map showing the voting precinct boundary lines and voting places of the city of Durham
The Durham County (N.C.) Board of Elections published this map of the City of Durham, North Carolina in 1975. It delineates the "city limit line" identifies railroad lines and distinguishes "highway system streets," "streets not opened to traffic," "Duke University streets," Interstate Highways, U.S. Highways and State Highways. The reverse side of the map provides an index to city streets. Additionally, the map provides a list of precincts and identifies the location of schools and fire stations within the city limits. Scale [1:28,000]
Duke University
This 1948 map of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina contains an index to buildings on both its West and East Campuses. Scale 1" = 800 feet or [ca. 1:9600].
Official Online Interactive Street Map of Durham, North Carolina
Official Online Interactive Street Map of Durham produced by Navteq and the Durham Convention & Visitors Bureau. First released to the public in 2008, the Bureau now provides several different digital maps. Access the digital maps from the Convention & Visitors Bureau.
Durham North Carolina
Durham's Department of Transportation and Utilities produced this 1983 map in an effort to comply with the Powell Bill. This map contains an affidavit from engineer Kenneth E. Wright listing the exact miles of local roads and state highway roads. The map indicates that the City of Durham contained just over 484 miles of paved and unpaved streets in 1983. Public Works officials submitted this map to the North Carolina Department of Transportation in order to obtain funds for the maintenance of local roads under the "Powell Bill."
City of Durham, North Carolina / Powell Bill Map F.Y. 1998-1999
The City of Durham produced this 1999 map in an effort to comply with the Powell Bill. This map demarcates the city line and identifies city system streets, private streets, 1997-1998 “city accepted streets,” dirt streets, interstate highways, United States highways, and state highway roads. City officials submitted this map to the North Carolina Department of Transportation in order to obtain funds for the maintenance of local roads under the "Powell Bill." The map contains an affidavit by engineer Richard Lee Murphy attesting to the validity of the data.

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