Thank you Eleanor for your suggestion concerning the map. I will try the U.S. Forest Service. I'm not sure if they would carry archival information; but one never knows :-) I have followed other leads and came up with a great early street map of Staunton's Historic District, but not the surrounding area that is in question for me. This map I think should be on the Augusta site on USGenWeb. I'm am going to contact them. There are a couple of significant changes in street names that would help people out with deeds for lots within the city itself. For instance, today Johnson Street goes straight across to Kalorama St. In early Staunton going east to west from Kalorama St. it was Greenville Ave., then Court House St., then Spring Lane, and then Johnson St. And Central Ave today was previously named Water St. Still have not found the exact location of Port Republic Road that was about 2+ miles east of Staunton near Lewis Creek and no longer exists today :-( One day though that will be solved too :-) Thanks again. Linda Morin [email protected]
There is an 11 volume set of books called the OMNI Gazetteer of the United States that does a fantastic job of identifying some of these little things. I've found "runs" and "hills" etc., in this book. I would assume most large libraries might have it, and I'm sure it's available in most college libraries. The publishing date is 1991, and it's divided into sections of the US. Excellent reference to have in your vicinity, and I've used it extensively for Virginia. Pat At 12:51 AM 11/17/2004, LinLB5 wrote: >Thank you Eleanor for your suggestion concerning the map. I will try the >U.S. Forest Service. I'm not sure if they would carry archival >information; but one never knows :-) I have followed other leads and came >up with a great early street map of Staunton's Historic District, but not >the surrounding area that is in question for me. This map I think should >be on the Augusta site on USGenWeb. I'm am going to contact them. There >are a couple of significant changes in street names that would help people >out with deeds for lots within the city itself. For instance, today >Johnson Street goes straight across to Kalorama St. In early Staunton >going east to west from Kalorama St. it was Greenville Ave., then Court >House St., then Spring Lane, and then Johnson St. And Central Ave today >was previously named Water St. > >Still have not found the exact location of Port Republic Road that was >about 2+ miles east of Staunton near Lewis Creek and no longer exists >today :-( One day though that will be solved too :-) > >Thanks again. > >Linda Morin >[email protected] > > >==== VAAUGUST Mailing List ==== >**************************************************************** >List Administrator >Barbara Stanley - [email protected] >****************************************************************