Vintage maps labeled the farms along old Mechum’s River Road with still-familiar local names including Ballard, Carr, Jones ...

Mike Crabill estimates that he spent about 3,500 hours over two years researching and drawing original land patents and grants to create his map of Albemarle County. “It’s very much like a ...

all the four counties bordering on Albemarle Sound. Winton, [see map,] the highest point to which our gunboats had reached, is the capital of Hertford County, and is a small place of only about ...